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Statement by Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority leadership
13 April 2002
Full text. English translation issued byWAFA(the official Palestinian news agency)
President Yasser Arafat and the PNA Leadership express their condemnation to all acts of terrorism targeting civilians, be they…
President Bush's speech to Congress
March 6, 1991 (extracts). This speech has often been cited as the US administration’s principal policy statement on the new order in the Middle East following the expulsion of Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
... Tonight I come to this House to speak about the world –…
Yasser Arafat's speech to the UN General Assembly, 13 December 1988. Delivered in Arabic.
Mr President and members: It never occurred to me that my second meeting since 1974 with this esteemed assembly would take place in the hospitable city of Geneva. I believed that with the new position and…
Report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee
Full text of the report completed on April 30, 2001 and published on May 20, 2001
Summary of recommendations
Introduction
Discussion
What Happened?
Why Did it Happen?
End the Violence
Rebuild Confidence
Resume Negotiations
Recommendations…
Yasser Arafat's speech to the UN Security Council. Extraordinary session convened in Geneva, May 25, 1990 (extract).
... Mr President, the Palestine Liberation Organisation, which affirms its strategic commitment to peace, submits to your august body the following practical steps which will make…
Presented by the Palestinian delegation to the Israelis during the peace talks in Washington, January 1992.
The Palestinian side believes that the following broad outline of the shape of the Interim Palestinian Self-Government can form the basis of negotiations at this stage, after taking the…
The "road map" for peace in the Middle East was drawn up by the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations (the "Quartet"). President George Bush formally submitted it to the Israelis and Palestinians on 30 April 2003 (seepresidential statementandIsraeli reservations).
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Statement by President George Bush in the Rose Gardenof the White House
4 April 2002
FULL TEXT
Good morning. During the course of one week, the situation in the Middle East has deteriorated dramatically. Last Wednesday, my Special Envoy, Anthony Zinni, reported to me that we were on the verge of a…
Comments by Palestinian negotiators on the Zinniceasefire proposal, 26 March 2002.
The Palestinian team included Mohammed Dahlan, Jibril Rajoub, Saeb Erekat and lawyers from the Negotiations Affairs Department.
I. Summary of Second US Proposal
The second US Proposal has not addressed any of the…
Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire and security plan, proposed by CIA director George Tenet, which took effect on 13 June 2001
The security organizations of the Government of Israel (GOI) and of the Palestinian Authority (PA) reaffirm their commitment to the security agreements forged at Sharm el-…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
