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Speech of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Begin-Sadat Center at Bar-Ilan University
June 14, 2009 (video with English simultaneous translation)
 
Announcement of Israeli ceasefire in Gaza, by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, January 17, 2009
 
Memorandum of Understanding Between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups, January 16, 2009
 
Foreign Minister Livni's address to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee Meeting (New York, September 24, 2007): "Israel is committed to the establishment of a viable and vibrant Palestine, in the West Bank and Gaza, as a homeland for the Palestinian people and a peaceful neighbor to Israel. This is a shared vision, not a zero-sum game."
 
 
Hamas Covenant (1988): The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement, translated and published by The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
 

Protocol 1 Additional to the Geneva Conventions (1977): Articles 51 and 58 defines the requirements for protection of civilian population.  Article 51 also provides the basis for the discussion of "proportionality." 

 

Palestinian National Charter (PLO Covenant, 1968)

 
 
 

UN General Assembly Resolution 194 ("Palestine: Progress Report of the United Nations Mediator", December 11, 1948): Article 11 is the basis for the Palestinian claim of the 'right of return' for refugees, as well as the right of the Jews expelled from Arab countries to be compensated for their lost and expropriated property.

 
Israel's Declaration of Independence (May 15, 1948) 
 
UN General Assembly Resolution 181 ("Partition Plan," November 29, 1947)
 
Congressional Record, 1922 House of Representatives. "National Home for the Jewish People, House Resolution 360 (Rept. 1172)." June 30, 1922. 9799-9820, Part I, Part II.
 
 
Treaty of Sevres (1920): Article 95 specifies the responsibility of the British Government for to put into effect the Balfour declaration, "in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people."
 
 
The Hague Convention IV (1907): Article 42 defines "occupied territory"
 
IDF Ethics: The mission and values of the Israel Defense Forces, as carried by every Israeli soldier.