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Freih Abu Middein

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

1926 - 23 January 1984

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

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

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNSC Resolution 106

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

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

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

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

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 September 1982

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

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

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

13 December 1988

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

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

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

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

26 December 1994

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

UNSC Resolution 1073

28 September 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

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

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

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

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

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/13

27 October 2003

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

National Conciliation Document

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878

10 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

UNSC Resolution 1860

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

16 January 2009

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 January 2009

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

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

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

25 September 2009

UNGA Resolution 64/10

1 December 2009

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

Understanding Regarding Ceasefire in Gaza Strip

21 November 2012

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

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration

17 December 2014

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 December 2014

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

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

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

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

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

Snapshot: Casualties in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 22 March 2019

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

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

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

28 February 2019

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

20 December 2019

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

Events

The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations

27 September 1945

Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces

22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949

Egypt-Israel Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

UNRWA Signs Agreement with Egypt as Administrator of Refugee Host Area

12 September 1950

Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects

Bloody Israeli Attack on the Gaza Strip

28 February 1955

Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects

1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955

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

3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955

Gaza's Basic Law

Clashes Across Gaza Borders

2 April 1956 - 14 April 1956

Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents

17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza

10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957

UNRWA Director Issues Special Report on Situation in Gaza Strip

15 December 1956

Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza

20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957

Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai

7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957

Fatah Is Founded

Egypt and Syria Unite and Form the United Arab Republic

1 February 1958 - 28 September 1961

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic"

15 December 1959

Palestinians in Israel Demonstrate

21 September 1961

The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip

Palestinian Delegation at the UN

18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963

The General Union of Palestinian Women Is Formed in Jerusalem

June War, 1st Day

5 June 1967 - 10 June 1967

June War, 3rd Day

Second Palestinian Exodus

10 June 1967 - 31 December 1967

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

Israel Conducts a Census of Palestinians in Newly Occupied Territories

10 September 1967 - 25 September 1967

Israel Conducts a Census of Palestinians in East-Jerusalem

27 September 1967

Guerrilla Resistance in Gaza Strip

Sharon's Pacification of Gaza

August 1970 - December 1971

UNGA 2792 (XXVI): Deploring Israel's Operations in the Gaza Strip

6 December 1971

Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established

Muhammad al-Aswad Is Killed in Gaza

Palestinian "Land Day"

The PLO Central Council Condemns Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem

30 November 1977

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

28 December 1977

Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords

5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978

Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan

16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978

Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Is Signed in Washington, DC

Israelis Are Permitted to Buy Land in Occupied Territories

16 September 1979

6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria

26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979

Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Are Held in London

25 October 1979 - 26 October 1979

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

11 November 1979 - 5 December 1979

Palestinian Autonomy Is Discussed at the Sadat-Begin Summit in Aswan

7 January 1980 - 10 January 1980

Civil Administration Is Established by the Military in the Occupied Territories

8 November 1981 - 1 December 1981

Draft SC Res. S/14943 to Denounce Dismissal of Palestinian Mayors, Vetoed by US

Shooting Spree at the Haram al-Sharif

11 April 1982 - 15 April 1982

Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament

23 January 1984

Palestinians Hijack an Israeli Bus Toward Gaza

Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza

18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987

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

9 December 1987

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

11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988

Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba

13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999

Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed

Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv; Rabin and the National Separation Idea

19 October 1994

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

26 December 1994

Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem

19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995

Suicide Bombing in Netanya; Rabin Reiterates the National Separation Idea

22 January 1995 - 24 January 1995

The Tragedy of the Palestinians in Libya

9 August 1995 - 13 January 1999

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

28 September 1995

Assassination of Yahya Ayyash in Beit Lahiya

Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

20 January 1996

Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

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

24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996

Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project

27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

Start of the Second Intifada

29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation

12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001

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

26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001

Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?

16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001

Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity

1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip

19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002

Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip

24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003

Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza

15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

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

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003

Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan

12 January 2004 - 2 February 2004

Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders

14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004

Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan

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

2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004

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

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine

18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004

Operation Days of Penitence

29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004

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

Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron

17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004

First Round of Municipal Elections

23 December 2004 - 27 January 2005

Second Round of Municipal Elections

Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza

9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005

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

15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005

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

12 September 2005 - 21 September 2005

Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza

12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005

Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again

24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005

After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence

27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls

25 January 2006

US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA

17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

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

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues

15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence

28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006

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

11 November 2006

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

17 November 2006

Three Dramatic Spikes in Fatah-Hamas Violence

10 December 2006 - 8 February 2007

Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes

11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007

Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split

17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007

Another PLO Central Council Meeting Within Four Weeks

Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"

16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007

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

17 December 2007

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Gaza: Military Confrontation Continues and Siege is Tightened

26 March 2008 - 15 May 2008

20th Arab Summit Meets in Damascus

29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008

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

17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008

Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened

5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008

The PLO Central Council Meets in Ramallah

23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008

War on Gaza, Day 2

28 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 4

30 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2

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

War on Gaza, Day 12

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

War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks

10 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 21

16 January 2009

Israel Completes Its Withdrawal from Gaza

20 January 2009 - 21 January 2009

UNGA Res. ES-10/18: Supporting an Immediate Gaza Ceasefire According to Security Council Resolution 1860

23 January 2009

21st Arab Summit Meets in Doha

22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte

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

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border

16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011

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

23 October 2012

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

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2

15 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3

16 November 2012

Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israel's Assault on Gaza

16 November 2012 - 21 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5

18 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 8

21 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet

22 November 2012

Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures

22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013

Hamas's Khalid Mishal Visits the Gaza Strip

8 December 2012

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

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

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Third Group of Prisoner Release as Part of Negotiation Resumption Deal

31 December 2013

Heavy Fire Exchange Across the Gaza Strip

12 March 2014 - 13 March 2014

Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza

14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War

7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5

11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8

13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10

16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Israel Launches Ground Invasion (Phase II)

17 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

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

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire

5 August 2014 - 7 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

Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

16 September 2014

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Addresses the 2014 Gaza War

17 December 2014

26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

EU Guidelines on Goods from the Occupied Territories

11 November 2015

Three-Month Balance Sheet of the Palestinian Outburst

31 December 2015

Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border

3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016

Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War

28 February 2017

Hamas Forms a Committee to Administer Gaza Strip

Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017

Gaza and the Electricity Issue

27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017

Municipal Elections in the West Bank

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

Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel

7 September 2017

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

12 October 2017

Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

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

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

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

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

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

18 October 2018

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

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

22 March 2019 - 29 March 2019

Palestinian Court Orders to Block Access to Dozens of Websites

17 October 2019

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

20 December 2019 - 28 January 2020

Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel

15 September 2020

COVID-19 Continues to Severely Impact Daily Life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4

Deadliest Year for Palestinians Since 2014

31 December 2021

Charts

Document

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip

1948 - 2018

Document

Palestinian Workers in Israel as a Percentage of the Total Workforce in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

1968 - 2000

Historical Media

Continuing Exodus: Jordan River

Highlights

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

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

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

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

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Marka Refugee Camp

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Balata Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

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

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

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

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Lebanon War, 1982

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

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The Israeli Military

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

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Palestinian-Israeli Final Status Negotiation Rounds

1999 - 2001

Thematic Chronology

Regulating Palestinian Land

1858 - present

Thematic Chronology

The War on Gaza, 2008-2009

2008 - 2009

Thematic Chronology

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

2012

Thematic Chronology

Egyptian-Israeli Negotiation Rounds on Palestinian Autonomy

1977 - 1982

Thematic Chronology

1955 - 1957

Thematic Chronology

1966 - 1967

Thematic Chronology

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

2003 - 2006

Periods

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement

X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted