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Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1859 - 21 July 1921

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Jurji Habib Hanania

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

1893 - 27 April 1940

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Law Granting Foreigners the Right to Own Real Estate in the Ottoman Empire., 7 Safar 1284

Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line

31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892

2nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

28 August 1898 - 31 August 1898

Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine

29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901

Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley

March 1909 - July 1909

Foundation of Tel Aviv

Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer

Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives

June 1909 - 2 November 1909

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

International Zionist Conference Meets in London

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council; Non-Applicability to Transjordan

Official Onset of British Mandate for Palestine

29 September 1923

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

16th Zionist Congress Is Held in Zurich

28 July 1929 - 11 August 1929

Shaw Commission Report on al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine

8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933

The British Government Rejects the Conclusions of the Partition (Woodhead) Commission

11 November 1938

Jewish-Arab Attacks Resume

30 January 1939 - 26 February 1939

Land Transfers Regulations

20 February 1940

Enactment of Lebanese Labor Law and Its Subsequent Impact on Palestine Refugees

23 September 1946

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas

19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government

16 May 1948 - 24 May 1948

Pro-Jordanian Jericho Conference

1 December 1948 - 28 December 1948

Jordanian Parliamentary Elections; Formal Unification of the Two Banks

11 April 1950 - 24 April 1950

Led by George Habash, Arab Nationalist Activists on the Way to Structure Their Movement

1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952

23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951

Covenant between Zionist Organization and Israel

Israeli-Jordanian Clashes

25 July 1956 - 21 August 1956

GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)

19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957

Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq

Lebanon Establishes the Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Interior

The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States

11 September 1965

June War, 1st Day

June War, 5th Day

Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem

27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969

5th Arab Summit Meets in Rabat and Ends in Failure

21 December 1969 - 23 December 1969

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

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

25 September 1971

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972

Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973

6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

October War, 5th Day

10 October 1973

October War, From the 6th to 10th Day

11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973

Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle

17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973

The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN

25 February 1975

The PLO at the Security Council

4 December 1975

Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

2 June 1980 - 3 June 1980

Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem

20 August 1980 - September 1980

Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon

10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981

Palestinian Writers in Occupied Territories Affirm Commitment to Palestine Cause

Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo

11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981

Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

31 January 1982

Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon

15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982

Reagan's "Talking Points" to Begin on Palestinian Issue

The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242

Closure of Palestinian Universities

Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

9 December 1987

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

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Issues Its Charter

Start of US-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

Resurgence of Intifada, Worsening of Repression

3 May 1989 - 16 May 1989

Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered

1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990

The Baker Five-Point Plan

10 October 1989

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon

US Letters of Assurances to Parties to Upcoming Peace Conference

15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

Wave of Hamas and Islamic Jihad Attacks

6 April 1994 - 30 April 1994

Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed

Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba

26 October 1994

US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"

23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed

6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997

Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked

10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997

US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations

5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998

Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem

25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998

Israel Releases the First Group of Prisoners Pursuant to Oral Understandings at Wye River

19 November 1998 - 20 November 1998

Inauguration of LVGR, the Gaza International Airport

20 November 1998 - 24 November 1998

Palestinian Authority Crackdown Against Hamas

3 August 1999 - 26 August 1999

Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel

1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

The Mitchell Report Is Issued

30 April 2001 - 15 May 2001

Assassination of Walid Bisharat, Sameh Abu Huneish, and Muhammad Bisharat in Qabatya

Assassination of Omar Saadeh and Taha al-Aruj in Bethlehem

An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey

17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters

5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza

17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003

Palestinian Peace Gestures

1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan

2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004

An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA

24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004

Assassination of Wael Talab Nassar in Gaza City

Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank

27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004

Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map

2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004

Operation Days of Penitence

29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza

12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005

Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain

23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing

15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis

1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza

20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006

Assassination of Mohammed Shaban al-Dahdouh in Gaza City

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes

30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006

July War: The Cease-Fire

12 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

Assassination of Aed al-Bashiti and Ali al-Nashar in Rafah

5 September 2006

Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza

1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006

A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government

17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007

Assassination of Sameh Saleh Farwana in Gaza City

Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank

14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007

Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production

9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start

12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart

14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008

War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy

4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009

Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire

27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009

Cross-Border Violence, Gaza

20 September 2009 - 3 October 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed

12 November 2009

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze

25 November 2009

The Deceptive Settlement Freeze

26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010

Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund

12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010

Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed

8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011

International Reactions to the Mavi Marmara Incident

31 May 2010 - 3 June 2010

President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

An Amendment to the Lebanese Labor Law Exempts Palestinian Refugees from some Conditions Imposed on Foreign Workers

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

The Knesset Passes the "Nakba Law"

US Legislation against Palestinian Full UN Membership

23 December 2011

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

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5

18 November 2012

Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons

19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013

US President Barack Obama Visits Israel and Bethlehem and Ramallah

20 March 2013 - 21 March 2013

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

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations

4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014

Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza

14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014

Battir Landscape Is Inscribed in the World Heritage List

Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front

3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24

28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif

30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014

Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev

14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015

Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products

9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015

Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif

2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015

EU Guidelines on Goods from the Occupied Territories

11 November 2015

Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement

16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015

The EU and the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members

4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016

Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections

21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017

White House Statement on Israeli Settlement Activity

Two Jordanians Killed at Israeli Embassy in Amman

23 July 2017 - 24 July 2017

Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan

Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

UNGA Res. 73/5 Accords Privileges to Palestine as Chair of Group of 77 for 2019

16 October 2018

UNGA Res. 73/89: Reaffirming Support for the Two-State Solution of Israel and Palestine

6 December 2018

PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing

7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca

EU court Rules that Israeli Settlement Products May not be Labeled “Made in Israel”

12 November 2019

Israeli Caretaker Government and Opposition Escalate Settlement Advancement and Annexation Discourse

6 January 2020 - 25 February 2020

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill

1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020

US Erases the 4-June Line

28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

Palestinian COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Begins as the Occupation Hinders an Effective Rollout

2 February 2021 - 20 June 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Palin Commission Report

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

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

The Hope Simpson Report

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

1 December 1930

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

The Grady-Morrison Plan

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine

Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

11 September 1965

Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

9 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution

Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement

Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East

4 December 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

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

28 January 1980

The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem

Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land

President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin

1 September 1982

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

UNSC Resolution 607

King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly

14 December 1988

Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker

5 November 1989

President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East

Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)

13 September 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement

23 December 2000

PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement

27 January 2001

The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)

27 January 2001

Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations

The Mitchell Report

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

President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process

17 October 2005

Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

UNSC Resolution 1701

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

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

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years

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

25 September 2009

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

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

Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

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

China’s Four-Point Proposal on Promoting the Settlement of the Palestinian Issue

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

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

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

6 December 2017

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

28 February 2019

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda On Opening an Investigation into War Crimes in Palestine

20 December 2019

Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)

11 January 2021

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

12 January 2021

Historical Media

Land Transfers Regulations - Zones A & B

Burning of the Rex Cinema

2 December 1947

Importation of a Military Industry

Highlights

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Marka Refugee Camp

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

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

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Lebanon War, 1982

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

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The Israeli Military

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

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

The Algerians of Palestine

The Bosnians of Palestine

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

I. Ottoman Rule

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Periods

XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted