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CIA Factbook: Israel

Kibbutzim

• The Kibbutzim Site - Ha'kibbutz Ha'artzi
• Kibbutz Lotan
• Kibbutz Dalia
• Kibbutz Yotvata
• Kibbutz Lavi
• Urban Kibbutz Tamuz
• Mishkei Hakibbutzim
• Hakibbutz Hadati - The Religious Kibbutz Movement
• List of Kibbutzim  (down)
• Kibbutzim Internet Sites
• Institute for Research on the Kibbutz and the Cooperative Idea - Haifa University
• Kibbutz Database - Haifa University
• The Old Courtyard
• Kibbutz - What, Why, When, Where - Jon Fidler
• Kibbutzim, Moshavim and Moshavot - The Jewish Agency
• Women in the Changing World of the Kibbutz- Michal Palgi
• Kibbutz Industry Association

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Moshavim

• Moshav Ein Yahav
• Moshav Meor Modi'im
• Moshav Carmel
• Moshav Gadid (English/French/Hebrew)
• Kibbutzim, Moshavim and Moshavot - The Jewish Agency
• What's a Kibbutz and a Moshav in Israel

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Non-Jewish Communities in Israel

• Minority Communities - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The Arab Citizens of the State of Israel (Hebrew)
• The Bedouin in Israel - Yosef Ben-David
• Bedouins Reservoir (Hebrew)
• Center for Bedouin Studies and Development - Ben-Gurion University
• Notes on Bedouins - Sde Boker College (Hebrew)
• Joe Alon Center - The Museum of Bedouin Culture
• Excerpts from "The Investigatory Committee on the Bedouin Educational System in the Negev"
• Demographic and Health Information on Negev Bedouin Arabs
• Circassians
• Druze Heritage Center (down)
• Druze - in: Middle East and Jewish Studies(down the page, many links)
• Druze (Hebrew)
• The Black Hebrews - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Political Structure

The Presidency

• The Presidency - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• President of the State - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The Presidency - JSOURCE

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The Government

• Executive: The Government - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Israel Government Gateway
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
• Ministry of Communications
• Ministry of Constructing and Housing
• Ministry of Defense
• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Environment
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Immigrant Absorption
• Ministry of Industry and Trade
• Ministry of the Interior
• Ministry of Justice
• Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
• Ministry of National Infrastructures
• Ministry of Public Security
• Ministry of Religious Affairs
• Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports
• Ministry of Tourism
• Ministry of Transport

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The Knesset

• Israel's Political Structure - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Israeli Democracy: How Does it Work? - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Elections - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Politics - JSOURCE
• Legislature: The Knesset - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The Knesset Website
• The Knesset History
• The Knesset Tour -(down)
• Knesset Members of the Fifteenth Knesset

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The Court System

• Judiciary: The Court System - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The Judiciary: The Court System - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Israel Judicial Authority Website
• Tour of Supreme Court
• Aharon Barak, President of the Supreme Court
• The State Comptroller and Ombudsman - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The State Comptroller Website
• Eliezer Goldberg, State Comptroller and Public Complaints Commissioner
• The Attorney General - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Elyakim Rubinstein, Attorney-General

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Local Government

• Local Goverment - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Union of Local Authorities in Israel
• Israeli Local Government and Municipalities on the Internet
• The General Committe Of Arab Mayors and Local Councils In Israel - (down)

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National Institutes

• Agricultural Research Organization
• Bank of Israel
• Central Bureau of Statistics
• Civil Service Commission
• Embassy of Israel - Washington D.C
• Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce
• Goverment Companies Auothority
• Goverment Publications Office
• Income Tax Commission
• Investment Promotion Center
• Israel Airports Authority
• Israel Antiquities Authority
• Israeli Embassies
• Israel Export Institute
• Israel's Industry and Export Website (down)
• Israel Institute for Biological Research
• Israel Land Administration
• Israel Ports and Railways Authority
• Israel Postal Authority
• Israel Space Agency
• JNF - Jewish National Fund
• KKL-JNF Jerusalem
• National Insurance Institute
• National Photo Collection
• Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations
• Shil - Citizen Info Service - (down)
• Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
• Sports and Physical Education Authority
• State of Israel Information Technologies
• The Council for the Preserving of Historical Sites
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• The Survey of Israel

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Political Parties

• Parties - JSOURCE
• Agudat Israel - Eliezer Segal
• Avoda - (Labour)
• Gesher
• Israel Achat - (down)
• Israel Beytenu
• Likud
• Meretz - (down)
• Mifleget Hamercaz
• Moledet
• Shas - Eliezer Segal
• Shinui

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Political Movements

• Amana (down)
• Dor Shalom (down)
• Four Mothers
• Gush Shalom
• Laor
• Netivot Shalom - Oz Ve-Shalom
• Peace Now
• Professors for a Strong Israel
• Women in Green
• Zo Artzeinu

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Writers & Literature

• Israeli Union of Writers  (about)
• The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature
• Dag Anonimi - Poetry Hebrew Journal
• Babel - Literature Magazine
• Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888-1970), Hebrew writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature - The Jewish Agency
• Shalom Aleichem - The Jewish Agency
• Natan Alterman (1910-1970), Poet, Journalist, and Translator - The Jewish Agency
• Natan Alterman Bibliography - Yossi Galron (Hebrew)
• Yehuda Amichai - In Memoriam
• Yehuda Amichai (b. 1924), Poet and Author - The Jewish Agency
• Sacha Argov (1914-1995), Composer and Lyricist - The Jewish Agency
• Shmuel Hugo Bergman, (1883-19..), philosopher - The Jewish Agency
• Haim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934), Hebrew poet, essayist, storywriter, translator and editor - The Jewish Agency
• Joseph Haim Brenner (1881-1921), Hebrew novelist - The Jewish Agency
• Martin Buber (1878-1965), Philosopher, theologian, Zionist thinker and leader - The Jewish Agency
• The Martin Buber Homepage
• T. Carmi (1925-1994), Poet and Editor - The Jewish Agency
• Shmuel Dubnow (1860-1941), Jewish historian - The Jewish Agency
• Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Physicist, author of the theory of relativity and Nobel Prize winner - The Jewish Agency
• Albert Einstein Online
• David Frischmann (1859-1922), Poet, short story writer, essayist, literary critic and journalist - The Jewish Agency
• Lea Goldberg (1911-1970), Hebrew poet - The Jewish Agency
• David Gordon (1831-1886), Hebrew Journalist and Editor - The Jewish Agency
• Uri Zvi Greenberg 1896-1981), Poet - The Jewish Agency
• Chaim Hefer (b. 1925), Poet and Song Writer - The Jewish Agency
• Aharon Katzir (1914-1972), Israeli chemist - The Jewish Agency
• Abba Kovner (1918-1987) - JSOURCE
• Nechama Leibowitz (1905-1997), Bible Scholar, Commentator and Teacher - The Jewish Agency
• Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903-1994), Scientist, Philosopher and Man of Letters - The Jewish Agency
• Sarah Levy-Tanai (1911-1975), Choreographer; Founder of the Inbal Dance Troupe - The Jewish Agency
• Judah Magnes (1877-1948) - JSOURCE
• Amos Oz (b. 1937), Israeli novelist - The Jewish Agency
• Yitzhak Leib Peretz (1852-1915), Yiddish poet and writer - The Jewish Agency
• Dalia Rabikovitch (b. 1936), Hebrew poet - The Jewish Agency
• Rahel [Bluwstein] (1890-1931), Hebrew poet - The Jewish Agency
• Gershon Scholem, (1897-1982), Jewish scholar on Jewish mysticism - The Jewish Agency
• Moshe Shamir (b. 1921), Author, Dramatist, and Man of Letters - The Jewish Agency
• Marie Syrkin (1899-1989), Author, Translator, and Editor - The Jewish Agency
• Shaul Tchernichowsky (1875-1943), Hebrew poet - The Jewish Agency
• A.B. Yehoshua (b. 1936), Israeli novelist and playwright - The Jewish Agency
• S. Yizhar (b. 1916), Writer - The Jewish Agency

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Theatre

• Shimon Finkel (b. 1905), Actor and Director - The Jewish Agency
• Hannah Rovina (1892-1980), Actress - The Jewish Agency
• Jerusalem Theatre
• Habima Theatre (Hebrew)
• Beit Lessin Theatre (Hebrew)
• Cameri Theatre
• ZOA House in Tel-Aviv
• Tzavta Theatre (Hebrew)
• Hagesher Theatre

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Sculptors & Painters

• Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Artist - The Jewish Agency
• Chagall Windows
• Reuven Rubin (1893-1974), Artist - The Jewish Agency
• Boris Schatz (1866-1932), Sculptor and Painter, Founder of The Bezalel School of Art - The Jewish Agency
• Nahum Guttman Museum (Hebrew)

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Music & Singers

• Naomi Shemer (b. 1931), Composer and Song Writer - The Jewish Agency
• Moshe Vilensky (1910-1997), Musician, Composer, and Lyricist - The Jewish Agency
• Meir Ariel Songs and Poems
• Israeli Music Web Site
• Aviv Geffen - Modern Pop Music
• Matti Caspi
• Isaac Stern Web Site
• Jerusalem Music Center
• The Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
• Israeli Opera Web Site
• The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

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Newspapers

• Institute for the Study of Jewish Press and communications - Tel-Aviv University
• Ha'aretz
• Jerusalem Post
• Globes
• Ma'ariv (Hebrew)
• Yedioth-Aharonot (Ynet) (Hebrew)
• >The Jerusalem Report
• News from Israel

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T.V.

• Israel Broadcasting Authority - IBA (T.V. and Radio)
• Israel TV - Channel 2 (Hebrew)
• Channel 1 News (Hebrew)
• Channel 2 News (Hebrew)

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Radio

• Israel Broadcasting Authority - IBA (T.V. and Radio)
• Reshet Aleph (Hebrew)
• Reshet Bet (Hebrew)
• Reshet Gimmel (Hebrew)
• Radius 100 FM   (Hebrew)
• Radio Kol-Rega (Hebrew)

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Women In Israel

• Statement by Ms. Amira Arnon, Representative of Israel to the UN Third Committee on Advancement of Women - Oct 13, 1999
• Women in Public Life - MK Professor Naomi Chazan, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
• Women in Israel - Alice Shalvi   (down 05/03)
• Women in the Changing World of the Kibbutz - Michal Palgi
• Israel Womens Network
• Women and Israeli Politics
• Women in the IDF

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The Hebrew Language

• The Eliezer Ben Yehudah Research Center for the Jewish Language
• The Academy of the Hebrew Language
• The Corpus of Spoken Israeli Hebrew
• Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858-1922) - The Jewish Agency
• Eliezer Ben Yehudah - Nurit Reshef (Hebrew)
• Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the Revival of Hebrew - JSOURCE
• Eliezer Ben-Yehuda: A Language Reborn - Jack Fellman
• The Mother of Languages: The Influence of Hebrew on other Languages - Norman Berdichevsky
• The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature>
• The Hebrew Writers Association in Israel (Hebrew)   (down)
• Literature - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Universities & Colleges

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Tel-Aviv University
• Ben-Gurion University in the Negev
• Haifa University
• The Technion - Israel Institute of Technologic
• The Open University of Israel
• Beit Berl College

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Army & Defense

• Defense Ministry
• IDF website
• Israel Air Force
• Israel Navy
• Izkor - For the soldiers that felled in battle (Hebrew)
• Israel at the Paris Air Show
• Ministry of Defense Mission to USA
• Sibat - Israel Military Equipment

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