Gregory S. Mahler is Academic Dean Emeritus and Research Professor of Politics at Earlham College (Indiana). He received his BA from Oberlin College and his MA/PhD from Duke University. He is the author of over 30 books on comparative politics and the Middle East, including The Arab-Israeli Conflict (Routledge, 2024).

Mahdi F. Abdul Hadi (1944-2025) received his PhD from the School of Peace Studies at Bradford University, UK, in 1984. He was the founder and Chairman of the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA) in Jerusalem, as well as the (co-)founder of many Palestinian institutions. In 2019, he became a member of the Islamic Waqf Council in Jerusalem. He authored and edited numerous publications on the Palestine question. He died following a short illness in January of 2025.

Introduction

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2. The Basle Program, First Zionist Congress, Basle, 31 August 1897.

3. Letter of Yousef Duya-Uddin (Pasha) Al-Khalidi, Mayor of Jerusalem, to the Chief Rabbi of France, Zadok Kahn, 1899 and Theodore Herzl's Response, 19 March 1899.

4. MacMahon-Hussein Correspondence, 1915-16.

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6. The Sykes-Picot Agreement, 16 May 1916.

7. Successive Drafts and Final Text of the Balfour Declaration, July-November 1917.

8. Agreement between Amir Faisal of the Arab Kingdom of Hedjaz and Chaim Weizmann of the Zionist Organization, 3 January 1919.

9. Statement by Anti-Zionist Jews to the Peace Conference, 4 March 1919.

10. The British White Paper ("Churchill White Paper"): British Policy in Palestine, 3 June 1922.

11. Council of the League of Nations, Confirmed Text on the Terms of the British Mandate, 24 July 1922.

12. Chairman of the Palestine Zionist Executive Colonel Frederick H. Kisch, Note of a Conversation with Musa Kazim Al-Husseini, Jerusalem, 23 October 1923

13. Arab Draft of Points on Palestine, Presented to John Philby, Damascus, 21 October 1929.

14. Statement of Policy by His Majesty's Government, Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament by Command of his Majesty - The "Passfield" White Paper, United Kingdom, 1 October 1930.

15. British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, Letter to Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization, ("Black Letter"), 13 February 1931.

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19. Palestine Partition Commission ("Woodhead Commission") - British Policy Statement against Partition, November 1938.

20. The British White Paper ("MacDonald White Paper"), 17 May 1939.

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Committee on the Palestine Question on Arab Reactions to the UNSCOP Proposals, 29 September 1947

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25. Provisional State Council, Proclamation of Israeli Independence, Tel Aviv, 14 May 1948.

27. UN Mediator on Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte, Suggestions Presented to the Two Parties, 27 June 1948.

Ahmed Hilmi Pasha, to the UN Secretary-General Concerning the Constitution of the All-Palestine Government, 28 September 1948.

29. Palestine Arab Higher Committee, Palestinian Proclamation of Independence, Gaza, 1 October 1948.

and the Question of Partition Prepared by the Secretariat, 30 July 1949.

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38. UN Security Council, Resolution 242, 22 November 1967.

242, Cairo, 23 November 1967.

Cairo, 17 July 1968.

Committee, January 1969.

Elections in the West Bank, February 1972.

Proposed Plan for the West Bank, Beirut, 16 March 1972.

from the PLO Executive Committee, Beirut, 26 September 1974.

28 October 1974.

51. UN General Assembly, Resolution 3237 Granting Observer Status to the Palestine Liberation Organization, New York, 22 November 1974.

Efforts for Peace in the Middle East, New York, 10 November 1975.

28 October 1977.

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Jerusalem, 28 December 1977.

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Gaza and Security Arrangements ("Egyptian Six-Point Peace Plan"), 3 July 1978.

59. The Camp David Accords - Framework for Peace in the Middle East, Camp David, 17 September 1978.

Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, 1 October 1978.

Washington, DC, 26 March 1979.

29 July 1980.

6 August 1981.

("Autonomy Plan"), 31 January 1982.

Fez, 9 September 1982.

(Kahan Commission), 8 February 1983.

7 November 1985.

31 July 1988.

14 December 1988.

80. Israeli Government, Peace Initiative: Plan for Elections in the Occupied Territories, Jerusalem, 15 May 1989.

PLO-US Dialogue, Huntsville, Alabama, 20 June 1990.

86. Madrid Peace Conference - Closing Speeches: Remarks by Haidar Abdul Shafi, Head of the Palestinian Delegation, 1 November 1991.

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88. Palestinian Delegation, Memorandum to US Secretary of State James Baker, Jerusalem, 20 July 1992.

89. Palestinian Delegation, Letter to the Israeli Delegation on the Progress of the Peace Talks, Washington, DC, 19 November 1992.

90. Palestinian Delegation, Draft Proposal for a Declaration of Principles, Tunis, 9 May 1993.

Jerusalem, 1 July 1993.

92. Secret Oslo Signing Ceremony: Speeches at the Conclusion of the Declaration of Principles, Oslo, 20 August 1993.

93. PLO and Israel, Exchanged Letters of Mutual Recognition, 9 September 1993.

94. PLO Executive Committee, Statement on the Declaration of Principles, Tunis, 12 September 1993.

95. Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Authority (DOP), White House, Washington, DC, 13 September 1993.

96. King Hussein of Jordan, Address to the Parliament, Amman, 23 November 1993.

97. Gaza-Jericho Autonomy Agreement (Cairo Agreement), Cairo, 4 May 1994.

98. Palestinian-Israeli Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip ("Oslo II"), Washington, DC, 28 September 1995.

99. Framework for the Conclusion of a Final Status Agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (the Beilin-Abu Mazen Final Status Agreement), 31 October 1995.

100. Palestinian National Council, Revision of the Palestinian National Covenant, 21st Session, Gaza, 24 April 1996.

101. PLO and Israel Negotiation Delegations, Joint Communiqué, First Session of the Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba, 6 May 1996.

102. Palestinian and Israeli Negotiation Delegations, Agreement on the Temporary International Presence in the City of Hebron (TIPH), 9 May 1996.

103. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Speech on Presenting the New Government, Knesset, Jerusalem, 18 June 1996.

25 October 1996.

Israeli Government in Accordance with the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, November 1996.

Amman, 9 March 1997.

Oslo Accords, Gaza, 15 March 1997.

Representatives Regarding Israeli Settlement Expansion in the Gaza Strip, 25 April 1997.

17 December 1997.

Palestinian Authority, 18 June 1998.

5 October 1999.

Palestinian Conflict, 30 April 2003.

11 September 2003.

139. Draft Permanent Status Agreement - "The Geneva Accord", Jordan, 12 October 2003

the Palestinian Factions, Ramallah, 30 May 2004.

Occupied Palestinian Territory, Summary and Actual Ruling, 9 July 2004.

14 August 2004.

2005.

Disengagement Plan, Jerusalem, 15 August 2005.

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the 2nd Palestinian Legislative Council Elections, Ramallah, 26 January 2006.

29 June 2006.

(Program of Palestinian Unity Government), Gaza, 17 March 2007.

Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 27 November 2007.

167. Confidential Summary of Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's "Package" Offer to Palestine President Abu Mazen (31 August, 2008).

168. United Nations: Human Rights in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories (September 25, 2009) ["The Goldstone Report"].

169. The 2014 Gaza Conflict: Factual and Legal Aspects: Executive Summary (May, 2015).

170. Report of the Middle East Quartet (July 1, 2016).