Whereas Jewish authorities supported the United Nations Partition Plan of 1947 that called for both a Jewish and an Arab state as successor authorities to the prior League of Nations British mandate in Palestine; Whereas both Jewish and Arab forces implied a de facto acceptance of the other’s existence in cease-fires and armistices after the 1948, 1967, and 1973 wars; Whereas Arab-Israel peace talks after 1967 have comported with the land for peace ideas of United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 (1967); Whereas the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt in 1978 foresaw a transitional arrangement for self-governance in the West Bank and Gaza pending negotiations between Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Palestinian representatives on the territories’ final status; Whereas in 1988, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat made statements appearing to contemplate the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel; Whereas the 1993 Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, or Oslo Accords, anticipated a transitional Palestinian limited self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza pending final-status negotiations, and following this declaration the PLO expressed its recognition of Israel’s right to exist; Whereas in January 2001, President Clinton said I think there can be no genuine resolution to the conflict without a sovereign, viable, Palestinian state that accommodates Israelis’ security requirements and the demographic realities. ; Whereas in 2002, President George W. Bush said My vision is two states, living side by side in peace and security. ; Whereas in 2009, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that if Israel received an acceptable guarantee regarding demilitarization and Israel’s security needs, and if the Palestinians recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people, then we will be ready in a future peace agreement to reach a solution where a demilitarized Palestinian state exists alongside the Jewish state