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Event
Ottoman Land Code, 7 Ramadan 1274
21 April 1858
Event
The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire
24 November 1881
Event
The Ottomans and Sale of Land to Jews in Palestine
26 November 1892 - 3 April 1893
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1st Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
29 August 1897 - 31 August 1897
Event
France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements
2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901
Event
Correction of Land Registers Ordinance, No. 12
16 February 1926
Event
British Secure Military Reinforcements
May 1936 - September 1936
Event
Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936
1 January 1937
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937 - 20 March 1937
Event
Enactment of Lebanese Labor Law and Its Subsequent Impact on Palestine Refugees
23 September 1946
Event
Arab League Rejects Partition Plan
8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947
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Israel's Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance
16 September 1948
Event
Emergency Regulations Regarding the Cultivation of Fallow Lands and Unexploited Water Sources
11 October 1948
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Pro-Jordanian Jericho Conference
1 December 1948 - 28 December 1948
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Emergency Regulations Regarding Absentee Property
2 December 1948
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Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)
24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949
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Absentee Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law
1 April 1952
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The Knesset Adopts the Entry into Israel Law
26 August 1952
Event
Land Acquisition (Validation of Acts and Compensation) Law
10 March 1953
Event
The Knesset adopts the Basic Law: The Knesset
12 February 1958
Event
Basic Law: Israel Lands
19 July 1960
Event
New Lebanese Social Security Law Implicitly Excludes Palestinian Refugees from its Benefits
26 September 1963
Event
A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners
18 September 1964
Event
Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
Event
The Knesset Amends the Municipal Corporations Ordinance to Extend Area of West Jerusalem Municipality
27 June 1967 - 29 June 1967
Event
Military Order No. 58, Concerning Abandoned Property (Private Property)
23 July 1967
Event
SC Res. 252: Considering all Israeli Measures to Change Jerusalem's Legal Status as Invalid
21 May 1968
Event
Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes)
28 March 1969
Event
SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories
22 March 1979
Event
6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979
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Committee Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
14 July 1980 - 15 July 1980
Event
SC Res. 497: Considering Null and Void Israel’s Decision to Impose its Laws in the Occupied Golan
17 December 1981
Event
ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York
9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988
Event
UNGA 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission)
23 March 1988
Event
Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank
28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Event
7th Negotiation Round, Washington
21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992
Event
8th Negotiation Round, Washington
7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992
Event
Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage
20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993
Event
Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel
30 December 1993
Event
21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996
Event
Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
Event
The Holy See and Israel Sign an Agreement Complementing their 1993 Fundamental Agreement
10 November 1997
Event
Vatican-PLO Agreement
15 February 2000
Event
Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees
10 May 2001
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall
8 December 2003
Event
The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall
9 July 2004
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/15: Demands that Israel Complies with ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Wall; Requests SG to Establish Register of Damage
20 July 2004
Event
London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority
1 March 2005
Event
The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established
25 November 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/17: Establishing the Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the OPT
15 December 2006
Event
The US Revisits the Road Map
14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007
Event
Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza
30 January 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify
4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking
1 January 2009
Event
21st Arab Summit Meets in Doha
30 March 2009
Event
22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte
27 March 2010
Event
Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident
14 June 2010
Event
The Knesset Passes Israel Lands Law (Amendment No. 3) on Foreign Ownership
29 March 2011
Event
Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 September 2011
Event
Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts
22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012
Event
Israel Links the First-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
8 August 2013 - 25 August 2013
Event
A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet
23 April 2014
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products
9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015
Event
Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA
30 September 2015
Event
Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections
21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017
Event
Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure
27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016
Event
SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism
23 December 2016
Event
Kerry's "Farewell" Speech on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
28 December 2016
Event
Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US
18 December 2017
Event
Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad
22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018
Event
29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran
15 April 2018
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Israeli Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Settler Organization’s Claim to Three Buildings in the Old City of Jerusalem
10 June 2019
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US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements
18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019
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Chief Prosecutor at International Criminal Court Finds Israel Is Committing War Crimes
20 December 2019

Biographies

Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - 1930
Biography
Shaykh Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946

Historical Texts

Document
Basel (Zionist) Program
30 August 1897
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
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Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
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Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
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Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on the Occasion of the Entry of the Arab Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
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Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
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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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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
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UNSC Resolution 252
21 May 1968
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Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022
24 March 1976
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Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
Document
Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East
1 October 1977
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
UNSC Resolution 446
22 March 1979
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Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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UNSC Resolution 465
1 March 1980
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Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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UNSC Resolution 497
17 December 1981
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UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
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Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
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Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 September 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
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Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
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King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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UNSC Resolution 672
12 October 1990
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Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
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Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
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The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/3
15 July 1997
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Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
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Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21
13 July 1998
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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
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Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
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Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
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UNSC Resolution 1322
7 October 2000
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
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PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270
26 March 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199
14 December 2001
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Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
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Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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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
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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UNSC Resolution 1544
19 May 2004
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783
5 October 2004
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Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
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Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 2005
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
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Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas
4 May 2011
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Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State
16 May 2011
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Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
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Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
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HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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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
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities
24 March 2016
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
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UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
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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
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Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
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Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060
18 December 2017
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/19
21 December 2017
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Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
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Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance
26 December 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

Highlights

Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
Great Arab Revolt, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Resolution 242 (1967)
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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Kafr Qasim, 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
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Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?
2017-
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Israel's Nation-State Law
Enshrining Discrimination
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
1920 - 1945
Thematic Chronology
Lebanon’s Policies on Palestine and Palestinians
1944 - present