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French President Macron’s U.N. Address on a Two-State Solution, September 2025

French President Macron’s U.N. Address on a Two-State Solution, September 2025

President Macron’s speech links the end of Hamas-Israeli conflict to the evolution of a of two-state solution. He acknowledges that Israel has the power to end the war and evolve a Palestinian state, asserting that if Israel does neither to the satisfaction of France and her European partners, Israel could pay an undisclosed price. He offers no such penalties to be placed on the PA for its failure to meet its commitments. Once again the Palestinian Arab national movement uses the international community to pressure Israel into concessions. On the same day, Israeli
Prime Minister Netanyahu emphatically rejects the establishment of a Palestinian state west of the Jordan River. The Israeli
parliament in June 2004 rejected any unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state by a 68-9 vote.

Documents and Sources|September 22, 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
Bibliography — U.N. and Israel

Bibliography — U.N. and Israel

April 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles, including some available on our website, to guide understanding of Israel’s relations with the United Nations. ‘’ Books Amitzur Ilan. Bernadotte in Palestine,…

Bibliographies|April 30, 2025
U.N. New York Declaration on the Two-State Solution, July 2025

U.N. New York Declaration on the Two-State Solution, July 2025

Seized by the severity of the Gaza war and nonmovement on a Palestinian-Israeli negotiating process, the U.N. offers a diplomatic road map to end the war and start negotiations. Led by France and Saudi Arabia, it asserts PA primacy as the legitimate Palestinian political representative, addresses possible Palestinian governance reform, seeks to empower a sovereign and economically viable state of Palestine living side by side in security with Israel, and contains other vague PA promises. Israel and the U.S. reject the Declaration. The Israeli government refuses to have outside parties determine the outlines or pace of negotiations with any country because negotiations impact Israeli security today and tomorrow.

Documents and Sources|July 29, 2025
Letter From PA President Mahmoud Abbas to French President Emmanuel Macron, June 2025

Letter From PA President Mahmoud Abbas to French President Emmanuel Macron, June 2025

PA President Abbas makes requests and gives promises to the French president for the establishment of a Palestinian
state. His commitments were not negotiated with Israel. They are meant to seek support for the end of the Gaza war,
the affirmation of Abbas and the PA as the sole Palestinian political address, and international support for a Palestinian state.
As in the past, the PA and Abbas seek international support to pressure Israel into undesirable political actions.

Documents and Sources|June 12, 2025
How Did the Zionists Create the State of Israel?

How Did the Zionists Create the State of Israel?

Delve into the roots of Jewish peoplehood and the pivotal moments in Jewish history that led to the rebirth of Israel in 1948. Explore how precarious Diaspora life and outbursts of violent antisemitism catalyzed Jewish self-determination. Examine how Jewish leaders employed compromise, perseverance and adaptation in interactions with the Ottomans, British, and Arabs to overcome challenges, and so much more.

Curriculum/Syllabi|Store
Netanyahu’s Address to the U.N. General Assembly, 2023

Netanyahu’s Address to the U.N. General Assembly, 2023

Addressing Israel’s fear of Iran’s access to nuclear weapons, the same point made by his predecessor Yair Lapid stressed in 2022 at the UN, Netanyahu like Lapid praised the Abraham Accords, noting in a quite unrestrained fashion that Israel was on the ‘cusp of a historic peace with Saudi Arabia.” The Prime Minister did mention support for a two-state solution with the Palestinians as Lapid had done previously.

Documents and Sources|September 22, 2023
Ralph Bunche, 1904-1971

Ralph Bunche, 1904-1971

Bunche, an American diplomat, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for brokering the armistice agreements between Israel and four Arab neighbors in 1949. He served in 1947 with the U.N. Special Committee on Palestine,…

Biographies|October 17, 2022
Arthur Goldberg, 1908-1990

Arthur Goldberg, 1908-1990

Goldberg resigned as a U.S. Supreme Court justice in 1965 to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He drafted the text of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, the basis of all “land…

Biographies|October 17, 2022
Jeane Kirkpatrick, 1926-2006

Jeane Kirkpatrick, 1926-2006

Kirkpatrick was the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President Ronald Reagan. She built a close relationship with Israeli Ambassador Yehuda Blum and was as staunch in her support of Israel as she was…

Biographies|October 17, 2022
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, 1927-2003

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, 1927-2003

Moynihan was the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in 1975 when the U.N. General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, equating Zionism with racism. He delivered a passionate speech lambasting the resolution and its supporters and…

Biographies|October 17, 2022
Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s Speech to U.N. General Assembly, 2022

Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s Speech to U.N. General Assembly, 2022

The focus of Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s first speech at the UN was a political weather report of Israel’s relations with Arab neighbors. He lauded Arab states for embracing Israel, hoped that Israel could move toward a two-state solution with the Palestinians, and blistered the hate spewing from Hamas and Iran; Israel he said, would not tolerate Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Documents and Sources|September 22, 2022
Abba Eban, 1915-2002

Abba Eban, 1915-2002

A native of Cape Town, South Africa, who was raised in England and made aliyah in 1944, Eban was a diplomat, politician and writer. With the Jewish Agency’s U.N. delegation, he was heavily involved in…

Biographies|August 31, 2022
Eliahu Elath, 1903-1990

Eliahu Elath, 1903-1990

A Ukraine-born journalist, politician and diplomat, Elath arrived in the Land of Israel in 1924, joined the Jewish Agency in 1934, and became Israel’s first ambassador to the United States and, when the diplomatic post…

Biographies|August 31, 2022
Explainer: Declaration of Independence (4:48)

Explainer: Declaration of Independence (4:48)

Israel’s Declaration of Independence which was issued by David Ben-Gurion in Tel-Aviv on May 14, 1948 was drafted by a small committee. This video highlights the similarities and differences between the Israeli and American declarations of independence and outlines the Israeli Declaration’s contents including the state’s intentions towards its citizens, the historical connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, and the right of the Jewish people to determination.

Explainer Videos|May 9, 2019
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