United Nations Security Council Resolution 476 states Israel's efforts to alter the character and status of Jerusalem are illegal and a "flagrant violation"...
This report by the International Committee for the Red Cross describes the various aspects of the Israeli occupation and their impact on the average Palestinian.
The McMahon letter was one of a series of letters between Sharif Hussein of Mecca, governor of the Hijaz province of Arabia, and Sir Henry McMahon, the...
The Universal Declaration covers the range of human rights in 30 articles: The first two lay the universal foundation of human rights: that human beings...
In Resolution 605, the Security Council strongly deplores the policies and practices of Israel, the occupying power, which violate the human rights of...
In Resolution 607, the Security Council calls upon Israel to refrain from deporting any Palestinian civilians from the occupied territories, and requests...
In Resolution 608, the Security Council reaffirms Resolution 607, and condemns Israel for deporting Palestinian civilians, in defiance of UN resolutions....
In Resolution 636, the Security Council condemns the continuing deportation by Israel of Palestinian civilians, and calls upon Israel to ensure the safe...
The Law of the Capital is a law stating that Jerusalem (al-Quds al-Sharif) is the capital of the Palestinian state, and that the Jerusalem is the main...
In Resolution 726, the Security Council strongly condemns Israel's resumption of deporting Palestinian civilians and reaffirms the applicability of the...
Pope Benedict gives a final speech ending his eight day tour to Jordan, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The pontiff spoke about a homeland...
In Resolution 1403, the Security Council reaffirms resolutions 1397 and 1402, expressing concern at the further deterioration of the situation, and that...
In Resolution 338 the Security Council calls upon all parties to the present fighting to cease all firing and terminate all military activity immediately,...
In Resolution 694, the Security Council reaffirms Resolution 681, and declares that the Israeli action of deporting Palestinian civilians is in violation...
The letter of assurance to the Palestinian side states the terms of negotiations about the transitional arrangements to affect the peaceful and orderly...
The invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference was jointly issued by US Secretary of State James Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Boris Pankin to Israel,...
President Gorbachev talked of the opportunity for peace in the wake of the Cold War and the Gulf War - but warned that the Madrid conference would only...
President George Bush stated that the purpose of the Madrid Conference was to work on a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement to the conflict in the...
In his opening speech at the Madrid conference Haidar Abdul Shafi, head of the Palestinian delegation, demanded that Israel demonstrates its willingness...
