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Fast of Gedalia (September 21, 2020)
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Upcoming Anniversaries:
Massacres at Sabra & Shatila (September 16-17, 1982)
Russia invades Poland (September 17, 1939)
Count Folke Bernadotte assassinated (September 17, 1948)
Israel & Egypt Agree on Framework for Peace (September 17, 1978)
Influential Rabbi and Author Jonathan Eybeschutz Dies (September 18, 1764)
Prime Minister Meir Meets With President Nixon (September 18, 1970)
Jewish Actor James Lipton Born in New York (September 19, 1926)
Jewish Brigade formed (September 20, 1948)
U.S. Embassy in Beirut bombed (September 20, 1984)
Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal Dies at Age 96 (September 20, 2005)
12 Nations Boycott Durban III
Conference on Racism (September 21, 2011)
Iran-Iraq War (September 22, 1980)
Pentagon Announces $5 Billion Warplanes Deal with Israel (September 22, 1998)
PA Leader Abbas Asks UN to Recognize State of Palestine (September 23, 2011)
Jews of Austin, Texas Met and Formed Congregation Beth Israel (September 24, 1876)
Operation Magic Carpet ends (September 24, 1950)
Jewish Pitchers Sandy Koufax & Ken Holtzman Face Off in Game (September 25, 1966)
Kfar Etzion re-established (September 25, 1967)
Birth of Moses Mendelssohn (September 26, 1786)
Birthday of Jewish American Composer George Gershwin (September 26, 1898)
Germany, Italy & Japan Join Forces with Tripartite Pact (September 27, 1940)
IBM agrees to transfer sorting machines to Germany (September 28, 1939)
Israel & the PLO Sign Oslo II Peace Accords (September 28, 1995)
Bar Giora self-defense organization established (September 29, 1907)
Palestinian Riots Ignite the Second Intifada (September 29, 2000)
Babi Yar Massacre (September 29-30, 2000)
Birthday of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel (September 30, 1928)
The Munich Pact signed (September 30, 1938)
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- University Statements Rejecting Divestment and the Academic Boycott of Israel [Updated]
- QAnon
- Anti-Semitic Incidents On U.S. Campuses Graph
- Incidents of Hate Crimes Against Jews in the U.S. Graph
- Anti-Semitism: Graph of Violent Incidents Worldwide [Updated]
- Worldwide Tendencies and Developments in Anti-Semitism 2019
- History of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement
- International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Definition of Anti-Semitism [Updated]
- Intersectionality and Israel
- State anti-BDS Legislation [Updated]
- Anti-Semitic Incidents in the United States Graph
- Anti-Semitism or Antisemitism?
- Bar Refaeli [Updated]
- Dean Kremer [Updated]
- Josh Rosen [Updated]
- Benjamin "Benny" Gantz [Updated]
- Elliot Abrams [Updated]
- Angela Buxton [Updated]
- Jakiw Palij [Updated]
- Raphael Lemkin [Updated]
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg [Updated]
- Adin Steinsaltz [Updated]
- Dean Rusk
- George Marshall
- Senda Berenson [Updated]
- 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)
- Ancient Royal Mansion Unearthed in Jerusalem
- The Acre Prison Break [Updated]
- Jewish Brigade [Updated]
- Truman Tells Jacobson He Supports Partition
- Black September
- State Department Documents Related to Black September
- Shertok Tells Marshall Jews Prepared for a Truce
- Senators Ask Truman To Push For 100,000 Jews To Be Allowed Into Palestine
- When Churchill Nearly Met Hitler
- Sen. Myers Expresses Concern to Truman Over Trusteeship Proposal
- Massacre at Gardelegen [Updated]
- Holocaust Quiz [Updated]
- U.S. States Requiring Holocaust Education in Schools [Updated]
- JUST Act Report on Compensation for Holocaust Victims for Confiscated Property
- Overview of Litigation and Settlement of Case Against Swiss Banks
- Guidelines for Teaching About the Holocaust
- Holocaust Victims Assets Litigation Against Swiss Banks
- Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016
- Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art
- Latest Population Statistics for Israel [Updated]
- International Recognition of Israel [Updated]
- Turkey-Israel Relations [Updated]
- Israel-UAE Relations [Updated]
- Lockheed Martin F-35 “Adir” [Updated]
- Israeli Space Research & Development [Updated]
- El Al Israel National Airlines [Updated]
- Israel Quiz [Updated]
- Israel Ministers of Defense [Updated]
- The UN Relationship with Israel [Updated]
- Background & Overview of the Arab Boycott of Israel [Updated]
- Why the Name Israel?
- Yesha Council [Updated]
- Turkey-Israel Relations [Updated]
- First IAF-Luftwaffe Exercises in Germany
- U.S. Proposes Establishing Mission In Tel Aviv
- Military Threats to Israel: Syria [Updated]
- Benny Gantz on War
- Jewish Foods: Desserts & Cakes [Updated]
- Jews of Syria [Updated]
- Jewish Olympic Medalists [Updated]
- Jews of Egypt [Updated]
- Jewish Population of the World [Updated]
- Jewish Population of Israel Relative to World Jewish Population [Updated]
- Jews of Yemen [Updated]
- Total Jewish Population in the United States [Updated]
- Jewish Foods: Side Dishes [Updated]
- Jewish Nobel Prize Laureates [Updated]
- Forget Israel – The Future is in Berlin! Local Jews, Russian Immigrants, and Israeli Jews in Berlin and Across Germany
- International Religious Freedom Report for 2019 - Jordan
- International Religious Freedom Report for 2019 - Syria
- Iran Continues to Advance Nuclear Program [Updated]
- Background & Overview of the Arab League [Updated]
- International Religious Freedom Report for 2019 - Iran
- International Religious Freedom Report for 2019 - Iraq
- Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East [Updated]
- International Religious Freedom Report for 2019 - Egypt
- International Religious Freedom Report for 2019 - Bahrain
- United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) [Updated]
- International Religious Freedom Report for 2019 - Algeria
- The Expiration of the UN Ban on Iranian Arms Transfers
- Iranian Ballistic Missile Program [Updated]
- Trump Administration Sanctions Impact on Iran [Updated]
- Military Options Against Iran [Updated]
- Iranian Ballistic Missile Program [Updated]
- U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran [Updated]
- Remarks By Leaders At Signing of Abraham Accords
- The Abraham Accords Declaration
- Abraham Accords Peace Agreement Between the United Arab Emirates and Israel
- Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations Between Israel and Bahrain
- Understanding The Application of Israeli Sovereignty to the West Bank [Updated]
- Trump Announces Bahrain To Establish Relations With Israel
- The Gulf Cooperation Council [Updated]
- UAE Normalizes Relations With Israel - “The Abraham Accords”
- Features of the Trump Peace Plan [Updated]
- The Conclusion of the Camp David Summit
- The Oslo Accords and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process
- Jewish Settlements in the Jordan Valley [Updated]
- The Jordan Valley “Annexation” Map
- The Settlement Blocs Map
- The Jewish Electorate [Updated]
- Israeli Opinion on Settlements and Outposts [Updated]
- American Views on Palestinian Statehood [Updated]
- American Attitudes Toward the Peace Process [Updated]
- American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
- American Opinion Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy [Updated]
- American Public Opinion: Views Toward Foreign Aid [Updated]
- American Attitudes Toward the Intifada [Updated]
- Israeli Opinion On Religious Matters [Updated]
- Israeli Opinion on Discrimination [Updated]
- Attitudes of Israeli Arabs [Updated]
- Rocket & Mortar Attacks Against Israel by Date [Updated]
- History & Overview of Hezbollah [Updated]
- U.S. Declares War On Terror
- The Muslim Brotherhood [Updated]
- The Great March of Return [Updated]
- The PFLP Hijacking of Five Planes
- Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel [Updated]
- Background & Overview of Hamas [Updated]
- Suicide bombing at the Sbarro Pizzeria in Jerusalem
- Israeli Targeted Killings of Terrorists [Updated]
- U.S. Presidential Quotes About Jewish Homeland & Israel [Updated]
- Prime Minister Meir Meets With President Nixon
- Views on Israel of U.S. Presidential Candidates 2020: Joe Biden [Updated]
- Photographs of U.S. Presidents with Israeli Prime Ministers [Updated]
- Trump and Israel [Updated]
- Legal Requirement to Maintain Israel’s Qualitative Edge
- U.S. Provides Israel a Qualitative Military Advantage [Updated]
- Views on Israel of U.S. Presidential Candidates 2020: Kamala Harris [Updated]
- The Pro-Israel & Pro-Arab Lobbies [Updated]
- Arrow 2 System Successfully Tested
- State Department Recommends Truman Back Trusteeship For Palestine
- Memo Making Case For U.S. to Abandon Partition
- Truman Reassures Weizmann Regarding Israel Keeping Negev
- Grew Memo Tries to Discourage Truman Support for Zionists [Updated]
- US-Israel Joint Air Force Training [Updated]
- The Iron Dome Missile Defense System [Updated]
- Truman and the Trusteeship Proposal
- The 2020 Democratic Platform on the Middle East
- Germany [Updated]
- Bahrain [Updated]
- United Arab Emirates [Updated]
- Brazil [Updated]
- France [Updated]
- Iran [Updated]
- Jews of Iran [Updated]
- Jews of Iraq [Updated]
- Serbia [Updated]
- Kosovo [Updated]
- Jews of Algeria [Updated]
- Austria [Updated]
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