Historical Speeches
President Bush Discusses the Middle East (16 July 2007)
US President Bush announced an initiative on Monday to shore up Mahmoud Abbas and called for a regional peace conference this fall to be led by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that would include high-level Arab envoys and their counterparts from Israel.
Speech Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah (19 December 2006)
Following is the text of speech by Palestinian Prime Minister Isma'il Haniyah as broadcast live by Palestinian TV on 19 December 2006.
Address of General Secretary of Hizballah, Hassan Nasrallah (14 July 2006)
"In this first address that I give in these days following Operation True Promise, I would like to say a few words -- a word to the Lebanese people, a word to the resistance fighters, a word to the Zionists, and a word to the Arab rulers. I will not offer words to the international community because I have never for one day believed that there is any such thing as an international community, just as many in our nation feel."
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert speaks to Congress (24 May 2006)
As four people were gunned down in Ramallah during an Israeli invasion of the town, Israeli PM Olmert enjoyed standing ovations from the US Congress as he spoke of "peace".
Press conference with Quartet representatives (9 May 2006)
With donors still balking at funding the Palestinian Authority that has yet to renounce violence, and with conditions in the West Bank and Gaza deteriorating, key international partners in the Middle East peace process meeting at the United Nations endorsed a temporary mechanism to funnel assistance directly to the Palestinian people.
President Mahmoud Abbas opens session of the Second Palestinian Legislative Council (18 February 2006)
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas opened the session of the second Palestinian Legislative Council. Abbas made the remarks as a newly elected Palestinian parliament was sworn in at its first session.
Remarks by Javier Solana, EU foreign policy chief, following a meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (16 February 2006)
The following is a summary of remarks to the press made by Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) at the end of the meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud ABBAS. This meeting was part of a tour by Mr Solana to the Middle East.
Joint press conference Condoleezza Rice, Javier Solana and James Wolfensohn (15 November 2005)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced that Israel and the Palestinian Authority have concluded an agreement to open an international border crossing between Gaza and Egypt and increase freedom of movement for people and goods in the Palestinian territories.
Ramallah press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice (14 November 2005)
After their meeting in Ramallah on November 14, 2005, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice spoke to reporters. Following is the State Department transcript of the joint press availability.
Press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US President George W. Bush (20 October 2005)
Speaking at the White House with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Bush praised Abbas as “a man devoted to peace and to his people's aspirations for a state of their own,” and said, “today the Palestinian people are closer to realizing those aspirations.”
Speech Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (13 September 2005)
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas spoke a day after Israeli forces were evacuated from the Gaza Strip in a televised speech about his government's plans.
Press statement by Javier Solana made at a press conference (28 August 2005)
The following is a summary of remarks by EU High Representative for the CFSP, Javier Solana made at a joint press conference with the Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom. Solana today began a visit to Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Lebanon, with meetings in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Sharon and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and a working dinner in Ramallah with representatives of Palestinian civil society.
European Commission welcomes Israeli disengagement from Gaza (25 August 2005)
Statement made by Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner on behalf of the European Commission on Israel's Gaza Disengagement.
Statement by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on disengagement (25 August 2005)
Statement on Gaza disengagement issued by the UK, current Presidency of the European Union.
Statement Security Council President on Gaza disengagement (24 August 2005)
The text of a press statement by the President of the Security Council, Kenzo Oshima welcoming the Israeli disengagement.
Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the CFSP, comments on Israeli disengagement from Gaza
Javier Solana, European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), issued the following statement today on the ongoing disengagement of Israeli civilians and military forces from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank.
Statement Kofi Annan on Gaza Disengagement (15 August 2005)
The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the process of Israeli disengagement from Gaza.
Federal Minister Fischer on the start of the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip
On Sunday (14 August), Federal Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer issued the following statement on the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the West Bank.
Ramallah press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice (23 July 2005)
After their meeting in Ramallah on July 23, 2005, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice spoke to reporters. Following is the State Department transcript of the joint press availability.
Secretary Condaleezza Rice and President Mahmoud Abbas meet in Ramallah (18 june 2005)
After their meeting in Ramallah on June 18, 2005, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice spoke to reporters. Following is the State Department transcript of the joint press availability.
President George Bush and Palestinian President Abbas meet at the White House (26 May 2005)
Released by the Office of the Press Secretary, White House, on 26 May 2005.
Ramallah press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Russian President Vladamir Putin (25 April 2005)
When Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, arrived in Tel Aviv on April 27th, he became the first Russian or Soviet leader to visit Israel or the Palestinian territories and the first foreign head of state to visit Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas since the Palestinian elections earlier this year.
Statements by US President Bush and Israeli PM Sharon following meeting (11 April 2005)
President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met at the President's Ranch in Crawford, Texas, on Monday, April 11, 2005.
Closing statement by Mahmoud Abbas at London conference (1 March 2005)
An international conference on Palestinian reforms has ended in London with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledging to implement tighter security and better government in a bid to win new negotiations with Israel.
Closing statement by Tony Blair at London conference (1 March 2005)
The London conference has generated new international support for President Abbas to clean up the corruption and ineffective rule that plagued the Palestinian Authority under Yasser Arafat. The host of the conference, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, said if the goals are reached, and if Israel and the Palestinians can revive peace negotiations, it will make the world a safer place.
Opening remarks by Condoleezza Rice at London conference (1 March 2005)
An international conference on Palestinian reforms has ended in London with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledging to implement tighter security and better government in a bid to win new negotiations with Israel.
Opening remarks by Kofi Annan at London conference (1 March 2005)
The London conference has generated new international support for President Abbas to clean up the corruption and ineffective rule that plagued the Palestinian Authority under Yasser Arafat. The host of the conference, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, said if the goals are reached, and if Israel and the Palestinians can revive peace negotiations, it will make the world a safer place.
Opening statement by Mahmoud Abbas at London conference (1 March 2005)
An international conference on Palestinian reforms has ended in London with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledging to implement tighter security and better government in a bid to win new negotiations with Israel.
Opening statement by Tony Blair at London conference (1 March 2005)
An international conference on Palestinian reforms has ended in London with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledging to implement tighter security and better government in a bid to win new negotiations with Israel.
Statement by Jack Straw on the eve of the London conference (28 February 2005)
On the eve of an international conference on Palestinian reforms in London, Jack Straw made the following remarks.
President Mohammad Abbas' Speech at the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit (8 February 2005)
The full text of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's declaration of a ceasefire with the Israelis at the Sharm al-Sheikh summit.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Speech at the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit (8 February 2005)
Translated from Hebrew by the Information Department of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
PM Sharon's Knesset Speech Marking the Struggle Against Anti-Semitism (26 January 2005)
On 22 January 2004, Israel's Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, Natan Sharansky, announced that the Israeli Government had designated January 27 as a "National Day to Combat Anti-Semitism". The January 27 date was selected as it falls on the same day as the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. As part of Israel's commemoration of the second National Day to Combat Anti-Semitism in 2005, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon delivered the following speech in the Knesset. Transcription by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Inauguration of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (15 January 2005)
PLO Executive Committee Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, was sworn in as President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) at a ceremony held by the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) at the Presidential Headquarters in Ramallah.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Address at the Herzliya Conference (16 December 2004)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon delivered this speech at the annual Herzliya Conference.
Bush-Blair press conference on Middle East (12 November 2004)
Transcript of President Bush's and Prime Minister Tony Blair's press conference, as provided by Federal News Service
Statement by Israeli Ambassador Gillerman to the UN Security Council (19 May 2004)
Text of statement by Ambassador Dan Gillerman, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, before the Security Council.
White House transcript of Bush, King Abdullah press conference (6 May 2004)
The following is a transcript of remarks by President Bush and his Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as provided by the White House.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's speech to the Knesset on his latest visit to the United States and the Disengagement Plan (22 April 2004)
Following Ariel Sharon's 14 April 2004 press conference and exchange of letters with US President George W. Bush, Sharon spoke to the Israeli Knesset about his visit to the US.
White House Transcript of Bush-Sharon press conference regarding Sharon's Gaza "Disengagement" plan (14 April 2004)
Remarks by US President George W Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Press Availability, The Cross Hall, White House, 1:05 P.M. EDT.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Herzliya Conference (18 December 2003)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon delivered this speech at the annual Herzliya Conference.
Remarks of Quartet members following Quartet meeting (26 September 2003)
The diplomatic "Quartet" of the United Nations, United States, Russian Federation and European Union (EU) met at the principals level at UN Headquarters in New York. The Quartet is sponsoring the Road Map peace plan, which calls for Israel and the Palestinians to take a series of parallel and reciprocal steps culminating in the achievement of two states living side by side in peace by 2005. Kofi Annan has said repeatedly in recent weeks that security for both Israelis and Palestinians can best be achieved by the political process of conflict resolution called for in the Road Map.
United States Rep. Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader, to the Israeli Knesset (30 July 2003)
The following is the text of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay´s speech to the Israeli Knesset on 30 July 2003, as transcribed by DeLay´s office.
Inaugural speech of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (29 April 2003)
The following speech was delivered to the Palestinian Legislative Council.
President Bush Calls for New Palestinian Leadership (24 June 2002)
The full text of President George Bush's speech in the Rose Garden on 24 June 2002, released by the Office of the Press Secretary. This speech heralded the US Road Map proposal. Israeli academic Tanya Reinhart notes that, "On July 15, 2002, the foreign ministers of the Quartet - the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia - met to detail the principles of the road map formulated in the U.S. State Department under the direction of William Burns. In October 2002, the first draft of the document was presented to Sharon, on the eve of his meeting with Bush at the White House. Sharon appointed his Chief of Staff Dov Weisglass to coordinate Israel's comments and corrections to the road map. On December 20, 2002, the final version of the plan was completed, but Weisglass' team has submitted about 100 correction proposals since then."
Inauguration Speech of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (7 March 2001)
The following speech was delivered by newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Knesset in Jerusalem.
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, signing of the Declaration of Principles (13 September 1993)
Remarks made by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres at the signing of the Declaration of Principles in The White House.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, signing of the Declaration of Principles (13 September 1993)
The following speech was given by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, on the occasion of the signing of the Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles, Washington, D.C.
Palestinian PLO Negotiator Mahmous Abbas, signing of the Declaration of Principles (13 September 1993)
Remarks made by PLO Negotiator Mahmous Abbas at the signing of the Declaration of Principles at The White House.
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, signing of the Declaration of Principles (13 September 1993)
Remarks made by Palestinian President Yasser Arafat at the signing of the Declaration of Principles at The White House.
US President Bill Clinton, signing of the Declaration of Principles (13 September 1993)
Text of the speech given by US President Bill Clinton on the occasion of the signing of the Declaration of Principles at The White House.
Arafat's speech to the United Nations (13 November 1974)
Arafat's famous "Gun and the Olive Branch" speech.
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