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14 October 2013 By Jewish Voice for Peace In Nakba

Khirbet Khizeh, by S. Yizhar

Khirbet Khizeh, by S. Yizhar, Ibis Editions, Jerusalem, 2008, translated by Nicholas de Lange and Yaacob Dweck, originally published in Hebrew in 1949. This is the ﬁrst English edition. Read excerpts: 30 (from...

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09 September 2013 By Jewish Voice for Peace In Nakba

The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols

The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are international treaties that contain the most important rules limiting the barbarity of war. They protect people who do not take part in the fighting (civilians,...

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09 September 2013 By Jewish Voice for Peace In Nakba

Israeli Land Acquisition Law: 1953

Israeli Land Acquisition Law (1953): The passage of this law by the Knesset "was the final step completing the process of formal transfer of ownership of expropriated lands from their Arab owners to various...

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09 September 2013 By Jewish Voice for Peace In Nakba

U.S. confident Israel has no expansion plans

The U.S. State Department, in this June 22, 1949 document, reports that the Ambassador to Tel Aviv "states that, although some extremists in the Israeli army and legislature advocate expansion by the use...

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09 September 2013 By Jewish Voice for Peace In Nakba

U.S. Administration on the Partition of Palestine: Timeline of Events

The United States and the Recognition of Israel: A Chronology...

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09 September 2013 By Jewish Voice for Peace In Nakba

Archival Documents from ‘Ayn Ghazal

These documents outline the case of 'Ayn Ghazal...

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08 September 2013 By Jewish Voice for Peace In Nakba

Truman letter to Ben Gurion: May 28, 1949

Click here to view Truman's letter to Ben Gurion, May 28, 1949. ...

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03 September 2013 By Jewish Voice for Peace In Nakba

Lausanne Protocol, May 12, 1949

Below is the text of the Protocol signed by the Conciliation Commission and the Chairman of the Israeli delegation; an identical Protocol was signed on the same day by the Arab delegation. The...

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31 August 2013 By Jewish Voice for Peace In Nakba

UN General Assembly Resolution 67/19: Palestine granted non-Member observer State status

Decides to accord to Palestine non-member observer State status in the United Nations, without prejudice to the acquired rights, privileges and role of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the United Nations as the...

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22 August 2013 By Jewish Voice for Peace In Nakba

Palestinian Call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)

For the text of the 2005 call, click here....

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