Conducts research and collects data on the global history of labour, workers, and labour relations

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Israeli Left Archive
The website Israeli Left Archive, originally built and stored in the Kaminer home in Jerusalem, is now hosted by the IISH. The materials in this archive were collected by Dafna and Reuven Kaminer and... [Collection highlight]
Toma Sik
In 2005 the IISH received a shipment from Hungary from the Hungarian-Israeli peace activist Toma Šik (1939-2004). From his early childhood, Toma Šik actively opposed Israeli militarism. His... [Collection highlight]
From China to Israel
China and Israel officially established political relations on 24 January 1992. The first contract on labour export from China to Israel was signed in that same year. Ten years later, there were 17.... [Item of the Day]
Palestinian-Israelian Unity
Al-Ittihad (Unity) represented the Palestinian-Israelian Communist Party, advocate of one bi-national state. The newspaper was bilingual Hebrew and Arabic and printed in Tel Aviv. On 24 September... [Item of the Day]
Ben Gurion
On May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion declared independence for Israel in Tel Aviv, and he became the country's first president. However, within 24 hours the neighboring Arab countries attacked the new... [Item of the Day]