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Document Index JPS DOCUMENTS INDEX, Issue Nos. 1-150 (vol. 1, no. 1, Aut. 1971 through 38, no. 2, Win. 2009) Contents Overview The JPS Documents Index is a combined author and subject index. The names of persons (author) include relevant addresses, interviews, memoranda, press releases, speeches, and statements of the listed individuals. The subjects (countries, organizations, and topics) include official documents, reports, resolutions, treaties, etc. The index is alphabetized in accordance with the main entries listed below and continuing through page 5. Many main entries have sub-entries. `Abbas, Mahmud (Abu Mazin) Abd al-Shafi, Haydar Abid Rabbu, Yasir Abu Sharif, Bassam Academic Freedom and Palestine-Israel Debate documents Al-Ahram Weekly AIPAC (America-Israel Public Affairs Committee) Algeria American Council for Palestine Affairs Amnesty International Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry of 1946 Anti Defamation League Arab Front for Steadfastness and Confrontation Arab Front for Support of the Palestinian Revolution Arab League (League of Arab States) Arab/Palestinian Minority in Israel Arab Thought Forum (ATF) Arafat, Yasir Al-Asad, Hafiz Badil Resource Center Baker, James A., US Secretary of State Barak, Ehud Boston Globe Brookings Institution B‟T‟selem [Israeli human rights organization] Bush, George H., U.S. Administration of (1989-93) Bush, George W., U.S. Administration of (2001- ) Camp David accords/negotiations (1978-79) Camp David Israeli-Palestinian talks (July 2000) Carter, Jimmy, U.S. Administration of (1977-81) Carter Center Center for Palestinian Research and Studies (CPRS) 1 Cheney, Richard China Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, William “Bill”, U.S. Administration of (1993-2001) Council on Foreign Relations Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) Egypt Erakat, Saeb Europe European Community/Union Fateh Fateh al-Intifada Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 Financial Times France General Union of Palestinian Students General Union of Palestinian Women General Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists Geneva Accord of October 2003 Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) Golan Heights Gore, Albert Great Britain Group of Seven Guardian, The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ha’Aretz Habash, George Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) Haniyeh, Ismail Al-Haq Hawatmeh, Nayef Hebron Hebron Protocol Hussein ibn Talal, King of Jordan 2 Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) International Court of Justice International Crisis Group International Herald Tribune Intifada Iran Iraq Israel Israeli-Palestinian Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) Israeli Settlements Jerusalem Jerusalem Committee Jewish Agency Jewish People Policy Planning Institute Jordan Journal of Palestine Studies (JPS) June 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Khalaf, Salah (Abu Ayyad) Kissinger, Henry Kuwait Latin America LAW (Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights) Lebanon Lebanon, Civil War of 1975-89 Lebanon, Israeli invasions/occupation of Lebanon, Palestinian Presence in Lebanon, Syrian Military Intervention in Libya Livni, Tzipi London Review of Books Madrid Peace Conference Makovsky, David Middle East/North Africa Economic Summit Middle East Watch Mishal, Khalid Mitchell Committee/Report Mofaz, Shaul Morocco Morris, Benny 3 Mubarak, Hosni Muhsin, Zuhair Muslim World League Nasrallah, Hasan Netanyahu, Benjamin Non-Aligned Countries Movement (NAM) Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) Obama, Barack, U.S. Administration (2009-) Occupied Territories Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Olmert, Ehud Oslo I Agreement Oslo II Treaty Oslo Process Palestine Palestine Human Rights Information Center (PHRIC) Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Palestine National Council Palestine War of 1948 Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens‟ Rights (PICCR) Palestinian Legislative Council Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Palestinian NGOs/Palestine Monitor Palestinian Refugees Peretz, Amir Physicians for Human Rights Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Powell, Michael Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) Al-Qaddumi, Faruq Quartet Road Map Qurai`, Ahmad Rabin, Yitzhak Reagan, Ronald, U.S. Administration of (1981-1989): Romania Russia Sadat, Muhammad Anwar Said, Edward 4 Sartawi, Issam Saudi Arabia Shamir, Yitzhak, Prime Minister of Israel Sharon, Ariel Siniora, Fuad South Africa Soviet Union Strategic Assessments Initiative Sudan Syria Tunisia United Nations United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) United Nations Refugee Work Agency (UNRWA) United States US Congress US-Israel Relations U.S.-Palestinian Policy Vatican Vietnam al-Wazir, Khalil World Bank World Council of Churches Yemen, Peoples‟ Democratic Republic of [South Yemen] Yugoslavia Zionist Congress ZNET 5 `Abbas, Mahmud (Abu Mazin) ―Apology‖ to Arab states concerning PLO pro-Iraq stance in Gulf War made in January 1993 speech in Riyadh in 22, no. 3 (Spr. 1993): 144-45. Call for a halt to militarization of the al-Aqsa intifada in November 2002 meeting of heads of Gaza popular committees in 32, no. 2 (Win. 2003): 74-78. Role in secret permanent status talks in ―Labor Government-Palestinian ‗Permanent Arrangement‘ Talks‖ by Ze‘ev Schiff in Ha’Aretz on 22 February 1996 and other media in July 1996 in 26, no. 1 (Aut. 1996): 148-152. Inaugural speech as Prime Minister [Excerpts] in 32, no. 4 (Sum. 2003): 178-82. Statement following June 2003 Aqaba summit meeting [Excerpts] in 33, no. 1 (Aut. 2003): 149-50. Letter of resignation as prime minister of 9/03 in 33, no. 2 (Win. 2004): 165. Speech of resignation as prime minister in 33, no. 2 (Win. 2004): 165-72. Inaugural speech as president of PA (Excerpts) in 34, no. 3 (Spr. 2005): 169-72. PA President Mahmud Abbas, Address to the Second Palestinian Legislative Council, Feb 2006 in 35, no. 3 (Spr. 06): 206-208. Address to the Opening Session of the Second Palestinian Council, Feb. 2006, [Excerpts] in 35, no. 4 (Sum. 06): 159-163. Ha’aretz Interview with PA President Mahmud Abbas, Mar 2006, in 35, no. 4 (Sum. 06): 167-168. PA President Mahmud Abbas and Hamas Political Bureau Leader Khalid Mishal, Mecca Accord, Mecca, 7 February 2007 in 36., no. 3 (Spr. 07): 189. PA President Mahmud Abbas, Address to the Opening Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, 23 September, 2006 [Excerpts] in 36, no. 2 (Win. 07): 180- 182. PA President Mahmud Abbas and PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, Interviews on the Current Stalemate, Ramallah and Gaza, 3 November 2006 [Excerpts] in 36, no. 2 (Win. 07): 182-187. PA President Mahmud Abbas, Interview on Negotiations, Relations with Hamas, and the Curbing of Fatah [Excerpts] in 37, no. 2 (Win. 2008): 189-191. PA President Mahmud Abbas, ―Israel and Palestine Can Still Achieve Peace,‖ September 2008 [Excerpts] in 38, no. 2 (Win. 2009): 195-96. Abd al-Shafi, Haydar Opening speech as Palestinian delegation head at Madrid Peace Conference on 31 October 1991 in 21, no. 2 (Win. 1992): 133-37. Closing speech at Madrid on 1 November 1991 in 21, no. 2 (Win. 1992): 144-46. On internal Palestinian violence in the Occupied Territories in 29 May 1992 statement [Excerpts] in 22, no. 1 (Aut. 1992): 137-38. `Abid Rabbu, Yasir (see also Palestine Liberation Organization; and Said, Edward) Response to Edward Said‘s criticisms published in Al-Quds al-`Arabi (London) on 13 October 1989 [Excerpts] in 19, no. 2 (Win. 1990): 151-54. Interview on prospects of a Palestinian state in 28, no. 4 (Sum. 1999): 156-59. 6 Abu Iyad (see Khalaf, Salah) Abu al-Luft (see al-Qaddoumi, Farouq) Abu Mazin (see `Abbas, Mahmud) Abu Sharif, Bassam PLO position paper dated 7 June 1988 on ―Prospects of a Palestinian-Israeli Settlement‖ in 18, no. 1 (Aut. 1988): 272-75. ―A Message from the PLO: Give Peace a Visa,‖ article in Middle East Mirror of 28 November 1988 in 18, no. 3 (Spr. 1989): 176-80. Academic Freedom and Palestine-Israel Debate Beyond Chutzpah Case ―University of California Press statement on publication of Beyond Chutzpah by Norman Finkelstein‖ in 35, no. 2 (Win. 2006): 86. ―Avi Shlaim confidential peer review for UC Press‖ in 35, no. 2 (Win. 2006): 88- 89. ―Alan Dershowitz letter to UC Press acquisitions editor‖ in 35, no. 2 (Win. 2006): 86-88. ―John Wiener article on controversy over book in the Nation‖ in 35, no. 2 (Win. 2006): 89-93. ―Dershowitz and Weiner exchange of letters over Nation article‖ in 35, no. 2 (Win. 2006): 94-97. ―F. Jennifer Howard, ‗Calif. Press Will Publish Controversial Book on Israel,‘ Chronicle of Higher Education [Excerpts] in 35, no. 2 (Win. 2006): 97-99. Columbia University Case ―Controversial Film Roils Columbia‖ by L. Liebovitz in Jewish Week [Excerpts] in 34, no. 2 (Win. 2005): 73-75. ―Statement in Response to the Intimidation of Columbia University‖ by J. Massad in 34, no. 2 (Win. 2005): 75-78. ―Letter on Academic Freedom and Intimidation at Columbia University from New York Civil Liberties Union to Pres. L. Bollinger in 34, no. 2 (Win. 2005): 78-84. ―Joseph Massad, Statement to Columbia University Ad Hoc Grievance Committee, 14 March 2005‖ [Excerpts] in 34, no. 4 (Sum. 2005): 76-90. ―Columbia University Ad Hoc Grievance Committee, Final Report, 28 March 2005‖ [Excerpts] in 34, no. 4 (sum. 2005): 90-100. ―New York Civil Liberties Union Letter to Columbia Univ. Pres. Lee Bollinger Concerning Report of Ad Hoc Committee, 6 April 2005‖ in 34, no. 4 (Sum. 2005): 100-105. ―New York Times Editorial, ‗Intimidation at Columbia,‘ 7 April 2005‖ in 34, no. 4 (Sum. 2005): 105-106. 7 Al-Ahram Weekly ―Blaming the Lobby‖ by Joseph Massad [Excerpts] in 35, no. 3 (Spr. 06): 109- 111. AIPAC (America-Israel Public Affairs Committee) (see also United States) Addresses by Israelis: PM Netanyahu on PA non-compliance with commitments [Excerpts] in 27, no. 4 (Sum. 1998): 151-53. Addresses by US officials and politicians: Secretary of State Shultz on 21 April 1985 in 14, no. 4 (Sum. 1985): 122-28. On the US-Israel strategic relationship by Sec Defense Aspin {excerpts] in 23, no.
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