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Israel

  Gaza Operation Investigations Update
» 1.2 MiB - 6 hits - 7 February 2010
On 29 January 2010, Israel released a 46-page Paper which describes Israel's procedures for the investigation of allegations of violations of the Law of Armed Conflict. The Paper focuses on investigations, legal proceedings and lessons learned, in relation to the actions of the IDF in the course of the Gaza Operation from 27 December 2008 through 18 January 2009. This paper supplements and updates a paper released in July 2009 (The Operation in Gaza: Factual and Legal Aspects).

  Israel's Defensible Borders
» 2.5 MiB - 9 hits - 20 February 2010
Israel's decision to disengage from the Gaza Strip has placed the future of the disputed West Bank at the top of the international agenda. Prominent voices have called on Israel to withdraw fully from the West Bank and return to the 1949 Armistice Lines (1967 borders) – a move that would undermine Israel's security and even pose an existential threat. It is therefore a matter of urgency that while the debate over the future of the Middle East addresses Palestinian claims for an independent state, Israel's rights and requirements for defensible borders are now placed squarely on the global diplomatic agenda. An initiative of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (copyright JCPA). Visit http://www.defensibleborders.org/ for more details.

  Operation Cast Lead Humanitarian Report
» 327.5 KiB - 11 hits - 15 February 2010
This document contains initial information and data regarding several humanitarian aspects of Operation Cast Lead: The number of fatalities, measures taken by the IDF to distance the civilian population from danger, coordination of humanitarian relief during the operation and Hamas’ undermining of the humanitarian effort. In addition, this document outlines measures taken by the IDF to instill respect for International Law and standards of conduct among its troops, mechanisms for enforcement of rules of conduct, examples of Supreme Court supervision over military activity during the operation. Lastly, it contains a brief discussion of several legal issues concerning the operation.

  The IDF Spirit
» 102.0 KiB - 43 hits - 14 February 2010
"The IDF Spirit" presents 'the IDF ethics' to which the Israel Defense Force, all its officers and its soldiers of all ranks, in all professions, positions and units, aspires, and is intended to shape the actions of IDF officers and troops and help them deal with ethical dilemmas in routine and emergency. It's the IDF's ethical and educational document aimed at formulating the professional and moral basis for military activity.

Historical Documents

  Faisal-Weizmann Agreement
» 335.3 KiB - 7 hits - 13 February 2010
The Faisal-Weizmann Agreement was signed on January 3, 1919, by Emir Feisal (son of the King of Hejaz) and Chaim Weizmann (later President of the World Zionist Organization) as part of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 settling disputes stemming from World War I. It was a short-lived agreement for Arab-Jewish cooperation on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East.

  Palestine National Charter 1964
» 24.8 KiB - 10 hits - 15 February 2010
The first convenant of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), founded in 1964 and led by Ahmed Shukhairy. This document reflects the Pan-Arab goals of the Palestinian Arabs in 1964 (to create an Arab Homeland in Palestine with the borders at the time of the British Mandate).

  PLO Charter 1968
» 22.1 KiB - 9 hits - 15 February 2010
The revised and extended Charter of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1968. After the defeat of the Arab war effort in the 6 day war 1967, Yasser Arafat and the Fatah took over the PLO. This document was accepted in 1968 in Caïro by the PLO and reflects the emerging Palestinian Nationalism.

Islam

  Fatah charter august 2009
» 107.6 KiB - 35 hits - 5 February 2010
The new Fatah Charter as approved august 2009 at the Fatah General Congress by the Palestinian Central Committee. It still calls for a revolution, confrontation with the enemy (Israel), and the liberation of Palestine, 'free and Arab.'

  Hamas charter
» 1.9 MiB - 42 hits - 4 February 2010
The Hamas charter - Overtly anti-Semitic and anti-West, radical Islamic in outlook, it stresses Hamas’ ideological commitment to destroy the State of Israel through a long-term Jihad. (A publication of the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center).

  Ken Livingstone interviews Khaled Mashaal, a case study
» 122.3 KiB - 33 hits - 24 February 2010
Khaled Mashaal, head of the Hamas political bureau in Damascus, interviewed (September 17, 2009) by Ken Livingstone for the New Statesman. The interview, laced with vicious anti-Israel propaganda, represented the Palestinians as the victims of Israeli oppression, and aimed at Western readers, it evaded clarification of Hamas’ extremist ideology. Ken Livingstone, who conducted the interview, is extremely left-wing and overwhelmingly biased against Israel.

  The Istanbul Declaration--A call for Jihad; 13 february 2009
» 47.4 KiB - 31 hits - 24 February 2010
On February 13, 2009, a meeting was held in Istanbul attended by members of Islamic groups (Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and Jamaat-e-Islami) from all over the world. Representatives (including British, Kosovar, Swedish and Danish Muslim leaders) signed a document proclaiming the "victory" of Hamas in Gaza (i.e., in Operation Cast Lead) and stating that the jihad in Gaza was part of the global jihad being waged by Islam. The declaration included support for the "resistance" (i.e., terrorism) throughout the world and for a jihad against Israel (and Israel supporters) until the "liberation of all Palestine." The Swedish Muslim leader is Yusuf Muhammad al-Barahimi (nr. 90 on the list of signatures).

United Nations

  Case against Goldstone
» 722.2 KiB - 44 hits - 4 February 2010
A detailed and critical analysis of the Goldstone report and its Methodology by Alan M. Dershowitz (Lawyer and Author)

  Goldstone Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict
» 3.1 MiB - 7 hits - 23 February 2010
The Goldstone report is a fundamentally biased report in its presentation of the facts, its negative assumptions about Israel, Israeli society and its democratic system. The report is based on presumptive Israeli guilt, ascribes to Israel malicious motive and intent behind its actions. It implies that Israel refuses to investigate allegations of violations. It draws broad conclusions about the discriminatory nature of Israeli legal and judicial systems. The final recommendations make no mention of Israel's security concerns, right to self-defense and right to fight a fair and just war. This report was commissioned by a body, the Human Rights Council, which has demonstrated an unremitting pattern of bias against Israel. Its mandate to the investigating mission was one-sided, directing the mission to scrutinize Israel's conduct only. Finally, the report seeks to engage in an exhaustive expose of all that is wrong with the "occupation." (source: ADL). Download the Goldstone Report and read it together with the Case Against Goldstone (also available from this download page).

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