Bearing witness: the journey of the Ethiopian Jews to Israel, 1979-1990

Pages of witness testimony in memory of the Jews of Ethiopia who died on their way to Israel in 1979-1990, many of them in the Sudan,  have been scanned and are presented on the ISA website.

Blue and White Pages 2018

Documents on the Foreign Policy of Israel, 1947-1960

The first series of volumes on Israel's foreign policy published by the Israel State Archives, has now been scanned in the form of files in the archives and is accessible to all on this website.

End of an Era: The Golda Meir Government and the Separation of Forces Agreement with Syria, January-May 1974

Following the Separation of Forces Agreement with Egypt in January 1974, the US Administration pressed Israel to reach an agreement with Syria on withdrawal from the enclave captured in the war. Israel wanted to end the war of attrition and

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Golda Meir and the Agranat Commission: The Report that Brought Down a Government, November 1973–April 1974

The Agranat report on the Yom Kippur war led to a political "earthquake", the resignation of Prime Minister Golda Meir and the fall of the government, and to controversy which is still active today.

Israel establishes diplomatic relations with the Vatican 1994

At the end of December 1993, Israel and the Holy See signed a "Fundamental Agreement" on the relations between them. In April 1994, the Holy See (generally known as the Vatican) and Israel established full diplomatic relations. 27 years after

Israeli-Egyptian relations

Documents on Israel's relations with Egypt since the War of Independence to the signing of the peace treaty in March 1979.

Israeli-Iranian relations

Documents on Israel's relations with Iran since the establishment of the state until the Islamic revolution of 1979

Shimon Peres

A special publication of newly declassified files to mark the first anniversary of the death of Shimon Peres, Israel's eighth prime minister, 1984-1986, 1995-1996, and ninth president, 2007-2014

The Agreement on Separation of Forces with Egypt (Sinai I): Golda Meir and Anwar Sadat Exchange Messages, January 1974

The Agreement on Separation of Forces between Israel and Egypt, known as the Sinai I agreement, was signed on 18 January 1974 and brought to an end the Yom Kippur War on the southern front. It also marked the first

The Cairo Agreement: Israel's negotiations with the PLO, October 1993-May 1994

Newly classified documents on the agreement signed on 4 May 1994 show how Israel and the PLO reached agreement on Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Jericho and the transfer of responsibility to the Palestinians

The Eichmann Trial - Documentation at the ISA

In May 1960 Israeli agents captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and brought him to Israel. After a trial before a special panel ,Eichmann was convicted and sentenced to death. Here we present selected documents on the issues

The immigration of the Jews of Ethiopia to Israel, 1948-1985

The struggle of the Ethiopian Jews to immigrate to Israel according to the Law of Return, recognition of their right in 1973-1975, the journey to Sudan and rescue via Khartoum or in secret operations, leading to "Operation Moses"

The Munich massacre, September 1972

"The Israeli government does not see itself as a party to negotiations with the terrorists": a collection of documents on the massacre of Israel's Olympic sportsmen and the reaction of the government

The Road to Oslo: The Secret Negotiations Between Israel and the PLO, January-September 1993

A new publication on the talks which led to the first Oslo Agreement based on a collection of documents received from Dr. Yair Hirschfeld.

The Story of the Yom Kippur War, October 1973

Documents and publications about the Yom Kippur War

The Yom Kippur War: The Aftermath

The government of Golda Meir, which was re-elected in December 1973, had to deal with the aftermath of the Yom Kippur war, with economic crisis, ending the occupation of Egyptian and Syrian territory and preventing a war of attrition. With

Transcripts of the Security Cabinet

Transcripts of the Security Cabinet, the group that decided on war and peace, January-July 1967

Yitzhak Navon

Scanned files, documents, photographs and video clips about Yitzhak Navon, Israel's fifth president (1978-1983)