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Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Constantine Zurayk
18 April 1909 - 12 August 2000
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Qasim al-Rimawi
11 January 1918 - 29 April 1982
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
Leila Shahid
13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

Historical Texts

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Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
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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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Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
16 September 1922
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Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
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Shaw Commission Report
12 March 1930
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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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Charter of the Arab Youth Congress
4 January 1932
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Bevin's Statement on Formation of an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
13 November 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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The Haganah: Plan Gimmel (Plan C): Section on Countermeasures
May 1946
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
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Truman’s Statement on US Efforts for Palestine
4 October 1946
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UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan
3 September 1947
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UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan
3 September 1947
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UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority
3 September 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
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UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine
16 February 1948
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UNSC Resolution 42
5 March 1948
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Text of Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section
10 March 1948
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UNSC Resolution 46
17 April 1948
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Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
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UNSC Resolution 49
22 May 1948
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UNSC Resolution 50
29 May 1948
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UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
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UNSC Resolution 61
4 November 1948
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UNSC Resolution 62
16 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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UNGA Resolution 303
9 December 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
12 September 1950
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Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
14 March 1951
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UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
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UNSC Resolution 106
29 March 1955
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UNSC Resolution 111
19 January 1956
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UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)
2 February 1957
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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UNSC Resolution 171
9 April 1962
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Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
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Fatah First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
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UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
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UNGA Resolution 2253 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
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UNGA Resolution 2254 (ES-V)
14 July 1967
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Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions
1 September 1967
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UNSC Resolution 252
21 May 1968
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
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Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
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Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
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UNSC Resolution 267
3 July 1969
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
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UNSC Resolution 271
15 September 1969
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Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)
30 November 1970
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Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
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Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement
13 July 1971
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UNSC Resolution 298
25 September 1971
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UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)
6 December 1971
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UNSC Resolution 313
28 February 1972
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Speech by Jordan’s King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
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UNSC Resolution 316
26 June 1972
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Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
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Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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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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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria
31 May 1974
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Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution
29 October 1974
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022
24 March 1976
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Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
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Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
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UNSC Resolution 425
19 March 1978
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
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UNSC Resolution 446
22 March 1979
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
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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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UNSC Resolution 478
20 August 1980
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Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land
18 August 1981
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UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
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Reagan Plan
1 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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Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985
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Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement (in Arabic)
18 February 1985
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 9
31 July 1985
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
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UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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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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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 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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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 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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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 1st Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
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UNSC Resolution 694
24 May 1991
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Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
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UNSC Resolution 799
18 December 1992
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
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Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 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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Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394
17 May 1995
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
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UNSC Resolution 1073
28 September 1996
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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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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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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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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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
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The Durban Declaration
8 September 2001
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South African Communiqué on Palestinian-Israeli Meeting
11 January 2002
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Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35
15 May 2002
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President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 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
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/12
25 September 2003
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
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Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
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EU’s Decision on a Border Assistance Mission to Rafah
12 December 2005
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Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections
30 January 2006
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Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
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Prisoners’ Document on National Conciliation
10 May 2006
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National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508
12 July 2006
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UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878
10 November 2006
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
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President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
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Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39
30 June 2008
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Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups
16 January 2009
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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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President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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UNGA Resolution 64/10
1 December 2009
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Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9
1 June 2010
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President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
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Statement by Middle East Quartet
23 September 2011
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UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
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HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
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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
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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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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
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Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué
3 June 2016
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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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Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46
14 March 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
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Statement Issued Following the Meeting of the Palestinian National Action Factions (in Arabic)
21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017
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Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 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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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel
25 March 2019
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30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
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Abraham Accords: Treaty of Peace Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
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ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine
5 February 2021
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HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021
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Framework for Cooperation between UNRWA and the USA, 2021-2022
14 July 2021
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Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC
9 May 2022
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Statement Before Joe Biden
15 July 2022
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31st Arab Summit: Algiers Declaration (in French)
2 November 2022
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UNGA Resolution 77/247
30 December 2022

Events

Event
Prevention of Crime Ordinance is Issued
October 1920 - 15 December 1920
Event
White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928
Event
Establishment of the National Bloc Party
4 October 1935
Event
Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force
12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
Event
First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense
29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948
Event
Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive
10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948
Event
US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition
18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948
Event
Israeli Intelligence Report on the Depopulation of Palestine until 31 May 1948
30 June 1948
Event
SC Res. 54: Ordering Parties to Desist from Military Action; Instructing Mediator to Continue Efforts for Jerusalem Demilitarization
15 July 1948
Event
SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice
24 November 1953
Event
Egypt Blocks Greek Freighter
25 May 1956
Event
France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956
Event
UNRWA Director Issues Special Report on Situation in Gaza Strip
15 December 1956
Event
Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre
6 January 1957
Event
SC Res. 171: Determining Israel's Attack on Syria a Violation of SC Res. 111
9 April 1962
Event
2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
Event
3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
Event
Security Council Resolution S/RES/228
25 November 1966
Event
Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria
12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967
Event
June War, 6th Day
10 June 1967
Event
Israeli Military Order Regarding Prohibition of Incitement and Hostile Propaganda Actions (West Bank) No. 101
27 August 1967
Event
First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic
January 1968
Event
Israeli Military Confrontation with Jordan and Palestinian Guerrillas
14 February 1968 - 15 February 1968
Event
SC Res. 252: Considering all Israeli Measures to Change Jerusalem's Legal Status as Invalid
21 May 1968
Event
Hunger Strike of Palestinian Women in Jerusalem
26 January 1969 - 28 January 1969
Event
SC Res. 267: Calling once more upon Israel to Rescind all Measures which May Change the Status of Jerusalem
3 July 1969
Event
6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969
Event
SC Res. 271: Condemning the Execrable Act of Desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque
15 September 1969
Event
SC Res. 313: Demanding that Israel Refrain Immediately from Military Action Against Lebanon
28 February 1972
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Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US
25 March 1976
Event
SC Res. 425: Calling upon Israel to Withdraw its Forces from Lebanon, and Establishing UNIFIL
19 March 1978
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Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan
16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978
Event
Israeli Settlement in the Old City of Hebron
10 February 1980 - 23 March 1980
Event
11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
Event
Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
Event
Draft SC Res. S/15895 to Condemn Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians in Hebron, Vetoed by US
2 August 1983
Event
17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Event
Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985
Event
PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
18 February 1985
Event
Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
Event
Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
Event
Amendment No. 9 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections
31 July 1985
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
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Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination
25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986
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Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration
6 September 1986
Event
18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Event
UNGA Res. 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country
17 December 1987
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Non-Armed Intifada
3 January 1988 - 13 February 1988
Event
Unified National Leadership of the Uprising
8 January 1988
Event
UNGA Res. 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion
2 March 1988
Event
ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York
9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988
Event
Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva
13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988
Event
The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO
20 June 1990
Event
Haram al-Sharif Killings
8 October 1990
Event
SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
24 May 1991
Event
The Knesset Adopts the Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
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Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996
Event
Draft SC Res. S/1997/199 to Call on Israel to Refrain from Settlement Activities (Jabal Abu Ghunaym) Vetoed by US
7 March 1997
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement
25 April 1997
Event
Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
Event
Further Redeployment Talks Intensify
3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Event
13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001
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US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001
Event
With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level
26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001
Event
Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
Event
Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy
1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall
9 July 2004
Event
Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza
29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006
Event
July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
Event
A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government
17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007
Event
Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration
27 April 2007
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start
12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007
Event
Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai
23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands
28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
Event
Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased
17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008
Event
To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre
8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008
Event
War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza
16 January 2009
Event
Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure
13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009
Event
Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza
13 March 2009
Event
Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza
15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009
Event
The Deceptive Settlement Freeze
26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010
Event
22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte
27 March 2010
Event
US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians
20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010
Event
International Reactions to the Mavi Marmara Incident
31 May 2010 - 3 June 2010
Event
Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade
8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010
Event
Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident
14 June 2010
Event
The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations
23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011
Event
Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu
17 April 2012
Event
Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza
14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012
Event
UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry
23 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo
11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014
Event
Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev
14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools
27 April 2015
Event
UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Event
Palestine Submits Files to ICC, and Israel Decides to Interact with It
25 June 2015 - 30 October 2015
Event
Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA
30 September 2015
Event
In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted
8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016
Event
The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
Event
Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
Event
Amendment No. 46 of Basic Law: The Knesset Gives Additional Reasons for Disqualifying Arab Candidates
14 March 2017
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US
18 December 2017
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29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran
15 April 2018
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Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State
12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021
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The General Strike of the Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
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Amnesty International Concludes that Israeli Actions Against Palestinians Constitute Apartheid
1 February 2022
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A Balance Sheet for Bennett-Lapid Government Actions in the West Bank
29 June 2022

Historical Media

Document
Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad
1938

Highlights

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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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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, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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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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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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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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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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France and the Palestine Question Before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
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Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
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The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest
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XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
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The Great March of Return
Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown
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XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Brazil and the Palestine Question
Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Places

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Abu al-Fadl
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Abu Kishk
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Abu Zurayq
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al-'Abbasiyya
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al-Birwa
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al-Dalhamiyya
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al-Dirbashiyya
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al-Faluja
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al-Ghabisiyya
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al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa
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al-Ghubayya al-Tahta
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al-Kabri
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al-Kafrayn
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al-Khisas
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al-Maghar
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al-Majdal
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al-Manshiyya
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al-Mansi
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al-Mansura
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al-Mansura
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al-Mujaydil
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al-Mukhayzin
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al-Nabi Rubin
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al-Naghnaghiyya
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al-Nahr
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al-Nuqayb
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al-Ruways
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al-Samakiyya
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al-Sarafand
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al-Shaykh Muwannis
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al-Tall
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al-Tira
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al-Walaja
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Aqir
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'Artuf
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Balad al-Shaykh
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Bayt Dajan
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Bayt Daras
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Bir Salim
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Burayka
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Burayr
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al-Burayj
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al-Butaymat
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Daliyat al-Rawha'
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Ijzim
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Indur
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Jarisha
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Jimzu
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Julis
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Kafr Sabt
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Kawkaba
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al-Jalama
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Khirbat al-Kasayir
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Khirbat al-Zababida
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Khirbat Bayt Far
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Khirbat Lid
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Lifta
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Ma'dhar
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Ma'lul
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Majdal Yaba
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Miska
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Mughr al-Khayt
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Ni'ilya
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Nimrin
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Nuris
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Qalunya
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Qatra
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Qazaza
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Qira
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Qisarya
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Raml Zayta
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Saffuriyya
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Safsaf
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Salama
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Saliha
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Samakh
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Sarafand al-Kharab
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Saydun
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Tabsur
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'Awlam
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Umm al-Shawf
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Wadi Hunayn
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Yajur
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Kafr Lam
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al-Zib
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al-Hamidiyya
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al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Lebanon War, 2006
2006 - 2008