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- Jew Wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry [10/6]
- Latest Population Figures for Israel [9/28]
- U.S. State Department Report on Religious Freedom 2007 [9/28]
- Dorit Beinisch is First Woman to Head Israeli Supreme Court [9/20]
- UN Security Council Resolution 1701: Cease-fire resolution on conflict in Lebanon [8/12]
- House and Senate Pass Resolutions Supporting Israel [7/20]
- The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (7/15/06) [7/18]
- U.S. Vetoes Security Council Resolution Condemning Israeli Operations in Gaza (7/13/06) [7/14]
- White House Condemns Hezbollah Kidnapping of Israeli Soldiers (7/12/06) [7/13]
- Israeli Andy Ram Wins at Wimbeldon [7/13]
- Israel’s Magen David Adom Admitted into International Red Cross [6/27]
- Bush Uses Tenth Waiver to Avoid Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem [6/27]
- Congress Prohibits Assistance to Palestinian Authority (6/15/06) [6/16]
- Bush-Olmert Joint Press Conference (5/23/06) [5/24]
- House Passes Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act [5/24]
- The Thirty-First Government of Israel [5/5]
- Country Reports on Terrorism [5/3]
- Latest Population Figures for Israel [5/2]
- 2006 Election [3/29]
- Hamas Presents New Cabinent [3/24]
- Pollard Loses Supreme Court Appeal [3/20]
- Background Information on Senior Prisoners in Jericho [3/15]
- Human Rights In Israel [3/9]
- Human Rights in the Arab/Islamic World [3/9]
- Amnon Rubinstein Wins Israel Prize [2/23]
- Bush Calls For Halt to Payments to Palestinian Authority After Hamas Victory [2/22]
- Irving Sentenced to Jail for Holocaust Denial [2/21]
- Treasury Freezes Assets of Organization Tied to Hamas [2/21]
- Shoshana Damari Dies [2/14]
- Betty Friedan Dies [2/6]
- Quartet Statement on Palestinian Elections [2/01]
- President Bush Remarks on Hamas Election Victory [2/01]
- Kuwaiti Ruler Dies [1/18]
- Ariel Sharon Hospitalized [1/5]
- Senate Urges President Bush to Oppose Hamas Participation in PA Elections [1/4]
- Rivka Carmi Named First Woman President of an Israeli University [1/4]
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Files Added In October 2006:
REVISED Myths & Facts Online — Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict Click HERE to order.
- The Arab/Muslim World
- Archaeology
- Prehistoric Jerusalem
- IAA Recommends Moving Megiddo Prison
- Israel Postal Authority: Megiddo Prison (Legio)
- Megiddo Prison to be Transferred
- Biography
- Fact Sheets
- History
- Holocaust
- Sobibor Visitor Information [Updated]
- Photographs (WARNING: Photos may have graphic images)
- Israel
- Immigration to Israel [Updated]
- Immigration from the Former Soviet Union [Updated]
- Immigration By Region [Updated]
- Immigration to Israel By Period of Immigration and Last Continent of Residence [Updated]
- Immigration to Israel By Country II [Updated]
- Vultee BT-13 Valiant
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- Tzora Vineyards
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- Judaism
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- Terrorism
- United Nations
- U.S.-Israel Relations
- The Virtual Jewish History Tour
- Synagogues of the World
- Colombia
- South Africa [Updated]
- Greece [Updated]
- Zionism
Files Added In September 2006:
REVISED Myths & Facts Online — Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict Click HERE to order.
- The Arab/Muslim World
- Archaeology
- Biography
- Max Jacob
- Dorit Beinisch
- Yevgeni Khaldei
- Leon Trotsky
- Joe Rosenthal [Updated]
- Anni Albers
- Aharon Barak [Updated]
- Alan Arkin
- Rabbi Harold Kushner
- Liz Claiborne
- Kenneth Cole
- Rudi Gernreich
- Marc Jacobs
- Donna Karan
- Calvin Klein
- Ralph Lauren
- Diane von Fürstenberg
- Zac Posen
- Isaac Mizrahi
- Norman Mailer
- Philip Roth
- Alan King
- David Mamet
- Leonard Nimoy
- Billy Crystal
- J.D. Salinger
- Joe Rosenthal [Updated]
- Fact Sheets
- History
- Holocaust
- Case No. 000-Flossenburg-1 (US vs. Georg Degner) Tried 12 June 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-Flossenburg-2 (US vs. Wenzel Wodak) Tried 13 June 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-Flossenburg-3 (US vs. Johann Vican) Tried 2 Oct. 47 [pdf]
- Case No.000-Flossenburg-4 (US vs. Helmut Fritzche) Tried 31 Oct. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-Flossenburg-7 (US vs. Rudolf Schulmeister) Tried 19 Sept. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-Flossenburg-8 (US vs. Josef Brauner) Tried 13 Oct. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-Flossenburg-10 (US vs. Arthur Auerswald) Tried 21 Oct. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-Flossenburg-11 (US vs. Peter Goldmann) Tried 29 Oct. 47 [pdf]
- Case No.000-Flossenburg-12 (US vs. Kurt Gottzmann) Tried 13 Nov. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-Flossenburg-15 (US vs. Julius Straub) Tried 3 Oct. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-Flossenburg-16 (US vs. Friedrich Christian Lutz) Tried 29 Oct. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-Flossenburg-18 (US vs. Eugen Ziehmer) Tried 29 Oct. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-50-46 (US vs. Joseph Becker et al) Tried 22 Jan. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-50-46-1 (US vs. Wilhelm Loh et al) Tried 12 Nov. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-50-46-2 (US vs. Ferdinand Wilhelm et al) Tried 21 Nov. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-50-46-3 (US vs. Ewald Heerde et al) Tried 12 Dec. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-50-46-4 (US vs. Max Fisher et al) Tried 19 Nov. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-50-46-5 (US vs. Karl Mayer et al) Tried 28 Nov. 47 [pdf]
- Case No. 000-50-46-6 (US vs. Ottokar Tuma et al) Tried 18 Dec. 47 [pdf]
- “Righteous Persons” By Country [Updated]
- Photographs (WARNING: Photos may have graphic images)
- Human Rights
- Israel
- Israeli Casualties in Battle [Updated]
- Latest Population Figures for Israel [Updated]
- Israeli Population Statistics [Updated]
- Population of Israel [Updated]
- The Jewish Population of the World [Updated]
- Hizballah Documents Reveal Fundraising Strategy and Propaganda
- Potential Threats To Israel: Iran [Updated]
- Israel Has 17th Largest Defense Budget
- The Judicial Branch [Updated]
- More Israelis Fall Below Poverty Line
- Aerospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon
- Fokker S.11 Instructor
- Airspeed A.S. 65 Consul
- Temco Buckaroo TE-1A
- Judaism
- Maps
- Organizations
- Peace Process
- Terrorism
- United Nations
- The United Nations and Israel [Updated]
- Resolutions Related to Israel Opposed by the United States - 2005 [pdf]
- Frequency that Members of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Vote with the United States at the UN - 2005
- Frequency that Arab States Vote with the United States at the UN - 2005
- Countries that Vote with the United States Most Often at the UN - 2005
- President Bush’s Address to the UN General Assembly (9/19/06)
- U.S.-Israel Relations
- Public Opinion Toward Israel [Updated]
- President Bush’s Press Conference Regarding Developments in Lebanon (08/21/06)
- Public Attitudes Toward Israel’s War With Hezbollah [Updated]
- American Attitudes Toward the Middle East [Updated]
- Reliable Ally Polls [Updated]
- Bush 2006 Waiver of Terror Regulations for PLO
- Virtual Israel Experience
- The Virtual Jewish History Tour
Files Added In August 2006:
REVISED Myths & Facts Online — Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict Click HERE to order.
- The Arab/Muslim World
- Hizbullah Rocket Capabilities (Map)
- Saudi Arabia Continues Boycott of Israel
- Palestinian Opinion Following the Hamas Election [Updated]
- Palestinian Opinion on the Post-Arafat Era [Updated]
- Archaeology
- Biography
- Fact Sheets
- History
- Holocaust
- Creating the U.S. Army Talmud
- Nazi Agents Infiltrated Mandatory Palestine Prior to World War II
- Photographs (WARNING: Photos may have graphic images)
- Prisoners and Kapos in Neuengamme at Forced Labor
- Prisoners of Neuengamme Work on Dove-Elbe Canal
- Prisoners Dig Next to Heavy Machinery in Neuengamme
- Women Prisoners Cook Soup in Gurs Transit Camp
- Group of Prisoners at Gurs Transit Camp
- Wedding Anniversary at Gurs Transit Camp
- A Group of Women Prisoners at Gurs Transit Camp
- Israel
- Olmert’s Knesset Speech Regarding the War in the North
- The Jewish Population in the West Bank & Gaza Strip [Updated]
- Facts About Settlements [Updated]
- Doctoring the Truth: Photo Manipulation and Fraud During the Israel-Hizbullah Conflict
- Hizbullah Deploys Katyushas near Lebanese Homes [IDF Video]
- Hizbullah Fires Missiles from Qana and Zidkin (8/6/06) [IDF Video]
- Hizbullah Firing Rockets from Behind Buildings (7/22/06) [IDF Video]
- Hizbullah Launches Missiles from Village of Barashit (8/6/06) [IDF Video]
- Hizbullah Launches Missiles towards Haifa (8/6/06) [IDF Video]
- Hizbullah Missile Fire from Inside Home (8/1/06) [IDF Video]
- Hizbullah Missile Fire from Within the Village of Kafr Qana [IDF Video]
- Hizbullah Stations Anti-aircraft Cannon in Residential Area [IDF Video]
- Hizbullah Use of Civilian Shields [IDF Video]
- Pictures from the War in Lebanon
- Ein Avdat [Updated]
- Olmert Addresses Meeting of Heads of Local Authorities
- Potential Threats To Israel: Iran [Updated]
- Israeli Soldiers Missing in Action
- Israeli Polls on the War with Hizbullah
- Israeli Polls on Unilateral Measures [Updated]
- Nord 1203/II Norecrin II
- Cessna 180
- Sikorsky S-58
- Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress
- Maps
- Terrorism
- United Nations
- U.S.-Israel Relations
- President Bush and Secretary of State Rice Discuss the Middle East Crisis
- Public Attitudes Toward Israel’s War With Hizballah
- Reliable Ally Polls [Updated]
- Public Opinion Toward Foreign Aid [Updated]
- President Bush’s Remarks on the Situation in the Middle East (7/30/06)
- House Passes United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act
- Public Attitudes Toward the Peace Process [Updated]
- The Virtual Jewish History Tour
Files Added In July 2006
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Files Added In March 2006
Files Added In February 2006
Files Added In January 2006
Files Added In 2005
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