Providing a detailed account of Israel s foreign policy towards the Cyprus question between 1946 and the declaration of Cypriot independence in August 1960 Gabriel Haritos examines the international and regional factors which shaped Israel s approach to diplomatic relations with the independent Republic of Cyprus Based on newly available archival material from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs declassified at the author s request and on material collected from the Turkish Cypriot National Archives Haritos highlights previously unknown events and the key personalities involved in Israel s political and diplomatic interactions over the Cyprus question In doing so he offers key insights into the Middle Eastern aspect of the unresolved Cyprus conflict