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Ottoman Conquest of the Levant

Acre under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani Challenges Direct Ottoman Rule

Acre Under Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar

Tax Revolt in Jerusalem

Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine

April 1834 - August 1834

Establishment of European and American Consulates in Jerusalem

International Intervention against Egyptian Rule in the Levant

Ottoman Land Code, 7 Ramadan 1274

Jerusalem Representation in the First and Second Ottoman Parliaments

19 March 1877 - 14 February 1878

Establishment of Petah Tikva, the First Zionist Colony in Palestine

Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe

The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire

24 November 1881

Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt

First Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Emerging Palestinian Opposition to Zionist Settlement: al-Yahudiyya Village Against Petah Tikva Settlement

European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration

2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888

Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line

31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892

The Ottomans and Sale of Land to Jews in Palestine

26 November 1892 - 3 April 1893

Publication of The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

1st Zionist Congress in Basel Calls for a Jewish Home in Palestine

29 August 1897 - 31 August 1897

Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition

8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901

6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903

Emerging Palestinian Identity and Arab Nationalism

8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague

14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907

Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group

29 September 1907

Young Turk Revolution

Establishment of Palestinian Newspaper al-Karmel in Haifa

Palestinians Clash with Settlers of Sejera Colony

3 April 1909 - 12 April 1909

Foundation of Tel Aviv

Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer

First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament

March 1911 - May 1911

Provisional Law Concerning the Right of Certain Corporate Bodies to Own Immovable Property, 22 Rabi' al-awwal 1331

Provisional Law of Disposal of Immovable Property, 5 Jumada al-ula 1331

Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Prelude to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916

Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)

First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall

28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917

The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published

8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917

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

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan

21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918

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

19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

Proclamations No. 75 and No. 76 on Immovable Property

18 November 1918

Opening of the Paris Peace Conference

18 January 1919

1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission

2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919

The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant

10 January 1920

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates

Palestine Civil Government and Appointment of Herbert Samuel as High Commisioner

French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It

Transfer of Land Ordinance

3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa

13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920

Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan

2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

May Day Clashes in Jaffa

1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921

4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921

Palestine Gendarmerie Is Established

1 July 1921 - 24 April 1922

The Palestinian Delegation Conducts Sterile Negotiations in London

2 July 1921 - 31 July 1922

Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances

12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)

1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921

Transfer of Land Amendment Ordinance No. 2

8 December 1921

Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council

20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922

White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration

House of Lords and House of Commons Conflicting Views on Palestine

20 June 1922 - 4 July 1922

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922

British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria

British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah

25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Prevention of Crime (Tribal and Village Areas) Ordinance Goes into Effect

15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall

23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928

Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem

1 November 1928

White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall

19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928

16th Zionist Congress Is Held in Zurich

28 July 1929 - 11 August 1929

Protection of Cultivators Ordinance No. 27

al-Buraq / Western Wall: Palestinians Rise up in Protest against Zionist Provocations

15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929

The British Issue the Criminal Law (Seditious Offences) Ordinance

25 October 1929

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

26 October 1929

General Conference of Palestine Arab Workers, Haifa

11 January 1930

Hope Simpson Report Is Published

22 August 1930 - 20 October 1930

MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann

13 February 1931

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

Enactment of the Palestine Order in Council Related to al-Buraq / Western Wall

Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme

19 July 1931 - April 1932

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

A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

Protection of Cultivators Ordinance, No. 37

General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine

8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party

Establishment of the Reform Party

Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force

12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935

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

British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police

May 1936 - September 1936

Fawzi al-Qawuqji Aids the Great Palestine Rebellion

Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936

30 September 1936

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937

18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937

Avner Defense Plan

Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine

Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

23 July 1937 - September 1938

Formation of the Arab National League (ANL) in New York

August 1937 - May 1941

20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich

3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937

Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify

July 1938 - August 1938

Anti-British Operation and British Retaliation in al-Bassa

6 September 1938 - 10 September 1938

Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

October 1938 - September 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

MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians

17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939

Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians

2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939

Outbreak of World War II

1 September 1939

Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis

Land Transfers Regulations

20 February 1940

Five-year Limit on Jewish Immigration Extended

British Recommend Partition

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States

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

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

Labor Victory in Great Britain

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations

27 September 1945

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

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

Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks

24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946

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

6 March 1946 - 20 April 1946

League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN

Haganah's Plan Gimmel

Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan and Establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

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

President Truman Supports Jewish Immigration to Palestine

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

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

New Wave of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

9 September 1946 - 2 December 1946

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

23 September 1946

More Irgun Operations Against the British

29 December 1946 - 28 January 1947

London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails

27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947

Great Britain Refers the question of Palestine to the UN

Zionist Attacks Against Palestinians

21 May 1947 - 15 August 1947

Stern Gang Letter Bombs Against Officials in London

Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition

15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947

Irgun Kidnaps and Murders Two British Sergeants

11 July 1947 - 31 July 1947

British to Terminate Palestine Mandate

26 September 1947

Palestinian Strike Against Partition Plan and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 December 1947

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Great Britain Announces Termination Date of its Mandate over Palestine

11 December 1947

Series of Zionist Attacks

2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948

The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council

31 January 1948 - 16 February 1948

Transjordan and Great Britain Agree on Jordanian Military Intervention in Palestine

7 February 1948

Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem

11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948

Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah

Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive

10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

Unit of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Attacks Kfar Darom

Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May

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

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem

26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948

Arab Gains in Gush Etzion

3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Great Britain Issues the Termination of Jurisdiction in Palestine (Transitional Provisions) Order in Council of 1948

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948

Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv

13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948

UNGA 186 (S-2): Appointment of a UN Mediator in Palestine

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine

West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government

16 May 1948 - 24 May 1948

Israel's Law and Administration Ordinance

SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem

Israeli Intelligence Report on the Depopulation of Palestine until 31 May 1948

Responses to Bernadotte's Plan

2 July 1948 - 5 July 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem

8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel

8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948

Second Palestine Truce

18 July 1948 - 15 October 1948

Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce

24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948

Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City

Bernadotte's New Plan

16 September 1948

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Israel Conducts its First Population Census

8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949

UNGA 194 (III): Establishment of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)

11 December 1948

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

17 December 1948

Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces

22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949

Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"

January 1949 - December 1956

France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

24 January 1949

Elections in Israel

25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949

Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

30 January 1949

The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Jordan's Early Measure to "Jordanize" Arab Palestinians

14 February 1949

Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved

1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950

SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership

Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank

16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949

UNGA 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN

Jordan Issues National Guard Law

17 January 1950

Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

Tripartite Declaration

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

1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut

27 January 1951

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah

SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal

1 September 1951

Palestinians in Israel Protest the Nationality law

The Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education

Israeli Operation Against Qibya

14 October 1953

Israeli Operation Against Jordan

Israel and the Lavon Affair

July 1954 - 17 February 1955

Egypt Detains Israeli Freighter

28 September 1954

Lebanon Exempts Palestinian Refugees from Travel Document Fees

29 December 1954

24 February 1955

Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects

1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955

SC Res. 106: Condemning Israel’s Attack against Egypt’s Regular Army in Gaza

With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel

3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955

Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO) Is Opened in New York

25 June 1955 - 15 January 1962

Egypt Restricts Passage Through Strait of Tiran

11 September 1955

Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal

27 September 1955

Egypt and Syria Sign a Mutual Defense Pact

20 October 1955

Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja

23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955

Security Council Resolution S/RES/111

19 January 1956

France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War

22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

London Conference on Suez

16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956

Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres

22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956

Kafr Qasim Massacre

29 October 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Britain and France Join the War

31 October 1956

Soviet Union Threatens Intervention

5 November 1956

UNGA 1002 (ES-1): Calling for Withdrawal of Israeli Forces Behind Armistice Lines and of British and French Forces from Egypt

7 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre

GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)

19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957

Israel Refuses Full Withdrawal

3 February 1957

Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai

7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957

Fatah Is Founded

Egypt and Syria Unite and Form the United Arab Republic

1 February 1958 - 28 September 1961

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq

Israel's Strike Against Syria

31 January 1960 - 15 February 1960

Fatah and the Palestinian Entity

25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961

The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity

29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961

Israeli Raid Against Syria

16 March 1962 - 17 March 1962

SC Res. 171: Determining Israel's Attack on Syria a Violation of SC Res. 111

Conditions for the Movement of Lebanon's Palestinian refugees between Lebanon and Syria

28 July 1962 - 2 August 1962

Proposals Announced by Joseph Johnson, Special Representative of the UNCCP

Draft Security Council Resolution S/5407

3 September 1963

Fatah Opens Its First Office in Algeria

23 September 1963

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

2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO

5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964

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

18 September 1964

26th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

30 December 1964 - 10 January 1965

2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

Military Training for Palestinians

11 October 1965

Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1

4 November 1966

Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle

7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967

Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria

12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967

Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria

15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967

Israel Prepares for War with US Consent

2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967

5 June 1967 - 10 June 1967

Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly

13 June 1967 - 21 July 1967

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

Security Council Resolution S/RES/242

22 November 1967

First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic

Israeli Military Confrontation with Jordan and Palestinian Guerrillas

14 February 1968 - 15 February 1968

Battle of al-Karama, a Turning Point in Palestinian and Pro-Palestinian Mobilization

SC Res. 252: Considering all Israeli Measures to Change Jerusalem's Legal Status as Invalid

Lebanon Issues the Law on the Acquisition of Immovable Property Rights by Non-Lebanese

PDFLP Splits off from PFLP

22 February 1969

Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem

27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969

Israel Retaliates Against South Lebanon

12 May 1969 - 13 May 1969

SC Res. 267: Calling once more upon Israel to Rescind all Measures which May Change the Status of Jerusalem

Land Law, 5729-1969

SC Res. 271: Condemning the Execrable Act of Desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque

15 September 1969

9 December 1969

5th Arab Summit Meets in Rabat and Ends in Failure

21 December 1969 - 23 December 1969

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley

22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Jordan Complains to UN Security Council on Jerusalem

13 September 1971

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

25 September 1971

28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972

SC Res. 313: Demanding that Israel Refrain Immediately from Military Action against Lebanon

28 February 1972

SC Res. 316: Condemning the Repeated Attacks of Israeli Forces on Lebanon

Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut

Hussein Bashir Abu al-Khayr Is Assassinated in Nicosia

24 January 1973

Israeli Operation in Beirut Against Palestinian Leaders

Assassination of Zaid Muqsi in Athens

6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

October War, 2nd Day

Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle

17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973

Attrition in the Golan

12 March 1974 - 15 April 1974

Palestinian Rejection Front

10 October 1974

UNGA 3236 (XXIX): Recognizing Palestinian Inalienable Rights and Palestinian People as Principal Party for Establishing Peace

22 November 1974

Negotiations for Sinai II Fail

7 March 1975 - 22 March 1975

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

Sinai II Agreement Reached

20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975

Assassination Attempt of PLO Senior Leadership in Beirut

Premeditated Israeli Air Attack Against Palestinians in Lebanon

2 December 1975

The PLO at the Security Council

4 December 1975

Draft SC Res S/11898 to Condemn Israeli Attacks against Lebanon, Vetoed by US

8 December 1975

Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation

1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976

The PLO Invited again to Security Council's Debate

12 January 1976

The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel

1 March 1976 - April 1976

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

13th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

US State Department Releases First Human Rights Report

Israel's Conditions for Geneva Conference

25 September 1977

US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference

Arab States Take Position Against Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem

5 December 1977

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

28 December 1977

29th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

20 February 1978 - 1 March 1978

Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"

11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978

SC Res. 425: Calling upon Israel to Withdraw its Forces from Lebanon, and Establishing UNIFIL

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories

Arab Sanctions Against Egypt

27 March 1979 - 31 March 1979

2nd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria

11 June 1979 - 12 June 1979

Deportation of Bassam Shak'a Reversed After West Bank Mayors Threaten Resignation

11 November 1979 - 5 December 1979

Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

17 January 1980

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

28 January 1980

8th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

31 January 1980 - 1 February 1980

Israeli Settlement in the Old City of Hebron

10 February 1980 - 23 March 1980

President Carter's Disavowal of US Vote for SC Res. 465

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

1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980

Palestinian Operation Against Settlers in Hebron

2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980

Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

2 June 1980 - 3 June 1980

Venice Declaration

Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem

20 August 1980 - September 1980

Birzeit University Is Closed

14 November 1980

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

The Knesset Issues Amendment 16 to the Planning and Building Law, 1965

12 February 1981

15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome

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

11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981

Draft SC Res. S/14832/Rev.1 to Consider Israeli Golan Measures an Act of Agression, Vetoed by US

20 January 1982

Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

31 January 1982

UNGA Res. ES/9-1: Adopts Content of Vetoed Draft SC Res. on Israeli Golan Measures

5 February 1982

Strike in the Golan Heights Against Annexation

12 February 1982 - 11 May 1982

Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US

Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War

Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London

Draft SC Res. S/15185 to Demand again Full and Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal, Vetoed by US

The “Creeping” Cease-fire

10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

Encirclement of Beirut

11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982

Battle of the Mountain

14 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon

15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982

PLO Debates Withdrawal

16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982

The PLO 11-Point Document

Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented

20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982

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

Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue

1 September 1982

Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan

2 September 1982

Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination

31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983

Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement

17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983

Tension in Hebron

1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983

Draft SC Res. S/15895 to Condemn Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians in Hebron, Vetoed by US

Ma'moun Meraish Is Assassinated in Athens

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

Operations Against French and US Contingents in Beirut

23 October 1983

Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities

2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984

Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament

23 January 1984

Operation of Israeli Occupation Forces Against Ayn al-Hilwa

16 May 1984 - 18 May 1984

Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation

27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984

Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus

The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242

The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon

19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987

Prisoner Exchange between Israel and the PFLP-GC

Iron Fist Policy in the Occupied Territories

29 July 1985 - 4 August 1985

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Draft SC Res. S/17459 to Call upon Israel to Stop its Repressive Measures, Vetoed by US

13 September 1985

Arafat's "Cairo Declaration" on Terrorism

7 November 1985

Munther Abu Ghazaleh Assassinated in Athens

21 October 1986

Palestinian Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

25 March 1987 - 13 April 1987

Detention of Faisal al-Husseini

12 April 1987 - 13 September 1987

18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza

18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987

US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York

9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Amman

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

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

9 December 1987

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

UNGA 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country

17 December 1987

Solidarity of Israel's Palestinians with the Intifada

21 December 1987

SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada

22 December 1987

SC Res. 607: Calling upon Israel to Refrain from Deporting Palestinians

SC Res. 608: Calling upon Israel to Rescind Deportation Orders of Palestinians

14 January 1988

The Intifada and the Israeli Response in Another Stage in the Confrontation

11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988

Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis

Another Round of Releasing and Detaining Faisal al-Husseini

9 June 1988 - 29 January 1989

A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission

19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State

12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988

Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted

9 December 1988

Tougher Israeli Measures Against the Intifada

17 January 1989

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

Israel Proposes Elections in the West Bank and Gaza

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections

1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989

SC Res. 641: Deploring the Continuing Deportation by Israel of Palestinian Civilians

Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered

1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990

Draft UNGA A/44/L.50 to Construe Designation Palestine as the State of Palestine Withdrawn Due to US Threat against UN

6 December 1989

Israel's National Unity Government Collapses

13 March 1990 - 11 June 1990

The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

Haram al-Sharif Killings

Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)

14 January 1991

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon

SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians

President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference

1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991

20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991

US Letters of Assurances to Parties to Upcoming Peace Conference

15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991

UNGA 46/86: Revoking UNGA 3379 (XXX) that Had Determined Zionism as a Form of Racism

16 December 1991

Conference on Multilateral Peace Talks, Moscow

28 January 1992 - 29 January 1992

4th Negotiation Round, Washington

24 February 1992 - 4 March 1992

32nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 July 1992 - 30 July 1992

6th Negotiation Round, 2nd Stage, Washington

14 September 1992 - 24 September 1992

A Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Opposed to Negotiations Is Formed in Damascus

16 September 1992

7th Negotiation Round, Washington

21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

Palestinians Agree to Return to Washington Negotiations

9th Negotiation Round, Washington

27 April 1993 - 13 May 1993

Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba

13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993

President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993

28 October 1993

Start of Israel-PLO Economic Talks in Paris

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel

30 December 1993

Hebron Massacre

25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994

SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron

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

The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999

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

Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed

Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba

26 October 1994

Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza

18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994

The Knesset Adopts the Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

Suicide Bombing in Netanya; Rabin Reiterates the National Separation Idea

22 January 1995 - 24 January 1995

The Tragedy of the Palestinians in Libya

9 August 1995 - 13 January 1999

Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem

17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995

Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)

28 September 1995

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution

US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"

23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995

The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Redeployment from Hebron Delayed

Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon

11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996

Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister

29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996

First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting

4 September 1996

SC Res. 1073: Calling for the Reversal of all Acts (Opening of Western Wall Tunnel) Aggravating the Situation

28 September 1996

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement to Be Constructed

26 February 1997

Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project

27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997

Draft SC Res. S/1997/199 to Call on Israel to Refrain from Settlement Activities (Jabal Abu Ghunaym) Vetoed by US

Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked

10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997

Draft SC Res. S/1997/241 to Demand that Israel Cease Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Vetoed by US

UNGA ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement

UNGA ES-10/3: Emphasizing Personal Responsibilities Arising from Grave Breaches of Geneva Convention

Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures

30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997

Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations

23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998

US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations

5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998

French-Palestinian Agreement on Status of French Institutions Under Palestinian Authority

12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997

33rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

23 December 1997 - 26 December 1997

Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem

25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998

UNGA Res. 52/250: Granting Palestine Additional Rights and Privileges at the GA

Statement S/PRST/1998/21 by SC President against Israel Broadening Boundaries of Jerusalem

Further Redeployment Talks Intensify

3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998

Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed

15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998

Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998

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

19 November 1998 - 20 November 1998

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

10 December 1998

To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?

28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms its Applicability to the OPT

Palestinian Authority Crackdown Against Hamas

3 August 1999 - 26 August 1999

Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)

4 September 1999

Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine

30 September 1999

Petition of the Twenty Denouncing the Palestinian Authority

27 November 1999 - 29 November 1999

Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel

1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds

7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000

George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP

27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000

Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round

30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

Israeli-Palestinian (Post-Stockholm) Back Channel

1 June 2000 - 3 June 2000

Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit

11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000

Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army

15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000

The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks

2 September 2000

Start of the Second Intifada

29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000

Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising

30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

SC Res. 1322: Deploring Provocation at Al-Haram al-Sharif and Excessive Use of Force against Palestinians

Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Toward a Protracted Confrontation

10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000

Assassination of Yusif Abu Sawi in al-Khader

12 December 2000

Assassination of Hani Abu Bakra in Khan Yunis

14 December 2000

Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171

18 December 2000

21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

Draft SC Res. S/2001/270 Calling for Cessation of Settlement Activities and Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by US

A Lebanese Legislative Amendment Equates Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes

18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001

The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan

11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001

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

Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions

Assassination of Imad Abu Sunayna in Hebron

Assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa in al-Bireh

Fallout of Abu Ali Mustafa's Assassination

28 August 2001 - 10 September 2001

UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban

31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001

The 9-11 Attacks on the US

11 September 2001

US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation

12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001

President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State

2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

Assassination of Ayman Abu Halawa in Nablus

22 October 2001

Assassination of Yasir Asida and Fahmi Abu Eisheh in Tulkarm

2 November 2001

Timid Diplomatic Efforts

2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001

Assassination of Mahmoud Abu Hanud near Nablus

23 November 2001

With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level

26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001

Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated

3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002

Assassination of Nazih Abu al-Siba' in Jenin

16 February 2002

An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey

17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002

The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

Assassination of Muhannad Abu Halaweh and Fawzi Murrar in Ramallah

SC Res. 1397: Affirming a Vision of Two States, Israel and Palestine, Living Side by Side

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

SC Res. 1402: Calling for Cease-Fire and Withdrawal of Israeli Troops from Palestinian Cities

Invasion of Jenin Camp: Fierce Battle

3 April 2002 - 19 April 2002

Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance

3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002

Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"

Amendment No. 35 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Further Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections

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

5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002

The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Interrogating Suspects)"

26 June 2002 - 12 December 2016

Amendment No. 29 of Knesset Members (Immunity, Rights and Duties) Law

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

Assassination of Ziad Da’as in Tulkarm

Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip

19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002

Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories

18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002

SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal

24 September 2002

Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks

10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003

Israeli Leaders Push for an American War Against Iraq

16 October 2002 - 9 February 2003

Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US

20 December 2002

Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza

15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

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

17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003

US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map

Assassination of Yusuf Abu Hin in Gaza City

Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy

1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003

The PLO Approves the Road Map

3 May 2003 - 11 May 2003

With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"

4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

Abbas and Sharon Meet in Jerusalem

17 May 2003 - 29 May 2003

Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet

Assassination of Titu Masud and Suhayl Abu Nahal in Gaza City

Assassination of Muhammad Daghmash and Rawi Abu Kumayl in Gaza City

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

No Let Up in Confrontation

19 August 2003 - 20 August 2003

Assassination of Ismail Abu Shanab in Gaza City

21 August 2003 - 25 August 2003

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

6 September 2003

Draft SC Res. S/2003/891 Against any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety Vetoed by US

16 September 2003

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US

14 October 2003

UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT

21 October 2003

Palestinian Peace Gestures

1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004

Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003

Assassination of Yasir Abu Aysh, Hussein Abu Aysh and Majdi Khatib in Rafah

2 February 2004

Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders

14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004

Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US

Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan

Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

Assassination of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City

Assassination of Nadir Abu Layl and Hashim Abu Hamdan in Nablus

In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza

2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004

UNGA Res. 58/292: Affirming that Status of Palestinian Territory Remains one of Military Occupation

Widening Philadelphi (Salahuddin) Route: Operation Rainbow

16 May 2004 - 24 May 2004

SC Res. 1544: Condemning Israeli Killing of Civilians and Demolition of Homes in Rafah Refugee Camp

16th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis; Rejection of Israel's Disengagement Plan

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA

24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004

Life Sentence Against Marwan Barghouti

Operation Full Court Press in Nablus

23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004

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

27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004

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

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall

Assassination of Ra'fat Abu Assi and Hazim Irhayim in Gaza City

Assassination of Amr Abu Sitta in Rafah

Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine

18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004

Assassination of Mahmud Abu Khalifa, Amjad Abu al-Hayja, and Yamin Abu al-Hayja in Jenin

13 September 2004

Assassination of Khaled Abu Silmiyya in Gaza City

19 September 2004

Assassination Attempt of Muhammad Abu Nusayra in Khan Yunis

27 September 2004

Draft SC Res. S/2004/783 Condemning Israeli Broad Incursion in Northern Gaza Strip Vetoed by US

Assassination of Imad Yahia Khalil Bader and Saqer Awni Saqer in Khan Yunis Refugee Camp

Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death

12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004

Assassination of Majdi Mar'i, Fadi al-Sarwan, and Jihad Abu Salhieh in Nablus

1 November 2004

Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership

11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004

Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron

17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004

Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected

1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005

Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step

8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005

Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh

8 February 2005

New Palestinian Cabinet under Ahmad Qurai'

24 February 2005

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President

The Lebanese Minister of Labor Removes some Restrictions on the Work of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

7 June 2005 - 14 December 2005

Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk

18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005

Assassination of Sabir Abu Assi, Assim Abu Ras, Amjad Arafat, and Adil Haniyeh in Gaza City

Disengagement: Evacuation of Settlers

8 August 2005 - 22 August 2005

Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border

15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005

Legal Status of the Gaza Strip after the Disengagement: Foreign Territory?

12 September 2005 - 21 September 2005

Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain

23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005

Assassination of Rawad Fathi Farahat and Nafez Abu Hussein in Gaza City

24 September 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct

17 October 2005

Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again

24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005

Assassination of Hassan Madhun and Fawzi Abu Qara’ in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

1 November 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation

25 November 2005 - 28 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

Assassination of Said Abdul Fattah Abu al-Jedian in Beit Lahiya

The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon

6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011

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

Israeli Operations Resume

3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006

Assassination of Atiya Abu Shari’a and Suhail Bakr in Gaza City

7 February 2006

US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA

17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006

Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail

14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow

30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006

Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank

1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006

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

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza

29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006

The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Detainee Suspected of Security Offence) (Temporary Order)”, 2006

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 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

Draft SC Res. S/2006/508 Condemning Palestinian Abduction of Israeli Soldier and Israeli Assault on Gaza Vetoed by US

Major Israeli Operation in Nablus

19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone

2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006

July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire

5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006

July War: A Balance Sheet

July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon

14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues

15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence

28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006

Assassination of Ahmed Ashour and Ahmed Arqan in Rafah

5 September 2006

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

5 September 2006

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month

1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006

Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza

1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006

Draft SC Res. S/2006/878 Condemning Israel's Attack on Beit Hanoun Vetoed by US

11 November 2006

The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas

14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007

UNGA Res. ES-10/17: Establishing the Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the OPT

15 December 2006

The US Revisits the Road Map

14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007

Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord

28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007

International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts

2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007

Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus

25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government

17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007

Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank

3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007

After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Assassination of Fadi Abdul Qader Abu Mustafa in Khan Yunis

Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza

10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007

Assassination of Ziad Malaisha and Ibrahim Abed in Kafr Dan

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007

Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume

24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Another PLO Central Council Meeting Within Four Weeks

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

Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces

2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007

Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa

4 December 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

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

The Quartet Expresses "Concern" over Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa Expansion

17 December 2007

Assassination of Majid Harazin, Jihad Dahir, Karim Dahdouh, Na'el Tafesh, Ayman al-'Aileh and Ammar Abu-al-Said in Gaza City

17 December 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

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 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 on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands

28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

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

24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008

Assassination of Ibrahim Abu Olba in Beit Lahiya

Israel Refuses an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer

30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere

27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008

Assassination of Tareq Abu Ghali in Nablus

Amendment No. 39 of Basic Law: The Knesset Adds Another Reason to Disqualify Arab Candidates to Elections

Political Crisis in Israel

30 July 2008 - 10 February 2009

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

31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006

16 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1

27 December 2008

The War on Gaza (2008-09): Operation Cast Lead/ Battle of al-Furqan

27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 2

28 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 4

30 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 5

31 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 7

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy

4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones

War on Gaza, Day 12

SC Res. 1860: Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire and Arrangements to Prevent Arms Trafficking

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza

16 January 2009

War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet

18 January 2009

Israel Completes Its Withdrawal from Gaza

20 January 2009 - 21 January 2009

Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud Forms Israeli Cabinet after Close Election Results

10 February 2009 - 31 March 2009

Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure

13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009

Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo

25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009

Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza

War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue

18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel

US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze

26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009

Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009

US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out

19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009

Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan

25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009

Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza

15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009

Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque

27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

The Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making

29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

The Deceptive Settlement Freeze

26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian Talks Through Letters of Guarantee

16 December 2009 - 4 January 2010

Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza

31 December 2009

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks

7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010

Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund

12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010

Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites

21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010

Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates

11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

International Reactions to the Mavi Marmara Incident

31 May 2010 - 3 June 2010

Statement S/PRST/2010/9 by SC President on the Mavi Marmara Incident

Egypt Announces a Restricted Opening of its Border with Gaza after the Mavi Marmara Incident

Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade

8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010

Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident

36th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

15 June 2010 - 17 June 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

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem

14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

Escalation in Israel's Settlement Activity

26 September 2010 - 8 November 2010

US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze

29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010

The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations

16 October 2010

The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries

17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011

Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan

28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011

Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers

23 January 2011

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

14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011

The Knesset passes the Law on Disclosure Requirements for Recipients of Support from a Foreign State Entity

Israel Approves Settlement Expansion

2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011

Assassination of Muhammad Abu Mu‘ammar in Rafah

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

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

Abbas Confirms Palestinian UN Bid for Statehood

Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN

2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011

The Knesset Passes the "Anti-Boycott Law"

The Knesset Passes Israeli Prisons Law (Amendment No. 40) (Meetings with Lawyers)

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

23 September 2011

The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations

23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011

Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest

27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011

The State of Palestine Becomes Full Member of the UNESCO

5 October 2011 - 31 October 2011

Assassination of Ahmad Shaykh Khalil, Muhammad Ashur, Bassem Abu al-Ata, Hassan al-Khadari, and Abd al-Karim Shatat in Rafah

29 October 2011

Four Islamic Jihad Members, Administrative Detainees in Israeli Prisons, Go on Hunger Strike

17 December 2011 - 1 April 2012

US Legislation against Palestinian Full UN Membership

23 December 2011

Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman

3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012

23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad

Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu

Palestinian Mass Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2012 - 14 May 2012

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

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

Israel’s Settlement Activity

6 June 2012 - 13 August 2012

Assassination of Anis Abu al-Anin in Rafah

19 September 2012

Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza

14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012

Local Elections in the West Bank

20 October 2012 - 22 December 2012

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

14 November 2012

Assassination of Ahmad Abu Jalal near al-Maghazi Refugee Camp

16 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement

21 November 2012

Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures

22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013

UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN

29 November 2012

Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons

19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013

Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative

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

With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities

30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Launch of Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Direct Negotiations in Washington

29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013

Israel Links the First-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

8 August 2013 - 25 August 2013

Israeli-Palestinian Direct Talks Take Place in Jerusalem

14 August 2013 - 2 September 2013

Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Israel's Settlement Expansion Disrupts the Palestinian Negotiation Team

31 October 2013 - 13 November 2013

Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement

14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014

Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

17 February 2014

Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure

19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014

The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Knesset Election Law Raising the Qualifying Election Threshold

Heavy Fire Exchange Across the Gaza Strip

12 March 2014 - 13 March 2014

Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners

17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014

25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

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

Despite the Negotiation Crisis, Palestinian and Israeli Representatives Pursue Talks in Jerusalem

3 April 2014 - 22 April 2014

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government

2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014

Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region

12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014

Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza

14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front

3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24

28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Toward an Open-Ended Cease-Fire

23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations

The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

No Effective Resumption of Gaza Postwar Talks in Cairo

23 September 2014

The PLO Strives for a Security Council Resolution Specifying a Timetable for Ending the Occupation

26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014

Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif

30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014

Steps, Mostly Parliamentary, Toward European Recognition of Palestinian State

13 October 2014 - 22 December 2015

French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace

2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014

Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration

10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014

Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel

10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014

Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC

30 December 2014

Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev

14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015

Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections

22 January 2015

Settlement Construction

30 January 2015

Palestinian Militants Build and Rebuild “Gate of Jerusalem” Tent Camp in Abu Dis

3 February 2015 - 27 March 2015

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

9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015

Israeli Elections: Likud's Victory and Strengthening of Arab Representation

17 March 2015 - 19 March 2015

26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire

16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015

UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Palestine Submits Files to ICC, and Israel Decides to Interact with It

25 June 2015 - 30 October 2015

Clashes at Haram al-Sharif

The Knesset Passes Amendment Allowing Force-Feeding of Prisoners on Hunger Strike

UNGA Res. 69/320: Palestine Allowed to Raise Flag at UN

10 September 2015

With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories

13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015

Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA

30 September 2015

A Day of Escalation in the West Bank

A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?

2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016

37th Zionist Congress, Jerusalem

20 October 2015 - 22 October 2015

US Legislation against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court

18 December 2015

Smaller-Scale Palestinian-Israeli Violence and Israeli Repression Continue

1 January 2016 - 30 June 2016

Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members

4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016

Palestinians Thwart the Setting Up of Cameras at Haram al-Sharif

18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016

The UN Human Rights Council Decides to Establish a Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border

3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016

France Hosts a Ministerial Meeting as First Stage of its Peace Initiative

In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted

8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016

The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law

The Quartet Issues a Report on the Impediments to Palestinian-Israeli Settlement

The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet

3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016

The Knesset adopts the NGO “Funding Transparency” Law

Amendment No. 44 of Basic Law: The Knesset Allows Dismissal of Members

Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure

27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016

Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

4 December 2016

SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism

23 December 2016

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East

15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017

Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar

15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination

6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017

UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid

Israel Names the Palestine National Fund a Terrorist Organization for Assisting Prisoners' Families

Hamas Forms a Committee to Administer Gaza Strip

28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea

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

Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017

PLO President Mahmoud Abbas Meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House

Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau

President Trump's Visit to Israel

22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem

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

The PA Forces Early Retirement on Part of Its Employees in Gaza

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

4 July 2017 - 7 July 2017

White House Statement on Israeli Settlement Activity

Israel Closes Off the Haram al-Sharif Following a Palestinian Operation in the Old City of Jerusalem

14 July 2017 - 15 July 2017

Palestinian Official Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif

14 July 2017 - 21 July 2017

Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif

16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017

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

As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds

24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017

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

The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time

26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017

The State of Palestine Admitted as Full Member of Interpol

27 September 2017

Israeli and US Reactions to the Fatah-Hamas Agreement in Cairo

17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017

The Fate of the PLO Diplomatic Office in Washington

17 November 2017

President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

Popular Protests Against US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

7 December 2017 - 31 December 2017

Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US

18 December 2017

Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem

18 December 2017

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

21 December 2017

Israeli Moves Against the BDS Movement

29 December 2017 - 7 January 2018

Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA

16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018

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

22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018

US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”

25 January 2018

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest

25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018

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

The Knesset Passes Legislation Withholding Bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli Forces

International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis

Taylor Force Act Signed into Law

PA Requests Membership of International Treaties and Conventions in Response to US Embassy Move

24 March 2018 - 6 June 2018

The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit

14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018

UN Human Rights Council Establishes Commission into Israel’s Attacks on the Great March of Return Protesters

PA Asks the ICC to Investigate Israeli Settlement Policies

Draft SC Res. S/2018/516 Calling for the Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by the US

UNGA Res. ES-10/20 Calls for the Protection of the Palestinian Civilian Population

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

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

19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018

Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation

7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

President Trump Signs the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATCA) into Law

Qatar's Assistance to Gaza

9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018

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

16 October 2018

Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters

17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018

The US Replaces its Consulate General in Jerusalem by a Palestinian Affairs Unit within its New Embassy

18 October 2018

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 November 2018

Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure

19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019

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

6 December 2018

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

6 December 2018

Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

15 December 2018

PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA

26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019

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

26 December 2018 - 11 December 2019

Settlement Construction in 2018 Remains High

31 December 2018

Conditions Worsen for Palestinian Prisoners

2 January 2019 - 12 May 2019

PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing

7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019

Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron

28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019

Warsaw Conference

13 February 2019 - 14 February 2019

Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue

17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019

Israeli Violence Ahead of One-Year Anniversary of Great March of Return; Egyptian Restraint Efforts

22 March 2019 - 29 March 2019

Great March of Return Anniversary and Land Day

29 March 2019 - 30 March 2019

30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood

16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019

Israeli Bombing Resumes Against Gaza

1 May 2019 - 5 May 2019

US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference

22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019

Israeli Court Finds PA Liable for Attacks During Second Intifada

UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations

29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019

Israeli Government Allows Jewish Visitors to Tour the Haram al-Sharif Compound on Eid al-Adha

11 August 2019 - 18 August 2019

Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected

10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019

PA Starts Receiving Part of Tax Revenue from Israel Despite Deduction

3 October 2019 - 29 December 2019

Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza City

12 November 2019

Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata

12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019

US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019

ICC Chief Prosecutor Finds Israel Is Committing War Crimes; Enquires on Scope of Territorial Jurisdiction

20 December 2019 - 28 January 2020

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

Inconclusive Results of Elections for the Knesset in Israel

2 March 2020 - 17 May 2020

COVID-19 Hits Palestine

5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020

Israel Uses COVID-19 Against Palestinians

21 March 2020 - 22 September 2020

EU Anti-Palestinian Clause

Beirut Port Explosion

4 August 2020 - 7 August 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine

9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel

15 September 2020

Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill

1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020

Saeb Erekat Succumbs to the COVID-19 Virus

8 October 2020 - 10 November 2020

Repeated Demolition of Khirbet Humsa

3 November 2020 - 27 October 2021

PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds

17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020

Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020

Murder Rate Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel Remains High Amid Israeli Police Inaction

21 December 2020

The Knesset Is Dissolved Again; New Elections Set for 23 March 2021

23 December 2020

Meetings of the Munich Group and the Middle East Quartet

11 January 2021 - 18 November 2021

Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State

12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021

PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones

15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

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

28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021

US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

The May 2021 Gaza War

10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12

UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021

Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements

5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021

Gilboa Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Great Britain Designates Hamas’s Political Wing as a Terrorist Organization

19 November 2021 - 26 November 2021

Historical Media

Looking Toward Marj Ibn Amir

Young Turks Revolution

British Troops with Machine Guns

Arrival in Palestine of Sir Hebert Samuel, High Commissioner

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Musa Kazim Husseini's Funeral, Damascus Gate

Laying Siege to Jaffa's Old City

Oath of Allegiance

Lord Peel in Front of King David Hotel

Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission

11 January 1937

Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

British Troops Regain Control of Jerusalem's Old City

London Conference

Palestine Broadcasting Station's "Oriental Band"

The Haganah Starts Its Offensive

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing

Biographies

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

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

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

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

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

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

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

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

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 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

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

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

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

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

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

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

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

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

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Basel (Zionist) Program

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

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

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

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22

10 January 1920

San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates

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

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

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

Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”

1 December 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

The Murison Commission Report

National Bloc Party: Bylaws

Proposed New Constitution for Palestine

22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935

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

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

Pact of the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

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

UNSC Resolution 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine

UNSC Resolution 46

UNSC Resolution 48

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

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

UNSC Resolution 49

UNSC Resolution 50

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

UNSC Resolution 53

Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

UNSC Resolution 54

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

UNSC Resolution 61

4 November 1948

Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account

8 November 1948

UNSC Resolution 62

16 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 212 (III)

19 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

UNSC Resolution 69

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

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

UNGA Resolution 303

9 December 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

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

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)

26 January 1952

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

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

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

UNSC Resolution 106

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)

2 November 1956

UNGA Resolution 1002 (ES-I)

7 November 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)

2 February 1957

UNGA Resolution 1604 (XV)

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

UNSC Resolution 171

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

First Arab Summit: Statement

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Fatah First Military Communiqué

Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

11 September 1965

Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1

3 November 1966

UNSC Resolution 228

25 November 1966

UNSC Resolution 237

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

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

UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)

Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions

1 September 1967

UNSC Resolution 242

22 November 1967

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

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

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

UNSC Resolution 267

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

UNSC Resolution 271

15 September 1969

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

9 December 1969

UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)

10 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

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 November 1970

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

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

UNSC Resolution 313

28 February 1972

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

UNSC Resolution 316

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

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3236 (XXIX)

22 November 1974

Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference

1 September 1975

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (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

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

Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

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

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

UNSC Resolution 446

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

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

UNSC Resolution 465

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

The Venice Declaration

Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

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

UNSC Resolution 478

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

The Golan Heights Law

14 December 1981

UNSC Resolution 497

17 December 1981

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

UNSC Resolution 509

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2

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

President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin

1 September 1982

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

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459

12 September 1985

Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat

7 November 1985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769

29 January 1986

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

UNSC Resolution 605

22 December 1987

UNSC Resolution 607

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

The Shultz Negotiations Plan

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

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

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 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

Statement by President Reagan on Opening American-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463

17 February 1989

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

UNSC Resolution 641

Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1

6 November 1989

Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50

29 November 1989

Egypt's "Assumptions" with Regard to Baker's Five Points

5 December 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326

UNSC Resolution 672

12 October 1990

UNSC Resolution 681

20 December 1990

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

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker

UNSC Resolution 694

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 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

UNGA Resolution 46/86

16 December 1991

UNSC Resolution 726

Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

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

UNSC Resolution 904

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394

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

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

UNSC Resolution 1073

28 September 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

UNGA Resolution ES-10/3

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration

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

UNSC Resolution 1322

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 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

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

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)

The Durban Declaration

8 September 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

UNSC Resolution 1397

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

UNSC Resolution 1435

24 September 2002

Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385

20 December 2002

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891

16 September 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980

14 October 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/13

27 October 2003

UNSC Resolution 1515

19 November 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

UNGA Resolution 58/292

UNSC Resolution 1544

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783

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

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

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

National Conciliation Document

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508

UNSC Resolution 1701

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878

10 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/17

24 January 2007

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

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

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39

UNSC Resolution 1850

16 December 2008

UNSC Resolution 1860

Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups

16 January 2009

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 January 2009

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

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program

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

25 September 2009

UNGA Resolution 64/10

1 December 2009

Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State

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

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

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

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration

17 December 2014

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

UNGA Resolution 69/320

10 September 2015

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

Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué

Report of the Middle East Quartet

UNSC Resolution 2334

23 December 2016

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

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

6 February 2017

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

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

Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering

1 November 2017

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

6 December 2017

Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060

18 December 2017

UNGA Resolution ES-10/19

21 December 2017

Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration

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

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019

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

20 December 2019

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

12 February 2020

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

Abraham Accords: Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations, Announced by the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain

15 September 2020

Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

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

The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada

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

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Zionist Operations Against the British Mandate Authorities

1944 - 1947

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: Security Council Vetoed Draft Resolutions

1963 - present

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (I)

1996 - 2004

Thematic Chronology

1955 - 1957

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (II)

2005-2019

Thematic Chronology

World Zionist Organization Congresses

1897 - present

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: General Assembly Resolutions

1947 - present

Thematic Chronology

October 1973 War

1973 - 1974

Thematic Chronology

The 2014 Gaza War

2014-2015

Thematic Chronology

1966 - 1967

Thematic Chronology

Palestinian National Congresses

1918 - 1934

Thematic Chronology

Palestine Liberation Organization: National Council Sessions

1964 - present

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Beyond Palestine Borders

1970 - present

Thematic Chronology

Military Operations and Zionist Ethnic Cleansing

1946 - 1949

Thematic Chronology

British and International Commissions of Inquiry in Mandate Palestine

1919 - 1946

Periods

III. Late Mandate

V. Reverberations of the Palestine War

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement

I. Ottoman Rule

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

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

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

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

XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

III. Late Mandate

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

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

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Israeli Military

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

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

I. Ottoman Rule

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

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

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

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

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Marka Refugee Camp

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar 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

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

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

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Algerians of Palestine

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Places

Dayr Abu Salama

Ghuwayr Abu Shusha

Khirbat Umm Sabuna