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Event
Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine
April 1834 - August 1834
Event
Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq
July 1872
Event
First Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine
1882 - 1903
Event
World War I, the Ottomans Enter the War
1 August 1914 - February 1915
Event
Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine
16 April 1918
Event
Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes
2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920
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Advisory Council for Palestine Is Established
October 1920
Event
1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
Event
Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
Event
First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937
Event
Start of General Strike and Armed Resistance
7 May 1936 - 31 May 1936
Event
Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission
4 January 1938
Event
Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians
2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939
Event
Outbreak of World War II
1 September 1939
Event
Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
Event
Truman and Jewish Immigration to Palestine
31 August 1945
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
Event
Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
Event
Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
Event
New Wave of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
9 September 1946 - 2 December 1946
Event
Palestinian Strike Against Partition Plan and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes
2 December 1947
Event
Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
Event
Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
Event
Plan Dalet Launched
1 April 1948
Event
Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
Event
Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages
11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948
Event
End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel
8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948
Event
Israel's Construction of the "National Water Carrier"
2 September 1953
Event
Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves)
10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955
Event
Kafr Qasim Massacre
29 October 1956
Event
Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
Event
Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq
14 July 1958
Event
Fatah Issues Its First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
Event
Israel Prepares for War with US Consent
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967
Event
First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic
January 1968
Event
Hunger Strike of Palestinian Women in Jerusalem
26 January 1969 - 28 January 1969
Event
Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem
27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969
Event
Israeli Travel Documents for Palestinians in West Bank
10 December 1972
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October War, 2nd Day
7 October 1973
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October War, 3rd Day
8 October 1973
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Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards
15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973
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Likud's Victory in Israeli Elections
17 May 1977
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Menachem Begin: "Territories Are Not Occupied"
19 May 1977
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Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977
Event
Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 December 1977
Event
Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords
5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978
Event
Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Is Signed in Washington, DC
26 March 1979
Event
Deportation of Bassam Shak'a Reversed After West Bank Mayors Threaten Resignation
11 November 1979 - 5 December 1979
Event
Palestinian Autonomy Is Discussed at the Sadat-Begin Summit in Aswan
7 January 1980 - 10 January 1980
Event
Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
17 January 1980
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
27 March 1980
Event
Egypt Decides to Suspend Talks with Israel on Palestinian Autonomy
10 May 1980
Event
Birzeit University Is Closed
14 November 1980
Event
Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981
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Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
Event
Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
31 January 1982
Event
Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis
6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982
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The “Creeping” Cease-fire
10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982
Event
Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented
20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982
Event
Reagan's "Talking Points" to Begin on Palestinian Issue
31 August 1982
Event
Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue
1 September 1982
Event
Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan
2 September 1982
Event
Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations
28 December 1982
Event
Yitzhak Shamir Succeeds Menachem Begin as Prime Minister
2 September 1983
Event
Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
Event
Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
9 December 1987
Event
US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
Event
President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991
Event
Intifada Statistics
30 July 1991
Event
US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference
18 October 1991
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington
13 September 1993
Event
Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba
5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996
Event
Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project
27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997
Event
Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
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Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)
10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000
Event
Official Resumption of Final Status Talks
13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999
Event
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
Event
Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape
26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001
Event
Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
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Invasion of Jenin Camp: Fierce Battle
3 April 2002 - 19 April 2002
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US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
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Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)
14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002
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Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet
4 June 2003
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Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003
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Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine
18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004
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Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death
12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004
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US Day-to-Day Involvement in Palestinian-Related Security Matters and in the Disengagement Plan
10 March 2005 - 30 June 2005
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Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim
21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005
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Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza
9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005
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Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis
1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006
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A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office
9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006
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Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza
29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006
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SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon
11 August 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
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July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon
14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006
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Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza
1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006
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Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased
17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 2
28 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2
4 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 12
7 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 13
8 January 2009
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Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
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Cross-Border Violence, Gaza
20 September 2009 - 3 October 2009
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Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed
8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011
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US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan
9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010
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The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel
19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010
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With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched
22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010
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Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
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US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East
19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011
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The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations
23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011
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Four Islamic Jihad Members, Administrative Detainees in Israeli Prisons, Go on Hunger Strike
17 December 2011 - 1 April 2012
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Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts
22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012
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Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo
20 May 2012
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Local Elections in the West Bank Are Announced
10 July 2012 - 5 August 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1
14 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5
18 November 2012
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Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo
27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013
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Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds
23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013
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Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: Israel Launches Ground Invasion (Phase II)
17 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)
31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire
5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 32-42: Three Days of Fighting Followed by Eight Days of Truce
8 August 2014 - 18 August 2014
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Settlement Construction
23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015
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A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?
2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016
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France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative
29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016
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Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan
24 August 2017
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President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
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Dissolution of the Knesset; Three Election Rounds to Form a Government in Israel
26 December 2018 - 11 December 2019
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Israel Begins Public Normalization Push
20 January 2019
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Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood
16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019
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Israeli Bombing Resumes Against Gaza
1 May 2019 - 5 May 2019
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Great March of Return Organizers Suspend Weekly Protests
26 December 2019 - 27 December 2019
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Israeli Caretaker Government and Opposition Escalate Settlement Advancement and Annexation Discourse
6 January 2020 - 25 February 2020
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Inconclusive Results of Elections for the Knesset in Israel
2 March 2020 - 17 May 2020
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Israeli Coalition Negotiations Hint at Partial Annexation of the West Bank
20 April 2020 - 17 May 2020
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PA Finances Suffer
2 July 2020 - 27 July 2020
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The Knesset Is Dissolved Again; New Elections Set for 23 March 2021
23 December 2020
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Palestinian COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Begins as the Occupation Hinders an Effective Rollout
2 February 2021 - 20 June 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1
10 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
21 May 2021
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Bennett-Lapid Government Takes Office in Israel
13 June 2021
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Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers
29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021
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Israel Demolishes Parts of al-Yusufiya Cemetery to Make Space for Biblical Park
17 October 2021 - 29 October 2021
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Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations
22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Qudsia Khourshid
5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966

Historical Texts

Document
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
Document
Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
14 March 1951
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria
31 May 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
26 March 1979
Document
Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
Document
Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
30 July 1980
Document
Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
Document
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 1982
Document
Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat
7 November 1985
Document
The Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
Document
Statement by President Reagan on Opening American-PLO Dialogue
14 December 1988
Document
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Document
Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
Document
U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
Document
Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
Document
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019

Historical Media

Document
Tiberias
1935
Document
King David Hotel
24 July 1946
Document
Hostage Taking by the Irgun
July 1947

Periods

Period
III. Late Mandate
Period
I. Ottoman Rule

Highlights

Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?
2017-
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
Highlight
The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
Highlight
Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
Highlight
Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
Highlight
The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
Highlight
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
Highlight
Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
The UN and Palestine: General Assembly Resolutions
1947 - present
Thematic Chronology
The UN and Palestine: Security Council Resolutions
1948 - present
Thematic Chronology
Palestine Liberation Organization: National Council Sessions
1964 - present
Thematic Chronology
Lebanon War, 1982
1982 - 1983