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Presidents Day gives us the occasion to highlight the nine U.S. presidents, from Truman to Trump, on our list of 75 non-Israelis who have helped make Israel what it is today, just as we share…

The Winter Olympics have begun, and we look at Israel’s diverse team of 10 athletes. This week marks the 130th anniversary of the publication of Theodor Herzl’s “The Jewish State,” and we offer nine guiding…

We mark the birthday of the trees, Tu B’Shevat, by recalling the start of the tradition of having students plant trees on the holiday in the Land of Israel and by offering a collection of…

U.S. envoy Jared Kushner and others involved in the Gaza restoration project spoke about progress and plans in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday; we share what they had to say. The occasional provides an opportunity to…

The United States has decided that the Gaza ceasefire has moved into Phase 2 despite the body of one hostage, Ran Gvili, remaining in Gaza. With the move to Phase 2 comes the unveiling of…

The Gaza ceasefire, though stalled in Phase 1, means it’s time to deliver an updated version of our short history of Hamas. It also means the resumption of domestic Israeli politics, including the effort of…

As popular protests spread against the Iranian regime and after the U.S. operation to seize Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, CIE offers an overview of news articles, analyses and documents related to Iran and its historical…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is back in the United States for his fifth U.S. meeting of 2025 with President Donald Trump, so we look back at the previous four sessions. The newly signed National Defense…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who held an end-of-year press conference December 19, kicks off an issue largely focused on the U.S.-Israel relationship. Rubio talked about the next phases in the Gaza peace plan and…

CIE joins Jews and other people of goodwill worldwide in mourning at the start of Chanukah after the mass murder of Jews attending a public menorah lighting at Bondi Beach, Australia. Our response: Be proudly,…

After the European Broadcasting Union approved a Eurovision rules changes that is meant to make it tougher for Israel to finish in the Top 5 but will keep Israel in the competition, four countries announced…

In response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for a presidential pardon on the corruption charges filed against him in 2019, CIE provides context with some history of Israeli pardons and past convictions of top…

The U.N. Security Council enacted Resolution 2803, approving and empowering the Gaza peace plan; we share the text. The historical context for Resolution 2803, which establishes international oversight for the process of preparing Gaza and…

Israel’s diplomacy with its neighbors, plus the role of the United States, takes center stage this week. The recent White House visit of the new Syrian president is a reminder of 31 years earlier when…

The U.S. admiral who heads the Central Command delivers a moving eulogy for an Israeli-American killed October 7, 2023, and held for more than two years in Gaza — reminiscent of Moshe Dayan’s speech in…

This week is the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. We look at his record of leadership, his anti-Hamas reasons for signing the Oslo Accords, his 1967 speech explaining Israel’s…

U.S. Vice President JD Vance offers his confident assessment of the implementation of the Gaza peace plan while refusing to set deadlines for Hamas to release the remaining hostage bodies or disarm. The approaching 39th…

As the Gaza ceasefire holds despite Hamas attacks, Israeli responses, and the failure of Hamas to deliver all the bodies of dead hostages to Israel, we share images of the living hostages’ reunions with their…

On the eve of the release of the remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza for more than two years, we examine the U.S. security deal that helped persuade Qatar to push Hamas to accept the…

CIE marks the approaching second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel with a look back at what happened that day and what motivated Hamas with our series of explainer videos and…

Two related developments — action at the United Nations to push a two-state solution and a 21-point U.S. proposal to end the war in Gaza — are the centers of attention this week. On the…

A Jerusalem press conference with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a reminder of the tight U.S.-Israel relationship throughout the Hamas-Israel war, as well as the long history of intervention…

A day before the fifth anniversary of the Abraham Accords, which established normal relations for Israel with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, we examine some highlights in the history of U.S. efforts to mediate…

This week we look back 32 years to the exchange of letters of mutual recognition between the PLO and Israel, 41 years to Shimon Peres becoming prime minister, 48 years to Anwar Sadat’s November 1977…