RESEARCH GUIDE: RESEARCHING
ISRAEL ON THE INTERNET
By Alan L. Loren
HISTORY AND GENERAL INFORMATION
Finding good information on Israeli history is not a difficult task on the web. An
excellent starting point for historical information on Israel is the Jewish Virtual Library
http://www.us-israel.org/j. This website provides information on contemporary Israeli
history, as well as the history of ancient Israel.
The other vital source historical and general information is the Ministry of Finance links
page at Ministry of Foreign Affairs BookMarks http://www.israelmfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00kj0. There is no better compilation of web listings
dealing with all matters relating to Israel.
For a good resource on the history of the Kibbutz movement, go to the website of the
Kibbutz Hartzi Movement http://www.kibbutz.org.il/eng/kbaeng.htm. The Central
Zionist Archives of the World Zionist Organization also provide a good resource for
information on the history of contemporary Israel, and the Zionist movement Central
Zionist Archives http://www.wzo.org.il/cza/Default.htm. Another interesting website on
contemporary Israeli/Zionist history is Ber Borochov Internet Archive
http://www.angelfire.com/il2/borochov/, which provides excellent information on the
socialist movement within Zionistm.
For resources that deal with ancient Jewish history, there are a number of excellent
resources. The Israel Antiquities Authority http://www.israntique.org.il/ , a government
minitry, is a good source for archeological information.
Fordham Universtiy and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem each have terrific web
resources on Jewish/Israel history at Internet Jewish Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html and
Jewish History Resource Center http://jewishhistory.huji.ac.il/, respectively.
For a good summary of the history of the peace process, go to the British Foreign Office
on Peace Process http://www.fco.gov.uk/news/keythemehome.asp?13 as well as the
Israeli Foreign Ministry at Guide to Mideast Peace Process http://www.israelmfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00ts0
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SPECIAL MENTION
Cairo Genizah http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Taylor-Schechter/Introduction.html
LOC Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
About Judaism http://judaism.about.com/mbody.htm
Religious Freedom in Israel
http://atheism.about.com/sitesearch.htm?terms=religion%20in%20israel&SUName=atheism&TopNode=30
42&type=1
GOVERNMENT
The Israeli Governemnt has an extensive network of websites, and some of these are
listed below. They cover many areas of interest to researchers.
The best place to begin navigating the government sites it Government Gateway
http://www.info.gov.il/eng/mainpage.asp .
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Government of Israel http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH000a0
Israel Ministry Of Foreign Affairs http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/home.asp
Ministry of Regional Cooperation http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?mrcU02sk0
Ministry of Science, Sport & Tourism http://www.most.gov.il/
Ministry of Immigrant Absorption http://www.moia.gov.il/english/index_en.asp
Guide to Mideast Peace Process http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00ts0
Israel Lands Authoriity http://www.mmi.gov.il/eng/index.html
Israeli Foreign Ministry Maps http://thesite2000.virtualave.net/iraqijews/index2.html
Judicial Authority http://207.232.15.135/mishpat/html/en/home/index.html
Central Bureau of Statistics http://www.cbs.gov.il/engindex.html
Ministry of Finance http://www.mof.gov.il/englishframe.htm
ECONOMY
Globes http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/ is the leading website for Israeli business and
economy. It has terrific, in-depth information on the economic stituation in Israel, and is
updated daily.
For an extremely interesting background of incubator projects in Israel, go to Globes
Technology Incubators
http://new.globes.co.il/serveEN/globes/docView.asp?did=258775&fid=942
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Ministry of Finance http://www.mof.gov.il/englishframe.htm
Standard & Poors http://www.standardpoor.co.il/
Israel Export Institute Resource Center
http://www.export.org.il/IsraelExportInstitute/buildagate/IEIindex/company_search_tree.
php3?NewNameMade=0&InitialEntry=1&SiteName=siteindex&lan=en&EnterDefault=
&Referral=tree&Design=2
Ernst & Young http://www.ey.com/GLOBAL/gcr.nsf/Israel/Israel_home
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Cairo Genizah http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Taylor-Schechter/Introduction.html
HUMAN RIGHTS
Listed below are some of the best domestic sources of information on human rights in
Israel.
Arab Human Rights Center http://www.arabrights.com/iraq/iraqmntr.html
Adalah http://www.adalah.org/
Arab Association for Human Rights http://www.arabhra.org/index.htm
Bet Tselem
http://www.btselem.org/English/Publications/Full_Text/Illusions_of_Restraint/Chapter_
D_eng.asp
External sources of information on the Human Rights situation in Israel may be found at
Amnesty International http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/countries/iraq and Human Rights
Watch http://www.hrw.org/mideast/iraq.php. The US government annual report on
human rights includes a section on Israel at US State Dept. Human Rights in Iraq
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/nea/787.htm
MEDIA
The Jerusalem Report www.jrep.com
Israel Radio www.israelradio.org
JTA www.jta.org
Globes www.globes.co.il
Haaretz www.haaretzdaily.com (In-depth coverage)
Arutz 7 www.arutzsheva.org
IMRA www.imra.org.il
YeshaNews www.yeshanews.org
MINORITIES
Druze Heritage Center http://www.druze.org.il/
Arabs of Israel http://www.awesomeseminars.com/Israeliarabs.html
Israeli Arab Links page http://www.arabhra.org/linksind.htm
Association for Civil Rights in Israel http://www.nif.org/acri/index.html
Galilee Society http://www.gal-soc.org/
Galilee Society Arab Links http://www.gal-soc.org/links.html
Ittijah http://www.ittijah.org/
Circassians in Israel http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/2341/index.htm
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ARMED SERVICES
IDF http://www.idf.il/english/news/main.stm
IAF http://www.iaf.org.il/iaf/doa_iis.dll/Serve/level/English/1.3.html
ISRAELI POLITICAL GROUPS
Balad Arab Party http://www.balad.org
Yisrael beteinu (Hebrew,Russian) www.beytenu.org.il
Shinui www.shinui.org.il
Haichud-Haleumi (Hebrew) www.haichud-haleumi.org.il
Moledet (Hebrew) www.Moledet.org.il
Meretz www.meretz.org.il
Likud (Hebrew) www.likud.org.il
Herut (Hebrew) www.herut.org.il
Hadash (Hebrew) www.hadash.org.il
Hamercaz (hebrew) www.hamercaz.org.il
Gamla www.gamla.org.il
Peace Now www.peacenow.org
Hebron www.hebron.org.il
Yesha (settlers) www.yeshanet.org
Zu Artzeinu www.manhigut.org
Bridges for Peace www.bridgesforpeace.com
Yesha (settlers) www.yesha.n3.net
Woman in Green www.womaningreen.org
ISRAELI THINK TANKS & Research Centers
Shalem Center www.shalem.org.il
Camera www.camera.org
TheTruthAboutIsrael.com www.thetruthaboutisrael.com
Jerusalem Center for Political Affairs JCPA www.jcpa.org
Istitute for Counterterrorism http://www.ict.org.il/
Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/
Center for Social Policy http://www.csps.org.il/
Harry S. Truman Center Hebrew University http://atar.mscc.huji.ac.il/~truman/
BOOKMARKS
Ministry of Foreign Affairs BookMarks http://www.israelmfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00kj0
Jewish Virtual Library http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/bibliowf.html
Ministry of Immigrant Absorbtion http://www.moia.gov.il/english/links/links.htm
Harry S. Truman Center http://atar.mscc.huji.ac.il/~truman/
Judaism and Jewish Sources http://shamash.org/trb/judaism.html
Israeli Arab Links http://www.arabhra.org/linksind.htm
Ittijah links http://www.ittijah.org/links.htm
Ittijah Palestinian Arab Links http://www.ittijah.org/other.htm
Columbia University Bookmarks Israel
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Israel.html
British Foreign Office Links
http://www.fco.gov.uk/news/keythemepage.asp?PageId=212