In its first progress report on the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire and recovery efforts, the Board of Peace cites several successes but comes back to the perpetual problem of heavily armed Hamas.
May 29, 2026 Compiled by Maya Rezak and Ken Stein Ariel Admoni, “The Crisis That Wasn’t: Qatar-Hamas Ties in the Shadow of the War With Iran,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, May 20, 2026….
Update June 9, 2026; originally posted June 2021. Compiled by Dr. Ken Stein, CIE President, June 9, 2026 These sources and references unfold the history of the Jewish state through 1949, from state-seeking to state-making…
The Israeli Declaration of Independence was crafted in the final month before independence but reflects a thoughtful approach to citizens, neighbors and American precedents.
Prime Minister Netanyahu uses the opportunity of an extensive prime-time U.S. interview to promote himself as the defender of a stronger-than-ever Israel, explain the war against Iran and insist on the necessity of removing the Hezbollah threat from Lebanon.
With the support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a pro-Israel congressman moves to reset the U.S.-Israel conversation with a nonbinding resolution to end U.S. military aid to Israel.
Moshe Dayan, quien más tarde se convertiría en un célebre héroe militar israelí y, finalmente, en ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, relata con urgencia y minucioso detalle su participación en operaciones sionistas clandestinas contra adversarios proárabes durante la invasión aliada de 1941 a la Siria controlada por Vichy, erigiéndose así en un combatiente comprometido con el sionismo.
A U.S. House Intelligence subcommittee issued a scathing report on the failures of the intelligence community and policymakers as the Shah’s regime was collapsing in Iran.
Foreign Minister Abba Eban addressed the U.N. Security Council one day after the Six-Day War began and as Israel was moving from fear of destruction to an extraordinary military victory. He framed Israel’s self-defense after weeks of mounting danger and emotional drain.
Moshe Dayan, celebrated fighter for Zionism and the state, provides detailed and gripping glimpses of how he and his cohorts fought for Zionism in Syria in the early 1940s.
President Johnson’s remarks became the philosophical outline for UN Resolution 242 passed in November 1967. Core to his view was that Israel would not need to return to the pre-1967 war borders, and that the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all states in the region should be protected.
Two days after the conclusion of the June 1967 War, Eshkol, recounts the series of events that led to war, the war itself and the immediate aftermath. He reaches out to Arab states for peace seeking a path to peace with her belligerent neighbors. A week later, Israel will quietly messages Cairo and Damascus through the US, hat Israel seeks an end to the conflict. No answers are received.
March 1968 “The Six-Day War,” Israel Government Year Book, 5728 (1967-68), March 1968, Central Office of Information, Prime Minister’s Office The Six-Day War The short, sharp encounter that has come to be known as the…
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser asserts that the conflict with Israel is not over access to the Gulf of Aqaba but the very existence of Israel; Egypt’s foes are Britain and the United States, which support Israel.
The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations delivers a detailed outline of events that will lead to war two days later.
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מרץ 92, 6202 על ידי קן סטיין במרץ 6202 הודיעה איראן על סגירת מצר הורמוז, נתיב המים שמחבר את המפרץ הפרסי למפרץ עומאן והים הערבי. עבור טהראן, זו התגובה הקלה ביותר ואולי המשמעותית ביותר למכות…
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La autogobernanza de mayoría judía existió en Eretz Israel durante la Primera y la Segunda Mancomunidad Judía, entre el 1020 y el 586 a. C. y entre el 538 a. C. y el 70 d….
Palestine’s High Commissioner Chancellor seeks to halt the Jewish National Home in favor of the Arabs. He fails to overcome the Zionist drive and Arab unwillingness to cooperate with his intentions.
The CIA report details Iran’s aggressive foreign policy of promoting Islam as a radical platform for governance, noting also the new regime’s vigorous anti-U.S. outlook. Viewing Iran exclusively as an asset in the Cold War and not comprehending the potential power of political Islam developing with Iran proved to be one of the greatest oversights in U.S. Middle East foreign policy in the last 100 years.
April 30, 2026 Compiled by Maya Rezak and Ken Stein Videos and Multimedia Hasan Alhasan, Nicole Grajewski and Matthew Tavares, “Wartime Support to Iran: Implications for the Middle East and Beyond,” Washington Institute for Near…
Yitzhak Sadeh, a founder of the Haganah, provides a short history of the Haganah published in Hebrew in 1952. It is a unique verbal snapshot of the Zionist/Yishuv’s self-defense evolution taken from Sefer Toldot Hapalmach (History of the Palmach).
Former Israeli Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, who formed a governing coalition after running separate electoral lists in 2021, put aside their differences in 2026 in their shared quest to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu.
