Constitution
- Basic Laws (external link) (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- International Constitutional Law: Israel (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the basic laws which form the constitutional background; and Background Note
Executive
- President (external link); Prime Minister (external link)
- Government Gate (external link) - in Hebrew; in English
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (external link) - central English-language access point for governmental information about Israel; includes links to other government sites.
Judicial
- Judicial Authority (external link) - in Hebrew; also available in English (external link) and Arabic (external link); the Supreme Court web site contains judgments (external link) section which links to judgments in Hebrew and a few abstracts translations of cases in the news
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Haknesset [Knesset] (external link) in Hebrew; see also English version (external link); includes Proclamation of Independence (external link), the Basic Laws (external link), and Other Documents of Interest (external link)
- Laws Governing Encryption (Ministry of Defense) in Hebrew; includes English (external link) information
- Laws (external link) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) includes sections on Basic Laws (external link), the Judiciary (external link), Selected Laws (external link) and Legal Issues and Rulings (external link).
- NATLEX: Israel (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Children's Rights: Israel (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Israel (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Israel (Law Library of Congress)
- Legal Research Guide: Israel (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- B'Tselem: Israeli Information Center for Human Rights (external link)
- ForIntLaw: Israel (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - Israel (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- A Guide to Legal Research in Israel (external link) (Michal Tamir)
- Haim Ravia, Law Offices: Legal Links (external link) (Haim Ravia, Law Offices) searchable in Hebrew and English
- IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters Country Reports (external link)
- Israeli Bar Association (external link) - includes an English (external link) section
- Israeli Law Guide (external link) (Ruth Levush via LLRX)
- Islamic Family Law: Israel (external link) (Emory University Law School)
- Jewish Law (external link) (Center for Halacha and American Law of the Aleph Institute)
- Judicial Assistance: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Legal Information Institute: Israel (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Middle East: Israel (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: Israel (Library of Congress) December 1988
- Background Note: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Israel (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Israel, the West Bank and Gaza (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Israel and the Occupied Territories (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: Israel (external link) (The Economist)
- Embassy of Israel, Washington (external link)
- Human Rights in Israel and the Occupied Territories (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Middle East Studies: Israel (external link) (Columbia University)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Jewish National and University Library (external link)
- NEWS: BBC World Middle East (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Tel Aviv (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Israel (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Yahoo: Israel (external link)
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Last Updated: 08/09/2012