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Saudi King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud to President Truman, 1947

Saudi King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud to President Truman, 1947

No document better reveals the hostility which most Arab leaders and Arab states had in 1947 for Zionism and for a possible Jewish state. The Saudi King notes “that US support for Zionists in Palestine is an unfriendly act directed against the Arabs.” The King’s views were totally supported by US State Department officials including Loy Henderson and George Kennan who advocated strongly against Truman’s support of a Jewish state.

החלטת סן רמו – אפריל 25, 1920

החלטת סן רמו – אפריל 25, 1920

1 באפריל 1920, ועידת סן רמו באיטליה קבעה את הגבולות של השטחים שבעלות הברית כבשו במלחמת העולם הראשונה: אלו כללו הגבולות לקיום הפוליטי של סוריה, לבנון, עיראק, ופלסטין כמדינות עצמאיות זמנית. ההחלטה המסכמת של הועידה…

מסמכים ומקורות|1920 ,אפריל 25
#149 Contemporary Readings July 2025

#149 Contemporary Readings July 2025

Maya Rezak and Ken Stein, July 31, 2025 Videos Ron Dermer, Minister of Diaspora Affairs, “Review of the Hamas-Israel War: Part 1” Ron Dermer, Minister of Diaspora Affairs, “Review of the Hamas-Israel War: Part 2”…

Contemporary Readings|July 31, 2025
Yigal Allon, Lessons From the War of Independence, 1952

Yigal Allon, Lessons From the War of Independence, 1952

With crisp analysis, Haganah Commander Yigal Allon, later a Prime Minister of Israel attributes Israel’s successes to multiple factors including the absence of a centralized Arab command, limited Arab military training, underestimating the potential fighting capabilities of local Arabs, and Israel’s success in integrating its citizens into the war effort.

British Report Reveals “Separatist” Jewish Education System in Palestine, 1946

British Report Reveals “Separatist” Jewish Education System in Palestine, 1946

With the British spending local revenue on strategic needs — ports, roads and communication systems — scant funds were devoted to education in the Mandate. Already baked into diasporic habits, the Jewish community raced forward in educating its own in Palestine to inculcate penetrating attachments to Palestine as the Jewish national home. Arab youth literacy ran in place, with separatist education contributing mightily to communal divisions, as occurred simultaneously in the economic and geospatial spheres.

Moshe Shertok, “Palestine — A Jewish Commonwealth”

Moshe Shertok, “Palestine — A Jewish Commonwealth”

A key figure in the Jewish Agency’s Political Department, Shertok, later Moshe Sharett argues for a Jewish commonwealth/state in Palestine. Pragmatically he realizes Arabs in Palestine oppose Jewish presence, yet he fully rejects a potential binational Arab-Jewish state, suggesting that the end of WWII will be a turning point in favor of a Jewish state.

Explainer: Zionist/Israeli Music

Explainer: Zionist/Israeli Music

April 15, 2025 Dr. Eli Sperling © Center for Israel Education, 2025 Israeli music offers a powerful lens through which we can understand the country’s cultural and political evolution, serving as both a unifying force…

Explainer Articles|April 15, 2025
Plan de Acción Integral Conjunto (PAIC) con Iran

Plan de Acción Integral Conjunto (PAIC) con Iran

Firmado entre Irán y cinco potencias mundiales, Irán acordó desmantelar gran parte de su programa nuclear a cambio de miles de millones de dólares en alivio de las sanciones. Israel calificó el acuerdo de demasiado indulgente. El 8 de mayo de 2018, el presidente Trump retiró a Estados Unidos del PAIC, calificándolo como uno de los “peores y más unilaterales de la historia estadounidense”. Los objetivos de Israel al atacar a Irán en junio de 2025 se centraban en reducir el programa nuclear iraní, los programas de desarrollo de misiles y el apoyo a aliados antiisraelíes en las fronteras de Israel; estos eran los mismos aspectos centrales que, según Israel, una década antes no se habían abordado suficientemente en el PAIC.

Bibliography — Foreign Relations: U.S. and Israel

Bibliography — Foreign Relations: U.S. and Israel

August 1, 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles, including some available on our website, to guide understanding of U.S.-Israel relations. Books Alteras, Isaac. Eisenhower and Israel: U.S.-Israeli Relations, 1953-1960. Gainesville:…

Bibliographies|June 2025