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Establishment of European and American Consulates in Jerusalem

European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration

2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888

Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line

31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892

Publication of The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements

2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901

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

14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916

Opening of the Paris Peace Conference

18 January 1919

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates

French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

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

Official Onset of British Mandate for Palestine

29 September 1923

Outbreak of World War II

1 September 1939

Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem

11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948

Arms for the Zionist Forces

1 April 1948 - 14 May 1948

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

11 December 1948

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

17 December 1948

France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

24 January 1949

Tripartite Declaration

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War

22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956

Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres

22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Britain and France Join the War

31 October 1956

UNGA 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)

2 November 1956

Soviet Union Threatens Intervention

5 November 1956

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

7 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals

5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962

Mahmoud al-Hamshari Is Assassinated in Paris

8 December 1972 - 9 January 1973

PLO Official Office in Paris

31 October 1975

Evacuation of US Nationals from Beirut with PLO Assistance

16 June 1976 - 20 June 1976

PLO Debates Withdrawal

16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982

Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US

Yasir Arafat Makes First Official Visit to Paris

2 May 1989 - 4 May 1989

Israel Deports Five Palestinians

Assassination of Atef Bseiso in Paris

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

12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997

Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171

18 December 2000

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

Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death

12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004

July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire

5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006

International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts

2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007

War on Gaza, Day 4

30 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 5

31 December 2008

War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy

4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009

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

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

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

The State of Palestine Becomes Full Member of the UNESCO

5 October 2011 - 31 October 2011

Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government

2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014

Steps, Mostly Parliamentary, Toward European Recognition of Palestinian State

13 October 2014 - 22 December 2015

France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative

15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015

France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative

29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016

To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative

9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016

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

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

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East

15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017

The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively

6 February 2017

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

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

Repeated Demolition of Khirbet Humsa

3 November 2020 - 27 October 2021

Meetings of the Munich Group and the Middle East Quartet

11 January 2021 - 18 November 2021

Biographies

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1882 - 22 April 1942

Raghib al-Nashashibi

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

1936 - 3 August 1978

1942 - 6 August 2019

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

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

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

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

Churchill White Paper

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

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

UNGA Resolution 393 (V)

2 December 1950

UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)

2 November 1956

UNGA Resolution 1002 (ES-I)

7 November 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

UNSC Resolution 171

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

11 September 1965

Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1

3 November 1966

9 December 1969

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East

4 December 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898

5 December 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940

23 January 1976

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1

19 January 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459

12 September 1985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769

29 January 1986

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463

17 February 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1

6 November 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241

Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385

20 December 2002

UNGA Resolution 58/292

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

30 September 2015

Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué

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

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

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

12 February 2020

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

11 January 2021

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

Historical Media

General Consulate of France

6 February 1907

Highlights

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

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

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

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

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

I. Ottoman Rule

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

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

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance