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The sixtieth anniversary of Israel’s independence provides an opportunity to reflect on the country’s complex and often contested history, as well as many of the challenges the nation still faces. Throughout those six decades, the United States has played a major role, starting in 1948, when Washington cast the first and decisive vote in favor of the partitioning of what had been the British Mandate for Palestine. What follows is a selection of CFR.org content on Israel and its neighbors.
Overview
- Crisis Guide: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Quiz: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Debate: Should Hamas Be Included in the Peace Process?
- Backgrounder: Israel’s Political System
- Backgrounder: Major UN Resolutions on the Middle East
- Presidential candidates’ stances on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Foreign Affairs: The New Middle East
- David Makovsky on the Olmert finance probe
- Martin Indyk on the U.S. role in peace talks
- Aaron David Miller on diplomacy
- Daniel Kurtzer on the next president’s Mideast policy
CFR Meetings: Video and Transcripts
- Annapolis and Beyond (Transcript)
- The Israeli Economy: Israeli Central Bank Governor Stanley Fischer (Video)
- A View from Palestine: Sari Nusseibeh (Video)
- Forty Years after the Six-Day War (Video)
- Twenty-first Century Warfare (Video)
- A Conversation with Shimon Peres (Video)
Essential Documents
- Balfour Declaration
- Israeli Independence Declaration
- UN General Assembly Resolution 194
- UN Security Council Resolution 242
- UN Security Council Resolution 338
- UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 on Racial Discrimination
- Camp David Accords
- Oslo Accords
- Roadmap for Peace
- Annapolis ‘Joint Understanding’
- For more essential documents on Israel, click here
