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Ottoman Conquest of the Levant

The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem

Acre under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani Challenges Direct Ottoman Rule

Napoleon Bonaparte in Palestine

February 1799 - May 1799

Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine

April 1834 - August 1834

Establishment of European and American Consulates in Jerusalem

Ottoman Education Law Is Passed

20 September 1869

Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq

Sultan Abd al-Hamid II and the Ottoman Constitution

31 August 1876 - 19 December 1876

Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt

Seven Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1880s

Emerging Palestinian Opposition to Zionist Settlement: al-Yahudiyya Village Against Petah Tikva Settlement

Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine

Nine Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1890s

Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line

31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892

1st Zionist Congress in Basel Calls for a Jewish Home in Palestine

29 August 1897 - 31 August 1897

Eight Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine between 1899 and 1907

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group

29 September 1907

Six Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine between 1908 and 1910

Young Turk Revolution

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

Establishment of Palestinian Newspaper al-Karmel in Haifa

Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Foundation of Tel Aviv

Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul

July 1909 - March 1915

Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law

Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

Establishment of Filastin Newspaper in Jaffa

First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament

March 1911 - May 1911

Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul

28 October 1913

Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine

World War I, the Ottomans Enter the War

1 August 1914 - February 1915

Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Prelude to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916

The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces

23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916

Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)

The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine

First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall

28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917

Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Formal Entry of General Allenby into Jerusalem

11 December 1917

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson

British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan

21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918

Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine

Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine

8 May 1918 - December 1918

Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine

19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918

British Conquest of Transjordan Is Achieved

22 September 1918 - 27 September 1918

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919

Treaty of Versailles; Establishment of the League of Nations

28 June 1919 - 10 January 1920

The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission

2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919

The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant

10 January 1920

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates

Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization

French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It

3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa

13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920

Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan

2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances

White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration

The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London

7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council

League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922

British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria

British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah

25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

Official Onset of British Mandate for Palestine

29 September 1923

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society

21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930

Anti-Balfour Demonstrations in Palestine

25 March 1925 - 1 April 1925

14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna

18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925

Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

al-Buraq / Western Wall: Palestinians Rise up in Protest against Zionist Provocations

15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929

The British Form a Commission of Inquiry on Disturbances at al-Buraq / Western Wall

13 September 1929

1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 October 1929

Establishment of the Arab Bank in Jerusalem

21 May 1930 - 14 July 1930

Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme

19 July 1931 - April 1932

A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially

Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force

12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935

Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936

British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police

May 1936 - September 1936

Avner Defense Plan

Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine

Formation of the Arab National League (ANL) in New York

August 1937 - May 1941

Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

October 1938 - September 1939

The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo

15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference

15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939

MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians

17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939

Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians

2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

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

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN

Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan and Establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party

Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan

London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails

27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947

Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition

15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947

Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question

23 September 1947 - 25 November 1947

The Haganah Implements Plan Gimmel

1 December 1947

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

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Arab League Rejects Partition Plan

8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947

Palestinian Attacks

14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948

The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council

31 January 1948 - 16 February 1948

SC Res. 42: Appealing Permanent Members for Guidance on Palestine

Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah

Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive

10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition

18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948

Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas

19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948

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

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem

26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine

30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948

Arab Gains in Gush Etzion

3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948

Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee

13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948

Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949

SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem

SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine

Israeli Intelligence Report on the Depopulation of Palestine until 31 May 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem

8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel

8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948

Second Palestine Truce

18 July 1948 - 15 October 1948

Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce

24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Operation Hiram in the North

28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948

Pro-Jordanian Jericho Conference

1 December 1948 - 28 December 1948

Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval

17 December 1948

First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes

12 January 1949

Elections in Israel

25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949

Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

30 January 1949

The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Egypt-Israel Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Palestinians Are Expelled from al-Faluja Pocket

1 March 1949 - 21 April 1949

SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership

Lebanon-Israel Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement

Syria-Israel Armistice Agreement

Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously

SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal

1 September 1951

Israel's Construction of the "National Water Carrier"

2 September 1953

General Islamic Conference on Palestine, Jerusalem

3 December 1953 - 9 December 1953

Jordanian Nationality Law

16 February 1954

Israel and the Lavon Affair

July 1954 - 17 February 1955

Bloody Israeli Attack on the Gaza Strip

28 February 1955

Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects

1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955

SC Res. 106: Condemning Israel’s Attack against Egypt’s Regular Army in Gaza

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO) Is Opened in New York

25 June 1955 - 15 January 1962

David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister

3 November 1955

Egypt Blocks Greek Freighter

Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres

22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

UNGA 1002 (ES-1): Calling for Withdrawal of Israeli Forces Behind Armistice Lines and of British and French Forces from Egypt

7 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre

Egypt and Syria Unite and Form the United Arab Republic

1 February 1958 - 28 September 1961

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq

Israel's Strike Against Syria

31 January 1960 - 15 February 1960

Fatah and the Palestinian Entity

The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity

29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961

1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO

5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964

The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York

22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974

Israel Conducts a Census of Palestinians in Newly Occupied Territories

10 September 1967 - 25 September 1967

Israel Conducts a Census of Palestinians in East-Jerusalem

27 September 1967

Battle of al-Karama, a Turning Point in Palestinian and Pro-Palestinian Mobilization

4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Fatah Defines its Political Objective

19 October 1968

PDFLP Splits off from PFLP

22 February 1969

Al-Aqsa Mosque Is Set on Fire

9 December 1969

19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970

Jordan Complains to UN Security Council on Jerusalem

13 September 1971

SC Res. 298: Deploring Israel’s Failure to Respect Previous Resolutions on its Measures Affecting Status of Jerusalem

25 September 1971

Assassination of Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut

Palestine National Front Is Established in the Occupied Territories

12th Palestine National Council, Cairo: A New Political Program

1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974

7th Arab Summit Meeting in Rabat; PLO Recognized as Sole Representative of Palestinian People

28 October 1974

Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly

13 November 1974

The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN

25 February 1975

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference

1 September 1975

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

30 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel

1 March 1976 - April 1976

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

Fall of Tal al-Za'atar

A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Is Signed in Washington, DC

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

22 September 1979

Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem

Fahd Plan Is Announced

SC Res. 497: Considering Null and Void Israel’s Decision to Impose its Laws in the Occupied Golan

17 December 1981

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982

Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented

20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982

The 12th Arab Summit Meeting in Fez Adopts the "Fez Initiative"

6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982

Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres

7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983

Operations Against French and US Contingents in Beirut

23 October 1983

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985

The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242

The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon

19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987

Prisoner Exchange between Israel and the PFLP-GC

18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington

15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988

US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York

9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987

UNGA 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country

17 December 1987

SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada

22 December 1987

SC Res. 608: Calling upon Israel to Rescind Deportation Orders of Palestinians

14 January 1988

UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion

US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan

ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York

9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988

UNGA 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission)

A Palestine Affairs Center, under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington

1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994

A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission

Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank

28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988

Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva

13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988

UNGA 43/177: The PLO to Be Designated as Palestine in the UN System; Territorial Scope

15 December 1988

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace

21 September 1989

The Baker Five-Point Plan

10 October 1989

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

17 October 1991

The Madrid Peace Conference

30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991

Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon

13 December 1992 - 17 December 1992

PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP

10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993

President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993

28 October 1993

Hebron Massacre

25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994

PLO-Israel Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999

Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force

US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington

Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv; Rabin and the National Separation Idea

19 October 1994

Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba

26 October 1994

Suicide Bombing in Netanya; Rabin Reiterates the National Separation Idea

22 January 1995 - 24 January 1995

Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project

27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997

Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released

25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

10 December 1998

Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza

14 December 1998

Vatican-PLO Agreement

15 February 2000

The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks

2 September 2000

Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising

30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000

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

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

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

26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation

4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001

US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation

12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001

Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance

3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002

Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)

14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002

Assassination of Salah Shehadeh in Gaza City

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall

8 December 2003

UNGA Res. 58/292: Affirming that Status of Palestinian Territory Remains one of Military Occupation

Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President

Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza

9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005

Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border

15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005

Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah

7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005

Legal Status of the Gaza Strip after the Disengagement: Foreign Territory?

12 September 2005 - 21 September 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office

9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006

The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document

10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006

Haniyeh Proposes a Long-term Cease-fire and Peace

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone

2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks

25 August 2006 - 23 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

Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord

28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government

17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank

14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007

Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split

17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007

Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"

16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007

The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks

27 November 2007

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008

After the July War: Winograd Commission's Report on Israel's Handling of the 2006 Lebanon War

30 January 2008

Hamas Proposes a Comprehensive Cease-Fire

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting

Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased

17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008

War on Gaza, Day 2

28 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 7

SC Res. 1860: Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire and Arrangements to Prevent Arms Trafficking

War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks

10 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

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

18 January 2009

Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure

13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009

Fayyad's Speech at Al-Quds University on Setting the Goal for Statehood in Two Years

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

Cross-Border Violence, Gaza

20 September 2009 - 3 October 2009

Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque

27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates

11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians

20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade

8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010

PLO Mission in Washington Becomes PLO General Delegation

Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue

29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

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

29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010

The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations

16 October 2010

The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics

14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011

Draft SC Res. S/2011/24 Reaffirming that Israeli Settlements in OPT Are Illegal Vetoed by US

18 February 2011

The Knesset Passes the "Admissions Committees Law"

US Legislation against Palestinian Full UN Membership

23 December 2011

Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo

Israel’s Settlement Activity

6 June 2012 - 13 August 2012

Another Spate of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

17 June 2012 - 23 June 2012

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt

Local Elections in the West Bank Are Announced

10 July 2012 - 5 August 2012

Palestinian-Israeli Exchange of Letters for Cooperation on Taxes and Customs

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3

16 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement

21 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet

22 November 2012

Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures

22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013

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

11 January 2013 - 20 January 2013

Early Elections in Israel Bring Back Netanyahu as Prime Minister

22 January 2013 - 18 March 2013

Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons

19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013

John Kerry Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy for Resumption of Negotiations

4 March 2013 - 8 May 2013

US President Barack Obama Visits Israel and Bethlehem and Ramallah

20 March 2013 - 21 March 2013

24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha

26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

Khalid Mishal Reelected Head of Hamas

1 April 2013 - 2 April 2013

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative

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

Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds

23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013

With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities

30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013

Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry

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

Israeli-Palestinian Direct Talks Take Place in Jerusalem

14 August 2013 - 2 September 2013

Israeli-Palestinian Talks Accelerate for Nothing

25 September 2013 - 23 October 2013

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

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Israel's Settlement Expansion Disrupts the Palestinian Negotiation Team

31 October 2013 - 13 November 2013

Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement

14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014

Trilateral Agreement for a Red Sea-Dead Sea Link

9 December 2013

Third Group of Prisoner Release as Part of Negotiation Resumption Deal

31 December 2013

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

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israeli Settlement Expansion

31 January 2014 - 7 February 2014

Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations

4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014

Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

17 February 2014

Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure

19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014

Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations

13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014

With the Nonrelease of Prisoners, the Palestinian Leadership Applies for Access to 19 International Conventions

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government

2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014

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

12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014

Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza

14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

The 2014 Gaza War

7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5

11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8

13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

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

17 July 2014 - 31 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 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24

28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)

31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire

5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo

11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014

Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

The 2014 Gaza War: Toward an Open-Ended Cease-Fire

23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza

7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014

The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza

11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014

Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

16 September 2014

The PLO Strives for a Security Council Resolution Specifying a Timetable for Ending the Occupation

26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Addresses the 2014 Gaza War

17 December 2014

Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC

30 December 2014

Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority

1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections

22 January 2015

Settlement Construction

30 January 2015

Palestinian Militants Build and Rebuild “Gate of Jerusalem” Tent Camp in Abu Dis

3 February 2015 - 27 March 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

Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined

27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015

Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire

16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015

UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Palestine Submits Files to ICC, and Israel Decides to Interact with It

25 June 2015 - 30 October 2015

UNGA Res. 69/320: Palestine Allowed to Raise Flag at UN

10 September 2015

A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?

2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016

Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst

5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015

Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?

22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015

Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement

16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015

US Legislation against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court

18 December 2015

France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative

29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016

Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections

21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017

Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

4 December 2016

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

First Trump Administration Statement on Israeli Settlements

2 February 2017

Yahya Sinwar Elected Head of Gaza's Hamas Political Bureau

13 February 2017

Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau

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

As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds

24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017

Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel

7 September 2017

Israeli and US Reactions to the Fatah-Hamas Agreement in Cairo

17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017

President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018

PA Requests Membership of International Treaties and Conventions in Response to US Embassy Move

24 March 2018 - 6 June 2018

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah

30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018

The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People

19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

US Cuts Aid to Palestinians

24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018

President Trump Signs the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATCA) into Law

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

28 October 2018 - 30 October 2018

Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

15 December 2018

Dissolution of the Knesset; Three Election Rounds to Form a Government in Israel

26 December 2018 - 11 December 2019

Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue

17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019

Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood

16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019

Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected

10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019

PA Starts Receiving Part of Tax Revenue from Israel Despite Deduction

3 October 2019 - 29 December 2019

US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019

ICC Chief Prosecutor Finds Israel Is Committing War Crimes; Enquires on Scope of Territorial Jurisdiction

20 December 2019 - 28 January 2020

Israeli Caretaker Government and Opposition Escalate Settlement Advancement and Annexation Discourse

6 January 2020 - 25 February 2020

Jerusalem Court Ruling Threatens 700 Palestinians With Eviction

19 January 2020 - 26 January 2020

Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan

28 January 2020

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction

29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020

UN Releases List of Businesses Connected to Israeli Settlements

12 February 2020

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

COVID-19 Hits Palestine

5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020

Israel Uses COVID-19 Against Palestinians

21 March 2020 - 22 September 2020

Israeli Coalition Negotiations Hint at Partial Annexation of the West Bank

20 April 2020 - 17 May 2020

International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans

18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

Israel's Supreme Court Annuls a 2017 Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively

Trump Administration Places Sanctions on International Criminal Court and Its Personnel

11 June 2020 - 2 September 2020

EU Anti-Palestinian Clause

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020

Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine

9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel

15 September 2020

Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem

20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020

PA Issues Building Permits in Area C

Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill

1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020

Saeb Erekat Succumbs to the COVID-19 Virus

8 October 2020 - 10 November 2020

Israel Announces Massive Settlement Expansion after Normalization Deals

14 October 2020 - 15 December 2020

US Erases the 4-June Line

28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

Repeated Demolition of Khirbet Humsa

3 November 2020 - 27 October 2021

PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds

17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020

Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020

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

21 December 2020

COVID-19 Continues to Severely Impact Daily Life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021

Meetings of the Munich Group and the Middle East Quartet

11 January 2021 - 18 November 2021

Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State

12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021

ICC Rules that it has Jurisdiction in Occupied Palestinian Territories; Investigation Announced

5 February 2021 - 2 April 2021

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

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

25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021

Israel Raids and Closes Offices of Human Rights Organizations in the West Bank

28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021

US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Evyatar Outpost Resettled; Palestinian Protesters Killed or Injured

3 May 2021 - 31 December 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

The May 2021 Gaza War

10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada

10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6

The General Strike of the Unity Intifada

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11

Biographies

Jurji Habib Hanania

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

1905 - 2 May 1941

1923 - 12 May 2004

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Historical Texts

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Palin Commission Report

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

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”

1 December 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948

16 September 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)

5 November 1963

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

The Golan Heights Law

14 December 1981

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

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

7 February 1983

Secretary of State James Baker's: Five Points Framework for an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue

10 October 1989

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

UNGA Resolution ES-10/17

24 January 2007

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

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

25 September 2009

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

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

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

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

28 February 2019

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

12 January 2021

Historical Media

Jaffa Road during a General Strike

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Arab Revolt 1936 - Reinforcements

Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

Arab League Warnings

Highlights

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

III. Late Mandate

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

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

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Lebanon War, 1982

A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Israeli Military

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

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

I. Ottoman Rule

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Marka Refugee Camp

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Balata Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Algerians of Palestine

The Bosnians of Palestine

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art