Comprehensive News
Sources
- Middle
East Crisis (BBC)
- Analysis of July's summit between Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak at
Camp David
- Ensuing conflicts and ability of leaders to stop the violence
- War
and Peace in the Middle East (Washington Post)
- News and analysis of the conflict
- History of the summits since the 1978 Camp David Accords
Clinton Peace Plan,
2000/2001
Colin Powell's
Middle East Mission
- Background information on U.S. Secretary of State's mission to the
Middle East, April 8-17, 2002
- Full text of his daily press briefings
Interest Groups
- Al-Aqsa Friends
- Hamas
Israel: A Country
Study
- Army Area Handbook on the history and foreign policy of Israel
- Good summary leading up to the establishment of Israel as a state in
1948
Israel Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
- News and pictures of the violence
- Quotations from Israeli papers
- Separate section of the web site entitled Peace
Process provides historic documents and speeches
Maps
(BBC)
- Detailed maps outlining the changing Israeli-Palestinian borders,
1947-2002
- Especially vivid pictures of occupied areas of the West Bank
Middle
East Peace Summit Home Page (State Department)
- Official home page of the July 2000 summit
- List of delegations
- Press statements by various parties
- History of previous summits and major documents
Mitchell Report:
Report of the Sharm El-Sheikh Factfinding Committee
- Causes of violence between Palestinians and Israelis since September
2000, when Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount
- Renewed call for peace talks
Oslo
Agreement
- Officially called the Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of
Principles
- Signed in Washington on September 13, 1993
Palestine President
- Speeches, meetings, and documents of President Yasser Arafat
beginning 2001
Palestinian National
Authority
- Numerous articles and primary documents on the conflict
Passover Massacre
and Reaction
President Bush
- President's
Call for Ceasefire
- Speech announces dispatch of Secretary of State Powell to the Middle
East
- Calls for halt to suicide bombings and Israel's withdrawal from the
West Bank
- Made April 4, 2002
- Bush
Peace Plan
- Calls for a replacement for Yasser Arafat, Constitution
- Israel to eventually withdraw to pre-1967 borders
- Statement made on June 24, 2002
Saudi
Peace Plan (BBC)
- Outline of plan recommended by Prince Abdullah of Saudi
Arabia
- Calls for Israel's return of occupied territories in return from
Israeli recognition by Arab states
- Detailed maps show the conflict area
- Arafat's
Statement to Beirut Summit
- Statement on Saudi peace plan, made March 27, 2002
- Broadcast blocked by Lebanese
- Beirut
Declaration (BBC)
- Summary of declaration made by the League of Arab States
approving the Saudi peace plan
- Made March 28, 2002
Sharon
Peace Plan
- Brief outline of plan for permanent peace between Israel and Palestine
- Made to AIPAC Policy Conference on April 23, 2002
Sharon's
Declaration of War (BBC)
- Ariel Sharon's brief speech to Israel declaring war on terrorism
- Speech made on March 31, 2002 after Haifa suicide bombing
Suicide Bombers' Patron:
Saddam (MSNBC)
- Andrea Mitchell's report of April 1, 2002
- Claims Saddam Hussein providing life insurance policies for young
Palestinian suicide bombers
Tenet
Plan
- Plan for a ceasefire so the Israelis and Palestinians can begin
negotiations
- Effective June 13, 2001 but never happened
- Proposed by CIA Director George Tenet
United Nations
Information System on the Question of Palestine
- Full text of letters, mimeographed (masthead) documents, reports,
resolutions, UN Yearbook articles, and debate transcripts in the General
Assembly and Security Council
- League of Nations is the source for 1917-39; United Nations is the
source, 1945 to present
- Main access point is chronological with supplement access by UN series
symbol, type of document, title, and subject
- Keyword searching requires a password currently not available through
the library
United Nations Security
Council
- S/Res.1402
- Calls for Israel to withdraw from Palestine
- Passed in an emergency session on March 30, 2002
- Text not available on March 30 but this is the expected URL that
should be available the week of April 1, 2002
- Summary
of Kofi Annan's Statement
- S/Res.1397
- Calls for a separate Palestinian State
- Passed on March 12, 2002
See Arab-Israeli
Conflict class web page for additional materials
East
Timor: Birth of a Nation (BBC)
- East Timor officially became an independent country on May 19, 2002
- Text of speeches by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and East Timorese
President Xanana Gusmao
- Timeline of the country, 1975-2000
East Timor
Government
- Explanation of government structure
- Independence day celebrations
- Maps and news
International
Atomic Energy Agency and North Korea (IAEA)
- News briefings and status reports on IAEA's inspection program for
North Korean weapons
- Text of 1994 framework convention on North Korea
- IAEA resolutions
- Links to think tank reports
Agreed
Framework
- Convention between the United States and North Korea on nuclear
facilities
- Arranged by Former President Jimmy Carter
- Dated October 21, 1994
Nuclear
Non-proliferation Treaty
- Text of treaty signed by North Korea
- Dated 1968; went into force 1970
Background
- Britain's queen mother passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2002,
at the age of 101
Queen
Mother Dies (BBC)
- News report on March 30 by British Broadcasting Corporation
- Includes her life in pictures
Monarchy's Memorial
Page
- Life of the Queen Mother
- Funeral plans
- Condolence book
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