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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 [Updated]
  • Hillary Clinton [Updated]
  • John McCain [Updated]
• The Arab/Muslim World
  • Palestinian Attitudes About Peace With Israel (2008) [Updated]
  • Statement by the White House Regarding Syria’s Nuclear Reactor (4/24/08)
• Biography
  • Pope Benedict XVI [Updated]
  • Irena Sendler [Updated]
  • Sarah Aaronsohn [Updated]
  • Moe Berg [Updated]
  • Elizabeth Reaser
  • Esther Jungreis
  • Nelson Peltz
  • Sir Ivan Wilzig
  • Howard Rubenstein
  • Sean Kanan
  • Yossi Harel
• Fact Sheets
  • Fact Sheet #23: Iran [Updated]
  • Fact Sheet #58: Sderot – The Human Dimension [Updated]
  • Fact Sheet #59: Christians in the Palestinian Authority
• Holocaust
  • Holocaust Chronology of 1933 [Updated]
  • Holocaust Chronology of 1934 [Updated]
  • Holocaust Chronology of 1935 [Updated]
  • Holocaust Chronology of 1936 [Updated]
  • Holocaust Chronology of 1937 [Updated]
  • Holocaust Chronology of 1938 [Updated]
  • Holocaust Chronology of 1939 [Updated]
  • Holocaust Chronology of 1940 [Updated]
  • Holocaust Chronology of 1941 [Updated]
• Israel
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1950-1959) [Updated]
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1960-1969) [Updated]
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1970-1979) [Updated]
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1980-1989) [Updated]
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1990-1999) [Updated]
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (2000-2008) [Updated]
  • Israel @ 60 Table of Contents
  • Potential Threats to Israel: Iran [Updated]
• Society & Culture
  • Israeli Opinion Regarding Peace with Syria & Lebanon [Updated]
  • Israeli Attitudes Toward Iran [Updated]
  • Israeli Intelligence Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Israeli Population Statistics (1960-2008) [Updated]
  • Latest Population Figures for Israel (2008) [Updated]
• Terrorism
  • 10 Most Wanted Nazi War Criminals (April 1, 2008)
  • U.S. State Department Country Reports on Terrorism [Updated]
  • Country Reports on Terrorism: Middle East and North Africa Overview (2007)
  • Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism (2007)
  • Israeli “Hits” On Terrorists [Updated]
  • Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles [Updated]
• U.S.-Israel Relations
  • U.S. Presidents On Israel [Updated]
  • Public Opinion Toward Israel's Security
  • Public Opinion Toward Foreign Aid
  • Ben-Ami Kadish: Man Arrested for Disclosing National Defense Information to Israel (4/22/08)
  • Shared Value Initiatives – Energy, Water & the Environment [Updated]
  • Israel & U.S. Sign Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (4/14/08)

Files Added in April 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]
  • Hillary Clinton [Updated]
  • John McCain [Updated]
• The Arab/Muslim World
  • Syria Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Statement by the White House Regarding Syria’s Nuclear Reactor (4/24/08)
  • Palestinian Attitudes on Terrorism [Updated]
  • Palestinian Attitudes on Terrorism
• Biography
  • Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) Table of Contents [Updated]
• Education
  • Education in Israel Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Matriculation Examination – “Bagrut”
• Fact Sheets
  • Fact Sheet #23: Iran [Updated]
  • Fact Sheet #46: Israel’s Gaza Incursion [Updated]
  • Fact Sheet #58: Sderot – The Human Dimension [Updated]
• History
  • Map of the Holy Land (1759)
  • Pre-1948 Maps [Updated]
  • Israel – Syria Maps Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Syrian encroachments into Israeli territory (1949)
  • Jerusalem History Table of Contents [Updated]
  • The Second Temple at the Time of Jesus
  • Gandhi, The Jews and Palestine
    • Interview to The Daily Herald, by Gandhi (March 16, 1921)
    • Article in Young India, by Gandhi (March 23, 1921)
    • Notes in Young India, by Gandhi (April 6, 1921)
    • ‘Gandhi, Politics and Us’, by Martin Buber (1930)
    • Interview to The Jewish Chronicle, London, by Gandhi (October 2, 1931)
    • Mr. Gandhi’s Message: Editorial in The Jewish Chronicle, London (October 2, 1931)
    • Statement by Dr. Stephen Wise from The Jewish Chronicle, London (October 30, 1931)
    • A Letter to Gandhi, by Hayim Greenberg (1937)
    • Extracts from Letters by Gandhi to Hermann Kallenbach (July 20, August 16 & August 28, 1937)
    • ‘The Jews’ by Gandhi - From Harijan (November 26, 1938)
    • Remarks by Gandhi during discussion with Christian missionaries (December 1938)
    • ‘Reply to German Critics’, by Gandhi - From Harijan (December 17, 1938)
    • ‘Some Questions Answered’, by Gandhi - From Harijan (December 17, 1938)
    • ‘Is Non-Violence Ineffective?’, by Gandhi - From Harijan (January 7, 1939)
    • Judaism and Non-Violence: Letter to Gandhi by a Jewish friend in Palestine - From Harijan (January 28, 1939)
    • No Apology, by Gandhi - From Harijan (February 18, 1939)
    • Letter from Martin Buber to Gandhi (February 24, 1939)
    • Letter from Judah L. Magnes to Gandhi (February 26, 1939)
    • An Answer to Gandhi, by Hayim Greenberg (1939)
    • The Jewish Question, by Gandhi - From Harijan (May 22, 1939)
    • Withdrawn, by Gandhi - From Harijan (May 27, 1939)
    • Nazism in its Nakedness, by Gandhi - From Harijan (August 6, 1940)
    • The Jew and the Arab: Discussion with Mr. Silverman and Mr. Honick - From Louis Fischer papers (March 1946)
    • Jews and Palestine, by Gandhi - From Harijan (July 21, 1946)
    • Message to the Arabs, by Gandhi - From The Hindu (May 1, 1947)
    • Interview to Reuters, by Gandhi - From Harijan (May 18, 1947)
    • Answer to Question by United Press of American, by Gandhi - From The Bombay Chronicle (June 2, 1947)
    • Address delivered by Hayim Greenberg at a memorial meeting for Gandhi in New York (February 1, 1948)
• Holocaust
  • Holocaust Assets & Reparations [Updated]
  • Belgium to Pay Holocaust Survivors
  • Sephardi Jews in Salonica
  • Sachsenhausen – Oranienburg Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Sachsenhausen – Oranienburg [Updated]
  • Sachsenhausen – Oranienburg Photographs [Updated]
    • Barracks at Sachsenhausen
    • The Concentration Camps Today
    • Execution Trenches at Sachsenhausen - “Station Z”
    • The gas chambers at Sachsenhausen
    • Guard Tower at Sachsenhausen
    • Infirmary Barracks at Sachsenhausen
    • Main Entrance to Tower A at Sachsenhausen
    • Medical autopsy table at Sachsenhausen
    • Pathology Block at Sachsenhausen
    • The perimeter of the Sachsenhausen camp
    • Prisoners’ Barracks in Sachsenhausen
    • Prisoner’s Uniform at Sachsenhausen
    • Roll Call Area at Sachsenhausen
    • Sachsenhausen Liberated by Russians
    • Shoe testing track at Sachsenhausen
    • Soviet Liberation Memorial at Sachsenhausen
  • Hitler Youth (HJ) [Updated]
  • Bund Deutscher Mädel or BDM (The League of German Girls)
  • Photographs of the Exodus refugee ship (1947) [Updated]
  • The Exodus 1947 [Updated]
  • Operation Bernhard
• Israel
  • Israel @ 60 Table of Contents
  • Potential Threats to Israel: Iran [Updated]
• Israel Scholar Development Fund
  • Schusterman Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement for 2008-2009
  • Israel Scholar Development Fund Table of Contents [Updated]
• Judaism
  • A History of the Abuyudaya Jews of Uganda [Updated]
• Peace
  • The Palestinian Legislative Council
  • The Gaza Strip Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Humanitarian assistance to Gaza since escalation of terror in February 2008
• Society & Culture
  • Israeli Opinion Regarding Peace with the Palestinians (2008) [Updated]
  • The Israeli Navy Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Israel & NATO Table of Contents [Updated]
  • NATO Naval Force Visits Israel for Joint Training Exercise (4/1/08)
  • Israeli Opinion Regarding Peace with the Palestinians - 2008 [Updated]
• Reviews
  • The Counterfeiters - Die Fälscher Film Review
• Terrorism
  • Terrorism Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Palestinian Terrorism Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Photographs from Terrorist Attack on Jerusalem’s Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva (3/5/08) (WARNING: These photos contain graphic images.)
  • Israeli “Hits” On Terrorists [Updated]
  • Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles [Updated]
  • Palestinian Qassams Pose New Threat to Israel [Updated]
  • Videos Show Palestinians Firing Rockets From Gaza Into Israel
• United Nations
  • UN Security Council Resolution 1803
• U.S.-Israel Relations
  • American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
  • The George W. Bush Administration [Updated]
  • Remarks by President Bush & President Abbas in the Oval Office (4/24/08)
  • Key Votes: House of Representatives [Updated]
  • Key Votes: Senate [Updated]
  • Senate Recognizes Israel’s 60th Birthday (4/22/08)
  • House Recognizes Israel’s 60th Birthday (4/24/08)
  • The Arrow Missile Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Israel Successfully Tests Arrow Radar System (4/15/08)
  • Shared Value Initiatives – Energy, Water & the Environment [Updated]
  • Israel & U.S. Sign Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (4/14/08)
  • U.S. Trade With Israel [Updated]
  • U.S. Assistance to Israel [Updated]
  • Congress Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Congressional Key Votes [Updated]
  • House Resolution Recognizing Jewish refugees from Arab lands (4/1/08)
  • Palestinian Homeland Polls [Updated]
  • Public Attitudes Toward the Peace Process [Updated]
  • American Opinion on the Security Fence [Updated]
  • Public Opinion Toward Iran [Updated]
  • American Attitudes Toward the Middle East [Updated]
  • Foreign Military Financing [Updated]
  • American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
  • Public Opinion Toward Israel [Updated]
  • U.S.-Israel Strategic Cooperation [Updated]
  • United States and Israel hold joint computer-based battle simulation (3/20/08)
• The Virtual Jewish History Tour
  • Lvov
  • Ukraine Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Poland Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Toronto, Ontario [Updated]
  • Kazakhstan Table of Contents
  • Albania [Updated]
  • Ireland [Updated]
  • Jews in Greece [Updated]
    • Synagogues of the World
      • Synagogues of the World Table of Contents [Updated]
      • Kazakhstan

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