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Events

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Ottoman Pledges to Grant Facilities to France: Towards the Capitulations Regime
18 October 1569 - 1613
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A Religious Component Related to Jerusalem and Other Elements Are Added to a Capitulation Granted to France
20 May 1604 - 17 April 1607
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A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities
28 May 1740
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The Territory Under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani's Control: Economic and Social Dimension
1768
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With the Ottoman-Russian Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, Capitulations Turn into Bilateral Treaties
21 July 1774
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Founding Principles of Ottoman Reform: The Tanzimat I
3 November 1839
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A New Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places Causes Confusion; Holy Places as a Trigger of the Crimean War
21 March 1852 - 4 October 1853
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Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
7 November 1864
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First Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine
1882 - 1903
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European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration
2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888
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Establishment of Foreign Archeological Institutes in Jerusalem
1890 - 1919
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Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line
31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892
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Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association in London
September 1891
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Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company in Jaffa
7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903
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Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury
January 1905
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Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
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Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley
March 1909 - July 1909
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Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives
June 1909 - 2 November 1909
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The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front
1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915
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Start of the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
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Balfour Declaration Is Made
2 November 1917
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Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine
16 April 1918
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
13 February 1931
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931
23 July 1931
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Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially
January 1935
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Arms Shipment to the Haganah
October 1935
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Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
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Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946
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Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
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The British Mandate Ends. The US Recognizes the State of Israel
15 May 1948
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The USSR Recognizes the State of Israel on a de jure Basis
17 May 1948
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Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan
28 June 1948
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France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
24 January 1949
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Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
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The US Recognizes the Government of Israel on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
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Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously
27 April 1950
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Egypt Restricts Passage Through Strait of Tiran
11 September 1955
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Egypt Blocks Greek Freighter
25 May 1956
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British and French Troops Invade Canal Zone
5 November 1956
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Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
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The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York
22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974
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October War, From the 6th to 10th Day
11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973
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A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington
24 April 1978
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Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982
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Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO
21 May 1987
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The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
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SC Res. 681: Deploring Israel's Decision to Resume Deportations of Palestinian Civilians
20 December 1990
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Status of Orient House in Jerusalem
29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994
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Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment
16 January 1997
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Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
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French-Palestinian Agreement on Status of French Institutions Under Palestinian Authority
12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997
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Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
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Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)
10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000
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US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001
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UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall
8 December 2003
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Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
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James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters
14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005
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Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005
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July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah
13 July 2006
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Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration
27 April 2007
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Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government
5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007
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Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan
25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009
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Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements
31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009
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The Mavi Marmara Incident
30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
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Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine
26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016
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Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border
3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016
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Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
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Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir
22 July 2019
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Beirut Port Explosion
4 August 2020 - 7 August 2020
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Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons
6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021
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President Biden Visits Israel; Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership
13 July 2022 - 14 July 2023

Historical Texts

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Ottoman-French Capitulation, 1673 (in French)
5 June 1673
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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
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San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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British-French Demarcation of Line Between Syria and Palestine
7 March 1923
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
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Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1946
22 March 1946
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UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan
3 September 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
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UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine
16 February 1948
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Statement by the Committee of the Christian Union of Palestine
3 March 1948
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Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1948
15 March 1948
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US Recognition of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
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Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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The US Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
12 September 1950
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UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
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Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
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UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 1st Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 2nd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
9 April 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 3rd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
20 April 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 4th Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
26 April 1991
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Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
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Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
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Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
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Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
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Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
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Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
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Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
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UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
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Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine
5 February 2021
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Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC
9 May 2022
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US-Israel Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership
14 July 2022
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31st Arab Summit: Algiers Declaration (in French)
2 November 2022
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UNGA Resolution 77/247
30 December 2022

Biographies

Biography
Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
1842 - 1906
Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Jamal Bannoura
1938 - 16 December 2020
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Leila Shahid
13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Yahya al-Sinwar
19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024
Biography
Rim Banna
6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Media

Document
Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
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Illegal Immigration (I)
1946
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Illegal Immigration (II)
1946
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Projection of the Final Status Map Presented by Israel - December 2000
December 2000

Highlights

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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Palestinian Photographers Before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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France and the Palestine Question Before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
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The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem
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Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
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XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
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Brazil and the Palestine Question
Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Places

Place
al-Bassa
Place
al-Dawayima
Place
al-Majdal
Place
al-Nabi Rubin
Place
al-Tantura
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al-Tira
Place
'Ayn Ghazal
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'Ayn Karim
Place
Isdud
Place
Khirbat al-Muntar
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Khirbat Jiddin
Place
Lubya
Place
Ma'dhar
Place
Qisarya
Place
Suhmata
Place
al-Khalasa
Place
Yibna

Charts

Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (2)
2000
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (1)
2000 - 2010