Vital is an English-born historian of Zionism and diplomacy. His books include “The Origins of Zionism” and “A People Apart: A Political History of the Jews in Europe.” He worked in the Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister’s Office from 1954 to 1966. He taught at Bar-Ilan and Haifa universities before serving as the Nahum Goldman professor of diplomacy at Tel Aviv University. He has held emeritus status since 1995.
The U.N. General Assembly overwhelming reverses a Soviet-driven decision 16 years earlier to declare Zionism a form of racism.
In only the second Knesset address by a U.S. president, Bill Clinton hails the treaty Jordan and Israel signed the previous day as part of a peaceful wave sweeping the region, including the year-old Oslo Accords and soon a likely treaty with Syria.
The CENTCOM head demonstrates the strong U.S.-Israeli relationship in his eulogy for Omer Neutra, an Israeli-American soldier whose body was held in Gaza for two years.
January 15, 2021 The U.S. Department of Defense announced in the final week of the first Trump administration that it was shifting Israel from the area of responsibility of the U.S. European Command to the…
The U.S. military’s Central Command is responsible for an area stretching from Egypt to Pakistan to Kazakhstan, including Israel since September 2021.
May 15, 2008 Source: https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080515-1.html When George W. Bush became the third U.S. president to address the Knesset on May 15, 2008, he was not trying to finalize a peace treaty, as Jimmy Carter was…
November 3, 2025 Compiled by Maya Rezak and Ken Stein David Adesnik, Mariam Wahba, Ahmad Sharawi, David Daoud, Natalie Ecanow, Hussain Abdul-Hussain and Bridget Toomey, “Patient Extremism: The Many Faces of the Muslim Brotherhood,” Foundation…
Among Palestinians, Hamas popularity soars, two state solution at lowest ebb, Rise in European Anti-semitism, and Michael Mihlstein’s insightful analysis an essential read.
Donald Trump takes a victory lap and lays out short- and long-term visions for Gaza, Israel and the Middle East while becoming the fourth U.S. president to address the Knesset.
