Israeli History, Politics and Society
About the Book Series
This series provides a multidisciplinary examination of all aspects of Israeli history, politics and society and serves as a means of communication between the various communities interested in Israel: academics, policy-makers, practitioners, journalists and the informed public.
Saudi–Israeli Normalization: International Relations and the Six Day War
1st Edition
By Yossi Mann
November 03, 2025
Offering the first in‑depth exploration of Saudi Arabia’s political, social, and diplomatic role in the Six‑Day War, this study sheds light on the kingdom’s overlooked but pivotal contributions to one of the most consequential conflicts in modern Middle Eastern history. Drawing on both newly ...
Israel's National Security Predicament: Guarding the Third Temple
1st Edition
By David Rodman
December 18, 2024
This book provides a ground-breaking assessment of the Israeli national security experience from the establishment of the country through to the present day. Seventy-five years after its establishment, the State of Israel continues to face an acute national security predicament as a result of the ...
Scandinavian Diplomacy and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Official and Unofficial Soft Power
1st Edition
By Nir Levitan
October 07, 2024
This book scrutinises how three small Scandinavian countries – Norway, Sweden and Denmark – developed a unique foreign policy that brought Israel and the Palestinians to the negotiating table. Bringing together the field of soft power diplomacy with the field of conflict mediation, the text ...
Israeli Institutions at the Crossroads
1st Edition
Edited
By Raphael Cohen-Almagor
June 24, 2024
This is a fascinating collection of essays about Israeli society and its institutions. It is written by practitioners who have experience and understanding, who are equipped with the insight and knowledge, and who bore responsibility while serving the public in the various institutions. Among the ...
UNSCOP and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Road to Partition
1st Edition
By Elad Ben-Dror
May 27, 2024
This book provides the first comprehensive account of the work of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP), constituted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1947 to study the situation in Palestine at the end of the British Mandate and make recommendations about its political...
Muslim/Arab Mediation and Conflict Resolution: Understanding Sulha
1st Edition
By Doron Pely
September 27, 2018
Inter- and intra-clan conflicts in Northern Israel pit hundreds against each other in revenge cycles that take years to resolve and impact the entire community. The Sulha is a Shari’a-based traditional conflict resolution process that works independently of formal legal systems and is widely ...
Israeli Democracy at the Crossroads
1st Edition
Edited
By Raphael Cohen-Almagor
August 23, 2018
In recent years, the discussion about Israel was dominated by post-Zionist, post-Israeli opinions. Important voices that represent large sectors of Israeli society were not heard. To somewhat change this situation, some of the best scholars in their respective fields participate in this ...
Social Mobilization in the Arab/Israeli War of 1948: On the Israeli Home Front
1st Edition
By Moshe Naor
December 08, 2017
In many ways, the Arab-Israeli war of 1948 is typical of the total military conflicts that characterized the first half of the twentieth century. However, in addition to the military course of the war, and its formative and revolutionary ramifications, this war was also notable for the social ...
The Arab–Israeli Conflict, 1956–1975: From Violent Conflict to a Peace Process
1st Edition
By Moshe Gat
November 01, 2017
The Arab–Israeli Conflict, 1956–1975 contains a collection of articles that examine select issues between the end of the Suez Campaign in November 1956 and the Sinai II, or Interim Agreement, signed by Israel and Egypt in September 1975. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the struggle ...
Israeli-Egyptian Relations, 1980-2000
1st Edition
By Ephraim Dowek
August 26, 2016
A memoir by former diplomat Ephraim Dowek which provides a comprehensive study of the relations between Egypt and Israel from peace until the present day. This is an informative account of the author's time in Egypt as a high-level Israeli diplomat (he was eventually appointed Ambassador) and as a ...
Israeli Diplomacy and the Quest for Peace
1st Edition
By Mordechai Gazit
June 22, 2016
This account of key issues in Israel's foreign policy offers a new insight into Israeli thinking. It also covers issues where the focus is on American, British, Egyptian and Jordanian diplomacy. The author's research is based on an abundance of documentary evidence, and the analysis benefits from ...
Between Capital and Land: The Jewish National Fund's Finances and Land-Purchase Priorities in Palestine, 1939-1945
1st Edition
By Eric Engel Tuten
April 27, 2016
Tuten shows how the Jewish National Fund (JNF) proved to be flexible in its fundraising to obtain its land-purchase objectives during the Second World War. He provides a detailed examination of the Jewish National Fund's internal development and analyses the relationship between JNF's ...