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Contents

1. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II). 29 November, 1947
2. Considerations Affecting Certain of the Provisions of the General Assembly Resolution on the "Future Government of Palestine": The City of Jerusalem. 22 January, 1948
3. Jerusalem Facing the Danger of Destruction, Statement to the Security Council by Moshe Sharett. 1 April, 1948
4. Protection of the City of Jerusalem and Its Inhabitants: Reference to the Trusteeship Council. 26 April, 1948
5. Further Consideration of the Question of the Future Government of Palestine: Protection of the City of Jerusalem and Its Inhabitants. 5 May, 1948
6. Protection of the City of Jerusalem and Its Inhabitants: Appointment of a Special Municipal Commissioner. 6 May, 1948
7. Further Consideration of the Question of the Future Government of Palestine: Report of the First Committee. 14 May, 1948
8. Replies of Provisional Government of Israel to Security Council Questionnaire. 22 May, 1948
9. Text of Suggestions Presented by the United Nations Mediator on Palestine to the Two Parties. 28 June, 1948
10. Agreement for the Demilitarisation of Mount Scopus Area. 7 July, 1948
11. Jerusalem Declared Israel-Occupied City, Government Proclamation. 2 August, 1948
12. Progress Report of the United Nations Mediator on Palestine. 16 September, 1948
13. Israel Claims Jerusalem, Address by President Weizmann in Jerusalem. 1 December, 1948
14. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194. 11 December, 1948
15. Jerusalem Military Government Abolished, Government Proclamation. 4 February, 1949
16. Israel-Jordan Armistice Agreement. 3 April, 1949
17. Second Progress Report to the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine. 5 April, 1949
18. Letter addressed by Mr. Walter Eytan, Head of the Delegation of Israel. 31 May, 1949
19. Meeting between the UN Committee on Jerusalem and the Delegations of the Arab states. 20 June, 1949
20. Third Progress Report to the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine. 27 August, 1949
21. Palestine - Proposals for a Permanent International Regime for the Jerusalem Area. 1 September, 1949
22. Palestine - Proposals for a Permanent International Regime for the Jerusalem Area. 12 November, 1949
23. Statement to the Knesset by Prime Minister Ben-Gurion. 5 December, 1949
24. Resolution 303 (IV). Palestine: Question of an International Regime for the Jerusalem Area and the Protection of the Holy Places. 9 December, 1949
25. Statement to the Knesset by Prime Minister Ben-Gurion. 13 December, 1949
26. Statement to the Trusteeship Council by Ambassador Eban. 20 February, 1950
27. Statute for the City of Jerusalem: Approved by the Trusteeship Council at the eighty-first Meeting on 4 April 1950. 4 April, 1950
28. Jordanian Annexation of West Bank, Resolution Adopted by the House of Deputies. 24 April, 1950
29. General Assembly Official Records: Fifth Session Supplement no. 9 (A/1286). 14 June, 1950
30. Draft Resolution Concerning an International Regime for the Holy Places. 5 December, 1950
31. Blue-Print for Peace, Statement to the Ad Hoc Political Committee of the United Nations by Ambassador Eban. 1 December, 1952
32. Statement at the Western Wall by Defence Minister Dayan. 7 June, 1967
33. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol's Address to the Spiritual Leaders of all Communities in Jerusalem. 7 June, 1967
34. Protection of Holy Places Law 5727 (1967). 27 June, 1967
35. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2253. 4 July, 1967
36. Letter from Foreign Minister Eban to Secretary-General U Thant on Jerusalem. 10 July, 1967
37. Report of the Secretary-General under General Assembly Resolution 2254 (ES-V) Relating to Jerusalem. 12 September, 1967
38. Letter dated 5 March 1968 from the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. 6 March, 1968
39. United Nations Security Council Resolution 252 (1968). 21 May, 1968
40. United Nations Security Council Resolution 267 (1969). 3 July, 1969
41. United Nations Security Council Resolution 271 (1969). 15 September, 1969
42. United Nations Security Council Resolution 298 (1971). 25 September, 1971
43. Letter from Foreign Minister Eban to Secretary-General U Thant on Jerusalem. 15 November, 1971
44. Basic Principles of the Government. 10 March, 1974
45. Consensus Statement by the President of the Security Council. 11 November, 1976
46. United Nations Security Council Resolution 446 (1979). 22 March, 1979
47. Report of the Security Council Commission Established Under Resolution 446 (1979). 12 July, 1979
48. United Nations Security Council Resolution 452 (1979). 20 July, 1979
49. Report of the Security Council Commission Established Under Resolution 446 (1979). 4 December, 1979
50. United Nations Security Council Resolution 465 (1980). 1 March, 1980
51. Venice Declaration on the Middle East. 13 June, 1980
52. United Nations Security Council Resolution 476 (1980). 30 June, 1980
53. Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel. 30 July, 1980
54. United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 (1980). 20 August, 1980
55. The Status of Jerusalem (CEIRPP). 1 January, 1981
56. Question of Palestine. 10 December, 1981
57. The Situation in the Middle East. 16 December, 1982
58. The Situation in the Middle East. 19 December, 1983
59. The Situation in the Middle East. 14 December, 1984
60. The Situation in the Middle East. 16 December, 1985
61. The Situation in the Middle East. 5 December, 1986
62. The Situation in the Middle East. 11 December, 1987
63. King Hussein: Address to the Nation. July 31, 1988
64. Palestinian National Council Political Statement and Declaration of Independence. 14 November, 1988
65. Letter from Foreign Minister Peres to Norwegian Foreign Minister. 11 October, 1993
66. The Washington Declaration. 25 July, 1994
67. The Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 3 August, 1994
68. Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. 28 September, 1995
69. Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995. 23 October, 1995
70. Speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a Joint Session of the United States Congress. 10 July, 1996
71. The Status of Jerusalem: Prepared for, and Under the Guidance of, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. 31 August, 1997
72. Foreign Ministry Statement on Israel's Position on Jerusalem. 14 March, 1999
73. Abu Mazen's Speech at the Meeting of the PLO's Palestinian Central Council. 9 September, 2000
74. Letter From President Bush to Prime Minister Sharon. 14 April, 2004
75. Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly, 63/30. Jerusalem. 23 January, 2009
76. Council Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process. 8 December, 2009
77. Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly, 66/18. Jerusalem. 26 January, 2012
78. EU Policy on the West Bank and East Jerusalem. 5 July, 2012
79. Resolution 67/19. Status of Palestine in the United Nations. 4 December, 2012
80. PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the State Ceremony at Ammunition Hill Marking 48 Years to the Reunification of Jerusalem. 17 May, 2015
81. European Parliament Resolution on the EU's Role in the Middle East Peace Process. 7 September, 2015
82. Remarks by His Majesty King Abdullah II at the 70th Plenary Session of the United Nations General Assembly. 28 September, 2015
83. Statement by H E Mr. Mahmond Abbas President of the State of Palestine at the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at its 70th Session. 30 September, 2015
84. PM Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly. 1 October, 2015
85. PM Netanyahu addresses the 37th Zionist Congress. 20 October, 2015
86. Statement by PM Netanyahu Regarding the Temple Mount. 24 October, 2015

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Preface

An elevated number of documents are related to the past of Jerusalem. Their most comprehensive collection has been the four-volume Documents on Jerusalem, edited by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi (Jerusalem: Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, January 2007). The compiler, the Palestinian Mahdi Abdul Hadi, published some of the documents as full texts and some as excerpts.

This book is a comprehensive reference book on basic political documents concerning Jerusalem from November 1947 to October 2015. It covers all major official political documents on the city since the foundation of the State of Israel. This compilation contains the most important political statements, documents, and resolutions on Jerusalem in a full-text format and in chronological order. In case of documents disclosed by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the comments added by the Ministry are included, and appear in tilted letters at the beginning of the texts.

The book provides an indispensable basis for teaching, research and policy-making on Jerusalem and the Middle East.

Zoltán Kalmár
21 January 2016

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