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<span class="cie-plus-title">Letter From PA President Mahmoud Abbas to French President Emmanuel Macron, June 2025</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Letter From PA President Mahmoud Abbas to French President Emmanuel Macron, June 2025CIE+

PA President Abbas makes requests and gives promises to the French president for the establishment of a Palestinian
state. His commitments were not negotiated with Israel. They are meant to seek support for the end of the Gaza war,
the affirmation of Abbas and the PA as the sole Palestinian political address, and international support for a Palestinian state.
As in the past, the PA and Abbas seek international support to pressure Israel into undesirable political actions.

Documents and Sources|June 12, 2025

<span class="cie-plus-title">Explainer: UN General Assembly Resolution 181 — Partition Plan to Create Arab and Jewish States With an Economic Union and Special Regime for Jerusalem</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Explainer: UN General Assembly Resolution 181 — Partition Plan to Create Arab and Jewish States With an Economic Union and Special Regime for JerusalemCIE+

November 29, 1947 Official Records of the General Assembly, Second Session Supplement No. 11,Volumes l-lV. Deteriorating Relationship Between Britain and Palestine The British intention (Peel Report in 1937) to partition Palestine into Arab and…

Explainer Articles|September 18, 2025|Hebrew

<span class="cie-plus-title">Explainer: Oslo II Agreement Between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, September 1995</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Explainer: Oslo II Agreement Between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, September 1995CIE+

September 28, 1995 After signing the Declaration of Principles (DOP) on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, commonly known as the Oslo Accords, on September 13, 1993, Israel and the PLO reached three additional interim agreements before Oslo…

Explainer Articles, Issues and Analyses|September 18, 2025|Hebrew

<span class="cie-plus-title">Oslo II Agreement Between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 1995</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Oslo II Agreement Between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 1995CIE+

This was the fourth Palestinian-Israeli Agreement signed that broadly extended Palestinian self-governing arrangements throughout the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. No Palestinian state was promised, essentially only putting substance on the Palestinian autonomy agreement that Menachem Begin signed with Anwar Sadat in the 1978 Camp David Accords.

Documents and Sources|September 28, 1995

<span class="cie-plus-title">“Remember October 7th,” Rubio and Netanyahu Emphasize, September 2025</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

“Remember October 7th,” Rubio and Netanyahu Emphasize, September 2025CIE+

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Israel was primarily prompted by American criticism of Israel’s airstrike on September 9, targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, the Qatari capital. Rubio arrived in Doha at the end of an emergency Arab-Islamic leaders summit that roundly condemned Israel’s attack. In Doha, he affirmed US interests in Qatar, with particular knowledge that it hosts America’s largest air base in the Middle East and the forward headquarters for the US Central Command. The US was seeking to balance its relationship with Israel and Qatar.

Documents and Sources|September 15, 2025

CIE’s Jewish Teen Israel Learning — Participant Responses

Teen participants have shown uniform enthusiasm for their interactive engagements with peers at Center for Israel Education programs. See their responses in their own words.

Issues and Analyses|September 10, 2025

הגנה על חקלאים איכרים בארץ ישראל המנדטורית

הבלוג של קן, סוגיות וניתוחים|September 7, 2025

<span class="cie-plus-title">Egyptian President Sadat’s Knesset Address, November 1977</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Egyptian President Sadat’s Knesset Address, November 1977CIE+

Sadat tells the Israeli people and world that he seeks a just and durable peace, which is not a separate peace, between Israel and Egypt. He equates statehood for the Palestinians as their right to return.

Documents and Sources|November 20, 1977

#150 Contemporary Readings, August 2025

Maya Rezak and Ken Stein, September 1, 2025 Oded Ailam, “Make An Offer They Can’t Refuse,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, August 27, 2025. Alchalta, “How Israel Loses the Narrative War, & the Moral Confusion…

Contemporary Readings|September 1, 2025

<span class="cie-plus-title">U.S. Generational Divide Solidifies on Views Toward Israel, Hamas</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

U.S. Generational Divide Solidifies on Views Toward Israel, HamasCIE+

August 2025 polling data about American attitudes toward Israel and Hamas and about American political party partisanship toward Israel over the past decade.

Issues and Analyses|September 1, 2025

<span class="cie-plus-title">Explainer: Balfour Declaration, November 1917</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Explainer: Balfour Declaration, November 1917CIE+

November 2, 1917 The Balfour Declaration was the Jewish charter that Herzl failed to obtain from the Ottoman sultan 20 years earlier. The terms were included in the preamble of the Palestine Mandate’s Articles in…

Explainer Articles, Ken's Blog|November 2, 1917|Hebrew

Discurso del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump sobre los ataques aéreos estadounidenses contra las instalaciones nucleares iraníes

El presidente Trump anuncia ataques aéreos estadounidenses de precisión contra las principales instalaciones nucleares de Irán, citando el odio de Irán hacia Estados Unidos durante cuatro décadas y el asesinato de estadounidenses y otros. Agradece a las fuerzas armadas estadounidenses, israelíes y al primer ministro Netanyahu, advirtiendo a Irán que busque la paz porque aún quedan más objetivos.

Documentos de fuentes primarias|June 21 2025

<span class="cie-plus-title">Israel State Archives — Hebrew and English Sources</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Israel State Archives — Hebrew and English SourcesCIE+

Israel State Archives — Selected Record Groups The Israel State Archives in Jerusalem are a treasure-trove for those seeking to understand Israel’s evolution. Successive archival groups reference Israel over the past century. More than the…

Historiography|August 21, 2025

<span class="cie-plus-title">U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel Since the October 7 Attack</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel Since the October 7 AttackCIE+

May 28, 2025 “U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel: Overview and Developments since October 7, 2023,” by Jeremy M. Sharp, specialist in Middle East affairs, Congressional Research Service Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S….

Issues and Analyses|May 28, 2025

<span class="cie-plus-title">State Department Prevents Jewish Immigration, 1920s-1940s</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

State Department Prevents Jewish Immigration, 1920s-1940sCIE+

“Wilbur Carr, the Imperial State Department, and Immigration: 1920-1945” © Copyright 2011 by Kathy Warnes. All Rights Reserved. kathywarneswriter.weebly.com, kathywarnes@gmail.com The State Department, as it evolved in the first four decades of the 20th century…

Issues and Analyses|1920-1945

<span class="cie-plus-title">U.S. Backs Palestinian “Entity”; Syria Insists on PLO at Any Peace Conference, 1977</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

U.S. Backs Palestinian “Entity”; Syria Insists on PLO at Any Peace Conference, 1977CIE+

In two meetings at the White House, the Syrian foreign minister insists on the PLO’s presence at a regional peace conference and wins U.S. support for some kind of Palestinian “entity.”

Documents and Sources|September 28, 1977

<span class="cie-plus-title">August 2025 — Being Safe, Smart and Jewish on Campus: Resilience Prep for College Students</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

August 2025 — Being Safe, Smart and Jewish on Campus: Resilience Prep for College StudentsCIE+

August 10, 2025 Updated August 11, 2025, with follow-up resources. CIE and partners including including Hillels of Georgia, American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s JTeen initiative, the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Community…

Curriculum/Syllabi, Issues and Analyses, Ken's Blog|August 10, 2025

<span class="cie-plus-title">Composite Statements in KKL/JNF Discussions About Lands to Purchase, 1926-1948</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Composite Statements in KKL/JNF Discussions About Lands to Purchase, 1926-1948CIE+

JNF meeting minutes and other statements show the strategic approach to Jewish land purchases throughout the British Mandate period.

Documents and Sources|1926-1948

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.

Documents and Sources|October 26, 1947|Spanish

המנדט הבריטי בפלשתינה (א”י) מטעם מועצת חבר הלאומים

(24 ביולי, 1922) Hurewitz, J.C. The Middle East and North Africa in World Politics, A Documentary Record. 2nd, Revised and Enlarged ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. 305-308. Print. Vol. 2 of British-French Supremacy….

מסמכים ומקורות|July 24, 1922|English

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|English

#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

<span class="cie-plus-title">Yigal Allon, Lessons From the War of Independence, 1952</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Yigal Allon, Lessons From the War of Independence, 1952CIE+

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.

Documents and Sources|1952|Spanish

<span class="cie-plus-title">British Report Reveals “Separatist” Jewish Education System in Palestine, 1946</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

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

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.

Documents and Sources|1946

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