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A Religious Component Related to Jerusalem and Other Elements Are Added to a Capitulation Granted to France
20 May 1604 - 17 April 1607
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A New Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places Causes Confusion; Holy Places as a Trigger of the Crimean War
21 March 1852 - 4 October 1853
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Founding Principles of Ottoman Reform: The Tanzimat Stage II
18 February 1856
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The Ottomans and Sale of Land to Jews in Palestine
26 November 1892 - 3 April 1893
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Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - 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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Outbreak of World War I
1 August 1914 - 4 August 1914
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The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front
1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915
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Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Territorial Issues and Prelude to the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans
14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916
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Start of the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
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Balfour Declaration Is Made
2 November 1917
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The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson
8 January 1918
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1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919
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Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes
2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920
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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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Palestine Police Ordinance Is Issued
15 March 1921
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4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921
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The Palestinian Delegation Conducts Sterile Negotiations in London
2 July 1921 - 31 July 1922
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12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)
1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921
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White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration
3 June 1922
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House of Lords and House of Commons Conflicting Views on Palestine
20 June 1922 - 4 July 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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British-French Demarcation of Line Between Palestine (Including Transjordan) and Syria (Including Lebanon)
7 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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The Palestine Communist Party Is Officially Announced
9 July 1923
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Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem
8 November 1923
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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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1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
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The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Denounces MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
11 March 1931
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931
23 July 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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Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
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18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933
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Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force
12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935
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Enactment of Emergency Regulations
19 April 1936
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937
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Formation of the Arab National League (ANL) in New York
August 1937 - May 1941
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The British Government Rejects the Conclusions of the Partition (Woodhead) Commission
11 November 1938
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Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference
15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939
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Outbreak of World War II
1 September 1939
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Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
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Lebanon Ends Granting Import Licenses for Palestine Goods
4 January 1946
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Palestinians Declare Strike to Protest Bevin's Policy Statement of November 1945
February 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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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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UN General Assembly Special Session on Palestine
28 April 1947 - 9 May 1947
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Arab League Rejects Partition Plan
8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947
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Church Leaders in Palestine Denounce Partition
3 March 1948
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A New Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan
15 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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British Parliament Enacts the Palestine Act, 1948
29 April 1948
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Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine
30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948
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Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
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The British Mandate Ends. The US Recognizes the State of Israel
15 May 1948
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Israel's Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
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Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City
2 August 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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Israel Establishes Military Government in Palestinian Areas
21 October 1948
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Elections in Israel
25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949
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The US Recognizes the Government of Israel on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
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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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Tripartite Declaration
25 May 1950
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Israeli Law of Return
5 July 1950
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Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
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France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956
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Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
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Kafr Qasim Massacre
29 October 1956
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Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
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Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza
10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957
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Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza
20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957
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1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
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2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
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Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle
7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967
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Fatah Defines its Political Objective
19 October 1968
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Military Order No. 291 on Land Settlement
19 December 1968
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Military Order No. 363, Concerning the Protection of Nature Reserves
22 December 1969
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Black September in Jordan
15 September 1970 - 25 September 1970
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UNGA Res. 2672 (XXV): People of Palestine Entitled to Equal Rights and Self-determination; Calling upon Israel for Return of Displaced in 1967
8 December 1970
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The PFLP Announces It Has Abandoned the Tactic of Hijacking Planes
14 March 1972
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Lebanese-Palestinian Confrontation
2 May 1973 - 23 May 1973
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Palestine National Front Is Established in the Occupied Territories
15 August 1973
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6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers
26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973
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Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly
13 November 1974
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UNGA Res. 3379 (XXX): Determining that Zionism is a Form of Racism and Racial Discrimination
10 November 1975
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Statement S/11889 by SC President on Inviting the PLO to the Debate on ME Problem
30 November 1975
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President Carter for a Palestinian Homeland
16 March 1977 - 26 May 1977
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Menachem Begin: "Territories Are Not Occupied"
19 May 1977
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Municipalities in the West Bank and Gaza Affirm the PLO Program in a Message to the US and USSR
8 August 1977
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The PLO Central Council Condemns Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
30 November 1977
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Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories Express their Dissatisfaction with Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
8 December 1977
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9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
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14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979
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Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
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Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
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Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982
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16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement
17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983
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Scission within Fatah
18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983
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Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
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Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation
27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984
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17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
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Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
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Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
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The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987
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Arafat's "Cairo Declaration" on Terrorism
7 November 1985
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Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration
6 September 1986
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Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO
21 May 1987
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Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
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2nd Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region; Statement to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
25 February 1988 - 26 February 1988
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ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York
9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988
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Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis
16 April 1988
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Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank
28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Issues Its Charter
18 August 1988
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19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State
12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988
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Yasir Arafat Makes First Official Visit to Paris
2 May 1989 - 4 May 1989
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered
1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990
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US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel
23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990
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The Issue of Hamas's Participation in the Palestine National Council
7 April 1990
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
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Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon
18 May 1991
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SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
24 May 1991
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US Letters of Assurances to Parties to Upcoming Peace Conference
15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991
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The Madrid Peace Conference
30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991
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A Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Opposed to Negotiations Is Formed in Damascus
16 September 1992
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Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage
20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993
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9th Negotiation Round, Washington
27 April 1993 - 13 May 1993
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10th Negotiation Round, Washington
15 June 1993 - 1 July 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Initialed and Approved
20 August 1993 - 30 August 1993
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The Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Reject the Palestinian-Israeli Accord, Damascus
2 September 1993
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Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO
9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington
13 September 1993
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PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP
10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993
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Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres's Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem
11 October 1993
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Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba
13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993
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President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993
28 October 1993
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Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994
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Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel
30 December 1993
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The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood
4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999
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Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba
26 October 1994
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21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996
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Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba
5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996
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First Phase of Further Redeployment Not Implemented
9 March 1997 - 12 March 1997
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Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures
30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997
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33rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
23 December 1997 - 26 December 1997
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Statement S/PRST/1998/21 by SC President Against Israel Broadening Boundaries of Jerusalem
13 July 1998
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Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum
26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998
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President Clinton's Visit to Gaza
14 December 1998
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To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
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European Union Declaration "Compensating" the PLO for Not Declaring a State
25 March 1999
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Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State
26 April 1999
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
27 April 1999 - 29 April 1999
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Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms its Applicability to the OPT
15 July 1999
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000
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Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
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Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
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Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
19 April 2001
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UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban
31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001
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President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State
2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001
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Timid Diplomatic Efforts
2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001
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With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level
26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001
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Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect
5 December 2001
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Launch of the South African Peace Initiative (Spier Initiative)
11 January 2002 - 12 January 2002
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14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
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Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield
28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002
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Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)
14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002
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SC Res. 1405: Welcoming SG Initiative to Send Fact-Finding Team to Jenin Refugee Camp
19 April 2002
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George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East
24 June 2002
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Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination
22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002
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SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal
24 September 2002
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With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"
4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
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Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003
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Assassination of Ismail Abu Shanab in Gaza City
21 August 2003 - 25 August 2003
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Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire
4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003
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Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis
7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003
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Palestinian Peace Gestures
1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004
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Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
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Operation Full Court Press in Nablus
23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004
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Possible Sale of Properties Belonging to Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Old City Revealed
18 March 2005 - 24 May 2005
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17th Arab Summit Meets in Algiers
22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005
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Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza
9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005
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Legal Status of the Gaza Strip after the Disengagement: Foreign Territory?
12 September 2005 - 21 September 2005
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Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain
23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005
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Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
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PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet
18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006
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18th Arab Summit Meets in Khartoum
28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006
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Haniyeh Proposes a Long-term Cease-fire and Peace
23 May 2006
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Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers
12 July 2006
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Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes
18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006
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Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative
29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007
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Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration
27 April 2007
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007
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Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government
5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007
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Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference
16 July 2007
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Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"
16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007
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A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus
23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
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Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
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20th Arab Summit Meets in Damascus
29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting
24 April 2008
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
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The PLO Central Council Meets in Ramallah
23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008
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Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart
14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008
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War on Gaza: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire
17 January 2009
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War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
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21st Arab Summit Meets in Doha
30 March 2009
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The New Netanyahu Government Prepares its Position on the Palestinian Issue
31 March 2009 - 5 May 2009
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The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue
18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
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Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
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Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More
9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
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Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements
31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009
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Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze
25 November 2009
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Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites
21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010
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US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan
9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010
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The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel
19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010
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22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte
27 March 2010
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Statement S/PRST/2010/9 by SC President on the Mavi Marmara Incident
1 June 2010
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Egypt Announces a Restricted Opening of its Border with Gaza after the Mavi Marmara Incident
2 June 2010
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36th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
15 June 2010 - 17 June 2010
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President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel
6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010
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Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended
20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010
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Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics
14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011
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Palestinian Reconciliation Accord Put on Hold
14 June 2011 - 7 August 2011
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State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
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Abbas and Mishal Sign the Doha Declaration and Then Agree on its Suspension
5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012
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23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad
29 March 2012
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Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt
30 June 2012
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Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza
14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012
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Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons
19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013
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US President Barack Obama Visits Israel and Bethlehem and Ramallah
20 March 2013 - 21 March 2013
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24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
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Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
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Settlement Announcement in the Midst of a Crisis Regarding the Negotiations
1 April 2014
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Abbas Sets Three Conditions for Extension of Negotiations
22 April 2014
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A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet
23 April 2014
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
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Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014
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Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive
1 August 2014
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Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza
7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014
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Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism
16 September 2014
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Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel
10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014
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Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Addresses the 2014 Gaza War
17 December 2014
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President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute
31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015
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Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products
9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015
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UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA
30 September 2015
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37th Zionist Congress, Jerusalem
20 October 2015 - 22 October 2015
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Three Rounds of Hamas-Fatah Talks in Doha Come to Naught
7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016
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To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative
9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016
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Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank
10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016
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Palestinians Thwart the Setting Up of Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016
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In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted
8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016
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The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
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27th Arab Summit Meets in Nouakchott
25 July 2016
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Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements
22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016
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Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
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Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East
15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017
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Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
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Hamas Forms a Committee to Administer Gaza Strip
16 March 2017
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28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea
29 March 2017
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Hamas New Charter
1 May 2017
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President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem
23 May 2017
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China's New Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question
18 July 2017
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Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan
24 August 2017
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100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
1 November 2017 - 2 November 2017
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President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
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Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem
13 December 2017
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The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement
6 January 2018
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US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”
25 January 2018
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29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran
15 April 2018
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PA Asks the ICC to Investigate Israeli Settlement Policies
22 May 2018
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US Cuts Aid to Palestinians
24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018
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30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
31 March 2019
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US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions
28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020
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Formation of the Munich Group
15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020
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COVID-19 Hits Palestine
5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020
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EU Anti-Palestinian Clause
12 June 2020
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Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives
25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021
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Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill
1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020
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COVID-19 Continues to Severely Impact Daily Life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
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Biden Administration Takes Office, Signals Continuity with Trump’s Middle East Policy
20 January 2021 - 8 February 2021
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Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021
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Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada
10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7
16 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
21 May 2021
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Death of Nizar Banat after Arrest by PA Forces
24 June 2021 - 21 June 2022
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Israel Continues to Assert Dominance over the Haram al-Sharif Compound
18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021
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Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers; Palestinians Added to Population Registry
29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021
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Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations
22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021
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Israeli Settlers Incite Against Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah
12 February 2022 - 24 February 2022
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Israel Declares 22,000 Dunams of Land Near Jericho a “Nature Reserve”
12 April 2022
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Israeli High Court of Justice Approves Masafer Yatta Expulsion
4 May 2022 - 8 May 2022
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European Countries Find Israeli Evidence Against Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Insufficient
12 July 2022 - 18 August 2022
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President Biden Visits Israel; Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership
13 July 2022 - 14 July 2023
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President Biden Meets with President Abbas in Bethlehem; No Joint Statement
15 July 2022
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Palestinian Reunification Conference in Algiers
11 October 2022 - 13 October 2022
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31st Arab Summit Meets in Algiers
1 November 2022 - 2 November 2022

Historical Texts

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Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem
8 February 1852
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Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
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Balfour Declaration
2 November 1917
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Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
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Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
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San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
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Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
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Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
16 September 1922
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Shaw Commission Report
12 March 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
Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
Document
The Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937
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 Commission) Report
9 November 1938
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
Document
The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1946
22 March 1946
Document
Assembly of the League of Nations Resolution on Mandates
18 April 1946
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
Statement by the Council of the Arab League on the Anglo-American Committee's Report on Palestine
12 June 1946
Document
Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
Document
Arab Ten-Point Position on UN Agenda on Palestine
29 April 1947
Document
UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan
3 September 1947
Document
UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan
3 September 1947
Document
UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority
3 September 1947
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
Document
UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine
16 February 1948
Document
Statement by the Committee of the Christian Union of Palestine
3 March 1948
Document
The Palestine Act, 1948
29 April 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
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
Document
Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
Document
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
Document
Public Notice on Jordan’s Name
14 May 1949
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan
24 April 1950
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
Document
UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)
10 December 1969
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)
30 November 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)
8 December 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
Document
UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)
6 December 1971
Document
Speech by Jordan’s King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
Document
UNSC Resolution 316
26 June 1972
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
Document
Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel
8 December 1977
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
Document
Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
Document
Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
Document
UNSC Resolution 508
5 June 1982
Document
Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 September 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
Document
Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
Document
Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Document
Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat
7 November 1985
Document
UNSC Resolution 605
22 December 1987
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
Document
King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly
14 December 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463
17 February 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
Document
Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
Document
Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 2nd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
9 April 1991
Document
UNSC Resolution 694
24 May 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
UNSC Resolution 904
18 March 1994
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394
17 May 1995
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
Document
Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
Document
Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21
13 July 1998
Document
Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration
25 March 1999
Document
Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
Document
Palestinian Response to President Clinton Proposals
1 January 2001
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
Document
The Durban Declaration
8 September 2001
Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35
15 May 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
Document
Seventeenth Arab Summit: The Algiers Declaration (in Arabic)
22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005
Document
Eighteenth Arab Summit: The Khartoum Declaration (in Arabic)
28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006
Document
Prisoners’ Document on National Conciliation
10 May 2006
Document
National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
Twentieth Arab Summit: The Damascus Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39
30 June 2008
Document
UNSC Resolution 1850
16 December 2008
Document
Twenty-First Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)
30 March 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
UNGA Resolution 64/10
1 December 2009
Document
Twenty-Second Arab Summit: The Sirte Declaration (in Arabic)
27 March 2010
Document
Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Document
The Doha Declaration on Palestinian Reconciliation (in Arabic)
6 February 2012
Document
Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration
29 March 2012
Document
Twenty-Fourth Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Document
HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration
17 December 2014
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
Twenty-Seventh Arab Summit: The Nouakchott Declaration (in Arabic)
25 July 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46
14 March 2017
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
Twenty-Eighth Arab Summit: The Amman Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 2017
Document
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
Document
Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
Document
Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates
13 August 2020
Document
Abraham Accords: Bahrain-Israel Declaration
15 September 2020
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Document
ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine
5 February 2021
Document
HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021
Document
Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC
9 May 2022
Document
US-Israel Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership
14 July 2022
Document
31st Arab Summit: Algiers Declaration (in French)
2 November 2022
Document
Algiers Declaration on Palestinian Reunification (in Arabic)
13 November 2022
Document
UNGA Resolution 77/247
30 December 2022

Biographies

Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Aref al-Dajani
1860 - 13 April 1930
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Khalil Baidas
1875 - 9 February 1949
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
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
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
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
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Rajeh al-Salfiti
1921 - 27 May 1990
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Leila Shahid
13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Historical Media

Document
Young Turks Revolution
July 1908
Document
The first Arab delegation in London to protest the Balfour Declaration
1921
Document
Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932

Highlights

Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
Highlight
Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
Highlight
Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question Before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
Highlight
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
Highlight
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
Highlight
Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
Highlight
Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
Highlight
The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest
Highlight
The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem
Highlight
Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
Highlight
XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Brazil and the Palestine Question
Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Periods

Period
IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
Period
X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

Places

Place
al-Nahr
Place
Khirbat Bayt Lid
Place
Fir'im
Place
Hawsha
Place
'Iraq Suwaydan
Place
Kafr Bir'im
Place
Khirbat al-Zawiya
Place
Qazaza

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Arab Summits and Palestine
1946 - present
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian National Congresses
1918 - 1934