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Ottoman Conquest of the Levant

24 August 1516 - 12 January 1517

Establishment of Petah Tikva, the First Zionist Colony in Palestine

Seven Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1880s

Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition

8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901

Establishment of the Rawdat al-Ma'arif al-Wataniyya al-'Uthmaniyya al-Islamiyya in Jerusalem

Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul

July 1909 - March 1915

British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan

21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan

2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921

Transfer of Land Amendment Ordinance No. 2

8 December 1921

The Palestine Gendarmerie Is Disbanded and the Palestine Police Reorganized

British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police

May 1936 - September 1936

The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem

13 January 1938

Anti-British Operation and British Retaliation in al-Bassa

6 September 1938 - 10 September 1938

Killing of Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

Saudi Arabia Opens a Consulate-General in Jerusalem

5 April 1941 - 29 April 1941

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Continuation of Zionist-British Confrontation

16 April 1947 - 26 April 1947

Zionist Attacks Against Palestinians

21 May 1947 - 15 August 1947

Irgun Kidnaps and Murders Two British Sergeants

11 July 1947 - 31 July 1947

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Palestinian Attacks

14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

Fighting Around Jerusalem

12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv

13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948

First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages

11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel

8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948

Constantine Zurayk Publishes Ma'na al-Nakba (The Meaning of the Nakba) in Beirut

Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"

January 1949 - December 1956

Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

30 January 1949

UNGA Res. 302 (IV): Establishment of Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)

8 December 1949

Jordan Issues National Guard Law

17 January 1950

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

UNGA Res. 393 (V): Economic Reintegration of Refugees in the Middle East

2 December 1950

UNGA Res. 513 (VI): UNRWA to Carry Refugee Relief and Reintegration for 3 Years

26 January 1952

Israeli Operation in Jordan

28 January 1953

Israeli Operation Against Jordan

Exchange of Notes between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

Bloody Israeli Attack on the Gaza Strip

28 February 1955

Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects

1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955

Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja

23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955

Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents

17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956

Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez

Israel Invades Egypt

29 October 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza

10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957

UNRWA Director Issues Special Report on Situation in Gaza Strip

15 December 1956

Lebanon Establishes the Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Interior

The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity

29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961

Palestinians in Israel Demonstrate; Resorting to the UN

21 September 1961 - 30 September 1961

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

18 September 1964

The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York

22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974

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

11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966

The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem

27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967

UNGA Res. 2252 (ES-V)

Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank

14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967

Security Council Resolution S/RES/242

22 November 1967

Israel Land Requisition in Old City of Jerusalem

9 December 1969

UNGA Res. 2535 (XXIV): Reiterating Past Resolutions on UNRWA; Affirming Inalienable Rights of People of Palestine

10 December 1969

5th Arab Summit Meets in Rabat and Ends in Failure

21 December 1969 - 23 December 1969

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

UNGA Res. 2672 (XXV): People of Palestine Entitled to Equal Rights and Self-determination; Calling upon Israel for Return of Displaced in 1967

8 December 1970

UNGA Res. 2792 (XXVI): Deploring Israel's Operations in the Gaza Strip

6 December 1971

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972

Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards

15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973

SC Res. 338: Calling for Cease-fire and Deciding to Start Immediately Negotiations for Just Durable and Peace

22 October 1973

Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel

Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon

5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975

Negotiations for Sinai II Fail

7 March 1975 - 22 March 1975

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

SC Res. 381: Renewing UNDOF Mandate and Deciding to Hold a Future Debate on ME Problem

30 November 1975

The PLO Invited again to Security Council's Debate

12 January 1976

Draft SC Res. S/11940 to Affirm Palestinian Rights, Vetoed by US

26 January 1976

Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"

11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978

A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington

A Probable Israeli Nuclear Test Explosion in the Ocean near South Africa

22 September 1979

Venice Declaration

Israeli Air Force Destroys Iraqi Nuclear Reactor Under Construction Near Bagdad

Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis

6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982

Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement

17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983

Ma'moun Meraish Is Assassinated in Athens

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

S-G Report (A/39/130-S/16409), Pursuant to UNGA Res. 38/58 on ME Peace Conference

Palestinians Hijack an Israeli Bus Toward Gaza

Operation of Israeli Occupation Forces Against Ayn al-Hilwa

16 May 1984 - 18 May 1984

The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon

19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987

1st Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region

17 October 1987 - 18 October 1987

Palestinian Hang-Glider Operation

25 November 1987

US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan

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

3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988

Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted

9 December 1988

Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva

13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988

China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace

21 September 1989

Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan

16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989

Rishon LeZion (Uyun Qara) Killings

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War

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

1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991

Secretary Baker Second Stage Diplomacy

21 July 1991 - 13 October 1991

US-Soviet Joint Statement on the Middle East, Moscow

20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991

Arafat Survives a Plane Crash in Libya

7 April 1992 - 8 April 1992

Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO

9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993

Wave of Hamas and Islamic Jihad Attacks

6 April 1994 - 30 April 1994

Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba

26 October 1994

Anti-Israeli Attacks and Inter-Palestinian Tension

2 April 1995 - 19 April 1995

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution

SC Res. 1073: Calling for the Reversal of all Acts (Opening of Western Wall Tunnel) Aggravating the Situation

28 September 1996

Clinton - Netanyahu - Arafat - Hussein Meeting in Washington

1 October 1996 - 2 October 1996

Draft SC Res. S/1997/199 to Call on Israel to Refrain from Settlement Activities (Jabal Abu Ghunaym) Vetoed by US

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations

5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998

Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem

25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998

UNGA Res. 52/250: Granting Palestine Additional Rights and Privileges at the GA

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms its Applicability to the OPT

Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts

10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999

FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds

7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session

18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000

Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation

13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000

Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit

11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000

Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army

15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

SC Res. 1322: Deploring Provocation at Al-Haram al-Sharif and Excessive Use of Force Against Palestinians

Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

Assassination of Jamal Abd al-Razeq near Rafah

22 November 2000

Assassination of Yusif Abu Sawi in al-Khader

12 December 2000

Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape

26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

Assassination of Mas'ud Ayyad in Jabaliya

13 February 2001

Assassination of Mahmud Madani in Balata Refugee Camp

19 February 2001

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

Assassination of Ahmad As'ad in Artas

Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates

20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001

Assassination of Abdallah Jarushi in Nablus

31 October 2001

Assassination of Mahmoud Abu Hanud near Nablus

23 November 2001

Draft SC Res. S/2001/1199 Demanding Cessation of Violence and Return to Previous Positions Vetoed by the US

15 December 2001

Grave Escalation from Both Sides

9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002

Launch of the South African Peace Initiative (Spier Initiative)

11 January 2002 - 12 January 2002

Assassination of Ayman Bihdari near Rafah

4 February 2002

Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"

Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)

14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002

Assassination of Walid Sbeih in al-Khader

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

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

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

Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks

10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003

Assassination of Hamed Sidr near Nablus

4 November 2002

Assassination of Mustafa Sabah in Gaza City

4 December 2002

Assassination of Shaman Subuh and Mustafa Qash near Jenin

23 December 2002

The PLO Approves the Road Map

3 May 2003 - 11 May 2003

The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure

1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003

Assassination of Khalid Massud near Gaza City

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

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

2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004

Assassination of Trad Jamal, Ibrahim Dayri, and Ammar Hassan near Deir al-Balah

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

2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004

Operation Full Court Press in Nablus

23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004

Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank

27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004

Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map

2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004

Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine

18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004

Assassination of Majdi Mar'i, Fadi al-Sarwan, and Jihad Abu Salhieh in Nablus

1 November 2004

Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim

21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005

Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk

18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005

Assassination of Muhammad Ahmed Mar'i near Salfit

Assassination of Said Issa Siam in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Shadi Suhail Muhanna and Muhammad Ahmad Kandeel in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

27 October 2005

The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established

25 November 2005

Operation Blue Skies and Continuing Escalation

22 December 2005 - 23 January 2006

Olmert's Separation Plan

5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006

Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow

30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006

Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit

25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza

11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006

Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers

July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah

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

19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006

July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes

30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006

July War: A Balance Sheet

Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes

18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month

1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006

Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?

6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006

Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank

3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

Israel Launches Operation Hot Winter in Gaza

28 February 2008 - 3 March 2008

Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans

9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble

31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened

5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008

Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza

21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2

War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties

War on Gaza, Day 12

War on Gaza, Day 14

War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks

10 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 18

13 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer

14 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet

18 January 2009

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

22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009

Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire

27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009

War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises

Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza

22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009

Cross-Border Violence, Gaza

20 September 2009 - 3 October 2009

Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza

31 December 2009

US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze

29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010

Israel Approves Settlement Expansion

2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011

Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest

27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011

Assassination of Ahmad Shaykh Khalil, Muhammad Ashur, Bassem Abu al-Ata, Hassan al-Khadari, and Abd al-Karim Shatat in Rafah

29 October 2011

Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion

12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3

16 November 2012

Assassination of Ahmad Abu Jalal near al-Maghazi Refugee Camp

16 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Surge in Settlement Expansion

30 November 2012 - 10 February 2013

Symbolic Erection of Bab al-Shams and Bab al-Karama villages in the West Bank

11 January 2013 - 20 January 2013

Assassination of Haytham al-Mis-hal near Rafah

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

Launch of Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Direct Negotiations in Washington

29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013

Israel Links the First-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

8 August 2013 - 25 August 2013

Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region

12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1

Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza

8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8

13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10

16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Israel Launches Ground Invasion (Phase II)

17 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12

18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction

20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24

28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

16 September 2014

Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif

30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014

Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration

10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014

Settlement Construction

30 January 2015

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

Palestinian Car Ramming: A New Palestinian Weapon?

6 March 2015 - 14 May 2015

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

The 2014 Gaza War: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools

Settlement Construction

23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015

Settlers Set Fire to Two Palestinian Family Homes in Duma, West Bank

31 July 2015 - 9 August 2015

With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories

13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015

A Day of Escalation in the West Bank

Israel Kills Samir Quntar; Hizballah Responds

19 December 2015 - 4 January 2016

The EU and the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank

10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016

In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted

8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016

27th Arab Summit Meets in Nouakchott

Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure

27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump

22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017

Trump's Ambiguous Statement on Palestinian-Israeli Issues after his First Meeting as President with Netanyahu

15 February 2017

Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination

6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017

US-Israel Preliminary Talks on Settlements

19 March 2017 - 23 March 2017

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

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

Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA

16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018

Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

US Cuts Aid to Palestinians

24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018

Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire

11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018

UNRWA Says International Community Almost Covers Budget Deficit

19 November 2018

UNGA Res. 73/89: Reaffirming Support for the Two-State Solution of Israel and Palestine

6 December 2018

Opening of the “Apartheid Road”

10 January 2019

30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations

29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019

Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons

6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020

Murder Rate Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel Remains High Amid Israeli Police Inaction

21 December 2020

Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank

25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021

US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Evyatar Outpost Resettled; Palestinian Protesters Killed or Injured

3 May 2021 - 31 December 2021

Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada

10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11

Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters

A US-UNRWA Agreement Forces the Agency to Make Severe Policy Changes

14 July 2021 - 23 September 2021

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Jewish National Fund Begins Forestation Project in the Naqab to Displace Palestinians

10 January 2022 - 15 January 2022

Israeli Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Properties Owned by the Greek Orthodox Church in East Jerusalem

26 March 2022 - 8 June 2022

Israel Declares 22,000 Dunams of Land Near Jericho a “Nature Reserve”

Israel to Approve 4,427 New Settlement Housing Units

US State Department Separates Palestinian Office from Embassy to Israel

8 June 2022 - 9 June 2022

President Biden Meets with President Abbas in Bethlehem; No Joint Statement

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

1882 - 22 April 1942

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

1902 - 27 August 1984

1905 - 2 May 1941

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Anwar Nusseibeh

1913 - 22 November 1986

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

Rajeh al-Salfiti

1921 - 27 May 1990

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

1929 - 2 June 2016

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1938 - 16 December 2020

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)

14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Yahya al-Sinwar

19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024

9 February 1963

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Palin Commission Report

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

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

The Hope Simpson Report

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

1 December 1930

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

The Murison Commission Report

Peel Commission Report

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report

9 November 1938

MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan

3 September 1947

UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan

3 September 1947

UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority

3 September 1947

UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine

16 February 1948

Text of Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

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

UNGA Resolution 393 (V)

2 December 1950

UNGA Resolution 394 (V)

14 December 1950

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

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)

26 January 1952

UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

UNGA Resolution 1604 (XV)

UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)

10 December 1969

UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)

8 December 1970

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

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

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

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

7 February 1983

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

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

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Palestinian Response to President Clinton Proposals

Israel’s Response to President Clinton Proposals

The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)

27 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

South African Communiqué on Palestinian-Israeli Meeting

11 January 2002

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

UNSC Resolution 1405

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783

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

17 October 2005

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 January 2009

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

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

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

25 September 2009

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 December 2014

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

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

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

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

6 February 2017

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

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

28 February 2019

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

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

12 January 2021

Framework for Cooperation between UNRWA and the USA, 2021-2022

Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid

1 February 2022

Historical Media

Khalil Raad's Shop

British Troops Regain Control of Jerusalem's Old City

Fawzi al-Qawuqji

Continuing Exodus: Jordan River

Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing

Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing

Highlights

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

Palestinian Photographers Before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The Israeli Military

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

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Balata Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

I. Ottoman Rule

III. Late Mandate

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

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

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

The Bosnians of Palestine

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The Algerians of Palestine

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944

From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

Japan and the Palestine Question

A Policy still Subordinate to the US

Canada and the Palestine Question

Israel First, Palestinians Second

Jerash Refugee Camp (Gaza Camp)

Zarqa Refugee Camp

The Great March of Return

Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown

Stages of a Forced Displacement

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Aida Refugee Camp

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Places

al-Batani al-Sharqi

al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa

al-Shawka al-Tahta

Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda'

al-Zuq al-Fawqani

al-Zuq al-Tahtani

'Arab al-Fuqara'

'Arab al-Nufay'at

'Arab al-Samniyya

'Arab al-Zubayd

Balad al-Shaykh

Bayt Umm al-Mays

Bayyarat Hannun

Ghabat Kafr Sur

al-Jammasin al-Sharqi

Khirbat al-Burj

Khirbat al-Jawfa

Khirbat al-Lawz

Khirbat al-Manara

Khirbat al-Muntar

Khirbat al-Sarkas

Khirbat al-Shuna

Khirbat al-Taqa

Khirbat Karraza

Khirbat Qumbaza

Kirad al-Ghannama

Sarafand al-'Amar

Wa'arat al-Sarris

Wadi al-Hawarith

al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta