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Enormous tension and risks taken by Egyptian and Israeli leaderships are recounted in a brief chronology of events that led to the June 1967 war, a benchmark turning point in Middle Eastern, Israeli, and Jewish history.

Following the conclusion of the June 1967 War, the Israeli government sent word to Egypt and Syria seeking peace plan that was intended to jumpstart a peace process with Israel’s belligerent neighbors, Egypt and Syria. The messages were sent through the US, but no response was apparently received.

El concepto general del sionismo: ¿cuál es esa historia?  Resultados acabados o bien formados del sionismo Resultados inconclusos del sionismo, hasta ahora Israel no ha respondido o no ha podido responder completamente si, cómo o cuándo

Los New York Times (10 de diciembre de 1948) Texto de la Constitución propuesta para el Estado de Israel que se votará después de las elecciones de enero Preámbulo: Nosotros, el pueblo de Israel, humildemente dando gracias a Dios Todopoderoso por habernos librado de la carga del destierro y habernos traído de vuelta a nuestra […]

El impulso sionista moderno para crear un territorio para la soberanía judía comenzó en el siglo XIX, aunque las conexiones judías con la Tierra de Israel se remontan a los tiempos bíblicos. Como idea y movimiento, el sionismo se filtró a lo largo del siglo, catalizado por otros pueblos que.

This draft spoke eloquently about protecting individual, religious, and civil rights for all. Instead individual civil rights in Israel were protected by a series of Basic Laws.

In four days of sharply presented testimony and debate, the House evaluated the pros and cons of whether to endorse Jewish immigration to Palestine. Pressure from the Executive Branch not to pass such a resolution was heeded. According to Chief of Staff George Marshall “such a resolution would have adverse effects on the Moslem world.” This was the same argument that the State Department used in trying but failing to persuade President Truman in 1947 not to vote in favor of Palestine’s partition into Arab and Jewish states. The debate in the Congress took place more than a year before World War II ended in Europe. Fear of Arab state retaliation against the US never materialized because the US endorsed Jewish immigration to Palestine and a two state solution.

As a Democratic Party operative, Mark Siegel astutely helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 election. He assisted in delegate selection, on the platform committee, and kept Eugene MaCarthy’s name off the New York state ballot. In the White House, as the administration’s liaison to the Jewish community, he abruptly resigned for being lied to by the administration. He explains Brzezinski/Carter disappointment with Sadat’s historic 1977 trip to Jerusalem because it channeled Arab-Israeli negotiations into a bi-lateral pathway. With that, the Brzezinski/Carter fear was realized. Any hope of Palestinian self-determination and Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank/Gaza Strip would be endlessly postponed in favor of Egyptian-Israeli national interests. He is frank in his descriptions and epititude of those who worked in the Carter White House.

להיות עם חופשי בארצנו Zionism’s two part history, Early History to 1897 and Zionism 1898 to 1948 Where has Zionism succeeded?  What remains incomplete or  unfinished? Finished or well-shaped results of Zionism   Unfinished results of Zionism, so far Israel has not answered or been able to answer fully if, how, or when Ken Stein, […]

Assembled by Ken Stein and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education Agence France-Presse, “China ready to broker Israel-Palestine peace talks, says foreign minister,” The Guardian, April 17, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/18/china-ready-to-broker-israel-palestine-peace-talks-says-foreign-minister  Fares Akram, “In First, Iran’s president addresses Palestinians in Gaza,” Associated Press, April 14, 2023, https://apnews.com/article/iran-palestinians-gaza-jerusalem-256ccdd3029ba63f8b19302a6640b363  Peter Beinart, “Could Israel Carry Out Another Nakba?,” Jewish Currents, https://jewishcurrents.org/could-israel-carry-out-another-nakba   Ilan […]

El impulso sionista moderno para crear un territorio para la soberanía judía comenzó en el siglo XIX, aunque las conexiones judías con la Tierra de Israel se remontan a los tiempos bíblicos. Incluyen los pactos bíblicos de Di-s ( español ) con el pueblo judío y repetidas referencias litúrgicas a Jerusalén y Sión en la oración judía ( español ) . En la historia del sionismo en la Enciclopedia Judía de 1906 se hace una crónica detallada de la construcción de un territorio judío moderno.