CONTENTS. 3. Jordanian/Egyptian Rule in the West Bank & Gaza Strip ( ). 1

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1 CONTENTS Volume II Introduction... i 3. Jordanian/Egyptian Rule in the West Bank & Gaza Strip ( ). 1 UN Security Council, Resolution 42 Calling for Attention to the Palestine Problem, New York, 5 March Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section, 10 March Ambassador Warren R. Austin, US Representative in the UN Security Council, Statement Regarding the US Position on the Palestine Problem, 19 March 1948 [Excerpts] US President Harry S. Truman, Proposal for a Temporary UN Trusteeship for Palestine, 25 March Report by the UN Palestine Commission to the UN General Assembly, 10 April 1948 [Excerpts] UN Security Council, Resolution 46, New York, 17 April Pope Pius XII, Auspicia Quaedam, Encyclical on Public Prayers for World Peace and a Solution for the Palestine Problem, Rome, 1 May Provisional State Council, Proclamation of Israeli Independence, Tel Aviv, 14 May US President Harry S. Truman, Statement Recognizing the New Jewish State, 14 May UN General Assembly, Resolution 186 (S-2) Concerning the Appointment of a UN Mediator, 14 May UN General Assembly Resolution 189, Appreciation of the Work of the UN Palestine Commission, 14 May Arab League States, Statement Following the Establishment of the State of Israel, 15 May Independence of Israel - Letter from Eliahu Epstein, Agent of the Provisional Government of Israel, to US President Truman, 15 May Provisional Council of State, Law and Administration Ordinance, No. 1 of , May Provisional Council of State, Abandoned Areas Ordinance, No. 12 of , June

2 UN Mediator on Palestine Count Folke Bernadotte, Suggestions Presented to the Two Parties, 27 June Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Abdul Rahman Azzam, Letter to UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte, Cairo, 3 July UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte, Comments on the Observations of the Arab League States, 3 July Foreign Minister of the Provisional Government of Israel, Moshe Shertok, Letter to UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte, 5 July Comments by UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte on the Arab Counter-Suggestions, Transmitted by Letter to the Political Committee of the Arab League, 5 July Letter from UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte to the Foreign Minister of the Provisional Government of Israel, Moshe Shertok, 6 July Foreign Minister of the Provisional Government, Moshe Shertok, Letter to UN Mediator Bernadotte Regarding the Return of Arab Refugees, Hakirya, 1 August UN Mediator Counte Folke Bernadotte, Progress Report Submitted to the UN Secretary- General in Pursuance of UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2) of 14 May 1948, 16 September 1948 [Excerpts]. 39 Provisional Council of State, Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance (No. 29 of ), Passed by the Knesset, 22 September Cablegram from the Premier and Acting Foreign Secretary of the All-Palestine Government, Ahmed Hilmi Pasha, to the Un Secretary-General Concerning the Constitution of the All-Palestine Government, 28 September Palestine Arab Higher Committee, Palestinian Proclamation of Independence, Gaza, 1 October National Council Conference, Palestine Arab Higher Committee, Palestinian Proclamation of Independence, Gaza, 1 October UN Security Council, Resolution 59, 19 October US President Harry S. Truman, Statement on Israel, 24 October Pope Pius XII, In Multiplicibus Curis, Encyclical on Prayers for Peace in Palestine, Castel Gandolfo, 24 October UN Security Council, Resolution 61, 4 November UN Security Council, Resolution 62, 16 November UN General Assembly, Resolution 212 (III): Assistance to Palestinian Refugees, 19 November UN General Assembly, Resolution 194, 11 December

3 World Council of Churches, Amsterdam Assembly, Report of Committee IV: Concerns of the Churches - The Emergence of Israel as a State, 1948 [Excerpts].. 82 Provisional Council of State, Emergency Regulations (Cultivation of Waste Lands) (Extension of Validity), Ordinance No. 36 of , 6 January Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement, Rhodes, 24 February Lebanese-Israeli General Armistice Agreement, Ras An-Naqura, 23 March US Congressional Joint Resolution Authorizing a Special US Contribution for the Relief of Palestine Refugees, Washington, DC, 24 March Jordanian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement, Rhodes, 3 April Pope Pius XII, Redemptoris Nostri Cruciatus, Encyclical on the Holy Places in Palestine, Rome, 15 April Israeli-Syrian General Armistice Agreement, Hill 232, Near Mahanayim, 20 July Acting UN Mediator Ralph Bunche, Report on the Status of the Armistice Negotiations and Truce in Palestine, 21 July 1949 [Excerpts] UN Conciliation Commission for Palestine, Working Paper on the Future of Arab Palestine and the Question of Partition Prepared by the Secretariat, 30 July Government of Israel, Emergency Land Requisition (Regulation) Law, , Passed by the Knesset on 14 November UN General Assembly, Resolution 302 (IV): Assistance to Palestinian Refugees, 8 December UN General Assembly, Resolution 303 on Jerusalem, 9 December Government of Israel, Absentees' Property Law, , Passed by the Knesset, 14 March Jordanian House of Deputies and House of Notables, Joint Resolution Annexing the West Bank and Jerusalem, Amman, 24 April Government of Israel, Sitting 135 of the First Knesset Regarding the Annexation of the West Bank by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 3 May United States, United Kingdom and France: Tripartite Declaration on Peace and Stability in the Middle East, London, 25 May US Senate and House of Representatives, UN Palestine Refugee Aid Act of 1950, Title III of Public Law 535, 81 st Congress, 2 nd Session, Washington, DC, 5 June Government of Israel, Law of Return , Knesset, 5 July UN General Assembly, Resolution 393 (V) Regarding Assistance to Palestine Refugees, 2 December

4 Government of Israel, State Property Law ( ), Passed by the Knesset, 6 February Government of Israel, Absentees' Property (Amendment) Law, , Passed by the Knesset, 6 March Government of Israel, Nationality Law, , Passed by the Knesset, 1 April United States and Israel, Letters of Exchange Regarding the Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement, July Government of Israel, Land Acquisition (Validation of Acts and Compensation) Law, , Passed by the Knesset, 10 March United States Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, Speech on "Six Major Policy Issues, 1 June 1953 [Excerpts] United States Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, Statement Regarding the Removal of the Israeli Foreign Office from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Washington, DC, 28 July UN Security Council, Resolution 101, 24 November Government of Israel, The Law of Return (1950) as Amended In 1954, 23 August UN Security Council, Resolution 106 on Israeli Attacks in the Gaza Strip, 29 March US Department of State, Statement Supporting United Nations Efforts to End Hostilities between Israel and Egypt, 5 November UN General Assembly, Resolution 916 (X), 3 December Government of Israel, Absentees' Property (Amendment No. 2) Law, , Passed by the Knesset, 14 February Pope Pius XII, Laetamur Admodum, Encyclical on Prayers for Peace for Poland, Hungary, and the Middle East, Rome, 1 November US President Dwight Eisenhower, Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East. 5 January Ahmad Shuqeiry, Minister of State for UN Affairs and Permanent Representative of the Saudi Arabian Mission to the UN, Speech on the Palestinian Refugee Problem, United Nations, 1958 [Excerpts]. 186 Ahmad Shuqeiry, Minister of State for UN Affairs and Permanent Representative of the Saudi Arabian Mission to the UN, Statements Regarding the Palestine Question, UN General Assembly, 13 th Session, 1 October Government of Israel, Israel Lands Administration Law, , Passed by the Knesset, 25 July Ahmad Shuqeiry, Chairman of the Saudi Arabian Delegation to the UN and Minister of State for UN Affairs, Statements on the Palestine Question, Un General Assembly, General Debate, 15 th Session, 30 September 1960 [Excerpts]

5 Ahmad Shuqeiry, Chairman of the Saudi Arabian Delegation to the UN and Minister of State for UN Affairs, Response to Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir, UN General Assembly, 11 October 1960 [Excerpts]. 197 Ahmad Shuqeiry, Chairman of the Saudi Arabian Delegation to the UN and Minister of State for UN Affairs, Speech before the UN General Assembly Special Political Committee, 15 November Ahmad Shuqeiry, Chairman of the Saudi Arabian Delegation to the UN and Minister of State for UN Affairs, Intervention Regarding the Issue of Palestinian Refugees, UN General Assembly, 30 November 1960 [Excerpts]. 217 Federal State of the United Arab Republic, Manifesto of Principles, 17 April Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Draft Constitution, Arab Summit Conference, Cairo, September National Covenant of the Palestine Liberation Organization, First Arab Palestine Congress, Jerusalem, 28 May Council of Kings and Heads of State of the Arab League, Declaration Issued at the Second Arab Conference, Alexandria, 13 September Michael Comay, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN, Note to the UN Security Council, 18 September Representatives of Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Republic and Yemen, Letter Addressed to the President of the UN Security Council, 6 October Michael Comay, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN, Note to the UN Security Council, 19 October Palestinian National Liberation Movement Fateh, Constitution, Asifa Forces (Palestinian Guerrilla), Communiqué No. 1 from the Headquarters, 6 January Absentees' Property (Amendment No. 3) (Release and Use of Endowment Property) Law, , Passed by the Knesset, 2 February Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Statement to the Knesset - The Israeli Peace Plan, Jerusalem, 17 May 1965 [Excerpts] League of Arab States, Council of Foreign Ministers, Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States ("Casablanca Protocol"), 11 September Egyptian Battle Order No. 1, Issued by Field Marshal Abdul-Hakim Amer, 14 May Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Address to the Knesset, 22 May Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser, Speech Announcing the Closure of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli Shipping, 23 May

6 Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Statement to the Knesset Regarding Egypt s Blockade of the Straits of Tiran, 23 May US President Lyndon B. Johnson, Statement Regarding Egypt s Blockade on the Straits of Tiran, 23 May Russian Premier Alexey Kosygin, Note to Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Calling on Israel to Prevent Military Confrontation in the Middle East, 26 May Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser, Statement to Arab Trade Unionists, 26 May Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Broadcast to the Nation, 28 May Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser, Statement to Members of the Egyptian National Assembly, 29 May Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Reply to Russian Premier Alexey Kosygin, Calling on the USSR to Work for Peace in the Middle East, 1 June Council of Ministers of France, Statement on the Middle East, Cabinet Session, Paris, 2 June June War 1967 Geneva Peace Conference 1973 ( ). 281 Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Note to Russian Premier Alexey Kosygin, Jerusalem, 5 June Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Statement to the Knesset, Jerusalem, 5 June Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban, Statement to the UN Security Council, 6 June UN Security Council, Resolution S/234, New York, 7 June Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, Statement at the Western Wall, Old City, Jerusalem, 7 June UN Security Council, Resolution S/235 Regarding Ceasefire at the Syrian Front, New York, 9 June Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Statement to the Knesset, Jerusalem, 12 June UN Security Council, Resolution 237, 14 June US President Lyndon B. Johnson, Address at the National Foreign Policy Conference of Educators, Washington, DC, 19 June 1967 [Excerpts] Government of Israel, Protection of the Holy Places Law, , 27 June Government of Israel, Laws on Jurisdiction over the Occupied Territories and Jerusalem, 27 June

7 UN General Assembly, Resolution 2253 on Jerusalem, 4 July Government of Israel, Absentees' Property (Amendment No. 5) (Increase of Payment to Absentees' Dependants and to Absentees) Law, , Passed by the Knesset, 8 July UN General Assembly, Resolution 2254 on Jerusalem, 14 July Government of Israel, Absentees' Property (Amendment No. 4) (Release and Use of Property of Evangelical Episcopal Church) Law, , Passed by the Knesset, 8 August Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Principles Guiding Israel s Policy in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War, Jerusalem, 9 August 1967 [Excerpts] World Council of Churches, Central Committee, Statement on the Middle East, Heraklion, Crete, August League of Arab States, Summit Conference Resolution, Khartoum, 1 September UN Security Council, Resolution 242, 22 November Palestine Liberation Organization, Statement Rejecting UN Security Council Resolution 242, Cairo, 23 November UN Security Council, Resolution 248 Condemning Israeli Attacks on Jordan (Battle of Karameh), 24 March Definition of Zionism: The Jerusalem Program, 27 th World Zionist Congress, Jerusalem, June The Palestinian National Charter: Resolutions of the Palestine National Council (PNC), Cairo, 17 July Palestine National Assembly, Political Resolutions, Cairo, 17 July 1968 [Excerpts]. 316 World Council of Churches, Statement on the Middle East, Fourth Assembly, Uppsala, July Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban, Nine-Point Peace Plan, Statement to the UN General Assembly, 8 October 1968 [Excerpts]. 320 UN General Assembly, Resolution 2443 Regarding the Establishment of a Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices, 19 December 1968 [Excerpts]. 326 Palestine National Liberation Movement (Fateh), Seven Points Passed by the Central Committee, January King Hussein of Jordan, Speech Regarding an Arab Peace Plan, Amman, 10 April 1969 [Excerpts] World Council of Churches, Central Committee, Statement on the Middle East, Canterbury, England, August

8 Declaration and Resolution of the First Islamic Summit Conference, Rabat, Morocco, September PLO-Lebanese ( Cairo ) Agreement, Cairo, 3 November US Secretary of State William Rogers, Address to an Adult Education Conference ( The Rogers Plan ), Washington, DC, 9 December UN General Assembly, Resolution 2535 B, New York, 10 December Government of Israel, Statement Regarding the Rogers Plan, Tel Aviv, 11 December Government of Israel, Basic Foreign Policy Principles, Jerusalem, 15 December Israeli Cabinet, Statement Explaining Israel s Rejection of the Rogers Plan, 22 December Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Political Program, Amman, State of Israel, The Law of Return (1950), as Last Amended in 1970, 10 March Israeli Military Order No Order Concerning Security Provisions, 20 April The Jarring Mission, First and Second Phase, Report by UN Secretary General U Thant (S/10070), 4 January 1971 [Excerpts]. 362 Palestinian National Council, Statement on the Political Situation, Ninth Session, Cairo, 13 July UN Security Council, Resolution 298 on Jerusalem, New York, 25 September Spokesman of the PLO Executive Committee, Kamal Nasser, Statement on Municipal Elections in the West Bank, February 1972 [Excerpts]. 380 King Hussein of Jordan, United Arab Kingdom Plan, Amman, 15 March Spokesman of the PLO Executive Committee, Kamal Nasser, Reply to King Hussein s Proposed Plan for the West Bank, Beirut, 16 March Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Statement Regarding the United Arab Kingdom Plan, Knesset, Jerusalem, 16 March Israeli Knesset, Resolution Regarding the United Arab Kingdom Plan, Jerusalem, 16 March Palestine Liberation Organization Delegation to the Soviet Union, Statement Issued on its Departure from Beirut, 17 July Joint Soviet-Palestinian Communiqué on the Visit of the PLO Delegation to the Soviet Union, Moscow, 28 July Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Statement to the Knesset Regarding the Killing of Israeli Athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich, 16 October Palestinian National Council, Political Program, Cairo, 12 January 1973 [Excerpts]

9 Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Address to the Secretariat of the Israel Labor Party, Statement on the Palestinian Issue, 12 April Government of Israel, Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, , Passed by the Knesset, 27 June Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban, Statement to the Knesset Regarding the "Legitimate Rights of the Palestinian People", Jerusalem, 18 July Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Statement to the Knesset Regarding the Yom Kippur War, and Knesset Resolution, Jerusalem, 16 October UN Security Council, Resolution 338, 22 October European Economic Community, Foreign Ministers Meeting, Declaration on the Middle East, 6 November League of Arab States, Declaration on the October War, Summit Conference, Algiers, 28 November League of Arab States, Secret Resolutions, Summit Conference, Algiers, 4 December UN Security Council, Resolution 344, New York, 15 December UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, Address at the Opening Meeting of the Geneva Peace Conference, Geneva, 21 December Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, Address at the Opening Meeting of the Geneva Peace Conference, Geneva, 21 December US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Address at the Opening Meeting of the Geneva Peace Conference, Geneva, 21 December Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy, Address at the Opening Meeting of the Geneva Peace Conference, Geneva, 21 December Jordanian Foreign Minister Zeid El-Rifai, Address at the Opening Meeting of the Geneva Peace Conference, Geneva, 21 December Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban, Address at the Opening Meeting of the Geneva Peace Conference, Geneva, 21 December UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, Statement on the Conclusion of the Geneva Peace Conference, Geneva, 21 December Map Annex