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Myths & Facts Online — Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

• 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Middle East
  • 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Middle East [Updated]
  • Barack Obama
  • John McCain [Updated]
• The Arab/Muslim World
  • Damanhūr
  • Damascus
  • Damascus Affair
  • Damavand
  • Damietta
  • Faiyūm
  • Abu
  • Abu Aweigila
  • Palestinian Attitudes About Peace With Israel (2008) [Updated]
• Archaeology
  • Kadesh
• Biography
  • Bruckheimer, Jerry
  • Kadishman, Menashe
  • Kadman (Formerly Kaufman), Gurit
  • Kadelburg, Lavoslav
  • Kadari, Shraga
  • Kaddari, Menachem Zevi
  • Kacyzne (Katsizne), Alter
  • Kadoorie
  • Kaczér (Originally Katz), Illés
  • Kaczerginsky, Szmerke
  • Carr, Judith Feld
  • Block, Herbert Lawrence “Herblock"
  • Cahn, Sammy
  • Dalven, Rachel
  • Faïtlovitch, Jacques
  • Fairstein, Linda A.
  • Chomsky, Noam
  • Farber, Viola
  • Farkas, Ruth
  • Faivovich Hitzcovich, Angel
  • Bell, Joshua
  • Dante Alighieri
  • Darvas, Lili
  • Blitzer, Wolf
  • Bernhard, Sandra
  • Borge, Victor
  • Berman, Shelley
  • Berkow, Ira
  • Kohn, Walter
  • Bernstein, Carl
  • Berlin, Sir Isaiah
  • Edinger, Tilly
  • Bernardi, Herschel
  • Eötvös, Baron József
  • Eden, Sir Anthony, Earl of Avon
  • Eden, Bracha and Alexander Tamir
  • Benson, Robby
  • Bauer, Yehuda
  • Barris, Chuck
  • Baskin, Judith
  • Barshefsky, Charlene
  • Badinter, Elizabeth
  • Badt-Strauss, Bertha
  • Baeck, Leo
  • Bar-Ilan, David
  • Barr, Roseanne
  • Bacharach (Germany)
  • Bacharach (New Jersey)
  • Bacharach, Eva
  • Bachauer, Gina
  • Ax, Emanuel
  • Adelstein-Rozeanu, Angelica
  • Ackerman, Paula Herskovitz
  • Adams, Hannah
  • Adler, Cyrus
  • Adler, Felix
  • Adler, Polly
  • Adler, Renata
  • Adlerblum, Nima
  • Rahm Emanuel [Updated]
  • Lina Abarbanell
  • Abel
  • Rosalie Silberman Abella
  • Rachel Aberlin
  • Abigail
  • Abimelech
  • Abimelech
  • Abishag the Shunammite
  • Abrabanel
  • Abrabanel, Abravanel
  • Chiune & Yukiko Sugihara [Updated]
  • Tzipi Livni [Updated]
• Fact Sheets
  • #61: Will Obama Have Time For Israel and the Palestinians?
  • #23: Iran [Updated]
• History
  • Fable
  • Fano
  • Dance
  • Jewish Vote In Presidential Elections [Updated]
  • Ecclesia et Synagoga
  • Badge, Jewish
  • Edom
  • Baal Worship
  • Badhan
  • Babel, Tower of
  • Babylon
  • Babylonia
  • Abbasids
  • Academies in Babylonia and Erez Israel
• Holocaust
  • Dachau
  • Auschwitz Architectural Plans Discovered
  • Babi Yar
  • Synagogue in Aachen Destroyed on Kristallnacht
  • Zerrenerstrasse Synagogue Before and after Kristallnacht
  • Elsdorf Synagogue Before Being Destroyed on Kristallnacht
  • Aschaffenburg Synagogue Before Being Destroyed on Kristallnacht
• Israel
  • Kach
  • Kadoorie
  • Kadimah
  • Kabri
  • Kabritha
  • Israeli Opinion Regarding Peace with the Palestinians [Updated]
  • Jerusalem Arabs and Municipality Elections
  • Mayors of Jerusalem
  • Farmers’ Federation of Israel
  • Ez Hayyim
  • Rekhaniya
  • Mount Carmel
  • Ein Hod
  • Peki’in
  • Gush HaLav
  • Lohamei Ha’getaot
  • Museum of the I.Z.L. [Updated]
  • Abu Ghosh
  • Academy of the Hebrew Language
  • Achzib
  • Acre
• Judaism
  • Kaddish
  • Hosea and Amos
  • The Prophets (Nevi’im)
  • Kabbalah
  • Kabbalat Shabbat
  • American Jewish Family
  • Damages
  • Darshan
  • Daniel, Book of
  • Dalet
  • Ecology
  • Ecclesiastes
  • Ehad Mi Yode’a
  • Jews and Halloween [Updated]
  • Adass Jeshurun, Adass Jisroel
  • Addir Bi-Melukhah
  • Addir Hu
  • Abrech
  • Abduction
  • Ablution
  • Abomination
  • Abortion
  • Abracadabra
  • Academy On High
  • Acrostics
  • Ada
  • Adam Kadmon
  • Adar
• Organizations
  • Kadimah
  • Farband
• Quotations
  • David Ben-Gurion On Belief in the Bible
• Threats to Israel
  • Potential Threats To Israel: Iran [Updated]
• United Nations
  • UN General Assembly Resolutions - 2007 [Updated]
• The US-Israel Relationship
  • Arab-American and Muslim PAC Contributions [Updated]
  • Pro-Israel Political Contributions [Updated]
  • Cooperation Between Israel and the State of North Carolina [Updated]
  • Public Opinion Toward Israel [Updated]
  • American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
• The Virtual Jewish History Tour
  • Kadan
  • Faenza
  • Faro
  • Fagaras
  • Falaise
  • Fall River
  • Falticeni
  • Faleshty
  • Fano
  • Daugavpils
  • Dabrowa Gornicza
  • Darabani
  • Darmstadt
  • Daroca
  • Dallas
  • Efrat
  • Eger
  • East London
  • Ecuador
  • Edessa
  • Edirne
  • Edinburgh
  • Edmonton
  • Bacau
  • Badajoz
  • Baden
  • Baden Bei Wien
  • Bacharach
  • Adelaide
  • Yemen
  • Aden
  • Aachen
  • Aargau
  • Abadan
  • Aberdeen
  • Abkhaziya
  • Abony
  • Acqui

Files Added in October 2008

Myths & Facts Online — Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

• 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Middle East
  • 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Middle East [Updated]
  • Barack Obama [Updated]
  • John McCain [Updated]
• The Arab/Muslim World
  • Palestinian Attitudes About Peace With Israel (2008) [Updated]
• Biography
  • Paul Krugman
• Economy
  • U.S. & Israel Expand Ties on Technology Trade (9/2008)
• Fact Sheets
  • Fact Sheet #23: Iran [Updated]
• History
  • Jewish Nobel Prize Winners [Updated]
  • Jewish Population of Israel as Percentage of World Jewish Population (1882-2008) [Updated]
  • World Jewish Population (1882-2008) [Updated]
  • Memo to President Roosevelt from Leaders of the American Jewish Community (12/8/42)
• Holocaust
  • Photographs from an American Soldier at Buchenwald
• Israel Scholar Development Fund
  • AICE Postdoctoral Fellows 2008-2009
  • Brandeis University Postdoctoral Fellowships in Israel Studies
  • The Kahanoff Chair in Israel Studies at the University of Calgary
• Peace
  • Arab Nations’ Pledges to the Palestinian Authority (2002-2008)
  • “Pilot Jenin” Program (PowerPoint)
• Politics
  • Israel, Turkey & the U.S. Participate in Joint Naval Drill (8/2008)
• Society & Culture
  • Latest Population Figures for Israel (2008) [Updated]
  • Population of Israel (1949-2008) [Updated]
  • Israel at 60: A Statistical Glimpse
  • Latest Statistics for Ethiopian Jews in Israel (2008)
  • Israeli Opinion Toward Terrorism [Updated]
  • Israeli Views on the IDF, Society, Peace Process, Government [Updated]
  • Israeli Opinion Regarding Peace with the Palestinians - 2008 [Updated]
• Terrorism
  • Fatalities in Palestinian Terror Attacks (1920-2008) [Updated]
  • Major Terror Attacks (1952-2003) [Updated]
• Threats to Israel
  • Potential Threats To Israel: Iran [Updated]
• The US-Israel Relationship
  • U.S. Aid to the Palestinian Authority in 2008
  • Attitudes of American Jews [Updated]
  • Cooperation between Israel and the State of Virginia [Updated]
• The Virtual Jewish History Tour
  • The Jews of Lebanon [Updated]
  • Scotland [Updated]
  • Switzerland [Updated]

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Files Added in 2000

Files Added in 1999

Files Added in 1998 (Recorded since November)