Koenig Memorandum

The Koenig Memorandum (also known as The Koenig Report) was a confidential and internal Israeli government document authored in April 1976 by Yisrael Koenig, a member of the Alignment (then the ruling party), who served as the Northern District Commissioner of the Ministry of the Interior for 26 years.[1][2]

The document put forward a number of strategic goals and tactical steps aimed at reducing the number and influence of Arab citizens of Israel in the Galilee region. Outlining what he viewed as "objective thought that ensures the long-term Jewish national interests," Koenig stressed the need to "examine the possibility of diluting existing Arab population concentrations".[3]

The leaking of the report by the Israeli newspaper Al-Hamishmar is frequently referred to as "a major turning point in the relationship between the Israeli State and the Palestinian minority."[4]

  1. ^ Yossi Klein (November 4, 2006). "The Other Israelis". Ha'aretz Online, English Edition. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved November 4, 2006.
  2. ^ "The Koenig Report:Demographic Racism in Israel". MERIP Reports. 51 (51). Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP): 11–14. October 1976. doi:10.2307/3010906. JSTOR 3010906.
  3. ^ Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) & BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights (May 2005). "Ruling Palestine: A History of the Legally Sanctioned Jewish-Israeli Seizure of Land and Housing in Palestine" (PDF). BADIL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2006-11-04.
  4. ^ Ahmad H. Sa'di (1 July 2003). "The Koenig Report and Israeli Policy Towards the Palestinian Minority, 1965 - 1975: Old Wine in New Bottles". Arab Studies Quarterly. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007.