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Israel Documents

The following Israel documents are invaluable reference tools to use for the purposes of study, research, and personal enhancement. The public domain documents appearing in this section are Israel resources consisting of historical documents, some of which are currently implemented, resulting from the Arab-Israeli conflicts, Israeli-Palestine issues, cease-fire agreements between Israel and her Arab neighbors, as well as historical documents such as the Balfour Declaration, Palestine Mandate, Armistice agreements, Israel disengagement measures, and much more. Furthermore, documents that surfaced during the time of the Arab-Israeli War, the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Lebanon War are provided. Among these documents relevant United Nations resolutions, or UN resolutions, that have played a pivotal role in the endings, albeit temporary, to such conflicts between Israel and Arab nations.

The Balfour Declaration

The Balfour Declaration, November 2, 1917
The Weizmann-Feisal Agreement, January 3, 1919

The Palestine Mandate

The Mandate for Palestine, July 24, 1922

The Israel Declaration - Establishment of the State of Israel

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948

U.N. Resolutions - Security Council Resolutions

U.N. General Assembly Resolution 181 (Partition Plan) November 29, 1947
U.N. General Assembly Resolution 194, December 11, 1948
U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, November 22, 1967
U.N. Security Council Resolution 338, Oct 22, 1973
U.N. Security Council Resolution 425 (Withdrawal from Lebanon), March 19, 1978
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1397 - March 12, 2002
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559 - September 2, 2004
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 - Aug 11, 2006

Middle East Armistice Agreements

Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement, February 24, 1949
Israel-Lebanon Armistice Agreement, March 23, 1949
Israel-Jordan Armistice Agreement, April 3, 1949
Israel-Syria Armistice Agreement, July 20, 1949

Post-1967 War Documents (Six Day War)

Protection of Holy Places Law, June 27, 1967
The Khartoum Resolutions, September 1, 1967
Palestinian National Charter, July 17, 1968

Middle East Peace Agreements

Separation of Forces Agreement between Israel and Egypt, January 18, 1974
Separation of Forces Agreement between Israel and Syria, May 31, 1974
Interim Agreement between Israel and Egypt, September 4, 1975
Camp David Accords, September 17, 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt, March 26, 1979
Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel, July 30, 1980
US-Israel Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation, Nov 30, 1981
The Golan Heights Law, December 14, 1981

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

--Annex I - Security Arrangements
--Annex II - Civil Affairs
--Annex III - Legal Matters
--Annex IV - Protocol on Economic Relations, April 29, 1994

Gaza-Jericho Agreement Maps
Rabin-Arafat - Exchange of Letters
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 - Preamble and Articles

--Annex I: International Boundary, Naharayim/Baqura Area, Zofar Area
-- Annex II: Water
-- Annex II: Crime and Drugs
--Annex IV: Environment
--Annex V: Interim Measures
--Agreed Minutes

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

--Annex 1 - Redeployment and Security Arrangements
--Annex 2 - Elections Protocol
--Annex 3 - Civil Affairs
--Annex 4 - Legal Matters
--Annex 5 - Economic Relations
--Annex 6 - Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation
--Annex 7 - Release of Palestinian Prisoners and Corresponding Maps

Summit of Peacemakers - Final Statement (Sharm el-Sheikh, March 13, 1996)
Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Understanding, April 26, 1996
Agreement on Temporary International Presence in Hebron, May 9, 1996

Israel Disengagement - Final Status of Jerusalem Documents

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron, January 17, 1997
Note for the Record
Agreed Minute
Letter to be presented by US Secretary of State Christopher
Hebron Redeployment Map (Appendix 1)

Agreement on Temporary International Presence in Hebron, January 21, 1997
Agreement between Israel and Jordan on the Irbid Qualifying Industrial Zone - November 16, 1997
The Wye River Memorandum, October 23, 1998
The Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum on Implementation Timeline of Outstanding Commitments of Agreements Signed and the Resumption of Permanent Status Negotiations - September 4, 1999

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip - Oct 5, 1999
Trilateral Statement on the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David - July 25, 2000
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement (Taba) - January 27, 2001
The Tenet cease-fire - unofficial text, Ha'aretz, June 14, 2001
Report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee - Summary of Recommendations - April 30, 2001

Quartet - Roadmap for Peace - Saudi Peace Initiative Documents

Beirut Declaration on Saudi Peace Initiative - March 28, 2002
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - April 30, 2003
Exchange of letters between PM Sharon and President Bush - Apr 14, 2004
Disengagement Plan - General Outline - Apr 18, 2004 
Revised Disengagement Plan - Main Principles - June 6, 2004
Agreed documents on movement and access from and to Gaza - Nov 15, 2005
Statement by the Middle East Quartet -Sept 20, 2006
Statement by the Middle East Quartet - Feb 2, 2007