Documents
Below you will find a collection of documents. They are all orginal documents in English that are central to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
UN resolutions
UN Resolution 181: Recommends that the British as mandatory power for Palestine withdraw no later than Aug. 1, 1948.
Read it UN Resolution 242: This resolution calls for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from the occupied territory.
Read it UN Resolution 273: The resolution admits Israel in the UN and recalls previous resolutions preventing such admission.
Read it UN Resolution 338: This resolution calls for a cease fire in the 1973 war and implementation of Resolution 242.
Read it UN Resolution 446: The resolution states that the Israeli settlements on the West Bank and in Gaza are illegal.
Read it UN Resolution 478: The resolution demands that Israel retract declaration of Jerusalem as its unified capital.
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Peace treaties
The Sykes-Picot agreement where France and United Kingdoms divide the parts of MiddleEast formerly under the rule of the Ottoman Empire
Full agreement Oslo I is an agreement between Israel and PLO to end the conflict and establish a self-governing Palestinian area
Full agreement Oslo II is an extension of Oslo I that lay out further plans for a self-governing Palestinian area
Full agreement The roadmap for peace is a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict proposed by the "quartet" the United States, the European Union, Russia, and the United Nations.
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Other documents
The Palestine Mandate was established by the League of Nations with effect from September 1923.
Full documentBalfour declarations is a letter sent on 2 Nov. 1917 by the British Foreign Secretary to Baron de Rothschild promising British support for the establishment of a Jewish ‘national home’ in Palestine.
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