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…
The week of the anniversaries of the First and Second Zionist Congresses, we look at Max Nordau’s dramatic speech from Basel in 1897 and Hebrew-language newspaper coverage of the Congress that was published in Russia…
Just before the 75th anniversary, we share the statements made by AJC President Jacob Blaustein and Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to set the standards for the relationship between the Jewish state and the Diaspora…
Twenty years after Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and days after current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid out his intention for Israel to temporarily reoccupy Gaza, we focus on…
CIE unveils our revamped website, with a range of customizable tools to make it easy to find exactly what you want or build a foundation of knowledge about Zionism and modern Israel. To mark Tisha…
This week’s Chalk focuses on the teaching of Israel, protests and Jewish life on college campuses, in preparation for the Aug. 10 CIE program for college students. We look at how anti-Israel teaching spread, how…
CIE looks at the roots and practice of democracy in Israel. We offer an explainer article on Israeli democracy and politics, an explainer video on the Diaspora roots of Israeli democracy, an in-depth video examining…
For Bastille Day, we look at some of the highs (Jewish emancipation, arms sales) and lows (horrific incidents of antisemitism) of centuries of France’s relations with the Jewish people and with Israel. Two Pew surveys…
The Fourth of July weekend provides an opportunity to highlight the U.S.-Israeli alliance over the past five decades with examples of diplomatic, military, strategic and economic agreements. We share how one of the key voices…
In the aftermath of the Iran-Israel Twelve-Day War, we continue to share related resources with President Donald Trump’s speech after the U.S. bombing mission June 21, the text of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action…
The U.S. bomber and cruise missile attack on Iranian nuclear sites gives us reason to dig deeper into Iran-Israel relations and the series of speeches made by Israeli prime ministers about Iran’s nuclear threat since…
While wishing all U.S. dads a happy Father’s Day, we focus on Iran as ballistic missiles from Iran bombard Israel and Israeli aircraft bomb military targets in Iran, including the nuclear program. Among the relevant…
Amid rising anti-Jewish violence, we recall Max Nordau’s speech to the First Zionist Congress, explaining the need for a Jewish homeland as a haven, and we look at the campus antisemitism since Oct. 7, 2023….
The arrival of Shavuot provides an opportunity to examine the pilgrimage festival, the first celebration at the Western Wall after Jerusalem’s unification in 1967, and the theme of the Book of Ruth used by then-National…
After the fatal shootings of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, we highlight explainer videos about the rise of antisemitism since Oct. 7, 2023, and our overview of the history of antisemitism. With a U.N….
While Israel celebrates the second-place finish of October 7th survivor Yuval Raphael in the Eurovision Song Contest, the more important news of the past week is likely to be President Donald Trump’s attempt to reset…
