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This week is the birthday of Ralph Bunche, the first to win the Nobel Peace Prize for Arab-Israeli negotiations, so it’s fitting that a possible path forward in Gaza has emerged. The Israeli election could…

Three months before the 26th Knesset election, President Isaac Herzog has issued a call for political civility, an unusual intervention for an Israeli president. The quest for regional peace continues after the U.S. and the…

As the U.S.-Iran war comes closer to pulling Israel back in and the American toll rises, we’re offering context for legislative action, from a failed congressional vote to halt Israeli military aid to the official…

Having recently marked 1,000 days since October 7, we offer an updated look at the No. 1 obstacle to Gaza’s reconstruction, Hamas. As fighting with Iran flares again, our weekly video focuses on the Islamic…

As America celebrates its semisesquicentennial, CIE President Ken Stein compares and contrasts the U.S. and Israeli Declarations of Independence, and we watch how the Israeli Declaration developed. The upcoming 20th anniversary of the Second Lebanon War…

A couple of weeks after fighting in Lebanon looked like the biggest obstacle to a U.S.-Iran ceasefire, Israel and Lebanon have signed a U.S.-mediated framework for negotiating peace on Israel’s northern border — the latest unexpected…

U.S.-Iranian talks are underway, but Hezbollah and Israel keep trading deadly fire, while President Donald Trump hurls threats at Iran. We put Trump’s G-7 comments in context to provide understanding on the memorandum. CIE+ members can…

We have no details on the U.S.-Iran interim agreement, but we have an authoritative voice on what a good deal should include: President Donald Trump from 2018, providing our featured document and analysis. Antony Blinken…

We roll out a light redesign of The Chalk this week, but the elements remain the same: a featured video, a featured post, Today in Israeli History, and a mix of other resources for all…

The 59th anniversary of the start of the Six-Day War is this week, and we share resources for all, such as Abba Eban’s U.N. Security Council speech on the second day of the war, and…

As we approach June and the 59th anniversary of the Six-Day War, this week’s issue focuses on new introductions on key speeches before, during and after the war, plus our 1967 war e-book. Look for…

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: The ongoing Israeli dispute over Haredi military service is coming up for legislative debate this week, with the outcome in the Knesset likely to determine whether the next…

Israel’s 78th birthday on the Western calendar is this week, so we examine the Declaration of Independence. We also share a mostly declassified CIA document from March 1980 about the Iranian regime’s aspirations to export…

While Israel continues to fight Hezbollah in Lebanon, seeks peace with the Lebanese government, and is on hold in its fights against Iran and Hamas, it’s a good time to look at the evolution of…

Former Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid made news by uniting for the next Knesset election, due within six months. We look back at the first speech each gave upon becoming prime minister and…

With Israel and Lebanon embracing a temporary ceasefire and, so far, Hezbollah not breaking it, the possibility of actual peace between Jerusalem and Beirut has arisen. We look at the peace agreement the two countries…

As the U.S.-Israel-Iran war appears to be on again, we offer a transcript of the discussion Washington Institute Senior Fellow Michael Eisenstadt and CIE President Ken Stein held March 22 outside Atlanta, much of which…

President Donald Trump’s speech on the Iran war, delivered during the first night of Passover, leads this week’s Chalk, which also offers the monthly Contemporary Readings collection, a few recent examples of our non-English resources,…

In response to the month-old U.S.-Israel-Iran war, CIE has launched a topic combining the latest posts with decades of background information providing context. The new resources include an analysis of Iran’s control of the Strait…

As the Iran war continues, we provide an updated, comprehensive bibliography on Israel-Iran relations, adding videos, podcasts and documents to books and the latest articles. We also have a 2½-minute video, drawn from our March…

After the attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, we offer solidarity and remind everyone of the programs we offer to strengthen community resilience. We roll out a new phase in CIE resources with…

After the first week of the war waged against Iran by Israel and the United States, we provide CIE President Ken Stein’s observations on the causes and possible outcomes of the fighting, as well as…

The big news is the war that broke out February 28 between Israel and the United States on one side and Iran on the other, with much of the Middle East pulled into the fighting…

A video presentation by CIE President Ken Stein looks at the causes and consequences of the Hamas-Israel war. A September 1988 speech by Secretary of State George Shultz sets a marker early in the First…