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October 4th, 2023

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May 7th, 2021

Following Akevot Institute’s request: Previously redacted sections of David Ben Gurion’s diaries are declassified

The Ben Gurion Archive website has uploaded pages from the diaries of Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, dating between 1948 and 1953. Parts...

October 4th, 2023

The Hebron settlement: “We are not discussing the spiritual side today; we are discussing the practical side.”

The anniversary of the Six Day War, which broke out 54 years ago this week, is an opportunity to revisit a constitutive moment in Israel’s...

October 4th, 2023

“We are still interested in remaining under the Military Rule”

On June 1, 1951, exactly 70 years ago, the Acre Military Government was dissolved, after three years in which the city was under a strict...

October 4th, 2023

Mixed Cities: A history of segregation and inequality

The term “mixed cities,” which has been making headlines recently, hides a varied history. Some cities were mixed before 1948, some became mixed immediately after...

December 1st, 1948

“It is Proposed to Relocate the Arab Tribes in Order to Free the Areas They Occupy”

By the end of the 1948 war, Israel had seized vast areas populated with Palestinian villages and tribes. Several forums were set up to address...

December 21st, 1948

“The abandoned villages remain standing, but they hardly have a soul in them […] this emptiness is a vulnerability in terms of the return of Arab refugees”

Suggestions to settle Jewish immigrants, or as they are known in Israel, Olim, in Palestinian villages depopulated in 1948 were made even as the war...

October 4th, 2023

Big Brother in the Teachers’ Lounge: “We have found out from various sources that the above are communists.”

Since Israel’s founding – and to this day – state officials have kept an eye on the employment, opinions, and actions of Arab public school...

July 13th, 1992

Investigating Torture Allegations – “important for the Shin Bet and important for the rule of law”

For many years, the question of who would investigate complaints of torture during interrogations by the Shin Bet (Israel’s internal security agency) was debated by...

October 4th, 2023

Independence Day as a Loyalty Gauge

Historical records from the early decades of statehood reveal Israel took a keen interest in how Independence Day was marked in the country’s Palestinian communities....

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