First Series
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 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 1945-1953 (two volumes) and a joint venture with Poland dealing with the documentation of Israeli-Poland foreign policy during 1945-1967.

To purchase volumes from this series, contact us at 02-5680663, or by email, leya@archives.gov.il

New Series – Electronic Publications
In 2009 the Israel State Archives began to publish a new series of volumes on the 1961-1967 period. While the first series is chronological, with each volume relating to part or all of a particular year, each volume in the new series covers a subject or a geographical area. All publications in the new series will be available on this website. Some will also be issued in book form.

The publications are in Hebrew, with an English section consisting of an introduction and a list of documents with summaries of the contents. When the original document is in English, a link is provided. The documents are accompanied by photographs and maps.

Three sections of Volume 1, Israel's Relations with Iran and the Eastern Mediterranean States are currently available online:
Israel-Greece Relations, 1961-1967
Israel-Cyprus Relations, 1961-1967
Israel-Turkey Relations, 1961-1967

So far, the following volumes in the first series have been published

See below for some of our volumes: