Online Documents and Primary Sources
This appendix to Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East includes a number of official documents, peace initiatives, formal agreements, draft accords, and official correspondence, with a focus on the U.S. role in the Arab-Israeli peace process since the end of the Cold War:
- James Baker's Letter of Assurance to the Palestinians, October 18, 1991
- Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (the "Oslo Accord"), September 13, 1993
- Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip ("Oslo II"), September 28, 1995
- The Hebron Protocol, January 1997
- Note for the Record, January 15, 1997
- Letter from Secretary of State Warren Christopher to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, January 16, 1997
- The Wye River Memorandum, October 23, 1998
- The "Moratinos Report" on the Israeli-Palestinian Talks at Taba, January 27, 2001
- Report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee (the "Mitchell Report"), April 30, 2001
- Tenet Ceasefire Agreement, June 13, 2001
- Second U.S. "Joint Goals" Proposal (the "Zinni Paper"), March 26, 2002
- Arab League Peace Initiative (the "Beirut Declaration on Saudi Peace Initiative"), March 28, 2002
- Nusseibeh-Ayalon Initiative, July 2002
- Agreement on Movement and Access, November 15, 2005
- Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing, November 15, 2005
- Quartet Statement following Hamas victory in Palestinian legislative elections, January 30, 2006
- President Bush's Speech at Annapolis, November 27, 2007
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