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Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine

October 1831 - 1834

Law Granting Foreigners the Right to Own Real Estate in the Ottoman Empire., 7 Safar 1284

Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt

European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration

2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888

Completion of the Hijaz Railway

Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley

March 1909 - July 1909

Railway Lines in Palestine

Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan

21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918

Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine

19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

Proclamations No. 75 and No. 76 on Immovable Property

18 November 1918

3rd Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Mahlul Land Ordinance

5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus

20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922

6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society

21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930

Correction of Land Registers Ordinance, No. 12

16 February 1926

Hope Simpson Report Is Published

22 August 1930 - 20 October 1930

Establishment of Irgun

Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened

11 December 1931

Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa

Establishment of the Istiqlal Party

18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague

21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933

Establishment of the National Bloc Party

Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936

Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify

July 1938 - August 1938

Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

October 1938 - September 1939

British Labour Party Favors Transfer of Palestinians

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

UNGA 181 (II): Palestine Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Contingents of ALA Volunteers

21 January 1948 - 28 January 1948

Arms for the Zionist Forces

1 April 1948 - 14 May 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949

End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel

8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948

Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza

22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948

Pro-Jordanian Amman Conference

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

A Massacre in al-Dawayima

29 October 1948

Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved

1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950

Absentee Property Law, 5710-1950

Led by George Habash, Arab Nationalist Activists on the Way to Structure Their Movement

1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952

David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister

3 November 1955

Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents

17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956

Escalation Across Jordanian-Israeli Lines

10 September 1956 - 26 September 1956

Kafr Qasim Massacre

29 October 1956

Fatah Is Founded

2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO

5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964

Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations

US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East

The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem

27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967

First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic

PDFLP Splits off from PFLP

22 February 1969

9 December 1969

Sharon's Pacification of Gaza

August 1970 - December 1971

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Ahmed Bouchiki Assassinated in Lillehammer

Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards

15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973

Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms

23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

29th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

20 February 1978 - 1 March 1978

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords

5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978

3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979

Egypt Decides to Suspend Talks with Israel on Palestinian Autonomy

Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon

28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981

Palestinian Writers in Occupied Territories Affirm Commitment to Palestine Cause

Israel Invades Along the Central Axis

6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982

The “Creeping” Cease-fire

10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

30th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1982 - 16 December 1982

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration

6 September 1986

SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada

22 December 1987

3rd Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region

3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

Rishon LeZion (Uyun Qara) Killings

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

Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference

20 December 1990

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

4th Negotiation Round, Washington

24 February 1992 - 4 March 1992

7th Negotiation Round, Washington

21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance Amended to Repeal Prohibition of Contact with PLO

19 January 1993

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO

9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel

30 December 1993

Assassination of Fathi Shiqaqi, Islamic Jihad Leader, in Malta

26 October 1995

Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank

Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

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

24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996

To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?

28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999

Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State

Official Resumption of Final Status Talks

13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999

FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds

7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session

18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000

Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation

13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000

The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized

14 October 2000

Assassination of Abbas al-Iwaywi in Hebron

13 December 2000

Assassination of Omar Saadeh and Taha al-Aruj in Bethlehem

President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State

2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001

The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

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

1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002

Assassination Attempt of Hamas Leadership, Including Ahmad Yasin, in Gaza City

6 September 2003

Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan

12 January 2004 - 2 February 2004

Third Round of Municipal Elections

29 September 2005

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

Assassination of Sami Abu Shari’a and Mahmud Ajjur in Gaza City

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

July War: A Balance Sheet

Three Dramatic Spikes in Fatah-Hamas Violence

10 December 2006 - 8 February 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government

17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands

28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble

31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh

Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza

21st Arab Summit Meets in Doha

US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze

26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009

Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 December 2009 - 16 December 2009

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

The Knesset Passes the "Admissions Committees Law"

Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion

12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011

Palestinian Mass Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2012 - 14 May 2012

Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts

22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3

16 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5

18 November 2012

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns

Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds

23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013

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

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Third Group of Prisoner Release as Part of Negotiation Resumption Deal

31 December 2013

For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

17 February 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43

A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations

The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

The PLO Strives for a Security Council Resolution Specifying a Timetable for Ending the Occupation

26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014

International Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction

12 October 2014

A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?

2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016

Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst

4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015

France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative

29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016

Three Rounds of Hamas-Fatah Talks in Doha Come to Naught

7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016

Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif

26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016

Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif

The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively

6 February 2017

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018

Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA

16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018

Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation

7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

28 October 2018 - 30 October 2018

The UNGA Votes Down a US-Proposed Draft Resolution Condemning Hamas

6 December 2018

Dissolution of the Knesset; Three Election Rounds to Form a Government in Israel

26 December 2018 - 11 December 2019

Opening of the “Apartheid Road”

10 January 2019

Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron

28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019

Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration

31 December 2019

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020

Meetings of the Munich Group and the Middle East Quartet

11 January 2021 - 18 November 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements

5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021

Biographies

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1859 - 21 July 1921

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Freih Abu Middein

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Mu‘in al-Madi

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

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

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

1917 - 12 December 2003

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

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)

Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative

16 September 1922

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

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

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

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

The Murison Commission Report

National Bloc Party: Bylaws

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

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Pact of the League of Arab States

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

Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine

Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account

8 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 212 (III)

19 November 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Ad Hoc Political Committee Resolution on Israel’s Application for UN Membership

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

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

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

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

UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

UNSC Resolution 171

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Fatah First Military Communiqué

Third Arab Summit: Political Statement (in Arabic)

13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965

Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East

Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions

1 September 1967

UNSC Resolution 242

22 November 1967

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

9 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 November 1970

Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement

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

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3237 (XXIX)

22 November 1974

Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference

1 September 1975

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel

30 November 1977

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

17 September 1978

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

UNSC Resolution 446

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

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

28 January 1980

The Venice Declaration

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

UNSC Resolution 478

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza

31 January 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

1 September 1982

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat

7 November 1985

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNSC Resolution 605

22 December 1987

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

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

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

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

13 December 1988

Statement by President Reagan on Opening American-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326

UNSC Resolution 681

20 December 1990

President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker

Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 1991

U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

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

13 September 1993

Shimon Peres's Letter Concerning Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem

11 October 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

UNSC Resolution 904

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

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

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

UNSC Resolution 1322

President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement

23 December 2000

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

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

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

Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations

The Mitchell Report

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East

Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385

20 December 2002

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

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

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

UNGA Resolution 58/292

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

17 October 2005

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

National Conciliation Document

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

10 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

UNSC Resolution 1860

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 January 2009

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

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

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

25 September 2009

Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State

President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy

Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

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

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration

17 December 2014

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 December 2014

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

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

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué

Report of the Middle East Quartet

UNSC Resolution 2334

23 December 2016

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

China’s Four-Point Proposal on Promoting the Settlement of the Palestinian Issue

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering

1 November 2017

Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance

26 December 2018

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

28 February 2019

President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019

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

12 February 2020

Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)

11 January 2021

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

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

Historical Media

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

Volunteers from Arab Countries

Peel Commission and Partition

11 November 1936

Haifa Railroad Station

20 September 1946

Third Anniversary of Al Karameh Battle

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Death of The Shepherd Boy Fathi, Third Wave of Killing

Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

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

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

III. Late Mandate

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

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

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

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

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

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

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

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

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

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

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Israeli Military

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

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

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

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Marka Refugee Camp

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

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

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

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

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

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

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Algerians of Palestine

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Places

Ghuwayr Abu Shusha

Khirbat al-Buwayra

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Regulating Palestinian Land

1858 - present

Thematic Chronology

The 2014 Gaza War

2014-2015

Thematic Chronology

1966 - 1967

Periods

I. Ottoman Rule