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.
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.
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….
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…
#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”…
Yigal Allon, Lessons From the War of Independence, 1948CIE+
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, 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.
Os Acordos de Abraão – Estados Unidos, Emirados Árabes Unidos, Israel e Bahrein
15 de setembro de 2020 Almejados silenciosamente há uma década ou mais, os laços para uma relação de longa data entre Israel e os Estados do Golfo Pérsico tornaram-se públicos, fundamentados em interesses nacionais, com…
Moshe Shertok, 1943: “Palestine — A Jewish Commonwealth”CIE+
A key figure in the Jewish Agency’s political department, Moshe Shertok (later Sharett) argues for a Jewish commonwealth/state in Palestine. Pragmatically he realizes Arabs in Palestine oppose the Jewish presence, yet he rejects a potential binational Arab-Jewish state.
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…
Las relaciones de Irán con Israel y el pueblo judío desde la antigüedad hasta la actualidad
Junio de 2025 © Centro para la Educación sobre Israel 23-24 de junio de 2025: A petición del presidente Trump, Irán e Israel firman un alto el fuego en su Guerra de los Doce Días….
Trump, Netanyahu Share Vision for Iran and Gaza, July 2025CIE+
Before a White House dinner, President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk about Gaza, Iran, Syria and Middle East peace.
June 2025 Pew Research Center Surveys on IsraelCIE+
Divided at home and condemned abroad, public opinion of Israel sinks in response to war and domestic politics.
Explainer: Land in Palestine and Land in Israel
When the British and the French decided on the borders of some modern Middle Eastern states in the Levant in the 1915-1922 period, no Palestinian, Syrian, Iraqi, Jewish, Lebanese or Jordanian state existed. Before the…
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.
Asher Susser, Jordan and the Islamic State ChallengeCIE+
December 27, 2015 Asher Susser, “Jordan and the Islamic State Challenge,” Institute for National Security Studies, December 2015. Jordan faces internal challenges and economic hardships that are feeding off each other. Many young people are…
Bibliography — Foreign Relations: U.S. and IsraelCIE+
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:…
Bibliography — Religion and IdentityCIE+
June 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles to guide understanding of the connections between religion and Israeli society. Books Abramov, S. Zalman. Perpetual Dilemma: Jewish Religion in the Jewish State….
Bibliography — Israel’s Political InstitutionsCIE+
June 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles to guide understanding of Israel’s political foundations and institutions. Books Arian, Alan. Politics in Israel: The Second Republic. Washington: CQ Press, 2005. Arian,…
Bibliography — Minorities in IsraelCIE+
June 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles to guide understanding of Israel’s minorities. Books Azarya, Victor. The Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem: Urban Life Behind Monastery Walls. Berkeley: University of California…
Bibliography — Israel’s EconomyCIE+
June 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles to guide understanding of Israel’s economy. Books Abramitzky, Ran. The Mystery of the Kibbutz: Egalitarian Principles in a Capitalist World. Princeton University Press,…
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…
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…
Comentarios del presidente Donald Trump y el primer ministro Netanyahu, reuniones de prensa, La Casa Blanca, 2025
En medio de un alto el fuego en Gaza, el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, se convierte en el primer líder extranjero en visitar la Casa Blanca durante la segunda administración de Trump, y el presidente Donald Trump aprovecha la ocasión para declarar su intención de tomar el control y reconstruir Gaza.
