U.S. – Israel Joint Statement; April 30, 1996 The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release April 30, 1996 U.S. – Israel Joint Statement; April 30, 1996 President Clinton and Prime Minister Peres have concluded two days of intensive discussions on a broad range of issues relating to the U.S. – Israeli [...]

Declaration of Israel’s Independence 1948 Issued at Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948 (5th of Iyar, 5708) ERETZ-ISRAEL [(Hebrew) - The Land of Israel] was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural values of national and universal significance and [...]

U.S. Senate Resolution 228 Condemning Terror Attacks in Israel; February 29, 1996 104th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 228 Condemning terror attacks in Israel. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 29 (legislative day, February 28), 1996 Mr. Helms (for himself, Mr. Pell, Mr. Dole, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Dodd, Mr. [...]

U.S. Senate Resolution 69 Condemning Terrorist Attacks in Israel; January 24, 1995 104th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 69 Condemning terrorist attacks in Israel. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24 (legislative day, January 10), 1995 Mr. Dole (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Helms, Mr. Pell, Mr. D’Amato, Mr. Packwood, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. [...]

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 November 29, 1947 The General Assembly, Having met in special session at the request of the mandatory Power to constitute and instruct a Special Committee to prepare for the consideration of the question of the future Government of Palestine at the second regular session; Having constituted a Special Committee [...]

The Qibya (Israel-Jordan) Incident: United Nations Security Council Resolution, November 24, 1953 The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions on the Palestine question particularly those of 15 July 1948, 11 August 1949,(2) and 18 May 1951 concerning methods for maintaining :the armistice and resolving disputes through the Mixed Armistice Commissions, Noting the reports of 27 [...]

United Nations Security Council Resolution 62, November 16, 1948 [S/1080] The Security Council, Reaffirming its previous resolutions concerning the establishment and implementation of the truce in Palestine, and recalling particularly its resolution 54 (1948) of 15 July 1948 which determined that the situation in Palestine constitutes a threat to the peace within the meaning of [...]

United Nations Security Council Resolution 54; July 15, 1948 [S/902] The Security Council, Taking into consideration that the Provisional Government of Israel has indicated its acceptance in principle of a prolongation of the truce in Palestine that the States members of the Arab League have rejected successive appeals of the United Nations Mediator, and of [...]

Authority of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization and of the Syrian-Israeli Mixed Armistice Commission: United Nations Security Council Resolution, May 18, 1951(1) The Security Council Recalling its past resolutions of 15 July 1948,(2) 11 August 1949,(3) 17 November 1950 (4) and 8 May 1951 (5) relating to the General Armistice Agreements between Israel and [...]

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Adopted on 28 July 1951 by the United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons convened under General Assembly resolution 429 (V) of 14 December 1950 entry into force 22 April 1954, in accordance with article 43 status of ratifications, reservations and declarations [...]

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Approved and proposed for signature and ratification or accession by General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) of 9 December 1948 entry into force 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII status of ratifications, reservations and declarations (Who has signed the convention, and when) [...]

Convention (IV) respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land and its annex: Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land. The Hague, 18 October 1907. Background One of the purposes for which the First Hague Peace Conference of 1899 was convened was “the revision of the declaration concerning the laws and [...]