Newest Additions to the Library

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Upcoming Holidays and Commemorations:
Israel's Mission to the Moon (scheduled February 21)
Purim (March 21)
Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler begin escape from Auschwitz (April 7, 1944)
Passover (April 20-27)

Upcoming Anniversaries:
Deportation of Jews from Thessaloniki (March 15, 1943)
Bombing of Israeli Embassy in Argentina (March 17, 1992)
Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty (March 26, 1979)

Newest Additions to the Library

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

• University Statements Rejecting Divestment and the Academic Boycott of Israel [Updated]
• House Condemns Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Hate
• Campus Divestment Resolutions in the USA [Updated]
• University Statements Rejecting Divestment and the Academic Boycott of Israel [Updated]
• International Coalition Of Mayors To Fight Anti-Semitism
• Agnew Seeks Saudi Funding to Fight Zionists
• Legislation Expressing U.S. Interest in Combating Anti-Semitism at Home and Abroad (2019)
• Anti-BDS Legislation [Updated]
• History of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement [Updated]
• University Statements Rejecting BDS  [Updated]
• Statistics on Religious Hate Crimes [Updated]
• Minister Louis Farrakhan - In His Own Words [Updated]
• Shootings Targeting American Jews

Biography

• Ayman Odeh
• Rafael “Rafi” Peretz
• Avigdor Lieberman [Updated]
• Orly Levy-Abekasis
• Yair Lapid [Updated]
• Tamar Zandberg
• Avi Gabbay
• Moshe Feiglin
• Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu [Updated]
• Shimon Peres [Updated]
• Rod Rosenstein
• Yisrael Katz [Updated]
• Mousa Abu Marzook [Updated]
• Drake [Updated]
• Julian Edelman [Updated]
• Daniel Pearl [Updated]
• Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon [Updated]
• Herzi Halevi
• Aviv Kochavi
• Gadi Eisenkot
• Dean Phillips
• Susan Wild
• Elissa Slotkin
• Kim Schrier
• Max Rose
• Andy Levin
• Elaine Luria
• Mike Levin
• David Kutsoff
• The First Palestinian-American Elected to Congress (John Hans Krebs)

Fact Sheets

• 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)
• The Threat From Iran [Updated]
• Israel Space R&D [Updated]
• UNSC Resolutions [Updated]

History

• Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries [Updated]
• American Muslim Population Figures
• Growth of the U.S. Jewish Population [Graph]
• Jewish Population in the United States by State [Updated]
• Largest Jewish Populated Metropolitan Areas in the  United States [Updated]
• What Americans Thought of Jewish Refugees Prior to World War II
• Jews in the Trump Administration [Updated]
• Map of Borders of Palestine Claimed by the  World Zionist Organization
• The Falash Mura [Updated]
• Population of Israel/Palestine [Updated]
• Jewish & Non-Jewish Population of Israel/Palestine [Updated]
• Meir Addresses UN Regarding Threats to Israel
• Golda Meir UN Speech Regarding Aqaba, Sinai and Gaza
• Jewish Representatives in the United States [Updated]
• Jewish Senators in the United States [Updated]
• Jewish Freedom Fighters of 1848 and Heroes of the Civil War
• Jewish Members of the 116th Congress
• Caesarea [Updated]
• OSS Operations End With Agents’ Executions in Mauthausen [Updated]
• The First Aliyah [Updated]
• Jesus, The Crucifixion, Pontius Pilate and the New Testament [Updated]
• Timeline of Jewish History in Austria
• History & Overview of Hebron [Updated]
• 1967 War: Israeli Leaders Discuss Future of Captured Territories

Holocaust

• Pope Pius XII & the Holocaust [Updated]
• French Train Reparations [Updated]
• The Prosecution of War Criminals
• The Last Nazi Trials [Updated]
• Britain Condemns Executions of Jews
• Kindertransport Fund
• The Kindertransport [Updated]
• Allied Declaration on the Persecution of the Jews
• British Reaction to Allied Declaration on Persecution of the Jews
• The Last Nazi Trials [Updated]

Israel

• Israel's Rank on World Happiness Index
• Ta’al [Updated]
• Hatikva Political Party
• United Arab List (Ra'am) Political Party [Updated]
• The Jewish Home Political Party - HaBayit HaYehudi [Updated]
• Gesher Political Party [Updated]
• Yisrael Beiteinu Party [Updated]
• Union of Right-Wing Parties
• Meretz [Updated]
• History & Overview of the Likud Party [Updated]
• Shas Political Party [Updated]
• Labor Party Leaders [Updated]
• Israeli Central Elections Committee [Updated]
• History & Overview of the Labor Party [Updated]
• Party Platform of the Labor Party [Updated]
• Zehut
• Kulanu [Updated] 
• United Torah Judaism [Updagted]
• HaYamin HeHadash (“The New Right”) Party
• Israel's Mission to the Moon [Updated]
• Background & Overview of Israel's Security Barriers [Updated]
• Balad [Updated]
• Hadash [Updated]
• “Blue and White” - Kahol Lavan Party
• Israeli Electoral History: Elections to the 21st Knesset
• General Overview of Health & Medicine in Israel [Updated]
• Statistics on Life Expectancy in Israel [Updated]
• Infant Mortality Rate in Israel [Updated]
• Syria Military Threat to Israel [Updated]
• Israel Resilience Party [Updated]
• Yesh Atid [Updated]
• Otzma Yehudit Party [Updated]
• Total Immigration from Ethiopia [Updated]
• Israel Ministers of Foreign Affairs [Updated]
• Total Immigration to Israel from the Former Soviet Union [Updated]
• Total Immigration to Israel by Continent and Year [Updated]
• Total Immigration to Israel by Select Country by Year [Updated]
• Military Threats to Israel: Saudi Arabia [Updated]
• The “Consensus” Settlements [Updated]
• Total Immigration to Israel by Year [Updated]
• Facts About  Jewish Settlements in the West Bank [Updated]
• Total Population of Jewish Settlements [Updated]
• Population of Jewish Settlements in the West Bank by Community [Updated]
• The Ariel Settlement “Bloc” [Updated]
• The Status of Arabs in Israel [Updated]
• Concerts in Israel by Year [Updated]

Judaism

• U.S. Political Party Identification of Jews
• Purim [Updated]
• Louis Brandeis on Dual Loyalty Libel Against Jews
• Jewish Nobel Prize Laureates [Updated]
• Jewish Population Metro Areas [Updated]
• University Statements Rejecting BDS [Updated]

The Middle East

• Palestinian Authority Prime Ministers
• Iran Nuclear History: Implementation of the JCPOA [Updated]
• State Department Actions to Address Problematic PA Textbook Content
• UNGA Resolutions (2010-Present) [Updated]
• UNIFIL [Updated]
• UNDOF [Updated]
• Israel-UAE Relations [Updated]
• Myths & Facts: Quotes [Updated]
• Trump Reimposing All Sanctions Lifted Under the Iran Deal
• U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians: FY 2018
• U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians: FY 2018 [updated]
• The Threat From Iran [Updated]

Peace Process

• History of Temporary International Presence in Hebron [Updated]
• Conversation between President Carter and Israeli FM Dayan in the Billiard Room at Camp David (September 17, 1978)
• Conversation between US and Egyptian Delegations at Camp David (September 11, 1978)

Public Opinion Polls

• American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
• Top Foreign Policy Partners for the U.S.
• Favorability Ratings of Israel and the Palestinian Authority
• American Public Opinion Toward Israel: An Overview [Updated]
• American Views on Palestinian Statehood  [Updated]
• Gallup Polls on American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
• American Opinion Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy [Updated]
• American Attitudes Toward the Peace Process [Updated]
• Palestinian Opinion on Peace Prospects [Updated]
• Israeli Atittudes About Peace With Palestinians [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes Towards Other Nations [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes Towards Diaspora Jewry [Updated]
• Israeli Polls on Peace Process, Society, and Government [Updated]
• Peace Index Polls [Updated]

Terrorism

• Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel [Updated]
• Great March of Return [Updated]
• Israel Completes Operation Northern Shield [Updated]
• Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act Becomes Law [Updated]
• Background & Overview of Israel’s Security Barriers [Updated]
• History & Overview of Hezbollah [Updated]
• Hamas [Updated]
• Treasury Sanctions Key Hezbollah, IRGC-QF Networks in Iraq (2018)
• U.S. National Strategy for Counterterrorism  
• Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017
• Foreign Terrorist Organizations
• Reports on International Terror: Middle East & North Africa Country Reports 2017
• Statistics on Incidents of Terrorism Worldwide
• State Sponsors of Terrorism: Iran

U.S.-Israel Relations

• Israel-NASA Collaboration [Updated]
• Juniper Falcon 19
• United States Grants De-Jure Recognition to Israel [Updated]
• Truman Informed of Israel's Declaration of Independence
• Ohio-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Arrow Missile Program [Updated]
• The Iron Dome Missile Defense System [Updated]
• The Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act
• Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019 [Text]
• American Opinion Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy [Updated]
• Congress & the Middle East [Updated]
• Campus Divestment Resolutions in the USA [Updated]
• Anti-BDS Legislation [Updated]
• Kentucky-Israel Cooperation [Updated]

The Virtual Jewish World

• Buenos Aires, Argentina [Updated]
• Argentina [Updated]
• United Kingdom [Updated]
• Hungary [Updated]
• Morocco {Updated]
• Slovakia [Updated]
• Ukraine [Updated]
• Germany [Updated]
• France [Updated]
• Finland [Updated]
• Myanmar [Updated]