Foreign Affairs see also their archived selection which can be searched by topic and years
Middle East at the Jerusalem Post
Middle East at the United Nations
Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
US State Department Office of the Historian: Creation of Israel Arab-Israeli War 1948 Suez Crisis The 1967 Arab-Israeli War
The 1973 Arab-Israeli War Oil Embargo 1973-74 Shuttle Diplomacy Camp David Accords 1977-80 Reagan and Lebanon
MAJOR CRISES
1948 Arab War 1956 Suez Crisis 1967 Six Day War 1973 October War (Yom Kippur / Ramadan ) 1983 Lebanese War
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND READINGS
The Lemon Tree, Sandy Tolan. The link here is to Tolan's page specific to The Lemon Tree.
Jerusalem, A Cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi A little different look at the region through the food of these intertwined cultures. The link is to the NY TImes Book Review.
HistoryTeacher.net Arab-Israeli Conflict
Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) Primer on Palestine, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Zionism
Shimon Peres on David Ben-Gurion
Pan Arabic Movement
Martin Kramer: "Arab-nationalism mistaken identity"
See Dawisha article below.
US Institute of Peace: Mid-East Peace References
Two-State Solution - Foreign Policy Magazine
World Statesman Web: Palestinian Authority
BBC: Middle East Crisis
Key Maps of Arab Israeli Conflict
The Guardian: Slide-show time line Mid-East Crisis
Video:
The 50 Years War, Israel and the Arabs. PBS documentary on the Arab Israeli Conflict. Two 21/2 hour segments about the conflict. On YouTube.
The 50 Years War part 1 The 50 Years War Part 2
20th Century Battlefields The Arab-Israeli War of 1973. BBC one hour documentary about the specific war. On YouTube.