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A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities
28 May 1740
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Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt
1882
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Emerging Palestinian Opposition to Zionist Settlement: al-Yahudiyya Village Against Petah Tikva Settlement
29 March 1886
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Nine Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1890s
1890 - 1896
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Zionist-Palestinian Violence Breaks out in Jaffa
16 March 1908
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Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer
12 April 1909
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Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
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The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine
9 January 1917
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First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall
28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917
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Prevention of Crime Ordinance is Issued
October 1920 - 15 December 1920
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Mewat Land Ordinance
16 February 1921
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Palestine Gendarmerie Is Established
1 July 1921 - 24 April 1922
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Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council
20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922
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Establishment of the Zionist Revisionist Movement
1925
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14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna
18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925
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1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
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Hanging of Palestinian Militants
17 June 1930
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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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Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
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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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Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
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Avner Defense Plan
June 1937
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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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Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis
October 1939
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Killing of Avraham Stern
February 1942
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Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 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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Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks
24 November 1945 - 19 January 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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Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 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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UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)
15 May 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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Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
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Zionist Military Preparations
14 January 1948 - 20 February 1948
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British Break Arab Attacks
6 February 1948 - 10 February 1948
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Zionist Attacks
15 February 1948 - 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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Plan Dalet Launched
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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Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May
12 April 1948
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Trusteeship Plan for Palestine
20 April 1948
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Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 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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West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government
16 May 1948 - 24 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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Transjordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
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Israel's Provisional Council Enacts Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance
23 September 1948
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Israel Conducts its First Population Census
8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949
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Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
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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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Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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Israeli Law of Return
5 July 1950
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Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut
27 January 1951
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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 Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education
12 August 1953
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Jordanian Nationality Law
16 February 1954
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The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
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With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel
3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955
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Gaza's Basic Law
11 May 1955
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Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
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US Withdraws Aswan Funding
19 July 1956
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Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
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Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre
6 January 1957
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Basic Law for the Gaza Strip
25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958
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A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners
18 September 1964
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The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York
22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974
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Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
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Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
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Israeli-Jordanian Battle at al-Samu' after a Fatah Operation
11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966
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Israel Razes Maghrebi Quarter in Jerusalem Old City and Expels its Inhabitants
11 June 1967
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The Knesset Amends the Municipal Corporations Ordinance to Extend Area of West Jerusalem Municipality
27 June 1967 - 29 June 1967
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Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes)
28 March 1969
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Land Law, 5729-1969
17 July 1969
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Military Order No. 363, Concerning the Protection of Nature Reserves
22 December 1969
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Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972
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Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972
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Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel
11 April 1974
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Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank
12 April 1976
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Plane Hijacked to Entebbe
27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976
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Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 December 1977
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A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington
24 April 1978
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Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris
3 August 1978
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6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979
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Birzeit University Is Closed
14 November 1980
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Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
31 January 1982
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Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982
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South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken
21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982
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Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982
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Several Israeli Attempts to Assassinate Yasir Arafat During Invasion of Lebanon
15 June 1982 - 30 August 1982
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Reagan's "Talking Points" to Begin on Palestinian Issue
31 August 1982
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Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan
2 September 1982
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Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities
2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984
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Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament
23 January 1984
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Attempted Assassination of Zaki Hillo in Madrid
16 August 1984
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Israeli Repression in the Occupied Territories
4 December 1986 - 11 December 1986
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Clashes in the Occupied Territories
9 February 1987 - 18 February 1987
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The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
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Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Amman
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
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Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections
1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989
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Israel Deports Five Palestinians
27 August 1989
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3rd Negotiation Round, Washington
13 January 1992 - 16 January 1992
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The Knesset Enacts the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
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Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba
13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993
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Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994
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Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza
18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994
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Rabin, Peres, and Arafat Are Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
9 December 1994
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Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution
5 October 1995
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The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project
27 February 1997 - 10 April 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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The Holy See and Israel Sign an Agreement Complementing their 1993 Fundamental Agreement
10 November 1997
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Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998
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Assassination of Mohi al-Din Sharif in Ramallah
29 March 1998
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Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem
25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998
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Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel
1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000
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Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
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FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds
7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000
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The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks
2 September 2000
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Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
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Toward a Protracted Confrontation
10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000
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Assassination of Jamal Abd al-Razeq near Rafah
22 November 2000
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Assassination of Abbas al-Iwaywi in Hebron
13 December 2000
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Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals"
19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000
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Operation Bronze and Escalation
7 March 2001 - 16 May 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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Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees
10 May 2001
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The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan
11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001
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Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation
4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001
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Assassination of Omar Saadeh and Taha al-Aruj in Bethlehem
17 July 2001
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Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates
20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
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Losses During the 1st Year of the Second Intifada
28 September 2001
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Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
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Assassination of Ayman Abu Halawa in Nablus
22 October 2001
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Assassination of Mahmoud Abu Hanud near Nablus
23 November 2001
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Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield
28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002
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Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound
29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002
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Assassination of Qays Udwan in Tubas
5 April 2002
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Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
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Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
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Assassination of Yasir Rizq and Ameer Kuffe in Rafah
24 June 2002
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Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories
18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002
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Losses on the Two-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2002
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Assassination of Ibrahim Makadama in Gaza City
8 March 2003
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Assassination of Sa'ad Arabid in Gaza City
8 April 2003
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Assassination of Yusuf Abu Hin in Gaza City
1 May 2003
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Assassination of Titu Masud and Suhayl Abu Nahal in Gaza City
11 June 2003
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Assassination of Fuad Lidawi in Gaza City
13 June 2003
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The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification
31 July 2003
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Assassination Attempt of Hamas Leadership, Including Ahmad Yasin, in Gaza City
6 September 2003
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Losses on the Three-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2003
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Violence Abates to a Moderate Level
1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003
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Palestinian Peace Gestures
1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004
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Widening Philadelphi (Salahuddin) Route: Operation Rainbow
16 May 2004 - 24 May 2004
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Assassination of Wael Talab Nassar in Gaza City
30 May 2004
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Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank
27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004
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Assassination of Khaled Abu Silmiyya in Gaza City
19 September 2004
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Assassination of Nabil Sa'eedi and Rabah Zaqqout in Gaza City
20 September 2004
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Assassination of Izzeddin Sheikh Khalil in Damascus
26 September 2004
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Losses on the Four-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2004
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Assassination of Mahdi Jamal Mushtaha and Khaled al-Amreeti in Gaza City
2 October 2004
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The Lebanese Minister of Labor Removes some Restrictions on the Work of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
7 June 2005 - 14 December 2005
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Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006
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Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank
1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006
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Fatah-Hamas Clashes
26 May 2006 - 24 June 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon
19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006
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Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues
15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006
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Assassination of Ahmed Ashour and Ahmed Arqan in Rafah
5 September 2006
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Assassination of Aed al-Bashiti and Ali al-Nashar in Rafah
5 September 2006
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Attempted Assassination of Ashraf Farwana in Gaza City
12 October 2006
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Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus
25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007
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Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank
3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007
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Nablus Remains a Hot Spot
15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008
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Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem
10 January 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands
28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
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Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans
9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008
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Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
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Assassination of Nafiz Mansur in Rafah
1 May 2008
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
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Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened
5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
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Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart
14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 2
28 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 5
31 December 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking
1 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 7
2 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks
10 January 2009
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War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
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Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire
27 January 2009 - 12 February 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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US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 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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US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out
19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009
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Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque
27 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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The Deceptive Settlement Freeze
26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010
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The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian Talks Through Letters of Guarantee
16 December 2009 - 4 January 2010
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The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks
7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010
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Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund
12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010
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Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhuh in Dubai
20 January 2010 - 31 January 2010
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Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed
8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011
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The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks
3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010
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Israel's Ramat Shlomo Constructions' Plan During Joe Biden's Visit
8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010
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Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade
8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010
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Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 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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Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
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The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 August 2010
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Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington
1 September 2010 - 2 September 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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Escalation in Israel's Settlement Activity
26 September 2010 - 8 November 2010
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US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
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Abbas, Backed by the Arab League, Halts Palestinian-Israeli Direct Talks
30 September 2010 - 15 December 2010
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The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations
16 October 2010
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Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers
23 January 2011
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Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border
16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011
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The Knesset Passes the Citizenship Law (Amendment No. 10) Conditioning Citizenship on Loyalty
28 March 2011
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The Knesset Passes Israel Lands Law (Amendment No. 3) on Foreign Ownership
29 March 2011
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Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 September 2011
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The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations
23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011
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Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
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Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts
22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012
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Israel’s Settlement Activity
6 June 2012 - 13 August 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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Settlement Consolidation in the West Bank, Including Jerusalem
6 November 2012 - 12 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1
14 November 2012
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Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City
14 November 2012
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Assassination of Ahmad Abu Jalal near al-Maghazi Refugee Camp
16 November 2012
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Assassination of Khaled al-Shaer in Deir al-Balah
16 November 2012
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Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israel's Assault on Gaza
16 November 2012 - 21 November 2012
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Assassination of Ousamah al-Qadi in Rafah
17 November 2012
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Assassination of Ahmad al-Nahal in al-Shati Refugee Camp
18 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement
21 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet
22 November 2012
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UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN
29 November 2012
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Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons
19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013
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Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds
23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013
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Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry
28 July 2013
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For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014
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Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations
4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014
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Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations
17 February 2014
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Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations
13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014
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Abbas Sets Three Conditions for Extension of Negotiations
22 April 2014
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Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza
14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014
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Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front
3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2
9 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3
10 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8
13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10
16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12
18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 32-42: Three Days of Fighting Followed by Eight Days of Truce
8 August 2014 - 18 August 2014
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Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City
19 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50
20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
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A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations
26 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
26 August 2014
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Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
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Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration
10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014
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Settlement Construction
30 January 2015
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Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt
31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015
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Settlement Construction
23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015
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Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif
2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015
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With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
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Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst
4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015
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Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst
5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015
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France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative
29 January 2016 - 16 February 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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Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure
27 July 2016 - 7 December 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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SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism
23 December 2016
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Kerry's "Farewell" Speech on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
28 December 2016
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Settlers Attempt to Modify the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif
5 February 2017 - 24 May 2017
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Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
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Israel Closes Off the Haram al-Sharif Following a Palestinian Operation in the Old City of Jerusalem
14 July 2017 - 15 July 2017
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Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
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Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem
18 December 2017
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Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon
14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018
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The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites
7 March 2018
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The Knesset Passes Legislation Withholding Bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli Forces
7 March 2018
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The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018
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Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire
11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018
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PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA
26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019
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Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron
28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019
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The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019
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Israeli Violence Ahead of One-Year Anniversary of Great March of Return; Egyptian Restraint Efforts
22 March 2019 - 29 March 2019
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Israeli Bombing Resumes Against Gaza
1 May 2019 - 5 May 2019
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UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations
29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019
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Palestinian Citizens of Israel Protest Israeli Police Inaction in Solving Violent Crimes
28 September 2019 - 5 November 2019
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Palestinian Court Orders to Block Access to Dozens of Websites
17 October 2019
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US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces
20 December 2019
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Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020
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Israel Uses COVID-19 Against Palestinians
21 March 2020 - 22 September 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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Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem
20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020
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US Erases the 4-June Line
28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020
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Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020
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Murder Rate Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel Remains High Amid Israeli Police Inaction
21 December 2020
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Palestinian COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Begins as the Occupation Hinders an Effective Rollout
2 February 2021 - 20 June 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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Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
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Towards a Unity Intifada
23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
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Evyatar Outpost Resettled; Palestinian Protesters Killed or Injured
3 May 2021 - 31 December 2021
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The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2
11 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6
15 May 2021
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The General Strike of the Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
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Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters
15 June 2021
Event
Death of Nizar Banat after Arrest by PA Forces
24 June 2021 - 21 June 2022

Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
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
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
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
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
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
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
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
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
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
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
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
Mustafa al-Zibri (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
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966

Historical Texts

Document
Basel (Zionist) Program
30 August 1897
Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22
10 January 1920
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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
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Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
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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The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 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
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Statement of the Arab National Conference
13 December 1931
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 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
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
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Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
Document
Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
Document
Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948
16 September 1948
Document
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
Document
Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine
1 October 1948
Document
Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account
8 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
Document
Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
Document
Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan
24 April 1950
Document
UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
Document
UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
Document
UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
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
Law Promulgating the Basic Law for the Area under the Supervision of the Egyptian Forces in Palestine (in Arabic)
25 February 1958
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
Document
Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
Document
Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (in Arabic)
11 March 1965
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
Document
UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
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
UNSC Resolution 271
15 September 1969
Document
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)
4 November 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)
30 November 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)
8 December 1970
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
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3236 (XXIX)
22 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
Document
UNSC Resolution 425
19 March 1978
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
Document
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
Document
President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 1982
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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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
Document
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
Document
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 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
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
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/3
15 July 1997
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
Document
Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
Document
PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 2005
Document
List of Jobs and Professions Restricted to Lebanese Citizens (in Arabic)
14 December 2005
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508
12 July 2006
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
Current Palestinian/Israeli Positions: Reflecting Discussion up to January 1, 2009
1 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
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
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
Document
Understanding Regarding Ceasefire in Gaza Strip
21 November 2012
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
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
Document
Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018
Document
Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Document
The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
Document
HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021

Charts

Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Figures
1914 - 1947
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Fertility Rate
1962 - 2018

Historical Media

Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
8 May 1916
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Land Transfers Regulations - Zones A & B
1 March 1940
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Grand Serai in Ruins
4 January 1948
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Palestine: A Homeland Denied
1979
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Death of The Shepherd Boy Fathi, Third Wave of Killing
2012
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Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing
2012
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Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012

Highlights

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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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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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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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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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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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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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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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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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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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Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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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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Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
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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 Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
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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 Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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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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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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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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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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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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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
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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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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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The Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
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The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
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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
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Transjordan and its Evolving Connection to Palestine
1915-1954

Periods

Period
IV. The Palestine War and the Nakba