Chapter 1 contains a general description of the Israeli school system, with a history of education in Israel and a summary of the education situation in Palestine; a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the school system's division into general, religious, and labor trends; a detailed account of the organizational framework; an examination of the system's institutional framework; and a survey of Israeli Universities. Chapter 2 examines the English curricula in primary (grades 5 and 6), intermediate (grades 7, 8, and 9), and upper grades 10, 11, and 12) division schools and considers the controversy surrounding the curricula. Chapter 3 discusses various aspects of the English section of the Israeli Matriculation Examinations, contains copies of the entire English Matriculation Exam for 1975 and of older lists of required reading materials, and includes an analysis of the reactions to proposed changes in the English section of the exam. (Author/JM)