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<span class="cie-plus-title">Hamas: A Document of General Principles and Policies, 2017</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Hamas: A Document of General Principles and Policies, 2017CIE+

The general principles are restated as they are in the 1988 founding Hamas Charter, jihad is the means to liberate Palestine, with an important notable addition, that these principles include ‘no recognition of the Zionist entity,’ for their point of view a terrible PLO recognition in September 1993. This document also restated the Palestinian right of return to all of Palestine defined as from the Jordan River on the east to the Mediterranean Sea.

<span class="cie-plus-title">The Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

The Quest for Arab-Israeli PeaceCIE+

“The Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace: Israel’s Disengagement from the Gaza Strip: Precedents, Motivations and Outcomes” Zionism Fulfilled.- Israel’s preemptive physical disengagement from the Gaza Strip in August 2005 was the result of a national consensus;…

Issues and Analyses, Ken's Blog|February 19, 2005
<span class="cie-plus-title">Mitchell Report, 2001</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Mitchell Report, 2001CIE+

In the midst of severe Palestinian-Israeli clashes, a committee led by former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell concludes, as had many previous investigations, that the two communities fear and want to live separately from each other. From the report flows the EU-U.N.-U.S. commitment to a two-state solution suggested in the 2003 Roadmap for Peace.

<span class="cie-plus-title">How Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Viewed the 1993 Oslo Accords — A Collection in His Own Words</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

How Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Viewed the 1993 Oslo Accords — A Collection in His Own WordsCIE+

In September 2023, thirty years after the historic signing of the Oslo Accords, there is occasion to review Prime Minister Rabin’s understanding of them. I assembled this collection years ago from Daily Reports- Near East and South Asia, 1993-1995. Two short items about Rabin’s views are also found or linked here. Rabin provided a summary of his views of the Accords in a Knesset speech in October 5, 1995. Some of Rabin’s reasons for signing the Accords are also provided in Yehuda Avner’s The Prime Ministers.

Documents and Sources, Ken's Blog|September 1993-November 1995
<span class="cie-plus-title">“The Intifada and the Uprisings of 1936-1939: A Comparison of the Palestinian Arab Communities”</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

“The Intifada and the Uprisings of 1936-1939: A Comparison of the Palestinian Arab Communities”CIE+

Comparing the 1936-39 Arab uprising in various parts of western Palestine and the intifada that began in 1987 in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, the most striking conclusion is the large number of general similarities between these manifestations of Palestinian national consciousness. The two most significant differences, however, are that the 1987 intifada generated a deeper and more prolonged Palestinian national coherence across all classes than did its predecessor and clarified and crystallized Palestinian opinion, which helped create a historic compromise in Palestinian public policy.

Hamas Charter, Islamic Resistance Movement of Palestine, 1988

Hamas Charter, Islamic Resistance Movement of Palestine, 1988

As a militant Islamic Palestinian national organization, Hamas believes that Israel is illegitimate and should be destroyed through Jihad. Hamas opposes all recognition and negotiation with Israel and opposes PLO/PA leaders who have negotiated and collaborated with Israel from time to time. The Hamas-PA competition severely fragments the Palestinian political community.