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Articles ranging from 250 to 1,500 words that provide a brief overview of a topic or answer a basic question related to the modern State of Israel.
Explainer: Israel-Lebanon-Syria Triangle

Explainer: Israel-Lebanon-Syria Triangle

Before Israel’s establishment, Zionists in Palestine had contacts with Lebanese and Syrian officials, seeking information about anti-Zionist attitudes and understanding of these Arab states’ military capabilities against Israel’s establishment and survival. Since 1949 and the…

Explainer Articles|June 11, 2025
Explainer: Israel’s Foreign Relations

Explainer: Israel’s Foreign Relations

A major objective of Zionism and Israel remains the “normalization” of the Jewish people in a secure territory of their own. As a worldwide minority through the ages, Jews have lobbied and negotiated with stronger…

Explainer Articles|June 11, 2025
Explainer: The United Nations and Israel

Explainer: The United Nations and Israel

The U.N. partition resolution in 1947 cleared the way for Israel to declare independence six months later, but since then the United Nations has largely been antagonistic and condemnatory toward Israel and a tool for the Palestinians and Israel’s enemies.

Explainer Articles|April 29, 2025
Explainer: Europe and Israel

Explainer: Europe and Israel

Historical Background Unlike any other region of the world, Europe has had the most intimate, impactful and longest-lasting relationship with contemporary Israel and its origins. As the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and with the…

Explainer Articles|January 31, 2025
Explainer: Arabs of Palestine/Israel

Explainer: Arabs of Palestine/Israel

Some ancestors of modern Palestinians and Israeli Arabs, like those of Israeli Jews, lived in the Land of Israel millennia ago, but most came to the area when Muhammad’s successors took Jerusalem and settled there…

Explainer Articles|January 20, 2025
Explainer: The Arab-Israel War of 1948 — A Short History

Explainer: The Arab-Israel War of 1948 — A Short History

Otherwise known as Israel’s War of Independence, or, “the nakbah” or disaster to the Arab world because a Jewish state was established, the war was fought between the newly established Jewish state of Israel opposed by Palestinian irregulars, and armies from five Arab states. Official beginning of the war is usually given as May 14, 1948, the date Israel declared itself an independent Jewish state, but the war’s first of four phases began in November 1947. Lasting for two years, the war ended with armistice agreements signed in 1949 between Israel and four Arab states.