interactive encyclopedia of the palestine question – palquest | search

Sections

About

Use quotation marks “…” to search for an exact phrase.

Biographies

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1859 - 21 July 1921

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

1880 - 16 June 1946

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

3 February 1919

Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Resolutions of the General Palestinian Congress in Damascus (in Arabic)

27 February 1920

San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates

Palin Commission Report

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative

16 September 1922

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929

Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

The Murison Commission Report

Proposed New Constitution for Palestine

22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Pact of the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

British Referral of the Palestine Question to the UN

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948

16 September 1948

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account

8 November 1948

The US Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Basic Law of the PLO

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

9 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

The Venice Declaration

Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem

Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land

The Golan Heights Law

14 December 1981

Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza

31 January 1982

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 9

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNSC Resolution 605

22 December 1987

UNSC Resolution 607

UNSC Resolution 608

14 January 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

The Shultz Negotiations Plan

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly

14 December 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463

17 February 1989

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

UNSC Resolution 641

President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East

UNSC Resolution 694

Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 1991

U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

UNSC Resolution 726

Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

UNSC Resolution 799

18 December 1992

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)

13 September 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21

Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35

President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

UNGA Resolution 58/292

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process

17 October 2005

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

National Conciliation Document

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

10 January 2008

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy

China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question

Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration

17 December 2014

Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People

Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance

26 December 2018

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda On Opening an Investigation into War Crimes in Palestine

20 December 2019

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

Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)

11 January 2021

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

Events

The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces

23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916

Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)

Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa

13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920

Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan

2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921

Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall

23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928

White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall

19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928

Enactment of the Palestine Order in Council Related to al-Buraq / Western Wall

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931

Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially

Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force

12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935

Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Fawzi al-Qawuqji Aids the Great Palestine Rebellion

Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936

Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference

15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939

Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations

27 September 1945

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

The US Congress Endorses the Biltmore Program

17 December 1945 - 19 December 1945

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Publishes its Report after a Visit to Palestine

6 March 1946 - 20 April 1946

First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense

29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948

Series of Zionist Attacks

2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948

Palestinian Attacks

14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948

Zionist Military Preparations

14 January 1948 - 20 February 1948

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Arms for the Zionist Forces

1 April 1948 - 14 May 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

Fighting Around Jerusalem

12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem

26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948

Arab Gains in Gush Etzion

3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

Israel's Law and Administration Ordinance

US in Favor of Bernadotte's New Plan

21 September 1948

George Hanna Publishes Tareeq al-Khalas (Path of Deliverance)

Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved

1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950

SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership

Israel's Measures to Make Jerusalem Its Capital

23 January 1950 - 13 July 1953

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

Led by George Habash, Arab Nationalist Activists on the Way to Structure Their Movement

1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952

Publication of the Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law

Palestinians in Israel Protest the Nationality law

The Knesset Adopts the Entry into Israel Law

Jordanian Nationality Law

16 February 1954

The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law

Israeli-Jordanian Clashes

25 July 1956 - 21 August 1956

Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents

17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956

Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya

4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956

Kafr Qasim Massacre

29 October 1956

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

The Knesset adopts the Basic Law: The Knesset

12 February 1958

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners

18 September 1964

President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan

27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965

Israeli-Jordanian Battle at al-Samu' after a Fatah Operation

11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966

Demonstrations in Jordan

20 November 1966 - 25 November 1966

The Knesset Amends the Municipal Corporations Ordinance to Extend Area of West Jerusalem Municipality

27 June 1967 - 29 June 1967

Palestinians Reorganize

11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968

First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic

Assassination Attempt of George Habash in Bsaba Village

Black September in Jordan

15 September 1970 - 25 September 1970

The PFLP Announces It Has Abandoned the Tactic of Hijacking Planes

Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut

Fall of Tal al-Za'atar

10th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

2 June 1980 - 3 June 1980

SC Res. 478: Censuring Israeli Enactment of "Basic Law" on Jerusalem

Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome

Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon

15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem

Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza

18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987

1st Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region

17 October 1987 - 18 October 1987

31st Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

6 December 1987 - 10 December 1987

Unified National Leadership of the Uprising

Resumption of Diplomatic Activity

30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988

One-Month Closure of Academic Institutions in the West Bank

2 February 1988

2nd Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region; Statement to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

25 February 1988 - 26 February 1988

US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan

ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York

9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988

3rd Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region

3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988

4th Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region

3 June 1988 - 7 June 1988

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Algiers

7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988

Resurgence of Intifada, Worsening of Repression

3 May 1989 - 16 May 1989

US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel

23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990

The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO

A New Constitutional Law Rejects Palestinians' Resettlement in Lebanon

21 September 1990

President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War

President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference

1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991

US-Soviet Joint Statement on the Middle East, Moscow

The Madrid Peace Conference

30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991

The Knesset Enacts the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

Arafat Survives a Plane Crash in Libya

7 April 1992 - 8 April 1992

8th Negotiation Round, Washington

7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992

Hebron Massacre

25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994

US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"

23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

The Holy See and Israel Sign an Agreement Complementing their 1993 Fundamental Agreement

10 November 1997

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP

27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000

Sharm al-Shaykh Summit

16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000

The Mitchell Committee of Fact-Finding on the Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation

7 November 2000 - 30 December 2000

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes Abate

23 December 2000 - 6 February 2001

Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks

7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001

Intense then Moderate Resurgence of Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

8 February 2001 - 7 March 2001

New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes

18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001

The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan

11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001

Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation

4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001

Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates

20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001

US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation

12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001

President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State

2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001

Timid Diplomatic Efforts

2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect

5 December 2001

Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated

3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002

Assassination of Ayman Bihdari near Rafah

4 February 2002

An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey

17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002

US Response to the Israeli Invasion

4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002

Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"

Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters

5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002

Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East

Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?

13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002

Israeli Leaders Push for an American War Against Iraq

16 October 2002 - 9 February 2003

Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position

9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003

The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza

17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003

With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"

4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet

Assassination of Abdallah Qawasmeh in Hebron

The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification

Assassination of Abdallah Akel and Farid Mayat in Nussayrat Refugee Camp

UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT

21 October 2003

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan

2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004

Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders

14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004

Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan

Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan

15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

Assassination of Nadir Abu Layl and Hashim Abu Hamdan in Nablus

In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza

2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004

UNGA Res. 58/292: Affirming that Status of Palestinian Territory Remains one of Military Occupation

Assassination of Wael Talab Nassar in Gaza City

The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall

Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map

2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004

Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine

18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004

Assassination of Mahdi Jamal Mushtaha and Khaled al-Amreeti in Gaza City

Assassination of Bashir al-Dabash in Gaza City

Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death

12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004

Assassination of Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

21 October 2004

London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority

Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim

21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005

Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President

Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border

15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005

Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah

7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005

Assassination of Adnan Bustan and Jihad Sawafiri in Gaza City

5 February 2006

Assassination of Atiya Abu Shari’a and Suhail Bakr in Gaza City

7 February 2006

Olmert's Separation Plan

5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006

Assassination of Munir Sukkar and Ashraf Shallouf in Gaza City

Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow

30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006

Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza

29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006

Assassination of Habib Ashur and Imad Yasin in Gaza City

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon

19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon

11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

Attempted Assassination of Ashraf Farwana in Gaza City

12 October 2006

Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?

6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006

Assassination of Ahmad Awad and Ramzi Shuhaybir in Gaza City

8 November 2006

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference

20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007

The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks

27 November 2007

Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa

4 December 2007

Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem

10 January 2008

Assassination of Nidal al-Amoudi and Mahir al-Mabhuh in Shati' Refugee Camp

13 January 2008

Assassination of Raed Abu al-Ful in Beit Lahiya

17 January 2008

Israel Launches Operation Hot Winter in Gaza

28 February 2008 - 3 March 2008

Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans

9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008

Assassination of Muhammad Shihada, Ahmad Balbul, Imad Kamel and Issa Marzouk in Bethlehem

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere

27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008

To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

The War on Gaza (2008-09): Operation Cast Lead/ Battle of al-Furqan

27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks

10 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

President Obama Prepares Active Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009

21st Arab Summit Meets in Doha

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel

US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze

26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem

4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009

US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out

19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian Talks Through Letters of Guarantee

16 December 2009 - 4 January 2010

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks

7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010

The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks

3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010

Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates

11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010

US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians

20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010

With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched

22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010

The United Nations Human Rights Council Establishes a Fact-Finding Mission on the Mavi Marmara Incident

2 June 2010 - 27 September 2010

President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

An Amendment to the Lebanese Social Security Law Grants Palestinian Refugees Right to End-of-Service and Occupational Emergency Compensations

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem

14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

Abbas, Backed by the Arab League, Halts Palestinian-Israeli Direct Talks

30 September 2010 - 15 December 2010

The Knesset Passes Israeli Prisons Law (Amendment No. 40) (Meetings with Lawyers)

Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

2 September 2011

Fate of the Palestinian UN Admission Request

28 September 2011 - 8 November 2011

Hamas's Khalid Mishal Visits the Gaza Strip

8 December 2012

Early Elections in Israel Bring Back Netanyahu as Prime Minister

22 January 2013 - 18 March 2013

Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners

17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2

International Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction

12 October 2014

Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products

9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA

30 September 2015

37th Zionist Congress, Jerusalem

20 October 2015 - 22 October 2015

The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law

Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif

26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

Trump Signs the 6-Month Waiver Delaying the Application of the Jerusalem Embassy Act

A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon

Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon

14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest

25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018

International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

Hamdallah Resigns, Is Replaced by Mohammad Shtayyeh

29 January 2019 - 13 April 2019

Russian Effort on Reconciliation Fails and Hamas-Fatah Relations Further Deteriorate

13 February 2019 - 17 February 2019

UNHRC Report on Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

28 February 2019

The US Recognizes the Golan Heights as Part of Israel

21 March 2019 - 25 March 2019

Israeli Violence Ahead of One-Year Anniversary of Great March of Return; Egyptian Restraint Efforts

22 March 2019 - 29 March 2019

Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected

10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019

US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019

US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces

20 December 2019

Israeli Caretaker Government and Opposition Escalate Settlement Advancement and Annexation Discourse

6 January 2020 - 25 February 2020

COVID-19 Hits Palestine

5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020

International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans

18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

US Erases the 4-June Line

28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 9

Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters

Gilboa Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Historical Media

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Musa Kazim Husseini's Funeral, Damascus Gate

London Conference

King David Hotel

Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: Security Council Vetoed Draft Resolutions

1963 - present

Thematic Chronology

1955 - 1957

Thematic Chronology

The Annapolis Negotiation Rounds

2007 - 2008

Thematic Chronology

The May 2021 Gaza War

2021

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

III. Late Mandate

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

The Judaization of the Galilee

A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Lebanon War, 1982

A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Israeli Military

The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Balata Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Algerians of Palestine

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art