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Acre under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani Challenges Direct Ottoman Rule
1746 - 1775
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Acre Under Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar
1775 - 1804
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Napoleon Bonaparte in Palestine
February 1799 - May 1799
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Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine
October 1831 - 1834
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Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
7 November 1864
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Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq
July 1872
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Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
March 1888
Event
Nine Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1890s
1890 - 1896
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Eight Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine between 1899 and 1907
1899 - 1907
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Six Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine between 1908 and 1910
1908 - 1910
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Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
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Foundation of Tel Aviv
11 April 1909
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Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912
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Railway Lines in Palestine
1914
Event
Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine
14 May 1914
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Formal Entry of General Allenby into Jerusalem
11 December 1917
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Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front
21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918
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Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine
19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918
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General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
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The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant
10 January 1920
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The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
Event
Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society
21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930
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Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine
April 1927
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General Conference of Palestine Arab Workers, Haifa
11 January 1930
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Hanging of Palestinian Militants
17 June 1930
Event
Anti-British Operation and British Retaliation in al-Bassa
6 September 1938 - 10 September 1938
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British Military Officers Replace Civilian Commissioners
October 1938
Event
Continuation of Zionist-British Confrontation
16 April 1947 - 26 April 1947
Event
Irgun Kidnaps and Murders Two British Sergeants
11 July 1947 - 31 July 1947
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Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
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Massacre in Deir Yasin
9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948
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Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May
12 April 1948
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Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee
13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948
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First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages
11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948
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End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem
8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948
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Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
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A Massacre in al-Dawayima
29 October 1948
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Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved
1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950
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The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
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Clashes Across Gaza Borders
2 April 1956 - 14 April 1956
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Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents
17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956
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Escalation Across Jordanian-Israeli Lines
10 September 1956 - 26 September 1956
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Kafr Qasim Massacre
29 October 1956
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The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
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Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre
6 January 1957
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Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
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Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
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Syrian-Israeli Clashes
19 August 1963 - 20 August 1963
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Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids
27 May 1965
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Assassination Attempt of Wadi Haddad in Beirut
10 July 1970
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Deportation of Bassam Shak'a Reversed After West Bank Mayors Threaten Resignation
11 November 1979 - 5 December 1979
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Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
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Israeli Aerial Bombardment and Palestinian Artillery Across the Lebanon-Israel Border
4 June 1982 - 5 June 1982
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SC Res. 508: Calling Upon all Parties to Cease Military Activities in Lebanon and across Lebanese-Israeli Border
5 June 1982
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Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982
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Lebanon War Casualties
1 September 1982 - 11 October 1982
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Sabra and Shatila Massacres
16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982
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Israel Withdraws from Beirut and the Multinational Force Returns
23 September 1982 - 29 September 1982
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Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres
7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983
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Commemorating the Sabra-Shatila Massacres
17 September 1984
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Closure of Bethlehem University
28 October 1987
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Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
9 December 1987
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First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
14 December 1987
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Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994
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Hebron Massacre
25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994
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SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron
18 March 1994
Event
Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998
Event
Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization
10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000
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Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
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Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising
30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000
Event
Operation Bronze and Escalation
7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001
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The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
Event
Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza
12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005
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Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
Event
Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006
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Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
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July War: Israel's Special Operations Along the Border
17 July 2006 - 19 July 2006
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July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes
30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006
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Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence
28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006
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Three Dramatic Spikes in Fatah-Hamas Violence
10 December 2006 - 8 February 2007
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Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes
11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007
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Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans
9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008
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Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre
8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 2
28 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 3
29 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones
5 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 12
7 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 13
8 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 18
13 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer
14 January 2009
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Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements
31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009
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The Deceptive Settlement Freeze
26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010
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Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics
2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011
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Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border
16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011
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On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel
15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011
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23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad
29 March 2012
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Another Spate of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza
17 June 2012 - 23 June 2012
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Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza
14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1
14 November 2012
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Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israel's Assault on Gaza
16 November 2012 - 21 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5
18 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 7
20 November 2012
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Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry
28 July 2013
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Heavy Fire Exchange Across the Gaza Strip
12 March 2014 - 13 March 2014
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Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations
13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014
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Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza
14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1
8 July 2014
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Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza
8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5
11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8
13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10
16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12
18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 32-42: Three Days of Fighting Followed by Eight Days of Truce
8 August 2014 - 18 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43
19 August 2014
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Settlement Construction
23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015
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Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst
4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015
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Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank
10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016
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Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
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Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017
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Municipal Elections in the West Bank
13 May 2017
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Israel Closes Off the Haram al-Sharif Following a Palestinian Operation in the Old City of Jerusalem
14 July 2017 - 15 July 2017
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As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds
24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017
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Popular Protests Against US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
7 December 2017 - 31 December 2017
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The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
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Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
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Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire
7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018
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Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire
11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018
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Great March of Return Anniversary and Land Day
29 March 2019 - 30 March 2019
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Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron
1 December 2019
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Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank
25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021
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The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 9
18 May 2021

Biographies

Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Khalil Baidas
1875 - 9 February 1949
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966

Charts

Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth
1860 - 1948

Historical Texts

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Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
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Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem
11 December 1917
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22
10 January 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Charter of the Arab Youth Congress
4 January 1932
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
Document
Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account
8 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
First Arab Summit: Statement
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
Document
Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
Document
UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
Document
UNSC Resolution 271
15 September 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement
13 July 1971
Document
Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
Document
Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel
8 December 1977
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
30 July 1980
Document
Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
Document
Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985
20 April 1982
Document
UNSC Resolution 508
5 June 1982
Document
UNSC Resolution 509
6 June 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185
8 June 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
UNSC Resolution 904
18 March 1994
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
Document
PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
Current Palestinian/Israeli Positions: Reflecting Discussion up to January 1, 2009
1 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program
8 August 2009
Document
President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Document
China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question
6 May 2013
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
Document
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
Document
The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada
18 May 2021

Historical Media

Document
Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party
1932
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Acre's Fall
17 May 1948
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Continuing Exodus: Jordan River
February 1968
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Palestine: A Homeland Denied
1979
Document
Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing
2012
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Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012

Highlights

Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
Highlight
XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
Highlight
Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
Highlight
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Periods

Period
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
Period
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Lebanon War, 1982
1982 - 1983
Thematic Chronology
The May 2021 Gaza War
2021