Selected Reference Documents

1. The Balfour Declaration, November 2, 1917
2. The Mandate for Palestine, July 24, 1922
3. U.N. General Assembly Resolution 181 (Partition Plan) November 29, 1947
4. The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948
5. U.N. General Assembly Resolution 194, December 11, 1948
6. Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement, February 24, 1949
7. Israel-Lebanon Armistice Agreement, March 23, 1949
8. Israel-Jordan Armistice Agreement, April 3, 1949
9. Israel-Syria Armistice Agreement, July 20, 1949
10. Protection of Holy Places Law, June 27, 1967
11. The Khartoum Resolutions, September 1, 1967
12. U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, November 22, 1967
13. Palestinian National Charter, July 17, 1968
14. U.N. Security Council Resolution 338,
15. Separation of Forces Agreement between Israel and Egypt, January 18, 1974
16. Separation of Forces Agreement between Israel and Syria, May 31, 1974
17. Interim Agreement between Israel and Egypt, September 4, 1975
18. U.N. Security Council Resolution 425 (Withdrawal from Lebanon), March 19, 1978
19. Camp David Accords, September 17, 1978
20. Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt, March 26, 1979
21. Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel, July 30, 1980
22. US-Israel Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation, November 30, 1981
23. The Golan Heights Law, December 14, 1981
24. Israel's Peace Initiative, May 14, 1989
25. Invitation to Madrid Peace Conference, October 30, 1991
26. Israel-PLO Recognition, September 9-10, 1993
27. Israel-Palestinian Declaration of Principles, September 13, 1993
28. Israel-Jordan Common Agenda, September 14, 1993
29. Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area, May 4, 1994 - Preamble and Articles
    • Annex I - Security Arrangements
    • Annex II - Civil Affairs
    • Annex III - Legal Matters
    • Annex IV - Protocol on Economic Relations, April 29, 1994
    • Maps
    • Rabin-Arafat - Exchange of Letters
30. The Washington Declaration (Israel-Jordan-US), July 25, 1994
31. Agreement on the Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities (Israel-PLO), August 29, 1994
32. Treaty of Peace between Israel and Jordan, October 26, 1994 - Preamble and Articles
    • Annex I:
      1. International Boundary
      2. Naharayim/Baqura Area
      3. Zofar Area
    • Annex II: Water
    • Annex II: Crime and Drugs
    • Annex IV: Environment
    • Annex V: Interim Measures
    • Agreed Minutes
33. Interim Agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, September 28, 1995
    • Annex 1 - Redeployment and Security Arrangements
    • Annex 2 - Elections Protocol
    • Annex 3 - Civil Affairs
    • Annex 4 - Legal Matters
    • Annex 5 - Economic Relations
    • Annex 6 - Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation
    • Annex 7 - Release of Palestinian Prisoners
    • Maps
34. Summit of Peacemakers - Final Statement (Sharm el-Sheikh, March 13, 1996)
35. Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Understanding, April 26, 1996
36. Agreement on Temporary International Presence in Hebron, May 9, 1996
37. Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron, January 17, 1997
    • Note for the Record
    • Agreed Minute
    • Letter to be presented by US Secretary of State Christopher
    • Hebron Redeployment Map (Appendix 1) 469 KB
38. Agreement on Temporary International Presence in Hebron, January 21, 1997
39. Agreement between Israel and Jordan on the Irbid Qualifying Industrial Zone - November 16, 1997
40. The Wye River Memorandum, October 23, 1998
41. The Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum on Implementation Timeline of Outstanding Commitments of Agreements Signed and the Resumption of Permanent Status Negotiations - September 4, 1999
42. Protocol Concerning Safe Passage between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip - Oct 5, 1999
43. Trilateral Statement on the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David - July 25, 2000
44. Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement (Taba) - January 27, 2001
45. The Tenet cease-fire - unofficial text, Ha'aretz, June 14, 2001
46. Report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee - Summary of Recommendations - April 30, 2001
47. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1397 - March 12, 2002
48. Beirut Declaration on Saudi Peace Initiative - March 28, 2002
49. A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - April 30, 2003

Note: Selected texts in Hebrew are available on the Knesset website.