The Contemporary Middle East. A Documentary History

October 1973 War (continued)
passage, 115
text, 115
Oil
embargo by OAPEC, 114–115
Iran, 6, 376, 379
Iraq oil-for-food program. SeeIraq
Olmert, Ehud, 315, 367
Omar, Mullah Mohammad, 594, 599
Operation Desert Fox, 475
Operation Desert Shield
background, 444
Fahd’s statement, 449–450
Operation Desert Storm
background, 456
commencement, excerpts from Bush
(G. H. W.) televised address,
458–461
suspension of combat, excerpts from
Bush (G. H. W.) televised
address, 464–465
Operation Peace for the Galilee, 335
Opium poppies, 594
Organization of the Islamic Conference, 570
Organization of the Arab Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OAPEC),
114–115
Oslo Accords
Arafat letter to Holst, 219
Arafat letter to Rabin, 218
background, 143, 176, 213–217
Cairo Agreement
background, 215
text, 230–241
Declaration of Principles on Interim
Self-Government Arrangements
background, 143, 214
text, 220–230
Hebron Protocol
background, 259–260
text, 261–267
Interim Agreement on the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)
background, 215–216
text, 241–259
overview, 40, 167
Rabin letter to Arafat, 219–220

Ottoman Empire

Arab revolt, 4, 9

division of, 13–14

Iraq and, 417

Lebanon and, 325

Palestine mandate, 25–27

Paris peace conference, 20

Turkey and, 631–632

Ozal, Turgut, 641

P

Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza, 376

Pahlavi, Reza Khan, 6, 121, 375–376

Pakistan

Interservices Intelligence, 581

mujahidin, support of, 580–581

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and, 570

Taliban, relationship with, 567, 598

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan

background, 581

Musharraf speech on request for

cooperation, 602–604

Palestine

See alsoPalestine Liberation

Organization (PLO); Partition

of Palestine

April 1920 riot, 6–7

autonomy, 121

British control, 5, 25–27, 42

British withdrawal, 67

Jewish homeland in. SeeZionism

Jewish Immigration

restrictions, 44

Truman position, 58

violence as result of, 37

Zionist conference position, 57

Zionist plans, 42

Jewish settlers and, 37, 42

Jordan sovereignty over Palestinians,

175

League of Nations mandate

background, 25–27, 42

Balfour Declaration and, 24

passage, 27

San Remo conference terms,

25–26

text, 27–33

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