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Event
Ottoman Pledges to Grant Facilities to France: Towards the Capitulations Regime
18 October 1569 - 1613
Event
Theodor Herzl Dies; Replaced by David Wolffsohn
3 July 1904
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Zionist-Palestinian Violence Breaks out in Jaffa
16 March 1908
Event
Appointment of the King-Crane Commission
20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919
Event
The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission
2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Event
The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of the Arab Syrian Kingdom
7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920
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French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
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The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
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Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan
2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921
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The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council; Non-Applicability to Transjordan
10 August 1922
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British-French Demarcation of Line Between Palestine (Including Transjordan) and Syria (Including Lebanon)
7 March 1923
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Enactment of the Palestine Order in Council Related to al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 May 1931
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931
23 July 1931
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An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress
13 December 1931
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18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936
30 September 1936
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General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission
11 October 1936
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The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region
10 December 1936
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937
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Zionist Biltmore Conference Is Held in New York
6 May 1942 - 11 May 1942
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Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet
14 February 1945
Event
Pledge to Buy US Armament for the Haganah
July 1945
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan; a New Constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
25 May 1946 - 7 December 1946
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Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
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Series of Zionist Attacks
2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948
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A New Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan
15 March 1948
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Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas
19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948
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Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May
12 April 1948
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British Parliament Enacts the Palestine Act, 1948
29 April 1948
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Great Britain Issues the Termination of Jurisdiction in Palestine (Transitional Provisions) Order in Council of 1948
12 May 1948
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948
12 May 1948
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The "West Bank" of the Jordan to Be Placed Under Jordanian Military Government
16 May 1948 - 24 May 1948
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Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City
2 August 1948
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UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
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Pro-Jordanian Amman Conference
1 October 1948
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Arab Responses to Formation of the All-Palestine Government
5 October 1948 - 14 October 1948
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Israel Establishes Military Government in Palestinian Areas
21 October 1948
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Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
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Elections in Israel
25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949
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Jordan's Early Measure to "Jordanize" Arab Palestinians
14 February 1949
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Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank
16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949
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Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)
24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949
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Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
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Jordan Amends the Parliamentary Election Law
13 December 1949
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Dissolution of the Jordanian Parliament
1 January 1950
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Assassination of King Abdullah
20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952
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The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
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King Hussein’s Formal Accession to the Throne
2 May 1953
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Israel and the Lavon Affair
July 1954 - 17 February 1955
Event
With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel
3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955
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David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister
3 November 1955
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Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez
26 August 1956
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Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
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Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza
10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957
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Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq
14 July 1958
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25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961
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Settlement Attempt in Hebron
12 April 1968 - 16 June 1968
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Black September in Jordan
15 September 1970 - 25 September 1970
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Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
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King Hussein Proposes a "United Arab Kingdom"
15 March 1972
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10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972
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Hussein Bashir Abu al-Khayr Is Assassinated in Nicosia
24 January 1973
Event
Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle
17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973
Event
Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
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
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14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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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
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Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980
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Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome
9 October 1981
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
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Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue
1 September 1982
Event
Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan
2 September 1982
Event
PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
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Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983
Event
Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
Event
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament
23 January 1984
Event
Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks
26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984
Event
Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
Event
17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
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Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985
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Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
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Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
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Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination
25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986
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Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement
11 April 1987
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Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
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Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank
28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988
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Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991
Event
China and Israel Establish Diplomatic Relations
24 January 1992
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Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
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King Hussein Dies; Eldest Son Is Crowned King Abdullah II
17 February 1999
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Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David
3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000
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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
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Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks
16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000
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Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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The Taba Talks
21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001
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Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
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Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
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14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
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Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
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Possible Sale of Properties Belonging to Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Old City Revealed
18 March 2005 - 24 May 2005
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Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
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19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
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The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
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Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhuh in Dubai
20 January 2010 - 31 January 2010
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US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians
20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010
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Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
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Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington
1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010
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23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad
29 March 2012
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Israel’s Settlement Activity
6 June 2012 - 13 August 2012
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Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
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Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013
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Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners
17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014
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Settlement Construction
30 January 2015
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Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
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The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
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27th Arab Summit Meets in Nouakchott
25 July 2016
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca
30 May 2019
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US Officials Partake in Inauguration of Large-Scale Settler Project in East Jerusalem
30 June 2019
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US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction
29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020
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US Erases the 4-June Line
28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020
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Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco
10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020
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Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021
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Israeli Policy of Evicting Palestinian Families in East Jerusalem
19 January 2022 - 10 May 2022
Event
Israeli Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Properties Owned by the Greek Orthodox Church in East Jerusalem
26 March 2022 - 8 June 2022

Biographies

Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Aref al-Dajani
1860 - 13 April 1930
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
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
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
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
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
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
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
Document
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Document
Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
The Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
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Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1946
22 March 1946
Document
Text of Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section
10 March 1948
Document
Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1948
15 March 1948
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The Palestine Act, 1948
29 April 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
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Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948
16 September 1948
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan
24 April 1950
Document
Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
Document
First Arab Summit: Statement
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
Document
Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions
1 September 1967
Document
Speech by Jordan’s King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
Document
Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
Document
Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution
29 October 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
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
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
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
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 14985
20 April 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
Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 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
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
Document
King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
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
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
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Palestinian Response to President Clinton Proposals
1 January 2001
Document
Israel’s Response to President Clinton Proposals
3 January 2001
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 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
South African Communiqué on Palestinian-Israeli Meeting
11 January 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Mecca Accord
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
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
Document
Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
Document
Abraham Accords: Bahrain-Israel Declaration
15 September 2020

Historical Media

Document
Army music in front of the Fast Hotel
1929
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Jaffa Road during a General Strike
August 1929
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Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
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Lord Peel in Front of King David Hotel
November 1936
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Peel Commission and Partition
11 November 1936
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British Troops Regain Control of Jerusalem's Old City
October 1938
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King David Hotel
24 July 1946
Document
Scenes of Destruction
1948

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Zionist Operations Against the British Mandate Authorities
1944 - 1947
Thematic Chronology
Egyptian-Israeli Negotiation Rounds on Palestinian Autonomy
1977 - 1982
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian-Israeli Final Status Negotiation Rounds
1999 - 2001

Highlights

Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers Before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Highlight
The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
Highlight
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
Highlight
Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
Highlight
The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest
Highlight
The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem
Highlight
Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
Highlight
Zarqa Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993

Places

Place
Abil al-Qamh
Place
al-Faluja
Place
al-Kafrayn
Place
al-Khayriyya
Place
al-Khisas
Place
al-Lajjun
Place
al-Maliha
Place
al-Na'ani
Place
al-Qubab
Place
al-Sumayriyya
Place
al-Tantura
Place
'Ayn Karim
Place
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Dayr Muhaysin
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Fajja
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Indur
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Khulda
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Lifta
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Mallaha
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Qula
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Salama
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Zakariyya
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Yibna
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