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Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1868 - October 1930

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

1882 - 22 April 1942

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

1923 - 12 May 2004

1928 - 1 September 2020

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1941 - 5 February 2023

9 February 1963

Events

Local Control of Zionist Land Purchases in the Sanjaq of Jerusalem

Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine

29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901

Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition

8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901

6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903

7th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

27 July 1905 - 2 August 1905

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

14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916

Arrival in Palestine of the Zionist Commission

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission

2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant

10 January 1920

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

Palin Commission of Inquiry

12 April 1920 - 1 July 1920

Palestine Civil Government and Appointment of Herbert Samuel as High Commisioner

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

Advisory Council for Palestine Is Established

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

May Day Clashes in Jaffa

1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921

Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances

Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council

20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922

The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council

5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus

20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922

6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa

Palestinians Reject Arab Agency Scheme

12 October 1923

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall

23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928

al-Buraq / Western Wall: Palestinians Rise up in Protest against Zionist Provocations

15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929

The British Form a Commission of Inquiry on Disturbances at al-Buraq / Western Wall

13 September 1929

The British Issue the Criminal Law (Seditious Offences) Ordinance

25 October 1929

1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 October 1929

League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930

Shaw Commission Report on al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances

John Hope Simpson Sent to Palestine to Investigate Questions of Immigration, Land Settlement and Development

Hope Simpson Report Is Published

22 August 1930 - 20 October 1930

White Paper (Passfield) of 1930 Is Published

20 October 1930

Report of the International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

1 December 1930

Enactment of the Palestine Order in Council Related to al-Buraq / Western Wall

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931

A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms

General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine

8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933

Murison Commission of Inquiry

The British Issue the Press Ordinance

17 January 1935

Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties

25 November 1935

Revival of the Legislative Council Idea

December 1935 - March 1936

First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937

Enactment of Emergency Regulations

Appointment of the Peel Commission

Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

The British Issue the Collective Fines Ordinance

Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936

30 September 1936

General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission

11 October 1936

Peel Commission Investigates the Cause of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

11 November 1936 - 24 January 1937

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937

18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937

Avner Defense Plan

Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine

Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report

Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

23 July 1937 - September 1938

20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich

3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937

Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan

8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937

British Commissioner Is Assassinated

26 September 1937

Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission

Establishment of Hanita Settlement in Western Galilee

British Military Officers Replace Civilian Commissioners

Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

October 1938 - September 1939

Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published

9 November 1938

The British Government Rejects the Conclusions of the Partition (Woodhead) Commission

11 November 1938

Land Transfers Regulations

20 February 1940

Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan

Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement

5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946

More Irgun Operations Against the British

29 December 1946 - 28 January 1947

UNGA 181 (II): Palestine Partition Plan

29 November 1947

The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council

31 January 1948 - 16 February 1948

SC Res. 42: Appealing Permanent Members for Guidance on Palestine

Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive

10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948

SC Res. 48: Establishment of the UN Truce Commission for Palestine

UNGA 186 (S-2): Appointment of a UN Mediator in Palestine

SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine

Bernadotte's New Plan

16 September 1948

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

11 December 1948

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

17 December 1948

Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank

16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949

Palestinians Testify Before the UNCCP

UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference

27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949

Gaza's Egyptian Administration

UNGA 394 (V): UNCCP to Establish Office on Compensation to Refugees

14 December 1950

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah

UNGA 512 (VI): UNCCP to Continue its Efforts

26 January 1952

Lebanon Establishes a Higher Commission for Palestine Affairs

GA Resolution 1604 (XV)

Appointment of Special Representative of the UNCCP

Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals

5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962

Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank

14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967

Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973

The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel

1 March 1976 - April 1976

SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories

Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres

7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983

Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US

The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session

18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership

11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct

17 October 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation

25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions

27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006

After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report

After the July War: Winograd Commission's Report on Israel's Handling of the 2006 Lebanon War

30 January 2008

President Obama Prepares Active Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009

Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed

12 November 2009

Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed

8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011

Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

2 September 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt

Local Elections in the West Bank Are Announced

10 July 2012 - 5 August 2012

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

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

Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration

10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative

15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015

UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

EU Guidelines on Goods from the Occupied Territories

11 November 2015

The UN Human Rights Council Decides to Establish a Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections

21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017

Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination

6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017

UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid

UN SG Antonio Guterres Distances Himself from ESCWA Report; Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf Resigns

16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017

Municipal Elections in the West Bank

International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

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

UNRWA Says International Community Almost Covers Budget Deficit

19 November 2018

UNHRC Report on Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

28 February 2019

UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations

29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019

PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones

15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021

Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended

22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22

10 January 1920

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

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

Palin Commission Report

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

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

Arab Executive Committee's Response to High Commissioner's Offer to Form an Arab Agency Similar to the Jewish Agency in Palestine (in Arabic)

12 October 1923

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929

Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”

1 December 1930

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

The Murison Commission Report

Proposed New Constitution for Palestine

22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA ٍSpecial Session on Future Palestine Government

UNSC Resolution 48

UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

UNSC Resolution 49

UNSC Resolution 50

Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties

Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

UNSC Resolution 54

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

UNGA Resolution 303

9 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

UNGA Resolution 394 (V)

14 December 1950

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

UNGA Resolution 512 (VI)

26 January 1952

UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)

26 January 1952

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

UNSC Resolution 106

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

UNGA Resolution 1604 (XV)

UNSC Resolution 171

Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1

3 November 1966

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)

UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)

10 December 1969

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 November 1970

UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)

8 December 1970

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

The Koenig Memorandum

Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)

17 September 1978

UNSC Resolution 446

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

UNSC Resolution 465

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

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

13 December 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)

27 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process

17 October 2005

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

National Conciliation Document

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

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

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

25 September 2009

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

HRC Resolution S-21/1

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

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

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

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

28 February 2019

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

12 February 2020

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

Historical Media

Arrival in Palestine of Sir Hebert Samuel, High Commissioner

Peel Commission and Partition

11 November 1936

Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission

11 January 1937

Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee

12 January 1937

Peel Commission Proposes Partition Map

Abandoning Ship

Highlights

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

III. Late Mandate

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

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

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

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

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Israeli Military

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

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

British and International Commissions of Inquiry in Mandate Palestine

1919 - 1946

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon War, 2006

2006 - 2008