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Moshe Sasson spanned four decades in his service to Israel, from the Haganah’s Arab Department of Intelligence in the 1940s to being Israel’s Ambassador to Egypt in the 1980s. He recollects analytically and in detail his conversations with Arab leaders at Lausanne as well as personal impressions of Moshe Dayan and Anwar Sadat. A tour de force.

Ken Stein Interview with Ambassador Roy Atherton, Washington, D.C., July 16, 1992 (16 July 1992) Alfred Roy Atherton, Jr., participated in U.S-Soviet Middle East negotiations and formulation of Rogers Plan, 1969; Kissinger-Ismail secret meeting in Paris, 1973; mission to Moscow in October 1973 to negotiate UNSC 338; Kissinger Middle East shuttle diplomacy team, 1973-1975;  Assistant […]

(29 October 1992) After learning Hebrew, David Korn rose to become chief of the political section while at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv (1968 to mid-1971). Later, he was office director for northern Arab affairs (1972 to 1975), policy planning in 1977, officer director for Arab-Israeli affairs (1978-1981).  In the interview, David Korn shared […]

Cantado o recitado durante la Pascua, el Dayenu original es una apreciación reflexiva sobre los 14 importantes eventos, específicamente envueltos alrededor del éxodo de Egipto. El Dayenu presentado aquí relata la historia judía desde éxodo hasta la actualidad. Esta historia puede ser leída individualmente o de manera responsorial. Diferentes momentos y personajes en la historia judía podrían estar incluidos. Las versiones del Dayenu en hebreo y español se encuentran disponibles.

April 2, 2022 Assembled by Ken Stein, Michele Freesman-Levenson, Emory University’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and the Center for Israel Education, kenstein@israeled.org Ramy Aziz, “Cairo’s Opportunity for Policy Change on the War in Ukraine,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 10, 2022, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/cairos-opportunity-policy-change-war-ukraine  Michael Barak, “The War on Public Consciousness: Social […]

Primary sources, reputable scholarship and archival materials collectively show major communal (Arab-Jewish) socio-economic separation, factors that foreshadowed geo-spatial partition.

Importa dónde eliges comenzar a contar o recordar la historia. Le da forma a la historia y a la política que desea o no transmitir. ¿Lo que incluye y lo que deja de lado revela su conocimiento, sesgos e intenciones políticas? Ver Powerpoint

Ken Stein The Center for Israel Education (CIE), founded in Atlanta under the direction of Dr. Kenneth W. Stein, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and tax-exempt entity established in 2008. The CIE evolved out of the Emory Institute for the Study of Modern Israel (ISMI), which was established in 1998. ISMI was the first permanent academic platform, center […]

Para lograr que un estado judío moderno se desenvuelva, dos requisitos físicos fueron necesarios: una población y un territorio. La inmigración y la adquisición de tierras llevó al sionismo a la realidad. Ambos fueron el oxígeno para el desarrollo de la nación. Crear establecimientos e instituciones, colocar las tuberías de agua y los caminos, expandir los almacenes, construir escuelas y contratar a maestros, crear instalaciones médicas, expandir las áreas urbanas, desarrollar instituciones políticas, sociales y culturales de auto-gobierno, y revivir al hebreo como idioma hablado reflejaron un dinamismo proactivo.

Showing its public opposition to Israeli actions in the lands taken in the June 1967 war, an area that the Carter Administration
wanted reserved for Palestinian self-rule, it ‘strongly deplores’ Israel’s settlement policies. Passage of the resolution three weeks
prior to the New York and Connecticut presidential primaries, cause many Jewish voters to vote in favor of Ted Kennedy
and not for Carter, helping to splinter the Democratic Party.

As a political activist, Weiss recollects with keen candor the incidents in 1978-1980 where he personally confronted President Jimmy Carter for what he viewed as his definitive anti-Israeli comments and actions.

Reprinted with permission from the author. Sela’s survey is unique for its breadth and analytical candor. He analyzes Arab authors, country by country who wrote about the 1948 Arab loss of Palestine. Sela reviews key books and articles that focused on causes, responsibility and blame for Israel’s success. He touches on the sensitive issue of […]

(15 de mayo de 1948) Gran Bretaña. Declaración preparada por el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Coloniales. 1948. Versión Impresa. Este informe de 10 páginas, escrito por la Oficina Británica de Asuntos Exteriores y Coloniales, junto con el Informe de la Comisión Peel (Royal) de 1937, es uno de los dos mejores resúmenes de la […]

This 10 page report, written by the British Colonial and Foreign Office, along with the 1937 Peel (Royal) Commission Report, is one of the two best summaries of the British presence in Palestine. Both are substantial in terms of content, detail and analyses; both were written from Britain’s perspective. Read these along with 1931 Census for Palestine to have a fuller grasp of the politics and the populations that shaped Britain’s Palestine’s administration from 1918-1948.

This 10 page report, written by the British Colonial and Foreign Office, along with the 1937 Peel (Royal) Commission Report, is one of the two best summaries of the British presence in Palestine.  Both are substantial in terms of content, detail and analyses; both were written from Britain’s perspective. Read these along with 1931 Census for Palestine to have a fuller grasp of the politics and the populations that shaped Britain’s Palestine’s administration from 1918-1948

Nine days before the March 26, 1979 signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Treaty, US National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud carried out an extraordinarily frank conversation. It included discussions about their bilateral relations, common fears of regional turbulence, and Sadat’s building estrangement from Arab leaders.

Updated February 28, 2022 Assembled by Ken Stein, Michele Freesman-Levenson, and Ana Kilbourn Emory University’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and the Center for Israel Education, kenstein@israeled.org AFP, “Israel’s economy minister visits Morocco to cement trade ties,” Ahram Online, February 20, 2022, https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/461440/World/Region/Israel;s-economy-minister-visits-Morocco-to-cement.aspx  Mansour Abbas, David Makovsky, and Robert Satloff, “An Arab Leader […]

Rabbi Sharon Clevenger, who leads Jewish studies at The Rashi School, discusses the positive working relationship she and her team have built with CIE.

Dr. Tal Grinfas-David, March 1, 2022 When it comes to boosting Israel education, some schools go through transactional changes, and some go through transformative changes. What’s the difference? Transactional schools add units and information, making superficial connections to Israel but failing to truly integrate curricula as do transformative schools.  In transactional schools, students walk away […]

RootOne, which provides vouchers for thousands of high school students to visit Israel during the summer, is again working with CIE for educational courses that prepare teens for their trips.

S. Ilan Troen and Rachel Fish (eds.) have provided a very useful and authoritative compilation of 15 essays, covering almost all topics and disciplines that pertain to modern Israel.

El Dr. Yaron Ayalon de College of Charleston y Rich Walter de la Federación Judía de la Gran Atlanta profundizan en la historia y la influencia política y cultural del diverso grupo de judíos israelíes conocidos colectivamente como sefardíes o mizrajíes.
Fecha de grabación: 14 de junio de 2021
Parte de 20º Taller Anual de Enriquecimiento sobre el Israel Moderno

The National Security Index tracks trends in Israeli public opinion on national security issues in a systematic and consistent manner. Included are levels of confidence in public institutions, handling the pandemic, security establishment, and taking military action against the Iranian nuclear threat.

In a far-ranging speech about Israeli domestic and foreign policies, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett presented the views of Israel’s 36th government, in office since June 2021. On foreign and…

Bennett makes remarks about a new self-defense system, fears about Iran, managing the pandemic, economic growth, and Israel’s growing relationship with Middle Eastern Arab countries.

Updated February 2, 2022 Assembled by Ken Stein and Michele Freesman-Levenson, Emory University’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and the Center for Israel Education, kenstein@israeled.org Musa Alami, “The Lesson of Palestine,” Middle East Journal, October 1949, reprinted with permission,https://israeled.org/musa-alami-the-lesson-of-palestine-middle-east-journal-october-1949-reprinted-with-permission/ Tomer Barak and Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, “Confronting Climate Change, Turkey Needs ‘Green’ Leadership […]

14 September 2016, commencing in 2018 Source: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/14/fact-sheet-memorandum-understanding-reached-israel Building upon previous US-Israeli memorandums of understanding, the first of which signed in 1974, the US promised 10 years of military assistance to Israel, totaling $38 billion. Representing an $8 billion increase of US military aid since the last MOU in 2007, this commitment reflects the costs […]

The US promises Israel $38 billion in military aid over a decade, the assistance promised despite Jerusalem and Washington periodically differing over matters relating to Iran and the Palestinians.

Despite WWII in Europe, and the British White Paper, Ben-Gurion outlines in 1941 a pragmatic policy for Jews to pursue in building a state: educate Jews world-wide, embrace the Arab communityin Palestine as neighbors, build an economy, strengthen Jewish defense, and be prepared toabsorb the coming influx of Jewish immigrants. Read more