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Biographies

Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Khalil Baidas
1875 - 9 February 1949
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
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
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
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
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Events

Event
Establishment of Palestinian Newspaper al-Karmel in Haifa
December 1908
Event
World War I, the Ottomans Enter the War
1 August 1914 - February 1915
Event
First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall
28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917
Event
Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem
31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917
Event
Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine
16 April 1918
Event
Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine
19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918
Event
Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan
2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921
Event
Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine
April 1927
Event
Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party
27 March 1935
Event
British Violent Repression
May 1936 - June 1936
Event
British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police
May 1936 - September 1936
Event
Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
23 July 1937 - September 1938
Event
The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo
15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938
Event
British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy
November 1938 - May 1939
Event
The British Government Rejects the Conclusions of the Partition (Woodhead) Commission
11 November 1938
Event
British Recommend Partition
December 1943
Event
Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
Event
Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York
25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950
Event
Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
Event
Enactment of Lebanese Labor Law and Its Subsequent Impact on Palestine Refugees
23 September 1946
Event
Continuation of Zionist-British Confrontation
16 April 1947 - 26 April 1947
Event
Lebanon Sets up a Central Committee and Regional Committees to Deal with Refugees from Palestine
26 April 1948 - 11 May 1948
Event
Bernadotte's New Plan
16 September 1948
Event
UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
Event
Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
Event
Israel Establishes Military Government in Palestinian Areas
21 October 1948
Event
Israel Conducts its First Population Census
8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949
Event
UNGA 212 (III): Establishment of a Special Fund for Palestine refugees
19 November 1948
Event
Emergency Regulations Regarding Absentee Property
2 December 1948
Event
UNGA 194 (III): Establishment of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)
11 December 1948
Event
Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
Event
General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah
17 March 1949
Event
Palestinians Testify Before the UNCCP
24 March 1949
Event
UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference
27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949
Event
The UNGA Ad Hoc Political Committee, Dealing with Israel's Admission Application, Requests Clarifications
4 May 1949 - 9 May 1949
Event
Israel Decides to Issue Temporary Residency Permits for Palestinians Not Included in the Census
October 1949
Event
UNGA 302 (IV): Establishment of Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
8 December 1949
Event
Absentee Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Event
UNRWA Signs Agreement with Egypt as Administrator of Refugee Host Area
12 September 1950
Event
UNGA 393 (V): Economic Reintegration of Refugees in the Middle East
2 December 1950
Event
UNGA 394 (V): UNCCP to Establish Office on Compensation to Refugees
14 December 1950
Event
Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut
27 January 1951
Event
UNRWA Signs Agreement with Jordan as Refugee Host Country
14 March 1951 - 20 August 1951
Event
Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah
July 1951
Event
UNGA 513 (VI): UNRWA to Carry Refugee Relief and Reintegration for 3 Years
26 January 1952
Event
Palestinians in Israel Protest the Nationality law
14 July 1952
Event
Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects
30 June 1953
Event
Israeli Operation in Gaza
28 August 1953
Event
Jordanian Nationality Law
16 February 1954
Event
The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
Event
Exchange of Notes between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Event
Lebanon Exempts Palestinian Refugees from Travel Document Fees
29 December 1954
Event
Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955
Event
Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO) Is Opened in New York
25 June 1955 - 15 January 1962
Event
Renewal of Egyptian-Israeli Clashes
22 August 1955 - 4 September 1955
Event
Britain and France Join the War
31 October 1956
Event
Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza
10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957
Event
UNRWA Director Issues Special Report on Situation in Gaza Strip
15 December 1956
Event
Basic Law for the Gaza Strip
25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958
Event
Lebanon Establishes the Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Interior
31 March 1959
Event
GA Resolution 1604 (XV)
21 April 1961
Event
Appointment of Special Representative of the UNCCP
24 August 1961
Event
Conditions for the Movement of Lebanon's Palestinian refugees between Lebanon and Syria
28 July 1962 - 2 August 1962
Event
Proposals Announced by Joseph Johnson, Special Representative of the UNCCP
31 August 1962
Event
Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals
5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962
Event
New Lebanese Social Security Law Implicitly Excludes Palestinian Refugees from its Benefits
26 September 1963
Event
Palestinian Delegation at the UN
18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963
Event
A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners
18 September 1964
Event
26th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
30 December 1964 - 10 January 1965
Event
Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
Event
Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
Event
Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
Event
US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Event
General Assembly Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Event
Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank
14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967
Event
Security Council Resolution S/RES/242
22 November 1967
Event
Lebanon Issues the Law on the Acquisition of Immovable Property Rights by Non-Lebanese
4 January 1969
Event
PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
Event
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Event
UNGA 2535 (XXIV): Reiterating Past Resolutions on UNRWA; Affirming Inalienable Rights of People of Palestine
10 December 1969
Event
Israel and Refugee Camps in Gaza and West Bank
18 February 1970
Event
Sharon's Pacification of Gaza
August 1970 - December 1971
Event
PFLP Hijack Operations
6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970
Event
Black September in Jordan
15 September 1970 - 25 September 1970
Event
UNGA 2672 (XXV): People of Palestine Entitled to Equal Rights and Self-determination; Calling upon Israel for Return of Displaced in 1967
8 December 1970
Event
UNGA 2792 (XXVI): Deploring Israel's Operations in the Gaza Strip
6 December 1971
Event
Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973
27 June 1973
Event
Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
Event
Civil Disobedience in West Bank
November 1975 - March 1976
Event
Premeditated Israeli Air Attack Against Palestinians in Lebanon
2 December 1975
Event
Palestinian "Land Day"
30 March 1976
Event
Fall of Tal al-Za'atar
12 August 1976
Event
President Carter for a Palestinian Homeland
16 March 1977 - 26 May 1977
Event
Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories Express their Dissatisfaction with Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
8 December 1977
Event
Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 December 1977
Event
Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords
5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978
Event
The PLO Executive Condemns the Camp David Accords
19 September 1978
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan
16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978
Event
9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
Event
14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Event
1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba
25 May 1979
Event
3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980
Event
Birzeit University Is Closed
14 November 1980
Event
Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon
10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
Event
Israeli Aerial Bombardment and Palestinian Artillery Across the Lebanon-Israel Border
4 June 1982 - 5 June 1982
Event
Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis
6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US
26 June 1982
Event
The PLO 11-Point Document
8 July 1982
Event
Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented
20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982
Event
Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue
1 September 1982
Event
Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan
2 September 1982
Event
Sabra and Shatila Massacres
16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982
Event
Israel Withdraws from Beirut and the Multinational Force Returns
23 September 1982 - 29 September 1982
Event
Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres
7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983
Event
Reactions to Fatah Scission in Occupied Territories
26 June 1983 - 9 November 1983
Event
Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
Event
Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities
2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984
Event
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament
23 January 1984
Event
Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
Event
Operation of Israeli Occupation Forces Against Ayn al-Hilwa
16 May 1984 - 18 May 1984
Event
17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Event
Israeli Army Withdraws from Saida Region
16 February 1985
Event
PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
18 February 1985
Event
The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Event
Israeli Repression in the Occupied Territories
4 December 1986 - 11 December 1986
Event
Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza
18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987
Event
Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO
21 May 1987
Event
Palestinian Hang-Glider Operation
25 November 1987
Event
Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
9 December 1987
Event
First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
14 December 1987
Event
The Palestinians' 14 Demands
14 January 1988
Event
Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis
16 April 1988
Event
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Event
Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections
1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989
Event
Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered
1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990
Event
A New Constitutional Law Rejects Palestinians' Resettlement in Lebanon
21 September 1990
Event
Conference on Multilateral Peace Talks, Moscow
28 January 1992 - 29 January 1992
Event
Multilateral Talks
11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992
Event
Multilateral Talks
29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992
Event
8th Negotiation Round, Washington
7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington
13 September 1993
Event
Wave of Hamas and Islamic Jihad Attacks
6 April 1994 - 30 April 1994
Event
Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba
26 October 1994
Event
The Tragedy of the Palestinians in Libya
9 August 1995 - 13 January 1999
Event
The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Event
Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996
Event
Commemoration of the Nakba 50th Anniversary
14 May 1998 - 15 May 1998
Event
To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
Event
Ehud Barak Becomes Prime Minister After a Campaign Focused on Separation Between Israelis and Palestinians
17 May 1999
Event
Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel
1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000
Event
The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
Event
Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation
13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000
Event
Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David
3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000
Event
Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000
Event
Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
Event
Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks
16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000
Event
Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising
30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000
Event
The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized
14 October 2000
Event
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Event
Assassination of Hani Abu Bakra in Khan Yunis
14 December 2000
Event
Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals"
19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000
Event
Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape
26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001
Event
The Taba Talks
21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001
Event
Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
Event
Assassination of Mahmud Madani in Balata Refugee Camp
19 February 2001
Event
A Lebanese Legislative Amendment Equates Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
3 April 2001
Event
Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
19 April 2001
Event
Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees
10 May 2001
Event
UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban
31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001
Event
With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level
26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001
Event
Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
Event
Assassination of Adli Hamdan in Khan Yunis
24 January 2002
Event
An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002
Event
14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
Event
Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield
28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002
Event
Invasion of Jenin Camp: Fierce Battle
3 April 2002 - 19 April 2002
Event
SC Res. 1405: Welcoming SG Initiative to Send Fact-Finding Team to Jenin Refugee Camp
19 April 2002
Event
Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
Event
Assassination of Mahmud Titi in Balata Refugee Camp
22 May 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
Event
Assassination of Hussam Hamdan in Khan Yunis
7 August 2002
Event
Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
Event
Assassination of Ala Ahmad Sabbagh and Imad Nasharti in Jenin Refugee Camp
26 November 2002
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US
20 December 2002
Event
Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza
15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
Event
The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003
Event
Assassination of Nidal Salameh in Khan Yunis
29 April 2003
Event
Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy
1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003
Event
The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
Event
Assassination of Hamdi Hassan Kalakh in Khan Yunis
28 August 2003
Event
Assassination of Abdallah Akel and Farid Mayat in Nussayrat Refugee Camp
30 August 2003
Event
Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah
4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003
Event
The Geneva "Private" Initiative
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Event
Assassination of Ibrahim al-Na'nish in Tulkarm Refugee Camp
28 October 2003
Event
Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004
Event
Assassination of Mahmud Judeh in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
28 February 2004
Event
Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
Event
Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza
2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004
Event
SC Res. 1544: Condemning Israeli Killing of Civilians and Demolition of Homes in Rafah Refugee Camp
19 May 2004
Event
16th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis; Rejection of Israel's Disengagement Plan
22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004
Event
Assassination of Khalil Marshud in Balata Refugee Camp
14 June 2004
Event
Operation Full Court Press in Nablus
23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004
Event
Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank
27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004
Event
The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
Event
Assassination Attempt of Muhammad Abu Nusayra in Khan Yunis
27 September 2004
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2004/783 Condemning Israeli Broad Incursion in Northern Gaza Strip Vetoed by US
5 October 2004
Event
Assassination of Imad Yahia Khalil Bader and Saqer Awni Saqer in Khan Yunis Refugee Camp
9 October 2004
Event
Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron
17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004
Event
Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step
8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005
Event
The Lebanese Minister of Labor Removes some Restrictions on the Work of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
7 June 2005 - 14 December 2005
Event
Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005
Event
Assassination of Said Issa Siam in Khan Yunis
17 July 2005
Event
Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again
24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005
Event
Assassination of Shadi Suhail Muhanna and Muhammad Ahmad Kandeel in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
27 October 2005
Event
Assassination of Hassan Madhun and Fawzi Abu Qara’ in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
1 November 2005
Event
The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established
25 November 2005
Event
Assassination of Iyad Qadas and Iyad Najjar in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
8 December 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls
25 January 2006
Event
Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
Event
Assassination of Hassan Asfour and Rami Hannoun East of Jabaliya Refugee Camp
6 February 2006
Event
Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
Event
Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank
1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006
Event
Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis
8 April 2006
Event
Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains
28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006
Event
Lebanon Reregisters the Records of Palestinian Refugees It Had Deleted
8 July 2006
Event
New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza
11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006
Event
Assassination of Amjad al-Ajami and Muhammad Atik in Jenin Refugee Camp
9 August 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month
1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006
Event
After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report
30 April 2007
Event
The Battle of Nahr el-Bared
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007
Event
Assassination of Fadi Abdul Qader Abu Mustafa in Khan Yunis
1 June 2007
Event
Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume
24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007
Event
Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference
6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007
Event
The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks
27 November 2007
Event
Nablus Remains a Hot Spot
15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008
Event
The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"
7 January 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Palestinian Side Sounded Out
7 January 2008 - 27 January 2008
Event
Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem
10 January 2008
Event
Assassination of Nidal al-Amoudi and Mahir al-Mabhuh in Shati' Refugee Camp
13 January 2008
Event
Assassination of Amer Qarmout in Beit Lahiya
4 February 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify
4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Resume: Refugees and Territory Stumbling Blocks
24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere
27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008
Event
To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008
Event
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened
5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
Event
Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza
21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1
27 December 2008
Event
The War on Gaza (2008-09): Operation Cast Lead/ Battle of al-Furqan
27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 5
31 December 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking
1 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet
3 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2
4 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones
5 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks
10 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 18
13 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 21
16 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
Event
Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire
27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises
4 May 2009
Event
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
Event
Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
Event
Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund
12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010
Event
An Amendment to the Lebanese Social Security Law Grants Palestinian Refugees Right to End-of-Service and Occupational Emergency Compensations
24 August 2010
Event
An Amendment to the Lebanese Labor Law Exempts Palestinian Refugees from some Conditions Imposed on Foreign Workers
24 August 2010
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Najjar in Khan Yunis
11 January 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes Israel Lands Law (Amendment No. 3) on Foreign Ownership
29 March 2011
Event
US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East
19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011
Event
State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Event
Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
Event
Assassination of Ashraf Sabah and Hisham al-Saidani in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
13 October 2012
Event
Assassination of Ahmad Abu Jalal near al-Maghazi Refugee Camp
16 November 2012
Event
Assassination of Ahmad al-Nahal in al-Shati Refugee Camp
18 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 8
21 November 2012
Event
Symbolic Erection of Bab al-Shams and Bab al-Karama villages in the West Bank
11 January 2013 - 20 January 2013
Event
Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement
14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israeli Settlement Expansion
31 January 2014 - 7 February 2014
Event
Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations
17 February 2014
Event
25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Event
A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched
16 April 2014
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
Event
Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
Event
Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza
8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2
9 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3
10 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8
13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10
16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
Event
UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry
23 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations
26 August 2014
Event
French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC
30 December 2014
Event
Palestinian Militants Build and Rebuild “Gate of Jerusalem” Tent Camp in Abu Dis
3 February 2015 - 27 March 2015
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools
27 April 2015
Event
With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
Event
The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
Event
Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections
21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017
Event
Amendment No. 44 of Basic Law: The Knesset Allows Dismissal of Members
19 July 2016
Event
Kerry's "Farewell" Speech on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
28 December 2016
Event
Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018
Event
Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination
6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017
Event
Hamas New Charter
1 May 2017
Event
A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon
20 July 2017
Event
As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds
24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017
Event
Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA
16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018
Event
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest
25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018
Event
International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis
15 March 2018
Event
The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
Event
Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
Event
US Cuts Aid to Palestinians
24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018
Event
UNRWA Says International Community Almost Covers Budget Deficit
19 November 2018
Event
Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure
19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019
Event
30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
31 March 2019
Event
Israeli Bombing Resumes Against Gaza
1 May 2019 - 5 May 2019
Event
UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations
29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019
Event
EU Anti-Palestinian Clause
12 June 2020
Event
Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons
6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020
Event
Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020
Event
Palestinian COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Begins as the Occupation Hinders an Effective Rollout
2 February 2021 - 20 June 2021
Event
US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes
7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1
10 May 2021
Event
The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2
11 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3
12 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4
13 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6
15 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7
16 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8
17 May 2021
Event
The General Strike of the Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 10
19 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11
20 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12
21 May 2021
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021

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Palin Commission Report
1 July 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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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Charter of the Arab Youth Congress
4 January 1932
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British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
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MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
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Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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Ad Hoc Political Committee Resolution on Israel’s Application for UN Membership
4 May 1949
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Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 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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UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
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UNGA Resolution 394 (V)
14 December 1950
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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
14 March 1951
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UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
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UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
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Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Lebanon’s Department for Palestinian Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
31 March 1959
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UNGA Resolution 1604 (XV)
21 April 1961
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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Fatah First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
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Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
11 September 1965
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Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
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Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
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UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
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UNSC Resolution 242
22 November 1967
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
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Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
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UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)
10 December 1969
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)
8 December 1970
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Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement
13 July 1971
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UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)
6 December 1971
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Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940
23 January 1976
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
Document
Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference
5 October 1977
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Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel
8 December 1977
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Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
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Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
26 March 1979
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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The Venice Declaration
13 June 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
Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land
18 August 1981
Document
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2
25 June 1982
Document
President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 1982
Document
Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Document
Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
Document
Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Document
Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985
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
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
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
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Document
Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
Document
U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
Document
Reorganization of Lebanon’s Department for Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
14 October 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
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement
27 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations
16 April 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
The Durban Declaration
8 September 2001
Document
Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1405
19 April 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385
20 December 2002
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
Document
UNSC Resolution 1544
19 May 2004
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783
5 October 2004
Document
Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 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
Mecca Agreement
8 February 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-18
23 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program
8 August 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State
16 May 2011
Document
President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
Document
Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
Document
Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 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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30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
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Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)
11 January 2021
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The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada
18 May 2021

Historical Media

Document
Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938
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Nahr el-Bared
1948
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al-Fawwar Camp
1951
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Emergency Refugee Camp, East Jordan: June 1967
June 1967
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Continuing Exodus: Jordan River
February 1968
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Dera'a Emergency camp, Syrian Arab Republic
n.a.
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Jaramana Emergency Camp
1974

Charts

Document
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip
1948 - 2018

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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 Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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
V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
Highlight
Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
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
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
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
Highlight
Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
Highlight
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
Highlight
The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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
Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
Highlight
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
Highlight
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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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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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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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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Sbeineh 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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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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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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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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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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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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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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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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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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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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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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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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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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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
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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

Places

Place
Khan al-Duwayr

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (I)
1996 - 2004
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian-Israeli Final Status Negotiation Rounds
1999 - 2001
Thematic Chronology
Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (II)
2005-2019
Thematic Chronology
Lebanon’s Relation to Palestine and the Palestinians
1923 - present
Thematic Chronology
Egyptian-Israeli Negotiation Rounds on Palestinian Autonomy
1977 - 1982
Thematic Chronology
Israeli Assassination Campaign Beyond Palestine Borders
1970 - present

Periods

Period
V. Reverberations of the Palestine War
Period
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
Period
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival