Sykes-Picot Agreement
It is accordingly understood between the French and British governments: One That France and Great Britain are prepared to recognize and protect an independent Arab…
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Balfour Declaration
Foreign Office November 2nd, 1917 Dear Lord Rothschild, I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration…
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League of Nations: The Mandate for Palestine
The Council of the League of Nations Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have agreed, for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of Article…
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Peel Commission Report (Summary)
LEAGUE OF NATIONS MANDATES PALESTINE REPORT of the PALESTINE ROYAL COMMISSION presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the United Kingdom Parliament…
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British White Paper of 1939
In the statement on Palestine, issued on 9 November, 1938, His Majesty’s Government announced their intention to invite representatives of the Arabs of Palestine, of…
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UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (Partition Plan)
A/RES/181(II) 29 November 1947 Resolution 181 (II). Future government of Palestine A The General Assembly, Having met in special session at the request of the…
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Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
ERETZ-ISRAEL [(Hebrew) – the Land of Israel, Palestine] was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here…
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UN General Assembly Resolution 194
A/RES/194 (III) 11 December 1948 194 (III). Palestine — Progress Report of the United Nations Mediator The General Assembly, Having considered further the situation in…
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Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 49 (basis for illegality of Israeli settlements)
Individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the Occupying Power or to that…
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UN Security Council Resolution 242
S/RES/242 (1967) 22 November 1967 Resolution 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 The Security Council, Expressing its continuing concern with the grave situation in the…