Center for Israel Studies (Jordan)
Not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, think tank | |
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Website | http://cisamman.org/ |
The Center for Israel Studies in Jordan (CIS), also known as (مركز للدراسات الإسرائيلية) is an independent, non-profit
About the organization
Founded in 2014, CIS is the only Arab
Activities
CIS pursues its objectives through a range of activities:
- Daily expert news summaries and analysis regarding events in Israel and the region through online publications written in Arabic
- Analysts, journalists and politicians from the region visit Jordan to share their insights with their Jordanian counterparts
- Academic seminars between the two countries
- Translation of important books and articles from Hebrew into Arabic
- Holding regional conferences about Israeli affairs in the Middle East
- Connecting Arab scholars who work in the field of Israel studies
- Hebrew language workshops in Arab nations
- Establishing a YouTube channel "Ask Me," where Arabs ask questions about Israel and Israelis answer them
- Dialogue with Jordanian opinion formers and the media on issues of importance to the Jordan-Israel relationship
- Strategy analysis and recommendations to the Jordanian government — both to shape foreign policy vis-à-vis Israel, and to widen Jordan's involvement in a binding rapprochement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
- Conducting surveys in Jordan and the greater Arab world about Israel
Collaboration with other institutions
In order to foster genuine and mutually beneficial cooperation, CIS Jordan collaborates with institutions such as the
In the news
The Times of Israel wrote that the Center for Israel Studies in Jordan "seeks to combat media misinformation surrounding the Jewish state and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by presenting an alternative, neutrality-driven view of Israel in Arabic for Jordan's decision makers, journalists and wider public."[2]
Haaretz in an interview with former Israeli ambassador to Jordan, Oded Eran said, "I really admire their courage because it is not easy in an Arab country to speak objectively about Israel."[3]
In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Dr Swalha is quoted saying that "during the Arab Spring Arabs focused on domestic issues and that in the past, Arabs hung all their problems on Israel, but now they discovered it is not the main issue."[4]
CIS Jordan was further discussed in both The New York Times and The Washington Post newspapers,[citation needed] but due to it being an Associated Press story, their contract only allowed them to have access to stories for a short amount of time.
References
- ^ "ALLMEP welcomes two new members to its coalition". Allmep.org. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lewis, Avi (6 April 2015). "What Jordanians talk about when they talk about Israel". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Behind the Scenes of Jordan's Discreet Ties With Israel - Features". Haaretz.com. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ Weinthal, Benjamin (10 December 2015). "Iran sentences woman to death by stoning". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Jordan's New Center for Israel Studies". Mosaic Magazine. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "مدير "الدراسات الإسرائيلية": لا نسعى لتجميل صورة "إسرائيل" في العالم العربي". Assabeel.net. Retrieved 3 March 2016.