Links

Trade, Technology and Business

Israel21c
www.israel21c.org
This website highlights Israel’s developments in science, medicine and the advancement of democratic institutions.

Israel Foreign Ministry
http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/home.asp
This home page of the Israeli Foreign Ministry serves as a “virtual” embassy in cyberspace, and contains an online Facts About Israel, featuring information about Israeli economics, culture, demographics, technology, history and geography.

Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
http://www.cbs.gov.il/engindex.htm
Israeli government Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), economic data, GIS link, CBS publications link and more.

The Jewish Virtual Library
www.us-israel.org
Excellent website that links to electronic version of Myths and Facts and listings of statistics about US-Israel trade, demographics, etc.

News Sources

Ha’aretz
www.haaretzdaily.com
Ha’aretz newspaper, English language site.

www.haaretz.co.il
Ha’atertz, Hebrew edition, many links.

Israel Insider
www.israelinsider.com
Israeli English language daily news magazine with extensive compendium of facts and editorials by experts.

Israel National News
www.israelnationalnews.com
Israeli news, English language website with multilingual toggles (English, French, Russian): newspaper, radio, video, media, maps and other links

The Jerusalem Post
www.jpost.com
The Jerusalem Post. English language daily. Great links to other sites.

The Jerusalem Report
www.jrep.com
The Jerusalem Report, English language bi-monthly magazine

Kol Israel Radio
www.kolisrael.com
One of the best sites that has links to numerous news sources, e.g., yahoo Israel news, Israeli media, BBC, etc.

Ma’ariv
www.maariv.co.il
Ma’ariv daily Hebrew language newspaper. There is an English version.

Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
www.memri.org
Excellent source of translations from Islamic and Arabic media sources. Most of the translations are of Op-Ed pieces. Web site offers current and archived translations. On going e-mail sign up available.

Yediot Ahronot
www.ynet.co.il
Yediot Ahronot newpaper, Hebrew language, real time news, links, etc.

Economic and Business News

Globes
http://globes.co.il/serveen/
Israeli Business News and information, English language

News Analysis

Honest Reporting, Inc
www.honestreporting.com
Website dedicated to ensuring that Israeli receives fair media coverage.

Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting
http://world.std.com/~camera
This is the website for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.

Behind the News
www.israelbehindthenews.com
News items and analysis not seen in standard mainstream electronic or print media.

Independent Media Review
http://join.virtual.co.il/cgi-win/imra.exe
The Independent Media Review & Analysis website provides current information on the media.

Palestinian Media Watch
www.pmw.org.il
Palestinian Media Watch website is dedicated to exposing misinformation by Palestinian media organizations

Radio Broadcasts on the Internet

Israel Channel 2
www.news2you.co.il
Israel Channel 2 news, Hebrew language

Radio Bet News
bet.iba.org.il
Radio Bet news, Hebrew language

Israel Radio News
www.israelradio.org
Israeli Radio News, multilingual

Maps and Timelines

http://www.minndakjcrc.org/educatorsResearchIsrael.htm
Timeline of Israel from 2000BCE- February 2001. Includes links for additional information and a variety of map sites.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/israel.html
Excellent collection of contemporary large and small-scale maps of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.

http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/100/maps/
About 30 annotated historical maps from late Ottoman period through 2000.

Educational Resources

Jewish Agency for Israel
www.jajz-ed.org.il
The Jewish Agency’s pedagogic center of information on current issues

http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdayil.htm
Excellent student-friendly/teacher-friendly site with many useful links.

The Diaspora Museum – Beit Hatefutsoth
http://www.bh.org.il/index.html
Resource for research about the Jewish people in the Diaspora (living outside the Land of Israel)

Yad Vashem
http://www.yadvashem.org/
Museum of the Holocaust in Jerusalem which is a resource about that tragic period of history and historical anti-Semitism
Israel Defense Force “Zahal”

www.idf.il/english
This is the website of the Israel Defense Force and provides updates