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<span class="cie-plus-title">Bibliography — Democracy in Israel</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Bibliography — Democracy in IsraelCIE+

June 2025 With diversity in geographic backgrounds and ideological outlooks, the Zionists practiced democracy to sustain their fledgling movement. From the establishment of the World Zionist Organization in 1897 to the present, Zionist and Israeli…

Bibliographies|June 2025
<span class="cie-plus-title">Bibliography — Jerusalem</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Bibliography — JerusalemCIE+

June 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles, including some available on our website, to guide understanding of Israel’s capital, the holy city of Jerusalem. Books Adelman, Madelaine, and Miriam Fendius…

Bibliographies|June 2025
<span class="cie-plus-title">Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — Containing Iran’s Access to Nuclear Weapons, 2015</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — Containing Iran’s Access to Nuclear Weapons, 2015CIE+

Under the deal between Iran and five world powers, Iran agreed to dismantle much of its nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars of sanctions relief. Israel called the deal too lenient. On May 8, 2018, President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the JCPOA, calling it one of the “worst and most one-sided” agreements in U.S. history. Israel’s objectives in attacking Iran in June 2025 focused on the same central features Israel argued a decade earlier were not sufficiently addressed in the JCPOA.

<span class="cie-plus-title">Ken Stein, “The U.S. Role in Palestinian Self-Determination”</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Ken Stein, “The U.S. Role in Palestinian Self-Determination”CIE+

Many in the Arab world and amongst Palestinian leaders believe that, for the sake of evenhandedness and justice, the U.S. government, a longtime supporter of Israel’s security and existence, should have openly endorsed and urged others to vote for the proposition of Palestinian state recognition at the United Nations. Criticism of the U.S. failing to do so has been harsh, but it is also without perspective or historical context. What is forgotten is the persistent, even aggressive, perhaps unprecedented role that Washington has played in pushing for Palestinian rights, self-determination and, most recently, for Palestinian statehood.

<span class="cie-plus-title">Explainer: Israel-Lebanon-Syria Triangle</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Explainer: Israel-Lebanon-Syria TriangleCIE+

Before Israel’s establishment, Zionists in Palestine had contacts with Lebanese and Syrian officials, seeking information about anti-Zionist attitudes and understanding of these Arab states’ military capabilities against Israel’s establishment and survival. Since 1949 and the…

Explainer Articles|June 11, 2025
<span class="cie-plus-title">Explainer: Israeli Leadership</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Explainer: Israeli LeadershipCIE+

Jews always have bound themselves together by committing to Torah values, taking care of one another, adapting to new settings, coping with persistently precarious living environments, and finding leaders who looked past immediate obstacles to…

Explainer Articles|June 11, 2025