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Events

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Great Britain Invades Egypt; Egypt as a British Veiled Protectorate
1882
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The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of the Arab Syrian Kingdom
7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920
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French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
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The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
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Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet
14 February 1945
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SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal
1 September 1951
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Israel and the Lavon Affair
July 1954 - 17 February 1955
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Egypt Detains Israeli Freighter
28 September 1954
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Egypt Blocks Greek Freighter
25 May 1956
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Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
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London Conference on Suez
16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956
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Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez
26 August 1956
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Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
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Israel Invades Egypt
29 October 1956
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The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
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Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
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Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
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The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) Deploys in Sinai
12 November 1956 - 12 March 1957
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June War, 2nd Day
6 June 1967
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June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
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Egypt's War of Attrition
8 March 1969 - 7 August 1970
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Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970
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President Sadat Suggests Partial Israeli Withdrawal from Suez Canal
4 February 1971
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October War, 1st Day
6 October 1973
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October War, 2nd Day
7 October 1973
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October War, 3rd Day
8 October 1973
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October War, From the 6th to 10th Day
11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973
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Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards
15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973
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Sinai I Agreement
18 January 1974 - 3 March 1974
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Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah
4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Historical Texts

Document
1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
3 February 1919
Document
Resolutions of the General Palestinian Congress in Damascus (in Arabic)
27 February 1920
Document
Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)
15 May 1920
Document
Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Statement (in Arabic)
28 November 1973
Document
Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)
25 January 2008
Document
Twenty-Second Arab Summit: The Sirte Declaration (in Arabic)
27 March 2010
Document
Twenty-Eighth Arab Summit: The Amman Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 2017

Biographies

Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Highlights

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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973