An important aim of the Israel State Archives is to publish the archival material which it holds and to bring it to the attention of researchers and the general public.

The Archives' two leading publications are "Documents on the Foreign Policy of Israel" (in English and Hebrew) and the Commemorative Series for Israel's late presidents and prime ministers (in Hebrew only).

The first series of "Documents on the Foreign Policy of Israel"covers the 1947-1961 period.

Two volumes on May 1945 to November 1947 were published in English, in collaboration with the Jewish Agency and Tel Aviv University.

The Archives has taken part in two joint publication ventures with Russia and Poland: documents on relations with Russia covering the 1945-1953 period and documentation of Israeli-Poland foreign relations, 1945-1967.

The commemorative series, published on the basis of the Presidents and Prime Ministers of Israel Commemoration Law, includes eight volumes on Presidents Weizmann, Ben-Zvi, Shazar and Herzog and Prime Ministers Ben-Gurion, Sharett, Eshkol and Rabin (Part 1, up to 1967).

The Archives has also begun to issue electronic publications, and "Israel-Greece Relations, 1961–1967" and "Israel-Cyprus Relations, 1961–1967" , thefirst parts of the new series of "Documents on the Foreign Policy of Israel", are now on-line.

In addition, the Archives issues a number of publications on various subjects:

"Blue and White Pages: Documenting the History of Israel", an illustrated catalogue in Hebrew and English of treasures from the holdings of the Archives, from an exhibition held in 2008 together with the Israel Museum in Jerusalem to mark the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence;

A list of official publications, "Israel Government Publications", published once a year and listing publications received by the Archives and recorded as part of its collections;

A guide to the Archives' holdings from the Ottoman population censuses (the Nufus books), "Ottoman Population Censuses in Palestine 1875–1918";

Witnesses at the Eichmann Trial – A Compilation of Testimonies, a video cassette in Hebrew and English produced together with Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes' Remembrance Authority and the Stephen Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, from the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961.

To buy our publications, please mail leya@archives.gov.il