Palestinian State

Guide Note:Palestinian State is a proposed country that would be located in the Gaza Strip and the autonomously controlled areas of The West Bank, currently controlled by the Palestinian Authority.

Fast Facts:

1. 1920 – 1948: British Mandate of Palestine
2. 1936–1939: The Great Uprising
3. July 7, 1937: Peel Commission recommends separate Palestinian/Israeli states
4. May 14, 1948: Israeli Independence
5. 1964: PLO formed
6. November 15, 1988: Declaration of "State of Palestine" approved by PLO
7. 1990's: Ongoing peace negotiations

Also try: Mahalo's Israeli-Palestinian Conflict category

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Palestinian State
2. BBC NEWS: US 'wants Palestinian state now'
3. RAND: Palestine Project: Palestinian State Study Report
4. Official Site: Israeli Government Portal
5. Wikipedia: Palestinian National Authority
6. BBC NEWS: Country profile: Israel and Palestinian territories
7. Jerusalem Post: Don't blame Condoleezza

Palestinian State News

• Google News: Palestinian State
• Yahoo! News: Rice: Now is time for Palestinian state
• CNN: Bush calls for 'painful' Mideast concessions (January 10, 2008)
  • "There should be an end to the occupation that began in 1967," Bush told reporters in Jerusalem. "The agreement must establish a Palestine as a homeland for the Palestinian people, just as Israel is a homeland for the Jewish people." -George W. Bush

• AFP: Rice says time for a Palestinian state (October 15, 2008)
• BBC NEWS: US 'wants Palestinian state now' (October 15, 2008)

Palestinian State Background

• Mahalo's category on the: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Wikipedia: Palestinian State | State of Palestine
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office: The Occupied Palestinian Territories
• RAND: Palestine Project: Palestinian State Study Report
• BBC NEWS: Country profile: Israel and Palestinian territories

Israel

• Wikipedia: Israel
• Official Site: Israeli Government Portal
• Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Israel-Palestinian Negotiations
• Official Site: Prime Minister's Office

Palestine

• Official Site: Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine
• Wikipedia: Palestinian National Authority | Mahmoud Abbas
• PLO: Negotiations Affairs Department
• Wikipedia: Hamas

Palestinian State Blogs and Commentaries

• Jerusalem Post: Don't blame Condoleezza
• The Daily Star: Too good a chance to miss for Middle East peace
• Politico: Rice tweaks Stanford profs
• Israeli - Palestinian ProCon: Palestinian Statehood

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