“Making peace”

Yitzhak Rabin: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

Article about the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 by Yigal Amir... read article

Jimmy Carter Administration: Statement on Implementation of the United States-Israel Oil Agreement

THE PRESIDENT. Minister Modal and Ambassador Evron, Secretary Muskie, Mrs. Modal, and ladies and gentlemen: I'm very pleased to announce this morning the completion of our contingency arrangements for assuring Israel's oil supply security. These arrangements further fulfill a promise that I made last year in connection with Israel's withdrawal from the Gulf of Suez oil fields and its conclusion of the treaty of peace with Egypt... read article

Winston Churchill: Speech to the Allied Delegates

In the twenty-second month of the war against Nazism, we meet here in this old Palace of St. James's, itself not unscarred by the fire of the enemy, in order to proclaim the high purposes and resolves of the lawful constitutional governments of Europe whose countries have been overrun, and we meet here also to cheer the hopes of free men and free peoples throughout the world... read article

Joshua ben Nun

Joshua ben Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, was the second person to lead the Jewish people in their early history. He spent the early part of his life training under Moses, and took over for him when the Israelites entered the land of Canaan... read article

Fact Sheets: The “Pre-1967 Border” - The “Green Line”

Discussion of the "Green Line," the 1949 armistice line disputed by Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians incorrectly referred to as the 1967 border... read article

Remarks by President Clinton, King Hussein and Prime Minister Rabin at the Signing Ceremony of the Washington Declaration

The signing of the Washington Declaration marked the end of the state of war between Israel and Jordan. This was the third major agreement signed between Israel and the Arabs (all of them at the White House). The first was the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty (26 March 1979), the second the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles (13 September 1993) and the third the Israel-Jordan Declaration. The new mood of optimism was noted in the speeches of the three leaders. Texts: PRESIDENT CLINTON: Your Majesties, Prime Minister and Mrs. Rabin, distinguished guests: Today we gather to bear witness to history... read article

Trump Administration: Remarks at the Israel Museum

President Donald Trump's speech at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017... read article

Ronald Reagan Administration: Press Conference With Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres

The President. It has been a special pleasure for me to welcome Prime Minister Peres to the White House, both as a personal friend and the leader of the Government of Israel. It's a great honor for me to receive the Weizmann Institute's honorary degree of doctor of philosophy. The Weizmann is synonymous with humanitarianism and the pursuit of excellence. For Israel, the institute is a symbol of an old intellectual tradition that has survived even the ravages of the Holocaust... read article

Palestinian Textbooks: Palestinian Textbooks Continue to Incite

An examination of Palestinian fifth and tenth-grade textbooks for the 2004-2005 school year shows a continuing denial of the State of Israel’s right to exist and a continuing cultivation of the values of armed struggle against Israel... read article

Bill Clinton Administration: Reflections on the 2000 Camp David Summit

The following are excerpts from President Bill Clinton's autobiography, "My Life," published in 2005. ... December 23, was a fateful day for the Middle East peace process. After the two sides had been negotiating again for several days at Bolling Air Force Base, my team and I became convinced that unless we narrowed the range of debate, in effect forcing the big compromises up front, there would never be an agreement... read article

Press Conference with President Clinton, King Hussein and Prime Minister Rabin

The main topics raised at this press conference were the activities of Hizballah in Lebanon, nuclear weapons in the Middle East, and international terror. King Hussein dealt with the process of reconciliation between Israel and the Arab world, stating that it was inevitable. Text: Prime Minister Rabin: Mr... read article

Iran Nuclear History: Program Development

The history of Iran's efforts to develop a nuclear weapon... read article

Anti-Semitism in the Arab Press: Expressions of Anti-Semitism in the Arab Press

The events in the Territories and in Israel have been the basis for a wave of anti-Semitic publications in Egypt. The most severe of all the publications is a detailed article in the establishment Al-Aharam newspaper giving the 'historical' background of the blood libel tradition while accusing Israel of using the blood of Palestinian children to bake matzos up to the present time (see detail in paragraph 5). Although the Egyptian press has a long history of anti-Semitic publications, this article is unusual in its intensity... read article

The Kerry Initiative

Peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians mediated by Secretary of State John Kerry in 2013-2014... read article

John F. Kennedy Administration: Memorandum on Suggestion of Recommendations to Israel

This memorandum outlines suggestions that the United States Secretary of State Rusk should make to Israeli Ambassador Harman regarding issues such as the Arab refugees, water, stability in Jordan, and military aid... read article

Remarks and Answers to Press Questions by President Clinton and Prime Minister Rabin

In the congressional elections which were held in the United States in early November, the Democrats lost control of both the House and the Senate. The incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would be Senator Jesse Helms. He had described the Middle East peace process as 'fraud " read article

Statement in the Knesset by Prime Minister Rabin on the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty

The Israel-Jordan peace treaty was initialled by prime ministers Rabin and Al Majali in Amman on 17 October. In the following statement, Prime Minister Rabin presented the agreement to the Knesset and sought its approval. He explained the major components of the agreement, including the establishment of peace, normalization, determination of the border, with rectification in certain places, water rights and various economic arrangements... read article

Bill Clinton Administration: Interview With the Israeli News Media on the Middle East Peace Process

Q. Mr. President, thank you for granting this interview to the Israeli television. I wanted to ask you first, with your permission, after having Mr. Arafat and Prime Minister Rabin shake, reluctantly, sort of, each other's hand, did you manage to get them to talk to each other? The President. Yes, indeed. They talked a little bit before they came out and before they had shaken hands... read article

Biden Resumes Aid to Palestinians

Biden resumes aid to the Palestinian Authority in apparent violation of Taylor Force Act... read article

Fact Sheets: Mahmoud Abbas and Peace

Article documenting the words and actions of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that have created obstacles to peace... read article