The first step in identifying primary source material is to read the bibliographies and scan the footnotes in secondary works on your subject. Read also the preface and acknowledgments: authors often identify particularly useful works, libraries, or archives there.
Some of the types of materials you will use as primary sources are:
1. Newspaper and journal articles written at the time of the events.
2. Personal records, memoirs and diary accounts written by those who witnessed or who participated in the events.
3. Records and publications of governments or governmental agencies involved in the events.
Knesset
The web site of the Israeli parliament lists members, current political factions, committees, elections statistics and reproduces various documents of importance.
Major Knesset Debates, 1948-1981
Translation of the major Knesset debates dealing with the critical issues in Israel’s history from 1948 to 1981.
Israel's Foreign Policy: Selected Documents
18 volumes Documents cover 1947-2001 with emphasis on the period 1977-2001.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: The Middle East 1916-The Present, a Documentary Record
Provides many important documents from various sources pertaining to the history of Israel.
Berichte aus Israel 12 volumes (2004)
Stacks DS119.8 .A9 B493 2004
Reports from Austrian diplomatic officials stationed in Israel from 1946 to 1972. Most of the documents are offical reports although those for the years 1946-1949 are from a variety of unofficial sources. A supplement covers the years 1927-1938.
Political and Diplomatic Documents, December, 1947-May, 1948. 2 volumes (1979)
Stacks DS126.4 .I69 1979
Contains documents relating to the policy of the Jewish Agency Executive and Politcal Departments. From the World Zionist Organization's Central Zionist Archives.
Political Documents of the Jewish Agency. 2 volumes (1996-1998)
Stacks DS126.4 .J48 1996
Covers the period from May, 1945 to November, 1947.
Access World News (coverage varies)
Contains varying years of coverage for the following papers: Ha'aretz, Hatzofe, Jerusalem Times, Ma'ariv and Yediot Aharonot (tip: click on "World," then Israel, and then click on "BBC Selected Newspaper Articles"). Also contains Jerusalem Post and a couple of Palestinian news sources.
Search a large collection of publications and websites in a variety of languages. Factiva.com is the exclusive archive of The Wall Street Journal.
Full-text access to news, business, medical, educational and legal sources. The sources include international, national, and regional newspapers; magazines; trade journals; newsletters; wire service reports; and transcripts of television and radio news programs.
Online edition of the daily newspaper.
Jerusalem Post
Online edition of the daily newspaper, with an archive of the past year's issues.
Issues from 1989 to the present are available on Newsbank Access World News
Palestine Bulletin
1925-1932 Micfilm 3532
Access UN
1946-presentThe Readex Index to United Nations Documents & Publications, provides fast access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications. Articles appearing in UN periodicals are individually indexed. Indexing of the bilateral and multilateral treaties in the UN Treaty Series is another unique feature of the Index.
United Nations Digital Library
1979 to present
Contains the "Catalogue of UN publications and documentation indexed by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjld Library and the Library of the UN Office in Geneva," Voting Records of the General Assembly (38th session 1983-present) and Security Council (1st year 1946-present), and Index to Speeches (beginning with 1983 for General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic and Social Council; 1982 for Trusteeship Council).
United Nations Databases
Provides access to online databases that support the work of the UN.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
League of Nations Documents, 1919-1946
Micfilm 1138 and Micfilm 1138 Guide
The library has parts 1-22, 30