IMEU : Historical Documents

Palestinian-Israeli "Joint Understanding" at Annapolis (Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization)

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:07:00 PST

We express our determination to bring an end to bloodshed, suffering and decades of conflict between our peoples; to usher in a new era of peace, based on freedom, security, justice, dignity, respect and mutual recognition; to propagate a culture of peace and nonviolence; to confront terrorism and incitement, whether committed by Palestinians or Israelis.

The Mitchell Report (George J. Mitchell (et al))

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:00:00 PST

The full report produced by an American fact-finding committee, appointed following the Middle East Peace Summit at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt to look into the causes of the outbreak of violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories that began in mid-2000. The committee urged an immediate cessation of violence and the return to negotiations in the face of an ever-worsening Palestinian uprising, or intifada.

UNSC Resolution 1701 regarding Lebanon (United Nations Security Council)

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:51:00 PST

UN Security Council Resolution 1701 calls for the end of hostilities between Israel and Hizballah and for an international peacekeeping force to be staged in southern Lebanon.

UNSC Resolution 1544 calling on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes (United Nations Security Council)

Fri, 19 May 2006 17:26:00 PST

UN Security Council 1544 draws attention to the well-documented demolition of Palestinian homes by Israeli forces, and calls for them to be halted.

The Gaza Disengagement Plan (Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel)

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:48:00 PST

After concluding that "there is currently no reliable Palestinian partner with which it can make progress in a bilateral peace process," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel drew up this unilateral plan to remove Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip and redeploy Israel's military outside the borders of the territory, thereby claiming that Gaza was "no longer occupied territory."

The Bush-Sharon Letters (George W Bush, Ariel Sharon)

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:23:00 PST

Letters exchanged by US President George W Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2004, reflecting a shift in US policy to support Israeli expansion into the West Bank.

The Beirut Declaration (The Council of Arab States)

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:20:00 PST

The text of the Saudi peace initiative, as adopted at the Arab summit in Beirut between 26 and 28 March 2002. At this meeting, the Arab governments present called upon Israel to withdraw to 1967 borders, address the Palestinian refugee problem, and recognize the existence of a Palestinian state, in return for the normalization of relations with all Arab governments.

Draft Permanent Status Agreement (Geneva Initiative)

Sun, 25 Dec 2005 16:09:00 PST

The Permanent Status Agreement (hereinafter "this Agreement") ends the era of conflict and ushers in a new era based on peace, cooperation, and good neighborly relations between the Parties. The implementation of this Agreement will settle all the claims of the Parties arising from events occurring prior to its signature. No further claims related to events prior to this Agreement may be raised by either Party.

International Court of Justice opinion on Israel's wall (International Court of Justice)

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:27:00 PST

At the 23rd meeting of its tenth emergency special session, on 8 December 2003, the General Assembly, by resolution ES-10/14, decided, in accordance with Article 96, paragraph 1, of the Charter of the United Nations, to request the International Court of Justice to urgently render an advisory opinion on the following question: What are the legal consequences arising from the construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, as described in the report of the Secretary-General, considering the rules and principles of international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, and relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions?

Roadmap to Peace (Quartet of Middle East peace mediators)

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:20:00 PST

The following is a performance-based and goal-driven roadmap, with clear phases, timelines, target dates, and benchmarks aiming at progress through reciprocal steps by the two parties in the political, security, economic, humanitarian, and institution-building fields, under the auspices of the Quartet [the United States, European Union, United Nations, and Russia]. The destination is a final and comprehensive settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict by 2005, as presented in President Bush's speech of 24 June, and welcomed by the EU, Russia and the UN in the 16 July and 17 September Quartet Ministerial statements.