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Handout
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Interfaith Activity in Israel

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the region of Israel common to the histories of three world religions and the interfaith activities of these three in this region.
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Ehud Barak

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, a member of Israel's Labor Party who advocated negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Handout
Other

Al Ahram Weekly: Chronology of First Arab Israeli War

For Students 9th - 10th
Al-Ahram Weekly, a publication based in Cairo, provides a timeline of events leading up to the formation of Israel and the First Arab-Israeli War. Includes pictures and a copy of the Balfour Declaration.
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Trading Attacks

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive map that shows the conflict in Israel and Hezbollah. There is a timeline at the side of the map that shows different events that occurred on different days. Click on an event and it will move the map to where it happened....
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Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Israeli Settlement Proposal Angers u.s. Officials

For Students 9th - 10th
Israel's plan to build new homes in the Palestinian territories was met by a negative reaction by the USA. Learn thebackground and details of the plan, and why the USA did not respond in a favorable light. Support resources are included....
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Ehud Barak Interview

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this extensive interview with the former Prime Minister of Israel that took place in 2001. There is also a short biography and profile of this man who spent 36 years in the military.
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Primary
Other

U.s. Embassy in Israel: Roadmap to Solution of Israeli Palestinian Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th
Features the original text of the "Roadmap" to a permanent solution to the ongoing conflict as released by the U.S. State Department in April 2003.
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Website
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: State of Israel

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes the type and structure of the Israeli governmnet established in 1948. Links to each branch of the government are found on the orange menu bar.
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Website
Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Canaan and Ancient Israel

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit tells the story of these people using the artifacts they left behind.
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Primary
Yale University

Provisional Govt. Of Israel Writes the President of u.s.

For Students 9th - 10th
This May 15, 1948, letter announces the Israeli provisional government and asks the United States to recognize and accept the new state and its government.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Country Studies: Israel: Origins of Zionizm

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides history of Zionism. End of article discusses Orthodox Jews' problems with Zionism.
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Handout
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Camp David Accords

For Students 9th - 10th
Information detailing the Camp David Accords between President Jimmy Carter and leaders from Israel and Egypt signed on September 17, 1978, and opening the door to peaceful conflict resolutions in the Middle East.
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Website
Other

Institute for Sinology: Plants of Israel

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to see photographs of common plants found in Israel.
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Website
Other

The Jewish Agency for Israel: Agnon, Shmuel Yosef

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a biography about Shmuel Agnon (1888-1970), the first Hebrew writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Handout
Sam Houston State University

Shsu: Palestine/israel and the Eastern Question

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion on the anti-Semitism which gave rise to the Zionist movement and how the leaders hoped to help the Jews.
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Handout
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

David Ben Gurion: Founder of the State of Israel

For Students 9th - 10th
Government biography on David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister. Links to related topics.
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PPT
BBC

Bbc: In Pictures: Lebanon Israel Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide show presentation that shows early images from the Lebanon-Israel conflict. Gives a better idea of what is going on in the Middle East as of July 15, 2006.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A Son of Israel, Or, the Sword of the Spirit by A. L. O. E.

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book A Son of Israel, or, The Sword of the Spirit by A. L. O. E. (1890) a children's Christian novel.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Moon of Israel by H. Rider Haggard

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel "Moon of Israel" by H. Rider Haggard.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Woman Beater" by Israel Zangwill

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of the story "The Woman Beater" by Israel Zangwill, a British author.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Rose of the Ghetto" by Israel Zangwill

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of "A Rose of the Ghetto" by Israel Zangwill. He was a British-Jewish author who wrote about ghetto life in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the...
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Interactive Graphic: Attacks, Day by Day

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents an interactive map that shows the day by day attacks that have occurred in Lebanon, Israel, and the Gaza Strip. Ot provides information about each attack, when/where it occurred, and gives information about by how...
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Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: To Build and to Be Built

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit highlights Jewish people who survived the Holocaust and settled in Israel. Each one has made a unique contribution to the state of Israel and the world. Read short biographies of each along with pictures.
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Handout
Other

Key Way: Why Babylon?

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the fall of Israel and Judah to the Babylonians in 721 BC, and 586 BC. Includes map.

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