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The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem

May 1703 - November 1705

Alliance Between Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani and Mamluk Leader Ali Bey al-Kabeer: To Conquer Palestine and Syrian Territory

November 1770 - June 1771

Palestine Under Zahir al-Umar: Locus of Intra-Mamluk Rivalry

June 1771 - June 1773

Palestine Under Zahir al-Umar: Locus of Renewed Ambition by Mamluk Muhammad Bey Abu al-Zahab

September 1773 - 11 June 1775

The Fall of Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani

12 June 1775 - 22 August 1775

Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine

October 1831 - 1834

International Intervention Against Egyptian Rule in the Levant

Local Control of Zionist Land Purchases in the Sanjaq of Jerusalem

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

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives

June 1909 - 2 November 1909

Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament

March 1911 - May 1911

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

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem

Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council

20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

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

1 November 1928

White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall

19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928

Hanging of Palestinian Militants

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

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

11 December 1931

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Establishment of the Istiqlal Party

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party

Establishment of the Reform Party

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

Arab Higher Committee Is Banned

October 1937 - November 1937

British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy

November 1938 - May 1939

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

Killing of Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis

Killing of Avraham Stern

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

Stern Gang Assassinates Lord Moyne in Cairo

6 November 1944

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks

24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946

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

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

Stern Gang Letter Bombs Against Officials in London

Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem

11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948

Zionist Attacks

15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Massacre in Deir Yasin

9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948

UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

17 September 1948

Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza

22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948

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

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Civil Aviation in the Conflict

23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Wa'el Zuaiter Is Assassinated in Rome

16 October 1972

Muhammad al-Aswad Is Killed in Gaza

Assassination of Palestinian Leaders Kamal Nasser, Kamal Adwan, and Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar in Beirut

Palestinian Operation Against Settlers in Hebron

2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980

Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem

20 August 1980 - September 1980

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem

Deportation of Muhammad Dahlan

13 December 1986 - 26 January 1987

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel

23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990

The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO

President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War

President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference

1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991

US-Soviet Joint Statement on the Middle East, Moscow

8th Negotiation Round, Washington

7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992

Assassination of Muhammad Abd al-Al in Rafah

Assassination of Walid Bisharat, Sameh Abu Huneish, and Muhammad Bisharat in Qabatya

Assassination of Muhammad Ubayyat in Beit Jala

13 October 2002

Assassination of Nidal Fathi Farhat, Mufid Awad al-Bil, Akram Fahmi Naser, Muhammad Salmi, Ayman Mahanna, and Iyad Faraj Sheldan in Gaza City

16 February 2003

Assassination of Muhammad Daghmash and Rawi Abu Kumayl in Gaza City

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

Assassination of Muhammad Sidr in Hebron

Assassination Attempt of Muhammad Abu Nusayra in Khan Yunis

27 September 2004

Assassination of Muhammad Ahmed Mar'i near Salfit

Assassination of Muhammad Shaykh Khalil and Nasr Barhum in Gaza City

25 September 2005

Assassination of Shadi Suhail Muhanna and Muhammad Ahmad Kandeel in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

27 October 2005

Assassination of Husam Abu Nada, Muhammad Jiha, Rashad Rahim, and Hamdan Mahana in Gaza City

14 December 2005

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Assassination of Amjad al-Ajami and Muhammad Atik in Jenin Refugee Camp

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Assassination of Majid Harazin, Jihad Dahir, Karim Dahdouh, Na'el Tafesh, Ayman al-'Aileh and Ammar Abu-al-Said in Gaza City

17 December 2007

Assassination of Muhammad Shihada, Ahmad Balbul, Imad Kamel and Issa Marzouk in Bethlehem

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

Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009

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

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan

28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011

Assassination of Muhammad Najjar in Khan Yunis

11 January 2011

Assassination of Muhammad Abu Mu‘ammar in Rafah

Assassination of Muhammad al-Dayah, Abdullah Lubbad, and Isma‘il Lubbad in Deir al-Balah

Assassination of Ahmad Shaykh Khalil, Muhammad Ashur, Bassem Abu al-Ata, Hassan al-Khadari, and Abd al-Karim Shatat in Rafah

29 October 2011

Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

14 November 2012

Assassination of Muhammad Shamalakh in Gaza City

19 November 2012

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Israeli-Palestinian Direct Talks Take Place in Jerusalem

14 August 2013 - 2 September 2013

Israel's Settlement Expansion Disrupts the Palestinian Negotiation Team

31 October 2013 - 13 November 2013

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

Assassination of Raed al-Attar, Muhammad Abu Shammaleh and Muhammad Barhoum in Rafah

Settlement Construction

23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015

Muhammad al-Qeeq Stages a 94-day Hunger Strike and Compels His Jailers to Release Him

21 November 2015 - 21 May 2016

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

1 November 2016

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump

22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017

Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon

14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018

Hamdallah Resigns, Is Replaced by Mohammad Shtayyeh

29 January 2019 - 13 April 2019

PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections

26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019

PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds

17 November 2020 - 2 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

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12

PLO Central Council Holds, in Ramallah, its First Meeting in 4 Years

6 February 2022 - 9 February 2022

Assassination of Ashraf Mubaslat, Adham Mabrukeh, and Muhammad al-Dakheel in Nablus

8 February 2022

Foreign Ministers of the US, UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, and Israel Meet in Sde Boker: The Negev Forum

27 March 2022 - 27 June 2022

EU Unfreezes Funding for the PA, al-Haq, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

14 June 2022 - 30 June 2022

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Hafiz al-Sa’id

1859 - 21 July 1921

1860 - 13 April 1930

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1868 - October 1930

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

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

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

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

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

Rajeh al-Salfiti

1921 - 27 May 1990

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1925 - 10 April 1973

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943 - 10 March 2026

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

Yahya al-Sinwar

19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

8 February 1852

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Palin Commission Report

Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

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

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Council of the Arab League: Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

Statement by the Council of the Arab League on the Anglo-American Committee's Report on Palestine

UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan

3 September 1947

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Statement by the Committee of the Christian Union of Palestine

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1948

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

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

Public Notice on Jordan’s Name

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

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan

UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)

2 February 1957

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

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

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

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

7 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

President Clinton Proposals on Israeli‑Palestinian Peace

23 December 2000

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

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

The Mitchell Report

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution 58/292

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878

10 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

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

25 September 2009

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

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

6 February 2017

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

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

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

28 February 2019

UNGA Resolution 77/247

30 December 2022

Historical Media

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931

16 December 1931

Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party

Arab Higher Committee Members

Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Arab League Warnings

Grand Serai in Ruins

Highlights

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

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

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

I. Ottoman Rule

III. Late Mandate

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Jaramana Refugee Camp

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

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

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Shatila Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

The Algerians of Palestine

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Places

Bayt Umm al-Mays

Ghuwayr Abu Shusha

'Iraq al-Manshiyya

Khirbat al-'Umur

Khirbat al-Lawz

Khirbat al-Sarkas

Khirbat Ism Allah

Khirbat Umm Burj

Mansurat al-Khayt

Sarafand al-Kharab