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When a major news story breaks – related to Israel, the Middle East or the Jewish world – the Jewish Virtual Library is here with facts and information to help you better understand and explain the issues.

Upcoming Holidays and Commemorations:
Yom Yerushalayim (May 21-22, 2020)
Shavu'ot (May 28-30, 2020)

Upcoming Anniversaries:
Israel esxchanges 1,150 terrorists for three IDF POWs (May 21, 1985)
Nasser closes Straits of Tiran (May 22, 2020)
Eichmann taken to Israel (May 20, 1960)
Letter to President Ford from 76 Senators (May 22, 1975)
British issue White Paper (May 23, 1939)
Israel withdraws from Lebanon (May 24, 2000)
Operation Solomon (May 24, 1991)
Tripartite Declaration (May 25, 1950)
First Jerusalem Day (May 26, 1950)
PLO Founded (May 28, 1964)
Old City of Jerusalem falls to Arabs (May 30, 1948)
Adolf Eichmann executed (May 31, 1962)
IDF formed (May 31, 1948)
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967)

Anti-Semitism | Biography | Fact Sheets | History | Holocaust | Israel
Judaism | The Middle East | Peace Process | Public Opinion Polls
Terrorism | US-Israel Relations | Virtual Jewish World

Anti-Semitism

• Anti-Semitism or Antisemitism?
• University Statements Rejecting Divestment and the Academic Boycott of Israel [Updated]
• State anti-BDS Legislation [Updated]
• ADL Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents 2019
• ADL Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents 2018
• Campus Divestment Resolutions in the USA [Updated]
• BDS: In Their Own Words [Updated]
• Shootings Targeting American Jews [Updated]
• Countries Opposed To BDS
• Pope Pius XII & the Holocaust [Updated]
• Campus Divestment Resolutions in the USA [Updated]
• J’Accuse...! (I Accuse)
• Trump Issues Executive Order on Combating Anti-Semitism
• International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Definition of Anti-Semitism [Updated]

Biography

• Naomi Shemer [Updated]
• Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi) [Updated]
• Adolf Eichmann [Updated]
• Serge and Beate Klarsfeld
• Alois Brunner [Updated]
• Roland Gittelsohn
• Roddie Edmonds
• Gary Cohn [Updated]
• Samuel Gross
• Jack H. Jacobs [Updated]
• David Urbansky [Updated]
• Benjamin Levy [Updated]
• Leopold Karpeles [Updated]
• Leonard M. Kravitz [Updated]
• Sydney G. Gumpertz [Updated]
• Benjamin Kaufman [Updated]
• William Sawelson [Updated]
• John L. Levitow [Updated]
• Tibor Rubin [Updated]
• Judikje “Jud” Simons
• Tony Stein
• Isadore S. Jachman [Updated]
• Ben L. Salomon [Updated]
• Raymond Zussman [Updated]
• Josef Kramer [Updated]
• Baron Edmond De Rothschild
• Ed Newman

Fact Sheets

• Quotes from Arab and Islamic Leaders Regarding Jews and Israel [Updated]
• Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plans [Updated]
• Palestinians have the right to sell land to Jews [Updated]
• U.S. Crude  Imports by Country of Origin (2012-2017)
• Israel Population [Updated]
• Iranian Europe-Based Operational Activity (1979 - Present)
• Iran’s Ballistic Missile and Space Launch Programs (CRS, 2018)

History

• Map of “Palestine” 1895
• The Holy Land (1782)
• Palestine in the Time of Christ Illustrating the Four Gospels
• Index to Villages and Settlements in Palestine (1949)
• “Palestine” During the Monarchy
• How Hebrew Came to Yale [Updated]
• Parliamentary Debate on 1939 White Paper
• British Census of Palestine 1931
• Map of Palestine for 1931 Census
• When Churchill Severed Transjordan From Palestine
• The San Remo Conference [Updated]
• Origins of the Name “Palestine” [Updated]
• Jews in the Spanish Civil War [Updated]
• Washington, D.C. Jewish History [Updated]
• The Peel Commission [Updated]
• Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn’s Eulogy Dedicating the Marine Cemetery on Iwo Jima - “The Purest Democracy”
• The Pact of Umar Regulating the Status of Non-Muslims Under Muslim Rule
• Jewish Medal of Honor Recipients [Updated]
• The Covenant of Omar
• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• The “Eisenhower Doctrine” [Updated]
• The Anschluss
• The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
• America And The Suez Crisis
• Reply of the Arab Higher Committee to White Paper of 1939

Holocaust

• Israeli President Rejects Eichmann’s Request For A Pardon
• Never Again Education Act
• Pope Pius XII & the Holocaust [Updated]
• The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland
• Holocaust Quiz [Updated]
• Holocaust Quiz Answers [Updated]
• Time Magazine Reveals German Attitudes Toward Jews in 1933
• Photographs of Auschwitz Camp "Facilities" [Updated]
• Documenting Numbers of Victims of the Holocaust & Nazi Persecution [Updated]
• BBC Broadcaster Describes Belsen After Liberation
• History & Overview of Auschwitz-Birkenau [Updated]
• The Nuremberg Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Trials
• The League of German Girls (Bund Deutscher Mädel) [Updated]
• Unidentified Death Camp Photos [WARNING GRAPHIC]
• The Soap Myth [Updated]
• Sonderkommando Photographs From Auschwitz
• American Teens Knowledge of the Holocaust
• What Americans Know About the Holocaust
• Non-Jewish Victims of the Holocaust [Updated]

Israel

• Population of Israel/Palestine (1553-Present) [Updated]
• Jewish & Non-Jewish Population of Israel/Palestine (1517-Present) [Updated]
• Israel-China Relations [Updated]
• Jerusalem: An Introduction [Updated]
• Israel-UAE Relations [Updated]
• Foreign Minister Dayan on the Future of Settlements in Judea, Samaria and Gaza
• Military Threats to Israel: Iran [Updated]
• Israel Cabinet & Ministers: Thirty-Fifth Government
• Golda Meir Quotes on Israel & Judaism [Updated]
• Israeli Governments & Ministers [Updated]
• Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community in Israel: Facts and Figures [Updated]
• The Situation of Ethiopian Jews in Israel [Updated]
• The Western Wall Tunnels [Updated]
• The Lavon Affair [Updated]
• Syria Military Threat to Israel [Updated]
• The Status of Arabs in Israel [Updated]
• Independence Hall
• Latest Population Statistics for Israel [Updated]
• Total Casualties, Arab-Israeli Conflict [Updated]
• The UN Relationship with Israel [Updated]
• Israel Ranked Safest Country During COVID-19 Outbreak
• The Church of the Holy Sepulcher [Updated]
• 2020 Election to the 23rd Knesset [Updated]
• Israel, COVID-19, Palestinians and Israeli Arabs

Judaism

• Synagogues of Germany [Updated]
• Is Marijuana Kosher? [Updated]
• Proclamation on Jewish American Heritage Month - 2020
• Jewish Olympic Medalists [Updated]
• Jews in the Trump Administration [Updated]
• Jews in the National Football League (NFL) [Updated]
• National Foundation for Jewish Culture (NFJC) [Updated]
• Jews in Major League Baseball (MLB) [Updated]
• Who are the Ethiopian Jews?
• The Jewish Electorate
• Dates of Upcoming Jewish Holidays and Festivals [Updated]
• American Jews by Religious Affiliation

The Middle East

• U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran [Updated]
• The Population Density of the Gaza Strip
• Interim Report of the Director of UNRWA
• Military Options Against Iran [Updated]
• Palestinian Population Statistics [Updated]
• Iran’s Space Program [Updated]
• U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians [Updated]
• Critiques of the JCPOA Implementation [Updated]
• Iran Continues to Advance Nuclear Program [Updated]
• Europe Tries To Keep Iran Nuclear Agreement Alive [Updated]
• Trump Administration Sanctions Impact on Iran [Updated]
• UN General Assembly Resolutions on Israel & the Middle East 2010-2019 [Updated]

Peace Process

• European Parliament Condemns Palestinian Authority Textbooks
• Understanding Israeli Interests in the E1 Area: Contiguity, Security, and Jerusalem
• Features of the Trump Peace Plan
• Camp David Accords and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process
• White House Powerpoint Presentation of Plan
• The Trump Peace Plan -- Peace to Prosperity
• The Trump Peace Plan Map
•  Jewish Settlements in the Jordan Valley [Updated]

Public Opinion Polls

• Graph of Gallup Polls on Palestinian Statehood
• Israeli Polls Regarding Peace with the Palestinians [Updated]
• Israeli Views on Society & Government [Updated]
• Israeli Opinion Regarding Elections, Prime Minister, Political Corruption [Updated]
• American Opinion Toward Israel As A Friend And Ally [Updated]
• American Public Opinion Toward Israel: An Overview [Updated]
• Gallup Polls on American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians  [Updated]
• American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
• Favorability Ratings of Israel and the Palestinian Authority [Updated]
• American Views on Palestinian Statehood [Updated]
• U.S. Political Party Identification of Jews [Updated]
• Palestinian Attitudes Toward Boycott of Israel [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes About the United States and U.S. Politics [Updated]

Terrorism

• Palestinian Suicide Attacks and Israeli Deaths
• Number of Terrorism Fatalities in Israel [Updated]
• Suicide Terrorism [Updated]
• Casualties in Suicide and Other Bombing Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles
• Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel [Updated]
• History & Overview of Hezbollah [Updated]
• Palestinian Authority Financing of Terrorism [Updated]
• Foreign Terrorist Organizations [Updated]
• Background & Overview of Hamas [Updated]
• Rocket & Mortar Attacks Against Israel by Year (2001-2019)
• Graph of Rocket Attacks Launched From Gaza By Date (2001-2019)

U.S.-Israel Relations

• Views on Israel of U.S. Presidential Candidates 2020:  Joe Biden [Updated]
• State Anti-BDS Legislation [Updated]
• Bipartisan Letters Urge Pompeo To Call For Halt to ICC Investigations of U.S., Israel 
• Bipartisan Letter to Pompeo Regarding Renewal of UN Iran Sanctions
• Views on Israel of U.S. Presidential Candidates 2020: Donald Trump [Updated]
• Total U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel (1949-Present) [Updated]
• Arrow Missile Program [Updated]
• U.S. Loan Guarantees for Israel [Updated]
• The U.S.-Israel Anti-Tunnel Defense Cooperation Act [Updated]

The Virtual Jewish World

• France [Updated]
• Germany [Updated]
• Bahrain [Updated]
• The Netherlands [Updated]
• United Kingdom [Updated]
• Canada [Update]
• Sweden [Updated]
• The Netherlands [Updated]
• Alexandria, Egypt [Updated]