The Contemporary Middle East. A Documentary History

Rebuilt and refocused Palestinian Authority security apparatus begins sustained, targeted, and effective operations aimed at co ...

Establishment of independent Palestinian election commission. PLC reviews and revises election law. Palestinian performance on ...

ance and liberty. With such a leadership, reformed civil institutions and security struc- tures, the Palestinians will have the ...

solidation of reform and stabilization of Palestinian institutions, sustained, effective Palestinian security performance, and I ...

symbolized the Palestinian people and almost single-handedly guaranteed that their struggle for national identity remained high ...

ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS 307 Jenin Tulkarm Tubas Qalqilya Nablus Salfit Ramallah Jerusalem Bethlehem Hebron Jericho Jor dan R ...

308 ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS A more important step came a week later when Abbas secured acceptance of a short- term cease-fir ...

ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS 309 I dedicate this victory in the name of our whole people to the soul and memory of our eternal le ...

310 ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital, and reaching a just and agreed solution to the refu ...

ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS 311 the past. In particular, I direct this call to all of the leaders of the Quartet members, and to ...

312 ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS become the solid foundation and the established tradition of our political life, so as to develo ...

ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS 313 foremost from my faith in God, and from my belief in the justice of cause and the unwavering ded ...

itself apart as much as possible from the Palestinians, their internal strife, and the sui- cide bombers and others opposed to I ...

the buildings in the settlements, except for the synagogues, which the cabinet decided to leave intact for religious reasons. Th ...

This step is very difficult for me personally. It was with a heavy heart that the Government of Israel made the decision regardi ...

pain that I feel at this act is equal only to the measure of resolved recognition that it was something that had to be done. We ...

The second uprising, the al-Aqsa intifada in late 2000—after the failure of peace talks with Israel, little improvement in the l ...

Hamas’s leaders rejected the Quartet’s demands and on March 20 published their official program for the new government. Although ...

The intra-Palestinian political stalemate was damaging enough, but during the summer of 2006, the situation worsened. On June 25 ...

DOCUMENT Hamas Government Platform MARCH20, 2006 [The following translation is reproduced verbatim as it appears on the Web site ...