The "Documents on the Foreign Policy of Israel" series has been published since 1978. It presents the reader with a selection of Israel's state records and diplomatic documents, starting with the period just before the establishment of the state. Two volumes covering May 1945 to November 1947 were published in English, in collaboration with the Jewish Agency and Tel Aviv University. These volumes also contain some documents in Hebrew. The rest of the volumes were published in the original language in which the documents were written, which in the early years of the state was often English; gradually Hebrew became dominant. Summaries of the Hebrew documents as well as a full translation of the notes, the introduction and the indexes are included in a Companion Volume in English, which was published together with the main volume.

The State Documents Department has also taken part in several joint publication ventures with East European states: the publication in conjunction with Russia of documents covering the 1945-1953 period (two volumes) and a joint venture with Poland dealing with the documentation of Israeli-Poland foreign policy during 1945-1967.

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02-5680663, or by email, leya@archives.gov.il

So far, the following volumes have been published: