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Events

Acre Under Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar

Ottoman Land Code, 7 Ramadan 1274

The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission

2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919

The Palestine Communist Party Is Officially Announced

The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Denounces MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

Lebanon Ends Granting Import Licenses for Palestine Goods

Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan

UNGA 393 (V): Economic Reintegration of Refugees in the Middle East

2 December 1950

Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects

24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956

Soviet Union Threatens Intervention

5 November 1956

Lebanon Establishes a Higher Commission for Palestine Affairs

New Lebanese Social Security Law Implicitly Excludes Palestinian Refugees from its Benefits

26 September 1963

A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners

18 September 1964

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement

3 November 1969

6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers

26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973

The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel

1 March 1976 - April 1976

Arab Sanctions Against Egypt

27 March 1979 - 31 March 1979

Venice Declaration

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

2nd Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region; Statement to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

25 February 1988 - 26 February 1988

President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War

Conference on Multilateral Peace Talks, Moscow

28 January 1992 - 29 January 1992

Multilateral Talks

11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992

7th Negotiation Round, Washington

21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992

Multilateral Talks

29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992

Start of Israel-PLO Economic Talks in Paris

Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel

30 December 1993

PLO-Israel Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris

Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed

Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem

17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized

14 October 2000

13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East

London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority

James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters

14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005

The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established

25 November 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office

9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah

Tony Blair Appointed Quartet Special Representative

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM

17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem

10 January 2008

Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza

30 January 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify

4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking

The New Netanyahu Government Prepares its Position on the Palestinian Issue

31 March 2009 - 5 May 2009

Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza

15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009

Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund

12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

An Amendment to the Lebanese Social Security Law Grants Palestinian Refugees Right to End-of-Service and Occupational Emergency Compensations

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

Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

The Knesset Passes the "Admissions Committees Law"

The Knesset Passes the "Anti-Boycott Law"

Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman

3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012

Palestinian-Israeli Exchange of Letters for Cooperation on Taxes and Customs

John Kerry Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy for Resumption of Negotiations

4 March 2013 - 8 May 2013

With the Nonrelease of Prisoners, the Palestinian Leadership Applies for Access to 19 International Conventions

A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations

26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined

27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015

Smaller-Scale Palestinian-Israeli Violence and Israeli Repression Continue

1 January 2016 - 30 June 2016

Israel’s Knesset Passes Amendment No. 28 to Entry into Israel Law

UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid

UN SG Antonio Guterres Distances Himself from ESCWA Report; Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf Resigns

16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017

US-Israel Preliminary Talks on Settlements

19 March 2017 - 23 March 2017

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt Sever Economic and Diplomatic Ties with Qatar

A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon

UNGA Res. ES-10/19 Opposes Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem

21 December 2017

Taylor Force Act Signed into Law

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue

2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018

US Cuts Aid to Palestinians and Closes the PLO Office in Washington

24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018

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

16 October 2018

US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference

22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019

Biographies

Sa‘id al-Karmi

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1939 - 19 August 2014

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Historical Texts

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

The Covenant of the League of Nations

Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Palin Commission Report

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

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929

Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

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 Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Pact of the League of Arab States

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA ٍSpecial Session on Future Palestine Government

UNSC Resolution 46

UNSC Resolution 48

UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on the Occasion of the Entry of the Arab Armies in Palestine

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

UNSC Resolution 49

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

UNSC Resolution 53

UNSC Resolution 54

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

UNSC Resolution 61

4 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

UNGA Resolution 393 (V)

2 December 1950

UNGA Resolution 394 (V)

14 December 1950

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

First Arab Summit: Statement

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

11 September 1965

Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1

3 November 1966

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

Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions

1 September 1967

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 November 1970

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

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

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3237 (XXIX)

22 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898

5 December 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940

23 January 1976

The Koenig Memorandum

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East

PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel

30 November 1977

Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel

8 December 1977

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

UNSC Resolution 425

Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)

17 September 1978

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

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

Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1

19 January 1982

Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza

31 January 1982

UNGA Resolution ES-9/1

5 February 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2

President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459

12 September 1985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769

29 January 1986

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463

17 February 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1

6 November 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326

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

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 1991

U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid

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

Shimon Peres's Letter Concerning Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem

11 October 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

UNGA Resolution 52/250

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

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 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

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

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

27 January 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

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

The Mitchell Report

The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

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

National Conciliation Document

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

10 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

UNSC Resolution 1850

16 December 2008

UNSC Resolution 1860

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 January 2009

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

25 September 2009

UNGA Resolution 64/10

1 December 2009

Provision on Palestinian Workers in Amended Lebanese Social Security Law (in Arabic)

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

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

HRC Resolution S-21/1

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

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

UNGA Resolution 73/5

16 October 2018

Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance

26 December 2018

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

28 February 2019

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

Historical Media

Partition Plan (UNSCOP Majority Proposal)

15 June 1947 - 8 September 1947

Highlights

Great Arab Revolt, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

UN Partition Plan, 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinian Communist Movement

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

II. Early Mandate

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War

IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Israel's Nation-State Law

Enshrining Discrimination

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

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

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Palestinian Emigration (I)

I. Ottoman Rule

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting confrontation, shattered aspirations

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

III. Late Mandate

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

Balata Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Al-Fawwar Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Marka Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Balfour Declaration

Promising Palestine Away

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice