The Israel Briefing Book

Table of Contents

I. Fact Sheets

• Israel at 58
• Peace Plans
• Settlements
• Israel's Liberal Democracy
• The “Right of Return”
• Jerusalem
• Christians in the Middle East
• The Refugees
• Iran
• Israel’s Security Fence
• U.S. Public Opinion
• Hamas
   

II. Israel Overview

• Agriculture
• Archaeology
• Architecture
• Culture and the Arts
• Education
• Environment
• Health
• Immigration
• Israeli Arabs
• Israeli Defense Force
• Science and Technology
• Water
• Women

III. Binational Foundations

• Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD)
• Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD)
• Binational Science Foundation (BSF)
• Binational Agricultural Foundations
  • Texas-BARD
  • Maryland-BARD Program
  • Cornell University-BARD Program

V. Virtual Israel Tour

• Travel Preparation

• Arrive at Ben-Gurion

• The Road to Jerusalem (including Latrun, Castel, Bet Shemesh)

• Jerusalem

  • History

  • The Old City

  • Beyond the Old City Walls

  • The “New” City

• Tel Aviv/Jaffa

• The Mediterranean Coast 

  • Ashkelon (including Yad Mordechai, Ashdod, Rishon Lezion, Rehovot, Kiryat Gat, Lachish, Beit Guvrin, Amatzia, Tel Ekron)

  • Haifa

•  The Galilee & Golan Heights

  • The Golan Heights (including The Banyas, Mount Hermon, Gamla , Kiryat Shemona, Metulla, Tel Dan)

  • Nazareth (including Mount Tabor)

• Tiberias & Valleys

  • Tiberias

  • Bet She'an

• The Negev and Southern Coast

  • Ein Gedi

  • Masada

  • Dead Sea

  • Negev

VI. Maps [PDF format]

• Great Britain’s Division of the Mandated Area, 1921–1923
• The Partition Plan—1947—UN General Assembly Resolution 181
• The Arab Invasion, May 15, 1948
• Armistice Lines, 1949
• The Golan Heights Prior to the 1967 War. Distances and Elevations
• Israel Before June 1967
• Cease-Fire Lines After the Six- Day War, 1967
• Distances Between Israeli Population Centers and Pre- 1967 Armistice Lines
• UNRWA Refugee Camps (in 2000)
• The Palestinian Authority’s Map of Palestine
• The Future Borders of Israel & Palestine?

VII. Glossary

VIII. Bibliography