IPCRI
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
IPCRI Database
1. IPCRI Policy Papers
2. Historical Peace Proposals and Agreements
3. Pre-1948 Papers and Proposals
4. Palestinian Political Documents and Statements
5. Israeli Political Documents and Statements
6. United Nations Resolutions
7. Arab League Initiatives and Statements
8. Analysis and Commentary
9. Israeli Government Documents
10. Palestinian Authority Documents
11. Other Resources - a Very Extensive Database on the Israeli-Arab Conflict
Reversing the Logic and Reconstructing It Working from the End to the Beginning with Stipulations and International Assurances, July 17, 2005
2. Historical Peace Proposals and Agreements:
A. Israeli- Palestinian Joint Sponsored Peace Proposals and Relating Documents:
- Annapolis Joint Statement Read by President Bush (November 27, 2007)
- Olmert and Abbas Speeches - Annapolis (November 27, 2007)
-Agreement on Movement and Access (November 15, 2005)
- Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing (November 15, 2005)
- Ayalon-Nusseibeh Statement of Principles
- Post Taba Israeli Palestinian Joint Statement (January 2001)
- Moratinos Non Paper from the Taba Conference (Jan 2001)
The Trilateral statement issued by the US, Israel, Palestinians on the Camp David Summit (July 2000)
- The Clinton Parameters - December 2000
- Letter From Yasser Arafat to President Clinton (January 1998)
- Wye River Memorandum, (October 1998)
- The Beilin-Abu Mazen Agreement (October 1995)
-The Israeli Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Sep1995) AGREEMENT ON THE GAZA STRIP AND THE JERICHO AREA (May 1994)
- Exchange of letters between Arafat and Rabin (Sept[1]. 1993)
- Declaration of Principles on Interim Self Government Arrangements (Sept[1]. 1993)
- LETTER OF INVITATION TO MADRID PEACE CONFERENCE (Oct 1991)
- The Carter Dayan Understanding (Oct 1977)
- Joint US Soviet Statement on the ME (Oct 1977)
- Secretary of State Rogers A Lasting Peace in the Middle East (Dec 1969)
B. Israeli-Jordanian Peace Agreements and Relating Documents:
- Israel Jordan Peace Agreement (Oct 1994)
- THE WASHINGTON DECLARATION (July 1994)
- Israel Jordan Common Agenda (Sept 1993)
- Jordanian Israeli General Armistice Agreement (April 1949)
C. Egyptian-Israeli Peace Agreements and Relating Documents:
- Egyptian Israeli Peace Treaty (March 1979)
- Camp David Accords (Sept[1]. 1978)
- President Anwar Sadat Address to the Knesset (Nov 1977)
- Prime Minister Menacham Begin Speech to the Knesset response to Sadat (Nov 1977)
- Aide memoire presented to Israel and Egypt by Ambassador Gunnar Jarring (Feb 1971)
- Egyptian Israel General Armistice Agreement (Feb 1949)
D. Israeli - Lebanese Agreements:
- Lebanese Israeli General Armistice Agreement (March 1949)
E. Israeli- Syrian Agreements:
- Israeli - Syrian General Armistice Agreement (July 1949)
F. Arab Sponsored Peace Proposals and statements
-Speech of King Abdallah II in front of a Joint Session of the US Congress March 7, 2007
The Arab Peace Initiative (March 2002)
- The Jordanian Egyptian Proposal (April 2001)
- THE TAEF AGREEMENT (1989)
- Khartoum Resolutions (Sep 1967)
DECLARATION ISSUED Arab League at its Second Session (Sept 1964)
G. American Sponsored Peace Proposals and speeches:
- President Bush Discusses the Middle East , July 16, 2007
- The Tenet Plan (June 2001)
-THE MITCHELL REPORT (April 2001)
H. Quartet Sponsored Peace Proposals:
- EU Plan - Precursor to the Road Map - September 2002
-Road Map (April, 2003)
I. Civil Society Documents
Message from Palestinian and Israeli Civil Society to the International Conference on the Middle Eastern Conflict
3. Pre-1948 Papers and Proposals:
United States Proposal for Temporary United Nations Trusteeship for Palestine (March 1948)
British White Paper (1939)
The Peel and Palestine Partition Commission Partition Plans Maps (1938)
The White Paper of 1922 (Churchill White Paper) (1922)
British White Paper (June 1922)
The Palestine Mandate by the Council of the League of Nations (1922)
The King Crane Commission Report (Aug 1919)
The Palestine Mandate (1917)
The Balfour Declaration (1917)
The Sykes Picot Agreement (1916)
4. Palestinian Political Documents and Statements:
Speech of President Abbas before the PLO Central Council meeting Ramallah - June 20, 2007
PA Cabinet of National Unity - March 2007
Speech of Palestinian Prime Minister before PLC on swearing in of new Government
Palestinian Authority National Unity Government Platform - March 2007
Aggression under false pretences, Ismail Haniyeh, Washington Post, July 11, 2006
The Prisoners Document - 2nd version, June 28, 2006
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh speech to the PLC to present his government and platform, March 27, 2006
Mahmoud Abbas Speech to the PLC (April 2003)
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF PALESTINE (March 2003)
Palestinian Responses to Camp David
Palestinian Declaration of Independence (Nov[1]. 1988)
The HAMAS Charter (Aug 1988)
The PNC Program of 1974 (June 1974)
THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL CHARTER (July 1968)
The Fatah Constitution (1964)
5. Israeli Political Documents and Statements:
Olmert Address to the Knesset during war against Hizballah, July 17, 2006
Olmert Speech to a Joint Session of Congress, May 24, 2006
Address by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert On Presenting the New Government to the Knesset, May 4, 2006
Ehud Olmert Speech, Israel-Europe Conference, February 6, 2006
Ehud Olmert Speech, Herzliya, January 2006
Sharon Speech, United Nations, September 15, 2005
Speech of Prime Minister Sharon On Disengagement Vote, October 25, 2004
Israeli Disengagement Plan
- Ariel Sharon and George W. Bush's letters in full
- Ariel Sharon’s speech at the Herzliya Conference on December 18th, 2003
- THE DECLARATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL (May 14, 1948)
- Statement by the Arab League upon the Declaration of the State of Israel (May 1948)
- Review of the Military Situation in the Jerusalem Theater (March 1948)
- Statement of the Zionist Organization Regarding Palestine Paris Peace Conference (Feb 1919)
- Israel’s Peace Initiative (May 1989)
- United Nations Resolution 1405 (2002) Jenin
- United Nations Resolution 1403 (2002)
- United Nations Resolution 1402 (2002)
- United Nations Resolution 1397 (2002)
-United Nations Resolution 4686 (1992) Removing Definition of Zionism = Racism
- United Nations SC Resolution 425 (1978) Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
- UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 (Nov 1975) Zionism is Racism
- United Nations Resolution 338 (Oct 1973)
- UNITED Nations Resolution 225 (May1968)
- United Nations Resolution 242 (Nov 1967)
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 997 (Nov 1956)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 95 (Sept 1951)
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 302 (Dec 1949)
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 303 (Dec 1949)
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 (Dec 1948)
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 212 (Nov 1948)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 62 (Nov 1948)
- UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (Nov 1947)
- United Nations UNSCOP Report (Sept 1947)
7. Analysis and Commentary
8. Israeli Government Documents
- Israeli Government Disengagement Plan
9. Palestinian Authority Documents
- Palestinian Basic Law
- Palestinian Draft Constitution - Third Draft
10. Other Resources:
US House of Representatives Resolution Against the Hamas - H.Res. 575, November 18, 2005
US House Resolution 4681 - The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act, May 23, 2006
Mideast Web, Middle East Historical and Peace Process Source Documents
Theodor Herzl: On the Jewish State, 1896
Richard Gottheil, "The Aims of Zionism," 1 November 1898
Gottheil, Richard, Ph.D., "The Zionist Movement," The North American Review, vol. 169, issue 513 (August 1899).
British Imperial Connexions to the Arab National Movement, 1912-1914; Lord Kitchener, the Emir Abdullah, Sir Louis Mallet -- the Case of Aziz Ali, 1914
The Husain-McMahon Letters (excerpt), 1915
The Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916
The 27 Articles of T.E. Lawrence from The Arab Bulletin, 20 August 1917
Balfour Declaration 1917
The King-Crane Commission Report, August 28, 1919, Report of [the] American section of Inter-allied Commission of mandates in Turkey
The British Mandate For Palestine, San Remo Conference, April 24, 1922
The San Remo Conference, 1922
British White Paper, 1922
British White Paper, 1939
National Security Archive, U.S. Propaganda in the Middle East - The Early Cold War Version, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 78, Edited by Joyce Battle. December 13, 2002
Department of State, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian and African Affairs Memorandum from Wallace Murray to Archibald MacLeish. "Letter from Colonel Harold B. Hoskins" [American Movie Propaganda], March 21, 1945.
Attitude of American Government Toward Palestine Letter From President Roosevelt to King Ibn Saud, April 5, 1945
Memo from acting Secretary Joseph C. Grew to President Truman, May 1, 1945
Memorandum to President Truman from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew regarding Palestine and the American Christian Palestine Committee, May 28, 1945
Memo for President Truman regarding an upcoming meeting about Palestine with Winston Churchill, June 16, 1945
President Truman's files on the United States' position on Palestine, August 1945
Memo for President Truman on his stance on Palestine, October 17, 1945
Statement by President Truman, November 13, 1945
Proposal from Lessing J. Rosenwald to President Truman at their meeting in the White House, December 4, 1945
Letter from Loy W. Henderson to Secretary of State Connelly on the creation of the state of Israel, December 11, 1945
Three copies of a statement by President Truman regarding hearings on Palestine and European Jews, January 7, 1946
Executive Order from President Truman, January 19, 1946
Letter from Congressman Emanuel Celler to President Truman, March 20, 1946
Statement by President Truman regarding the U. S. Government's lack of representation at a conference in London regarding the future of Palestine (no date)
Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, April 1946
Letter from David K. Niles to Matt Connelly, May 1, 1946
Memo from Robert F. Wagner to President Truman regarding the horrors of the treatment of Jews by the Nazis, June 20, 1946
Memo from Colonel A. J. McFarland to the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee, June 21, 1946
Confidential letter from Prime Minister Attlee to President Truman, July 25, 1946
Letter to Acting Secretary of State William L. Clayton from President Truman, September 14, 1946
Immigration into Palestine - Statement by President Truman, October 4, 1946
Letter from David K. Niles to President Truman, May 12, 1947
Map, September 1947 - Palestine: Plan of Partition
Map, September 1947- Proposed Boundaries of the City of Jerusalem
Letter from Eddie Jacobson to President Truman, October 8, 1947
United States Position on Palestine Question. Statement by Herschel V. Johnson, United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations, October 11, 1947
Letter from Senator Elbert D. Thomas to President Truman, November 15, 1947
Action of the General Assembly's Resolution on the Palestine question, November 29, 1947
UN General Assembly Resolution 181, November 29, 1947
US, Department of the Army, Area Handbook, Israel, PROBLEMS OF THE NEW STATE, 1948-67
Summary of major events leading to the creation of the nation of Israel (no date)
Elihu King's account of his participation in the Israeli War of Independence
Draft: The Position of the United States with respect to Palestine, February 17, 1948
Letter from President Truman to Eddie Jacobson, February 27, 1948
Letter from Senator Francis J. Myers to President Truman, March 4, 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 42, March 5, 1948
United States Position on the Palestine Problem, Statement by Ambassador Warren R. Austin, United States Representative in the Security Council, March 19, 1948 (Excerpts)
Letter from Robert R. Nathan to Robert A. Lovett, March 24, 1948
Statement on the United Nations' recognition of Israel by President Truman, March 25, 1948
United States Proposal for Temporary United Nations Trusteeship for Palestine, Statement by President Truman, March 25, 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 43, April 1, 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 44, April 1, 1948
Articles from the April 8, 1948 issue of Foreign Report
Matthew Hogan, "THE 1948 MASSACRE AT DEIR YASSIN REVISITED," Historian, Winter 2001
United Nations Security Council Resolution 46, April 17, 1948
Draft of proposed remarks by Ambassador Austin to plenary session, special session on Palestine, April 19, 1948
Letter from Freda Kirchwey to Chaim Weizmann, April 20, 1948; Essay by Henry F. Grady on the fate of European Jews under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the creation of a permanent Jewish state (no date)
Memo by Frank P. Corrigan--summary of Palestine problem (no date)
United Nations Security Council Resolution 48, April 23, 1948
Correspondence between Representative Arthur G. Klein and President Truman, May 1948
Office memo from Clark Clifford to Robert McClintock, May 4, 1948; Office memo from General Carter to Robert McClintock, May 3, 1948, 2 copies; Telegram from Ambassador Austin to Secretary of State, April 30, 1948; Telegram from Ambassador Austin to Secretary of State, May 2, 1948; Memo from Judah Magnes and Robert McClintock to Lovett, rusk, Handerson, and Ambassador Austin, May 4, 1948
Letter from Dean Alfange to Major General Harry H. Vaughan and a reply from President Truman, May 5, 1948
Letter from Alfred M. Greenfield to Representative Joseph F. Guffey, May 6, 1948
Letter from Congressman Chet Holifield to President Truman, May 7, 1948. The last three pages of this document contain the names and signatures of those who signed this letter
Letter from Moshe Shertok to Secretary of State George C. Marshall, May 7, 1948
David K. Niles' notes of Dean Rusk's comments about the recognition of Israel, May 8, 1948
Report on the Jewish accomplishment of partition between the Jewish and Arab populations in Palestine, May 9, 1948
Telegram from New York State Assemblyman Philip J. Schupler to President Truman, May 10, 1948
Letter from Freda Kirchwey to President Truman, May 10, 1948; Letter to President Truman from Henry A. Atkinson, Bartley C. Crum, Leon Henderson, Freda Kirchwey, Philip Murray, James G. Patton, and T. O. Thackrey, May 10, 1948
Correspondence between President Truman and Bartley C. Crum, May 11, 1948
Alternatives of how to make peace between the Arabs and the Jews in Palestine, Lowenthal to Clifford, May 11, 1948
Memo to President Truman on having the U. N. provide the basic needs for keeping law and order in Palestine, May 11, 1948
Memo to President Truman from David K. Niles recommending a particular stance on Palestine during the rest of the U. N. General Assembly, May 11, 1948
Cover page of a letter from President Truman to Representative Joseph F. Guffey, May 12, 1948
Diary of Eben B. Ayers, May 12 through 15, 1948
Letter from Dr. Chaim Weizmann to President Truman, May 13, 1948
Correspondence between President Truman and Rabbi Samuel Thurman of the United Hebrew Congregation of St. Louis, Missouri, May 13, 1948
Draft telegram from President Truman to Ben-Gurion at the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel (no date)
U.N. General Assembly Resolution 186, Appointment and terms of reference of a United Nations Mediator in Palestine; May 14, 1948
Declaration of Israel's Independence, May 14, 1948
Letter from Eliahu Epstein, agent for the provisional government of Israel, to President Truman, May 14, 1948
Memo from President Truman stating that Israel's government had been finally recognized, May 14, 1948
Letter from Eliahu Epstein to President Truman, May 14, 1948; Statement by President Truman, June 5, 1947; Telegram regarding President Truman's announcement that the U. S. had officially recognized Palestine's new provisional government, May 14, 1948
Copy of cable sent by Eliahu Epstein to Moshe Shertok, May 14, 1948
Independence of Israel, Letter From the Agent of the Provisional Government of Israel to the President of the United States, May 15, 1948
Statement of proclamation of Israel for May 15th or 16th, 1948
Correspondence between President Truman and The Honorable James Roosevelt, May 16, 1948
Telegram from Ambassador Austin to Secretary of State, May 19, 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 49, May 22, 1948
Comments on Mr. Bevin on Palestine, May 25, 1948
Letter from Chaim Weizmann to President Truman, May 26, 1948
Memo from Eddie Jacobson on the De Jure Recognition of Israel (no date)
United Nations Security Council Resolution 50, May 29, 1948
Letter to President Truman from Bartley Crum and Paul O' Dwyer, June 10, 1948
Map of the military situation, June 11, 1948
Memo to President Truman on U. S. government representation in Palestine and a proposed press release, June 15, 1948
Letter from Freda Kirchwey to President Truman, June 19, 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 53, July 7, 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 54, July 15, 1948
Cover page of document referred to the Honorable Matthew J. Connelly by David K. Niles, July 21, 1948; Memorandum to David K. Niles from David Ginsberg regarding the de facto and de jure recognition of Israel (no date)
Memo from Samuel Rosenman to Clark Clifford questioning the U. S.'s recognition of Israel's provisional government, July 30, 1948
Letter from Representative Bloom to President Truman, August 3, 1948
Letter from Eddie Jacobson to Chaim Weizmann, August 6, 1948
Telegram from Lovett to President Truman
Telegram from Bill Boyle to Mr. Connelly regarding popularity of stance on Palestine
Memo from Eliahu Epstein to Clark Clifford, August 9, 1948
Memo to President Truman regarding proposed representations to the Provisional Government of Israel, August 16, 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 56, August 19, 1948
Memorandum to President Truman: President's Press Conference on the September 9, 1948 de jure recognition of Israel plus 2 telegram attachments, September 8, 1948
Memorandum on "De Facto and De Jure Recognition of Israel" (no date)
Truman's statement on being for the establishment of a Jewish state in the Middle East (no date); Memo of a conversation among Clark Clifford, George M. Elsey, and William M. Franklin that occured in Clifford's office on July 25, 1973; Memo of a conversation between Clark Clifford and William M. Franklin, June 20, 1974
Conclusions From Progress Report of the United Nations Mediator on Palestine, September 16, 1948
Telegram to Clark Clifford from Bartley Crum that Marshall had approved the Bernadotte Plan without Presidential approval, September 28, 1948
Telegram from Freda Kirchney to Senator Howard J. McGrath (no date--most likely October 1, 1948)
United Nations Security Council Resolution 59, October 19, 1948
Telegram from Mr. Clifford to President Truman on unfounded personal attacks by 1948 Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey, October 23, 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 60, October 29, 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 61, November 4, 1948
Letter from Chaim Weizmann to President Truman, November 5, 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 62, November 16, 1948
Letter from Israeli President Chaim Weizmann to President Truman, November 29, 1948
Confidential letter from Israeli President Chaim Weizmann to President Truman, November 29, 1948
Creation of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine, Resolution of the General Assembly, December 11, 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 66, December 29, 1948
Cover letter and message from Dr. Chaim Weisman, President of the State Council of the Provisional Government of Israel, to President Truman, January 11, 1949
Revised Draft Press Release by President Truman on de jure recognition of the Government of Israel, January 31, 1949
U.S Congressional Joint Resolution, March 24, 1949 - for the Authorization of a Special Contribution by the United States for the Relief of Palestine Refugees
Map of the Palestine Military Situation, April 6, 1949
Letter from Chaim Weizmann to President Truman, June 24, 1949
U.N., Report on Status of the Armistice Negotiations and Truce in Palestine, July 21, 1949 (Excerpts)
Assistance to Palestine Refugees - Resolution of the General Assembly, December 8, 1949
International Regime for the Jerusalem Area and Protection of the Holy Places - Resolution of the General Assembly, December 9, 1949
United States Embassy, Iraq Cable from Edward S. Crocker II to the Department of State. "Recent Developments in Connection with the Kurdish-Language News Bulletin," April 10, 1950.
Department of State Airgram from Dean Acheson. [Anti-Americanism in the Arab World], May 1, 1950.
United States Embassy, Iran Cable from Edward C. Wells to the Department of State. "Motion Pictures--The Film Two Cities," May 16, 1950.
United States Embassy, Iran Cable from Edward C. Wells to the Department of State. "Priority Aims and Objectives of the USIE Program in Iran Calls for Enhancing U.S. Prestige and Demonstrating Communist Fallacies," June 5, 1950.
United States Embassy, Iran Cable from Henry F. Grady to the Department of State. "Proposed New Program for USIE, Iran," July 6, 1950.
United States Embassy, Soviet Union Cable from Alan G. Kirk to the Department of State. [Voice of America and Radio Tehran], August 19, 1950.
United States Embassy, Iran Cable from Henry F. Grady to the Department of State. [Voice of America Transmitters in Bahrain and Iran], September 19, 1950.
United States Embassy, Egypt Despatch from A.F. Lager to the Department of State. "Transmitting Copy of Notes re 'Certain Aspects of the Political Situation at Kuwait--The Company's Local Relations and Other Non-technical Matters Connected with These Operations'" [Internal Memorandum Found at Trans World Airlines Plane Crash Site], September 25, 1950.
United States Embassy, Iran Cable from Henry F. Grady to the Department of State. [U.S.-Iranian Joint Propaganda Efforts], October 19, 1950.
United States Embassy, Iran Cable to the Department of State. [Iran's Propaganda Director and the Voice of America], December 8, 1950.
United States Embassy, Iran Cable from Edward C. Wells to the Department of State. "Motion Pictures--Pro-Soviet Feature Film North Star," December 28, 1950.
United States Embassy, Saudi Arabia Cable from William D. Brewer to the Department of State. "Egyptian Newspaper Article on American Military Aid to Saudi Arabia," January 5, 1951.
United States Embassy, Iran Cable from Henry F. Grady to the Department of State. [Iranian Propaganda Director Dismissed], January 6, 1951.
United States Embassy, Iran Cable from Henry F. Grady to the Department of State. [Appointment of New Iranian Propaganda Director], January 10, 1951.
United States Embassy, Iran Cable from Edward C. Wells to the Department of State. "Notes on Expanded Program for Iran" [Includes Memorandum], January 12, 1951.
Department of State, Under Secretary Report from James E. Webb to James S. Lay, Jr. "Progress Report by the Under Secretary of State on the Implementation of United States Policy toward Israel and the Arab States (NSC 47/2)," January 26, 1951
Department of State, Division of International Broadcasting Mem