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THE BASLE PROGRAMME
THE BALFOUR DECLARATION
LETTER FROM A. HENRY McMAHON TO THE TIMES, JULY 23, 1937
THE FEISAL - WEIZMANN AGREEMENT
THE MANDATE FOR PALESTINE CONFIRMED BY THE LEAGUE COUNCIL ON JULY 24, 1922,
AND ATHE BRITISH MEMORANDUM RELATING TO TRANSJORDAN APPROVED BY THE
COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1922
CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION FAVORING THE ESTABLISHMENT IN PALESTINE OF A
NATIONAL HOME FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
SEPTEMBER 21, 1922 (42 STAT. 1012 [PART 1, 1922])
TREATY OF LAUSANNE, JULY 24, 1923
(EXCERPTS, 28 LEAGUE OF NATIONS TREATY SERIES NO. 701, 13-113, AT 15, 23 [1924])
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MAY 14, 1948 (LAWS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, VOL. 1 [1948], PP. 3-5)
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 49 (1948) OF MAY 22, 1948, CALLING FOR A CEASE-FIRE IN PALESTINE (3 U.N. S.C.O.R. SUPP. FOR MAY 1948, AT 97, U.N.DOC.S/773 [MAY 22, 1948])
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 54 (1948) OF JULY 15, 1948, DETERMINING A THREAT TO THE PEACE AND ORDERING A CEASE-FIRE IN PALESTINE (3 U.N. S.C.O.R., SUPP. FOR JULY 1948, AT 76-77, U.N.DOC.S/902[1948])
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 73 (1949) OF AUGUST 11, 1949, REAFFIRMING THE ORDER TO OBSERVE AN UNCONDITIONAL CEASE-FIRE PENDING A FINAL PEACE. (4 U.N. S.C.O.R., RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL 1949, AT 8, U.N.DOC.S/1376,II[1949])
GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 273(III) ADMITTING ISRAEL TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNITED NATIONS, MAY 11, 1949
(G.A. RES. 273(III), 3 U.N.DOC.A/900[MAY 31,1949])
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 95 (1951) OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1951, CONCERNING THE PASSAGE OF ISRAELI SHIPPING THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL
(6 U.N. S.C.O.R., 558TH MEETING, AT 2-3, U.N.DOC.S/2322[1951]).
CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (EXCERPTS)
DEFINITION OF AGGRESSION
(RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE REPORT OF THE SIXTH COMMITTEE [A/9890] A/RES/3314[XXIX], 14 DECEMBER 1974)
THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL CHARTER, 1966, AS AMENDED IN 1968
(DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION HELD IN CAIRO FROM 1 - 17 JULY 1968, EXCERPTS)
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 242 (1967) ON THE PRINCIPLES FOR A JUST AND
LASTING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, NOVEMBER 22, 1967
(22 U.N. S.C.O.R., 1382d MEETING, AT 8-9 [1967])
EXCERPTS FROM THE HAMAS COVENANT