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Hafiz al-Sa’id

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1859 - 21 July 1921

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

Anwar Nusseibeh

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1925 - 10 April 1973

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1934 - 14 September 2021

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1936 - 3 August 1978

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)

14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

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

9 February 1963

Events

Young Turk Revolution

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law

Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

The Arab Congress Meets in Paris

17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913

Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine

8 May 1918 - December 1918

Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine

19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918

3rd Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine

3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa

13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920

Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council

20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922

The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London

7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922

6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society

21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930

1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 October 1929

John Hope Simpson Sent to Palestine to Investigate Questions of Immigration, Land Settlement and Development

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

A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine

8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933

Death of Musa Kazim Husseini

Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties

25 November 1935

Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936

First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

Start of General Strike and Armed Resistance

7 May 1936 - 31 May 1936

Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission

11 October 1936

Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report

Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

23 July 1937 - September 1938

Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan

8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937

Arab Higher Committee Is Banned

October 1937 - November 1937

Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

October 1938 - September 1939

The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo

7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938

British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy

November 1938 - May 1939

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference

15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939

The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

British Recommend Partition

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Bevin's Statement on Palestine; Formation of an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

13 November 1945

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Publishes its Report after a Visit to Palestine

6 March 1946 - 20 April 1946

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan

Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party

President Truman Supports Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Arab League Meets in Bludan and Reacts to the Recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

8 June 1946 - 12 June 1946

Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan

Truman's Statement after Postponement of Round Table Conference on Palestine

UN General Assembly Session on Palestine

28 April 1947 - 9 May 1947

UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)

Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition

15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947

Arab League Meeting on Palestine, in Sofar, Lebanon

16 September 1947 - 19 September 1947

Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question

23 September 1947 - 25 November 1947

Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan

29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947

Arab League Meeting on Palestine in Aley, Lebanon

7 October 1947 - 15 October 1947

UNGA 181 (II): Palestine Partition Plan

29 November 1947

First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense

29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948

Arab League Rejects Partition Plan

8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947

Arab Liberation Army Organized

1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948

Contingents of ALA Volunteers

21 January 1948 - 28 January 1948

US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition

18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948

SC Res. 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine

Arms for the Zionist Forces

1 April 1948 - 14 May 1948

SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine

Lebanon Sets up a Central Committee and Regional Committees to Deal with Refugees from Palestine

26 April 1948 - 11 May 1948

Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949

Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem

The Arab League and the Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration

Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza

22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948

Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval

17 December 1948

The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah

The UNGA Ad Hoc Political Committee, Dealing with Israel's Admission Application, Requests Clarifications

4 May 1949 - 9 May 1949

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut

27 January 1951

Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects

1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955

David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister

3 November 1955

The Knesset adopts the Basic Law: The Knesset

12 February 1958

The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity

29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961

Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York

26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001

The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip

Palestinian Delegation at the UN

18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963

1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon

23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964

The PLO Executive Committee Adopts its Bylaws

2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East

Palestinians Reorganize

11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968

Yasir Arafat Assumes Prominence within Fatah

4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

UNGA 2443 (XXIII): Establishing Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights in Occupied Territories

19 December 1968

5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country

3 November 1969

7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

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

The PFLP Announces It Has Abandoned the Tactic of Hijacking Planes

Black September Hijack Operation

11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973

Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards

15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973

Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms

23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva

21 December 1973

Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly

13 November 1974

A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth

18 October 1975

UNGA 3376 (XXX): Establishing a Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

10 November 1975

Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation

1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976

Palestinian "Land Day"

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

Failed Attempt to Open a PLO Information Office in Washington

19 November 1976

Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 December 1977

Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords

5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978

Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan

16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978

9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords

5 November 1978

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

14 July 1980 - 15 July 1980

Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome

Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank

16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982

Israel Invades Along the Central Axis

6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982

PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation

9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982

Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination

31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983

Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks

26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

18 February 1985

Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO

The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington

15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988

3rd Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region

3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988

Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva

13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988

Start of US-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989

The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative

Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan

16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989

The Issue of Hamas's Participation in the Palestine National Council

Dial 1-202-456-1414

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

2nd Negotiation Round, Washington

10 December 1991 - 18 December 1991

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Initialed and Approved

20 August 1993 - 30 August 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP

10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993

Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force

Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem

19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995

Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting

4 September 1996

Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed

6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

27 April 1999 - 29 April 1999

FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds

7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session

18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000

The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized

14 October 2000

Sharm al-Shaykh Summit

16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000

The Mitchell Committee of Fact-Finding on the Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation

7 November 2000 - 30 December 2000

The Mitchell Report Is Issued

30 April 2001 - 15 May 2001

Death of Faisal al-Husseini

Assassination of Omar Saadeh and Taha al-Aruj in Bethlehem

The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity

1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002

Assassination of Mustafa Sabah in Gaza City

4 December 2002

Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position

9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003

The PLO Approves the Road Map

3 May 2003 - 11 May 2003

Assassination Attempt of Hamas Leadership, Including Ahmad Yasin, in Gaza City

6 September 2003

Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis

7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

Assassination Attempt of Muhammad Abu Nusayra in Khan Yunis

27 September 2004

Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership

11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004

Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh

8 February 2005

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

Third Round of Municipal Elections

29 September 2005

The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established

25 November 2005

Assassination of Mahmoud Arqan in Rafah

7 December 2005

Assassination of Husam Abu Nada, Muhammad Jiha, Rashad Rahim, and Hamdan Mahana in Gaza City

14 December 2005

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions

27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

Assassination of Sami Abu Shari’a and Mahmud Ajjur in Gaza City

Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza

29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006

Assassination of Imad Asaliyya and Majdi Hammad in Jabaliya

Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit

25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

July War: A Balance Sheet

Three Dramatic Spikes in Fatah-Hamas Violence

10 December 2006 - 8 February 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative

28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference

6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007

Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"

16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007

Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference

20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007

Assassination of Mubarak Hasanat in Deir al-Balah

23 October 2007

The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks

27 November 2007

Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza

15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008

Assassination of Raed Abu al-Ful in Beit Lahiya

17 January 2008

Assassination of Amer Qarmout in Beit Lahiya

4 February 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify

4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands

28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status (Almost) Suspended

Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans

9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Resume: Refugees and Territory Stumbling Blocks

24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere

27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble

31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking

War on Gaza, Day 12

War on Gaza, Day 13

Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo

25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009

Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009

Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More

9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks

3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010

With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched

22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010

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

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue

29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

Abbas, Backed by the Arab League, Halts Palestinian-Israeli Direct Talks

30 September 2010 - 15 December 2010

Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan

28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011

The Knesset Passes the "Admissions Committees Law"

Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

Assassination of Kamal al-Nairab and Imad Hamad in Rafah

State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

Fate of the Palestinian UN Admission Request

28 September 2011 - 8 November 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

Assassination of Zuhair al-Qaissi and Mahmoud Hanani in Gaza City

Palestinian Mass Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2012 - 14 May 2012

Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts

22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012

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

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3

16 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5

18 November 2012

Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures

22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013

Third Group of Prisoner Release as Part of Negotiation Resumption Deal

31 December 2013

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

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

17 February 2014

Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza

14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014

Battir Landscape Is Inscribed in the World Heritage List

A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority

1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

Settlement Construction

30 January 2015

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

9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015

A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?

2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016

France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative

29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016

Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members

4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016

Three Rounds of Hamas-Fatah Talks in Doha Come to Naught

7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016

Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif

26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016

The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet

3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016

Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure

27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016

Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

4 December 2016

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings Renewed in Doha, Beirut and Moscow, with No Results

5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee Reactivated

15 January 2017

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Hamas Forms a Committee to Administer Gaza Strip

The Knesset Adopts Amendment No. 116 to the Planning and Building Law (Kaminitz Law)

Gaza and the Electricity Issue

27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017

Palestinian Prisoners in Israel End Hunger Strike

Old Cities of Jerusalem and Hebron Inscribed as World Heritage in Danger

4 July 2017 - 7 July 2017

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

The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018

Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad

22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018

The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites

23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah

30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018

The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People

19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018

Qatar's Assistance to Gaza

9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

28 October 2018 - 30 October 2018

The UNGA Votes Down a US-Proposed Draft Resolution Condemning Hamas

6 December 2018

Dissolution of the Knesset; Three Election Rounds to Form a Government in Israel

26 December 2018 - 11 December 2019

Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya

1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019

Great March of Return Organizers Suspend Weekly Protests

26 December 2019 - 27 December 2019

Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration

31 December 2019

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020

Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill

1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020

Hanan Ashrawi Resigns from PLO Executive Committee

9 December 2020

Israel Raids and Closes Offices of Human Rights Organizations in the West Bank

28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

The General Strike of the Unity Intifada

May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

Israel Demolishes Parts of al-Yusufiya Cemetery to Make Space for Biblical Park

17 October 2021 - 29 October 2021

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Historical Texts

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

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Rejecting the British Mandate (in Arabic)

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)

1 September 1922

Arab Executive Committee's Response to High Commissioner's Offer to Form an Arab Agency Similar to the Jewish Agency in Palestine (in Arabic)

12 October 1923

Shaw Commission Report

The Hope Simpson Report

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

The Murison Commission Report

Proposed New Constitution for Palestine

22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935

Peel Commission Report

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

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Pact of the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Council of the Arab League: Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

The Grady-Morrison Plan

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

British Referral of the Palestine Question to the UN

UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UNSC Resolution 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine

UNSC Resolution 46

UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)

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

UNSC Resolution 61

4 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 212 (III)

19 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Ad Hoc Political Committee Resolution on Israel’s Application for UN Membership

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

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

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan

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

UNGA Resolution 393 (V)

2 December 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

UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)

26 January 1952

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

Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)

5 November 1963

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (in Arabic)

Third Arab Summit: Political Statement (in Arabic)

13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965

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

UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)

Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions

1 September 1967

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

9 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

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

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 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

The Koenig Memorandum

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

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

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

30 November 1977

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

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

17 September 1978

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1

19 January 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 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

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement (in Arabic)

18 February 1985

The London Agreement

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

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

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50

29 November 1989

UNSC Resolution 681

20 December 1990

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

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

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

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

28 September 1995

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

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

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

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 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

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

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

UNSC Resolution 1402

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

UNSC Resolution 1405

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35

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

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

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

National Conciliation Document

8 February 2007

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

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

10 January 2008

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39

UNSC Resolution 1860

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

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 December 2014

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

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Report of the Quartet (in Arabic)

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

11 January 2017

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

6 February 2017

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46

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

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

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

President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019

Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

12 February 2020

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

12 January 2021

HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

Historical Media

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

Oath of Allegiance

Arab Higher Committee Members

Volunteers from Arab Countries

Peel Commission and Partition

11 November 1936

Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee

12 January 1937

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Arab Demonstration at Yatta

18 December 1938

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Partition Plan (Ad Hoc Committee Proposal)

29 November 1947

Third Anniversary of Al Karameh Battle

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Death of The Shepherd Boy Fathi, Third Wave of Killing

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

1966 - 1967

Thematic Chronology

The 2014 Gaza War

2014-2015

Highlights

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

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

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

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

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

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

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

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

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

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Balata Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

III. Late Mandate

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Marka Refugee Camp

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Shatila Refugee Camp

The Bosnians of Palestine

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

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

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Places

Khirbat Karraza

Khirbat Umm Burj

Kirad al-Ghannama