Resources & News

A.  Palestine Pushes for Unilateral Statehood
      UDI - Unilateral Declaration of Independence
         UDI Re-Cap Report - Sept. 28, 2011

1. Background Information

• UN General Assembly Press Release- International Meeting on Middle East
  
  • June 29 - Call for Support of Palestinian Statehood
    

• Wikipedia
  
  
  • Timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
    
  • List of UN Resolutions Concerning Israel
    
  • Historic Palestinian Declaration of Independence
    
  • Foreign Relations of the Palestinian Authority
    

• Foreign Policy - Middle East Channel - Palestine's White September
  

• Camera - Palestinian Unilateral Declaration
  

• Jewish Federation of Cleveland - Everything You Wanted to Know About UDI
  

• Hadassah - Israel Action Network: Community Response to UDI
  
  
• Heritage - How Should the US Respond to UN vote on Statehood
  
  
• Middle East Policy Council - Palestinian UDI - Implications for Peace
  
  
• ADL - Palestinian Unilateralism: Obstacle to Peace
  

• American Jewish Committee
  

  • The Perils of UDI
    
  • Middle East: No to Unilateral Steps
    
  • Will UN Harm Peace by Recognizing Palestine?
    

• Peace Now - What Makes September so Important in the Middle East
  

2. News

• ABC News - Israel Palestine Conflict: Obama's & General Assembly Deadline
  
• Alijazeera News - Israel PM Takes Hard Line on Peace Talks
  
• Boston.Com - David Harris Op-Ed - Partners for Peace
  
• Fox News - Fatah-Hamas - Won't Advance Peace or Palestine Statehood
  
• Guardian UK - UDI Won't Mean Palestinian Statehood
  
• Haaretz - PM to US Under Threat of UDI
  
• Huffington Post - What September Holds for Israel & Palestine
  
• NY Times - Time for Peace Offer May Run Out
  

B.  Durban III - September 21 - World Conferencee
       Against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
       Xenophobia & Related Intolerance

1.  Background Information

•  UN - Declaration of World Conference - Text
  

•  Eye on the UN - Durban Watch
  

•  NGO Monitor  
  
  • Durban II Resource Guide
    
  • Durban Review Conference Resources
    

•  UN Watch      
  
  • US Pulls Out of Durban III
    
  • Monitoring Anti-Semitism in Cartoons
    

•  StandWithUs 
  
  •     Durban II - On-Line Booklet
    
  •     Human Rights in the Middle East - Booklet
    
  •     United Nations & Israel -Booklet
    
  •     Diversity in Israel - Booklet
  •     Hamas Charter Excepts - Charter
    

•  Anti-Defamtion League - Progress Amidst History of Bias
  

•  American Jewish Committee - Call to Europe to Review
                                                     Hate Crimes Legislation
  

2.  Newspaper Articles

• Fox News - June 2 - Obama Says No to Durban III
  
• Huffington Post - April 2009 - Durban II Ahmedinejad Video
  
• Israel National News - Italy Stands by Israel, Boycotts Durban III
  
• JTA - July 24 - Czech, Italy, Netherlands Boycott Durban III
  
• JPost - US won't Participate in Durban II
  
• Weekly Standard - Durban III Set for NYC in September