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1859 - 21 July 1921

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

1865 - 3 March 1948

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

1880 - 16 June 1946

1882 - 22 April 1942

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

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

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

1923 - 12 May 2004

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

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

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

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

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

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

Events

Establishment of Petah Tikva, the First Zionist Colony in Palestine

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

8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901

Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)

General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant

23 October 1918

The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission

2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of Syria

7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920

San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates

French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

May Day Clashes in Jaffa

1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921

British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria

Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem

1 November 1928

Creation of the Arab Agricultural Bank

Fawzi al-Qawuqji Aids the Great Palestine Rebellion

Arab Higher Committee Is Banned

October 1937 - November 1937

Establishment of Hanita Settlement in Western Galilee

The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo

7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938

The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo

15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938

Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States

Establishment of Lebanese Consulate General in Palestine

30 December 1944 - 23 May 1945

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Lebanon Ends Granting Import Licenses for Palestine Goods

League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN

Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

Enactment of Lebanese Labor Law and Its Subsequent Impact on Palestine Refugees

23 September 1946

Arab League Meeting on Palestine, in Sofar, Lebanon

16 September 1947 - 19 September 1947

Arab League Meeting on Palestine in Aley, Lebanon

7 October 1947 - 15 October 1947

Arab League Rejects Partition Plan

8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947

Palestinian Attacks

14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948

Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem

11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas

19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Lebanon Sets up a Central Committee and Regional Committees to Deal with Refugees from Palestine

26 April 1948 - 11 May 1948

Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine

30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine

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

Arab Responses to Formation of the All-Palestine Government

5 October 1948 - 14 October 1948

Operation Hiram in the North

28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948

Israel Conducts its First Population Census

8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949

First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes

12 January 1949

Lebanon-Israel Armistice Agreement

UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference

27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949

UNGA 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut

27 January 1951

Arab League and Jordan River Waters

15 February 1954

The US and Jordan River Waters

25 June 1954 - 6 July 1954

The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law

Exchange of Notes between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

Lebanon Exempts Palestinian Refugees from Travel Document Fees

29 December 1954

24 February 1955

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq

Lebanon Establishes the Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Interior

Lebanon Establishes a Higher Commission for Palestine Affairs

The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity

29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961

Conditions for the Movement of Lebanon's Palestinian refugees between Lebanon and Syria

28 July 1962 - 2 August 1962

Death of Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi; Ahmad al-Shuqairi as Palestine Delegate to the Arab League

29 June 1963 - 19 September 1963

New Lebanese Social Security Law Implicitly Excludes Palestinian Refugees from its Benefits

26 September 1963

Palestinian Delegation at the UN

18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963

1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners

18 September 1964

Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon

23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964

President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan

27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965

The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States

11 September 1965

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

Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

Civil Aviation in the Conflict

23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969

Lebanon Issues the Law on the Acquisition of Immovable Property Rights by Non-Lebanese

Israel Retaliates Against South Lebanon

12 May 1969 - 13 May 1969

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country

3 November 1969

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley

22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970

7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972

SC Res. 313: Demanding that Israel Refrain Immediately from Military Action against Lebanon

28 February 1972

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972

SC Res. 316: Condemning the Repeated Attacks of Israeli Forces on Lebanon

Violent Israeli Retaliation in South Lebanon

16 September 1972 - 17 September 1972

Lebanese-Palestinian Confrontation

2 May 1973 - 23 May 1973

6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel

Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon

5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

Premeditated Israeli Air Attack Against Palestinians in Lebanon

2 December 1975

The PLO at the Security Council

4 December 1975

Draft SC Res S/11898 to Condemn Israeli Attacks against Lebanon, Vetoed by US

8 December 1975

Palestinian "Land Day"

Syrian Forces Enter Lebanon

Evacuation of US Nationals from Beirut with PLO Assistance

16 June 1976 - 20 June 1976

Fall of Tal al-Za'atar

Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon

16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976

8th Arab Summit Meets in Cairo

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"

11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978

SC Res. 425: Calling upon Israel to Withdraw its Forces from Lebanon, and Establishing UNIFIL

Israel Establishes a "Security Zone" in South Lebanon

A PLF Operation in Nahariya

10th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Palestinian Operation Against Settlers in Hebron

2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon

28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981

Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon

10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981

Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon

Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo

11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981

South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken

21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982

Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War

Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London

Israeli Aerial Bombardment and Palestinian Artillery Across the Lebanon-Israel Border

4 June 1982 - 5 June 1982

SC Res. 508: Calling Upon all Parties to Cease Military Activities in Lebanon and across Lebanese-Israeli Border

SC Res. 509: Demanding Full and Unconditional Withdrawal of Israeli Forces from Lebanon

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982

Draft SC Res. S/15185 to Demand again Full and Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal, Vetoed by US

Encirclement of Beirut

11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982

Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon

15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982

Several Israeli Attempts to Assassinate Yasir Arafat During Invasion of Lebanon

15 June 1982 - 30 August 1982

PLO Debates Withdrawal

16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982

Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US

The PLO 11-Point Document

Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue

1 September 1982

Lebanon War Casualties

1 September 1982 - 11 October 1982

The 12th Arab Summit Meeting in Fez Adopts the "Fez Initiative"

6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982

Assassination of Bashir Gemayel and Israeli Occupation of Beirut

14 September 1982 - 16 September 1982

Sabra and Shatila Massacres

16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982

Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations

28 December 1982

Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres

7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983

16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement

17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

Operations Against French and US Contingents in Beirut

23 October 1983

17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Israeli Army Withdraws from Saida Region

16 February 1985

The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon

19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987

Prisoner Exchange between Israel and the PFLP-GC

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO

A Palestine Affairs Center, under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington

1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994

Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis

Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted

9 December 1988

Israel Deports Five Palestinians

The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

A New Constitutional Law Rejects Palestinians' Resettlement in Lebanon

21 September 1990

Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

8th Negotiation Round, Washington

7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992

Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon

13 December 1992 - 17 December 1992

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington

The Tragedy of the Palestinians in Libya

9 August 1995 - 13 January 1999

The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon

11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996

Commemoration of the Nakba 50th Anniversary

14 May 1998 - 15 May 1998

Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel

1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

Israel Carries a Full-Scale Withdrawal from South Lebanon

21 May 2000 - 24 May 2000

Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army

15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000

Start of the Second Intifada

29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000

Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising

30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000

The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized

14 October 2000

Assassination of Abbas al-Iwaywi in Hebron

13 December 2000

Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171

18 December 2000

A Lebanese Legislative Amendment Equates Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees

Assassination attempt of Abd al-Karim Owais in Jenin

The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

Assassination of Jihad Jibril in Beirut

Assassination of Ala Ahmad Sabbagh and Imad Nasharti in Jenin Refugee Camp

26 November 2002

Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position

9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003

Mahmoud Abbas Forms the Palestinian Government

19 March 2003 - 29 April 2003

US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map

The PLO Approves the Road Map

3 May 2003 - 11 May 2003

Abbas and Sharon Meet in Jerusalem

17 May 2003 - 29 May 2003

Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet

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

Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister

6 September 2003

Assassination of Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

21 October 2004

Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership

11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004

Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected

1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005

Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce

17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005

Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh

8 February 2005

Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination

15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005

New Palestinian Cabinet under Ahmad Qurai'

24 February 2005

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

17th Arab Summit Meets in Algiers

22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005

Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President

The Lebanese Minister of Labor Removes some Restrictions on the Work of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

7 June 2005 - 14 December 2005

Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza

12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005

The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established

25 November 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon

6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions

27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions

27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis

1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces

5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006

Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza

20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006

A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office

9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006

The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document

10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006

Fatah-Hamas Clashes

26 May 2006 - 24 June 2006

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

Lebanon Reregisters the Records of Palestinian Refugees It Had Deleted

Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers

2nd Israel War on Lebanon: the July War

12 July 2006 - 14 August 2006

July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah

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

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

July War: Israel's Special Operations Along the Border

17 July 2006 - 19 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon

19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006

July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes

30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone

2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006

July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire

5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006

SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon

July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon

11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

July War: The Cease-Fire

12 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

July War: A Balance Sheet

July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon

14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006

Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes

18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks

25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006

Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?

6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006

Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire

20 November 2006 - 26 November 2006

The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas

14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007

The US Revisits the Road Map

14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007

Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord

28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007

International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts

2 February 2007 - 19 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

After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report

Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes

11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank

14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007

Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split

17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007

Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government

5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference

6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007

Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference

20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007

The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks

27 November 2007

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start

12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007

Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM

17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008

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

30 January 2008

20th Arab Summit Meets in Damascus

29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting

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

31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

The PLO Central Council Meets in Ramallah

23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy

4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009

War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet

18 January 2009

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side

21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009

Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009

US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out

19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009

Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More

9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

The Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making

29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

UNGA Res. 64/10: Endorsing the Goldstone Report and Calling Upon both Sides to Investigate the Violations Reported in it

5 November 2009

Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed

12 November 2009

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 December 2009 - 16 December 2009

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian Talks Through Letters of Guarantee

16 December 2009 - 4 January 2010

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks

7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010

The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks

3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010

US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians

20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010

With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched

22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010

Statement S/PRST/2010/9 by SC President on the Mavi Marmara Incident

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

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue

29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010

An Amendment to the Lebanese Social Security Law Grants Palestinian Refugees Right to End-of-Service and Occupational Emergency Compensations

An Amendment to the Lebanese Labor Law Exempts Palestinian Refugees from some Conditions Imposed on Foreign Workers

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem

14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

Abbas, Backed by the Arab League, Halts Palestinian-Israeli Direct Talks

30 September 2010 - 15 December 2010

The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations

16 October 2010

Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan

28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011

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

14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011

Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel

15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011

Abbas Confirms Palestinian UN Bid for Statehood

Palestinian Reconciliation Accord Put on Hold

14 June 2011 - 7 August 2011

Despite US, European, and Arab Pressure, Abbas Submits a Request for Full UN Membership

12 September 2011 - 23 September 2011

State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations

23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

Abbas and Mishal Sign the Doha Declaration and Then Agree on its Suspension

5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012

Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

Abbas Announces Intent to Apply for Observer State Status in Speech at UN General Assembly

27 September 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2

15 November 2012

Symbolic Erection of Bab al-Shams and Bab al-Karama villages in the West Bank

11 January 2013 - 20 January 2013

John Kerry Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy for Resumption of Negotiations

4 March 2013 - 8 May 2013

US President Barack Obama Visits Israel and Bethlehem and Ramallah

20 March 2013 - 21 March 2013

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative

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

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

23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry

Israeli-Palestinian Talks Accelerate for Nothing

25 September 2013 - 23 October 2013

Israel's Settlement Expansion Disrupts the Palestinian Negotiation Team

31 October 2013 - 13 November 2013

Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement

14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014

Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure

19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014

Kerry Prepares Another Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

Abbas's Meeting With Obama in Washington Tests US Credibility

Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners

17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014

With the Nonrelease of Prisoners, the Palestinian Leadership Applies for Access to 19 International Conventions

A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched

Abbas Sets Three Conditions for Extension of Negotiations

A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo

11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014

A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations

Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza

7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014

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

26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014

Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel

10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014

President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute

31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015

Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority

1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015

France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative

15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015

UNGA Res. 69/320: Palestine Allowed to Raise Flag at UN

10 September 2015

Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA

30 September 2015

Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?

22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015

Israel Kills Samir Quntar; Hizballah Responds

19 December 2015 - 4 January 2016

France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative

29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016

Palestinian Teachers Go on Strike in the West Bank

7 February 2016 - 12 March 2016

To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative

9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016

In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted

8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016

Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership

1 November 2016

Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

First Phone Contact Between Trump and Abbas

10 March 2017 - 12 March 2017

Gaza and the Electricity Issue

27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017

PLO President Mahmoud Abbas Meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House

President Trump's Visit to Israel

22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem

Palestinian Official Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif

14 July 2017 - 21 July 2017

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

A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon

As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds

24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017

Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan

100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

1 November 2017 - 2 November 2017

The Fate of the PLO Diplomatic Office in Washington

17 November 2017

Palestinian Diplomatic Activity after US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

6 December 2017 - 20 December 2017

Popular Protests Against US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

7 December 2017 - 31 December 2017

Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem

18 December 2017

Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon

14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018

President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council

20 February 2018

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

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

PA Requests Membership of International Treaties and Conventions in Response to US Embassy Move

24 March 2018 - 6 June 2018

29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran

23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah

30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018

The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit

14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018

Qatar's Assistance to Gaza

9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 November 2018

The Palestinian Constitutional Court Considers the Legislative Council to Be Dissolved

12 December 2018 - 22 December 2018

Hamdallah Resigns, Is Replaced by Mohammad Shtayyeh

29 January 2019 - 13 April 2019

Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue

17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019

US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference

22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019

PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections

26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

COVID-19 Hits Palestine

5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020

International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans

18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020

Beirut Port Explosion

4 August 2020 - 7 August 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine

9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill

1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020

Saeb Erekat Succumbs to the COVID-19 Virus

8 October 2020 - 10 November 2020

Hanan Ashrawi Resigns from PLO Executive Committee

9 December 2020

Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones

15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

The General Strike of the Unity Intifada

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 10

Bennett-Lapid Government Takes Office in Israel

Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Historical Texts

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

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Palin Commission Report

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

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

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

UNSC Resolution 50

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Lebanon’s Department for Palestinian Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)

Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

11 September 1965

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

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

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

UNSC Resolution 313

28 February 1972

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

UNSC Resolution 316

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East

4 December 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898

5 December 1975

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference

UNSC Resolution 425

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

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

UNSC Resolution 508

UNSC Resolution 509

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2

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

1 September 1982

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 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

Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409

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

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

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

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50

29 November 1989

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

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 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

UNSC Resolution 799

18 December 1992

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

13 September 1993

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration

Reorganization of Lebanon’s Department for Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)

14 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement

23 December 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

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

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

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

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

UNSC Resolution 1515

19 November 2003

UNGA Resolution 58/292

List of Jobs and Professions Restricted to Lebanese Citizens (in Arabic)

14 December 2005

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

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

National Conciliation Document

UNSC Resolution 1701

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)

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

10 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

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

Provision on Palestinian Workers in Amended Lebanese Social Security Law (in Arabic)

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

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

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

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

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

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

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

1 November 2017

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

Historical Media

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Arab League Warnings

Scenes of Destruction

Highlights

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestine Communist Party

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

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

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

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

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

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 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'

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

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

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

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”

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

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

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

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

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

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

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

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

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

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

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

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 Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

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 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

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Places

Periods

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

2003 - 2006

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon’s Relation to Palestine and the Palestinians

1923 - present

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon War, 1982

1982 - 1983

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon War, 2006

2006 - 2008