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Middle East Resources

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MIDDLE EAST RESOURCES

Introductory Note:
In order to provide some credible resources on topics mainly pertaining to Middle Eastern affairs, the following are some useful links that I compiled. Hopefully, the familiarity with some of the region’s history and sources of useful information can help foster informed debate and discussion on Middle Eastern affairs.

--Don

CIA’s World Factbook:
Bahrain
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Yemen

Congressional Research Service Reports:
Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
Israel: Background and Relations with the United States
Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy
Israel and Hamas: Conflict in Gaza (2008-2009)
Islam: Sunnis and Shiites
Syria: Background and U.S. Relations
U.S. Security Assistance to Lebanon
Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors

Documents from the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute (Mount Holyoke College)
Feisal-Weizmann Agreement of 1919 (MidEastWeb.org)
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook (Fordham University)
Internet Jewish History Sourcebook (Fordham University)

Library of Congress’ Country Studies:
Bahrain
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates

Gaza-Jericho Agreement (1994)
Middle East Documents: 1916-2001 (Yale Law School’s Avalon Project)
Population Data for the Palestine Region prior to 1948 (MidEastWeb.org)
United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL)
UNSCOP Partition Plan’s Map (1947)
Translated Speeches, Op-eds, News Reports (MEMRI.org)

Theodore Herzl's The Jewish State (Project Gutenberg)
 
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