Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, pundits, politicians, and casual observers have all wondered and speculated what the effects of the uprisings will mean for Israel. Will the peace-treaty with Egypt hold? What will happen on the Syrian border? What is going on with Israel’s own Arab population?
In this episode of Understanding Israel I speak with Malcolm Hoenlein (left), vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and Joseph Braude (right), author and Middle East scholar, about how the historical turn of events in the Middle East has already and may continue to impact the Jewish state.