Broader View: Israel Resource Center

New on Broader View: December 2013

• American Jews: The forever falling-apart people by Tal Becker, Times of Israel, December 22
• BDS: Effective Scapegoating by Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg.com, December 16
• Colleges & Universities: A repugnant attack on academic freedom by Michael Roth, LA Times, December 19
• Iran: Conflicting Expectations by Dore Gold, JCPA, December 11
• NGOs: Amnesty’s incitement by Elder of Ziyon, Dec. 4
• Peace Process: Palestinian Red Line by Efraim Inbar, Israel Hayom, December 16
• Settlements: It's the Settlements, Stupid by David Goldman, PJ Media, December 17

In the News

• American Studies Association votes to boycott Israeli academics, drawing widespread condemnation
• ‘Epic’ winter storm hits Israel
• Abbas: Don’t boycott Israel
• Iran: nuclear activity not slowed; poll finds Americans deeply distrust Iran, want increased financial pressure
• Israel joined UN regional group and nuclear lab CERN
• French court fined BDS activists, guilty of “provocation to discrimination”
• Israeli civilian killed by sniper fire from Gaza, IDF soldier killed by a Lebanese army sniper; other terror attacks include a bus bomb in Bat Yam, policeman stabbed in Jerusalem, a rocket from Gaza to Ashkelon, and shooting at an IDF patrol on the West Bank
• PA will continue to fund terrorists with EU money
• Israel, Jordan, PA sign trilateral water agreement
• Plan to settle Israeli Bedouin scrapped after criticism & protests
• Palestinians reject security proposals toward peace plan
• Israeli actress Gal Gadot to star as Wonder Woman
• Israel-Indonesia trade agreement signed
• Israel-China innovation park to be built in China