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Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
George Antonius
1892 - 1942
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Ismail Shammut
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966

Events

Event
Law Concerning Land Purchase by non-Ottoman Subjects, 7 Safar 1284
10 June 1867
Event
France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements
2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901
Event
Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company
7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903
Event
9th Zionist Congress Is Held in Hamburg
26 December 1909 - 30 December 1909
Event
Provisional Law Concerning the Right of Certain Corporate Bodies to Own Immovable Property, 22 Rabi' al-awwal 1331
1 March 1913
Event
Provisional Law of Disposal of Immovable Property, 5 Jumada al-ula 1331
12 April 1913
Event
Proclamations No. 75 and No. 76 on Immovable Property
18 November 1918
Event
Palestine Police Ordinance Is Issued
15 March 1921
Event
The League of Nations Ratifies Britain’s Mandate over Palestine and Recognizes the Zionist Organization
24 July 1922
Event
13th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)
6 August 1923 - 18 August 1923
Event
Collective Punishments Ordinance Is Issued
16 May 1926
Event
Land Settlement Ordinance No. 9
30 May 1928
Event
Establishment of the Arab Bank in Jerusalem
21 May 1930 - 14 July 1930
Event
Report of the International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931
23 July 1931
Event
Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
Event
Establishment of the National Defense Party
2 December 1934
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Enactment of Emergency Regulations
19 April 1936
Event
British Secure Military Reinforcements
May 1936 - September 1936
Event
The British Issue the Collective Fines Ordinance
4 August 1936
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936
30 September 1936
Event
Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936
1 January 1937
Event
Charles Tegart's Means of Control
3 December 1937
Event
The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem
13 January 1938
Event
Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify
July 1938 - August 1938
Event
Anti-British Operation and British Retaliation in al-Bassa
6 September 1938 - 10 September 1938
Event
The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Event
Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
Event
Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
Event
Haganah's Plan Gimmel
May 1946
Event
More Irgun Operations Against the British
29 December 1946 - 28 January 1947
Event
The Haganah Implements Plan Gimmel
29 November 1947 - 1 December 1947
Event
Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah
10 March 1948
Event
Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
Event
Palestinian Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
Event
Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
Event
The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings
4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948
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Fighting Around Jerusalem
12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948
Event
Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem
26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948
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Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee
28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948
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Arab Gains in Gush Etzion
3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948
Event
Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area
8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948
Event
Operation Barak Toward the South
9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee
13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948
Event
Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv
13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948
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Operations Shfifon and Kilshon in Jerusalem
14 May 1948 - 28 May 1948
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Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders
15 May 1948 - 19 May 1948
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Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
Event
End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem
8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948
Event
End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel
8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948
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Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce
24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948
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Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
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Israel Establishes Military Government
21 October 1948
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Operation Hiram in the North
28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948
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A Massacre in al-Dawayima
29 October 1948
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Israel Conducts its First Population Census
8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949
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Emergency Regulations Regarding Absentee Property
2 December 1948
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UNGA 194 (III): Establishment of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)
11 December 1948
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Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces
22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949
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Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)
24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949
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UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference
27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949
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Absentee Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Event
Development Authority (Transfer of Property) Law, 5710-1950
9 August 1950
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Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut
27 January 1951
Event
The Zionist Organization/Jewish Agency Status Law
24 November 1952
Event
Israeli Operation in Jordan
28 January 1953
Event
Land Acquisition (Validation of Acts and Compensation) Law
10 March 1953
Event
Israeli Operation in Gaza
28 August 1953
Event
Israeli Operation Against Qibya
14 October 1953
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Israeli Operation Against Jordan
28 March 1954
Event
Covenant between Zionist Organization and Israel
26 July 1954
Event
Israel Carries out an Intelligence Operation in Syria and the First Airline Hijacking in the History of the Conflict
8 December 1954 - 14 December 1954
Event
Baghdad Pact
24 February 1955
Event
After Mounting Egyptian-Israel Tension Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel
28 February 1955 - 3 April 1955
Event
Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja
23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955
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Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves)
10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955
Event
Clashes Across Gaza Borders
2 April 1956 - 14 April 1956
Event
Israel and France Plan War
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956
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Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
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British and French Troops Invade Canal Zone
5 November 1956
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Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
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UNRWA Director Issues Special Report on Situation in Gaza Strip
15 December 1956
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Fatah Issues Its First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
Event
Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids
27 May 1965
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Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations
14 July 1966
Event
Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1
4 November 1966
Event
Israeli-Jordanian Battle at al-Samu' after a Fatah Operation
11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966
Event
Demonstrations in Jordan
20 November 1966 - 25 November 1966
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Israeli-Syrian Violence Escalates; Fatah's Military Operations Increase
1 January 1967 - 30 April 1967
Event
June War, 1st Day
5 June 1967
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Security Council Resolution S/RES/237
14 June 1967
Event
Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
Event
Military Order No. 58, Concerning Abandoned Property (Private Property)
23 July 1967
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Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property
31 July 1967
Event
Fatah Guerrilla Resistance in the West Bank
28 August 1967
Event
First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press
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
Civil Aviation in the Conflict
23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969
Event
Lebanon Issues the Law on the Acquisition of Immovable Property Rights by Non-Lebanese
4 January 1969
Event
Palestinians Are Arrested by Israeli Authorities
5 March 1969
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Egypt's War of Attrition
8 March 1969 - 7 August 1970
Event
Israel Retaliates Against South Lebanon
12 May 1969 - 13 May 1969
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Land Law, 5729-1969
17 July 1969
Event
PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement
3 November 1969
Event
7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
Event
PFLP Hijack Operations
6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970
Event
UNGA 2792 (XXVI): Deploring Israel's Operations in the Gaza Strip
6 December 1971
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Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972
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The PFLP Announces It Has Abandoned the Tactic of Hijacking Planes
14 March 1972
Event
Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank
28 March 1972 - 2 May 1972
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Black September Hijack Operation
8 May 1972
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Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972
Event
Black September Hijack Operation
29 October 1972 - 30 October 1972
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Black September Operation in Khartoum
1 March 1973 - 4 March 1973
Event
Israeli Operation in Beirut Against Palestinian Leaders
10 April 1973
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Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973
27 June 1973
Event
Ahmed Bouchiki Assassinated in Lillehammer
21 July 1973
Event
Shaykh Ahmad Yasin's Islamic Center Is Established in Gaza
7 September 1973
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Attrition in the Golan
12 March 1974 - 15 April 1974
Event
Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel
11 April 1974
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Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
Event
US State Department Releases First Human Rights Report
May 1977
Event
Municipalities in the West Bank and Gaza Affirm the PLO Program in a Message to the US and USSR
8 August 1977
Event
Joint US-Soviet Statement on Geneva Conference
1 October 1977
Event
Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"
11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978
Event
Wadi Haddad Dies in Berlin, East Germany
28 March 1978
Event
Ali Hassan Salameh Is Killed in Beirut
22 January 1979
Event
A PLF Operation in Nahariya
22 April 1979
Event
Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus
15 December 1979
Event
President Carter's Disavowal of US Vote for SC Res. 465
3 March 1980
Event
Palestinian Operation Against Settlers in Hebron
2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980
Event
Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London
3 June 1982
Event
Battle of the Mountain
14 June 1982 - 26 June 1982
Event
Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut
21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982
Event
Operations Against French and US Contingents in Beirut
23 October 1983
Event
Operation of Israeli Occupation Forces Against Ayn al-Hilwa
16 May 1984 - 18 May 1984
Event
Attempted Assassination of Zaki Hillo in Madrid
16 August 1984
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Event
Israeli Planes Attack PLO Headquarters in Tunis; Arafat Narrowly Escapes
25 September 1985 - 1 October 1985
Event
Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza
18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987
Event
The Closure of PLO Offices in the US
16 September 1987 - 22 December 1987
Event
Palestinian Hang-Glider Operation
25 November 1987
Event
UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion
2 March 1988
Event
Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted
9 December 1988
Event
Start of US-PLO Dialogue
14 December 1988
Event
Tougher Israeli Measures Against the Intifada
17 January 1989
Event
US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia
22 March 1989
Event
Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference
20 December 1990
Event
The Knesset Enacts the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
Event
Assassination of Atef Bseiso in Paris
8 June 1992
Event
6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington
24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992
Event
Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994
Event
Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel
30 December 1993
Event
Wave of Hamas and Islamic Jihad Attacks
6 April 1994 - 30 April 1994
Event
Palestinian Decree N° 1 Reinstating Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza
20 May 1994
Event
Suicide Bombing in Netanya; Rabin Reiterates the National Separation Idea
22 January 1995 - 24 January 1995
Event
Anti-Israeli Attacks and Inter-Palestinian Tension
2 April 1995 - 19 April 1995
Event
Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996
Event
UNGA ES-10/3: Emphasizing Personal Responsibilities Arising from Grave Breaches of Geneva Convention
15 July 1997
Event
Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem
25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998
Event
Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)
4 September 1999
Event
FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds
7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000
Event
Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round
30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000
Event
The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session
12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000
Event
Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
Event
Intense then Moderate Resurgence of Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
8 February 2001 - 7 March 2001
Event
Operation Bronze and Escalation
7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001
Event
A Lebanese Legislative Amendment Equates Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
3 April 2001
Event
Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
19 April 2001
Event
The Mitchell Report Is Issued
30 April 2001 - 15 May 2001
Event
Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees
10 May 2001
Event
New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes
18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001
Event
The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan
11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001
Event
Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation
4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2001/1199 Demanding Cessation of Violence and Return to Previous Positions Vetoed by the US
15 December 2001
Event
An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002
Event
SC Res. 1397: Affirming a Vision of Two States, Israel and Palestine, Living Side by Side
12 March 2002
Event
Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield
28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002
Event
Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound
29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002
Event
US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
Event
Assassination of Qays Udwan in Tubas
5 April 2002
Event
SC Res. 1405: Welcoming SG Initiative to Send Fact-Finding Team to Jenin Refugee Camp
19 April 2002
Event
Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
Event
Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories
18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002
Event
Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks
10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003
Event
Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza
15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
Event
The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
Event
Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah
4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003
Event
The Geneva "Private" Initiative
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Event
Violence Abates to a Moderate Level
1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003
Event
SC Res. 1515: Endorsing Quartet Roadmap to a Two-State Solution
19 November 2003
Event
Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004
Event
Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004
Event
In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza
2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004
Event
Widening Philadelphi (Salahuddin) Route: Operation Rainbow
16 May 2004 - 24 May 2004
Event
Life Sentence Against Marwan Barghouti
6 June 2004
Event
Operation Full Court Press in Nablus
23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004
Event
Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank
27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004
Event
The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
Event
Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine
18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004
Event
Operation Days of Penitence
29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2004/783 Condemning Israeli Broad Incursion in Northern Gaza Strip Vetoed by US
5 October 2004
Event
Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron
17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004
Event
The Knesset Enacts the Prevention of Funding of Terrorism Law, 2005
29 December 2004
Event
Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step
8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005
Event
Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain
23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005
Event
Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again
24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005
Event
Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing
15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005
Event
The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established
25 November 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation
25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005
Event
Operation Blue Skies and Continuing Escalation
22 December 2005 - 23 January 2006
Event
Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
Event
Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
Event
Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow
30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006
Event
The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document
10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006
Event
Israeli Operations in the West Bank
24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006
Event
35th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
19 June 2006 - 22 June 2006
Event
Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit
25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006
Event
Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains
28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006
Event
New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza
11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2006/508 Condemning Palestinian Abduction of Israeli Soldier and Israeli Assault on Gaza Vetoed by US
13 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel's Special Operations Along the Border
17 July 2006 - 19 July 2006
Event
Major Israeli Operation in Nablus
19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006
Event
July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes
30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone
2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006
Event
July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire
5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006
Event
SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon
11 August 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues
15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month
1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza
1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2006/878 Condemning Israel's Attack on Beit Hanoun Vetoed by US
11 November 2006
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/16: Calling upon Israel to Cease Operations and Withdraw from the Gaza Strip
17 November 2006
Event
Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus
25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007
Event
Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative
29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007
Event
Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank
3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007
Event
Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration
27 April 2007
Event
Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split
17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007
Event
Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume
24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007
Event
Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production
9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008
Event
Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai
23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008
Event
Assassination of Hizballah's Imad Mughniyah in Damascus
12 February 2008
Event
Israel Launches Operation Hot Winter in Gaza
28 February 2008 - 3 March 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status (Almost) Suspended
2 March 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
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
The War on Gaza (2008-09): Operation Cast Lead/ Battle of al-Furqan
27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 2
28 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 7
2 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2
4 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones
5 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks
10 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza
16 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises
4 May 2009
Event
US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
Event
Israel Land Administration Law
3 August 2009
Event
Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed
12 November 2009
Event
Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund
12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010
Event
Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident
14 June 2010
Event
The Knesset Passes the "Admissions Committees Law"
22 March 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes Israel Lands Law (Amendment No. 3) on Foreign Ownership
29 March 2011
Event
Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo
20 May 2012
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Exchange of Letters for Cooperation on Taxes and Customs
31 July 2012
Event
Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza
14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1
14 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5
18 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 6
19 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet
22 November 2012
Event
Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo
27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013
Event
Israeli-Palestinian Direct Talks Take Place in Jerusalem
14 August 2013 - 2 September 2013
Event
Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War Is Launched
7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
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: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)
31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire
5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014
Event
A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations
26 August 2014
Event
Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism
16 September 2014
Event
Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015
Event
Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine
26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016
Event
A Day of Escalation in the West Bank
1 October 2015
Event
A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?
2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016
Event
Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst
5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015
Event
EU Guidelines on Goods from the Occupied Territories
11 November 2015
Event
Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement
16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015
Event
Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border
3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016
Event
The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
Event
Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections
21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017
Event
Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
Event
UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Event
Israel Closes Off the Haram al-Sharif Following a Palestinian Operation in the Old City of Jerusalem
14 July 2017 - 15 July 2017
Event
A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon
20 July 2017
Event
Two Jordanians Killed at Israeli Embassy in Amman
23 July 2017 - 24 July 2017
Event
The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time
26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017
Event
Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
Event
Palestinian Diplomatic Activity after US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
6 December 2017 - 20 December 2017
Event
Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem
13 December 2017
Event
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest
25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018
Event
Taylor Force Act Signed into Law
23 March 2018
Event
US Cuts Aid to Palestinians and Closes the PLO Office in Washington
24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018
Event
President Trump Signs ATCA into Law
3 October 2018
Event
The US Replaces its Consulate General in Jerusalem by a Palestinian Affairs Unit within its New Embassy
18 October 2018
Event
Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire
11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018
Event
Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure
19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019
Event
PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA
26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019
Event
Israel Begins Public Normalization Push
20 January 2019
Event
Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue
17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019
Event
The US Consulate General in Jerusalem Is Merged in US Embassy in the City
4 March 2019
Event
US Officials Partake in Inauguration of Large-Scale Settler Project in East Jerusalem
30 June 2019

Historical Texts

Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
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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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Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
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Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
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Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”
1 December 1930
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MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
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Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
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MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
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The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
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Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
Document
Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
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UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UNSC Resolution 46
17 April 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)
14 May 1948
Document
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
Document
Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on the Occasion of the Entry of the Arab Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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UNSC Resolution 49
22 May 1948
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Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
Document
Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
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Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
Document
Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan
24 April 1950
Document
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
Document
UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
Document
UNGA Resolution 394 (V)
14 December 1950
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Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
14 March 1951
Document
UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
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UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
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UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
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UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
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Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
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UNSC Resolution 111
19 January 1956
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UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
UNSC Resolution 171
9 April 1962
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
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Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
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Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
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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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UNSC Resolution 237
14 June 1967
Document
Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
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Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Document
UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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UNSC Resolution 252
21 May 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
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UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
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UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
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UNSC Resolution 267
3 July 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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UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)
10 December 1969
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)
30 November 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)
8 December 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
Document
Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement
13 July 1971
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UNSC Resolution 298
25 September 1971
Document
UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)
6 December 1971
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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
Document
Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
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
Document
Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution
29 October 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3236 (XXIX)
22 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940
23 January 1976
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022
24 March 1976
Document
Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
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PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
Document
Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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UNSC Resolution 465
1 March 1980
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The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
Document
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
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1
19 January 1982
Document
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2
25 June 1982
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
Document
Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Document
Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat
7 November 1985
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
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King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
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
Document
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
Document
UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
Document
Note by the S.C. President: On the International Conference for Peace in the Middle East
20 December 1990
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
Document
U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
Document
Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/3
15 July 1997
Document
Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
Document
Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
Document
Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
Document
UNSC Resolution 1322
7 October 2000
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
Document
PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270
26 March 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
Document
The Durban Declaration
8 September 2001
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199
14 December 2001
Document
Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1397
12 March 2002
Document
Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
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UNSC Resolution 1402
30 March 2002
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1405
19 April 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1435
24 September 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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UNSC Resolution 1515
19 November 2003
Document
President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
Document
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783
5 October 2004
Document
Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
Document
Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 2005
Document
Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Hanyieh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508
12 July 2006
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878
10 November 2006
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
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
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-18
23 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
UNGA Resolution 64/10
1 December 2009
Document
Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9
1 June 2010
Document
Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas
4 May 2011
Document
Statement by Middle East Quartet
23 September 2011
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Document
HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration
17 December 2014
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
Document
Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities
24 March 2016
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
Document
Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
Document
Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)
13 December 2017
Document
Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution 73/5
16 October 2018
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Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance
26 December 2018
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Zionist Operations Against the British Mandate Authorities
1944 - 1947
Thematic Chronology
Military Operations and Zionist Ethnic Cleansing
1946 - 1949
Thematic Chronology
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza
2012
Thematic Chronology
Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (I)
1996 - 2004
Thematic Chronology
Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (II)
2005-2019
Thematic Chronology
The 2014 Gaza War
2014-2015
Thematic Chronology
The War on Gaza, 2008-2009
2008 - 2009

Highlights

Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
Balfour Declaration
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
Great Arab Revolt, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
Sabra and Shatila, 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
Highlight
Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
Highlight
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
Highlight
Land Day, 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
Highlight
Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
Highlight
Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Highlight
Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
Highlight
VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
Highlight
XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting confrontation, shattered aspirations
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
Highlight
Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Battle of al-Karama
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
Highlight
Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria

Periods

Period
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
Period
XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

Charts

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Palestinian Casualties, 2000-2008
2000 - 2008