MDC Research and Analysis

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Kurdistan's Independence - How to Untie the Kurdish-Iraqi Gordian Knot?

Date

August 2, 2017

Prof. Ofra Bengio writes in the Jerusalem Post about the obstacles that lie in the path of an independent Kurdistan in Iraq.

Haram al-Sharif: Israel’s Alignment with the Sunni Arab States in Practice

Date

July 27, 2017

MDC Researcher Brandon Friedman examines Israel's relations with the conservative Sunni Arab regimes and the current crisis over access to Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount.

The Memory of the Joop Westerweel Resistance Movement in Israel and the Netherlands

Date

July 27, 2017

Joyce van de Bildt de Jong has written a chapter in "Remembering the Second World War", edited by Patrick Finney and which will be published in 2018 by Routledge.

All Inclusive: Pride, Justice, and Heroism in Turkey

Date

July 25, 2017

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak evaluates the past month of Turkish turbulence, with an LGBTQ Pride Parade, an opposition leader's protest march, and the anniversary of last year’s failed coup attempt.

We Hate Mojahedin-e Khalq: Social Media Respond to a Conference of the Iranian Opposition

Date

July 25, 2017

Raz Zimmt investigates Iranian social media responses to the annual conference of Mojahedin-e Khalq, an Iranian opposition group whose support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War remains a searing national trauma.

Fayrouz and Arab Nationalism

Date

July 25, 2017

Moran Levanoni analyzes the release of a new single by Lebanese singer Fayrouz, now a controversial figure, despite having once been a symbol of Lebanese and Arab nationalism - partially due to her support for the Palestinian cause.

Demographics between the Mediterranean and the River Jordan

Date

July 23, 2017

MDC Senior Research Fellow Paul Rivlin examines demographic trends in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza and their implications.

Religion and Conflict in the Sudan Region (Hebrew)

Date

July 23, 2017

Inbal Ben-Yehuda investigates the attitude of Darfurians to Islam, in the shadow of the Darfur crisis. In Hebrew.

Palestinian Social Media and Lone-Wolf Attacks: Subculture, Legitimization, and Epidemic

Date

July 18, 2017

Head of the Doron Halpern Middle East Network Analysis Desk Dr. Harel Chorev writes in the journal "Terrorism and Political Violence" about the impact of social media on the wave of Palestinian lone-wolf attacks against Israelis from October 2015 through September 2016.

Turkey Can Ally with Syria’s Kurds Someday

Date

July 17, 2017

Dr. David Pollock of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy analyzes Turkish policy vis-à-vis Syrian Kurds by highlighting the challenges, the current modus vivendi and future prospects.