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Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1859 - 21 July 1921

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

George Antonius

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

1917 - 12 December 2003

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

1923 - 12 May 2004

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

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

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Ottoman Land Code, 7 Ramadan 1274

Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq

Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt

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

8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901

Zionist-Palestinian Violence Breaks out in Jaffa

Establishment of Palestinian Newspaper al-Karmel in Haifa

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

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul

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

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa

Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul

28 October 1913

Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

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

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Establishment of the National Bloc Party

Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force

12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935

Fawzi al-Qawuqji Aids the Great Palestine Rebellion

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense

29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Arab Liberation Army Organized

1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948

Palestinian Attacks

14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948

Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem

11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948

Zionist Attacks

15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948

Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

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

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

Massacre in Deir Yasin

9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem

26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee

13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948

Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv

13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem

8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel

8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948

Operation Hiram in the North

28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948

Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"

January 1949 - December 1956

Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)

24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949

Qadri Tuqan Publishes Ba'd al-Nakba (After the Nakba) in Beirut

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

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

1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952

General Islamic Conference on Palestine, Jerusalem

3 December 1953 - 9 December 1953

Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya

4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956

Kafr Qasim Massacre

29 October 1956

Israel Invades Egypt

29 October 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre

Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza

20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957

Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai

7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957

Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq

Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic"

15 December 1959

Israeli Raid Against Syria

16 March 1962 - 17 March 1962

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

29 June 1963 - 19 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

Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon

23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964

Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids

2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

June War, 2nd Day

Palestinians Reorganize

11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968

4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle

17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973

Assassination Attempt of PLO Senior Leadership in Beirut

A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth

18 October 1975

Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation

1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976

Palestinian Operation Against Settlers in Hebron

2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980

Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon

28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981

Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis

6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982

The “Creeping” Cease-fire

10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

Scission within Fatah

18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus

Draft SC Res. S/17459 to Call upon Israel to Stop its Repressive Measures, Vetoed by US

13 September 1985

Closure of Bethlehem University

28 October 1987

Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

9 December 1987

Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank

28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988

19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State

12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988

Rishon LeZion (Uyun Qara) Killings

Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba

26 October 1994

Assassination of Fathi Shiqaqi, Islamic Jihad Leader, in Malta

26 October 1995

Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank

November 1995 - December 1995

Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996

Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon

11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations

23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998

Assassination of Mohi al-Din Sharif in Ramallah

Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed

15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

10 December 1998

President Clinton's Visit to Gaza

14 December 1998

Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks

7 December 1999 - 26 March 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 February 2000 - 3 February 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

Assassination of Abbas al-Iwaywi in Hebron

13 December 2000

Assassination of Mahmud Madani in Balata Refugee Camp

19 February 2001

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

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

Assassination of Omar Saadeh and Taha al-Aruj in Bethlehem

First Assassination Attempt of Mohammed Deif and Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

The 9-11 Attacks on the US

11 September 2001

President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State

2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001

Assassination of Abd al-Rahman Hamad in Qalqilya

14 October 2001

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

Assassination of Ayman Abu Halawa in Nablus

22 October 2001

Assassination of Jamil Jadallah Qawasmeh in Hebron

31 October 2001

Assassination of Mahmoud Abu Hanud near Nablus

23 November 2001

Grave Escalation from Both Sides

9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002

Assassination of Qays Udwan in Tubas

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters

5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

Assassination of Yasir Rizq and Ameer Kuffe in Rafah

Assassination of Shaman Subuh and Mustafa Qash near Jenin

23 December 2002

Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip

24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003

Assassination of Ibrahim Makadama in Gaza City

Assassination of Sa'ad Arabid in Gaza City

Assassination of Yusuf Abu Hin in Gaza City

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

Assassination of Titu Masud and Suhayl Abu Nahal in Gaza City

Assassination of Fuad Lidawi in Gaza City

Assassination of Abdallah Qawasmeh in Hebron

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire

4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003

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

6 September 2003

Assassination of Muqallid Humayid in Gaza City

25 December 2003

Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan

15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004

Assassination of Wael Talab Nassar in Gaza City

Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank

27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004

Assassination of Amr Abu Sitta in Rafah

Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine

18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004

Assassination of Khaled Abu Silmiyya in Gaza City

19 September 2004

Assassination of Nabil Sa'eedi and Rabah Zaqqout in Gaza City

20 September 2004

Assassination of Izzeddin Sheikh Khalil in Damascus

26 September 2004

Assassination of Mahdi Jamal Mushtaha and Khaled al-Amreeti in Gaza City

Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership

11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004

Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step

8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005

Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh

8 February 2005

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

17 October 2005

Assassination of Hassan Madhun and Fawzi Abu Qara’ in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

1 November 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

Assassination of Mahmoud Arqan in Rafah

7 December 2005

Assassination of Iyad Qadas and Iyad Najjar in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

8 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls

25 January 2006

US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA

17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006

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

1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006

Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces

5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006

Israeli Operations in the West Bank

24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006

Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza

29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006

New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza

11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006

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

30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006

July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon

11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

Assassination of Ahmed Ashour and Ahmed Arqan in Rafah

5 September 2006

Assassination of Aed al-Bashiti and Ali al-Nashar in Rafah

5 September 2006

Attempted Assassination of Ashraf Farwana in Gaza City

12 October 2006

The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas

14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank

3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007

Assassination of Fadi Abdul Qader Abu Mustafa in Khan Yunis

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Assassination of Amer Qarmout in Beit Lahiya

4 February 2008

Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans

9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008

Assassination of Nafiz Mansur in Rafah

Assassination of Tareq Abu Ghali in Nablus

To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1

27 December 2008

The War on Gaza (2008-09): Operation Cast Lead/ Battle of al-Furqan

27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 2

28 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 5

31 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 7

War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2

War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones

War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties

War on Gaza, Day 14

War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks

10 January 2009

Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire

27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009

War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises

Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza

22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009

Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhuh in Dubai

20 January 2010 - 31 January 2010

Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates

11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010

Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers

23 January 2011

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

15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011

Assassination of Mu'taz Quraiqe‘ in Gaza City

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

5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012

Assassination of Zuhair al-Qaissi and Mahmoud Hanani in Gaza City

A Serious Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

9 March 2012 - 13 March 2012

Visit of Qatar’s Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza

23 October 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

14 November 2012

Assassination of Ahmad Abu Jalal near al-Maghazi Refugee Camp

16 November 2012

Assassination of Khaled al-Shaer in Deir al-Balah

16 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Assassination of Ousamah al-Qadi in Rafah

17 November 2012

Assassination of Ahmad al-Nahal in al-Shati Refugee Camp

18 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 6

19 November 2012

Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons

19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013

24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha

26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013

Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative

Trilateral Agreement for a Red Sea-Dead Sea Link

9 December 2013

Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza

14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014

Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front

3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014

Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza

8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12

18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza

11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014

International Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction

12 October 2014

Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt

31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories

13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015

A Day of Escalation in the West Bank

The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba

21 February 2016

Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif

26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings Renewed in Doha, Beirut and Moscow, with No Results

5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt Sever Economic and Diplomatic Ties with Qatar

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire

7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018

Qatar's Assistance to Gaza

9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018

Israeli Court Finds PA Liable for Attacks During Second Intifada

Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons

6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020

Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine

9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

The May 2021 Gaza War

10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6

Gilboa Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Historical Media

Arab Revolt in Aqaba

Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party

Volunteers from Arab Countries

Cucumber Crops Being Harvested

Arab League Warnings

Fawzi al-Qawuqji

Funeral of Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

Historical Texts

Palin Commission Report

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)

5 November 1963

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Palestine National (watani) Charter

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

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

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

UNSC Resolution 465

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459

12 September 1985

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50

29 November 1989

UNSC Resolution 904

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

UNGA Resolution 58/292

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

17 October 2005

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878

10 November 2006

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

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

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

25 September 2009

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

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

Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration

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

28 February 2019

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

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

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

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

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

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

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

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

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

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

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Marka Refugee Camp

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

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

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

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Places

al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa

al-Zuq al-Fawqani

'Arab al-Fuqara'

Khirbat al-Taqa

Kirad al-Baqqara

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

The War on Gaza, 2008-2009

2008 - 2009