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Biographies

Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Event
Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt
1882
Event
France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements
2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901
Event
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
Event
World War I, the Ottomans Enter the War
1 August 1914 - February 1915
Event
The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces
23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916
Event
Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
Event
The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine
9 January 1917
Event
First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall
28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917
Event
The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published
8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917
Event
The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson
8 January 1918
Event
General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
Event
San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
Event
French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
Event
The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
Event
The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine
24 July 1922
Event
British-French Demarcation of Line Between Palestine (Including Transjordan) and Syria (Including Lebanon)
7 March 1923
Event
British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
Event
Official Onset of British Mandate for Palestine
29 September 1923
Event
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Event
League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930
Event
Nuremberg Laws and Jewish Immigration
15 September 1935
Event
Church Leaders in Palestine Denounce Partition
3 March 1948
Event
Trusteeship Plan for Palestine
20 April 1948
Event
SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine
29 May 1948
Event
Transjordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
Event
Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
Event
Operation Hiram in the North
28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948
Event
Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces
22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949
Event
First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes
12 January 1949
Event
France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
24 January 1949
Event
Egypt-Israel Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Event
Palestinians Are Expelled from al-Faluja Pocket
1 March 1949 - 21 April 1949
Event
SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership
4 March 1949
Event
Lebanon-Israel Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Event
Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Event
Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
Event
Syria-Israel Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
Event
Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously
27 April 1950
Event
Tripartite Declaration
25 May 1950
Event
UNRWA Signs Agreement with Egypt as Administrator of Refugee Host Area
12 September 1950
Event
UNRWA Signs Agreement with Jordan as Refugee Host Country
14 March 1951 - 20 August 1951
Event
UNGA 512 (VI): UNCCP to Continue its Efforts
26 January 1952
Event
Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects
30 June 1953
Event
SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice
24 November 1953
Event
Exchange of Notes between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Event
Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955
Event
SC Res. 106: Condemning Israel’s Attack against Egypt’s Regular Army in Gaza
29 March 1955
Event
Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
Event
Security Council Resolution S/RES/111
19 January 1956
Event
Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
Event
Israel Invades Egypt
29 October 1956
Event
The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
Event
Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
Event
The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) Deploys in Sinai
12 November 1956 - 12 March 1957
Event
GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)
19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957
Event
Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza
20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957
Event
Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai
7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957
Event
Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
Event
Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1
4 November 1966
Event
Syria Signs a Mutual Defense Agreement with Egypt
4 November 1966
Event
Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria
15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967
Event
June War, 1st Day
5 June 1967
Event
June War
5 June 1967 - 10 June 1967
Event
June War, 2nd Day
6 June 1967
Event
US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Event
PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
Event
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Event
Sharon's Pacification of Gaza
August 1970 - December 1971
Event
Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
Event
Libyan Civilian Aircraft Is Shot Down Over the Sinai
21 February 1973
Event
October War, 1st Day
6 October 1973
Event
October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
Event
American-Soviet Agreement on a Cease-fire
21 October 1973
Event
Kilometer 101 Talks
11 November 1973
Event
Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva
21 December 1973
Event
Sinai I Agreement
18 January 1974 - 3 March 1974
Event
Israel and Syria Sign a Disengagement Agreement
31 May 1974
Event
Negotiations for Sinai II Fail
7 March 1975 - 22 March 1975
Event
Start of Civil War in Lebanon
13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982
Event
Sinai II Agreement Reached
20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975
Event
US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
Event
Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon
16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976
Event
US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference
5 October 1977
Event
Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
17 January 1980
Event
Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
Event
Last Stage of Israeli Withdrawal from the Sinai
25 April 1982
Event
Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London
3 June 1982
Event
Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982
Event
Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented
20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982
Event
Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan
2 September 1982
Event
Sabra and Shatila Massacres
16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982
Event
Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations
28 December 1982
Event
Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983
Event
Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement
17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983
Event
Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation
27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984
Event
Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985
Event
PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
18 February 1985
Event
Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
Event
Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Event
Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination
25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986
Event
Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration
6 September 1986
Event
Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement
11 April 1987
Event
18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Event
Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO
21 May 1987
Event
US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York
9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987
Event
UNGA 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country
17 December 1987
Event
UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion
2 March 1988
Event
ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York
9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988
Event
UNGA 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission)
23 March 1988
Event
A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission
29 June 1988
Event
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Event
Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy
9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991
Event
US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference
18 October 1991
Event
The Madrid Peace Conference
30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991
Event
5th Negotiation Round, Washington
27 April 1992 - 30 April 1992
Event
6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington
24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992
Event
The Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Reject the Palestinian-Israeli Accord, Damascus
2 September 1993
Event
Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba
13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993
Event
Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994
Event
Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel
30 December 1993
Event
Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron
20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994
Event
Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris
29 April 1994
Event
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo
4 May 1994
Event
The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood
4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999
Event
Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force
20 May 1994
Event
Status of Orient House in Jerusalem
29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994
Event
Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed
29 August 1994
Event
The Knesset Adopts the Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
Event
Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)
28 September 1995
Event
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution
5 October 1995
Event
The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Event
Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank
November 1995 - December 1995
Event
Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections
20 January 1996
Event
Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank
7 March 1996
Event
Redeployment from Hebron Delayed
28 March 1996
Event
21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996
Event
Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba
5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
Event
First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting
4 September 1996
Event
Clinton - Netanyahu - Arafat - Hussein Meeting in Washington
1 October 1996 - 2 October 1996
Event
Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed
6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997
Event
Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment
16 January 1997
Event
Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project
27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997
Event
Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures
30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997
Event
Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
Event
The Holy See and Israel Sign an Agreement Complementing their 1993 Fundamental Agreement
10 November 1997
Event
US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations
5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998
Event
French-Palestinian Agreement on Status of French Institutions Under Palestinian Authority
12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997
Event
Further Redeployment Talks Intensify
3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998
Event
Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
Event
Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum
26 October 1998
Event
Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum
26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998
Event
Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only
30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999
Event
To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
Event
Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State
26 April 1999
Event
With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume
11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999
Event
Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)
4 September 1999
Event
Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)
10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000
Event
Official Resumption of Final Status Talks
13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999
Event
Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel
1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000
Event
Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date
8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000
Event
Vatican-PLO Agreement
15 February 2000
Event
Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round
30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000
Event
The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
Event
Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation
13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000
Event
Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks
16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000
Event
The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks
2 September 2000
Event
Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171
18 December 2000
Event
Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals"
19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes Abate
23 December 2000 - 6 February 2001
Event
The Taba Talks
21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001
Event
The Mitchell Report Is Issued
30 April 2001 - 15 May 2001
Event
Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity
1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002
Event
US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
Event
US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map
30 April 2003
Event
The Geneva "Private" Initiative
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Event
Violence Abates to a Moderate Level
1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003
Event
Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003
Event
Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
Event
Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map
2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004
Event
Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza
12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005
Event
Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access
15 November 2005
Event
Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing
15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005
Event
After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence
27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
Event
PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet
18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006
Event
Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
Event
The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document
10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006
Event
Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Event
July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire
5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006
Event
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks
25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006
Event
Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?
6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006
Event
Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
Event
International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007
Event
19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Event
Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference
6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007
Event
The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks
27 November 2007
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Palestinian Side Sounded Out
7 January 2008 - 27 January 2008
Event
Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem
10 January 2008
Event
A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus
23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
Event
Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai
23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008
Event
After the July War: Winograd Commission's Report on Israel's Handling of the 2006 Lebanon War
30 January 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify
4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands
28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
Event
Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting
24 April 2008
Event
Israel Refuses an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer
30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere
27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008
Event
SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006
16 December 2008
Event
Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure
13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009
Event
Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo
25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue
18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009
Event
Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More
9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
15 December 2009 - 16 December 2009
Event
The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks
7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010
Event
The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks
3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010
Event
The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel
19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010
Event
With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched
22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010
Event
President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel
6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010
Event
The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 August 2010
Event
Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington
1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010
Event
US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
Event
Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers
23 January 2011
Event
Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics
2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011
Event
Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement
4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011
Event
Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 September 2011
Event
The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations
23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011
Event
A Prisoner Swap Deal Between Hamas and Israel
11 October 2011
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo
20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011
Event
US Legislation against Palestinian Full UN Membership
23 December 2011
Event
Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu
17 April 2012
Event
Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts
22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012
Event
Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle
16 May 2012
Event
Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo
20 May 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement
21 November 2012
Event
Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons
19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013
Event
24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
Event
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Event
Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo
27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013
Event
Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds
23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013
Event
Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government
2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013
Event
Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry
28 July 2013
Event
Launch of Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Direct Negotiations in Washington
29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013
Event
Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013
Event
Israel's Settlement Expansion Disrupts the Palestinian Negotiation Team
31 October 2013 - 13 November 2013
Event
Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement
14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014
Event
Trilateral Agreement for a Red Sea-Dead Sea Link
9 December 2013
Event
Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure
19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014
Event
Kerry Prepares Another Working Draft Framework for Negotiations
15 March 2014
Event
A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet
23 April 2014
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
Event
Settlement Balance Sheet with Breakdown of the Kerry Negotiation Round
29 April 2014
Event
Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails
14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)
31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire
5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014
Event
Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza
7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014
Event
The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza
11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014
Event
Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism
16 September 2014
Event
President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute
31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015
Event
Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015
Event
Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt
31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015
Event
26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
Event
Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine
26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016
Event
Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA
30 September 2015
Event
Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
Event
Muhammad al-Qeeq Stages a 94-day Hunger Strike and Compels His Jailers to Release Him
21 November 2015 - 21 May 2016
Event
Palestinian Teachers Go on Strike in the West Bank
7 February 2016 - 12 March 2016
Event
Palestinians Thwart the Setting Up of Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016
Event
A Doubtful Israel-Palestinian Postal Service Memorandum of Understanding
4 September 2016 - 15 August 2018
Event
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee Reactivated
15 January 2017
Event
Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
Event
US-Israel Preliminary Talks on Settlements
19 March 2017 - 23 March 2017
Event
PLO President Mahmoud Abbas Meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House
3 May 2017
Event
President Trump's Visit to Israel
22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017
Event
Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
Event
Israeli and US Reactions to the Fatah-Hamas Agreement in Cairo
17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017
Event
Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails
1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018
Event
Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation
7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018
Event
PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations
15 November 2018
Event
Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
15 December 2018
Event
PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing
7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019
Event
Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya
1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019
Event
Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir
22 July 2019
Event
The PA and Israel Agree that the PA Can Collect Fuel Taxes
22 August 2019
Event
US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements
18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019
Event
Inconclusive Results of Elections for the Knesset in Israel
2 March 2020 - 17 May 2020
Event
Israeli Coalition Negotiations Hint at Partial Annexation of the West Bank
20 April 2020 - 17 May 2020
Event
International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans
18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020
Event
After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks
3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020
Event
President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel
4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020
Event
Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel
15 September 2020
Event
PA Issues Building Permits in Area C
1 October 2020
Event
US Erases the 4-June Line
28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020
Event
PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds
17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020
Event
Biden Administration Takes Office, Signals Continuity with Trump’s Middle East Policy
20 January 2021 - 8 February 2021
Event
Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021
Event
US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes
7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021
Event
The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

Historical Texts

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Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
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Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
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Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
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Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”
1 December 1930
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Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
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London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
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MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
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Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
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Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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UNSC Resolution 61
4 November 1948
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UNSC Resolution 62
16 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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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
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UNGA Resolution 394 (V)
14 December 1950
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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
14 March 1951
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UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
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UNGA Resolution 512 (VI)
26 January 1952
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UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
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UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
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Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
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UNSC Resolution 106
29 March 1955
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UNSC Resolution 111
19 January 1956
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UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
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UNGA Resolution 1002 (ES-I)
7 November 1956
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)
2 February 1957
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UNSC Resolution 171
9 April 1962
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
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Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
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Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
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UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
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Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
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UNSC Resolution 242
22 November 1967
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
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Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970
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Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement
13 July 1971
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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria
31 May 1974
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PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
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Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
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Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
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Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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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
26 March 1979
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Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
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Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
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Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
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Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land
18 August 1981
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Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2
25 June 1982
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Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
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President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 1982
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Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
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Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985
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Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement (in Arabic)
18 February 1985
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
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Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat
7 November 1985
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The London Agreement
11 April 1987
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Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
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UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians
26 February 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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The Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
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Secretary of State James Baker's: Five Points Framework for an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue
10 October 1989
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Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
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Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
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U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
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Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
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The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394
17 May 1995
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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UNSC Resolution 1073
28 September 1996
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241
21 March 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/3
15 July 1997
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Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
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Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21
13 July 1998
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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
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Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration
25 March 1999
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Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
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Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
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President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
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PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
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PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement
27 January 2001
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The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270
26 March 2001
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Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations
16 April 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199
14 December 2001
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Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
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The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
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Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
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President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
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Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
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Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
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Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
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Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections
30 January 2006
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Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
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National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
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UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
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Mecca Agreement
8 February 2007
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President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
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Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush
27 November 2007
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President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
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Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
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UNSC Resolution 1850
16 December 2008
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Current Palestinian/Israeli Positions: Reflecting Discussion up to January 1, 2009
1 January 2009
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UNSC Resolution 1860
8 January 2009
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UNGA Resolution ES-18
23 January 2009
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President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)
10 October 2009
Document
Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9
1 June 2010
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
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Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas
4 May 2011
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President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
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Statement by Middle East Quartet
23 September 2011
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Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)
20 December 2011
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Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
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Statement Issued after a PLO-Hamas Meeting to End Division and Implement the National Reconciliation Agreement (in Arabic)
23 April 2014
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
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Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel
25 March 2019
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Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates
13 August 2020
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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
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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
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Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)
11 January 2021

Historical Media

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Sykes-Picot Agreement
8 May 1916

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?
2017-
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
October 1973 War
1973 - 1974
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian-Israeli Interim Negotiation Rounds
1991 - 1999
Thematic Chronology
June 1967 War
1966 - 1967
Thematic Chronology
Lebanon War, 1982
1982 - 1983
Thematic Chronology
1956 War
1955 - 1957

Periods

Period
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
Period
VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement