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Ottoman Conquest of the Levant

24 August 1516 - 12 January 1517

Ottoman Pledges to Grant Facilities to France: Towards the Capitulations Regime

18 October 1569 - 1613

Greek Orthodox Backlash against Provision on Jerusalem's Holy Sites in Capitulation of 1604

A Capitulation Granted to France Reaffirms Latin Rights in Jerusalem's Holy Sites

5 June 1673 - 20 April 1690

A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities

A Riot Against the Franciscans in the Holy Sepulchre Leads to a Firman More Favorable to the Greek Orthodox

With the Ottoman-Russian Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, Capitulations Turn into Bilateral Treaties

Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine

April 1834 - August 1834

Establishment of European and American Consulates in Jerusalem

Ottoman Law of Nationality; An Attempt to Curb European Interference

19 January 1869

Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq

Establishment of Petah Tikva, the First Zionist Colony in Palestine

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

24 November 1881

Great Britain Invades Egypt; Egypt as a British Veiled Protectorate

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

Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association in London

Publication of The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

Herzl Correspondence with Jerusalem Mayor

Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine

29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901

France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements

2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901

2nd Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury

Establishment of the Rawdat al-Ma'arif al-Wataniyya al-'Uthmaniyya al-Islamiyya in Jerusalem

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague

14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907

Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group

29 September 1907

The Zionist Organization Opens an Office in Jaffa

Young Turk Revolution

Establishment of Palestinian Newspaper al-Karmel in Haifa

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

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul

July 1909 - March 1915

Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris

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

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

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

A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa

11th Zionist Congress Meets in Vienna

2 September 1913 - 9 September 1913

Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul

28 October 1913

The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front

1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915

Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Territorial Issues and 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

The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces

23 November 1915 - 16 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)

The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine

The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published

8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917

The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson

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

8 May 1918 - December 1918

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

19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant

23 October 1918

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

Treaty of Versailles; Establishment of the League of Nations

28 June 1919 - 10 January 1920

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates

Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization

French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

Prevention of Crime Ordinance is Issued

October 1920 - 15 December 1920

3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa

13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920

Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 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

Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem

4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

13th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)

6 August 1923 - 18 August 1923

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

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society

21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930

15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 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 Form a Commission of Inquiry on Disturbances at al-Buraq / Western Wall

13 September 1929

League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930

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

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

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

13 December 1931

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague

21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933

Murison Commission of Inquiry

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially

The British Issue the Press Ordinance

17 January 1935

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party

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

12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935

Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

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

30 September 1936

The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region

10 December 1936

Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936

Avner Defense Plan

Arab Higher Committee Is Banned

October 1937 - November 1937

Charles Tegart's Means of Control

3 December 1937

The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem

13 January 1938

British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy

November 1938 - May 1939

The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Outbreak of World War II

1 September 1939

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations

27 September 1945

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan

League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence

Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan; a New Constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

25 May 1946 - 7 December 1946

Arab League Holds its First Summit on Palestine in Anshas

28 May 1946 - 29 May 1946

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

8 June 1946 - 12 June 1946

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

26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946

Round Table Conference on Palestine Held in London

10 September 1946 - 3 October 1946

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

23 September 1946

London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails

27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947

First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense

29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948

Great Britain Announces Termination Date of its Mandate over Palestine

11 December 1947

The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council

29 January 1948 - 16 February 1948

Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem

11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948

Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive

10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948

A New Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan

US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition

18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948

Plan Dalet Launched

Unit of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Attacks Kfar Darom

Trusteeship Plan for Palestine

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

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

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

Operations Shfifon and Kilshon in Jerusalem

14 May 1948 - 28 May 1948

West Bank to Be Placed Under Jordanian Military Government

16 May 1948 - 24 May 1948

SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

Transjordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

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

UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

17 September 1948

Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza

22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948

Israel's Provisional Council Enacts Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance

23 September 1948

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

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Israel Establishes Military Government in Palestinian Areas

21 October 1948

Operation Hiram in the North

28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948

Pro-Jordanian Jericho Conference

1 December 1948 - 28 December 1948

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

11 December 1948

Israel Strengthens Its Political Control over Jerusalem; Military Government Dissolved

20 December 1948 - 17 February 1949

First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes

12 January 1949

France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

24 January 1949

Israel Enacts the Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance

1 February 1949

Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank

16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949

Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement

Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)

24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949

UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference

27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949

Official Name of Jordan as an Issue

Israel Decides to Issue Temporary Residency Permits for Palestinians Not Included in the Census

UNGA 303 (IV): To Place Jerusalem Under a Permanent International Regime

9 December 1949

Dissolution of the Jordanian Parliament

Israeli Law of Return

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

1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952

Assassination of King Abdullah

20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952

The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law

Palestinians in Israel Protest the Nationality law

The Knesset Adopts the Entry into Israel Law

The Zionist Organization/Jewish Agency Status Law

24 November 1952

Israel's Foreign Ministry Moves to Jerusalem

10 July 1953 - 12 July 1953

The Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education

Israel's Construction of the "National Water Carrier"

2 September 1953

24 February 1955

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

3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Security Council Resolution S/RES/111

19 January 1956

24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza

10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957

Israel Refuses Full Withdrawal

3 February 1957

Egypt and Syria Unite and Form the United Arab Republic

1 February 1958 - 28 September 1961

Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq

Status of Jordanian Jerusalem Municipality Enhanced Symbolically

16 December 1959

The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip

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

28 July 1962 - 2 August 1962

Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals

5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962

1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River

13 January 1964 - 17 January 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

Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon

23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964

Fatah Issues Its First Military Communiqué

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

11 September 1965

Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

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

Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle

7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967

Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria

15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967

Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly

13 June 1967 - 21 July 1967

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem

27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967

Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property

Fatah Guerrilla Resistance in the West Bank

Security Council Resolution S/RES/242

22 November 1967

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

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

Settlement Attempt in Hebron

12 April 1968 - 16 June 1968

Civil Aviation in the Conflict

23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969

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

19 December 1968

Military Order No. 291 on Land Settlement

19 December 1968

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

Fatah Reaffirms its Political Objective

28 January 1969

Egypt's War of Attrition

8 March 1969 - 7 August 1970

Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes)

Deportation from West Bank

9 June 1969 - 6 October 1969

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

3 November 1969

9 December 1969

Israel and Refugee Camps in Gaza and West Bank

18 February 1970

19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Municipal Elections in West Bank Are Announced

26 November 1971

Black September Hijack Operation

Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established

11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973

Assassination of Palestinian Leaders Kamal Nasser, Kamal Adwan, and Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar in Beirut

6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle

17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973

6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers

26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973

Palestine Question Is Placed on the Agenda of the UN General Assembly

21 September 1974

7th Arab Summit Meeting in Rabat; PLO Recognized as Sole Representative of Palestinian People

28 October 1974

The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN

25 February 1975

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

Statement S/11889 by SC President on Inviting the PLO to the Debate on ME Problem

30 November 1975

Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation

1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976

Syrian Forces Enter Lebanon

Menachem Begin: "Territories Are Not Occupied"

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

28 December 1977

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

A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington

A PLF Operation in Nahariya

5th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Haifa

5 August 1979 - 6 August 1979

A Probable Israeli Nuclear Test Explosion in the Ocean near South Africa

22 September 1979

Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Are Held in London

25 October 1979 - 26 October 1979

Egypt Decides to Suspend Talks with Israel on Palestinian Autonomy

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

14 July 1980 - 15 July 1980

Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem

20 August 1980 - September 1980

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon

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

11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981

Israeli Knesset Votes to Apply Israeli Law in the Golan Heights

14 December 1981

Encirclement of Beirut

11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982

PLO Debates Withdrawal

16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982

PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan

29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982

Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented

20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982

Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue

1 September 1982

Assassination of Bashir Gemayel and Israeli Occupation of Beirut

14 September 1982 - 16 September 1982

Kahan Report on the Sabra and Shatila Massacre

7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983

Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement

17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983

Reactions to Fatah Scission in Occupied Territories

26 June 1983 - 9 November 1983

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

S-G Report (A/39/130-S/16409), Pursuant to UNGA Res. 38/58 on ME Peace Conference

Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation

27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985

Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US

1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985

The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242

The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon

19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987

Deportation of Muhammad Dahlan

13 December 1986 - 26 January 1987

Elections in Gaza Professional Unions

21 February 1987

Palestinian Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

25 March 1987 - 13 April 1987

Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement

Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza

18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987

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

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

9 October 1987 - 22 December 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

Unified National Leadership of the Uprising

Draft Security Council Resolutions S/19466, S/19780, S/20463, S/20677, and S/20945/Rev.1

1 February 1988 - 7 November 1989

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

25 February 1988 - 26 February 1988

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

US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan

ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York

9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988

Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank

28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988

Start of US-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

Ahmad Yasin Arrested

Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered

1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990

The Baker Five-Point Plan

10 October 1989

Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan

16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989

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

US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel

23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

9 August 1990 - 10 August 1990

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

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

1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

The Madrid Peace Conference

30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991

1st Negotiation Round, Madrid

3 November 1991

4th Negotiation Round, Washington

24 February 1992 - 4 March 1992

The Knesset Enacts the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

Assassination of Atef Bseiso in Paris

Bilateral Negotiation Round Delayed

11 January 1993

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

Palestinians Agree to Return to Washington Negotiations

Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO

9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

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

10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres's Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem

11 October 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

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel

30 December 1993

Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron

20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994

Wave of Hamas and Islamic Jihad Attacks

6 April 1994 - 30 April 1994

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris

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

Status of Orient House in Jerusalem

29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994

Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba

26 October 1994

Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem

19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995

Separation Fence

The Tragedy of the Palestinians in Libya

9 August 1995 - 13 January 1999

US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"

23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995

The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996

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

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

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting

4 September 1996

Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

First Phase of Further Redeployment Not Implemented

9 March 1997 - 12 March 1997

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

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

Ehud Barak Becomes Prime Minister After a Campaign Focused on Separation Between Israelis and Palestinians

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

Petition of the Twenty Denouncing the Palestinian Authority

27 November 1999 - 29 November 1999

Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date

8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000

George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP

27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit

11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000

Sharm al-Shaykh Summit

16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000

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

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

Israeli Prime Minister Barak Resigns

9 December 2000

Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals"

19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000

Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape

26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001

Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks

7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001

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

Timid Diplomatic Efforts

2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001

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

26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001

Launch of the South African Peace Initiative (Spier Initiative)

11 January 2002 - 12 January 2002

The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

US Response to the Israeli Invasion

4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002

SC Res. 1405: Welcoming SG Initiative to Send Fact-Finding Team to Jenin Refugee Camp

Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

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

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

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

The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification

31 July 2003 - 21 March 2007

No Let Up in Confrontation

19 August 2003 - 20 August 2003

Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003

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

The Knesset Enacts the Prevention of Funding of Terrorism Law, 2005

29 December 2004

Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh

8 February 2005

US Day-to-Day Involvement in Palestinian-Related Security Matters and in the Disengagement Plan

10 March 2005 - 30 June 2005

Possible Sale of Properties Belonging to Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Old City Revealed

18 March 2005 - 24 May 2005

Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim

21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005

Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza

9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005

Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah

7 September 2005 - 17 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

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

17 October 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing; EU Border Assistance Mission

15 November 2005 - 12 December 2005

The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established

25 November 2005

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions

27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

18th Arab Summit Meets in Khartoum

28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006

Haniyeh Proposes a Long-term Cease-fire and Peace

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

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

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone

2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006

July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon

14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence

28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006

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

15 December 2006

International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts

2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007

A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government

17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007

Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split

17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007

Tony Blair Appointed Quartet Special Representative

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference

20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007

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

27 November 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

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem

10 January 2008

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

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

28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status (Almost) Suspended

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting

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

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

Political Crisis in Israel

30 July 2008 - 10 February 2009

Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened

5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008

Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart

14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008

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

27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009

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

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

13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009

Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh

The New Netanyahu Government Prepares its Position on the Palestinian Issue

31 March 2009 - 5 May 2009

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side

21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009

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

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

Israel Land Administration Law

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

Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More

9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

The Deceptive Settlement Freeze

26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010

Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed

8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011

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

3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010

US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan

9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010

22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte

US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians

20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010

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

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

36th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

15 June 2010 - 17 June 2010

PLO Mission in Washington Becomes PLO General Delegation

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

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

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

30 September 2010 - 15 December 2010

The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations

16 October 2010

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

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

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

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East

19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011

A Prisoner Swap Deal Between Hamas and Israel

11 October 2011

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

17 December 2011 - 1 April 2012

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

Local Elections in the West Bank Are Announced

10 July 2012 - 5 August 2012

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

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

29 November 2012

Surge in Settlement Expansion

30 November 2012 - 10 February 2013

Hamas's Khalid Mishal Visits the Gaza Strip

8 December 2012

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds

23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013

Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry

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

Trilateral Agreement for a Red Sea-Dead Sea Link

9 December 2013

Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

17 February 2014

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

Kerry Prepares Another Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

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

17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014

Settlement Announcement in the Midst of a Crisis Regarding the Negotiations

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

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government

2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014

Battir Landscape Is Inscribed in the World Heritage List

The 2014 Gaza War

7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

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

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive

The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo

11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014

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

23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza

7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014

The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza

11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014

Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

16 September 2014

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

President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute

31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015

Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority

1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015

France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative

15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015

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

22 January 2015

Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt

31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

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

9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

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

17 March 2015 - 19 March 2015

Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined

27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015

Settlement Construction

23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015

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

Settlers Set Fire to Two Palestinian Family Homes in Duma, West Bank

31 July 2015 - 9 August 2015

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

10 September 2015

Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA

30 September 2015

Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst

4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015

Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?

22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015

France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative

29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016

Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members

4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016

Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank

10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016

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

18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016

Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections

21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017

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

The Knesset adopts the NGO “Funding Transparency” Law

President-Elect Trump for the "Ultimate Deal" Between Israel and the Palestinians

11 November 2016

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

23 December 2016

Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump

22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017

The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively

6 February 2017

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Hamas Forms a Committee to Administer Gaza Strip

Gaza and the Electricity Issue

27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017

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

Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau

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

14 July 2017 - 21 July 2017

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

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 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

Israeli Moves Against the BDS Movement

29 December 2017 - 7 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

International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah

30 April 2018 - 3 May 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

Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue

2 July 2018 - 3 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

US Cuts Aid to Palestinians

24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018

The US Announces the Closure of PLO Representation in Washington

10 September 2018

Qatar's Assistance to Gaza

9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018

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

18 October 2018

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

19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019

Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

15 December 2018

Conditions Worsen for Palestinian Prisoners

2 January 2019 - 12 May 2019

Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue

17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019

UNHRC Report on Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

28 February 2019

The US Consulate General in Jerusalem Is Merged in US Embassy in the City

Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya

1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019

Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel

15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019

The PA and Israel Agree that the PA Can Collect Fuel Taxes

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

10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019

PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections

26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019

PA Starts Receiving Part of Tax Revenue from Israel Despite Deduction

3 October 2019 - 29 December 2019

Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron

1 December 2019

Great March of Return Organizers Suspend Weekly Protests

26 December 2019 - 27 December 2019

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction

29 January 2020 - 9 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

International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans

18 May 2020 - 23 June 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

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 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

Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem

20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020

US Erases the 4-June Line

28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

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

Biden Administration Takes Office, Signals Continuity with Trump’s Middle East Policy

20 January 2021 - 8 February 2021

ICC Rules that it has Jurisdiction in Occupied Palestinian Territories; Investigation Announced

5 February 2021 - 2 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

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Evyatar Outpost Resettled; Palestinian Protesters Killed or Injured

3 May 2021 - 31 December 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 9

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12

May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

Facebook Censors Palestinians

24 May 2021 - 15 October 2021

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

27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021

Death of Nizar Banat after Arrest by PA Forces

24 June 2021 - 21 June 2022

Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers; Palestinians Added to Population Registry

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

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

19 November 2021 - 26 November 2021

Palestinian Prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash Ends Hunger Strike After 141 days, Is Released and Rearrested Months Later

4 January 2022 - 20 September 2022

Israeli Policy of Evicting Palestinian Families in East Jerusalem

19 January 2022 - 10 May 2022

Israeli Settlers Incite Against Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah

12 February 2022 - 24 February 2022

Violent Repression of Palestinians in East Jerusalem During Month of Ramadan

3 April 2022 - 29 April 2022

The (Ongoing) Independent International Commission of Inquiry Issues its First Report

Assassination of Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin

11 May 2022 - 15 November 2022

EU Unfreezes Funding for the PA, al-Haq, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

14 June 2022 - 30 June 2022

The Knesset Dissolves Itself, Heralding the End of the Bennett-Lapid Government

European Countries Find Israeli Evidence Against Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Insufficient

12 July 2022 - 18 August 2022

President Biden Meets with President Abbas in Bethlehem; No Joint Statement

Israel Targets Islamic Jihad, Launches Operation Breaking Dawn; Hamas Does not Participate in the Fighting

2 August 2022 - 8 August 2022

Palestinian Prisoner Khalil Awawdeh Suspends 172-Day Hunger Strike

31 August 2022 - 28 September 2022

Netanyahu Forms Radical Right-Wing Israeli Government

29 December 2022

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

Jurji Habib Hanania

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

1925 - 10 April 1973

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1929 - 2 June 2016

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

1934 - 14 September 2021

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 29 August 1987

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)

14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

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

Balfour Declaration

2 November 1917

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

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

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

Palin Commission Report

Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

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

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

16 September 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

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

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

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

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

Assembly of the League of Nations Resolution on Mandates

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

The Haganah: Plan Gimmel (Plan C): Section on Countermeasures

Statement by the Council of the Arab League on the Anglo-American Committee's Report on Palestine

The Grady-Morrison Plan

Truman’s Statement on US Efforts for Palestine

British Referral of the Palestine Question to the UN

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UNSC Resolution 46

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

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

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

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

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

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

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

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

UNGA Resolution 394 (V)

14 December 1950

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

UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)

26 January 1952

UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys

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

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

First Arab Summit: Statement

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Fatah First Military Communiqué

UNSC Resolution 228

25 November 1966

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

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

Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions

1 September 1967

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

9 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

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

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

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

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

1 September 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

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

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

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

17 September 1978

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

The Venice Declaration

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

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

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

31 January 1982

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

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

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

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

7 November 1985

The London Agreement

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

The Shultz Negotiations Plan

UNGA Resolution 42/230

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

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

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

13 December 1988

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

14 December 1988

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Secretary of State James Baker's: Five Points Framework for an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue

10 October 1989

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

5 November 1989

PLO “Assumptions” with Regard to Baker's Five Points

1 December 1989

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

5 December 1989

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. 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

Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

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

13 September 1993

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

11 October 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

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

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

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

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

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

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

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)

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

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

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

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

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35

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

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

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

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

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

UNSC Resolution 1701

UNGA Resolution ES-10/17

24 January 2007

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

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

10 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 January 2016

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

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

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

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People

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

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

Highlights

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

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

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

III. Late Mandate

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

I. Ottoman Rule

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

The Israeli Military

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

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944

From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Japan and the Palestine Question

A Policy still Subordinate to the US

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Periods

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

III. Late Mandate

IV. The Palestine War and the Nakba

Places