Israel History

Yom Kippur War

A surprise attack on a holy day in 1973.

The process by which Mandatory Palestine became Israel.

Yasser Arafat and the PLO from 1964 until the 1993 Oslo Accords.

A unique blend of nationalism, socialism, and religion.

A little-known Zionist group that struggled for a peaceful solution to the Arab Question.

Israel's most famous and successful spy.

The first Israeli astronaut.

Blue and white, and a symbol of the Jewish state.

Jews in the Land of Israel from the destruction of the Temple through the Ottoman Empire.

The history and politics of the decision to disengage

An overview of Israel's relationship to the Sinai, the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights.

An examination of the causes and consequences of the Camp David Accords.