Israel State Archives/ ארכיון המדינה

The ISA was founded in 1949, one year after the establishment of the State of Israel to safeguard the records of the proceeding governmental administrations of Palestine from the Ottoman Period to the end of the British Mandate, and to document the development of Israel. 

Among others contains restitution- and/or compensation-related materials: holds restitution files; (including materials from various ministries) 

Users should keep in mind that access to the material in the Israel State Archives is given according to the Archives Law -1955 rather than according to the Freedom of Information law. According to the Archives Law and its regulations, access to all records is available for research purposes. The period of limitation on records is usually 30 years, but the ministry depositing the records may determine a shorter timeline for single files or for entire series of files. Personal records are sealed for 70 years. IDF and defence establishment records are usually sealed for 50 years. Stenographic records of government meetings and ministers' committees are sealed for 40 years. Stenographic records of the ministerial committees on security issues are sealed for 50 years. Records of local authorities are disclosed to the public after 20 years, and minutes of Knesset committee sessions are declassified and disclosed after 25 years, except for minutes of the Foreign Affairs and Defence committee which are sealed for 30 years.