Issues
82 issues found.
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Damascus Protocol (1915)
A document given by the leaders of two Arab secret societies, Al-Fatat and Al-Ahd, to Hashemite prince Faisal, son of Hussein, Sharif of Mecca, on 23 May 1915. -
McMahon-Hussein Letters (1915-6)
An exchange of letters between Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Egypt, and Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and later King of Hejaz, that took place in late 1915 and early 1916. -
Balfour Declaration (1917)
A letter authored by the British Foreign Minister, Lord Arthur James Balfour, on 2 November 1917, and subsequently endorsed by the British cabinet. -
Jabotinsky's Speech to British MPs (1937)
A speech given by Revisionist Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky before a group of British MPs on 13 July 1937. -
Weizmann's Speech to the 20th Zionist Congress (1937)
A speech given by Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization, before the 20th Zionist Congress in Zurich, Switzerland, on 4 August 1937. -
Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel (1948)
1948 War Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones People's Council People's Executive Provisional State Council Provisional State Government Tel AvivA declaration adopted at a special session of the Yishuv People’s Council in Tel Aviv, on 14 May 1948, establishing Israel as a Jewish state in the Land of Israel. -
Al-Zaim Proposal for Israeli-Syrian Peace (1949)
Secret negotiations between Israel and Syria conducted in 1949, following the coup d'état in March that brought Husni Al-Zaim to power in Syria. -
Ben-Gurion's Proclamation of Jerusalem as Capital of Israel (1949)
Two proclamations made by Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion on 5 and 13 December 1949, following the Government of Israel's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. -
British PM Eden's Speech at Guildhall (1955)
A speech given by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden in London on 9 November 1955. -
Tunisian President Bourguiba's Speech in Jericho (1965)
A speech given by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba in Jericho, in the Jordanian-controlled West Bank. -
Joint Soviet-American Declaration on Renewing the 1974 Geneva Process (1977)
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Egyptian President Sadat’s Speech in Jerusalem (1977)
A speech given by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in front of the Israeli Knesset on 20 November 1977, a short while after expressing his willingness to travel to Israel and discuss peace in a speech before Egypt’s People’s Council. -
Officers' Letter (1978)
A letter addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, dated 7 March 1978, and authored by 348 reserve officers and NCOs in the Israel Defense Forces. -
Venice Declaration (1980)
A declaration made by the heads of state and ministers of foreign affairs of the nine member states of the European Community, forerunner of the European Union, in Venice, Italy, on 13 June 1980. -
Palestinian Declaration of Independence and Acceptance of Res. 242 and 338 (1988)
A set of resolutions adopted by the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, chaired by PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, on 15 November 1988 in Algiers, Algeria.