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Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Event
Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq
July 1872
Event
Emerging Palestinian Opposition to Zionist Settlement: al-Yahudiyya Village Against Petah Tikva Settlement
29 March 1886
Event
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
Event
World War I, the Ottomans Enter the War
1 August 1914 - February 1915
Event
Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
Event
The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine
9 January 1917
Event
First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall
28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917
Event
General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
Event
French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
Event
May Day Clashes in Jaffa
1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921
Event
General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine
8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933
Event
Death of Musa Kazim Husseini
26 March 1934
Event
21st Zionist Congress Meets in Geneva
16 August 1939 - 25 August 1939
Event
The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations
27 September 1945
Event
Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946
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Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah
10 March 1948
Event
Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee
28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948
Event
Transjordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
Event
Israel Conducts its First Population Census
8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949
Event
Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces
22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949
Event
Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
Event
Israel Enacts the Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance
1 February 1949
Event
Land Acquisition (Validation of Acts and Compensation) Law
10 March 1953
Event
Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects
30 June 1953
Event
Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 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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24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956
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Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
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Israel Invades Egypt
29 October 1956
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The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
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Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
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The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) Deploys in Sinai
12 November 1956 - 12 March 1957
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Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai
7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957
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Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria
15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967
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June War, 1st Day
5 June 1967
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June War
5 June 1967 - 10 June 1967
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June War, 2nd Day
6 June 1967
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US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
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The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem
27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967
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Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property
31 July 1967
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Sharon's Pacification of Gaza
August 1970 - December 1971
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Libyan Civilian Aircraft Is Shot Down Over the Sinai
21 February 1973
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Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973
27 June 1973
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October War, 1st Day
6 October 1973
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October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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October War, 2nd Day
7 October 1973
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Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva
21 December 1973
Event
Sinai I Agreement
18 January 1974 - 3 March 1974
Event
Negotiations for Sinai II Fail
7 March 1975 - 22 March 1975
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Sinai II Agreement Reached
20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975
Event
US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
Event
Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US
25 March 1976
Event
11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon
28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981
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Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
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Last Stage of Israeli Withdrawal from the Sinai
25 April 1982
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Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis
6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982
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The “Creeping” Cease-fire
10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982
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Battle of the Mountain
14 June 1982 - 26 June 1982
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Tension in Hebron
1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
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Haram al-Sharif Killings
8 October 1990
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Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza
18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994
Event
Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem
25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998
Event
Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only
30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999
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Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
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Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization
10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000
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Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan
6 June 2004
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Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative
29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007
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Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza
10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007
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Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume
24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007
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Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM
17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
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Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai
23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008
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The PLO Central Council Meets in Ramallah
23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008
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Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh
2 March 2009
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Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements
31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009
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The Deceptive Settlement Freeze
26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010
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Israel's Ramat Shlomo Constructions' Plan During Joe Biden's Visit
8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010
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President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel
6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010
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Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended
20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010
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Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu
17 April 2012
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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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Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations
4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014
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Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
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Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza
14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014
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UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry
23 July 2014
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The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza
11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014
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Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
Event
Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015
Event
Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt
31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015
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UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 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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UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
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Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue
2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018
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Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue
17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019
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The PA and Israel Agree that the PA Can Collect Fuel Taxes
22 August 2019
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PA Starts Receiving Part of Tax Revenue from Israel Despite Deduction
3 October 2019 - 29 December 2019
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The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021
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Israel Continues to Assert Dominance over the Haram al-Sharif Compound
18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021

Historical Texts

Document
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
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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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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
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Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
14 March 1951
Document
UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
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UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
Document
Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
Document
Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 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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The Venice Declaration
13 June 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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Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
Document
President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 2005
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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021

Historical Media

Document
Young Turks Revolution
July 1908
Document
Welcoming Guerrillas
1936
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Old City of Jerusalem from the Church of the Savior
n.d.

Highlights

Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
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VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
Highlight
IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance

Periods

Period
XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
Period
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
Period
VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
1956 War
1955 - 1957
Thematic Chronology
June 1967 War
1966 - 1967