Guides and Directories

BBC News - Country Profile: Israel and Palestinian Territories
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/803257.stm

CIA - The World Factbook: Israel
Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html

Columbia University Libraries - Middle East Studies: Israel
Directory of categorized links from the WWW-VL.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Israel.html

Gems in Israel
A directory and regular e-zine giving information about places in Israel that a tourist wouldn't normally know about.
http://www.gemsinisrael.com/archive.html

HaReshima
Frequently updated list of Jewish and Israeli sites.
http://www.hareshima.com/

972 Israel in a Click
Categorized directory with news feeds, forums, blogs and gallery.
http://www.972.co.il/

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Israel in Brief
Find information about Israel's culture, education, government and society.
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/facts%20about%20israel/israel%20in%20brief/

Kol Israel
Links to Israeli web sites includes news and radio from Israel.
http://www.kolisrael.net/

LookIsrael
Statistical data and interactive maps comparing Israel to the rest of the world.
http://www.lookisrael.com/

Maven
Jewish and Israel directory with thousands of links.
http://www.maven.co.il/

NationMaster - Israel
Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/is-israel

NU? - The JAFI Portal
Web portal sponsored by the Jewish Agency.
http://www.jewishsites.org/

UK Foreign Office - Country Profiles: Israel
Overview of country's geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel and current affairs.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/country-profiles/middle-east-north-africa/israel

University of Colorado - GovPubs: Israel
Links to resources from the country's own government, the United States, the United Nations and international sources.
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/israel.htm

US Department of State - Israel
Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, USAID page, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Country and Industry Market Reports.
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/israel/

US Library of Congress - Country Study: Israel
December 1988 country profile provides information about its historical setting, society and environment, economy, government and politics, and national security.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iltoc.html

US Library of Congress - Portals to the World: Israel
Annotated directory of selected online resources.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/israel/israel.html