The Israel-Arab Reader

by Laqueur, Walter; Rubin, Barry M.

• ISBN13: 9780871968739
• ISBN10: 0871968738
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1985-03-01
• Publisher: Facts on File

Summary

The Israel-Arab Reader is a thorough and up-to-date guide to the continuing crisis in the Middle East. It covers the full spectrum of the Israel-Arab conflict-from the earliest days, through the wars and peacemaking efforts, up to the Israel-PLO and Israel-Jordan peace accords. This comprehensive reference includes speeches, letters, articles, and reports dealing with all the major interests in the area from all of the relevant political parties and world leaders. Completely updated, consolidated, and revised throughout, The Israel-Arab Reader contains new sections on the Wye River agreement, and other recent developments, making it the essential resource on the ongoing conflict. Historians and Middle East specialists Walter Laqueur and Barry Rubin have arranged the material chronologically and without bias. All viewpoints-American, Arab, British, Egyptian, Israeli, Palestinian, and Russian-are accurately presented.

Table of Contents

From the Bilu to the British Mandate's End
Bilu Group: Manifesto (1882)	p. 3
Theodor Herzl: The Jewish State (1896)	p. 4
The First Zionist Congress: The Basle Declaration (August 1897)	p. 9
Negib Azouri: Program of the League of the Arab Fatherland (1905)	p. 10
Sir Henry McMahon: The McMahon Letter (October 24, 1915)	p. 11
British and French Governments: The Sykes-Picot Agreement (May 15-16, 1916)	p. 13
British Foreign Minister Lord Arthur Balfour: The Balfour Declaration (November 2, 1917)	p. 16
Emir Feisal and Chaim Weizmann: Agreement (January 3, 1919)	p. 17
Emir Feisal and Felix Frankfurter: Correspondence (March 3-5, 1919)	p. 19
The General Syrian Congress: Memorandum Presented to the King-Crane Commission (July 2, 1919)	p. 21
The King-Crane Commission: Recommendations (August 28, 1919)	p. 23
Winston Churchill: The Churchill White Paper (June 1922)	p. 25
League of Nations: The British Mandate (July 24, 1922)	p. 30
British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald: The MacDonald Letter (February 13, 1931)	p. 36
The Palestine Royal Commission (Peel Commission): Report (July 1937)	p. 41
British Government: Policy Statement Against Partition (November 1938)	p. 43
British Government: The White Paper (May 17, 1939)	p. 44
The Jewish Agency for Palestine: Zionist Reaction to the White Paper (1939)	p. 50
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Grand Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini: Zionism and the Arab Cause (November 28, 1941)	p. 51
The Biltmore Program: Towards a Jewish State (May 11, 1942)	p. 55
The Arab Office: The Arab Case for Palestine (March 1946)	p. 57
The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry: Recommendations and Comments (May 1, 1946)	p. 62
UN Special Committee on Palestine: Summary Report (August 31, 1947)	p. 65
UN General Assembly: Resolution on the Future Government of Palestine (Partition Resolution) (November 29, 1947)	p. 69
From Israel's Independence Through the 1973 War's Aftermath
State of Israel: Proclamation of Independence (May 14, 1948)	p. 81
UN General Assembly: Resolution 194 (December 11, 1948)	p. 83
UN General Assembly: Resolution 303, On the Internationalization of Jerusalem (December 9, 1949)	p. 86
State of Israel: Law of Return (July 5, 1950)	p. 87
UN Security Council: Resolution 619, Concerning Restrictions on the Passage of Ships Through the Suez Canal (September 1, 1951)	p. 88
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser: On Zionism and Israel (1960-1963)	p. 89
United Arab Republic: Manifesto (April 1963)	p. 91
Palestine Liberation Organization: Draft Constitution (1963)	p. 93
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser: Speech at UAR Advanced Air Headquarters (May 25, 1967)	p. 96
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser: Speech to Arab Trade Unionists (May 26, 1967)	p. 98
Muhammad Hassanain Haykal: An Armed Clash with Israel Is Inevitable--Why? (May 26, 1967)	p. 100
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser: Speech to National Assembly Members (May 29, 1967)	p. 102
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser: Resignation Broadcast (June 9, 1967)	p. 103
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban: Speech at the Special Assembly of the United Nations (June 19, 1967)	p. 105
Israeli Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin: The Right of Israel (June 28, 1967)	p. 110
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser: We Shall Triumph (July 23, 1968)	p. 113
UN Security Council: Resolution 242 (November 22, 1967)	p. 116
Palestine National Council: The Palestinian National Charter (July 1968)	p. 117
Y. Harkabi: Fatah's Doctrine (December 1968)	p. 121
Fatah: The Seven Points (January 1969)	p. 130
Muhammad Hassanain Haykal: The Strategy of the War of Attrition (March-April 1969)	p. 131
PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat (Abu Ammar): An Interview (August 1969)	p. 135
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: Platform (1969)	p. 139
Soviet General Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev: Position on the 1973 War (October 9, 1973)	p. 142
Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad: Speech (October 15, 1973)	p. 143
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat: Speech (October 16, 1973)	p. 148
UN Security Council: Resolution 338 (October 22, 1973)	p. 152
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir: Statement in the Knesset (October 23, 1973)	p. 152
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat: Speech (April 3, 1974)	p. 157
Palestine National Council: Resolutions (June 1974)	p. 162
The Agranat Commission: Report (1974)	p. 163
George Habash: Interview (August 3, 1974)	p. 166
PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat: Address to the UN General Assembly (November 13, 1974)	p. 171
Y. Harkabi: The Meaning of "A Democratic Palestinian State" (1974)	p. 182
Egyptian-Israeli Accord on Sinai (September 1, 1975)	p. 194
From Camp David Through the Madrid Conference
Harold H. Saunders: U.S. Foreign Policy and Peace in the Middle East (November 12, 1975)	p. 203
The Likud Party: Platform (March 1977)	p. 206
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat: Peace with Justice (November 20, 1977)	p. 207
PLO: Six-Point Program (December 4, 1977)	p. 215
The Arab League: Summit Declaration (December 5, 1977)	p. 216
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin: Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip (December 28, 1977)	p. 218
U.S. President Jimmy Carter: Statement on Palestinian Rights (January 4, 1978)	p. 220
UN Security Council: Resolution 425, on Lebanon (March 19, 1978)	p. 221
Camp David Summit Meeting: Frameworks for Peace (September 17, 1978)	p. 222
Egypt and Israel: Peace Treaty (March 26, 1979)	p. 227
Arab League: Summit Communique (March 31, 1979)	p. 228
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko: On the Camp David Agreement (September 25, 1979)	p. 229
PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat: Interview on Camp David (November 19, 1979)	p. 230
Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad: Speech (March 8, 1980)	p. 231
European Council: Venice Declaration (June 13, 1980)	p. 232
Israeli Government: Fundamental Policy Guidelines (August 5, 1981)	p. 233
Saudi Crown Prince Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz: The Fahd Plan (August 7, 1981)	p. 234
West Bank Palestinians: Reactions to Camp David (August 30, 1981)	p. 235
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak: Egypt and Israel (October 14, 1981)	p. 237
U.S. and Israel: Memorandum of Understanding (November 30, 1981)	p. 238
Israel: Law on the Golan Heights (December 14, 1981)	p. 239
Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon: Israel's Security (December 15, 1981)	p. 239
Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir: Israel's Role in a Changing Middle East (Spring 1982)	p. 244
Egyptian Foreign Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The Foreign Policy of Egypt in the Post-Sadat Era (Spring 1982)	p. 248
U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz: Congressional Testimony (July 12, 1982)	p. 252
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin: The Wars of No Alternative and Operation Peace for the Galilee (August 8, 1982)	p. 254
U.S. President Ronald Reagan: The Reagan Plan (September 1, 1982)	p. 257
Twelfth Arab Summit Conference: Final Statement (September 9, 1982)	p. 263
Jordanian Crown Prince Al-Hasan Bin Talal: Jordan's Quest for Peace (Fall 1982)	p. 265
The Kahan Commission: Report (February 7, 1983)	p. 269
PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat: Speech to Palestine National Council (February 14, 1983)	p. 274
Palestine National Council: Political Statement (February 22, 1983)	p. 277
Barry Rubin: United It Stalls, The PLO (March 21, 1983)	p. 280
Jordanian Government: Refusal to Join the Reagan Peace Initiative (April 10, 1983)	p. 282
Lebanon and Israel: Truce Agreement (May 17, 1983)	p. 287
Said Musa: Interview on Internal Dissent (May 26, 1983)	p. 290
Khalid al-Hasan: On the Dissident Rebellion (May 27, 1983)	p. 292
King Hussein of Jordan: Speech to the Palestine National Council (November 22, 1984)	p. 293
Jordan-PLO: Joint Communique (February 11, 1985)	p. 298
King Hussein of Jordan: Ending the Jordan-PLO Initiative (February 19, 1986)	p. 299
Israel and Jordan: "The London Document" (April 11, 1987)	p. 313
PLO Executive Committee: On the Intifada (December 1987)	p. 314
West Bank-Gaza Palestinian Leaders: Fourteen Points (January 14, 1988)	p. 317
Unified National Command of the Intifada: Call No. 6 (February 1988)	p. 320
U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz: Plan (March 6, 1988)	p. 321
PLO Executive Committee: Statement on the Intifada (April 1988)	p. 323
Unified National Leadership of the Intifada: Calls No. 12, 16, and 18 (April-May 1988)	p. 326
King Hussein of Jordan: Disengagement from the West Bank (July 31, 1988)	p. 338
Hamas: Charter (August 1988)	p. 341
Palestine National Council: Political Resolution (November 15, 1988)	p. 349
Palestine National Council: Declaration of Independence (November 15, 1988)	p. 354
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak: The Inevitability of Peace (January 21, 1989)	p. 358
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir: Peace Plan (May 14, 1989)	p. 359
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak: Ten-Point Plan (September 4, 1989)	p. 362
PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat: Speech on the Intifada (September 1989)	p. 363
U.S. Secretary of State James Baker: Five-Point Plan (October 10, 1989)	p. 367
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein: Speech to the Arab Cooperation Council (February 1990)	p. 368
PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat: The PLO and the Gulf Crisis (December 13, 1990)	p. 378
Palestine National Council: Political Communique (September 28, 1991)	p. 380
U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians (October 18, 1991)	p. 385
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Palestinian Delegation Leader Haydar Abd al-Shafi: Speeches at the Madrid Peace Conference (October 21, 1991)	p. 388
The Apparent Approach Of Peace
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin: Inaugural Speech (July 13, 1992)	p. 403
PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat: Speech for Fatah's Anniversary (December 31, 1992)	p. 407
Mahmoud Darwish: Resigning from the PLO Executive Committee (August 1993)	p. 411
Israel and PLO: Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements ["The Oslo Agreement"] (September 13, 1993)	p. 413
Israel and PLO: Agreed Minutes to the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (September 13, 1993)	p. 422
U.S. President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat: Speeches at the Signing of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles (September 13, 1993)	p. 425
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin: Speech to Knesset (September 21, 1993)	p. 428
Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad: Reaction to Israel-PLO Agreement (October 1, 1993)	p. 433
Hani al-Hasan: Opposition to the Israel-PLO Accord (October 9, 1993)	p. 435
West Bank-Gaza Palestinian Leaders: Memorandum to Chairman Yasir Arafat (November 1993)	p. 436
Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad and U.S. President Bill Clinton: Statement on Their Meeting (January 16, 1994)	p. 440
Israel and PLO: Cairo Agreement (March 4, 1994)	p. 442
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat: Speeches at the Signing of the Cairo Agreement (March 4, 1994)	p. 455
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin: Speech to Knesset (April 18, 1994)	p. 459
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin: Accepting the UNESCO Peace Prize (July 6, 1994)	p. 465
Israel and Jordan: The Washington Agreement (July 26, 1994)	p. 467
King Hussein of Jordan and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin: Speeches on Signing the Washington Agreement (July 26, 1994)	p. 470
Israel and Jordan: Peace Treaty (October 26, 1994)	p. 477
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat, and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres: Speeches Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (December 10, 1994)	p. 487
Sufyan Abu-Zayidah: Interview (January 27, 1995)	p. 499
Israel and Palestinian Authority: Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip (September 28, 1995)	p. 502
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin: Speech at Peace Rally (November 4, 1995)	p. 521
Israel and Palestinian Authority: Hebron Accords (January 15, 1997)	p. 522
U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher: Letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (January 15, 1997)	p. 523
Alessandra Antonelli: From the Battlefield to the Table (February 27, 1998)	p. 524
Hasan Asfour and Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazin): Reflections on the Oslo Agreement's 5th Anniversary (September 11, 1998)	p. 527
Israel and Palestinian Authority: The Wye River Memorandum (October 23, 1998)	p. 529
King Hussein of Jordan: Remarks at Wye River Agreement Signing Ceremony (October 23, 1998)	p. 534
U.S. President Bill Clinton: Speech to the Palestinian Leadership (December 14, 1998)	p. 535
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak: Presentation of the Government to the Knesset (July 6, 1999)	p. 541
Israeli Government: Basic Guidelines (July 1999)	p. 543
U.S. President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Syrian Foreign Minister Faruk al-Shara: Speeches at the Renewal of Syrian-Israeli Negotiations (December 15, 1999)	p. 545
UN Security Council: Israel's Withdrawal from Lebanon (June 19, 2000)	p. 548
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak: Leaving for the Camp David Talks (July 10, 2000)	p. 549
U.S. President Bill Clinton: Statement after the Camp David Peace Talks (July 25, 2000)	p. 551
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak: Statement after the Camp David Talks (July 25, 2000)	p. 554
PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat: Speech at the Arab Summit (October 21, 2000)	p. 556
Marwan Barghuti: "The Israelis Must Leave the Territories" (October 26, 2000)	p. 560
U.S. President Bill Clinton: The Clinton Plan (December 23, 2000)	p. 562
Yoel Marcus: "If They Want It, They'll Take It" (December 26, 2000)	p. 565
The Palestinian Negotiating Team: Remarks and Questions Regarding the Clinton Plan (January 2, 2001)	p. 567
U.S. President Bill Clinton: Summarizing His Experience with the Peace Process (January 7, 2001)	p. 573
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