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Myths & Facts Online — Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

• The Arab/Muslim World
  • Palestinian Opinion Since the Creation of the Caretaker Government of Salaam Fayyad [Updated]
  • Views on the Palestinian Infrastructure and Political System [Updated]
  • Views on the Palestinian Infrastructure and Political System - 2008
  • Saudi Arabia Military Expenditures
  • Palestinian Opinion Following the Hamas Election [Updated]
  • Palestinian Videos Showing Incitement, Glorification of Terror and Anti-Semitism
    • Children Want to Be Martyrs
    • 13-Year-Old Praises Terrorist Who Killed 37 Israelis
    • Jews Accused of Behaving Like Nazis
    • Mahmoud Abbas Calling for Terror Attacks
• Biography
  • Shalit, Gilad
  • Nonoo, Houda Ezra
  • Milk, Harvey
  • Kinsler, Ian
  • Ausmus, Brad [Updated]
  • Youkilis, Kevin [Updated]
  • Green, Shawn [Updated]
  • Ehrlich, Jacob
  • Eilberg, Amy
  • Eisenhower, Dwight David
  • Eizenberg, Julie
  • Elath (Epstein), Eliahu
  • Elhanan
  • Elhanan
  • Eli
  • Eli Ziyyon Ve-Areha
  • Eliav, Arie Lova
  • Elisheba
  • Elisheva
  • Elkan, Sophie
  • Elkes, Elhanan
  • Emrāni
  • Engelmann, Susanne Charlotte
  • Enríquez (Henríques), Isabel
  • Epstein, Claire
  • Epstein, Judith
  • Erasmus of Rotterdam
  • Erlich, Vera Stein
  • Esau
  • Esterke
  • Ettenberg, Sylvia Cutler
  • Even-Or, Mary
  • Evron, Ephraim
  • Eytan, Rachel
  • Ezekiel
  • Feinberg, Abraham
  • Feinberg, Abraham L.
  • Feinbrun-Dothan, Naomi
  • Feinstein, Elaine
  • Feldman, Sandra
  • Ferdinand (1452–1516) and Isabella (1451–1504)
  • Ferris, Iris
  • Feygenberg (Imri), Rakhel
  • Finestone, Sheila
  • Fischer, Annie
  • Fischer, Ruth
  • Fish, Stanley
  • Fishels, Roizl of Cracow
  • Fleischer, Tsippi
  • Fleischmann, Gisi
  • Fleisher
  • Foa, Esther Eugénie Rebecca
  • Foley, Francis
  • Ford, Harrison
  • Frank, Eva
  • Frank, Karl Hermann
  • Frankel, Naomi
  • Franken, Rose Dorothy Lewin
  • Frankenthal, Käte
  • Frankenthaler, Helen
  • Frankfurter, David
  • Franks, Bilhah Abigail Levy
  • Freha Bat Avraham
  • Freiburg im Breisgau
  • Freidlina, Rakhil Khatskelevna
  • Freier (Née Schweitzer), Recha
  • Frenkel, Vera
  • Freund, Gisèle
  • Freund-Rosenthal, Miriam Kottler
  • Fridman, Gal
  • Fried (-Biss), Miriam
  • Friedlander, Kate
  • Friedmann, Jane
  • Friend, Charlotte
  • Frisch, Daniel
  • Frisch, Otto Robert
  • Friuli–Venezia Giulia
  • Frohman
  • Fromm-Reichmann, Frieda
  • Frymer-Kensky, Tikva
  • Fuchs, Lillian
  • Fuerth, Henriette
  • Futoransky, Luisa
  • Gábor (Greiner), Andor
  • Gábor (Originally Lederer), Ignac
  • Gál, Fedor
  • Génébrard, Gilbert
  • Gómez de Sossa, Isaac
  • GóRska (Endelman), Halina
  • Göndör, Ferenc
  • Gabbai
  • Gabbai
  • Gad, Devorah
  • Gaer, Felice D.
  • Galen (Galenus), Claudius
  • Gamoran, Mamie Goldsmith
  • Gamus Gallegos, Paulina
  • Gamzu, Hayyim
  • Gan Shemu’el
  • Gans, Bird Stein
  • Gaskell, Sonja
  • Gavison
  • Gershon, Karen
  • Gerson-Kiwi, Edith
  • Gerstein, Kurt
  • Gersten, Berta
  • Ghazālī, Abu Hamid Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Al-Tūsī Al-
  • Gideon, Miriam
  • Giehse, Therese
  • Gikow, Ruth
  • Gilbert, Ina
  • Gilligan, Carol Friedman
  • Ginossar (Née Hacohen), Rosa
  • Ginsburg, David
  • Ginsburg, Evgenia Semionova
  • Ginsburg, Ruth Joan Bader
  • Ginzburg, Natalia
  • Giovanni Maria
  • Giroud, Françoise
  • Glickman, Martin Irving
  • Globus, Yoram
  • Gluck, Alma
  • Gluck, Hannah
  • Gluck, Louise
  • Gluecks, Richard
  • Goebbels, Paul Josef
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
  • Golan, Menahem
  • Golcuv Jenikov
  • Goldberg, Jeannette Miriam
  • Goldin, Nan
  • Goldschmidt (Née Benas), Henriette
  • Goldschmidt, Johanna Schwabe
  • Goldstein, Elyse
  • Goldstein, Fanny
  • Goldstein, Jennie
  • Goldstein, Rebecca
  • Goll, Claire
  • Goodrich, Frances (1890–1984) and Hackett, Albert (1900–1995)
  • Gorki, Maxim
  • Gorokhovskaya, Maria
  • Gorshman, Shira
  • Gotsfeld, Bessie
  • Gottschalk, Louis Moreau
  • Gould, Morton
  • Graebe, Hermann Friedrich
  • Graham, Bill
  • Green, Shawn David
  • Greenacre, Phyllis
  • Greenberg, Henry Benjamin
  • Greenberg, Irving
  • Greenberg, Joanne
  • Greene, Lorne
  • Greene, Shecky
  • Gregory
  • Grock
  • Grossman, Yizhak-David
  • Gruenberg, Sidonie Matsner
  • Grundig, Lea (1906–1977) and Hans (1901–1958)
  • Gruner, Dov
  • Guber, Rivka
  • Guggenheim, Charles
  • Guggenheim-Gruenberg, Florence
  • Gur, Batya
  • Gurfein, Rivka
  • Gurian (Gurfinckel), Sorana
  • Guzik, Hanna
• Fact Sheets
  • #64: Beware of Disinformation From Gaza
• History
  • Gentile
  • Greek Literature, Ancient
  • Greek Literature, Modern
  • Greek and Latin Languages, Rabbinical Knowledge of
  • Excerpta Valesiana
  • Jewish Modern and Contemporary Periods
  • British Rule in Palestine Updated
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1950-1959)
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1960-1969)
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1970-1979)
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1980-1989)
• Israel
  • Operation Cast Lead
    • Operation Cast Lead
    • Hamas Rocket Attacks on Israel [Photos]
    • Israel Gives Humanitarian Aid to Gaza [Photos]
    • Stories From The Gaza War You May Have Missed
    • Israel's Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
    • World Leaders Side With Israeli Response to Hamas Terror
    • PM Olmert's Remarks at the Press Briefing on the Operation in the Gaza Strip (12/27/08)
    • Israel Strikes Back Against Hamas Terror Infrastructure in Gaza
    • Videos
      • Rocket Attack on Ashkelon
      • Rocket Hits Soccer Field
      • Daily Life in Sderot
      • Footage of the Safe Transfer of Dual Citizens From Gaza Into Israel
      • From Disengagement to Operation Cast Lead: Hamas' Escalation to Confrontation
      • Hamas Rockets Fired as Israel Sends Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
      • Hamas Spreads Terror and Fear Among Israeli Civilians
      • IAF Attacks Underground Rocket Launch Pad
      • Israel Sends Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
      • News Flash Instructs Gaza Children to Form a Human Shield around a Hamas Terrorist’s Home
      • Under Fire in Sderot
      • What is Hamas?
  • Flowers
  • Gamla
  • Gan Garoo Park Australia-Israel
  • Gan Hayyim
  • Gaza
  • Gerizim, Mount
  • Ge’ulei Teiman
  • Ge’ulim
  • Gideon’s Cave - Ma’ayan Harod
  • Gilboa
  • Ginnosar, Plain of
  • Givatayim
  • EU Ministers Vote to Upgrade Diplomatic Dialogue with Israel
  • Ein Gev
  • Ein Kerem
  • Elad
  • El-Arish
  • En-Dor
• Judaism
  • A History of Women's Ordination as Rabbis [Updated]
  • Ecology
  • Eggs
  • Ein-Sof
  • Elder
  • Emanation
  • Emancipation
  • Emotions
  • Emunah
  • Epicureanism
  • Eschatology
  • Etiquette
  • Euphemism and Dysphemism
  • Evolution
  • Existentialism
  • Extraordinary Remedies
  • El Male Rahamim
  • El Melekh Ne’eman
  • El Melekh Yoshev
  • El Nora Alilah
  • Fear of God
  • Fines
  • First Fruits
  • Firstborn
  • Form and Matter
  • Friendship
  • Freedom
  • Gabbai
  • Galut
  • Gaon
  • Ge’ullah
  • Gemilut Hasadim
  • Genetic Ancestry, Jewish
  • Genetic Diseases in Jews
  • Gilgul
  • Gladiator
  • Gnosticism
  • Gog and Magog
  • Good and Evil
  • Guilds
  • Gymnasium
  • Golden Calf
  • Fable
  • Flood, The
  • Feminism
  • Geonic Literature
  • Gezerta
  • Greetings and Congratulations
• Peace Process
  • Quartet Statement on Ongoing Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
  • Israel Continues Prisoner Release Policy
  • Keeping Track of the Road Map [Updated]
• Terrorism
  • Rocket Fire at Israel (2008) [graph]
  • Fatalities in Palestinian Terror Attacks [Updated]
  • Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles [Updated]
• U.S.-Israel Relations
  • American Attitudes Toward War in Gaza
  • Public Opinion Toward Israel [Updated]
  • Reliable Ally Polls [Updated]
• The Virtual Jewish History Tour
  • Romania [Updated]
    • Fagaras
    • Falticeni
    • Focsani
  • Poland [Updated]
    • Gdansk
    • Gliwice
    • Glogau
    • Gniezno
    • Gora Kalwaria
    • Gorlice
    • Grodzisk Mazowiecki
    • Gorzow Wielkopolski
    • Gostynin
    • Grojec
  • Ukraine [Updated]
    • Gadyach
    • Gaisin
    • Gertsa
    • Glinyany
    • Golovanevsk
    • Gorodenka
  • Hungary [Updated]
    • Györ
    • Gyongyos
  • Belarus [Updated]
    • Glubokoye
    • Glussk
    • Gomel
    • Gorki
    • Gorodok
    • Gorodok (Pol. Grodek Wilenski)
    • Grodno
  • Italy [Updated]
    • Faenza
    • Fano
    • Forlì
    • Fossano
    • Fossoli
    • Gaeta
    • Genoa
    • Gorizia
  • Belgium [Updated]
    • Ghent
  • Austria [Updated]
    • Eisenstadt
    • Graz
  • El Salvador [Updated]
  • Syria [Updated]
    • Emesa
  • Switzerland [Updated]
    • Endingen and Lengnau
  • Argentina [Updated]
    • Entre Ríos
  • Estonia [Updated]
  • Turkey [Updated]
    • Ezine
  • Germany [Updated]
    • Floss
    • Friedberg
    • Frankfurt on the Main
    • Frankfurt on the Oder
    • Fuerth
    • Fulda
    • Gemen
    • Giessen
    • Glueckstadt
    • Goerlitz
    • Goettingen
    • Goslar
    • Gotha
    • Grajewo
    • Einbeck
    • Elblag
    • Emden
    • Endingen
    • Erfurt
    • Essen
    • Esslingen
    • Ettlingen
  • India [Updated]
    • Ernakulam
  • Great Britain [Updated]
    • Exeter
    • Gloucester
  • Spain [Updated]
    • Elche
    • Elvira
    • Escalona
    • Estella
    • Fraga
    • Funes
    • Granada
    • Gerona
    • Granada
    • Guadalajara
    • Guadalupe
  • France [Updated]
    • Ensisheim
    • Epernay
    • Ettendorf
    • Falaise
    • Foix
    • Fontainebleau
    • Forcalquiers
    • Franche-Comte
    • Gascony
    • Gévaudan
    • Grenoble
    • Guebwiller

Files Added in December 2008

REVISED: On One Foot: A Middle East guide for the perplexed or How to respond on your way to class, when your best friend joins an anti-Israel protest

Myths & Facts Online — Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

• 2008 Presidential Election
  • Jews in the Obama Administration
• The Arab/Muslim World
  • Palestinian Attitudes About Peace With Israel (2008) [Updated]
  • The Evolution of the Concept of Jihad
  • Palestinian Opinion Since the Creation of the Caretaker Government of Salaam Fayyad [Updated]
• Biography
  • Summers, Lawrence
  • Axelrod, David
  • Cordoba, Alonso Fernandez de
  • Cǎlugǎru, Ion
  • Caan, James
  • Caesar, Sextus Julius
  • Caiserman-Roth, Ghitta
  • Caligula, Caius Caesar Augustus
  • Calin, Vera
  • Calisher, Hortense
  • Calle, Sophie
  • Calmeyer, Hans-Georg
  • Calof, Rachel Bella Kahn
  • Calvin, John
  • Caplan, Elinor
  • Capp, Al
  • Caracalla, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
  • Carlebach, Elisheva
  • Carp, Paula
  • Carter, Jimmy
  • Carvallo, Jules
  • Cassab, Judy
  • Cassian (Katz), Nina
  • Castel-Bloom, Orly
  • Catherine II
  • Centerszwer (Centerszwerowa), Stanisława
  • Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
  • Chagall, Bella Rosenfeld
  • Charles, Gerda
  • Chmielnicki (Khmelnitski), Bogdan
  • Churgin, Bathia
  • Cixous, Hélène
  • Claudius
  • Cleopatra of Jerusalem
  • Cleopatra
  • Clinton, William Jefferson
  • Cohen, Elizabeth D.A. Magnus
  • Cohen, Fannia
  • Cohen, Geulah
  • Cohen, Harriet
  • Cohen, Mary Matilda
  • Cohen, Naomi Wiener
  • Cohen, Natalie
  • Cohen, Rose Gollup
  • Cohen, Ruth Louisa
  • Cohen, Selma Jeanne
  • Cohen, Yardena
  • Cohn, Cilla Cypora
  • Cohn, Linda
  • Cohn, Mildred
  • Collins, Lottie
  • Columbus, Christopher
  • Corcos, Stella
  • Correa, Isabel (Rebecca) de
  • Coser, Rose Laub
  • Costa, Catherine da
  • Créhange, Alexandre
  • Crémieux, Benjamin
  • Crémieux, Isaac Adolphe
  • Crescas (or Cresques), Hasdai ben Judah
  • Cromwell, Oliver
  • Crumb, Robert
  • Csupo, Gabor
  • Currie, Edwina
  • Davenport, Marcia
  • David, Larry
  • Davidson, Jo
  • Davis, Natalie Zemon
  • De Philippe (Phillips), Edis
  • Delaunay-Terk, Sonia
  • Delilah
  • Denmark, Florence Levin
  • Deren, Maya
  • Deutsch, Babette
  • Deutsch, Helene
  • Dickens, Charles
  • Dicker-Brandeis, Frederike
  • de-Malkhuta Dina
  • Dinah
  • Diner, Hasia R.
  • Diocletian, Caius Valerianus
  • Doctorow, Edgar Lawrence
  • Domin, Hilde
  • Donati, Angelo
  • Doniger (O’Flaherty), Wendy
  • Doris
  • Dothan, Trude
  • Dreifuss, Ruth
  • Dreyzl, Leah
  • Du Pré, Jacqueline
  • Dubnow-Erlich, Sophia
  • Dugdale, Blanche Elizabeth Campbell
  • Dulcea of Worms
  • Dulzin, Arye Leib
  • Dunkelman, Rose
  • Durkheim, Émile
• Fact Sheets
  • #63: The Failure of Iran Sanctions
  • #62: The Gaza Blockade
  • #23: Iran [Updated]
• History
  • Operation Valkyrie and the July Plot to Assassinate Hitler [Udated]
  • Carthage
  • Cush (Kush)
• Israel
  • Canaan, Land of
  • Capernaum
  • Carmel
  • Israeli Opinion Regarding Peace with the Palestinians - 2008 [Updated]
  • Israeli Opinion Regarding Peace with Syria & Lebanon [Updated]
  • Potential Threats To Israel: Syria [Updated]
  • Potential Threats To Israel: Iran [Updated]
• Judaism
  • Celibacy
  • Caricatures
  • Cartoonists
  • Crafts
  • Circuses and Theaters
  • Chemical Crafts and Industries
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Captives, Ransoming of
  • Cards and Cardplaying
  • Charity
  • Civil Marriage
  • Castration
  • Chastity
  • Coffin
  • Compounding Offenses
  • Consumer Protection
  • Contempt of Court
  • Contract
  • Covetousness
  • Confiscation, Expropriation, Forfeiture
  • Chapbooks
  • Canadian Literature
  • Camps
  • Catacombs
  • Cemetery
  • Cremation in Jewish Scripture
  • Candles
  • Categories
  • Cause and Effect
  • Ceremonial Objects
  • Chief Rabbi, Chief Rabbinate
  • Chiromancy (Palmistry)
  • Chosen People
  • Circumcision
  • Codification of Law
  • Commandments, Reasons for
  • Commandments, The 613
  • Community
  • Compassion
  • Compromise
  • Concubine
  • Conditions
  • Confession
  • Confession of Sins
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Conflict of Opinion
  • Conservation
  • Cosmology
  • Creation and Cosmogony in the Bible
  • Crime
  • Crucifixion
  • Cynics and Cynicism
  • Book of Chronicles
  • Christchurch
  • Carnival
  • Censorship
  • Christianity
  • Christian Science Church
  • Church Councils
  • Church Fathers
  • Catholic Church
  • Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum
  • The Crusader Period
  • Crypto-Jews
  • Children’s Services
  • Cappadocia
  • Coins and Currency
  • Colophon
  • Commentary Magazine
  • Clal (The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership)
  • Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education