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Ottoman-French Capitulation, 1673 (in French)
5 June 1673
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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
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Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22
10 January 1920
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San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
16 September 1922
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The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
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British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
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MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
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Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
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The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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The Haganah: Plan Gimmel (Plan C): Section on Countermeasures
May 1946
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Statement by the Council of the Arab League on the Anglo-American Committee's Report on Palestine
12 June 1946
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
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Truman’s Statement on US Efforts for Palestine
4 October 1946
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British Referral of the Palestine Question to the UN
2 April 1947
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Arab Ten-Point Position on UN Agenda on Palestine
29 April 1947
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UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan
3 September 1947
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UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan
3 September 1947
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UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority
3 September 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
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UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine
16 February 1948
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Statement by the Committee of the Christian Union of Palestine
3 March 1948
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UNSC Resolution 42
5 March 1948
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Text of Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section
10 March 1948
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Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
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Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
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Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Ad Hoc Political Committee Resolution on Israel’s Application for UN Membership
4 May 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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UNSC Resolution 106
29 March 1955
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UNGA Resolution 998 (ES-I)
4 November 1956
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)
5 November 1963
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Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
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Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
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UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
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Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions
1 September 1967
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
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Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
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Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
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UNSC Resolution 271
15 September 1969
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
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Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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Speech by Jordan’s King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
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Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
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Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
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Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria
31 May 1974
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
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Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
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Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East
1 October 1977
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Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference
5 October 1977
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PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
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Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel
8 December 1977
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Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
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Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
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Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
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UNSC Resolution 465
1 March 1980
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The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
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Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
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Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan
7 August 1981
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Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land
18 August 1981
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Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
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Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
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Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
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Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
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Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 September 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
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Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat
7 November 1985
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
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The London Agreement
11 April 1987
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Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
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Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians
26 February 1988
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The Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
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King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly
14 December 1988
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Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
September 1989
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Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
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PLO “Assumptions” with Regard to Baker's Five Points
1 December 1989
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President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 1st Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 2nd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
9 April 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 4th Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
26 April 1991
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Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
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Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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UNGA Resolution 52/250
13 July 1998
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Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21
13 July 1998
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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration
25 March 1999
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Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
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Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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President Clinton Proposals on Israeli‑Palestinian Peace
23 December 2000
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Palestinian Response to President Clinton Proposals
1 January 2001
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PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
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The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
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South African Communiqué on Palestinian-Israeli Meeting
11 January 2002
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UNSC Resolution 1397
12 March 2002
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Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
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Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
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UNSC Resolution 1402
30 March 2002
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The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
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Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
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President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
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Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
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Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
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Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
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EU’s Decision on a Border Assistance Mission to Rafah
12 December 2005
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Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
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Prisoners’ Document on National Conciliation
10 May 2006
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National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
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UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
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President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
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Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush
27 November 2007
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Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9
1 June 2010
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Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State
16 May 2011
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UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
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China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question
6 May 2013
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities
24 March 2016
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
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UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
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China’s Four-Point Proposal on Promoting the Settlement of the Palestinian Issue
18 July 2017
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
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Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance
26 December 2018
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
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Abraham Accords: Treaty of Peace Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
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Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)
11 January 2021
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
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HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021
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Framework for Cooperation between UNRWA and the USA, 2021-2022
14 July 2021
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Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC
9 May 2022
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31st Arab Summit: Algiers Declaration (in French)
2 November 2022

Biographies

Biography
Aref al-Dajani
1860 - 13 April 1930
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Constantine Zurayk
18 April 1909 - 12 August 2000
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Anwar Nusseibeh
1913 - 22 November 1986
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
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
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943 - 10 March 2026
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Leila Shahid
13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Biography
Rim Banna
6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966

Events

Event
2nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
28 August 1898 - 31 August 1898
Event
Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet
15 May 1920
Event
Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances
10 August 1921
Event
Establishment of the National Defense Party
2 December 1934
Event
The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region
10 December 1936
Event
Avner Defense Plan
June 1937
Event
Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine
7 July 1937
Event
Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Event
20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich
3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937
Event
Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan
8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937
Event
Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission
4 January 1938
Event
Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
October 1938 - September 1939
Event
The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo
7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938
Event
Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published
9 November 1938
Event
The British Government Rejects the Conclusions of the Partition (Woodhead) Commission
11 November 1938
Event
London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
Event
British Recommend Partition
December 1943
Event
Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York
25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950
Event
Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
Event
Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Publishes its Report after a Visit to Palestine
6 March 1946 - 20 April 1946
Event
League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence
18 April 1946
Event
Haganah's Plan Gimmel
May 1946
Event
Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan; a New Constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
25 May 1946 - 7 December 1946
Event
Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946
Event
Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan
24 July 1946
Event
Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement
5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946
Event
Round Table Conference on Palestine Held in London
10 September 1946 - 3 October 1946
Event
Truman's Statement after Postponement of Round Table Conference on Palestine
4 October 1946
Event
22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946
Event
London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails
27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947
Event
Great Britain Refers the question of Palestine to the UN
2 April 1947
Event
UN General Assembly Special Session on Palestine
28 April 1947 - 9 May 1947
Event
UNGA Res. 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)
15 May 1947
Event
Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
Event
Arab League Meeting on Palestine, in Sofar, Lebanon
16 September 1947 - 19 September 1947
Event
Setting up an Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question
23 September 1947 - 25 November 1947
Event
British to Terminate Palestine Mandate
26 September 1947
Event
Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan
29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947
Event
US and USSR Endorse Partition
11 October 1947 - 13 October 1947
Event
UNGA Res. 181 (II): Palestine Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Event
First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense
29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948
Event
The Haganah Implements Plan Gimmel
1 December 1947
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
Arab League Rejects Partition Plan
8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947
Event
Arab Liberation Army Organized
1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948
Event
The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council
29 January 1948 - 16 February 1948
Event
Transjordan and Great Britain Agree on Jordanian Military Intervention in Palestine
7 February 1948
Event
Church Leaders in Palestine Denounce Partition
3 March 1948
Event
SC Res. 42: Appealing Permanent Members for Guidance on Palestine
5 March 1948
Event
Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah
10 March 1948
Event
Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive
10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948
Event
US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition
18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948
Event
Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas
19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948
Event
SC Res. 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine
1 April 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
SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine
17 April 1948
Event
Trusteeship Plan for Palestine
20 April 1948
Event
SC Res. 48: Establishment of the UN Truce Commission for Palestine
23 April 1948
Event
Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine
30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948
Event
Operation Barak Toward the South
9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
Event
UNGA Res. 186 (S-2): Appointment of a UN Mediator in Palestine
14 May 1948
Event
Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine
15 May 1948
Event
Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders
15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948
Event
Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War
15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949
Event
SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem
22 May 1948
Event
SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine
29 May 1948
Event
First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages
11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948
Event
Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan
28 June 1948
Event
Responses to Bernadotte's Plan
2 July 1948 - 5 July 1948
Event
Transjordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
Event
Second Palestine Truce
18 July 1948 - 15 October 1948
Event
Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City
2 August 1948
Event
Bernadotte's New Plan
16 September 1948
Event
Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance
16 September 1948
Event
UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
Event
US in Favor of Bernadotte's New Plan
21 September 1948
Event
Israel's Provisional Council Enacts Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance
23 September 1948
Event
Israel Conducts its First Population Census
8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949
Event
UNGA Res. 194 (III): Establishment of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)
11 December 1948
Event
Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
17 December 1948
Event
First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes
12 January 1949
Event
SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership
4 March 1949
Event
UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference
27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949
Event
The UNGA Ad Hoc Political Committee, Dealing with Israel's Admission Application, Requests Clarifications
4 May 1949 - 9 May 1949
Event
UNGA Res. 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN
11 May 1949
Event
Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
Event
UNGA Res. 303 (IV): To Place Jerusalem Under a Permanent International Regime
9 December 1949
Event
Special International Regime for Jerusalem
4 April 1950
Event
Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut
27 January 1951
Event
Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah
July 1951
Event
SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal
1 September 1951
Event
Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects
30 June 1953
Event
Arab League and Jordan River Waters
15 February 1954
Event
Israel and the Lavon Affair
July 1954 - 17 February 1955
Event
Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955
Event
SC Res. 106: Condemning Israel’s Attack Against Egypt’s Regular Army in Gaza
29 March 1955
Event
With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel
3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955
Event
Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
Event
Renewal of Egyptian-Israeli Clashes
22 August 1955 - 4 September 1955
Event
Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
Event
France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956
Event
Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
Event
The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
Event
UNGA Res. 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)
2 November 1956
Event
UNGA Res. 998 (ES-I): Creating the UN Emergency Force (UNEF)
5 November 1956
Event
UNGA Res. 1002 (ES-1): Calling for Withdrawal of Israeli Forces Behind Armistice Lines and of British and French Forces from Egypt
7 November 1956
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza
10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957
Event
UNRWA Director Issues Special Report on Situation in Gaza Strip
15 December 1956
Event
Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre
6 January 1957
Event
UNGA Res. 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)
19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957
Event
Israel Refuses Full Withdrawal
3 February 1957
Event
Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza
20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957
Event
Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai
7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957
Event
Arab States Protest Jewish Immigration
11 May 1959
Event
Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960
25 July 1960
Event
Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York
26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001
Event
Palestinians in Israel Demonstrate; Resorting to the UN
21 September 1961 - 30 September 1961
Event
Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals
5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962
Event
Palestinian Delegation at the UN
18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963
Event
1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
Event
1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Event
2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
Event
President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan
27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965
Event
2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
Event
3rd Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965
Event
3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
Event
Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle
7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967
Event
Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria
12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967
Event
Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria
15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967
Event
Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly
13 June 1967 - 21 July 1967
Event
Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank
14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967
Event
Security Council Resolution S/RES/242
22 November 1967
Event
First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic
January 1968
Event
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Event
5th Arab Summit Meets in Rabat and Ends in Failure
21 December 1969 - 23 December 1969
Event
Israel and Refugee Camps in Gaza and West Bank
18 February 1970
Event
Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970
Event
1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970
Event
Jordan Complains to UN Security Council on Jerusalem
13 September 1971
Event
SC Res. 298: Deploring Israel’s Failure to Respect Previous Resolutions on its Measures Affecting Status of Jerusalem
25 September 1971
Event
American-Soviet Agreement on a Cease-fire
21 October 1973
Event
SC Res. 338: Calling for Cease-fire and Deciding to Start Immediately Negotiations for Just Durable and Peace
22 October 1973
Event
Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms
23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
Event
12th Palestine National Council, Cairo: A New Political Program
1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974
Event
Palestine Question Is Placed on the Agenda of the UN General Assembly
21 September 1974
Event
Palestinian Rejection Front
10 October 1974
Event
Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly
13 November 1974
Event
The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN
25 February 1975
Event
US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
Event
A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth
18 October 1975
Event
UNGA Res. 3375 (XXX): Calling for Inviting PLO to any UN Efforts on the Middle East on Equal Footing with Other Parties
10 November 1975
Event
UNGA Res. 3379 (XXX): Determining that Zionism is a Form of Racism and Racial Discrimination
10 November 1975
Event
Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation
1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976
Event
US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference
5 October 1977
Event
Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 December 1977
Event
SC Res. 425: Calling upon Israel to Withdraw its Forces from Lebanon, and Establishing UNIFIL
19 March 1978
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan
16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978
Event
1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba
25 May 1979
Event
Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
17 January 1980
Event
SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones
1 March 1980
Event
Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
Event
11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
Event
The Knesset Issues Amendment 16 to the Planning and Building Law, 1965
12 February 1981
Event
Fahd Plan Is Announced
7 August 1981
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
Event
12th Arab Summit Meets in Fez and Adjourns
25 November 1981
Event
Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War
25 May 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US
26 June 1982
Event
PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan
29 July 1982 - 31 July 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
The 12th Arab Summit Meeting in Fez Adopts the "Fez Initiative"
6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982
Event
PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
Event
16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Event
Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
21 March 1983 - 11 April 1983
Event
Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983
Event
Tension in Hebron
1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983
Event
Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
Event
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament
23 January 1984
Event
S-G Report (A/39/130-S/16409), Pursuant to UNGA Res. 38/58 on ME Peace Conference
13 March 1984
Event
Tal Rumayda Settlement in Hebron
8 August 1984
Event
Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985
Event
The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242
15 May 1985
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Event
Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement
11 April 1987
Event
18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Event
US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York
9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987
Event
First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
14 December 1987
Event
UNGA Res. 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country
17 December 1987
Event
SC Res. 608: Calling upon Israel to Rescind Deportation Orders of Palestinians
14 January 1988
Event
Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
Event
UNGA Res. 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion
2 March 1988
Event
US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
Event
ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York
9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988
Event
UNGA Res. 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission)
23 March 1988
Event
3rd Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region
3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Algiers
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988
Event
A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission
29 June 1988
Event
Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank
28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988
Event
19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State
12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988
Event
Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva
13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988
Event
Start of US-PLO Dialogue
14 December 1988
Event
UNGA Res. 43/177: The PLO to Be Designated as Palestine in the UN System; Territorial Scope
15 December 1988
Event
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative
15 May 1989
Event
Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections
1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989
Event
China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace
21 September 1989
Event
The Baker Five-Point Plan
10 October 1989
Event
Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan
16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989
Event
Draft UNGA A/44/L.50 to Construe Designation Palestine as the State of Palestine Withdrawn Due to US Threat Against UN
6 December 1989
Event
Israel's National Unity Government Collapses
13 March 1990 - 11 June 1990
Event
The Issue of Hamas's Participation in the Palestine National Council
7 April 1990
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
Event
Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US
31 May 1990
Event
A New Constitutional Law Rejects Palestinians' Resettlement in Lebanon
21 September 1990
Event
Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference
20 December 1990
Event
President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War
6 March 1991
Event
SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
24 May 1991
Event
President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991
Event
5th Negotiation Round, Washington
27 April 1992 - 30 April 1992
Event
Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem
19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995
Event
Land Expropriation in Jerusalem
27 April 1995 - 3 May 1995
Event
Redeployment from Hebron Delayed
28 March 1996
Event
Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996
Event
First Phase of Further Redeployment Not Implemented
9 March 1997 - 12 March 1997
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked
10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997
Event
Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
Event
Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998
Event
Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem
25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998
Event
UNGA Res. 52/250: Granting Palestine Additional Rights and Privileges at the GA
7 July 1998
Event
Statement S/PRST/1998/21 by SC President Against Israel Broadening Boundaries of Jerusalem
13 July 1998
Event
To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/6: Recommending Holding a Conference to Enforce the 4th Geneva Convention in the OPT
9 February 1999
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000
Event
George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP
27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000
Event
Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
Event
Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Event
Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171
18 December 2000
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes Abate
23 December 2000 - 6 February 2001
Event
Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape
26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2001/270 Calling for Cessation of Settlement Activities and Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by US
27 March 2001
Event
13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001
Event
Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal for a Cease-Fire and a Resumption of Talks
16 April 2001 - 27 April 2001
Event
New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes
18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001
Event
The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan
11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001
Event
Assassination of Osama Jawabra in Nablus
24 June 2001
Event
Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation
4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001
Event
Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions
10 August 2001
Event
UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban
31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001
Event
Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
Event
Timid Diplomatic Efforts
2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2001/1199 Demanding Cessation of Violence and Return to Previous Positions Vetoed by the US
15 December 2001
Event
Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?
16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001
Event
An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002
Event
SC Res. 1397: Affirming a Vision of Two States, Israel and Palestine, Living Side by Side
12 March 2002
Event
Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
Event
Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)
14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002
Event
On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
Event
George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East
24 June 2002
Event
Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?
13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US
20 December 2002
Event
Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position
9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
Event
15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh
1 March 2003
Event
The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003
Event
Abbas and Sharon Meet in Jerusalem
17 May 2003 - 29 May 2003
Event
Israel Adopts Plan for Second Phase of Separation Wall
1 October 2003
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT
21 October 2003
Event
Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003
Event
Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
Event
Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
12 January 2004 - 2 February 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004
Event
Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
Event
Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
UNGA Res. 58/292: Affirming that Status of Palestinian Territory Remains one of Military Occupation
6 May 2004
Event
16th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis; Rejection of Israel's Disengagement Plan
22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004
Event
An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA
24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004
Event
Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan
6 June 2004
Event
The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall
9 July 2004
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/15: Demands that Israel Complies with ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Wall; Requests SG to Establish Register of Damage
20 July 2004
Event
The Knesset Adopts the Disengagement Plan Implementation Law
16 February 2005
Event
London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority
1 March 2005
Event
US Day-to-Day Involvement in Palestinian-Related Security Matters and in the Disengagement Plan
10 March 2005 - 30 June 2005
Event
Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim
21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005
Event
James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters
14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005
Event
Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza
9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005
Event
Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border
15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005
Event
Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access
15 November 2005
Event
US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA
17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006
Event
Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis
1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006
Event
Olmert's Separation Plan
5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006
Event
A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office
9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006
Event
Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
Event
Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers
12 July 2006
Event
July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
Event
July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes
30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006
Event
July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire
5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006
Event
SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon
11 August 2006
Event
July War: The Cease-Fire
12 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes
18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006
Event
The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas
14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/17: Establishing the Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the OPT
15 December 2006
Event
International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007
Event
Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration
27 April 2007
Event
Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa
4 December 2007
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start
12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007
Event
The Quartet Expresses "Concern" over Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa Expansion
17 December 2007
Event
Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM
17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
Event
After the July War: Winograd Commission's Report on Israel's Handling of the 2006 Lebanon War
30 January 2008
Event
Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans
9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008
Event
Gaza: Military Confrontation Continues and Siege is Tightened
26 March 2008 - 15 May 2008
Event
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened
5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
Event
Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza
21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008
Event
The War on Gaza (2008-09): Operation Cast Lead/ Battle of al-Furqan
27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 3
29 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet
3 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
Event
SC Res. 1860: Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire and Arrangements to Prevent Arms Trafficking
8 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/18: Supporting an Immediate Gaza Ceasefire According to Security Council Resolution 1860
23 January 2009
Event
Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh
2 March 2009
Event
The UN Human Rights Council Forms a Fact-Finding Mission on the War on Gaza (the Goldstone Mission)
3 April 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises
4 May 2009
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue
18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009
Event
US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out
19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009
Event
Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan
25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009
Event
Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More
9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza
15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009
Event
Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque
27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
The Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making
29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009
Event
Israel Approves a Major Settlement Plan in Gilo, East Jerusalem
17 November 2009
Event
The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks
7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010
Event
Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites
21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010
Event
Israel's Ramat Shlomo Constructions' Plan During Joe Biden's Visit
8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010
Event
US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan
9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010
Event
The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel
19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010
Event
22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte
27 March 2010
Event
US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians
20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010
Event
With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched
22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010
Event
Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
Event
The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 August 2010
Event
Escalation in Israel's Settlement Activity
26 September 2010 - 8 November 2010
Event
US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
Event
The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations
16 October 2010
Event
Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics
14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2011/24 Reaffirming that Israeli Settlements in OPT Are Illegal Vetoed by US
18 February 2011
Event
On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel
15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011
Event
Abbas Confirms Palestinian UN Bid for Statehood
16 May 2011
Event
US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East
19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011
Event
Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN
2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Accord Put on Hold
14 June 2011 - 7 August 2011
Event
Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 September 2011
Event
Despite US, European, and Arab Pressure, Abbas Submits a Request for Full UN Membership
12 September 2011 - 23 September 2011
Event
State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Event
Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest
27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011
Event
Fate of the Palestinian UN Admission Request
28 September 2011 - 8 November 2011
Event
After Palestine's UNESCO Admission, Israel Suspends Transfer of Taxes to the PA
1 November 2011 - 30 November 2011
Event
Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
Event
US Legislation Against Palestinian Full UN Membership
23 December 2011
Event
Abbas Announces Intent to Apply for Observer State Status in Speech at UN General Assembly
27 September 2012
Event
Settlement Consolidation in the West Bank, Including Jerusalem
6 November 2012 - 12 November 2012
Event
UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN
29 November 2012
Event
Symbolic Erection of Bab al-Shams and Bab al-Karama villages in the West Bank
11 January 2013 - 20 January 2013
Event
24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
Event
With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities
30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013
Event
Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013
Event
Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement
14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014
Event
For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014
Event
Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations
4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014
Event
Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations
13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014
Event
Settlement Announcement in the Midst of a Crisis Regarding the Negotiations
1 April 2014
Event
With the Nonrelease of Prisoners, the Palestinian Leadership Applies for Access to 19 International Conventions
1 April 2014
Event
A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched
16 April 2014
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
Event
Settlement Balance Sheet with Breakdown of the Kerry Negotiation Round
29 April 2014
Event
Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
Event
Israel Uses the Palestinian Cabinet Formation as a Pretext to Launch a New Wave of Settlement Plans
5 June 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War
7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5
11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)
31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 26-28: Fighting Continues
2 August 2014 - 4 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
26 August 2014
Event
Renewal of Settlement Activity
31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014
Event
Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism
16 September 2014
Event
The PLO Strives for a Security Council Resolution Specifying a Timetable for Ending the Occupation
26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014
Event
International Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction
12 October 2014
Event
French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC
30 December 2014
Event
President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute
31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015
Event
Settlement Construction
30 January 2015
Event
Palestinian Militants Build and Rebuild “Gate of Jerusalem” Tent Camp in Abu Dis
3 February 2015 - 27 March 2015
Event
A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?
2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015
Event
26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools
27 April 2015
Event
Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire
16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015
Event
UNGA Res. 69/320: Palestine Allowed to Raise Flag at UN
10 September 2015
Event
37th Zionist Congress, Jerusalem
20 October 2015 - 22 October 2015
Event
No Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
25 October 2015 - 26 October 2015
Event
France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative
29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016
Event
The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
Event
To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative
9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016
Event
Palestinians Thwart the Setting Up of Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016
Event
The UN Human Rights Council Decides to Establish a Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities
24 March 2016
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet
3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016
Event
Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure
27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016
Event
Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements
22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016
Event
SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism
23 December 2016
Event
Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East
15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017
Event
Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
Event
The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively
6 February 2017
Event
Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018
Event
Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
Event
UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Event
UN SG Antonio Guterres Distances Himself from ESCWA Report; Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf Resigns
16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017
Event
28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea
29 March 2017
Event
The Knesset Adopts Amendment No. 116 to the Planning and Building Law (Kaminitz Law)
5 April 2017
Event
Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan
24 August 2017
Event
Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel
7 September 2017
Event
The Fate of the PLO Diplomatic Office in Washington
17 November 2017
Event
Palestinian Diplomatic Activity after US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
6 December 2017 - 20 December 2017
Event
Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem
13 December 2017
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US
18 December 2017
Event
Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem
18 December 2017
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/19 Opposes Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem
21 December 2017
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018
Event
President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council
20 February 2018
Event
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest
25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018
Event
PA Requests Membership of International Treaties and Conventions in Response to US Embassy Move
24 March 2018 - 6 June 2018
Event
The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
Event
International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
Event
29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran
15 April 2018
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes Commission into Israel’s Attacks on the Great March of Return Protesters
18 May 2018
Event
Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2018/516 Calling for the Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by the US
1 June 2018
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/20 Calls for the Protection of the Palestinian Civilian Population
13 June 2018
Event
Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East
15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018
Event
Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue
2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018
Event
Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire
7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018
Event
Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation
7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018
Event
Qatar's Assistance to Gaza
9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018
Event
UNGA Res. 73/5 Accords Privileges to Palestine as Chair of Group of 77 for 2019
16 October 2018
Event
Settlement Construction in 2018 Remains High
31 December 2018
Event
PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing
7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019
Event
Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron
28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019
Event
Russian Effort on Reconciliation Fails and Hamas-Fatah Relations Further Deteriorate
13 February 2019 - 17 February 2019
Event
The US Recognizes the Golan Heights as Part of Israel
21 March 2019 - 25 March 2019
Event
30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
31 March 2019
Event
Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood
16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019
Event
Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya
1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019
Event
US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference
22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019
Event
US Blocks UNSC Statement Condemning Sur Bahir Demolitions
24 July 2019
Event
UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations
29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019
Event
PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections
26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019
Event
Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron
1 December 2019
Event
Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration
31 December 2019
Event
Israeli Caretaker Government and Opposition Escalate Settlement Advancement and Annexation Discourse
6 January 2020 - 25 February 2020
Event
Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020
Event
US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions
28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020
Event
US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction
29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020
Event
UN Releases List of Businesses Connected to Israeli Settlements
12 February 2020
Event
International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans
18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020
Event
After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks
3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020
Event
Repeated Demolition of Khirbet Humsa
3 November 2020 - 27 October 2021
Event
Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco
10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020
Event
Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020
Event
Meetings of the Munich Group and the Middle East Quartet
11 January 2021 - 18 November 2021
Event
PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones
15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2
11 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 9
18 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
21 May 2021
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021
Event
A US-UNRWA Agreement Forces the Agency to Make Severe Policy Changes
14 July 2021 - 23 September 2021
Event
Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations
22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021
Event
Israeli Policy of Evicting Palestinian Families in East Jerusalem
19 January 2022 - 10 May 2022
Event
Further Israeli Restrictions on Who Can Travel In and Out of the West Bank
20 February 2022 - 30 April 2022
Event
The (Ongoing) Independent International Commission of Inquiry Issues its First Report
9 May 2022
Event
Assassination of Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin
11 May 2022 - 15 November 2022
Event
Israel to Approve 4,427 New Settlement Housing Units
12 May 2022
Event
A Balance Sheet for Bennett-Lapid Government Actions in the West Bank
29 June 2022
Event
31st Arab Summit Meets in Algiers
1 November 2022 - 2 November 2022
Event
Netanyahu Forms Radical Right-Wing Israeli Government
29 December 2022
Event
UNGA Res. 77/247 Requesting an ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Israeli Occupation
30 December 2022 - 16 January 2023

Historical Media

Document
Jaffa in Ruins
June 1936
Document
Peel Commission and Partition
11 November 1936
Document
Peel Commission Proposes Partition Map
7 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission: Partition Proposal A
9 November 1938
Document
Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission, Partition Proposal B
9 November 1938
Document
Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission, Partition Proposal C
9 November 1939
Document
Jewish Agency Partition Proposal, 1946
September 1946
Document
UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
Document
UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
Document
Partition Plan (Ad Hoc Committee Proposal)
29 November 1947
Document
Cairo Street Rejects Palestine Partition
December 1947
Document
Haganah in Jerusalem
April 1948

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Military Operations and Zionist Ethnic Cleansing
1946 - 1949
Thematic Chronology
Egyptian-Israeli Negotiation Rounds on Palestinian Autonomy
1977 - 1982
Thematic Chronology
The UN and Palestine: Security Council Vetoed Draft Resolutions
1963 - present
Thematic Chronology
The War on Gaza, 2008-2009
2008 - 2009
Thematic Chronology
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
2003 - 2006
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian Political Institutional Presence in the US
1917 - present
Thematic Chronology
The UN and Palestine: General Assembly Resolutions
1947 - present
Thematic Chronology
The UN and Palestine: Security Council Resolutions
1948 - present

Highlights

Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
Highlight
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
Highlight
Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Highlight
Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
Highlight
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question Before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
Highlight
Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
Highlight
Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
Highlight
The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest
Highlight
Japan and the Palestine Question
A Policy still Subordinate to the US
Highlight
Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
Highlight
Jerash Refugee Camp (Gaza Camp)
Jordan
Highlight
XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
Highlight
The Great March of Return
Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown
Highlight
XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
Highlight
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
Highlight
Brazil and the Palestine Question
Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Periods

Period
IV. The Palestine War and the Nakba

Places

Place
'Amqa
Place
'Akbara
Place
al-'Abbasiyya
Place
al-'Ubaydiyya
Place
al-Dawayima
Place
al-Farradiyya
Place
al-Jalama
Place
al-Jura
Place
al-Kafrayn
Place
al-Khisas
Place
al-Latrun
Place
al-Maliha
Place
al-Manshiyya
Place
al-Mukhayzin
Place
al-Nabi Rubin
Place
al-Nabi Yusha'
Place
al-Qastal
Place
al-Samra
Place
al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
Place
al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
Place
al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
Place
al-Tira
Place
al-Tira
Place
Aqir
Place
'Aqqur
Place
'Ayn Ghazal
Place
Balad al-Shaykh
Place
Barqusya
Place
al-Barriyya
Place
Bayt Dajan
Place
Bayt Jirja
Place
Khirbat Bayt Lid
Place
Bayt Mahsir
Place
Bayt Daras
Place
Bayt Susin
Place
Bayt Jiz
Place
Bir Ma'in
Place
al-Burayj
Place
Daniyal
Place
Fardisya
Place
Fir'im
Place
Hatta
Place
Hiribya
Place
Ijzim
Place
'Iraq al-Manshiyya
Place
'Iraq Suwaydan
Place
Jaba'
Place
Jabbul
Place
al-Jaladiyya
Place
Julis
Place
Kafr 'Inan
Place
Kafr Saba
Place
Kasla
Place
Khirbat al-'Umur
Place
Khirbat al-Kasayir
Place
Khirbat al-Lawz
Place
Khirbat al-Shuna
Place
Lifta
Place
Ma'lul
Place
Miska
Place
Nasir al-Din
Place
Nuris
Place
Qaqun
Place
Qastina
Place
Qisarya
Place
Rantiya
Place
Ras Abu 'Ammar
Place
Salama
Place
Saris
Place
Summil
Place
Tabsur
Place
Tall al-Turmus
Place
Umm Khalid
Place
Wadi 'Ara
Place
Yasur
Place
Zakariyya
Place
Zayta
Place
Zikrin
Place
al-'Abisiyya
Place
al-Khalisa
Place
al-Khalasa
Place
Deir Yasin
Place
al-Qabu
Place
al-Hamidiyya
Place
Zir'in
Place
al-Murassas
Place
al-Samiriyya
Place
Tall al-Shawk
Place
Zab'a
Place
'Arab al-Safa

Charts

Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (1)
2015 - 2048
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (2)
2015 - 2048
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (3)
2015 - 2048