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Hafiz al-Sa’id

1859 - 21 July 1921

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

Raghib al-Nashashibi

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

1885 - 19 December 1953

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

1905 - 21 May 1985

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

1917 - 12 December 2003

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

1928 - 1 September 2020

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

1962 - 31 July 2024

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth

1860 - 1948

Events

First Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine

29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901

Young Turk Revolution

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

Establishment of Palestinian Newspaper al-Karmel in Haifa

Foundation of Tel Aviv

A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa

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

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

British Conquest of Transjordan Is Achieved

22 September 1918 - 27 September 1918

3rd Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

Palestine Civil Government and Appointment of Herbert Samuel as High Commisioner

Mahlul Land Ordinance

4th Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine

15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927

5th Wave of Jewish Immigration

General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine

8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933

Establishment of the National Bloc Party

Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties

25 November 1935

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

The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians

2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939

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

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

More Irgun Operations Against the British

29 December 1946 - 28 January 1947

UNGA 181 (II): Palestine Partition Plan

29 November 1947

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

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

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

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Massacre in Deir Yasin

9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948

Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine

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

January 1949 - December 1956

UNRWA Signs Agreement with Jordan as Refugee Host Country

14 March 1951 - 20 August 1951

The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law

Israeli Operation Against Qibya

14 October 1953

Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal

27 September 1955

Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves)

10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955

Clashes Across Gaza Borders

2 April 1956 - 14 April 1956

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

GA Resolution 1604 (XV)

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

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

The General Union of Palestinian Women Is Formed in Jerusalem

Israeli-Jordanian Battle at al-Samu' after a Fatah Operation

11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966

Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria

15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967

Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank

14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967

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

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

Black September Hijack Operation

29 October 1972 - 30 October 1972

American Airlift

14 October 1973 - 14 November 1973

A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth

18 October 1975

Palestinian "Land Day"

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

Fall of Tal al-Za'atar

Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"

11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978

Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords

5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978

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

14 July 1980 - 15 July 1980

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

23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981

12th Arab Summit Meets in Fez and Adjourns

25 November 1981

SC Res. 508: Calling Upon all Parties to Cease Military Activities in Lebanon and across Lebanese-Israeli Border

30th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1982 - 16 December 1982

Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations

28 December 1982

Israel's Policy of "Beating"

19 January 1988 - 27 January 1988

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

11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988

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

3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988

Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

Rishon LeZion (Uyun Qara) Killings

Haram al-Sharif Killings

Intifada Statistics

6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington

24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992

6th Negotiation Round, 2nd Stage, Washington

14 September 1992 - 24 September 1992

7th Negotiation Round, Washington

21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992

10th Negotiation Round, Washington

15 June 1993 - 1 July 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999

Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem

19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995

Land Expropriation in Jerusalem

27 April 1995 - 3 May 1995

The Tragedy of the Palestinians in Libya

9 August 1995 - 13 January 1999

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

Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank

November 1995 - December 1995

Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

20 January 1996

Redeployment from Hebron Delayed

Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon

11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed

6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked

10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997

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

Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures

30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997

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

Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)

10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000

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

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

30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session

18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

Sharm al-Shaykh Summit

16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000

Toward a Protracted Confrontation

10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000

Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak

6 February 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

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

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

26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001

Grave Escalation from Both Sides

9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002

An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey

17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

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

Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip

24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003

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

Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy

1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003

Assassination Attempt of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City

The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure

1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003

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

7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003

Israel Adopts Plan for Second Phase of Separation Wall

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

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

2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004

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

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

27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004

Operation Days of Penitence

29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004

Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain

23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation

25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

Israeli Operations Resume

3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006

Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow

30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006

Fatah-Hamas Clashes

26 May 2006 - 24 June 2006

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza

11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon

19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006

SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon

July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon

11 August 2006 - 14 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

Attempted Assassination of Ashraf Farwana in Gaza City

12 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

UNGA Res. ES-10/16: Calling upon Israel to Cease Operations and Withdraw from the Gaza Strip

17 November 2006

Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire

20 November 2006 - 26 November 2006

Three Dramatic Spikes in Fatah-Hamas Violence

10 December 2006 - 8 February 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank

3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007

Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume

24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007

Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government

5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007

Another PLO Central Council Meeting Within Four Weeks

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

27 November 2007

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Palestinian Side Sounded Out

7 January 2008 - 27 January 2008

Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza

15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008

Israel Launches Operation Hot Winter in Gaza

28 February 2008 - 3 March 2008

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

24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere

27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008

Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased

17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008

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

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1

27 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, Day 9: Start of Phase 2

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

War on Gaza, Day 12

War on Gaza, Day 13

War on Gaza, Day 14

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 18

13 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer

14 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 21

16 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 22

17 January 2009

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

18 January 2009

Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire

27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009

Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh

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

18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009

Fayyad's Speech at Al-Quds University on Setting the Goal for Statehood in Two Years

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 December 2009 - 16 December 2009

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

22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

Escalation in Israel's Settlement Activity

26 September 2010 - 8 November 2010

Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers

23 January 2011

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

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border

16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011

The Knesset Passes the "Admissions Committees Law"

The Knesset Passes Israel Lands Law (Amendment No. 3) on Foreign Ownership

On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel

15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011

Abbas and Mishal Sign the Doha Declaration and Then Agree on its Suspension

5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012

Another Spate of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

17 June 2012 - 23 June 2012

Visit of Qatar’s Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza

23 October 2012

Settlement Consolidation in the West Bank, Including Jerusalem

6 November 2012 - 12 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 6

19 November 2012

Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative

The Israeli Knesset Adopts a Basic Law on Referendum

A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet

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

12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014

Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front

3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8

13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10

16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12

18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014

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, Day 43

The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50

20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif

30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014

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

22 January 2015

A Day of Escalation in the West Bank

The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Penal Code Imposing Minimum Sentences for Stone-Throwers

2 November 2015

Smaller-Scale Palestinian-Israeli Violence and Israeli Repression Continue

1 January 2016 - 30 June 2016

The Knesset adopts the NGO “Funding Transparency” Law

Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure

27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016

The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership

1 November 2016

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

23 December 2016

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

16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017

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

President Trump's Visit to Israel

22 May 2017 - 23 May 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

Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

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

7 December 2017 - 31 December 2017

With Trump as President, Huge Settlement Growth in 2017

31 December 2017

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

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

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

19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018

The US Announces the Closure of PLO Representation in Washington

10 September 2018

Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters

17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018

Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire

11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018

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

6 December 2018

Settlement Construction in 2018 Remains High

31 December 2018

Conditions Worsen for Palestinian Prisoners

2 January 2019 - 12 May 2019

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

22 March 2019 - 29 March 2019

Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood

16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019

Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya

1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019

Palestinian Citizens of Israel Protest Israeli Police Inaction in Solving Violent Crimes

28 September 2019 - 5 November 2019

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

12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019

Great March of Return Organizers Suspend Weekly Protests

26 December 2019 - 27 December 2019

COVID-19 Hits Palestine

5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020

Israel's Supreme Court Annuls a 2017 Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively

Beirut Port Explosion

4 August 2020 - 7 August 2020

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill

1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020

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

13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

The May 2021 Gaza War

10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11

May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

Israel Continues to Assert Dominance over the Haram al-Sharif Compound

18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021

Historical Texts

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

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

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Palin Commission Report

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

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Shaw Commission Report

The Hope Simpson Report

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

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

1 December 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

The Murison Commission Report

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

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

The Grady-Morrison Plan

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

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 50

UNSC Resolution 54

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

8 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 212 (III)

19 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

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

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

UNGA Resolution 393 (V)

2 December 1950

UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)

26 January 1952

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

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

UNGA Resolution 1604 (XV)

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

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

UNGA Resolution 2253 (ES-V)

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

9 December 1969

UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)

10 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)

8 December 1970

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

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 338

22 October 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

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

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

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

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

The Venice Declaration

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

UNSC Resolution 497

17 December 1981

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

UNSC Resolution 508

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2

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

1 September 1982

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

7 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

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

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

UNSC Resolution 605

22 December 1987

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

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

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

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

13 December 1988

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

14 December 1988

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

UNSC Resolution 672

12 October 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

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.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

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

13 September 1993

UNSC Resolution 904

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

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

28 September 1995

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

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

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

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

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement

27 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

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

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

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

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

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

17 October 2005

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

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

UNSC Resolution 1701

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

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

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

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

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

25 September 2009

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

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

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 December 2014

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

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

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

30 September 2015

Report of the Middle East Quartet

UNSC Resolution 2334

23 December 2016

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

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

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

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 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

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

28 February 2019

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

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

11 January 2021

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

12 January 2021

Historical Media

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

2 November 1932

Highlights

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Marka Refugee Camp

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

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

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

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

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

I. Ottoman Rule

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The Israeli Military

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

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Periods

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate