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Israel - Page 1

Israel - Page 2

General Benjamin Ze'ev Herzl Hibbat Zion, Hovevei Zion and Bilu HaShomer Nili Machtarot Ha'apala Zionist Leaders and Thinkers Kibbutzim The Hebrew Language The Presidency Legislature: The Knesset - The Parliament of Israel Executive: The Goverment Prime Ministers Judiciary: The Court System Local Goverment National Institutes Parties Political Movements Youth Movements Army and Defense Chiefs of Staff

Writers, Poets, Artisits and Scholars Religious Zionism Chief Rabbies Minority Communities The Israeli-Arab Conflict Camp-David Accords Palestine Documents Journals Research Institutes Databases and Archives Bibliographies Articles Zionist Education Zionist Organizations Women in Israel Media Independence Day Centenary of Zionism Museums Timelines Maps Miscellaneous

General

	Zionism - Table of Contents - JSOURCE - The Jewish Student Online Resource Center
	Pre-State Israel - Table of Contents - JSOURCE
	Israel - Table of Contents - JSOURCE
	History of Israel - Table of Contents - JSOURCE
	The State of Israel - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	The Zionist Exposition - The World Zionist Organization
	Zionism - Benyamin Neuberger
	Zionist Glossary - The Jewish Agency - The Department for Jewish Zionist Education
	Israel - A Country Study - The Library of Congress
	Encyclopedia Britannica - Israel
	Encyclopedia Britannica - Zionism

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Benjamin Zeev Herzl (1860-1904)

	Theodore Herzl - The Jewish Agency
	Theodore Herzl - Nurit Reshef
	Herzl's Diary - Palestine 1898 (Hebrew)
	Theodor Herzl - The Jewish State (1896) - The Zionist Library
	Excerpts From Herzl's The Jewish State - JSOURCE

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Hibbat Zion, Hovevei Zion and BILU

	Hibbat Zion - JSOURCE
	Leon (Yehuda Leib) Pinsker (1821-1891), Zionist pioneer - The Jewish Agency
	Leon Pinsker - Auto-Emancipation (1882) - The Zionist Library
	Hovevei Zion - JSOURCE
	BILU - JSOURCE
	Israel Belkind (1861-1929), Bilu Founder and Educator - The Jewish Agency
	Chaim Hissin (1865-1932), Physician and Bilu Pioneer - The Jewish Agency

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HaShomer

	Israel Shochat (1886-1961), Pioneer and Founder of HaShomer - The Jewish Agency
	Mania (Wilbushewitcz) Shochat (1880-1961), Leader of HaShomer organization - The Jewish Agency
	Alexander Zaid (1886-1938), Pioneer and founder of HaShomer - The Jewish Agency
	Hashomer Museum

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NILI

	Aaron Aharonsohn (1876-1919) - JSOURCE
	Sarah Aharonsohn (1890-1917) - JSOURCE
	Naaman Belkind (1889-1917) - The Jewish Agency
	Aharonsohn House Museum

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Machtarot (The Underground Military Organizations, Before 1948)

	The Haganah - JSOURCE
	The Hagana Site
	Eliyahu Golomb (1893-1945), Leader of the Jewish defense effort in Palestine and chief architect of the Haganah between 1920 and 1948 - The Jewish Agency
	Phalmach - Educational Site (Hebrew)
	The Palmach People - An Exhibition in the Ig'al Alon House (down 06/03)
	Sadeh, Yitzhak (1890-1952), Creator of the Palmach - The Jewish Agency
	Yigal Allon (1918-1980) - The Jewish Agency
	The Etzel Site
	The Acre Prison Break - Yehuda Lapidot
	Avraham Stern (1907-1942) Poet, Underground Fighter, and Founder of Lehi - The Jewish Agency

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Ha'apala (Clandestine Immigration)

	The Ha'apala Project - Tel-Aviv University
	The Struma Tragedy

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Zionist Leaders and Thinkers

	Ahad Ha'am (1856-1927) - JSOURCE
	Ahad Ha'am - Anticipations and Survivals (1891) - The Zionist Library
	Ahad Ha'am - Jewish State and Jewish Problem (1897) - The Zionist Library
	Ahad Ha'am - The Wrong Way (1889) - The Zionist Library
	Chaim Arlosoroff (1899-1933) - The Jewish Agency
	Arlosoroff, Zionism, and Israel - Jermy Rosner
	Rahel Yanait Ben Zvi (1886-1979), Labor Leader, Educator, and Writer - The Jewish Agency
	Nathan Birnbaum (Pseudonym: Mathias Ascher, 1864-1937) - JSOURCE
	Ber Borochov (1881-1917), Socialist Zionist leader - The Jewish Agency
	Meir Dizengoff (1861-1937), A founder and first mayor of Tel Aviv - The Jewish Agency
	Nahum Goldmann (1895-1982), Zionist and World Jewish Leader - The Jewish Agency
	Aharon David Gordon (1856-1922), Hebrew writer and Zionist, leader of the movement for settlement on the land (the halutzim) - The Jewish Agency
	Abba Eban
	Haika Grossman (d. 1996)
	Yehoshua Hankin (1864-1945), Early pioneer - The Jewish Agency
	Moses Hess (1812-1875), Father of Zionist Socialism - The Jewish Agency
	Ze'ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky (1880-1940)
	Ze'ev Jabotinsky - Nurit Reshef (Hebrew)
	Ze'ev Jabotinsky Homepage - Noah Nissani
	Berl Katznelson (1887-1944), leader of the Zionist labor movement and a central figure of the Second Aliyah - The Jewish Agency
	Max Nordau (1849-1923), Co-founder of the World Zionist Organization, philosopher, writer, orator and physician - The Jewish Agency
	Max Nordau - Address at the First Zionist Congress (1897) - The Zionist Library
	Max Nordau - Address at the Sixth Zionist Congress (1903) - The Zionist Library
	Aryeh Louis Pincus (1912-1973), Zionist Leader - The Jewish Agency
	Arthur Ruppin (1876-1943), Sociologist and Zionist Settlement Leader - The Jewish Agency
	Nahum Sokolow (1859-1936), Zionist leader, pioneer in Hebrew journalism and prolific Hebrew author - The Jewish Agency
	Joseph Sprinzak (1885-1959), Israel labor leader and first speaker of the Knesset - The Jewish Agency
	Nahman Syrkin (1868-1924), Socialist Zionist leader - The Jewish Agency
	Henrietta Szold (1860 - 1943), Educator, author, social worker and founder of Hadassah - The Jewish Agency
	Yitzhak Tabenkin (1887-1971), Labor Leader and Kibbutz Activist - The Jewish Agency
	Avraham Menahem Mendel Ussishkin (1863-1941), Zionist leader and president of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) - The Jewish Agency
	Yosef Vitkin (1876-1912), Educator - The Jewish Agency
	David Wolffsohn, 1856-1914, Second president of the World Zionist Organization - The Jewish Agency
	David Yellin (1964-1941) - JSOURCE
	Israel Zangwill (1864-1926), English Author and Jewish Leader - The Jewish Agency

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Kibbutzim

	The Kibbutzim Site
	Mishkei Hakibbutzim
	Hakibbutz Hadati - The Religious Kibbutz Movement
	List of Kibbutzim
	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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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)
	Literature - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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The Presidency

	The President of the State of Israel - The Knesset
	The Presidency - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	President of the State - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	The Presidency - JSOURCE

Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952)

	Chaim Weizmann - The Jewish Agency
	Chaim Weizmann (Hebrew)
	Chaim Weizmann - Nurit Reshef (Hebrew)

Yitzhak Ben Zvi (1884 - 1963)

Yitzhak Ben Zvi - The Jewish Agency

Shneur Zalman Shazar (1889-1974)

Shneur Zalman Shazar - The Jewish Agency

Ephraim Katzir (b. 1916)

Ephraim Katzir - The Jewish Agency

Yitzhak Navon (b. 1921)

Yitzhak Navon - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Chaim Herzog (1918-1997)

	Chaim Herzog - The Jewish Agency
	Chaim Herzog Memorial Page

Ezer Weizmann (b. 1924)

Ezer Weizman - JSOURCE

Moshe Katsav (b. 1945)

	Moshe Katsav - JSOURCE
	Moshe Katsav (Hebrew)

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Legislature: The Knesset - The Parliament of Israel

	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
	Knesset Members of the Fifteenth Knesset

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Executive: The Goverment

	Executive: The Government - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Goverment 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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Prime Ministers

	The Office of the Prime Minister
	Excerpts from Speeches by the Prime Ministers of Israel

David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973)

	David Ben-Gurion: The First Prime Minister - The Government of Israel
	The Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute (Hebrew)
	The Ben-Gurion Research Center
	The Ben-Gurion Archives Online
	David Ben-Gurion Bibliography
	Ben-Gurion's House (Hebrew)
	David Ben-Gurion - Amos Oz
	David Ben-Gurion - Nurit Reshef
	David Ben-Gurion, The Kingdom of the Spirit, The Atlantic Magazine November, 1961

Moshe Sharett (1894-1965)

	Moshe Sharett: The Second Prime Minister - The Government of Israel
	Moshe Sharett - The Jewish Agency

Levi Eshkol (1895-1969)

	Levi Eshkol: The Third Prime Minister - The Government of Israel
	Levi Eshkol's Website
	Levi Eshkol - The Jewish Agency

Golda Meir (1898-1978)

	Golda Meir: The Fourth Prime Minister - The Government of Israel
	A Speech before the Council of Jewish Federations in Chicago on January 2, 1948
	Golda Meir - Nurit Reshef
	Biography - Golda Meir
	Golda Meir
	Meir, Golda (ne Mabovitch; 1898-1978)
	BBC News Profile of Golda Meir
	Golda Meir Center for Political Leadership
	Golda Meir Quotations
	Golda Meir - the Speech that made possible a Jewish State

Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995)

	Yitzhak Rabin: The Fifth Prime Minister - The Government of Israel
	Yizthak Rabin - Ministry of Defence
	The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin - JSOURCE
	Knesset Memorial Site
	Articles and Memorials to the Late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (down 06/03)
	Political Assassinations
	Rabin
	Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies
	Yitzhak Rabin - Nurit Reshef
	Yitzhak Rabin's Last Speech

Menachem Begin (1913-1992)

	Menachem Begin: The Sixth Prime Minister - The Government of Israel
	Menachem Begin - 6th Prime Minister of Israel
	Menachem Begin - Nurit Reshef

Yitzhak Shamir (b. 1915)

	Yitzhak Shamir: The Seventh Prime Minister - The Government of Israel
	Yitzhak Shamir - 7th Prime Minister of Israel
	Yitzhak Shamir - The Jewish Agency

Shimon Peres (b. 1923)

	Shimon Peres: The Eighth Prime Minister - The Government of Israel
	Shimon Peres - The Jewish Agency

Benjamin Netanyahu (b. 1949)

	Benjamin Netanyahu: The Ninth Prime Minister  - The Government of Israel
	Benjamin Netanyahu - The Jewish Agency

Ehud Barak (b. 1942)

	The Prime Minister   - The Government of Israel
	Ehud Barak
	Ehud Barak    -JSOURCE

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Judiciary: 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 Goverment

	Local Goverment - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Union of Local Authorities in Israel
	Israeli Local Government and Municipalities on the Internet

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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 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
	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
	The Israel National Parks and Nature Protection Authority
	The Survey of Israel

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Parties

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

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Political Movements

	Amana
	Dor Shalom
	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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Youth Movements

	Youth Movements - JSOURCE
	Betar
	Bnei-Akiva
	Ezra
	Habonim Dror
	Hamahanot Haolim
	Hanoar Hatzioni
	Hashomer Hatzair
	The Israel Hebrew Scouts Association (Hazofim)
	Young Judaea

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Army and Defense

	Ministry of Defense
	Memorial Site for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel
	IDF - Israel Defense Forces - Official Site
	Israel Defense Forces - JSOURCE
	History of the IDF
	Born in Battle - The History of the IDF Through Four Decades - Benny Michelson
	Israel Army Flag
	IDF Insignia
	Medals and Awards
	Wars - JSOURCE
	Military Threats to Israel - JSOURCE
	IDF Units
	IDF Archive
	The Israeli Air Force - IDF
	Israeli Air Force
	Israeli Air Force (Hebrew)
	IAF Bulletin (Hebrew)
	Articles about the IAF (Hebrew)
	Israel at the Paris Air Show
	The Israeli Air Force Museum
	101 Squadron - Israel's First Fighter Squadron
	Ron Arad (b. 1958) - The Jewish Agency
	Free Ron Arad
	Israel Navy
	Israeli Submarines
	Machal - Volunteers in Israel War of Independence
	'Uvda' Operation
	Border Guard (Hebrew)
	Uzi Narkiss (1925-1997) - The Jewish Agency
	Eli Cohen (1924-1965) - The Jewish Agency
	Eli Cohen's Homepage (Hebrew)
	The Israeli Society for Military History - Tel-Aviv University

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Chiefs of Staff

	Yigael Yadin (1917-1984) - The Jewish Agency
	Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) - The Jewish Agency
	Haim Laskov (1919-1983) - The Jewish Agency
	Zvi Zur (b. 1923) - The Jewish Agency
	Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995)
	Haim Bar-Lev (1924-1994) - The Jewish Agency
	David Elazar (d. 1977) - The Jewish Agency
	Mota Gur (1930-1995)
	Raphael Eitan ("Raful") (b. 1929) - The Jewish Agency
	Ehud Barak (b. 1942)
	Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (b. 1944) - JSOURCE
	Shaul Mofaz (b.1948) - JSOURCE