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Event
The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem
1703 - 1705
Event
Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine
October 1831 - 1834
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European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration
2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888
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The Ottomans and Sale of Land to Jews in Palestine
26 November 1892 - 3 April 1893
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8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague
14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907
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Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
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European Powers Renew Pressure on the Ottomans to Ease Zionist Land Acquisition in Palestine
January 1912
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World War I, the Ottomans Enter the War
1 August 1914 - February 1915
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The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published
8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917
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Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City
26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918
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The Ottomans Sign the Armistice of Mudros; Istanbul Is Occupied
30 October 1918 - 13 November 1918
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Opening of the Paris Peace Conference
18 January 1919
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Treaty of Versailles; Establishment of the League of Nations
28 June 1919 - 10 January 1920
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
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The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It
19 August 1920
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3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa
13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920
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Palestine Police Ordinance Is Issued
15 March 1921
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12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)
1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921
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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
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British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria
7 March 1923
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British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
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Prevention of Crime (Tribal and Village Areas) Ordinance Goes into Effect
1 January 1925
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Collective Punishments Ordinance Is Issued
16 May 1926
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Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan
11 July 1927
Event
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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General Conference of Palestine Arab Workers, Haifa
11 January 1930
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League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930
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Increase in Jewish Immigration from Germany
1933 - 1935
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18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933
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The British Issue the Press Ordinance
17 January 1935
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Enactment of Emergency Regulations
19 April 1936
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936
30 September 1936
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937
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The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis
October 1939
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League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence
18 April 1946
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London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails
27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947
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The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council
31 January 1948 - 16 February 1948
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Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance
16 September 1948
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Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
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Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank
16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949
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Gaza's Egyptian Administration
8 August 1949
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Assassination of King Abdullah
20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952
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The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
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King Hussein’s Formal Accession to the Throne
2 May 1953
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Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
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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
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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
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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
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Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes)
28 March 1969
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King Hussein Proposes a "United Arab Kingdom"
15 March 1972
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Violent Israeli Retaliation in South Lebanon
16 September 1972 - 17 September 1972
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October War, 3rd Day
8 October 1973
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The PLO at the Security Council
4 December 1975
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The PLO Invited again to Security Council's Debate
12 January 1976
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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
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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
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Israel Invades Along the Central Axis
6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982
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Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis
6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed
29 August 1994
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The Knesset Adopts the Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
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Further Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities
27 August 1995
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Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)
28 September 1995
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UNGA ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement
25 April 1997
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Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998
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Assassination of Hussein Ubayyat in Beit Sahur, Before a Clinton-Arafat Meeting in Washington
9 November 2000
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Assassination of Jamal Abd al-Razeq near Rafah
22 November 2000
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Assassination of Anwar Mahmud Hamran in Nablus
11 December 2000
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Assassination of Hani Abu Bakra in Khan Yunis
14 December 2000
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Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees
10 May 2001
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Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates
20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
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The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
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Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
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Assassination of Yasir Rizq and Ameer Kuffe in Rafah
24 June 2002
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The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister
10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003
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US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map
30 April 2003
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Assassination of Yasir Taha in Gaza City
12 June 2003
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The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification
31 July 2003
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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
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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
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Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US
14 October 2003
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UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall
8 December 2003
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Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US
25 March 2004
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UNGA Res. 58/292: Affirming that Status of Palestinian Territory Remains one of Military Occupation
6 May 2004
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SC Res. 1544: Condemning Israeli Killing of Civilians and Demolition of Homes in Rafah Refugee Camp
19 May 2004
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Assassination of Khalil Marshud in Balata Refugee Camp
14 June 2004
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Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce
17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005
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Assassination of Said Abdul Fattah Abu al-Jedian in Beit Lahiya
2 January 2006
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Draft SC Res. S/2006/508 Condemning Palestinian Abduction of Israeli Soldier and Israeli Assault on Gaza Vetoed by US
13 July 2006
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July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
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July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
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Draft SC Res. S/2006/878 Condemning Israel's Attack on Beit Hanoun Vetoed by US
11 November 2006
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UNGA Res. ES-10/16: Calling upon Israel to Cease Operations and Withdraw from the Gaza Strip
17 November 2006
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Another PLO Central Council Meeting Within Four Weeks
18 July 2007
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Gaza: Military Confrontation Continues and Siege is Tightened
26 March 2008 - 15 May 2008
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Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened
5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 4
30 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2
4 January 2009
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Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza
13 March 2009
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Israel Land Administration Law
3 August 2009
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The Knesset Passes the Citizenship Law (Amendment No. 10) Conditioning Citizenship on Loyalty
28 March 2011
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Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu
17 April 2012
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Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014
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Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
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Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Addresses the 2014 Gaza War
17 December 2014
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Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections
22 January 2015
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015
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26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
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Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA
30 September 2015
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The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Penal Code Imposing Minimum Sentences for Stone-Throwers
2 November 2015
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The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
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The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet
3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016
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The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership
1 November 2016
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The Knesset Adopts Amendment No. 116 to the Planning and Building Law (Kaminitz Law)
5 April 2017
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Gaza and the Electricity Issue
27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017
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Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails
1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017
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The Knesset Passes an Amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
2 January 2018
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The Knesset Passes Legislation Withholding Bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli Forces
7 March 2018
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The Palestinian Constitutional Court Considers the Legislative Council to Be Dissolved
12 December 2018 - 22 December 2018
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The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank
22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019
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EU court Rules that Israeli Settlement Products May not be Labeled “Made in Israel”
12 November 2019
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Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020
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Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons
6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020
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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
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
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

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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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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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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
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San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
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Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
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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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Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929
12 March 1930
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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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Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
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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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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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Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
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The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
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Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
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UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UNSC Resolution 46
17 April 1948
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UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)
14 May 1948
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Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
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Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
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Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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UNSC Resolution 49
22 May 1948
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Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948
16 September 1948
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Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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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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Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
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UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 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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UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
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UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
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Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
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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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Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
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Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
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Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
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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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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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UNSC Resolution 446
22 March 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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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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UNSC Resolution 478
20 August 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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UNSC Resolution 497
17 December 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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UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943
1 April 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985
20 April 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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Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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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
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UNSC Resolution 605
22 December 1987
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UNSC Resolution 607
5 January 1988
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UNSC Resolution 608
14 January 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
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Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians
26 February 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 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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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463
17 February 1989
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
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UNSC Resolution 641
30 August 1989
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
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Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326
31 May 1990
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UNSC Resolution 672
12 October 1990
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UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
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President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
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UNSC Resolution 694
24 May 1991
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Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 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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UNSC Resolution 726
6 January 1992
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Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
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UNSC Resolution 799
18 December 1992
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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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UNSC Resolution 904
18 March 1994
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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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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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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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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
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Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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UNSC Resolution 1322
7 October 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
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 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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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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Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 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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Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385
20 December 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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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891
16 September 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/12
25 September 2003
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 2003
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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
Document
UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
Document
UNSC Resolution 1544
19 May 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783
5 October 2004
Document
Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508
12 July 2006
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878
10 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
UNSC Resolution 1850
16 December 2008
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
Document
Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas
4 May 2011
Document
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
Document
HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration
17 December 2014
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
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
Document
UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
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
Document
Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
Document
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Document
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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VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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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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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 (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
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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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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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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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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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IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
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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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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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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

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
1920 - 1945
Thematic Chronology
British and International Commissions of Inquiry in Mandate Palestine
1919 - 1946