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… The story of Israel's foundation has often been told from the perspective of Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel. In this presentation, Ori Yehudai turns this … head, focusing on Jewish out-migration from Palestine and Israel between 1945 and the late 1950s. Based on previously …

… When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington … November 2015, he arrived amidst a low-water mark in U.S.-Israeli relations. He also left a country that was experiencing a new round of Israeli-Palestinian violence. And a peaceful resolution to …

… Many Americans see Israel’s response to the capture of three of its soldiers as … The Bush administration agrees. It strongly supports Israeli military action in Lebanon against Hezbollah. Yet Israel’s military campaign is unlikely to succeed. In fact, … Israel … Why Israel’s Campaign Will Likely Fail …

… through outside intervention. At its core the Palestinian-Israeli clash is about political independence and ending … Much of the fury behind the Palestinian opposition to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza arises from the … frustrated in their wish to live under their own rulers. Israel is rarely described as a settler state, such as the …

… Water created  Israel , like water created the American West by enabling … – Native Americans.  Water  remains a major tool of Israeli policy toward the  Palestinians .  Since its founding in  1948 , Israel has used hydraulic works to reinforce its ownership … Israel …

… Egypt and Hafez al-Assad’s Syria launched a joint attack on Israel’s southern and northern borders. As the war … Countries (OPEC) deployed the “oil weapon” against Israel’s allies, imposing an embargo against any nation aiding Israel.  The embargo, lasting from October 1973 to March …

… The Arab-Israeli War of June 5-10, 1967 (known in the West as the Six … a brief but momentous military clash that reshaped the Arab-Israeli dispute , redirected U.S. relations with key states … consequential on this month’s 50 th anniversary of the war. Israeli and Egyptian forces clashing during the Six Day War, …

… During the past year, Israel has experienced an unprecedented political crisis. … more than two months after a third round in March 2020, Israeli politicians are still struggling to establish a … 2018 at Breuer Religious Elementary School in Yad Binyamin, Israel. (Photo: Avi Ohayon and the Government Press Office) …

… in the cards. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which abuts Israel, elected an Islamic fundamentalist Hamas government, … against the farms and villages of central and southern Israel. Israel retaliated in its January 2009 “Cast Lead” incursion … Israel …

… announcement that he will move the United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Condemned by leaders around the world, … the Ethiopians staked a majority claim with the help of the Israeli government. Christian Armenians A poster and the … shopkeeper observed, Armenians have been emigrating not to Israel but to Australia, Canada, and elsewhere. With only …

… to the gift shop, both groups were getting back on the Israeli tourist buses, off to the next stop on their day … visitors annually flock to the three baptism sites in Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian West Bank to follow in … however, the Jordan River has been drawn deep into the Arab-Israeli conflict . Once a meandering river full of rapids …

… of television news knows, those who comment on the Arab-Israeli crisis offer many different explanations for the … that keep hostilities going. Both Palestinians and Israelis cling to fantasies about settling their peoples in … finds expression in demands that their families uprooted in Israel's 1948 war for independence have a "right of return." …

… Although Israeli leaders insist they want a secure peace with all … now blocking the path to peace. As the latest round in the Israeli-Palestinian battle nears its one-year anniversary, the violence mounts with no end in sight. Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has yet to offer a …

… When Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping in May 1967 and built up troops along Israel’s border, Israel responded with preventive strikes against Egypt … Israel …

… the sacred mosques. That could provoke all-out war between Israel and the whole Muslim world. Not too many years ago, … fringe notion. Now it is part of the mainstream debate in Israel, indicating how far to the right the mainstream has … group to do better in the coming year. The modern state of Israel benefits from this sense of communal responsibility. …

… and his army of foreign occupiers. I learned that today's Israeli soldiers, like the Maccabees, were fighting for … playing the same role as the Jerusalem elite of long ago. Israel's former prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said it … Arafat signed the Oslo Agreements, he was agreeing to be Israel's "subcontractor," to suppress the radical …

… Ariel Sharon’s victory in the Israeli elections has stirred fears throughout the world of a new general Arab-Israeli war with devastating consequences for Israelis, Palestinians and the entire region. These fears … Israel …

… this new Germany more than the participation of a team from Israel. To avoid appearing militarized, the Olympic safety … Terror.” A global audience watched a tragic attack on the Israeli athletes unfold on television, which brought the … Palestinian terrorists’ methods. On September 4, while the Israeli team settled into bed in their apartments at 31 …

… debate between scholars who accept the Zionist narrative of Israeli history and those who tend to be more sympathetic to … The events of 1948 are understood, for the former, as the Israeli War of Independence; for the latter, they are … Refugee Problem in 1987. Morris joined a group of Israeli scholars known as the New Historians who challenged …