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This site was archived on Aug. 3, 2021. The two-state solution is no longer the most popular solution among the jurisdictions involved. A reconsideration of the topic is possible in the future.
Document Selection and Methodology: The primary sources below (in chronological order) have been selected based on their relevance to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Whenever possible, unaltered documents from the issuing agencies were used. In some cases, documents were acquired from 3rd party services such as universities and historical databases, and although we can not guarantee their accuracy, they did appear to be unaltered original historic documents.
| Date Issued | Document | Issued By | Description |
| Nov. 27, 2007 | Annapolis Conference: Joint Understanding  | US President George W. Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas | President Bush's proclamation of an agreement by Israeli and Palestinian leaders to conclude a peace treaty by the end of 2008 and follow the "road map" to a permanent two-state solution. |
| Mar. 10, 2005 | Sasson Report: Summary of the Opinion Concerning Unauthorized Outposts | Talia Sasson, at the request of the Prime Minister bureau, Israel | Report on Israeli government involvement in the establishment of settlement outposts in Palestinian Occupied Territories. |
| June 8, 2005 | Report: War Crimes Committed Against US Military Personnel, June 8, 1967 | USS Liberty Veterans Association | War crimes report submitted to the US Secretary of the Army |
| Jan. 28, 2005 | UN Resolution 1583 | UN Security Council | Response to a Lebanese government request to extend the mandate of UNIFIL on the Blue Line to confirm Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon |
| June 6, 2004 | Addendum "A" - Revised Disengagement Plan - Main Principles | Israeli Prime Minister's Office, Communications Department | Revision of the original Disengagement Plan due to the absence "of a reliable Palestinian partner." |
| Dec. 18, 2003 | Ariel Sharon's Disengagement Plan Speech | Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister | Public introduction of the Disengagement Plan |
| Nov. 19, 2003 | UN Resolution 1515 | UN Security Council | Endorses the Quartet Performance-based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution |
| Oct. 14, 2003 | Geneva Accord | Yossi Beilin, Yasser Abd Rabbo, et al | The agreement envisions a Palestinian state based roughly on the borders before the 1967 Mideast war. Most Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be dismantled. It divides sovereignty in Jerusalem, but avoids a large-scale return to Israel by Palestinians who fled or were driven out in the 1948-49 war that followed Israel's creation. |
| Mar. 27, 2002 | Speech by Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz | Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia | States that the "only acceptable objective of the peace process is the full Israeli withdrawal from all the occupied Arab territories." |
| Mar. 12, 2002 | UN Resolution 1397 | UN Security Council | Adopted in concordance with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz's 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, demanding the immmediate end of violence by both sides. |
| May 15, 2001 | Official Comment of the Government of Israel on the Report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee (The Mitchell Report) | Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs | States that the Mitchell Report "provides a constructive and positive attempt" for peace in response to the Al-Aqsa intifada |
| May 15, 2001 | Official Response of the PLO to the Report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee (The Mitchell Report) | Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) | Agrees that Mitchell Report's recommendations are a "coherent foundation" for peace in response to the Al-Aqsa intifada |
| Apr. 30, 2001 | Report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee (The Mitchell Report) | Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee | Recommends "swift and decisive" action to stop violence between the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority |
| July 25, 2000 | Statement by President William J. Clinton Upon the Close of Camp David | William J. Clinton, President of the United States | Statement issued upon the closing of the 2000 Camp David Summit |
| July 25, 2000 | Trilateral Statement by William J. Clinton, Ehud Barak, and Yasser Arafat Upon the Close of Camp David | William J. Clinton, President of the United States, Ehud Barak, Israeli Prime Minister, and Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority | Commitment to follow UN resolutions 242 and 338 as the only way to reach an agreement under a violence-free environment |
| Feb. 17, 2000 | UN Secretary-General's Bulletin for the Organization of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East | Kofi Annan | Extension and re-organization of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
| Dec. 17, 1999 | UN Resolution 54/152 | UN General Assembly | Reaffirms that Palestinian people have right to self determination and a state |
| Oct. 4, 1999 | 1999 Sharm al-Sheikh Memorandum | Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel, and Yasser Arafat, Palestine Liberation Organization | Set out a timetable for a permanent peace settlement |
| Oct. 23, 1998 | 1998 The Wye River Memorandum | Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, and Yasser Arafat, Palestine Liberation Organization | Delineated steps to complete implementation of the Interim Agreement and of agreements that accompanied the Hebron Protocol. Israel will redeploy from the West Bank in exchange for Palestinian security measures. The PA [Palestine Authority] will have complete or shared responsibility for 40% of the West Bank, of which it will have complete control of 18.2% |
| Sep. 28, 1998 | Yasser Arafat's Address to the 53rd UN General Assemby | Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority | Appreciation for inclusion as a member of the "General Debate" in the General Assembly's agenda. Marked the first time in UN history that a non-member state participated as a member |
| July 7, 1998 | UN Resolution 52/250 | UN General Assembly | Conferred upon Palestine additional rights and privileges of participation that had previously been exclusive to Member States |
| Jan. 13, 1998 | Yasser Arafat's Letter to President William J. Clinton | Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority | Agreement to recognize the State of Israel |
| Jan. 17, 1997 | 1997 Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron | D. Shomrom, for Israel, and Saeb Erakat, Palestine Liberation Organization | divided the city of Hebron into two parts: H1 and H2; Palestinian Authority controlled H1, and Israel retained control over H2 and surrounding Jewish settlements |
| Sep. 28, 1995 | 1995 Oslo Interim Agreement | Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, and Yasser Arafat, Palestine Liberation Organization | Most significantly the agreement recognizes the establishment of a "Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority," i.e. an elected Council, called "the Council" or "the Palestinian Council" |
| Oct. 26, 1994 | Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, and Abdul Salam Majali, Prime Minister of Jordan | Establishes peace between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Israel |
| May 4, 1994 | 1994 Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area | Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, and Yasser Arafat, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) | Transferred control over the bulk of the Gaza Strip and a sixty-five-square-kilometer area encompassing Jericho and its environs to PA [Palestinian Authority] control |
| Apr. 29, 1994 | 1994 Paris Protocol | Avraham Shohat, Finance Minister of Israel, and Abu Ala (Ahmed Korei), Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) | Protocol on Economic Relations between the Government of the State of Israel and the P.L.O., representing the Palestinian people |
| Sep. 13, 1993 | 1993 Declaration of Principles | Shimon Perez for Israel, and Mahmoud Abbas for the Palestinian Authority | Recognize their mutual legitimate and political rights, and strive to live in peaceful coexistence and mutual dignity and security and achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement and historic reconciliation through the agreed political process. |
| Sep. 9, 1993 | Exchange of Letters Between Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin Before the Signing of the Oslo Declaration of Principles | Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister, and Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority | Delineated steps to complete implementation of the Interim Agreement and of agreements that accompanied the Hebron Protocol |
| Dec. 20, 1990 | UN Resolution 681 | UN Security Council | Calls on Israel to apply the Fourth Geneva Convention to Palestinians in Occupied territories |
| Dec. 15, 1988 | UN Resolution 43/177 | UN General Assembly | Acknowledges the State of Palestine Proclamation by the Palestine National Council |
| Dec. 9, 1988 | UN Resolution 43/160 | UN General Assembly | Decided that the Palestine Liberation Organization was entitled to have its communications issued and circulated as official documents of the United Nations |
| Mar. 2, 1988 | UN Resolution 42/229 | UN General Assembly | Reaffirmed that the Permanent Observer Mission of the PLO to the UN is covered by the United Nations Headquarters Agreement. It called upon the US to abide by this agreement |
| 1983 | Provisional Rules of Procedure of the UN Security Council | UN Security Council | The revised 1983 provisional rules of procedure of the UN Security Council decided by a vote that an invitation should be extended to the representative of the PLO to participate in the Security Council's selected debates |
| Feb. 8, 1983 | 104 Report of the Commission of Inquiry Into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut | Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs | The Commission determined that Israeli forces were indirectly responsible for the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps' massacre |
| Mar.. 1, 1980 | UN Resolution 465 | UN Security Council | Criticizes Israel for building settlements and repeats that Israel has no legal standing to build settlements |
| Mar. 26, 1979 | Treaty of Peace Between The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Government of the State of Israel | The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Government of the State of Israel | Establishes peace between the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Government of the State of Israel |
| Mar. 22, 1979 | UN Resolution 446 | UN Security Council | Determines Israel has no legal standing to establish settlements and doing so was against the goal of peace in the Middle East |
| Mar. 19, 1978 | UN Resolution 425 | UN General Assembly | Ordered Israel to cease military action against Lebanon |
| Nov 10, 1975 | UN Resolution 3379 (XXX). Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination | UN General Assembly | The General Assembly "determines that zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination." |
| Nov. 22, 1974 | UN Resolution 3237 | UN General Assembly | Granted observer status to the PLO |
| Nov. 13, 1974 | Yasser Arafat's Speech Before the UN General Assembly | Yasser Arafat, President of the State of Palestine | Call to the world to support Palestinian people's right of return and self-determination |
| Oct. 14, 1974 | UN Resolution 3210 | UN General Assembly | Recognized the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people and invited it to participate in the deliberations of the General Assembly on the Question of Palestine in plenary meetings |
| Dec. 12, 1973 | UN Resolution 3102 | UN General Assembly | Urged that national liberation movements be invited to participate as observers in the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts |
| Oct. 22, 1973 | UN Resolution 338 | UN Security Council | Calls for an inmediate cease-fire and for a prompt implementation of 1967 UN Resolution 242 |
| Dec. 8, 1970 | UN Resolution 2672 C | UN General Assembly | Recognizes that the people of Palestine are entitled to equal rights and self determination |
| Dec. 10, 1969 | UN Resolution 2535 B | UN General Assembly | Notes that repatriation or compensation of the refugees has not been granted, and that no substantial progress has been made for the reintegration of refugees either by repatriation or resettlement and that, therefore, the situation of the refugees continues to be a matter of serious concern |
| July 1 17, 1968 | 1968 Palestinian National Charter | First chairman of the PLO, Ahmad Shukeiri | In its original 1964 version, established the Palestine Liberation Organization. Amended in 1968, focuses on the independent national identity of the Palestinian people |
| Sep. 1, 1967 | 1967 Khartoum Resolutions | Eight Arab Heads of State (Jamal Abdel Nasr of Egypt, King Hussein of Jordan, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Prince Salem Al-Sabah of Kuwait, Abdalla Al-Salal of Yemen, Howeri Bumedian of Algeria, Al-Amir Al-Hassan of Libya, Al-Bahi Al Adgham Tunisian Prime Minister) | Established an Arab consensus for setting official policies of most Arab states in regards to their relations with Israel: "no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with it." |
| Nov. 22, 1967 | UN Resolution 242 | UN Security Council | Calls for the withdrawal of Israel armed forces from Palestinian and other territories occupied in the 1967 war |
| Oct. 6, 1964 | Letter from the representatives of Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Republic and Yemen, addressed to the President of the Security Council | UN Security Council | Letter "to draw the attention of the Security Council to recent Israeli aggressive policies and statements which create an imminent danger to international peace and security." |
| Nov. 7, 1956 | UN Resolution 1001 | UN General Assembly | Created the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) in response to the Suez Canal crisis |
| Nov. 20, 1951 | Progress Report of the UN Conciliation Commission for Palestine | UN Conciliation Commission for Palestine | Calling of the second Paris Conference for armistice agreements |
| Aug. 12, 1949 | Geneva Convention IV | International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Convention relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war |
| May 11, 1949 | Resolution 273 (III). Admission of Israel to membership in the United Nations | UN General Assembly | Decides to admit Israel to membership in the United Nations |
| May 11, 1949 | A/PV.207. 207th Plenary Meeting Application of Israel for admission to membership in the United Nation report of the Ad Hoc Political Committee | UN General Assembly | Minutes of the 207th Plenary Meeting, debating admission of Israel to membership in the United Nations |
| Dec. 11, 1948 | UN Resolution 194 | UN General Assembly | Proposes partitioning Palestine into two States, with Jerusalem internationalized |
| Dec. 10, 1948 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | UN General Assembly | Outlines the view of the United Nation General Assembly on human rights guaranteed to all people |
| Dec. 2, 1948 | Application of Israel for Admission to the United Nations | State of Israel | Official application for membership to the United Nations |
| May 14, 1948 | Israeli Decalaration of Independence (Original in Hebrew) | Leaders of the Yishuv [Jewish community in Palestine] | Declaration of Independence and Proclamation of the Jewish state in Palestine to be called Medinat Israel |
| Nov. 29, 1947 | Resolution 181 (II). Future government of Palestine | UN General Assembly | Recommends to the United Kingdom the adoption and implementation of the Plan of Partition |
| June 26, 1945 | Charter of the United Nations | The United Nations | Charter signed at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization |
| Oct. 1, 1939 | Palestine - Statement of Policy by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom | Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary of State for the Colonies | Presents policy "To place the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, [and] to facilitate Jewish immigration under suitable conditions." |
| Oct. 1, 1930 | Palestine - Statement of Policy by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom | Secretary of State for the Colonies | Presents policy "to convince both Arabs and Jews of their firm intention to promote the essential interests of both races to the utmost of their power, and to work consistently for the development, in Palestine, of a prosperous community." |
| Aug. 12, 1922 | Mandate for Palestine | League of Nations | To "entrust the Allied Powers the administration of the territory of Palestine which previously belonged to the Turkish Empire." |
| June 3, 1922 | The Churchill "White Paper" | Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister | Responds to Arabs' concerns over the Balfour Declaration and massive Jewish immigration to palestine |
| June 1, 1922 | Correspondence with the Palestine Arab Delegation and the Zionist Organization | The United Kingdom | Selected correspondence submitted to the British Parliament |
| June 28, 1919 | Covenant of the League of Nations, Part I of the Versailles Treaty | Paris Peace Conference | Provides for the creation of the League of Nations |
| Nov. 2, 1917 | Balfour Declaration of Principles | Arthur James Balfour | Letter from British foreign secretary, Arthur James (later Lord) Balfour, to Lord Rothschild, head of the British Zionist Organization |
| Oct. 24, 1915 | Letter from Hussein-McMahon Correspondence | Sir Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Cairo | Correspondence between Sharif Hussein of Mecca, Governor of the Hijaz province of Arabia, and Sir Henry McMahon, the British High Commissioner to Egypt |
| Date Issued | Document | Issued By | Description |