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Founding Principles of Ottoman Reform: The Tanzimat I
3 November 1839
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Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
7 November 1864
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Law Granting Foreigners the Right to Own Real Estate in the Ottoman Empire., 7 Safar 1284
10 June 1867
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Ottoman Education Law Is Passed
20 September 1869
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Sultan Abd al-Hamid II and the Ottoman Constitution
31 August 1876 - 19 December 1876
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Jerusalem Representation in the First and Second Ottoman Parliaments
19 March 1877 - 14 February 1878
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Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe
1881 - 1884
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The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire
24 November 1881
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Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
March 1888
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Establishment of Archeological Institutes in Jerusalem
1890 - 1919
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Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line
31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892
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Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association
September 1891
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Publication of The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl
February 1896
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1st Zionist Congress in Basel Calls for a Jewish Home in Palestine
29 August 1897 - 31 August 1897
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2nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
28 August 1898 - 31 August 1898
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3rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
15 August 1899 - 18 August 1899
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4th Zionist Congress Is Held in London
13 August 1900 - 16 August 1900
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Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition
8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901
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5th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
26 December 1901 - 30 December 1901
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Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company
7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903
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2nd Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine
1904 - 1914
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Theodor Herzl Dies; Replaced by David Wolffsohn
3 July 1904
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Establishment of the Rawdat al-Ma'arif al-Wataniyya al-'Uthmaniyya al-Islamiyya in Jerusalem
1906
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8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague
14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907
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Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group
29 September 1907
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The Zionist Organization Opens an Office in Jaffa
December 1907
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Young Turk Revolution
23 July 1908
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Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
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Establishment of Palestinian Newspaper al-Karmel in Haifa
December 1908
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Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
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Establishment of al-Madrasa al-Dusturiyya, Jerusalem
1909
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Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
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Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley
March 1909 - July 1909
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Palestinians Clash with Settlers of Sejera Colony
3 April 1909 - 12 April 1909
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Foundation of Tel Aviv
11 April 1909
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Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer
12 April 1909
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Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives
June 1909 - 2 November 1909
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Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul
July 1909 - March 1915
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Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law
16 August 1909
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Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul
30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911
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Establishment of Filastin Newspaper in Jaffa
January 1911
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Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris
1911 - 1914
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First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament
March 1911 - May 1911
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Publication of Zionism by Najib Nassar
October 1911
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Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912
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Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
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Provisional Law Concerning the Right of Certain Corporate Bodies to Own Immovable Property, 22 Rabi' al-awwal 1331
1 March 1913
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Provisional Law of Disposal of Immovable Property, 5 Jumada al-ula 1331
12 April 1913
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A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa
23 July 1913
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11th Zionist Congress Meets in Vienna
2 September 1913 - 9 September 1913
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Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul
28 October 1913
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Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine
14 May 1914
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Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)
1917 - 1921
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Formal Entry of General Allenby into Jerusalem
11 December 1917
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The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson
8 January 1918
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British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan
21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918
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Arrival in Palestine of the Zionist Commission
April 1918
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Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine
8 May 1918 - December 1918
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Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine
19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918
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Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City
26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918
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General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
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The Ottomans Sign the Armistice of Mudros; Istanbul Is Occupied
30 October 1918 - 13 November 1918
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1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919
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Appointment of the King-Crane Commission
20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919
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Treaty of Versailles; Establishment of the League of Nations
28 June 1919 - 10 January 1920
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The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission
2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919
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Palin Commission of Inquiry
12 April 1920 - 1 July 1920
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San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
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Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet
15 May 1920
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Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization
June 1920
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International Zionist Conference Meets in London
July 1920
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Palestine Civil Government and Appointment of Herbert Samuel as High Commisioner
1 July 1920
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The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It
19 August 1920
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Advisory Council for Palestine Is Established
October 1920
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Establishment of the Histadrut
December 1920
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3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa
13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem
8 May 1921
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4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921
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12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)
1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921
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Transfer of Land Amendment Ordinance No. 2
8 December 1921
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Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council
20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922
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The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London
7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922
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The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine
24 July 1922
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The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council; Non-Applicability to Transjordan
10 August 1922
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5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus
20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922
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League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922
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Palestinians Boycott Elections
February 1923 - March 1923
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British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
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6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa
16 June 1923
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Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
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13th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)
6 August 1923 - 18 August 1923
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Official Onset of British Mandate for Palestine
29 September 1923
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Palestinians Reject Arab Agency Scheme
12 October 1923
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Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem
8 November 1923
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Establishment of the Zionist Revisionist Movement
1925
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Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society
21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930
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Anti-Balfour Demonstrations in Palestine
25 March 1925 - 1 April 1925
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14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna
18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925
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The Palestine Gendarmerie Is Disbanded and the Palestine Police Reorganized
1 April 1926
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Collective Punishments Ordinance Is Issued
16 May 1926
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15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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7th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Jerusalem
20 June 1928 - 27 June 1928
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Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem
1 November 1928
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White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928
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16th Zionist Congress Is Held in Zurich
28 July 1929 - 11 August 1929
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al-Buraq / Western Wall: Palestinians Rise up in Protest Against Zionist Provocations
15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929
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The British Form a Commission of Inquiry on Disturbances at al-Buraq / Western Wall
13 September 1929
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The British Issue the Criminal Law (Seditious Offences) Ordinance
25 October 1929
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1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
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League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930
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Shaw Commission Report on al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances
12 March 1930
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John Hope Simpson Sent to Palestine to Investigate Questions of Immigration, Land Settlement and Development
2 May 1930
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The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Denounces MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
11 March 1931
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Establishment of Irgun
April 1931
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Enactment of the Palestine Order in Council Related to al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 May 1931
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17th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
30 June 1931 - 15 July 1931
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Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme
19 July 1931 - April 1932
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931
23 July 1931
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A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms
1 August 1931
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Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
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An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress
13 December 1931
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Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa
4 January 1932
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Establishment of the Istiqlal Party
2 August 1932
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Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
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Creation of the Arab Agricultural Bank
1933
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18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933
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General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine
8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933
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Death of Musa Kazim Husseini
26 March 1934
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Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially
January 1935
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Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party
27 March 1935
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19th Zionist Congress Meets in Lucerne
20 August 1935 - 4 September 1935
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Nuremberg Laws and Jewish Immigration
15 September 1935
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Arms Shipment to the Haganah
October 1935
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Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties
25 November 1935
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Revival of the Legislative Council Idea
December 1935 - March 1936
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Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
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First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937
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The Arab Higher Committee is Formed
25 April 1936
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British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police
May 1936 - September 1936
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Start of General Strike and Armed Resistance
7 May 1936 - 31 May 1936
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Appointment of the Peel Commission
18 May 1936
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Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936
30 September 1936
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General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission
11 October 1936
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Peel Commission Investigates the Cause of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
11 November 1936 - 24 January 1937
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The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region
10 December 1936
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Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936
1 January 1937
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937
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Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine
7 July 1937
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Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
23 July 1937 - September 1938
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Formation of the Arab National League (ANL) in New York
August 1937 - May 1941
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20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich
3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937
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Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan
8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937
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Arab Higher Committee Is Banned
October 1937 - November 1937
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Irgun Attacks on Palestinians
11 November 1937 - 14 November 1937
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Charles Tegart's Means of Control
3 December 1937
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Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission
4 January 1938
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Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify
July 1938 - August 1938
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Anti-British Operation and British Retaliation in al-Bassa
6 September 1938 - 10 September 1938
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Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
October 1938 - September 1939
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The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo
7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938
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The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo
15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938
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British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy
November 1938 - May 1939
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Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published
9 November 1938
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Jewish-Arab Attacks Resume
30 January 1939 - 26 February 1939
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London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
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MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians
17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939
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The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Wave of Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians
2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939
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21st Zionist Congress Meets in Geneva
16 August 1939 - 25 August 1939
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Military Recruitment in Palestine
3 September 1939
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Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis
October 1939
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Palmach Underground Is Established
14 May 1941
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Killing of Avraham Stern
February 1942
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Zionist Biltmore Conference Is Held in New York
6 May 1942 - 11 May 1942
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Support in the United States for a Jewish Army
November 1942
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Haganah Stockpiles Weapons
March 1943
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Arab National Fund Reestablished
August 1943
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Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
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British Labour Party Favors Transfer of Palestinians
May 1944
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Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
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Stern Gang Assassinates Lord Moyne in Cairo
6 November 1944
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Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York
25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950
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Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
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Pledge to Buy US Armament for the Haganah
July 1945
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Labor Victory in Great Britain
26 July 1945
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Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
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The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations
27 September 1945
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Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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Bevin's Statement on Palestine; Formation of an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
13 November 1945
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Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
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Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks
24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946
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The US Congress Endorses the Biltmore Program
17 December 1945 - 19 December 1945
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Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Publishes its Report after a Visit to Palestine
6 March 1946 - 20 April 1946
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Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan
22 March 1946
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League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence
18 April 1946
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An Irgun Attack on British
25 April 1946
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Haganah's Plan Gimmel
May 1946
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Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan; a New Constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
25 May 1946 - 7 December 1946
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Arab League Holds its First Summit on Palestine in Anshas
28 May 1946 - 29 May 1946
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Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party
29 May 1946
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President Truman Supports Jewish Immigration to Palestine
6 June 1946
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Arab League Meets in Bludan and Reacts to the Recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
8 June 1946 - 12 June 1946
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Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee
12 June 1946
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Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
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Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946
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Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan
24 July 1946
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Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement
5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946
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New Wave of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
9 September 1946 - 2 December 1946
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Enactment of Lebanese Labor Law and Its Subsequent Impact on Palestine Refugees
23 September 1946
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Arab Delegations Put Forward Constitutional Proposals to the London Round Table Conference on Palestine
30 September 1946
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Truman's Statement after Postponement of Round Table Conference on Palestine
4 October 1946
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22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946
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More Irgun Operations Against the British
29 December 1946 - 28 January 1947
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London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails
27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947
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Continuation of Zionist-British Confrontation
16 April 1947 - 26 April 1947
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UN General Assembly Session on Palestine
28 April 1947 - 9 May 1947
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UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)
15 May 1947
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Zionist Attacks Against Palestinians
21 May 1947 - 15 August 1947
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Stern Gang Letter Bombs Against Officials in London
5 June 1947
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Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
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Irgun Kidnaps and Murders Two British Sergeants
11 July 1947 - 31 July 1947
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Arab League Meeting on Palestine, in Sofar, Lebanon
16 September 1947 - 19 September 1947
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Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question
23 September 1947 - 25 November 1947
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British to Terminate Palestine Mandate
26 September 1947
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Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan
29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947
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First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense
29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948
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The Haganah Implements Plan Gimmel
1 December 1947
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Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
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Arab League Rejects Partition Plan
8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947
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Arab Liberation Army Organized
1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948
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Series of Zionist Attacks
2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948
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Palestinian Attacks
14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948
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Zionist Military Preparations
14 January 1948 - 20 February 1948
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Contingents of ALA Volunteers
21 January 1948 - 28 January 1948
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The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council
29 January 1948 - 16 February 1948
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British Break Arab Attacks
6 February 1948 - 10 February 1948
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Transjordan and Great Britain Agree on Jordanian Military Intervention in Palestine
7 February 1948
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Zionist Attacks
15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine
5 March 1948
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SC Res. 42: Appealing Permanent Members for Guidance on Palestine
5 March 1948
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Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive
10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948
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Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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Palestinian Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition
18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948
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Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas
19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948
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Plan Dalet Launched
1 April 1948
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SC Res. 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine
1 April 1948
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Arms for the Zionist Forces
1 April 1948 - 14 May 1948
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Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
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The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings
4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948
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Massacre in Deir Yasin
9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948
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Unit of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Attacks Kfar Darom
10 April 1948
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Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May
12 April 1948
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Fighting Around Jerusalem
12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948
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Fall of Tiberias
16 April 1948 - 18 April 1948
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SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine
17 April 1948
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Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
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Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem
26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948
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Lebanon Sets up a Central Committee and Regional Committees to Deal with Refugees from Palestine
26 April 1948 - 11 May 1948
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Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee
28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948
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Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine
30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948
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Arab Gains in Gush Etzion
3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948
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Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area
8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948
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Operation Barak Toward the South
9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948
12 May 1948
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Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee
13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948
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Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv
13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948
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UNGA 186 (S-2): Appointment of a UN Mediator in Palestine
14 May 1948
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Operations Shfifon and Kilshon in Jerusalem
14 May 1948 - 28 May 1948
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Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine
15 May 1948
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Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders
15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948
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Israel's Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem
22 May 1948
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SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine
29 May 1948
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First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages
11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948
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Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem
16 June 1948
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Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
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Responses to Bernadotte's Plan
2 July 1948 - 5 July 1948
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End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem
8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948
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Second Palestine Truce
18 July 1948 - 15 October 1948
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Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City
2 August 1948
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Bernadotte's New Plan
16 September 1948
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Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance
16 September 1948
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UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
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Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza
22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948
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Pro-Jordanian Amman Conference
1 October 1948
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Arab Responses to Formation of the All-Palestine Government
5 October 1948 - 14 October 1948
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UNGA 212 (III): Establishment of a Special Fund for Palestine refugees
19 November 1948
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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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Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
17 December 1948
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Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces
22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949
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First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes
12 January 1949
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Elections in Israel
25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949
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Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
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The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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Israel Enacts the Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance
1 February 1949
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Jordan's Early Measure to "Jordanize" Arab Palestinians
14 February 1949
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Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved
1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950
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SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership
4 March 1949
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Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank
16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949
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Palestinians Testify Before the UNCCP
24 March 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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The UNGA Ad Hoc Political Committee, Dealing with Israel's Admission Application, Requests Clarifications
4 May 1949 - 9 May 1949
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Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
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UNGA 302 (IV): Establishment of Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
8 December 1949
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Jordan Amends the Parliamentary Election Law
13 December 1949
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Cross-Border Attacks from Gaza
1950
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Jordan Issues National Guard Law
17 January 1950
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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Special International Regime for Jerusalem
4 April 1950
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Jordanian Parliamentary Elections; Formal Unification of the Two Banks
11 April 1950 - 24 April 1950
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Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously
27 April 1950
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Israeli Law of Return
5 July 1950
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Development Authority (Transfer of Property) Law, 5710-1950
9 August 1950
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UNGA 393 (V): Economic Reintegration of Refugees in the Middle East
2 December 1950
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UNGA 394 (V): UNCCP to Establish Office on Compensation to Refugees
14 December 1950
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Led by George Habash, Arab Nationalist Activists on the Way to Structure Their Movement
1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952
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Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut
27 January 1951
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Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah
July 1951
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23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951
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SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal
1 September 1951
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Publication of the Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
8 January 1952
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UNGA 513 (VI): UNRWA to Carry Refugee Relief and Reintegration for 3 Years
26 January 1952
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UNGA 512 (VI): UNCCP to Continue its Efforts
26 January 1952
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The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law
1 April 1952
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Palestinians in Israel Protest the Nationality law
14 July 1952
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The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
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The Knesset Adopts the Entry into Israel Law
26 August 1952
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The Zionist Organization/Jewish Agency Status Law
24 November 1952
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Land Acquisition (Validation of Acts and Compensation) Law
10 March 1953
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The Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education
12 August 1953
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General Islamic Conference on Palestine, Jerusalem
3 December 1953 - 9 December 1953
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Arab League and Jordan River Waters
15 February 1954
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Jordanian Nationality Law
16 February 1954
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Israeli Operation Against Jordan
28 March 1954
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Israel and the Lavon Affair
July 1954 - 17 February 1955
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Covenant between Zionist Organization and Israel
26 July 1954
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The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
Event
Exchange of Notes between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Event
Bloody Israeli Attack on the Gaza Strip
28 February 1955
Event
Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955
Event
Gaza's Basic Law
11 May 1955
Event
Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
Event
Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO) Is Opened in New York
25 June 1955 - 15 January 1962
Event
David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister
3 November 1955
Event
Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves)
10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955
Event
24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956
Event
Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
Event
London Conference on Suez
16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956
Event
Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents
17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956
Event
Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez
26 August 1956
Event
The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
Event
Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
Event
Soviet Union Threatens Intervention
5 November 1956
Event
UNGA 998 (ES-I): Creating the UN Emergency Force (UNEF)
5 November 1956
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza
10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957
Event
UNRWA Director Issues Special Report on Situation in Gaza Strip
15 December 1956
Event
Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre
6 January 1957
Event
GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)
19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957
Event
Israel Refuses Full Withdrawal
3 February 1957
Event
Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza
20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957
Event
Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai
7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957
Event
Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
Event
The Knesset adopts the Basic Law: The Knesset
12 February 1958
Event
Basic Law for the Gaza Strip
25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958
Event
The Arab League and Palestinian Entity
4 March 1959
Event
Lebanon Establishes the Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Interior
31 March 1959
Event
Fatah's Organizational Structure Set in a Kuwait Meeting
10 October 1959
Event
Status of Jordanian Jerusalem Municipality Enhanced Symbolically
16 December 1959
Event
Fatah and the Palestinian Entity
June 1960
Event
Basic Law: Israel Lands
19 July 1960
Event
Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960
25 July 1960
Event
25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961
Event
GA Resolution 1604 (XV)
21 April 1961
Event
The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity
29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961
Event
Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York
26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001
Event
Appointment of Special Representative of the UNCCP
24 August 1961
Event
The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip
5 March 1962
Event
Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals
5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962
Event
Death of Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi; Ahmad al-Shuqairi as Palestine Delegate to the Arab League
29 June 1963 - 19 September 1963
Event
New Lebanese Social Security Law Implicitly Excludes Palestinian Refugees from its Benefits
26 September 1963
Event
Palestinian Delegation at the UN
18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963
Event
1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
Event
1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Event
2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
Event
A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners
18 September 1964
Event
Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon
23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964
Event
Fatah Issues Its First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
Event
The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York
22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Adopts its Bylaws
11 March 1965
Event
Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids
27 May 1965
Event
2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
Event
The General Union of Palestinian Women Is Formed in Jerusalem
15 July 1965
Event
The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States
11 September 1965
Event
3rd Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965
Event
Military Training for Palestinians
11 October 1965
Event
3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
Event
Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations
14 July 1966
Event
Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 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
Event
Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria
15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967
Event
Israel Prepares for War with US Consent
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967
Event
June War, 3rd Day
7 June 1967
Event
Second Palestinian Exodus
10 June 1967 - 31 December 1967
Event
The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem
27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967
Event
The Knesset Amends the Municipal Corporations Ordinance to Extend Area of West Jerusalem Municipality
27 June 1967 - 29 June 1967
Event
General Assembly Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Event
Military Order No. 58, Concerning Abandoned Property (Private Property)
23 July 1967
Event
Formation of a Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem 
24 July 1967
Event
Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property
31 July 1967
Event
Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank
14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967
Event
Fatah Guerrilla Resistance in the West Bank
28 August 1967
Event
Israel Conducts a Census of Palestinians in Newly Occupied Territories
10 September 1967 - 25 September 1967
Event
Israel Conducts a Census of Palestinians in East-Jerusalem
27 September 1967
Event
Palestinians Reorganize
11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968
Event
First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic
January 1968
Event
Guerrilla Resistance in Gaza Strip
1968 - 1970
Event
Battle of al-Karama, a Turning Point in Palestinian and Pro-Palestinian Mobilization
21 March 1968
Event
Yasir Arafat Assumes Prominence within Fatah
14 April 1968
Event
27th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
9 June 1968 - 19 June 1968
Event
4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Event
Civil Aviation in the Conflict
23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969
Event
Fatah Defines its Political Objective
19 October 1968
Event
Military Order No. 291 on Land Settlement
19 December 1968
Event
Lebanon Issues the Law on the Acquisition of Immovable Property Rights by Non-Lebanese
4 January 1969
Event
Hunger Strike of Palestinian Women in Jerusalem
26 January 1969 - 28 January 1969
Event
Fatah Reaffirms its Political Objective
28 January 1969
Event
5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969
Event
PDFLP Splits off from PFLP
22 February 1969
Event
Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes)
28 March 1969
Event
Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem
27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969
Event
Deportation from West Bank
9 June 1969 - 6 October 1969
Event
Land Law, 5729-1969
17 July 1969
Event
6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969
Event
PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
Event
UNGA 2535 (XXIV): Reiterating Past Resolutions on UNRWA; Affirming Inalienable Rights of People of Palestine
10 December 1969
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley
22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970
Event
7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
Event
Assassination Attempt of Wadi Haddad in Beirut
10 July 1970
Event
Assassination Attempt of George Habash in Bsaba Village
15 July 1970
Event
1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970
Event
PFLP Hijack Operations
6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970
Event
Black September in Jordan
15 September 1970 - 25 September 1970
Event
Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
Event
UNGA 2672 (XXV): People of Palestine Entitled to Equal Rights and Self-determination; Calling upon Israel for Return of Displaced in 1967
8 December 1970
Event
8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971
Event
9th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
7 July 1971 - 13 July 1971
Event
Jordan Complains to UN Security Council on Jerusalem
13 September 1971
Event
SC Res. 298: Deploring Israel’s Failure to Respect Previous Resolutions on its Measures Affecting Status of Jerusalem
25 September 1971
Event
UNGA 2792 (XXVI): Deploring Israel's Operations in the Gaza Strip
6 December 1971
Event
28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972
Event
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
Event
10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972
Event
Black September Hijack Operation
8 May 1972
Event
Japanese Red Army at Lod Airport
30 May 1972
Event
Assassination of Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut
8 July 1972
Event
Attempted Assassination of Anis Sayigh in Beirut
19 July 1972
Event
Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut
25 July 1972
Event
Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established
September 1972
Event
Black September in Munich Olympic Games
5 September 1972 - 6 September 1972
Event
Wa'el Zuaiter Is Assassinated in Rome
16 October 1972
Event
Black September Hijack Operation
29 October 1972 - 30 October 1972
Event
Mahmoud al-Hamshari Is Assassinated in Paris
8 December 1972 - 9 January 1973
Event
11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo
6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973
Event
Hussein Bashir Abu al-Khayr Is Assassinated in Nicosia
24 January 1973
Event
Black September Operation in Khartoum
1 March 1973 - 4 March 1973
Event
Muhammad al-Aswad Is Killed in Gaza
9 March 1973
Event
Basil al-Kubaisi Assassinated in Paris
6 April 1973
Event
Assassination of Zaid Muchassi in Athens
11 April 1973
Event
Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973
27 June 1973
Event
Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris
28 June 1973
Event
Ahmed Bouchiki Assassinated in Lillehammer
21 July 1973
Event
Palestine National Front Is Established in the Occupied Territories
15 August 1973
Event
Shaykh Ahmad Yasin's Islamic Center Is Established in Gaza
7 September 1973
Event
American-Soviet Agreement on a Cease-fire
21 October 1973
Event
SC Res. 338: Calling for Cease-fire and Deciding to Start Immediately Negotiations for Just Durable and Peace
22 October 1973
Event
Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms
23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
Event
6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers
26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973
Event
Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva
21 December 1973
Event
Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel
11 April 1974
Event
12th Palestine National Council, Cairo: A New Political Program
1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974
Event
Egypt and Syria Support PLO Representativeness
21 September 1974
Event
Palestinian Rejection Front
10 October 1974
Event
UNGA 3210 (XXIX): Inviting the PLO to Participate in GA Deliberations on Question of Palestine
14 October 1974
Event
7th Arab Summit Meeting in Rabat; PLO Recognized as Sole Representative of Palestinian People
28 October 1974
Event
Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly
13 November 1974
Event
UNGA 3236 (XXIX): Recognizing Palestinian Inalienable Rights and Palestinian People as Principal Party for Establishing Peace
22 November 1974
Event
UNGA 3237 (XXIX): Granting the PLO an Observer Status at the General Assembly
22 November 1974
Event
The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN
25 February 1975
Event
Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
Event
Start of Civil War in Lebanon
13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982
Event
US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
Event
Assassination Attempt of PLO Senior Leadership in Beirut
1 October 1975
Event
PLO Official Office in Paris
31 October 1975
Event
PLO Observer at the Food and Agriculture Organization
8 November 1975
Event
UNGA 3379 (XXX): Determining that Zionism is a Form of Racism and Racial Discrimination
10 November 1975
Event
UNGA 3375 (XXX): Calling for Inviting PLO to any UN Efforts on the Middle East on Equal Footing with Other Parties
10 November 1975
Event
The PLO at the Security Council
4 December 1975
Event
Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation
1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976
Event
The PLO Invited again to Security Council's Debate
12 January 1976
Event
The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel
1 March 1976 - April 1976
Event
Palestinian "Land Day"
30 March 1976
Event
Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank
12 April 1976
Event
Evacuation of US Nationals from Beirut with PLO Assistance
16 June 1976 - 20 June 1976
Event
Plane Hijacked to Entebbe
27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976
Event
Fall of Tal al-Za'atar
12 August 1976
Event
PLO Becomes a Full Member of the Arab League
9 September 1976
Event
Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon
16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976
Event
Failed Attempt to Open a PLO Information Office in Washington
19 November 1976
Event
13th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
Event
Likud's Victory in Israeli Elections
17 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
Israel's Conditions for Geneva Conference
25 September 1977
Event
US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference
5 October 1977
Event
Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977
Event
The PLO Central Council Condemns Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
30 November 1977
Event
Arab States Take Position Against Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
5 December 1977
Event
Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories Express their Dissatisfaction with Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
8 December 1977
Event
Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 December 1977
Event
Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"
11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978
Event
SC Res. 425: Calling upon Israel to Withdraw its Forces from Lebanon, and Establishing UNIFIL
19 March 1978
Event
A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington
24 April 1978
Event
Israel Establishes a "Security Zone" in South Lebanon
13 May 1978
Event
Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris
3 August 1978
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan
16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978
Event
9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
Event
14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Event
Ali Hassan Salameh Is Killed in Beirut
22 January 1979
Event
Arab Sanctions Against Egypt
27 March 1979 - 31 March 1979
Event
A PLF Operation in Nahariya
22 April 1979
Event
2nd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
11 June 1979 - 12 June 1979
Event
5th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Haifa
5 August 1979 - 6 August 1979
Event
Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Are Held in London
25 October 1979 - 26 October 1979
Event
Deportation of Bassam Shak'a Reversed After West Bank Mayors Threaten Resignation
11 November 1979 - 5 December 1979
Event
Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus
15 December 1979
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980
Event
Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
Event
Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem
30 July 1980
Event
The Knesset Issues Amendment 1 to Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance
30 July 1980
Event
Egypt's Response to Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem
2 August 1980
Event
SC Res. 478: Censuring Israeli Enactment of "Basic Law" on Jerusalem
20 August 1980
Event
Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem
20 August 1980 - September 1980
Event
Birzeit University Is Closed
14 November 1980
Event
The Knesset Issues Amendment 16 to the Planning and Building Law, 1965
12 February 1981
Event
15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Event
Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981
Event
Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome
9 October 1981
Event
Civil Administration Is Established by the Military in the Occupied Territories
8 November 1981 - 1 December 1981
Event
Israeli Knesset Votes to Apply Israeli Law in the Golan Heights
14 December 1981
Event
SC Res. 497: Considering Null and Void Israel’s Decision to Impose its Laws in the Occupied Golan
17 December 1981
Event
Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
20 April 1982
Event
South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken
21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982
Event
Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War
25 May 1982
Event
Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London
3 June 1982
Event
Israeli Aerial Bombardment and Palestinian Artillery Across the Lebanon-Israel Border
4 June 1982 - 5 June 1982
Event
Encirclement of Beirut
11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982
Event
Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon
15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982
Event
PLO Debates Withdrawal
16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US
26 June 1982
Event
The PLO 11-Point Document
8 July 1982
Event
Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut
21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982
Event
PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan
29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982
Event
Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented
20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982
Event
Reagan's "Talking Points" to Begin on Palestinian Issue
31 August 1982
Event
The 12th Arab Summit Meeting in Fez Adopts the "Fez Initiative"
6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982
Event
Sabra and Shatila Massacre
16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982
Event
PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
Event
30th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1982 - 16 December 1982
Event
Kahan Report on the Sabra and Shatila Massacre
7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983
Event
16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Event
Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983
Event
Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement
17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983
Event
Scission within Fatah
18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983
Event
Tension in Hebron
1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983
Event
Ma'moun Meraish Is Assassinated in Athens
20 August 1983
Event
Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
Event
Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities
2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984
Event
UNGA 38/58: Calling for the Convening of an International Peace Conference on the Middle East
13 December 1983
Event
Jordanian Parliament Revived
9 January 1984 - 18 January 1984
Event
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament
23 January 1984
Event
Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks
26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984
Event
Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
Event
Palestinians Hijack an Israeli Bus Toward Gaza
12 April 1984
Event
Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation
27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984
Event
Attempted Assassination of Zaki Hillo in Madrid
16 August 1984
Event
17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Event
Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985
Event
PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
18 February 1985
Event
Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
Event
Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
Event
The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242
15 May 1985
Event
The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987
Event
Prisoner Exchange between Israel and the PFLP-GC
20 May 1985
Event
Amendment No. 9 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections
31 July 1985
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Event
Israeli Planes Attack PLO Headquarters in Tunis; Arafat Narrowly Escapes
25 September 1985 - 1 October 1985
Event
Achille Lauro Hijacked
7 October 1985 - 11 October 1985
Event
Arafat's "Cairo Declaration" on Terrorism
7 November 1985
Event
Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination
25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986
Event
Draft SC Res. S/17769 to Deplore Provocative Acts in the Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
30 January 1986
Event
Assassination of Zafir al-Masri
2 March 1986 - 3 March 1986
Event
Khaled Nazzal Assassinated in Athens
9 June 1986
Event
Two Palestinian Newspapers Banned in Jerusalem
30 June 1986
Event
US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem
29 July 1986
Event
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance Amended to Prohibit Contact with PLO
5 August 1986
Event
Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration
6 September 1986
Event
Munther Abu Ghazaleh Assassinated in Athens
21 October 1986
Event
Israeli Repression in the Occupied Territories
4 December 1986 - 11 December 1986
Event
Deportation of Muhammad Dahlan
13 December 1986 - 26 January 1987
Event
Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement
11 April 1987
Event
Closure of Palestinian Universities
19 April 1987
Event
18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Event
Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza
18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987
Event
Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO
21 May 1987
Event
The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
Event
US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York
9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987
Event
1st Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region
17 October 1987 - 18 October 1987
Event
Closure of Bethlehem University
28 October 1987
Event
Palestinian Hang-Glider Operation
25 November 1987
Event
31st Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
6 December 1987 - 10 December 1987
Event
Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
9 December 1987
Event
First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
14 December 1987
Event
UNGA 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country
17 December 1987
Event
Unified National Leadership of the Uprising
8 January 1988
Event
The Palestinians' 14 Demands
14 January 1988
Event
SC Res. 608: Calling upon Israel to Rescind Deportation Orders of Palestinians
14 January 1988
Event
Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
Event
UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion
2 March 1988
Event
US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
Event
ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York
9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988
Event
The Intifada and the Israeli Response in Another Stage in the Confrontation
11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988
Event
UNGA 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission)
23 March 1988
Event
A Palestine Affairs Center, Under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington
1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994
Event
Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis
16 April 1988
Event
4th Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region
3 June 1988 - 7 June 1988
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Algiers
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988
Event
Another Round of Releasing and Detaining Faisal al-Husseini
9 June 1988 - 29 January 1989
Event
A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission
29 June 1988
Event
Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank
28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988
Event
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Issues Its Charter
18 August 1988
Event
Elections in Israel
1 November 1988
Event
19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State
12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988
Event
The Intifada First Year Balance Sheet
9 December 1988
Event
UNGA 43/160: Entitling the PLO to Circulate its Communications as GA Official Documents
9 December 1988
Event
Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted
9 December 1988
Event
Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva
13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988
Event
Start of US-PLO Dialogue
14 December 1988
Event
UNGA 43/177: The PLO to Be Designated as Palestine in the UN System; Territorial Scope
15 December 1988
Event
US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia
22 March 1989
Event
Israel Proposes Elections in the West Bank and Gaza
30 March 1989
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative
15 May 1989
Event
Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections
1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989
Event
US-PLO Official Meeting in Tunis
14 August 1989
Event
Israel Deports Five Palestinians
27 August 1989
Event
China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace
21 September 1989
Event
The Baker Five-Point Plan
10 October 1989
Event
Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan
16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989
Event
Israel's National Unity Government Collapses
13 March 1990 - 11 June 1990
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
Event
Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US
31 May 1990
Event
Dial 1-202-456-1414
13 June 1990
Event
The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO
20 June 1990
Event
Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait
3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991
Event
A New Constitutional Law Rejects Palestinians' Resettlement in Lebanon
21 September 1990
Event
Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference
20 December 1990
Event
Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)
14 January 1991
Event
President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War
6 March 1991
Event
Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy
9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991
Event
Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon
18 May 1991
Event
SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
24 May 1991
Event
President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991
Event
Intifada Statistics
30 July 1991
Event
20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991
Event
US Letters of Assurances to Parties to Upcoming Peace Conference
15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
17 October 1991
Event
The Madrid Peace Conference
30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991
Event
UNGA 46/86: Revoking UNGA 3379 (XXX) that Had Determined Zionism as a Form of Racism
16 December 1991
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
Elections in Israel
23 June 1992
Event
6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington
24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992
Event
A Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Opposed to Negotiations Is Formed in Damascus
16 September 1992
Event
7th Negotiation Round, Washington
21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992
Event
Multilateral Talks
29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992
Event
Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon
13 December 1992 - 17 December 1992
Event
Bilateral Negotiation Round Delayed
11 January 1993
Event
Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage
20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993
Event
Palestinians Agree to Return to Washington Negotiations
20 April 1993
Event
Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage
20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Initialed and Approved
20 August 1993 - 30 August 1993
Event
The Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Reject the Palestinian-Israeli Accord, Damascus
2 September 1993
Event
Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO
9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington
13 September 1993
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP
10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993
Event
Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba
13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993
Event
President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993
28 October 1993
Event
Start of Israel-PLO Economic Talks in Paris
November 1993
Event
Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel
30 December 1993
Event
Hebron Massacre
25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994
Event
Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron
20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994
Event
Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994
Event
Wave of Hamas and Islamic Jihad Attacks
6 April 1994 - 30 April 1994
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris
29 April 1994
Event
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo
4 May 1994
Event
The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood
4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999
Event
Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force
20 May 1994
Event
Status of Orient House in Jerusalem
29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994
Event
US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington
22 June 1994
Event
Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed
29 August 1994
Event
Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv; Rabin and the National Separation Idea
19 October 1994
Event
Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba
26 October 1994
Event
Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza
18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994
Event
The Knesset Adopts the Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
Event
Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem
19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995
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
Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem
17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995
Event
Further Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities
27 August 1995
Event
Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)
28 September 1995
Event
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution
5 October 1995
Event
US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"
23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995
Event
The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Event
Assassination of Yahya Ayyash in Beit Lahiya
5 January 1996
Event
Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections
20 January 1996
Event
Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996
Event
Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank
7 March 1996
Event
Inauguration of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza
7 March 1996
Event
Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996
Event
21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996
Event
Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister
29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
Event
First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting
4 September 1996
Event
Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed
6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997
Event
Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment
16 January 1997
Event
Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project
27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997
Event
First Phase of Further Redeployment Not Implemented
9 March 1997 - 12 March 1997
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked
10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997
Event
Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures
30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997
Event
Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
Event
Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released
25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997
Event
The Holy See and Israel Sign an Agreement Complementing their 1993 Fundamental Agreement
10 November 1997
Event
Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998
Event
33rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
23 December 1997 - 26 December 1997
Event
Assassination of Mohi al-Din Sharif in Ramallah
29 March 1998
Event
Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem
25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998
Event
UNGA Res. 52/250: Granting Palestine Additional Rights and Privileges at the GA
7 July 1998
Event
Assassination of Adel Awadallah and Imad Awadallah in Khirbat al-Taybeh
11 September 1998
Event
Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum
26 October 1998
Event
Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only
30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
10 December 1998
Event
Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza
14 December 1998
Event
To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
Event
Orient House, Jerusalem and PLO Foreign Relations
1 March 1999 - 11 May 1999
Event
European Union Declaration "Compensating" the PLO for Not Declaring a State
25 March 1999
Event
Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State
26 April 1999
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
27 April 1999 - 29 April 1999
Event
Palestinian Authority Crackdown Against Hamas
3 August 1999 - 26 August 1999
Event
Official Resumption of Final Status Talks
13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999
Event
Mustafi al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa), PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine
30 September 1999
Event
Petition of the Twenty Denouncing the Palestinian Authority
27 November 1999 - 29 November 1999
Event
Assassination of Iyad Batat in Bayt Awa
13 December 1999
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000
Event
Commitments Not Implemented by Israel During the Transitional Period
9 February 2000
Event
Vatican-PLO Agreement
15 February 2000
Event
Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
Event
George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP
27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000
Event
The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000
Event
Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David
3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000
Event
The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks
2 September 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000
Event
Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif
28 September 2000
Event
Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
Event
US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
Event
The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized
14 October 2000
Event
Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
Event
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Event
Israeli Prime Minister Barak Resigns
9 December 2000
Event
Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171
18 December 2000
Event
Operation Bronze and Escalation
7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2001/270 Calling for Cessation of Settlement Activities and Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by US
27 March 2001
Event
A Lebanese Legislative Amendment Equates Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
3 April 2001
Event
Assassination of Iyad Hardan in Jenin
5 April 2001
Event
Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal for a Cease-Fire and a Resumption of Talks
16 April 2001 - 27 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
Death of Faisal al-Husseini
31 May 2001
Event
Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation
4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001
Event
Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions
10 August 2001
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates
20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
Event
UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban
31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001
Event
The 9-11 Attacks on the US
11 September 2001
Event
US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001
Event
President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State
2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001
Event
Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
Event
Assassination of Ayman Abu Halawa in Nablus
22 October 2001
Event
Timid Diplomatic Efforts
2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001
Event
With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level
26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001
Event
Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect
5 December 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
Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?
16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001
Event
Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated
3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002
Event
Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
Event
Launch of the South African Peace Initiative (Spier Initiative)
11 January 2002 - 12 January 2002
Event
An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002
Event
The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
Event
Assassination of Muhannad Abu Halaweh and Fawzi Murrar in Ramallah
5 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
SC Res. 1402: Calling for Cease-Fire and Withdrawal of Israeli Troops from Palestinian Cities
30 March 2002
Event
Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity
1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002
Event
Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
Event
Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
Amendment No. 35 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Further Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections
15 May 2002
Event
On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
Event
Assassination of Jihad Jibril in Beirut
20 May 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters
5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
Event
The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Interrogating Suspects)"
26 June 2002 - 12 December 2016
Event
Amendment No. 29 of Knesset Members (Immunity, Rights and Duties) Law
22 July 2002
Event
Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination
22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002
Event
Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?
13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002
Event
Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
Event
Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories
18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002
Event
SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal
24 September 2002
Event
Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks
10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US
20 December 2002
Event
Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip
24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003
Event
The Likud Wins the Elections for the Knesset
28 January 2003
Event
Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position
9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
Event
Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza
15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003
Event
The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister
10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003
Event
The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003
Event
Mahmoud Abbas Forms the Palestinian Government
19 March 2003 - 29 April 2003
Event
US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map
30 April 2003
Event
Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy
1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003
Event
The PLO Approves the Road Map
3 May 2003 - 11 May 2003
Event
With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"
4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Event
Abbas and Sharon Meet in Jerusalem
17 May 2003 - 29 May 2003
Event
Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003
Event
The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
Event
The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification
31 July 2003
Event
No Let Up in Confrontation
19 August 2003 - 20 August 2003
Event
Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister
6 September 2003
Event
Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis
7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2003/891 Against any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety Vetoed by US
16 September 2003
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/12: Demands Israel to Desist from any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety
19 September 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
Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US
14 October 2003
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT
21 October 2003
Event
SC Res. 1515: Endorsing Quartet Roadmap to a Two-State Solution
19 November 2003
Event
Palestinian Peace Gestures
1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall
8 December 2003
Event
Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
Event
Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
12 January 2004 - 2 February 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
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
UNGA Res. 58/292: Affirming that Status of Palestinian Territory Remains one of Military Occupation
6 May 2004
Event
An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA
24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004
Event
Life Sentence Against Marwan Barghouti
6 June 2004
Event
Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan
6 June 2004
Event
Annual Zionist General Council (WZO) Meets in Jerusalem
18 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
The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall
9 July 2004
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/15: Demands that Israel Complies with ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Wall; Requests SG to Establish Register of Damage
20 July 2004
Event
Attempted Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City
18 August 2004
Event
Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine
18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004
Event
Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership
11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004
Event
Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected
1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005
Event
First Round of Municipal Elections
23 December 2004 - 27 January 2005
Event
The Knesset Enacts the Prevention of Funding of Terrorism Law, 2005
29 December 2004
Event
Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce
17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005
Event
New Palestinian Cabinet Under Ahmad Qurai'
24 February 2005
Event
London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority
1 March 2005
Event
US Day-to-Day Involvement in Palestinian-Related Security Matters and in the Disengagement Plan
10 March 2005 - 30 June 2005
Event
Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo
15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005
Event
17th Arab Summit Meets in Algiers
22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005
Event
James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters
14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005
Event
Second Round of Municipal Elections
5 May 2005
Event
Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President
26 May 2005
Event
Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005
Event
Disengagement: Evacuation of Settlers
8 August 2005 - 22 August 2005
Event
Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border
15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005
Event
Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah
7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005
Event
Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza
12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005
Event
Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain
23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005
Event
Third Round of Municipal Elections
29 September 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct
17 October 2005
Event
Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again
24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005
Event
Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access
15 November 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
After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence
27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005
Event
Fourth Round of Municipal Elections
15 December 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates
18 December 2005
Event
Operation Blue Skies and Continuing Escalation
22 December 2005 - 23 January 2006
Event
After a Massive Stroke, Sharon Is Replaced by Ehud Olmert as Acting PM
4 January 2006
Event
The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon
6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory
26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006
Event
Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
Event
US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA
17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006
Event
PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet
18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006
Event
Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis
1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006
Event
Olmert's Separation Plan
5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006
Event
Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006
Event
Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
Event
Olmert's Kadima Party Wins the Knesset Elections
28 March 2006 - 4 May 2006
Event
Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow
30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006
Event
Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank
1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006
Event
Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces
5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006
Event
Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza
20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006
Event
A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office
9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006
Event
The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document
10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006
Event
Haniyeh Proposes a Long-term Cease-fire and Peace
23 May 2006
Event
Israeli Operations in the West Bank
24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006
Event
Assassination of Mahmud al-Majzub in Sidon
26 May 2006
Event
Fatah-Hamas Clashes
26 May 2006 - 24 June 2006
Event
Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza
29 May 2006 - 15 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
Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Event
The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Detainee Suspected of Security Offence) (Temporary Order)”, 2006
27 June 2006
Event
Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
Event
New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza
11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006
Event
Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers
12 July 2006
Event
Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City
12 July 2006
Event
2nd Israel War on Lebanon: the July War
12 July 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah
13 July 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: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah
14 July 2006 - 16 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: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon
19 July 2006 - 29 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
July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
July War: The Cease-Fire
12 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
July War: A Balance Sheet
14 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon
14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006
Event
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks
25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006
Event
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence
28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza
1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006
Event
Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?
6 November 2006 - 20 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
Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire
20 November 2006 - 26 November 2006
Event
Three Dramatic Spikes in Fatah-Hamas Violence
10 December 2006 - 8 February 2007
Event
The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas
14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/17: Establishing the Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the OPT
15 December 2006
Event
The US Revisits the Road Map
14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007
Event
Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
Event
International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007
Event
Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus
25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007
Event
Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007
Event
A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government
17 March 2007 - 31 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
After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report
30 April 2007
Event
Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes
11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007
Event
The Battle of Nahr el-Bared
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007
Event
Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza
10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007
Event
Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank
14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007
Event
Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split
17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007
Event
Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume
24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007
Event
Tony Blair Appointed Quartet Special Representative
27 June 2007
Event
Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government
5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007
Event
Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference
16 July 2007
Event
Another PLO Central Council Meeting Within Four Weeks
18 July 2007
Event
Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference
6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007
Event
Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"
16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007
Event
Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference
20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007
Event
Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces
2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007
Event
The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks
27 November 2007
Event
Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa
4 December 2007
Event
Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production
9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start
12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007
Event
Nablus Remains a Hot Spot
15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008
Event
The Quartet Expresses "Concern" over Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa Expansion
17 December 2007
Event
Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM
17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
Event
The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"
7 January 2008
Event
Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza
15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008
Event
A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus
23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
Event
Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai
23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008
Event
Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza
30 January 2008
Event
After the July War: Winograd Commission's Report on Israel's Handling of the 2006 Lebanon War
30 January 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify
4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008
Event
Assassination of Hizballah's Imad Mughniyah in Damascus
12 February 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands
28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
Event
Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting
24 April 2008
Event
Israel Refuses an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer
30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere
27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008
Event
Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased
17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008
Event
Amendment No. 39 of Basic Law: The Knesset Adds Another Reason to Disqualify Arab Candidates to Elections
30 June 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
Political Crisis in Israel
30 July 2008 - 10 February 2009
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 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
Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened
5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
Event
Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart
14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008
Event
SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006
16 December 2008
Event
Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza
21 December 2008 - 26 December 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 3
29 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 5
31 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 6
1 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 7
2 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet
3 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy
4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 12
7 January 2009
Event
SC Res. 1860: Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire and Arrangements to Prevent Arms Trafficking
8 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 13
8 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, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer
14 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza
16 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire
17 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
Event
Israel Completes Its Withdrawal from Gaza
20 January 2009 - 21 January 2009
Event
President Obama Prepares Active Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/18: Supporting an Immediate Gaza Ceasefire According to Security Council Resolution 1860
23 January 2009
Event
Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud Forms Israeli Cabinet after Close Election Results
10 February 2009 - 31 March 2009
Event
Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure
13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009
Event
Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo
25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009
Event
Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh
2 March 2009
Event
Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza
13 March 2009
Event
21st Arab Summit Meets in Doha
30 March 2009
Event
The New Netanyahu Government Prepares its Position on the Palestinian Issue
31 March 2009 - 5 May 2009
Event
The UN Human Rights Council Forms a Fact-Finding Mission on the War on Gaza (the Goldstone Mission)
3 April 2009
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises
4 May 2009
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue
18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009
Event
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
Event
Fayyad's Speech at Al-Quds University on Setting the Goal for Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Event
US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
Event
Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
Event
Israel Land Administration Law
3 August 2009
Event
Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem
4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009
Event
Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009
Event
Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan
25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009
Event
Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009
Event
Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More
9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza
15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009
Event
Cross-Border Violence, Gaza
20 September 2009 - 3 October 2009
Event
The Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making
29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009
Event
Israel-Hamas Token Preliminary Prisoner Deal
2 October 2009 - 3 October 2009
Event
Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements
31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009
Event
UNGA Res. 64/10: Endorsing the Goldstone Report and Calling Upon both Sides to Investigate the Violations Reported in it
5 November 2009
Event
Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed
12 November 2009
Event
The Deceptive Settlement Freeze
26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
15 December 2009 - 16 December 2009
Event
The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian Talks Through Letters of Guarantee
16 December 2009 - 4 January 2010
Event
Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza
31 December 2009
Event
Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund
12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010
Event
Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhuh in Dubai
20 January 2010 - 31 January 2010
Event
Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed
8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011
Event
Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites
21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010
Event
The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks
3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010
Event
US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan
9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010
Event
Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates
11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010
Event
The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel
19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010
Event
22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte
27 March 2010
Event
US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians
20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010
Event
With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched
22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010
Event
The Mavi Marmara Incident
30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010
Event
International Reactions to the Mavi Marmara Incident
31 May 2010 - 3 June 2010
Event
The United Nations Human Rights Council Establishes a Fact-Finding Mission on the Mavi Marmara Incident
2 June 2010 - 27 September 2010
Event
Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident
14 June 2010
Event
36th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
15 June 2010 - 17 June 2010
Event
President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel
6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010
Event
PLO Mission in Washington Becomes PLO General Delegation
20 July 2010
Event
Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
Event
An Amendment to the Lebanese Social Security Law Grants Palestinian Refugees Right to End-of-Service and Occupational Emergency Compensations
24 August 2010
Event
An Amendment to the Lebanese Labor Law Exempts Palestinian Refugees from some Conditions Imposed on Foreign Workers
24 August 2010
Event
Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended
20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010
Event
Escalation in Israel's Settlement Activity
26 September 2010 - 8 November 2010
Event
US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
Event
Abbas, Backed by the Arab League, Halts Palestinian-Israeli Direct Talks
30 September 2010 - 15 December 2010
Event
The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations
16 October 2010
Event
The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe
1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012
Event
Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan
28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011
Event
Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers
23 January 2011
Event
Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics
2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011
Event
Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics
14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2011/24 Reaffirming that Israeli Settlements in OPT Are Illegal Vetoed by US
18 February 2011
Event
The Knesset passes the Law on Disclosure Requirements for Recipients of Support from a Foreign State Entity
2 March 2011
Event
Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border
16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes the "Admissions Committees Law"
22 March 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes the "Nakba Law"
22 March 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes the Citizenship Law (Amendment No. 10) Conditioning Citizenship on Loyalty
28 March 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes Israel Lands Law (Amendment No. 3) on Foreign Ownership
29 March 2011
Event
Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement
4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011
Event
US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East
19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011
Event
Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN
2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Accord Put on Hold
14 June 2011 - 7 August 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes the "Anti-Boycott Law"
11 July 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes Israeli Prisons Law (Amendment No. 40) (Meetings with Lawyers)
3 August 2011
Event
Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 September 2011
Event
Despite US, European, and Arab Pressure, Abbas Submits a Request for Full UN Membership
12 September 2011 - 23 September 2011
Event
State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Event
The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations
23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011
Event
Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest
27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011
Event
The State of Palestine Becomes Full Member of the UNESCO
5 October 2011 - 31 October 2011
Event
A Prisoner Swap Deal Between Hamas and Israel
11 October 2011
Event
After Palestine's UNESCO Admission, Israel Suspends Transfer of Taxes to the PA
1 November 2011 - 30 November 2011
Event
Four Islamic Jihad Members, Administrative Detainees in Israeli Prisons, Go on Hunger Strike
17 December 2011 - 1 April 2012
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo
20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011
Event
US Legislation Against Palestinian Full UN Membership
23 December 2011
Event
Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman
3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012
Event
In Contrast with Islamic Jihad, Hamas Leadership Leaves Syria
17 January 2012 - 12 March 2012
Event
Abbas and Mishal Sign the Doha Declaration and Then Agree on its Suspension
5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012
Event
Assassination of Zuhair al-Qaissi and Mahmoud Hanani in Gaza City
9 March 2012
Event
A Serious Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza
9 March 2012 - 13 March 2012
Event
Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu
17 April 2012
Event
Palestinian Mass Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
17 April 2012 - 14 May 2012
Event
Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle
16 May 2012
Event
Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo
20 May 2012
Event
Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt
30 June 2012
Event
Local Elections in the West Bank Are Announced
10 July 2012 - 5 August 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
Local Elections in the West Bank
20 October 2012 - 22 December 2012
Event
Visit of Qatar’s Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza
23 October 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1
14 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2
15 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3
16 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4
17 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, Day 7
20 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement
21 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet
22 November 2012
Event
Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures
22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013
Event
UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN
29 November 2012
Event
Surge in Settlement Expansion
30 November 2012 - 10 February 2013
Event
Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
2 December 2012 - 25 March 2013
Event
Hamas's Khalid Mishal Visits the Gaza Strip
8 December 2012
Event
Early Elections in Israel Bring Back Netanyahu as Prime Minister
22 January 2013 - 18 March 2013
Event
24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
Event
Khalid Mishal Reelected Head of Hamas
1 April 2013 - 2 April 2013
Event
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns
13 April 2013
Event
Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo
27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013
Event
Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative
29 April 2013
Event
Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds
23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013
Event
Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government
2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013
Event
Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry
28 July 2013
Event
Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013
Event
Trilateral Agreement for a Red Sea-Dead Sea Link
9 December 2013
Event
For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014
Event
Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations
4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014
Event
Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations
17 February 2014
Event
The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Knesset Election Law Raising the Qualifying Election Threshold
11 March 2014
Event
The Israeli Knesset Adopts a Basic Law on Referendum
12 March 2014
Event
Heavy Fire Exchange Across the Gaza Strip
12 March 2014 - 13 March 2014
Event
Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners
17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014
Event
25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Event
Settlement Announcement in the Midst of a Crisis Regarding the Negotiations
1 April 2014
Event
With the Nonrelease of Prisoners, the Palestinian Leadership Applies for Access to 19 International Conventions
1 April 2014
Event
A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched
16 April 2014
Event
A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet
23 April 2014
Event
Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians
24 April 2014
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
Event
Settlement Balance Sheet with Breakdown of the Kerry Negotiation Round
29 April 2014
Event
Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014
Event
Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
Event
Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
Event
Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza
14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014
Event
Battir Landscape Is Inscribed in the World Heritage List
20 June 2014
Event
Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front
3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War
7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1
8 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2
9 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5
11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8
13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014
Event
Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails
14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10
16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Israel Launches Ground Invasion (Phase II)
17 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12
18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 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, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive
1 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire
5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo
11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014
Event
Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City
19 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50
20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Toward an Open-Ended Cease-Fire
23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
26 August 2014
Event
A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations
26 August 2014
Event
Renewal of Settlement Activity
31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014
Event
Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza
7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014
Event
The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza
11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014
Event
Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism
16 September 2014
Event
The PLO Strives for a Security Council Resolution Specifying a Timetable for Ending the Occupation
26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014
Event
Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
Event
International Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction
12 October 2014
Event
Steps, Mostly Parliamentary, Toward European Recognition of Palestinian State
13 October 2014 - 22 December 2015
Event
French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014
Event
Early Elections Announced in Israel
3 December 2014
Event
Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration
10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014
Event
Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel
10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014
Event
Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Addresses the 2014 Gaza War
17 December 2014
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC
30 December 2014
Event
President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute
31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015
Event
Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015
Event
The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza
11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015
Event
Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev
14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015
Event
France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative
15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015
Event
Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections
22 January 2015
Event
Settlement Construction
30 January 2015
Event
Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt
31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products
9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015
Event
A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?
2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015
Event
Israeli Elections: Likud's Victory and Strengthening of Arab Representation
17 March 2015 - 19 March 2015
Event
26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
Event
Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again
2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools
27 April 2015
Event
Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined
27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015
Event
Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire
16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015
Event
UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Event
Palestine Submits Files to ICC, and Israel Decides to Interact with It
25 June 2015 - 30 October 2015
Event
Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine
26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016
Event
Settlement Construction
23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015
Event
Clashes at Haram al-Sharif
26 July 2015
Event
The Knesset Passes Amendment Allowing Force-Feeding of Prisoners on Hunger Strike
29 July 2015
Event
Settlers Set Fire to Two Palestinian Family Homes in Duma, West Bank
31 July 2015 - 9 August 2015
Event
Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif
2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015
Event
UNGA Res. 69/320: Palestine Allowed to Raise Flag at UN
10 September 2015
Event
Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA
30 September 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
Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
Event
No Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
25 October 2015 - 26 October 2015
Event
The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Penal Code Imposing Minimum Sentences for Stone-Throwers
2 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
US Legislation Against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court
18 December 2015
Event
The EU and the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
Event
Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members
4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016
Event
Palestinian Teachers Go on Strike in the West Bank
7 February 2016 - 12 March 2016
Event
Three Rounds of Hamas-Fatah Talks in Doha Come to Naught
7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016
Event
The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
Event
To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative
9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016
Event
Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank
10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016
Event
The UN Human Rights Council Decides to Establish a Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities
24 March 2016
Event
Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border
3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016
Event
France Hosts a Ministerial Meeting as First Stage of its Peace Initiative
3 June 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
The Quartet Issues a Report on the Impediments to Palestinian-Israeli Settlement
1 July 2016
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet
3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016
Event
The Knesset adopts the NGO “Funding Transparency” Law
11 July 2016
Event
Amendment No. 44 of Basic Law: The Knesset Allows Dismissal of Members
19 July 2016
Event
Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure
27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016
Event
A Doubtful Israel-Palestinian Postal Service Memorandum of Understanding
4 September 2016 - 15 August 2018
Event
Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements
22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016
Event
The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership
1 November 2016
Event
President-Elect Trump for the "Ultimate Deal" Between Israel and the Palestinians
11 November 2016
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
4 December 2016
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax
15 December 2016
Event
SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism
23 December 2016
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings Renewed in Doha, Beirut and Moscow, with No Results
5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017
Event
Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers
8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017
Event
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee Reactivated
15 January 2017
Event
Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East
15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017
Event
Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
Event
The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively
6 February 2017
Event
Yahya Sinwar Elected Head of Gaza's Hamas Political Bureau
13 February 2017
Event
Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018
Event
Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
Event
Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
Event
Israel’s Knesset Passes Amendment No. 28 to Entry into Israel Law
6 March 2017
Event
Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination
6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017
Event
First Phone Contact Between Trump and Abbas
10 March 2017 - 12 March 2017
Event
Amendment No. 46 of Basic Law: The Knesset Gives Additional Reasons for Disqualifying Arab Candidates
14 March 2017
Event
UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Event
Israel Names the Palestine National Fund a Terrorist Organization for Assisting Prisoners' Families
16 March 2017
Event
Hamas Forms a Committee to Administer Gaza Strip
16 March 2017
Event
UN SG Antonio Guterres Distances Himself from ESCWA Report; Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf Resigns
16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017
Event
28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea
29 March 2017
Event
The Knesset Adopts Amendment No. 116 to the Planning and Building Law (Kaminitz Law)
5 April 2017
Event
Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017
Event
Gaza and the Electricity Issue
27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017
Event
Hamas New Charter
1 May 2017
Event
Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau
6 May 2017
Event
Municipal Elections in the West Bank
13 May 2017
Event
President Trump's Visit to Israel
22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017
Event
President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem
23 May 2017
Event
Palestinian Prisoners in Israel End Hunger Strike
27 May 2017
Event
The PA Forces Early Retirement on Part of Its Employees in Gaza
4 July 2017
Event
Old Cities of Jerusalem and Hebron Inscribed as World Heritage in Danger
4 July 2017 - 7 July 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
Palestinian Official Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
14 July 2017 - 21 July 2017
Event
A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon
20 July 2017
Event
As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds
24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017
Event
Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan
24 August 2017
Event
The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time
26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017
Event
Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel
7 September 2017
Event
The State of Palestine Admitted as Full Member of Interpol
27 September 2017
Event
Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
Event
Israeli and US Reactions to the Fatah-Hamas Agreement in Cairo
17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017
Event
100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
1 November 2017 - 2 November 2017
Event
Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails
1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017
Event
The Fate of the PLO Diplomatic Office in Washington
17 November 2017
Event
President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 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
Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US
18 December 2017
Event
Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem
18 December 2017
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/19 Opposes Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem
21 December 2017
Event
Israeli Moves Against the BDS Movement
29 December 2017 - 7 January 2018
Event
With Trump as President, Huge Settlement Growth in 2017
31 December 2017
Event
The Knesset Passes an Amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
2 January 2018
Event
The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement
6 January 2018
Event
Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon
14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018
Event
Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA
16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018
Event
Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad
22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018
Event
President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council
20 February 2018
Event
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest
25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites
7 March 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Legislation Withholding Bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli Forces
7 March 2018
Event
Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun
13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018
Event
International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis
15 March 2018
Event
Taylor Force Act Signed into Law
23 March 2018
Event
PA Requests Membership of International Treaties and Conventions in Response to US Embassy Move
24 March 2018 - 6 June 2018
Event
The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
Event
International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
Event
29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran
15 April 2018
Event
Palestinian Professor of Engineering Fadi al-Batsh Assassinated in Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2018
Event
23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah
30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018
Event
The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes Commission into Israel’s Attacks on the Great March of Return Protesters
18 May 2018
Event
PA Asks the ICC to Investigate Israeli Settlement Policies
22 May 2018
Event
Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2018/516 Calling for the Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by the US
1 June 2018
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/20 Calls for the Protection of the Palestinian Civilian Population
13 June 2018
Event
Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East
15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018
Event
Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue
2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018
Event
Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire
7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018
Event
Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation
7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
Event
US Cuts Aid to Palestinians
24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018
Event
The US Announces the Closure of PLO Representation in Washington
10 September 2018
Event
President Trump Signs the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATCA) into Law
3 October 2018
Event
Qatar's Assistance to Gaza
9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018
Event
UNGA Res. 73/5 Accords Privileges to Palestine as Chair of Group of 77 for 2019
16 October 2018
Event
Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters
17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018
Event
The US Replaces its Consulate General in Jerusalem by a Palestinian Affairs Unit within its New Embassy
18 October 2018
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
28 October 2018 - 30 October 2018
Event
Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire
11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018
Event
PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations
15 November 2018
Event
UNRWA Says International Community Almost Covers Budget Deficit
19 November 2018
Event
Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure
19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019
Event
The UNGA Votes Down a US-Proposed Draft Resolution Condemning Hamas
6 December 2018
Event
UNGA Res. 73/89: Reaffirming Support for the Two-State Solution of Israel and Palestine
6 December 2018
Event
The Palestinian Constitutional Court Considers the Legislative Council to Be Dissolved
12 December 2018 - 22 December 2018
Event
PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA
26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019
Event
Settlement Construction in 2018 Remains High
31 December 2018
Event
Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron
28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019
Event
30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
31 March 2019
Event
Israeli Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Settler Organization’s Claim to Three Buildings in the Old City of Jerusalem
10 June 2019
Event
US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference
22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019
Event
US Officials Partake in Inauguration of Large-Scale Settler Project in East Jerusalem
30 June 2019
Event
Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir
22 July 2019
Event
Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel
15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019
Event
The PA and Israel Agree that the PA Can Collect Fuel Taxes
22 August 2019
Event
Israeli Supreme Court Greenlights Withholding Palestinian Corpses
9 September 2019
Event
Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected
10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019
Event
Israeli Forces Raid Addameer and General Union of Service Sector Workers Offices in Ramallah
19 September 2019
Event
The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank
22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019
Event
PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections
26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019
Event
PA Starts Receiving Part of Tax Revenue from Israel Despite Deduction
3 October 2019 - 29 December 2019
Event
Palestinian Court Orders to Block Access to Dozens of Websites
17 October 2019
Event
EU court Rules that Israeli Settlement Products May not be Labeled “Made in Israel”
12 November 2019
Event
Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza City
12 November 2019
Event
Assassination Attempt of Akram al-Ajouri in Damascus
12 November 2019
Event
Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata
12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019
Event
US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements
18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019
Event
Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron
1 December 2019
Event
US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces
20 December 2019
Event
ICC Chief Prosecutor Finds Israel Is Committing War Crimes; Enquires on Scope of Territorial Jurisdiction
20 December 2019 - 28 January 2020
Event
Great March of Return Organizers Suspend Weekly Protests
26 December 2019 - 27 December 2019
Event
Surge in the Number of Settlers Touring Haram al-Sharif in 2019
31 December 2019
Event
Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration
31 December 2019
Event
Israeli Caretaker Government and Opposition Escalate Settlement Advancement and Annexation Discourse
6 January 2020 - 25 February 2020
Event
Jerusalem Court Ruling Threatens 700 Palestinians With Eviction
19 January 2020 - 26 January 2020
Event
Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020
Event
US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions
28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020
Event
UN Releases List of Businesses Connected to Israeli Settlements
12 February 2020
Event
Formation of the Munich Group
15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020
Event
Inconclusive Results of Elections for the Knesset in Israel
2 March 2020 - 17 May 2020
Event
Israel Uses COVID-19 Against Palestinians
21 March 2020 - 22 September 2020
Event
Israeli Coalition Negotiations Hint at Partial Annexation of the West Bank
20 April 2020 - 17 May 2020
Event
International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans
18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020
Event
Creeping Normalization
19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020
Event
Israel's Supreme Court Annuls a 2017 Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively
9 June 2020
Event
Trump Administration Places Sanctions on International Criminal Court and Its Personnel
11 June 2020 - 2 September 2020
Event
EU Anti-Palestinian Clause
12 June 2020
Event
PA Finances Suffer
2 July 2020 - 27 July 2020
Event
Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons
6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020
Event
UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel
13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020
Event
Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives
25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021
Event
After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks
3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020
Event
President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel
4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020
Event
Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine
9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020
Event
Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel
15 September 2020
Event
Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem
20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020
Event
PA Issues Building Permits in Area C
1 October 2020
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill
1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020
Event
Saeb Erekat Succumbs to the COVID-19 Virus
8 October 2020 - 10 November 2020
Event
Israel Announces Massive Settlement Expansion after Normalization Deals
14 October 2020 - 15 December 2020
Event
US Erases the 4-June Line
28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020
Event
PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds
17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020
Event
Hanan Ashrawi Resigns from PLO Executive Committee
9 December 2020
Event
Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco
10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020
Event
Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020
Event
Murder Rate Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel Remains High Amid Israeli Police Inaction
21 December 2020
Event
The Knesset Is Dissolved Again; New Elections Set for 23 March 2021
23 December 2020
Event
Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State
12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021
Event
PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones
15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021
Event
Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021
Event
Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank
25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021
Event
Israel Raids and Closes Offices of Human Rights Organizations in the West Bank
28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021
Event
US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes
7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021
Event
Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7
16 May 2021
Event
Facebook Censors Palestinians
24 May 2021 - 15 October 2021
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021
Event
Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended
22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023
Event
Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations
22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021
Event
Ismail Haniyeh Presents Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause
3 November 2021
Event
Great Britain Designates Hamas’s Political Wing as a Terrorist Organization
19 November 2021 - 26 November 2021
Event
UNESCO Adds Palestinian Tatreez to the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage
15 December 2021

Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Khalil Baidas
1875 - 9 February 1949
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Qudsia Khourshid
5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Anwar Nusseibeh
1913 - 1986
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
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 Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Document
Basel (Zionist) Program
30 August 1897
Document
Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem
11 December 1917
Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22
10 January 1920
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
Document
The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
Document
Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
Document
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
Document
Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
16 September 1922
Document
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Document
Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
Document
Shaw Commission Report
12 March 1930
Document
The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
Document
MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
Document
Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
Document
Statement of the Arab National Conference
13 December 1931
Document
Communiqué: Formation of the Arab Independence Party; the Party Bylaws (in Arabic)
2 August 1932
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
The Palestine Arab Party: Bylaws and Internal Regulations (in Arabic)
24 April 1935
Document
National Bloc Party: Bylaws
4 October 1935
Document
Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
Document
Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
Document
Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
Council of the Arab League: Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee
12 June 1946
Document
The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
Document
Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
Document
UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
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 their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
Document
Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
Document
Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
Document
Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
Document
Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948
16 September 1948
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Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
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Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)
1 October 1948
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UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan
24 April 1950
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Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
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Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
12 September 1950
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UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
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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
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UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
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UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
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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 106
29 March 1955
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UNSC Resolution 111
19 January 1956
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Law Promulgating the Basic Law for the Area under the Supervision of the Egyptian Forces in Palestine (in Arabic)
25 February 1958
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UNGA Resolution 1604 (XV)
21 April 1961
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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UNSC Resolution 171
9 April 1962
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
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Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)
5 November 1963
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First Arab Summit: Statement
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
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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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Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)
2 June 1964
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Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (in Arabic)
11 March 1965
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Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
11 September 1965
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
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Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
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UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
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Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
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UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
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UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
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Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
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UNSC Resolution 271
15 September 1969
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Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
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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
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)
30 November 1970
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UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)
8 December 1970
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Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
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Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement
13 July 1971
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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
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Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
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UNSC Resolution 316
26 June 1972
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Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
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Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
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Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria
31 May 1974
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PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3210 (XXIX)
14 October 1974
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Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution
29 October 1974
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3236 (XXIX)
22 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3237 (XXIX)
22 November 1974
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Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East
4 December 1975
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898
5 December 1975
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940
23 January 1976
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119
29 June 1976
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Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
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Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East
1 October 1977
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
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Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel
8 December 1977
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Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
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Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors
3 June 1980
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The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
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Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
30 July 1980
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Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
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UNSC Resolution 478
20 August 1980
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Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land
18 August 1981
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The Golan Heights Law
14 December 1981
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UNSC Resolution 497
17 December 1981
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1
19 January 1982
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Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
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UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985
20 April 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185
8 June 1982
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Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
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Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
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Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 September 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
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Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 9
31 July 1985
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
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Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
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UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
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King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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Statement by President Reagan on Opening American-PLO Dialogue
14 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
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Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
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U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
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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
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UNSC Resolution 904
18 March 1994
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394
17 May 1995
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/3
15 July 1997
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Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
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UNGA Resolution 52/250
13 July 1998
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Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21
13 July 1998
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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
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Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration
25 March 1999
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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
Reorganization of Lebanon’s Department for Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
14 October 2000
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
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PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
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The Durban Declaration
8 September 2001
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Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
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UNSC Resolution 1397
12 March 2002
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Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
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Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
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The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
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UNSC Resolution 1405
19 April 2002
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Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35
15 May 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
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UNSC Resolution 1435
24 September 2002
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Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385
20 December 2002
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
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Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891
16 September 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/12
25 September 2003
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240
24 March 2004
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President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
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UNSC Resolution 1544
19 May 2004
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783
5 October 2004
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Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
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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
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Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
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Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections
30 January 2006
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Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
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Eighteenth Arab Summit: The Khartoum Declaration (in Arabic)
28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006
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National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508
12 July 2006
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UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878
10 November 2006
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
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Mecca Accord
8 February 2007
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Nineteenth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
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Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)
21 June 2007
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President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
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Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush
27 November 2007
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The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)
7 January 2008
Document
Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)
25 January 2008
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Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39
30 June 2008
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UNSC Resolution 1850
16 December 2008
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Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups
16 January 2009
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UNGA Resolution ES-18
23 January 2009
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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)
10 October 2009
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UNGA Resolution 64/10
1 December 2009
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Provision on Palestinian Workers in Amended Lebanese Social Security Law (in Arabic)
24 August 2010
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
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Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas
4 May 2011
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Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State
16 May 2011
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President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
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Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
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UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
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Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
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HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
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Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration
17 December 2014
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
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Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities
24 March 2016
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
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Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46
14 March 2017
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UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
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Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
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Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)
13 December 2017
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Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
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Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
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UNGA Resolution 73/5
16 October 2018
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UNGA Resolution 73/89
6 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
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President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel
25 March 2019
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30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
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Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements
18 November 2019
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Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020
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Meeting of Palestinian Organizations' Secretaries-General: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
3 September 2020
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Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
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Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)
11 January 2021
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
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The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
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HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021

Historical Media

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Yusuf Diya-uddin Pasha al-Khalidi
1899
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Young Turks Revolution
July 1908
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Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa
14 December 1920
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Sixth Palestinian National Congress, Jaffa
16 June 1923
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Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party
1932
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Palestine and Oil
1936
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Oath of Allegiance
April 1936
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Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
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Peel Commission and Partition
11 November 1936
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Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission
11 January 1937
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Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee
12 January 1937
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Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938
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Arab Demonstration at Yatta
18 December 1938
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Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
March 1946
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Arab League Warnings
June 1946
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King David Hotel
24 July 1946
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Haifa Railroad Station
20 September 1946
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Hostage Taking by the Irgun
July 1947
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The Haganah Starts Its Offensive
15 August 1947
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Zionist Terrorism
29 December 1947
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All-Palestine Government
1948
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Scenes of Destruction
1948
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Grand Serai in Ruins
4 January 1948
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'Palestine Post' Explosion
1 February 1948
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji
March 1948
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Arab Liberation Army (ALA) Members
March 1948
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Attack on Jewish Agency Headquarters
11 March 1948
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Haganah in Jerusalem
April 1948
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Arab Gains
12 May 1948
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Mahane Yehuda Explosion
22 November 1968
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Palestine: A Homeland Denied
1979

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
World Zionist Organization Congresses
1897 - present
Thematic Chronology
Palestine Liberation Organization: National Council Sessions
1964 - present
Thematic Chronology
Regulating Palestinian Land
1858 - present
Thematic Chronology
British and International Commissions of Inquiry in Mandate Palestine
1919 - 1946
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian National Congresses
1918 - 1934
Thematic Chronology
Lebanon War, 2006
2006 - 2008
Thematic Chronology
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
2003 - 2006
Thematic Chronology
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
1920 - 1945
Thematic Chronology
Lebanon’s Relation to Palestine and the Palestinians
1923 - present
Thematic Chronology
Transjordan and its Evolving Connection to Palestine
1915-1954

Highlights

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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
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Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
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Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
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The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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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
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
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VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
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VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
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XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
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XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
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XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock
2017-
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
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Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
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France and the Palestine Question Before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Periods

Period
V. Reverberations of the Palestine War

Places

Place
Abu Kishk
Place
al-'Abbasiyya
Place
al-Ghabisiyya
Place
al-Hamra
Place
al-Jura
Place
al-Kabri
Place
al-Mas'udiyya
Place
al-Mirr
Place
al-Muwaylih
Place
al-Qubab
Place
al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
Place
al-Sawalima
Place
al-Shaykh Muwannis
Place
al-Tabigha
Place
al-Tira
Place
al-Tira
Place
'Arab al-Fuqara'
Place
'Artuf
Place
'Atlit
Place
'Ayn Karim
Place
Bayt Thul
Place
Daliyat al-Rawha'
Place
Dayr Abu Salama
Place
'Islin
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Jarisha
Place
Julis
Place
Kafr 'Inan
Place
Karatiyya
Place
Khirbat al-Lawz
Place
Khirbat al-Shuna
Place
Khirbat Jiddin
Place
Lubya
Place
Ma'lul
Place
Mansurat al-Khayt
Place
Qisarya
Place
Qumya
Place
Saffuriyya
Place
Salama
Place
Sataf
Place
Umm Khalid
Place
Wadi al-Hawarith
Place
Zab'a
Place
al-'Imara
Place
al-Khalasa