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Events
Event
The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem
1703 - 1705
Event
Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine
October 1831 - 1834
Event
European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration
2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888
Event
The Ottomans and Sale of Land to Jews in Palestine
26 November 1892 - 3 April 1893
Event
8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague
14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907
Event
Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
Event
European Powers Renew Pressure on the Ottomans to Ease Zionist Land Acquisition in Palestine
January 1912
Event
World War I, the Ottomans Enter the War
1 August 1914 - February 1915
Event
The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published
8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917
Event
Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City
26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918
Event
The Ottomans Sign the Armistice of Mudros; Istanbul Is Occupied
30 October 1918 - 13 November 1918
Event
Opening of the Paris Peace Conference
18 January 1919
Event
Treaty of Versailles; Establishment of the League of Nations
28 June 1919 - 10 January 1920
Event
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Event
San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
Event
The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It
19 August 1920
Event
3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa
13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920
Event
Palestine Police Ordinance Is Issued
15 March 1921
Event
12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)
1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921
Event
The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine
24 July 1922
Event
The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council
10 August 1922
Event
British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria
7 March 1923
Event
British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
Event
Prevention of Crime (Tribal and Village Areas) Ordinance Goes into Effect
1 January 1925
Event
Collective Punishments Ordinance Is Issued
16 May 1926
Event
Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan
11 July 1927
Event
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Event
General Conference of Palestine Arab Workers, Haifa
11 January 1930
Event
League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930
Event
Increase in Jewish Immigration from Germany
1933 - 1935
Event
18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933
Event
The British Issue the Press Ordinance
17 January 1935
Event
Enactment of Emergency Regulations
19 April 1936
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936
30 September 1936
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937
Event
The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Event
Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis
October 1939
Event
League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN
18 April 1946
Event
London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails
27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947
Event
The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council
31 January 1948 - 16 February 1948
Event
Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance
16 September 1948
Event
Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
Event
Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank
16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949
Event
Gaza's Egyptian Administration
8 August 1949
Event
Assassination of King Abdullah
20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952
Event
The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
Event
King Hussein’s Formal Accession to the Throne
2 May 1953
Event
Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
Event
UNGA 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)
2 November 1956
Event
Basic Law for the Gaza Strip
25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958
Event
The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip
5 March 1962
Event
Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
Event
Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
Event
Israeli Military Order Regarding Prohibition of Incitement and Hostile Propaganda Actions (West Bank) No. 101
27 August 1967
Event
Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes)
28 March 1969
Event
King Hussein Proposes a "United Arab Kingdom"
15 March 1972
Event
Violent Israeli Retaliation in South Lebanon
16 September 1972 - 17 September 1972
Event
October War, 3rd Day
8 October 1973
Event
The PLO at the Security Council
4 December 1975
Event
The PLO Invited again to Security Council's Debate
12 January 1976
Event
Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank
12 April 1976
Event
1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba
25 May 1979
Event
3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979
Event
4th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
5 July 1979 - 6 July 1979
Event
6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979
Event
Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
17 January 1980
Event
8th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
31 January 1980 - 1 February 1980
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
Event
SC Res. 497: Considering Null and Void Israel’s Decision to Impose its Laws in the Occupied Golan
17 December 1981
Event
Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
31 January 1982
Event
Israel Invades Along the Central Axis
6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982
Event
Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis
6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982
Event
Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis
6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982
Event
Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
Event
SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada
22 December 1987
Event
Israel's Policy of "Beating"
19 January 1988 - 27 January 1988
Event
US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
Event
SC Res. 641: Deploring the Continuing Deportation by Israel of Palestinian Civilians
30 August 1989
Event
Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US
31 May 1990
Event
US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference
18 October 1991
Event
6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington
24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992
Event
6th Negotiation Round, 2nd Stage, Washington
14 September 1992 - 24 September 1992
Event
7th Negotiation Round, Washington
21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992
Event
Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage
20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993
Event
9th Negotiation Round, Washington
27 April 1993 - 13 May 1993
Event
Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage
20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993
Event
Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba
13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993
Event
Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron
20 March 1994 - 30 March 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
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
Further Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities
27 August 1995
Event
Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)
28 September 1995
Event
UNGA ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement
25 April 1997
Event
Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998
Event
Assassination of Hussein Ubayyat in Beit Sahur, Before a Clinton-Arafat Meeting in Washington
9 November 2000
Event
Assassination of Jamal Abd al-Razeq near Rafah
22 November 2000
Event
Assassination of Anwar Mahmud Hamran in Nablus
11 December 2000
Event
Assassination of Hani Abu Bakra in Khan Yunis
14 December 2000
Event
Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees
10 May 2001
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates
20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
Event
The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
Event
Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
Assassination of Yasir Rizq and Ameer Kuffe in Rafah
24 June 2002
Event
The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister
10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003
Event
US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map
30 April 2003
Event
Assassination of Yasir Taha in Gaza City
12 June 2003
Event
The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification
31 July 2003
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2003/891 Against any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety Vetoed by US
16 September 2003
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/12: Demands Israel to Desist from any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety
19 September 2003
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US
14 October 2003
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall
8 December 2003
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US
25 March 2004
Event
UNGA Res. 58/292: Affirming that Status of Palestinian Territory Remains one of Military Occupation
6 May 2004
Event
SC Res. 1544: Condemning Israeli Killing of Civilians and Demolition of Homes in Rafah Refugee Camp
19 May 2004
Event
Assassination of Khalil Marshud in Balata Refugee Camp
14 June 2004
Event
Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce
17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005
Event
Assassination of Said Abdul Fattah Abu al-Jedian in Beit Lahiya
2 January 2006
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2006/508 Condemning Palestinian Abduction of Israeli Soldier and Israeli Assault on Gaza Vetoed by US
13 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
Event
July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2006/878 Condemning Israel's Attack on Beit Hanoun Vetoed by US
11 November 2006
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/16: Calling upon Israel to Cease Operations and Withdraw from the Gaza Strip
17 November 2006
Event
Another PLO Central Council Meeting Within Four Weeks
18 July 2007
Event
Gaza: Military Confrontation Continues and Siege is Tightened
26 March 2008 - 15 May 2008
Event
Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened
5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 4
30 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2
4 January 2009
Event
Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza
13 March 2009
Event
Israel Land Administration Law
3 August 2009
Event
The Knesset Passes the Citizenship Law (Amendment No. 10) Conditioning Citizenship on Loyalty
28 March 2011
Event
Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu
17 April 2012
Event
Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014
Event
Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Addresses the 2014 Gaza War
17 December 2014
Event
Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections
22 January 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
Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA
30 September 2015
Event
The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Penal Code Imposing Minimum Sentences for Stone-Throwers
2 November 2015
Event
The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet
3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016
Event
The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership
1 November 2016
Event
The Knesset Adopts Amendment No. 116 to the Planning and Building Law (Kaminitz Law)
5 April 2017
Event
Gaza and the Electricity Issue
27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017
Event
Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails
1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017
Event
The Knesset Passes an Amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
2 January 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Legislation Withholding Bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli Forces
7 March 2018
Event
The Palestinian Constitutional Court Considers the Legislative Council to Be Dissolved
12 December 2018 - 22 December 2018
Event
The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank
22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019
Event
EU court Rules that Israeli Settlement Products May not be Labeled “Made in Israel”
12 November 2019
Event
Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020
Event
Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons
6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020
Event
Hanan Ashrawi Resigns from PLO Executive Committee
9 December 2020
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11
20 May 2021
Biographies
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Historical Texts
Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
Document
Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
Document
The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
Document
Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
Document
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
Document
Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929
12 March 1930
Document
Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”
1 December 1930
Document
Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
Document
The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Document
Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
Document
UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
UNSC Resolution 46
17 April 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)
14 May 1948
Document
Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 49
22 May 1948
Document
Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
Document
Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
Document
Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948
16 September 1948
Document
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
Document
UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
Document
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
Document
UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
Document
UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
Document
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
Document
Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
UNSC Resolution 446
22 March 1979
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
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
Document
Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
Document
UNSC Resolution 478
20 August 1980
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
UNSC Resolution 497
17 December 1981
Document
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943
1 April 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985
20 April 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
Document
Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459
12 September 1985
Document
Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat
7 November 1985
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
UNSC Resolution 605
22 December 1987
Document
UNSC Resolution 607
5 January 1988
Document
UNSC Resolution 608
14 January 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
Document
Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians
26 February 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463
17 February 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
Document
UNSC Resolution 641
30 August 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326
31 May 1990
Document
UNSC Resolution 672
12 October 1990
Document
UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
Document
UNSC Resolution 694
24 May 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
Document
U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
UNSC Resolution 726
6 January 1992
Document
Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
Document
UNSC Resolution 799
18 December 1992
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
UNSC Resolution 904
18 March 1994
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394
17 May 1995
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/3
15 July 1997
Document
Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
Document
Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
Document
UNSC Resolution 1322
7 October 2000
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
Document
President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
Document
PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270
26 March 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199
14 December 2001
Document
Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385
20 December 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891
16 September 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/12
25 September 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240
24 March 2004
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
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UNSC Resolution 1544
19 May 2004
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783
5 October 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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National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508
12 July 2006
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UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878
10 November 2006
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
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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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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 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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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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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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UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
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HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
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Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration
17 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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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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Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 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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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
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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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30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
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HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021
Historical Media
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Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
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Zionist Terrorism
29 December 1947
Highlights
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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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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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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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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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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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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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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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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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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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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 Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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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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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-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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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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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
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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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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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Rashidiyya 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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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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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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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
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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 Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
Thematic Chronologies
Thematic Chronology
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
1920 - 1945
Thematic Chronology
British and International Commissions of Inquiry in Mandate Palestine
1919 - 1946
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