Chronicling the life and times of former President Jimmy Carter is a formidable task, but the American Experience Web site established to complement the new documentary about his life offers a valuable introduction to this former peanut farmer turned global humanitarian and peace maker. Not surprisingly, the site contains a substantial amount of coverage about the Camp David Accords and the...

Released on May 8, 2001, this addition to the State Department's official Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series (reviewed in the January 21, 2000 Scout Report) contains 376 official documents that chart US diplomacy efforts in the wake of the Six Day War in 1967. The volume begins with the developments that followed the November 22, 1967 adoption of UN Security Council Resolution...

On May 21, 2001, the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact Finding Committee, chaired by former Senator George Mitchell, issued its report on the recent outbreak of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Among other things, the report calls for an immediate halt to the violence, to be followed by confidence-building measures and the resumption of security cooperation and peace negotiations. It also calls for...

Created by AICE, an organization formed to promote US-Israeli ties, JSOURCE offers students of any denomination information on Jewish history, Israel, US-Israel relations, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and Judaism. Highlighting this site are the comprehensive bibliography and the glossary of Hebrew and historical terms and persons. Other features include a number of biographies of prominent Jews,...