General Sites

• Documents Relating to the Middle East  

• Political Islam  

• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict  

Texts: Pre-1947

• Sir Henry McMahon: Letter to Ali ibn Husain, 1915 British promises to Arab leaders during World War I.

• The Balfour Declaration, 1917

• League of Nations: The Palestine Mandate, 1922

• A.J. Balfour (1848-1930): Defense of the Palestine Mandate, 1922 

• United Nations Resolution 181, 1947 

• The Partition of Palestine: UN General Assembly Resolution 181, November 29, 1947 

The Establishment of the State of Israel

• Hatikvah: Israeli National Anthem and midi file  

• Israeli Declaration of Independence, 1948 

• United Nations Security Council Resolutions Relating to the Middle East  

• President Eisenhower: The Eisenhower Doctrine on the Middle

• TASS: Statement on the Eisenhower Doctrine, January 14 1957 

• David Ben-Gurion, The Kingdom of the Spirit,  The Atlantic Magazine November, 1961

The Palestinians

• The Palestinian National Charter, 1968 

• Hamas Covenant, 1988 

• The Khartoum Resolutions, September 1, 1967  
• Palestinian National Charter, July 17, 1968 
• The Palestinian National Charter, 1968 
• Hamas Covenant, 1988 

The State of Israel

• Israel at Fifty: Top Internet Links The BBC site also includes an entire narrative history.

• Israel at Fifty

Israeli Government and the Peace Process

• Protection of Holy Places Law, June 27, 1967  

• The Jerusalem Law, July 30, 1980  

• US-Israel Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation, November 30, 1981  

• The Golan Heights Law, December 14, 1981  

• UN Security Council Resolution 242, November 22, 1967  

• UN Security Council Resolution 338, October 22, 1973  

• Separation of Forces Agreement between Israel and Syria, May 31, 1974 

• UN Security Council Resolution 425, March 19, 1978  

• Camp David Accords, September 17, 1978   

• Peace Treaty Between Israel and Egypt, March 26, 1979  

• Israel's Peace Initiative, May 14, 1989  

• Invitation to Madrid Peace Conference, October 30, 1991 

• Israel-PLO Recognition, September 9-10, 1993  

• Israel-Palestinian Declaration of Principles, September 13, 1993  

• Israel-Jordan Common Agenda, September 14, 1993  

• Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area, May 4, 1994 - Preamble and Articles 

• The Washington Declaration (Israel-Jordan-US), July 25, 1994  

• Agreement on the Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities (Israel-PLO) August 29, 1994 

• Treaty of Peace between Israel and Jordan, October 26, 1994

• Interim Agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, September 28, 1995  

• Summit of Peacemakers - Final Statement (Sharm el-Sheikh, March 13, 1996)  

• Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Understanding, April 16, 1996 

• Agreement on Temporary International Presence in Hebron, May 9, 1996

• Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron, January 17, 1997

• The Wye River Plantation Agreement (1998)

• The Sharm el Sheikh Agreement (1999)

• Trilateral Statement on the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David (July 2000)

• The Clinton Framework -- minutes of a verbal description by then-U.S. president Bill Clinton of a permanent status solution to the conflict.

• The Mitchell Report on Israeli-Palestinian Violence May 2001

• Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Plan) June 15 2001

• Foreign Policy Address by U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, Nov 17 2001

• EU non-paper in Taba, by envoy Miguel Moratinos, describing agreements, disagreements, and stated positions by Israel and the Palestinian Authority at the Taba 2001 permanent status negotiations

• UN Security Council Resolution 1397

• The Arab (Saudi) Peace Initiative - Beirut Arab Leage Summit 2002

• UN Security Council Resolution 1402

• Patterns of Global Terrorism Report -- U.S. State Department report - May 2002

• President George W. Bush Speech -- June 24 2002

• The People Vote The Nusseibeh-Ayalon Agreement, Final Draft -- August 6, 2002.

• Fatah-Tanzim Statement September 10, 2002 A Declaration to the Peaceful and Progressive People of Israel and the World

• The Road Map: Elements of a Performance-Based Road Map to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict October 2002

• UN Security Council Resolution 1441 on Iraq

• 10-point UN-Iraq agreement regarding weapons inspections (January 20, 2003)

• Palestinian Constitution Third Draft (March 26, 2003)

• The Road Map draft of December 20, 2002

• The Draft Permanent Accord -- The Geneva Initiative October 2003

• November 6, 2003 President Bush Discusses Freedom in Iraq and Middle East