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As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1875 - 9 February 1949

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Raghib al-Nashashibi

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Rafiq al-Tamimi

George Antonius

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

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

1923 - 12 May 2004

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

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

9 February 1963

Events

Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe

The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire

24 November 1881

Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt

First Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine

European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration

2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888

Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association

Publication of The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine

29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901

Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group

29 September 1907

Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul

Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley

March 1909 - July 1909

Palestinians Clash with Settlers of Sejera Colony

3 April 1909 - 12 April 1909

Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer

Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul

July 1909 - March 1915

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

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

The Arab Congress Meets in Paris

17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913

A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa

Balfour Declaration Is Made

2 November 1917

Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization

May Day Clashes in Jaffa

1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921

Palestine Gendarmerie Is Established

1 July 1921 - 24 April 1922

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

al-Buraq / Western Wall: Palestinians Rise up in Protest against Zionist Provocations

15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929

1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 October 1929

Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936

The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region

10 December 1936

Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936

Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

October 1938 - September 1939

Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians

2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

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

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

SC Res. 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine

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

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine

30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

17 September 1948

Emergency Regulations Regarding Absentee Property

2 December 1948

Israel Enacts the Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance

1 February 1949

Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved

1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950

Palestinians Testify Before the UNCCP

Israel Decides to Issue Temporary Residency Permits for Palestinians Not Included in the Census

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

The Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education

Israel and the Lavon Affair

July 1954 - 17 February 1955

Clashes Across Gaza Borders

2 April 1956 - 14 April 1956

Britain and France Join the War

31 October 1956

Fatah Is Founded

Akhbar Filastin Newspaper Is Published in Gaza

Syrian-Israeli Clashes

19 August 1963 - 20 August 1963

Palestinians Reorganize

11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968

Settlement Attempt in Hebron

12 April 1968 - 16 June 1968

Egypt's War of Attrition

8 March 1969 - 7 August 1970

Jordanian-Palestinian Clashes

11 February 1970

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley

22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970

Black September in Jordan

15 September 1970 - 25 September 1970

Black September Operation in Khartoum

1 March 1973 - 4 March 1973

Israeli Operation in Beirut Against Palestinian Leaders

October War, 1st Day

6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle

17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973

Arab Oil Embargo Is Lifted

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

A PLF Operation in Nahariya

4th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria

5 July 1979 - 6 July 1979

5th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Haifa

5 August 1979 - 6 August 1979

Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

17 January 1980

8th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

31 January 1980 - 1 February 1980

Israeli Settlement in the Old City of Hebron

10 February 1980 - 23 March 1980

Sadat Is Assassinated; Husni Mubarak Becomes President of Egypt

Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London

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

4 June 1982 - 5 June 1982

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982

Israeli Military Pressure on West Beirut

27 June 1982 - 11 July 1982

Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut

21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982

PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan

29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982

Tension in Hebron

1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

Operations Against French and US Contingents in Beirut

23 October 1983

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US

1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985

The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon

19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987

Arafat's "Cairo Declaration" on Terrorism

7 November 1985

US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem

Deportation of Marwan Barghouti and Khalil Achour

31st Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

6 December 1987 - 10 December 1987

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

9 December 1987

Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva

13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988

Start of US-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections

1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989

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

Haram al-Sharif Killings

Conference on Multilateral Peace Talks, Moscow

28 January 1992 - 29 January 1992

A Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Opposed to Negotiations Is Formed in Damascus

16 September 1992

7th Negotiation Round, Washington

21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992

Multilateral Talks

29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992

9th Negotiation Round, Washington

27 April 1993 - 13 May 1993

Hebron Massacre

25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994

Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem

17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995

US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"

23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995

Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon

11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996

Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem

25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998

Israel Releases the First Group of Prisoners Pursuant to Oral Understandings at Wye River

19 November 1998 - 20 November 1998

To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?

28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999

Ehud Barak Becomes Prime Minister After a Campaign Focused on Separation Between Israelis and Palestinians

With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume

11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999

Official Resumption of Final Status Talks

13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999

Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine

30 September 1999

Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts

10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999

Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel

1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000

Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks

7 December 1999 - 26 March 2000

Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date

8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds

7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000

Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round

30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000

Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation

13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000

Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David

3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000

Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit

11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000

Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks

16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000

Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif

28 September 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

Sharm al-Shaykh Summit

16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000

Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

Israeli Prime Minister Barak Resigns

9 December 2000

Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape

26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001

Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak

6 February 2001

Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks

7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001

Assassination of Mas'ud Ayyad in Jabaliya

13 February 2001

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect

5 December 2001

Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?

16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001

The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative

27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)

14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002

Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

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

5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002

Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative

Abbas and Sharon Meet in Jerusalem

17 May 2003 - 29 May 2003

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

6 September 2003

The Geneva "Private" Initiative

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT

21 October 2003

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

Life Sentence Against Marwan Barghouti

Attempted Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected

1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005

Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step

8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005

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

17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005

Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk

18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005

Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain

23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005

Assassination of Muhammad Shaykh Khalil and Nasr Barhum in Gaza City

25 September 2005

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions

27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006

US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA

17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006

Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail

14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006

Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank

1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006

The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document

10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers

Draft SC Res. S/2006/508 Condemning Palestinian Abduction of Israeli Soldier and Israeli Assault on Gaza Vetoed by US

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

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

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

19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone

2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006

Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus

25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative

28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza

10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007

Assassination of Mubarak Hasanat in Deir al-Balah

23 October 2007

Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces

2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza

30 January 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify

4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008

Gaza: Military Confrontation Continues and Siege is Tightened

26 March 2008 - 15 May 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere

27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008

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

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

Barak Obama Is Elected President of the United States

4 November 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza

21 December 2008 - 26 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 3

29 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 6

War on Gaza, Day 7

War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy

4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009

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

War on Gaza, Day 12

War on Gaza, Day 13

War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer

14 January 2009

War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza

16 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 22

17 January 2009

War on Gaza: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire

17 January 2009

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

18 January 2009

Israel Completes Its Withdrawal from Gaza

20 January 2009 - 21 January 2009

President Obama Prepares Active Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009

Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud Forms Israeli Cabinet after Close Election Results

10 February 2009 - 31 March 2009

Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo

25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009

The New Netanyahu Government Prepares its Position on the Palestinian Issue

31 March 2009 - 5 May 2009

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side

21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue

18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009

Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel

US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze

26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009

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

22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009

Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009

US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out

19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009

Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza

15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009

Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque

27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed

8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011

US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan

9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010

Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates

11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians

20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade

8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010

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

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

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

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

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

14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries

17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011

US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East

19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011

Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN

2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011

Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

2 September 2011

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

12 September 2011 - 23 September 2011

The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations

23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011

The State of Palestine Becomes Full Member of the UNESCO

5 October 2011 - 31 October 2011

Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion

12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011

Assassination of Abdullah al-Talbani in Jabaliya

27 December 2011

Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts

22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012

Assassination of Anis Abu al-Anin in Rafah

19 September 2012

Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza

14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012

Reelection of President Barack Obama

6 November 2012

Settlement Consolidation in the West Bank, Including Jerusalem

6 November 2012 - 12 November 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

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3

16 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 6

19 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet

22 November 2012

Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures

22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013

US President Barack Obama Visits Israel and Bethlehem and Ramallah

20 March 2013 - 21 March 2013

Assassination of Haytham al-Mis-hal near Rafah

Israel Links the First-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

8 August 2013 - 25 August 2013

Israeli-Palestinian Talks Accelerate for Nothing

25 September 2013 - 23 October 2013

Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Trilateral Agreement for a Red Sea-Dead Sea Link

9 December 2013

Third Group of Prisoner Release as Part of Negotiation Resumption Deal

31 December 2013

For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations

4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014

Kerry Prepares Another Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

Abbas's Meeting With Obama in Washington Tests US Credibility

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

17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014

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

A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched

Abbas Sets Three Conditions for Extension of Negotiations

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government

2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014

Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front

3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014

UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 26-28: Fighting Continues

2 August 2014 - 4 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire

5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif

30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014

France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative

15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015

Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt

31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products

9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015

Palestinian Car Ramming: A New Palestinian Weapon?

6 March 2015 - 14 May 2015

The 2014 Gaza War: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools

UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif

2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015

A Day of Escalation in the West Bank

Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst

5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015

37th Zionist Congress, Jerusalem

20 October 2015 - 22 October 2015

Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement

16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015

France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative

29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016

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

8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016

Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif

26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016

Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure

27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016

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

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism

23 December 2016

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

Settlers Attempt to Modify the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif

5 February 2017 - 24 May 2017

Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War

28 February 2017

Israel’s Knesset Passes Amendment No. 28 to Entry into Israel Law

Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017

Trump Signs the 6-Month Waiver Delaying the Application of the Jerusalem Embassy Act

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

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

24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017

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

Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad

22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018

Taylor Force Act Signed into Law

Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire

7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018

UNGA Res. 73/5 Accords Privileges to Palestine as Chair of Group of 77 for 2019

16 October 2018

Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters

17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018

Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure

19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019

The UNGA Votes Down a US-Proposed Draft Resolution Condemning Hamas

6 December 2018

Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron

28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019

UNHRC Report on Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

28 February 2019

Assassination of Hamed al-Khoudary in Gaza City

PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections

26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

Meetings of the Munich Group and the Middle East Quartet

11 January 2021 - 18 November 2021

Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State

12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021

PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones

15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

Historical Texts

Sykes-Picot Agreement

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

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Palin Commission Report

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

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

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

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”

1 December 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UNSC Resolution 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine

UNSC Resolution 46

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account

8 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

9 December 1969

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution

Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference

1 September 1975

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

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

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel

8 December 1977

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

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

UNSC Resolution 465

The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza

31 January 1982

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

1 September 1982

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

7 February 1983

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat

7 November 1985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769

29 January 1986

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNSC Resolution 605

22 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly

14 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463

17 February 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1

6 November 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326

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

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker

Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

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

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement

27 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/13

27 October 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

UNGA Resolution 58/292

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

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

National Conciliation Document

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508

UNSC Resolution 1701

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups

16 January 2009

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

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program

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

25 September 2009

President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

HRC Resolution S-21/1

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

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

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

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

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

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

1 November 2017

UNGA Resolution 73/5

16 October 2018

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

28 February 2019

President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel

Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

12 February 2020

Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)

11 January 2021

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada

Historical Media

Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing

Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing

The West Bank Barrier (Separation Wall)

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Zionist Operations Against the British Mandate Authorities

1944 - 1947

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (I)

1996 - 2004

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (II)

2005-2019

Thematic Chronology

October 1973 War

1973 - 1974

Thematic Chronology

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

2012

Thematic Chronology

The May 2021 Gaza War

2021

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

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

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

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

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

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

III. Late Mandate

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

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

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

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

The Judaization of the Galilee

A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Lebanon War, 1982

A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Israeli Military

The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

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

I. Ottoman Rule

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

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

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Marka Refugee Camp

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

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

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Beddawi Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The 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

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

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

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

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

Places

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (2)

2000

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (1)

2000 - 2010