History: 79-230: Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1948: Government Resources

essential for understanding the modern history of the Middle East, the establishment of Israel as a sovereign state, and the wider web of postwar international world politics. Early records in the collection focus on events in Palestine, Britain's policy toward Palestine, and how the situation in Palestine affected relations with other nations. The files also survey the contours of Arab politics in the wider Middle East. Since the interests, rivalries, and designs of various Arab leaders were often played out with reference to Palestine, the documents provide insight into the complex and sometimes bloody Arab world. In the 1947-1948 period, this module explores the tensions within Anglo-American relations over the creation and recognition of Israel as a sovereign state. A large section of the material is devoted to United Nations deliberations on the Palestine question. The records also illuminate the political, philosophical, and personal fractures within and between both the Jewish and Arab communities from 1940-1948.

Timeline of hisory of Israel

PDFs of volumes 1-6.
Also available in print: Hunt Stacks-2 J698 .H2 I87X 1993

These Files are an important source of American diplomatic reporting on political, military, social, and economic developments throughout the world in the 20th century. Concentrating exclusively on those U.S. State Department Central Files Central Files that have not been microfilmed by the National Archives or distributed by other publishers, they contain a wide range of materials from U.S. diplomats in foreign countries: reports on political, military, and socioeconomic matters; interviews and minutes of meetings with foreign government officials; important letters, instructions, and cables sent and received by U.S. diplomatic personnel; and reports and translations from foreign journals and newspapers. Note: there are specific subfiles for Lebanon, Palestine--Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc.

Microfilm.
CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES
You'll need to borrow this via Interlibrary Loan. A guide to the collection is available.

Microfilm.
CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES
You'll need to borrow this via Interlibrary Loan. A guide to the collection is available.

Online access to critical declassified records on specific issues, including U.S. national security, foreign policy, military history, intelligence policy, and more. Updated frequently, the Electronic Briefing Books represent just a small sample of the documents in the published and unpublished collections of the National Security Archive.

Presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. You can search or browse the volumes.

Middle East, 1941-1949 is one of four collections in the OSS series to focus on the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, from 1941 through 1961. Many developments are covered across these reports, from the Palestinian issue to oil concessions, African nationalism to economic stagnation and famine, Communist movements in South America to U.S. intervention in Central America. Also covers Formation of Israel