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In The News & Recent Additions

CNN.com - Special Reports - Crisis in the Middle East
Sections include: Latest on Conflict ; Diplomacy ; Background.

BBC News - In Depth - Middle East Crisis

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=18573&prog=zgp&proj=zme
  "...designed to reach new audiences and broaden access to Carnegie's growing volume of Arabic publications. The main feature of the Carnegie Arabic Web Portal is the Arabic-language version of the Arab Reform Bulletin. Also included are Arabic translations of select Carnegie Papers and commentaries on the Middle East and related subjects, as well as writings originally published in Arabic."

BBC News - In Depth - Israel and the Palestinians

• BBC News - Profile: Mahmoud Abbas
• Q&A: Palestinian Elections

The Brooking Institution

• Hamas Victory Reshapes Middle East Peace Process
  Testimony from a Saban Center for Middle East Policy Briefing, February 3, 2006.
  "...five experts to discuss Hamas' victory in the January 25, 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council election.

International Crisis Group (ICG)

• The Arab-Israeli Conflict: To Reach a Lasting Peace
  Middle East Report No. 58, October 2006

Israel & Palestinian Conflict

Israeli Government's Official Web site

• Israel Defense Forces (Hebrew or English)
• Ministry of Defence
  • Israel's Security Fence
    Sections include: Purpose ; Operational Concept ; Route ; Execution Aspects ; Q&A ; News Briefs.

Palestine Liberation Organization - Negotiations Affairs Department

Palestinian State Information Service - (dead link)

United Nations

• UN News Centre - Middle East
  Daily news stories of speeches and urgings
• Members of Jenin fact-finding team leave Geneva after Annan disbands group (05 May 2002)
• [Re: Jenin refugee camp] Annan announces members of fact-finding team (22 April 2002)
• Question of Palestine at the United Nations

• Security Council Resolutions

  "Resolutions 1397 and 1402, taken together, provide the vision for a permanent settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the immediate security and political steps needed to move beyond the present crisis."
  Kofi Annan in address to Security Council on 4 April 2002

  • Palestine Question - SecCo Resolution
    04/04/2002 S/RES/1403 (2002)
  • Palestine Question - SecCo Resolution
    30/03/2002 S/RES/1402 (2002)
  • Palestine question - SecCo resolution
    12/03/2002 S/RES/1397 (2002)
• Report of the Secretary-General on Jenin
  "This report was prepared on the basis of General Assembly resolution ES-10/10, adopted on 7 May 2002, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to present a report, drawing upon the available resources and information, on the recent events that took place in Jenin and other Palestinian cities."
• Peace and Security
  • Report of the Secretary-General on Jenin
    "This report was prepared on the basis of General Assembly resolution ES-10/10, adopted on 7 May 2002, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to present a report, drawing upon the available resources and information, on the recent events that took place in Jenin and other Palestinian cities."
• Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations

International Court of Justice
"Is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations"

• Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory - (dead link)
  Request for Advisory Opinion concluded 25 February 2004.

Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee (May 21, 2001)
Mitchell Committee Report on Mideast Crisis

United Kingdom Parliament

• "Developments in the Middle East peace process 1991-2000" [.pdf]
  Research Paper 01/08, 24 January 2001.
• "The Middle East Crisis: Camp David, the 'Al-Aqsa Intifada' and the
  Prospects for the Peace Process" [.pdf]
  Research Paper 01/09, 24 January 2001.

U.S. Dept. of State - The U.S. and Middle East Peace

• International Community Seeks to Maintain Mideast Peace Momentum (May 3, 2002)
• Powell Announces Joint Plan for Mideast Peace Conference (May 2, 2002)
• Bush Says He and Crown Prince Abdallah "Share A Vision" (April 25, 2002)
• U.S. Providing Rapid Assistance to Palestinians (April 22, 2002)
• Bush Praises Powell's Message of "Hope and Peace" to Mideast (April 18, 2002)
• State Department Comment Following Powell-Sharon Meeting (April 14, 2002)
• Powell Expresses Concern Over Situation of Palestinians
• (April 13, 2002)
• Bush Reiterates Call for Israeli Withdrawal "Without Delay" (April 8, 2002)

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Middle East Peace Plan [The Roadmap]

United Nations - Middle East

• Annan Hail Impetus of Aqaba Summit for Middle East Peace (4 June 2003)
• Bush's Summit with Arabs 'Important Step' in Middle East Peace - Annan (3 June 2003)
• Road Map May Be Last Chance for Peace - UN Envoy (May 19, 2003)
• Pledging UN Support for Road Map, Annan Appeals for all to 'Stay the Course' (April 30, 2003)

Israeli Government's Official Website - (dead link)

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • The Middle East Peace Summit at Aqaba (June 4, 2003)
  • Statement by PM Sharon (June 4, 2003)
  • Cabinet Approves Road Map (May 25, 2003)
  • Statement from PM Sharon's Bureau (May 23, 2003)
    "...we are prepared to accept the steps set out in the Roadmap."

U.S. Dept. of State - Middle East Peace Process
Sections include: Key Documents ; Remarks & Briefings ; Middle East Quartet Statements ; UN Security Council Resolutions ; Sharm El-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee Report.

• Road Map for Peace in the Middle East (June 4, 2003)
  Secretary Colin Powell and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice
  Remarks to the Press Pool at King Hussein International Airport, Aqaba, Jordan
• A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 30, 2003)

White House

• President Meets with Leaders of Jordan, Israel and Palestinian Authority (June 4, 2003)
  Remarks by President Bush, His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan, Prime Minister Sharon of Israel, and Prime Minister Abbas of the Palestinian Authority
• The Middle East and the Roadmap for Peace (April 30, 2003)
• President Bush Presses for Peace in the Middle East (May 9, 2003)
  Remarks by the President in Commencement Address at the University of South Carolina.

Peace Plans

Geneva Accord - Full Text

Saudi Arabian Peace Plan
From the BBC News - Middle East

The Tenet Plan
Israeli-Palestinian Ceasefire and Security Plan, Proposed by CIA Director George Tenet; June 13, 2001.
From The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School

UN Middle East Peace Process Documents

Wye River Memorandum (October 1998)
"Following is the text of the Interim Agreement signed October 23 at the White House by Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."
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News & Analysis

Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) - News - (dead link)

• Arab Television Channels Interview Arafat - (dead link) (March 31, 2002)

Al-Jazeera (English)

BBC News - Israel and the Palestinians
Includes: Latest News ; Correspondents ; Analysis ; Issues.

• History in Maps
• Jerusalem's Holy Sites

Brookings Institution

• A New Partnership for the Greater Middle East: Combating Terrorism, Building Peace
  Presentation by Senator Richard G. Lugar, March 29, 2004.

CNN.com - Special Reports - Crisis in the Middle East
Sections include: Latest on Conflict ; Diplomacy ; Background.

BBC News - In Depth - Middle East Crisis

CNN.com In-Depth - Mideast: Centuries of Conflict
Sections include: Issues ; Resources ; History & Culture

• Powell's Interview on CNN on Mideast Conflict
• (April 2, 2002)
• Video Archive

Addameer: Palestinian Human Rights Association

ALAQSA intifada.org
"Your complete and up-to-date resource about the Palestinian Intifada: News, Information, Diary, and Action Alerts."

The Atlantic Monthly - The War on Terrorism
"A collection of features from The Atlantic Monthly and Atlantic Unbound..."

• A Brief History of Yasir Arafat (July/August 2002)
  By David Brooks

bitterlemons.org - Palestinian-Israeli Crossfire
"...is a website that presents Israeli and Palestinian viewpoints on prominent issues of concern. It focuses on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and peace process, but other, related regional issues are also discussed. It is produced, edited and partially written by Ghassan Khatib, a Palestinian, and Yossi Alpher, an Israeli. Its goal is to contribute to mutual understanding through the open exchange of ideas. It aspires to impact the way Palestinians, Israelis and others worldwide think about regional issues."

Brookings Institution

• Getting the Arab-Israeli Peace Process Back on Track
  U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, February 24, 2004.
  Martin S. Indyk, Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy.
• The Geneva Initiative: A Blueprint for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
  Panel discussion moderated by Martin S. Indyk, December 03, 2003.
• Mideast Peace?: An Arab-Israeli Pact Must Come First
  Op-Ed by Shibley Telhami, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
  The New York Times, April 12, 2003

CNN.com - Special Reports - Crisis in the Middle East
Sections include: Latest on Conflict ; Diplomacy ; Background.

BBC News - In Depth - Middle East Crisis

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

CBC News [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] - Indepth

Christian Science Monitor - Middle East 101
"The Israeli-Palestinian situation is sometimes difficult to grasp. To help readers understand the region's recent history and geography, and the conflict's key concepts, the Monitor presents this explainer."
Sections include: Timeline ; Key Terms ; Sticking Points

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

• Mideast Peace: The Key to Peace Is a Stable Gulf
  New York Times, April 12, 2003
  Op-Ed by Michael S. Doran

The Daily Star - Lebanon

Foreign Affairs
Published by the Council on Foreign Relations

• The Middle East Predicament (January/February 2005)
  "Summary: The Middle East challenges facing Washington today have never been greater--but there remains a chance for peace. To secure it, the United States must stick with Iraq, pressure Iran into giving up its nukes, foster a moderate Palestinian leadership, and support Muslim reformers. Success in the region has never been more important."
  By Dennis B. Ross

Georgetown University - School of Foreign Affairs - Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)
"...is the only academic institution in the United States devoted solely to the study of the modern Arab world."

Guardian Unlimited Special Report: Israel and the Middle East - (dead link)
"This special report contains the latest on a region that has been particularly affected by the fallout from the terrorist attacks in the US"
Sections include: Latest News ; Interactive Guides ; Audio Reports ; Arafat and Hamas ; Palestinian Attacks ; Israeli Attacks ; Sharon Government ; Diplomacy ; Comment and Analysis ; What the Papers Say ; The Arab World ; Fallout from US Terror Attacks ; Chronology ; Maps ; Weblog ; The Mitchell Report

• Key events in the intifada since September 2000
• The Middle East: a glossary of terms
• Guardian Archive
  • Jewish state is born - (dead link)
    "May 15 1948: The Jews yesterday proclaimed in Tel Aviv the new State of Israel."
  • Israel: the new generation - (dead link)
    "November 19 1948, Arthur Koestler: Each war and revolution produces its lost generation."
  • Partition of Palestine
    "July 8 1937: British government approves Royal Commission's plan."

International Crisis Group (ICG)

• The Arab-Israeli Conflict: To Reach a Lasting Peace
  Middle East Report No. 58, October 2006

Israel-PLO: Peace Agreements Digital Collection
United States Institute of Peace Library

The Middle East 1916-2001 : A Documentary Record
From The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School

Middle East Research & Information Project (MERIP)
Sections include: Background ; Middle East Report ; Press Information Notes ; Internships ; Newspaper Op-Eds.

• Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Primer
  "This primer provides historical background for the events that led up to the current uprising and touches on major themes and events including Zionism, the British Mandate period, Palestinians, the UN, the 1967 and 1973 wars, Camp David, the Oslo Accords, and many others."
• Primer on Palestine Uprising
  "The primer provides background information about the conflict and poses several questions about mainstream media coverage of the uprising. MERIP encourages the use of the primer for teach-ins, in classrooms and for interacting with media."

Minnesota Public Radio

• Peace and Faith
  "Scholars on Islam [Qamar-ul Huda, U.S. Institute of Peace and Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University] talk about peace and the barriers to common understanding across faiths."
  Listen to the September 2006 broadcast.

National Public Radio (NPR) - Mideast Coverage
"Due to intense interest of NPR listeners in events in the Middle East, NPR will make available -- at no charge -- the transcripts and audio of reports about the Mideast produced by NPR in its newsmagazines and talk shows."

• The Mideast: A Century of Conflict (September-October 2002)
  A Seven-Part Series Traces the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute

New York Times - Middle East Peace
free registration required

"Nobel Laureate Tutu Discusses Middle East Conflict"
By Rima Arnaout
The [MIT] Tech, April 19, 2002

Palestine Times

Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet
"...is a non-partisan project devoted to the dissemination of ideas and scholarly information, in an effort to foster scholarly collaboration, policy research, and innovative thinking on the Palestinian refugee issue."
Sections include: Background ; Research Materials ; Related Activities ; Keeping Up-to-Date.
Inter-University Consortium for Arab Studies (Montreal)

PBS - Frontline - Battle for the Holy Land
"With Israelis and Palestinians in an escalating war, FRONTLINE goes behind the lines and underground to reveal the tactics and strategies that led to the current violence ... Through unique access to combatants on both sides, FRONTLINE's film teams take viewers inside the worlds of Palestinian militants and Israeli commando units, revealing the strategies, weaponry, and intelligence gathering tactics that have fueled the most recent cycle of violence."
A Goldvicht Productions/October Films production for the BBC in association with the KIRK Documentary Group.
Sections include: On the Ground ; The Cycle of Violence ; Can Anything End This Crisis ; The Combatants ; Video Excerpts ; Map ; Tapes & Transcripts ; Discussion.

PBS - Frontline - The Siege of Bethlehem
"Inside the Secret Negotiations, Strategies and Maneuvers Between Israelis and Palestinians During the Deadly 38-Day Standoff at the Church of the Nativity."
Includes: Video Excerpts ; Chronology of the Siege ; Join the Discussion ; Producer's Chat ; Links and Readings ; Tapes and Transcripts ; Press Reaction.
Aired June 13, 2002

PBS - POV - PROMISES
"What is it really like to live in Jerusalem? PROMISES offers touching and fresh insight into the Middle East conflict when filmmakers Shaprio, Goldberg and Bolado travel to this complex and charged city to see what seven children ó Palestinian and Israeli ó think about war, peace and just growing up. Living within 20 minutes of each other, these children are nevertheless locked in separate worlds. Through candid interviews, the film explores a legacy of distrust and bitterness, but signs of hope emerge when some of the children dare to cross the checkpoints to meet one another."
Sections include: The Film ; The Filmmakers ; Talking Back ; In the Classroom ; Timeline ; Resources.
Original airdate: December 13, 2001

Shalom Achshav
[Peace Now]
"...was founded in 1978 by 348 reserve officers of the Israel Defense Forces who believed that only a negotiated end to the conflict in the Middle East could bring true security to Israel and her people."

Tikkun
Tikkun magazine began publication in 1986 as the liberal alternative to the voices of Jewish conservatism and spiritual deadness in the Jewish world and as the spiritual alternative to the voices of materialism and selfishness in Western society.."

United Jewish Communities

Washingtonpost.com

• History and Humiliation
  Op-Ed, March 28, 2003
  By Shibley Telhami, Brookings Institute

USA Today - Editorial/Opinion

• Medeast Needs New Mediator (July 01, 2002)
  By Jimmy Carter

Academic Discussion Lists

FOFOGNET
An Internet Listserv on the Palestinian Refugee Issue
"...an international email list devoted to the Palestinian refugee issue. Its more than three hundred subscribers include researchers, NGOs and policy-makers across the Middle East, Europe and North America."

PALDEV
Palestinian Development InfoNet
"...email news/discussion list devoted to issues of Palestinian economic development. Subscription is free, but is limited to relevant individuals and institutions (NGOs, researchers, policymakers)."

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