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Come here whenever a major news story breaks and you'd like the facts quickly. You'll find original documents and talking points that will allow you to understand and explain the issue. The dates in parentheses indicate when the entry was added to the Jewish Virtual Library.

• Sept. 11 Marks the 10 Year Anniversary of the Tragic Terrorist Attacks Against the United States and the death of Israeli-American Daniel Lewin [9/11]
• Protestors in Egypt Tear Down Security Barrier Around Israeli Embassy in Cairo; Burn Israeli Flag [9/9]
• Arab American Institute and James Zogby Release Poll Results on Arab Countries Opinions of Iran [9/9]
• Wikileaks Releases More Classified U.S. Diplomatic Cables on Israel [9/6]
• United Nations Releases Palmer Committee Final Report on Legality of Israeli Raid on Gaza Flotilla 2010 [9/1]
• President Obama Waives Cutting Aid to the Palestinian Authority [8/30]
• Israel marks the 25th Birthday of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit - his sixth while in Hamas captivity [8/28]
• Jerry Leiber, American lyricist famous for writing "Hound Dogs" and "Jailhouse Rock" Passes Away at age 78 [8/26]
• U.S. State Department Releases 2010 "Country Reports on Terrorism" [8/25]
• The threat of the Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence
• Rocket Fire at Israel since January 2010 [8/23]
• No fewer than 11 rockets have been fired at Israel by terrorists in Gaza since the multi-pronged terror attacks outside Eilat [8/19]
• Israeli Air Force confirms hits on leaders of Gaza-based terrorist group, Popular Resistance Committees, in response to terror attacks [8/18]
• Terrorists launch coordinated attacks against a bus and multiple cars in southern Israel; 7 Israeli's reported killed and more than 20 injured [8/18]

New Additions to the Library

Files Added in September 2011

• The Arab/Muslim World
  • Arab Public Opinion of Iran [Updated]
  • Voting Practices at the U.N. with the U.S.
  • 2010 US State Dept "Country Reports on Terrorism"
  • Leaked Classified US Diplomatic Cables on Arab/Islamic World
  • Leaked Classified US Diplomatic Cables on Iran
  • UNRWA Syria Camp Profiles
  • UNRWA Jordan Camp Profiles
  • UNRWA Gaza Camp Profiles
  • IAEA Report on Iranian Compliance with NPT Safeguards Agreement and Security Council Resolutions (May 2011) [pdf]
  • Frequency that Arab States Vote with the United States at the UN - 2010
  • 2010 U.S. State Department Reports on Human Rights Practices for Near East and North Africa
• Biography
  • Daniel Lewin
  • Jewish Entrepreneurial Icons
  • Michael Dell
  • Harvey Weinstein
  • Dov Charney
  • Shai Agassi
  • S. Daniel Abraham
  • The Coen Brothers [Updated]
  • IDF Soldiers "Missing in Action"
  • Eldad Regev
  • Ehud Goldwasser
  • Gilad Shalit [Updated]
  • Jerry Leiber
  • Scheyer, Jon [Updated]
  • Jewish Politicians
• Fact Sheets
  • Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence
  • Threat from Iran [Updated]
  • Upheaval in Egypt - What Will Happen Next?
• History
  • Modern Israel Timeline: 2010 - Present [Updated]
  • United Nations Human Rights Council
  • Anti-Israel Resolutions at the UN Human Rights Council
  • The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Total Casualties (1920 - present)
• Holocaust
  • The Ghetto Fighters' House
  • Occupied Amsterdam
• Israel
  • State Department Background Notes on Israel
  • IDF Ground Forces [Updated]
  • Palmer Report of 2010 Gaza Flotilla
  • Leaked Classified US Diplomatic Cables on Israel
  • Terrorist Attacks on Israeli's
  • Artifacts Found in Ancient Drainage Channel in Jerusalem (8/8/11)
  • Israel Successfully Tests Arrow 3 (7/26/11)
  • IDF Female Combat Hummer Operators
• Judaism
  • Synagogues of the World: Switzerland [Updated]
  • Prayer for the IDF soldiers "Missing in Action"
    
  • Jewish Holidays: 2011-2013
• Peace Process
  • President Obama Waiver on Cutting Aid to Palestinians
  • Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence
  • The Palestine Papers
• Terrorism
  • Israeli "Hits" on Terrorists [Updated]
  • Rockets and Mortar Shells Fired at Israel Since the End of Operation Cast Lead [Updated]
  • 2010 US State Dept "Country Reports on Terrorism"
  • Rocket Fire at Israel since Jan 2010 [Graph]
  • Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles [Updated]
• U.S.-Israel Relations
  • Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXIV: Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1969–1972; Jordan, September 1970
  • Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976 - Volume XXV: Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973
  • U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians
• The Virtual Jewish History Tour
  • Haiti [Updated]
  • Indonesia [Updated]
  • Greece [Updated]
  • The History of the Jews in China [Updated]
  • Albert Einstein House - Princeton, NJ

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