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DEMOCRACY, PLURALISM, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, HUMAN RIGHTS

MIDDLE EAST RELATED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS & TREATIES:
BEFORE 1860 | 1860-1917 | 1918-1946 | 1947-1966 | 1967-1990 |
1991-9/11/2001
| Sep 11, 2001 - PRESENT | VARIOUS DATES

BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST RELATED THINK TANKS
MIDDLE EAST RELATED MEDIA, COMMENTATORS & EXPERTS
ISRAELI MEDIA
MEDIA, CAMPUS, BOYCOTT, URBAN LEGENDS& NGO MONITORS
ARAB & IRANIAN MEDIA
ARAB & IRANIAN REGIMES
ARAB & IRANIAN TERRORISM
ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-ZIONISM, ANTI-WESTERNISM & ANTI-INFIDELISM
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL
STATE OF ISRAEL

 
Freedom House Voice for democracy and freedom around the world: E
Freedom House Map of Freedom 2006 - The only FREE country in the ME is Israel: E
Freedom House Map of Press Freedom 2006 - Only Israel is FREE in the ME: E
Reporters Without Borders Defending press freedom throughout the world: E
Arab Press
Freedom Watch
UK-based Arab journalists defending freedom of the press and human rights and promoting democracy in the Arab world: E
United Nations-DAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: E, F
USCIRF Study of Comparative Constitutions for Muslim Countries: E
HRW Human Rights Watch: E
Human Rights Watch Human Right - Palestinian Authority, HRW, 1997: E
Amnesty International Working to protect human rights worldwide: E
Derechos Internet-based human rights organization: E
EIRME Examining relations between the EU and the Middle East: E
ECRI European Commission against Racism and Intolerance: E
ICRC The International Committee of the Red Cross: E
ICRC Geneva Conventions: E, F, Es
ICRC Geneva Convention (IV): Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War: E
Tufts University Rules of Warfare: E
United Nations Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: E
United Nations International Law: E
UN-HCHR United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: E
UN-HCHR International Human Rights Instruments: E, F, S
Bayefsky Implementation of the human rights legal standards of the UN: E
UN-DP United Nations Human Development Report 2003: E
UN-DP United Nations Human Development Report 2004: E, F, Es
UN-DP United Nations Human Development Report 2005: E, F, Es, A
UN-DP United Nations Arab Human Development Report 2002: E, A
UN-DP United Nations Arab Human Development Report 2003: E, A
UN-DP United Nations Arab Human Development Report 2004: E, A, F
UN-DP-POGAR United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Arab States site dedicated to the promotion and development of good governance practices in the Arab states: E
UN-DP-POGAR Human Rights Index for the Arab Countries: E
World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index 2006 - Israel ranked 15: E
ESCWA Economic and Social Developments in Western Asia 2002-2003: E
ESCWA UN Economic & Social Committe for Western Asia: E
GfbV Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV): E, D
ISHR International Society of Human Rights: E
ECPAT Network for the elimination of children abuse: E
WorldAudit On democracy, hr, press freedom, corruption, rule of law: E
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library: E, F, A, Es, Ru, Jap
WHO World Health Organization Country Data: E
CIA Rank Order - Total fertility rate (children born/woman): E

UNESCO-Israel
UNESCO-Jerusalem
UNESCO-Arab states

UNESCO-Iran

Israeli [excl. Jerusalem] properties inscribed on the World Heritage List: E
Jerusalem properties inscribed on the World Heritage List: E
Arab properties inscribed on the World Heritage List [including Jerusalem which is ruled by Israel]: E
Iranian properties inscribed on the World Heritage List: E
UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Region Data: E
WIEF The Wall Street Journal World Index of Economic Freedom: E
CIA List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita: E
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region Data Comparisons: E
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Data Profile: E
World Bank Activities by country: E
World Bank Israel Data
World Bank Ranking of 155 countries on the ease of doing business, 2005: E
University of Leicester The World Map of Happiness: E
International Monetary Fund Country information: E
International Monetary Fund Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSCs): E
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: E
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies Middle East Military Balance: E
ICT Fatalities of Israelis and Palestinians since Sep 27, 2000: E
CIA World Factbook Country data (population, area, gross domestic product (GDP), military expenditures, military expenditures per person, conflicts etc.): E
Transparency International Corruption Surveys and Indexes: E
Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2004 (PDF, 1MB): E
CSC Center for the Study of Corruption and the Rule of Law: E
USAID Democracy and Governance: E
USAID-WBG Program for the West Bank and Gaza: E, A
USAID Program for the West Bank and Gaza (different from above link!): E
FDD Foundation for the Defense of Democracies: E
BDB Bundesverband der Bürgerbewegungen zur Bewahrung von Demokratie, Heimat und Menschenrechten e.V
US-CIRF Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, May 2003: E
U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom Report for 2004: E
U.S. State Department Human Rights Reports 2004, Middle East and North Africa: E
U.S. State Department 2007 Report on International Religious Freedom, Middle East: E
Jane's Military Data: E
IAEA The International Atomic Energy Agency: E
MIDDLE EAST MAPS, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS & TREATIES
BEFORE 1860 * 1860-1916 * 1917-1946 * 1947-1966 * 1967-1990 * 1991-
BEFORE 1860
MidEastWeb Map of Canaan before the Hebrews, about 1200 BCE: E
University of Virginia The Hebrew Bible: E
Jerusalem Archives Temple dedication speech of King Solomon, 954 BCE: E
MidEastWeb Maps of Canaan and the Israelite Kingdom, about 1000 BCE: E
Jerusalem Archives By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,
when we remembered Zion ..., about 500 BCE: E
University Texas Map of the Oriental Empires, about 600 BCE: E
MidEastWeb Maps of Judea and Israel at the time of Jesus: E
University of Virginia Old Testament and New Testament: E
ARIJ Map of Roman rule (63 BC - 636 CE): E
University Pennsylvania Map of the Middle East in the 6th century: E
University of Virginia The Koran: E
ARIJ Map of Abbassid and Umayyad Caliphates era (660–970 CE): E
Univiversity Pennsylvania Map of Almoravid, Saldjuk and Ghaznavid rule, about 1100: E
University Pennsylvania Map of empire of Sultan Salah Al-Din (1171-1193) and the Crusaders' principalities: E
MSU Crusader states in the Middle East, 12th-13th century: E
University Fordham Map of Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem as of treaty of 1229: E
University Texas Map of the Ottoman Empire in 1481: E
University Pennsylvania Map of the Ottoman Sultanate, 16th-17th centuries: E
University Pennsylvania Map of the Middle East in the 19th century: E
1860-1916
ARIJ Map of Turkish empire, end of 19th century: E
JVL Leon Pinsker, Auto-Emancipation, 1882: E
AMFI The Blackstone Memorial, presented to the US president in favor of the restoration of Palestine to the Jews, 1891: E
MIT Map of Jerusalem, 1884: D
FH

Theodor Herzl, Der Judenstaat, 1896: D

ZL Theodor Herzl, The Jewish State, 1896: E
MidEastWeb The Basle Zionist Program, 1897: E
MidEastWeb Map of Ottoman Turkish territorial divisions in 1914: E
UnivTexas Map of Jerusalem, 1912: E
UnivTexas Map of Hebron, 1912: E
UnivTexas Map of Jaffa environs, 1912: E
UnivTexas Map of Haifa, 1912: E
UnivTexas Map of Bethlehem, 1912: E
UnivTexas Map of Nazareth, 1912: E
Le Monde diplomatique Map of the Middle East 1914: E/F
MidEastWeb Map and text of McMahon-Hussein letter, 1915: E
Wikipedia Independence of Hejaz (northwest of present-day Saudi Arabia including Jeddah and Mecca), 1916: E
Yale Law School Sykes-Picot-Agreement 1916: E
PASSIA Map of Sykes-Picot-Agreement 1916: E
1917-1946
UNISPAL Balfour Declaration, Nov 2, 1917: E
Cultural Institute of the Italian Islamic Community Agreement Between the King of Hijaz and Khadim al-Haramayn as-Sharifayn, Emir Feisal Ibn al-Hussein al-Hashemi, and the President of the World Zionist Organization, Dr. Chaim Weizmann (Jan 3, 1919)
Hashd

Statement of the Zionist Organization Regarding Palestine
at the Paris Peace Conference, Feb 3, 1919: E

MSU Map - Boundaries of Jewish National Home as proposed by Zionist Organization, 1919: E
Hellenic Resources Network The King-Crane Commission Report, Aug 28, 1919: E
Wikipedia San Remo Conference, Apr 24, 1920: E
Brigham Young University The San Remo Conference's decisions were embodied in the Treaty of Sèvres (not ratified by Turkey), art. 95, Aug 10, 1920: E
PASSIA Map of Palestine Mandate granted to Great Britain at the San Remo Conference, Apr 24, 1920: E
White Paper San Remo Resolution, Apr. 24, 1920: E
White Paper Franco-British [Boundary] Convention, Dec 23, 1920: E
UNISPAL Interim report on the Civil Administration of Palestine, 1921: E
Yale Law School British White Paper, Jun 1922: E
UNISPAL League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, Jul 24, 1922: "The Mandatory shall be responsible for placing the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home, as laid down in the preamble, and the development of self-governing institutions ... The Administration of Palestine, while ensuring that the rights and position of other sections of the population are not prejudiced, shall facilitate Jewish immigration under suitable conditions and shall encourage, in co-operation with the Jewish agency referred to in Article 4, close settlement by Jews on the land, including State lands and waste lands not required for public purposes."
UNISPAL The Palestine Order in Council, Aug 14, 1922: E
UNISPAL Palestine Mandate Administration Census, Dec 31, 1922: E
MIT Map of Jerusalem, 1922: E, H
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lausanne Peace Treaty, Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, Jan 30, 1923: E
UNISPAL British Commission Report to determine the rights and claims of Moslems and Jews in connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem, Dec, 1930: E
MSU Map of Middle East in 1930: E
World Muslim Congress Election of the Palestinian Arab leader and Grand Mufti Haj Amin El Husseini as president of the World Muslim Congress, 1931: E
UNISPAL

Report on Palestine Mandate Administration Census 1931: E

Yale Law School Convention on Rights and Duties of States, Dec 26, 1933: E
UNISPAL Peel Commission Report, Nov 30, 1937: E
PalestineCenter Map of Peel Commission partition proposal, 1937: E
PASSIA Map of Woodhead partition plan, 1938: E
Miftah British White Paper of 1939, Nov 9, 1938: E
Le Monde diplomatique Map of the Middle East 1939: E/F
NS-Archiv Minutes of the meeting of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler with Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini, Nov 28, 1941: G
Tell the Children the Truth Minutes of the meeting of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler with Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini, Nov 28, 1941: E
NS-Archiv Minutes of the Wannsee-Conference, Jan 20, 1942: D
Tell the Children the Truth Photos of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini collaborating with Nazi Germany: E
MEI Nazi Germany's solidarity telegram to the Grand Mufti Amin al-Husseini, Nov 2, 1943: D, E
Univ of the West of Eng Posen speach of Heinrich Himmler, Reichsfuehrer-SS, Oct 6, 1943: E
Nationalsozialismus Posen speach of Heinrich Himmler, Reichsfuehrer-SS, Oct 6, 1943: D
Univ of the West of Eng Statements by Hitler and Senior Nazis Concerning Jews: E
Yale Law School Pact of the League of Arab States, Mar 22, 1945: E
UN Charter of the United Nations, June 26, 1945: E
Yale Law School Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, Apr 20, 1946: E
Wikisource As a result of Nazi Germany's defeat in WWII and the Potsdam Agreement, Germany lost 25% of her territory and 12 million Germans were expelled, Aug 1945:E
1947-1966
MIT Map of Jerusalem, 1947: E
UNISPAL Arab High Committe Rejects UN Partition Plan, Sep 29, 1947: E
UNISPAL Jewish Agency Accepts UN Partition Plan, Oct 2, 1947: E
UNISPAL UN General Assembly Resolution 181, Nov 29, 1947: E
UNISPAL Maps of UN Partition Plan 1947 and armistice lines 1949: E
MFA Declaration of Independence of Israel, May 14, 1948: E
MFA Statement by the Arab League upon the Declaration of the
State of Israel, May 15, 1948: E
UNISPAL All-Palestine Government in Gaza, Sep 28, 1948: E
Le Monde diplomatique Map of the first Arab-Israeli war (1948-49): E
Le Monde diplomatique Map of the partition of Palestine (1947-49): E
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dec 10, 1948: E
UNISPAL UN General Assembly Resolution 194, Dec 11, 1948: E
MIT Map of Jerusalem, 1948-1967: E, H
UNISPAL Non-Jewish population within the boundaries held by the Israel Defense Army on Jan 5, 1949: E
MFA Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement, Feb 24, 1949: E
UNISPAL Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement, Mar 23, 1949: E
UNISPAL Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement, Apr 3, 1949: E
MFA Jewish communities lost in Israel's War of Independence: E
UNISPAL UN General Assembly Resolution with admission of Israel to membership in the United Nations, May 11, 1949
UNISPAL Syria-Israel General Armistice Agreement, Jul 20, 1949: E
UNISPAL Map of armistice lines 1949: E
UNISPAL UN General Assembly Res. int. regime for the Jerusalem area and the protection of the Holy Places, Dec 9, 1949: E
UNISPAL UN General Assembly resolution setting up UNRWA, Dec 9, 1949
MFA Jordanian annexation of West Bank, Apr 24, 1950: E
MFA Israeli Law of Return, July 5, 1950: E
UNHCR Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951: E
Le Monde diplomatique Map of the Egypt-Israel Sinai War, 1956: E
IPCRI Fateh Constitution, 1964: E
POMP-UN

Statement of Proclamation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), May 28, 1964: E

POMP-UN Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) National Charter, 1964: E
1967-1990
Le Monde diplomatique Map of the Six Day War (1967): E
PASSIA Map of Israel after 6-Day-War, Jun 10, 1967: E
ARIJ Map of Israel unilaterally declared border for Jerusalem, 1967: E
PASSIA Map of Allon Plan, July 1967: E
Hashd Arab summit - Khartoum Resolutions, Sep 1, 1967: E
UNISPAL UN Security Council Resolution 242, Nov 22, 1967: E
POMP-UN PLO National Charter,1968: E
FatehOnline Al-Fateh Constitution, 1968?: E
WZO "Jerusalem Program" redefining Zionism, 1968: E
Lebanese Forces Cairo Agreement "1969": E
Le Monde diplomatique Map of the Yom Kippur War 1973: E
UNISPAL UN Security Council Resolution 383, Oct 22, 1973: E
Damascus-Online
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria, May 31, 1974: E
UNISPAL UN Security Council Resolution 338, Oct 23, 1973: E
MFA Map of Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria, May 31, 1974: E
POMP-UN Political Program adopted at the 12th session of the Palestine National Council, Jun 8, 1974: E, H
MEI Map illustrating the Political Program adopted at the 12th session of the Palestine National Council, Jun 8, 1974: E
Knesset Statement to the Knesset by President Sadat, Nov 20, 1977: E
Knesset Address of PM Menahem Begin to the Knesset, Nov 20, 1977: E, H
Knesset Israel-Egypt Camp David Accords, Sep 17, 1978: E, H
Knesset Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty, Mar 26, 1979: E
Lebanese Forces Israel-Lebanon Peace Treaty, 1983: E
ICT The Hizballah Program, Feb 16, 1985: E
King Hussein, Jordan Severance of all administrative and legal ties—with the exception of guardianship over the Muslim Holy Sites of Jerusalem—with the occupied West Bank, Jul 31, 1988: E
Yale Law School Hamas Covenant, Aug 18, 1988: E
MEMRI Hamas Covenant, Aug 18, 1988: E
IslamOnline Hamas Covenant, Aug 18, 1988: A
Cornell
Cornell
Verbatim reproduction of the Hamas own version of its covenant: E, A
Free Muslim Coalition Hamas Covenant:E
POMP-UN PLO Declaration of Independence, 1988: E
Le Monde diplomatique Agreement signed at Taef/Saudi Arabia that ended the civil war in Lebanon, adopted by the Lebanese parliament on Oct 22, 1989: E
Minnesota University Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam, Aug 5, 1990: E
1991 - BEFORE 9/11/2001
Le Monde diplomatique Map - Anti-Iraqi coalition in 1991: E
Le Monde diplomatique Map - Gulf War (17 Jan to 3 Mar 1991): E
The Bahá'í World Iranian Government regulations on "the Bahá'í question",
Feb 25, 1991: E
Le Monde diplomatique US Letters of Assurances to the Palestinians and Israel
Madrid, 18 Oct 1991, E
Miftah Invitation To the Madrid Peace Conference, Oct 30, 1991: E
Miftah Israel-PLO Recognition, Sep 9, 1993: E
UNISPAL Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, Sep 13, 1993: E
UNISPAL UN Security Council Resolution 904 (TIPH), Mar 18, 1994: E
UNISPAL Israel-PLO Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area, May 4, 1994: E
UNISPAL Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty, Oct 26, 1994: E
UNISPAL Israel-PLO Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Sep 28, 1995: E
PASSIA Map of Israel-PLO agreement of Sep 28, 1995: E
UNISPAL "Beilin-Abu Mazen" Document (Framework for the conclusion of a final status Israel-PLO agreement), Oct 31, 1995: E
POMP-UN Decision Related to the PLO National Charter, Apr 26, 1996: E
UNISPAL Agreement on Temporary International Presence in the City of Hebron (TIPH), May, 9 1996: E
PBS

Osama Bin Laden's Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places [=Saudi Arabia], Aug 1996: E

UNISPAL Israel-PLO Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron, Jan 17, 1997: E
UNISPAL Agreement on Temporary International Presence in the City of Hebron (TIPH), Jan, 21 1997: E
MIT Map of Jerusalem, 1997: E
Miftah Letter From Yassar Arafat to President Clinton, Jan 13, 1998: E
UNISPAL Israel-PLO Wye River Memorandum, Sep 23, 1998: E
PASSIA Map of Israel-PLO Wye River Memorandum, Sep 23, 1998: E
CNS US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement designed to provide greater security for Israel against regional missile and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats, Oct 31, 1998: E
UNISPAL Israel-PLO Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum on Implementation Timeline of Outstanding Commitments of Agreements Signed and the Resumption of Permanent Status Negotiations, Sep 4, 1999: E
PASSIA Map of town planning scheme in Jerusalem, 1999?: E
Intute Map of Gaza Strip, 1999: E
PASSIA Map of Gaza Strip, March 2000: E
PASSIA Map of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, March 2000: E
NAD-PLO Map of the Israeli final proposal for West Bank, July 2000: E
PASSIA Map of projection of West Bank and Gaza Strip final status presented by Israel, Camp David, July 2000: E
U.S. Congress U.S. Congress Peace Through Negotiations Act of 2000 (H. R. 5272) providing for a United States response in the event of a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, Sep 27, 2000: E
FMEP Projection of the Final Status Map Presented by Israel, Dec 2000: E
JMCC Clinton Proposal , Dec 23, 2000: E
FMEP Projection of the Clinton Proposal based on transferring to the Palestinians 94% of the West Bank and 100% of the Gaza Strip plus Israeli territory as part of a land swap, Dec 23, 2000: E
FMEP Final status map of Israel at Taba based on transferring to the Palestinians 95% of the West Bank and 100% of the Gaza Strip plus Israeli territory as part of a land swap, Jan 2001: E
Palestinian National Authority Tentative Taba "Moratinos Document", Jan, 2001: E
CSS Sari Nuseibah, President of Al-Quds University in East-Jerusalem, to Iraqi tyran Saddam Hussein: "We are proud to belong to this nation of which you are its fighting pioneer, and symbol of is greatness", Jan 21, 2001: E
U.S. Department of State Mitchell Report, Apr 30, 2001: E
YaleLawSchool Tenet Plan, Jun 13, 2001: E
AFTER 9/11/2001
U.S. State Department President Bush's Executive Order 13224 to impede terrorist funding, Sep 2