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Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Freih Abu Middein

1878 - 29 June 1950

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

1882 - 22 April 1942

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1894 - 19 March 1949

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

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

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Palin Commission Report

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

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929

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

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Proposed New Constitution for Palestine

22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935

Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Pact of the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA ٍSpecial Session on Future Palestine Government

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

UNSC Resolution 62

16 November 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

UNSC Resolution 69

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

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

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

UNSC Resolution 106

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

UNGA Resolution 1124 (XI)

2 February 1957

UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)

2 February 1957

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

UNSC Resolution 171

Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1

3 November 1966

UNSC Resolution 228

25 November 1966

UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

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

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

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

The Koenig Memorandum

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

UNSC Resolution 425

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

17 September 1978

UNSC Resolution 446

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

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

28 January 1980

UNSC Resolution 465

The Venice Declaration

Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land

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

31 January 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

UNSC Resolution 509

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

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769

29 January 1986

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

The Shultz Negotiations Plan

UNGA Resolution 42/230

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

13 December 1988

UNSC Resolution 681

20 December 1990

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

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

UNSC Resolution 904

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

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

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

The Mitchell Report

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

UNSC Resolution 1397

Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

UNSC Resolution 1402

UNSC Resolution 1405

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

UNSC Resolution 1435

24 September 2002

Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385

20 December 2002

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891

16 September 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/12

25 September 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980

14 October 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/13

27 October 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240

UNGA Resolution 58/292

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

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

17 October 2005

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

National Conciliation Document

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508

UNSC Resolution 1701

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878

10 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

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

25 September 2009

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

HRC Resolution S-21/1

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

UNSC Resolution 2334

23 December 2016

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

UNGA Resolution ES-10/19

21 December 2017

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

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

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

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

12 February 2020

Events

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

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

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley

March 1909 - July 1909

Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul

July 1909 - March 1915

The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine

First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall

28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917

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

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan

21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan

2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

The British Form a Commission of Inquiry on Disturbances at al-Buraq / Western Wall

13 September 1929

John Hope Simpson Sent to Palestine to Investigate Questions of Immigration, Land Settlement and Development

The British Issue the Press Ordinance

17 January 1935

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party

Establishment of the Reform Party

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937

18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937

Avner Defense Plan

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference

15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939

MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians

17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Publishes its Report after a Visit to Palestine

6 March 1946 - 20 April 1946

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

First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense

29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948

Arab League Rejects Partition Plan

8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947

Zionist Attacks

15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948

Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah

Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive

10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition

18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948

Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas

19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948

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

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine

30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948

Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine

France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

24 January 1949

The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Egypt-Israel Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank

16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949

Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously

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

1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952

The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law

Palestinians in Israel Protest the Nationality law

SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice

24 November 1953

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Escalation Across Jordanian-Israeli Lines

10 September 1956 - 26 September 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)

19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957

Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai

7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity

29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961

SC Res. 171: Determining Israel's Attack on Syria a Violation of SC Res. 111

1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York

22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974

President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan

27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965

2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

28 March 1972 - 2 May 1972

10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972

October War, 5th Day

10 October 1973

Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon

5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation

1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976

The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel

1 March 1976 - April 1976

Palestinian "Land Day"

10th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Israeli Settlement in the Old City of Hebron

10 February 1980 - 23 March 1980

Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo

11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981

Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank

16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982

Palestinian Mayors Stand with Those Dismissed by Israel

Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination

31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983

Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement

17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983

Operations Against French and US Contingents in Beirut

23 October 1983

UNGA 38/58: Calling for the Convening of an International Peace Conference on the Middle East

13 December 1983

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

18 February 1985

Deportation of Muhammad Dahlan

13 December 1986 - 26 January 1987

US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York

9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987

Unified National Leadership of the Uprising

UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion

US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan

ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York

9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988

The Intifada and the Israeli Response in Another Stage in the Confrontation

11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988

A Palestine Affairs Center, under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington

1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994

A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission

Israel Proposes Elections in the West Bank and Gaza

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel

23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad

28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

4th Negotiation Round, Washington

24 February 1992 - 4 March 1992

Assassination of Atef Bseiso in Paris

6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington

24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

Hebron Massacre

25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994

Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron

20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994

Status of Orient House in Jerusalem

29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994

US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington

Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank

November 1995 - December 1995

Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996

Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank

Redeployment from Hebron Delayed

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project

27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997

First Phase of Further Redeployment Not Implemented

9 March 1997 - 12 March 1997

Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked

10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997

Commemoration of the Nakba 50th Anniversary

14 May 1998 - 15 May 1998

Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only

30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999

Orient House, Jerusalem and PLO Foreign Relations

1 March 1999 - 11 May 1999

Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)

10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000

Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks

7 December 1999 - 26 March 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

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized

14 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Intense then Moderate Resurgence of Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

8 February 2001 - 7 March 2001

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey

17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"

On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans

15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002

Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position

9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza

15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister

10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003

The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza

17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003

The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan

2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004

Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan

Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim

21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005

After a Massive Stroke, Sharon Is Replaced by Ehud Olmert as Acting PM

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions

27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

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

1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006

Olmert's Separation Plan

5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow

30 March 2006 - 14 May 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

A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government

17 March 2007 - 31 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

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Israel Launches Operation Hot Winter in Gaza

28 February 2008 - 3 March 2008

Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans

9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Resume: Refugees and Territory Stumbling Blocks

24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008

Gaza: Military Confrontation Continues and Siege is Tightened

26 March 2008 - 15 May 2008

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 Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making

29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009

The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks

3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010

Israel's Ramat Shlomo Constructions' Plan During Joe Biden's Visit

8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010

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

Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue

29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010

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

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics

14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011

Israel Approves Settlement Expansion

2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011

Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border

16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011

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

15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

In Contrast with Islamic Jihad, Hamas Leadership Leaves Syria

17 January 2012 - 12 March 2012

A Serious Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

9 March 2012 - 13 March 2012

Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu

Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority

2 December 2012 - 25 March 2013

Early Elections in Israel Bring Back Netanyahu as Prime Minister

22 January 2013 - 18 March 2013

John Kerry Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy for Resumption of Negotiations

4 March 2013 - 8 May 2013

Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative

Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds

23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013

Launch of Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Direct Negotiations in Washington

29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013

The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Knesset Election Law Raising the Qualifying Election Threshold

Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations

13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014

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

17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014

Settlement Announcement in the Midst of a Crisis Regarding the Negotiations

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

Early Elections Announced in Israel

3 December 2014

Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration

10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014

Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority

1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections

22 January 2015

Settlement Construction

30 January 2015

Palestinian Militants Build and Rebuild “Gate of Jerusalem” Tent Camp in Abu Dis

3 February 2015 - 27 March 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

Palestinian Car Ramming: A New Palestinian Weapon?

6 March 2015 - 14 May 2015

26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire

16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015

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

5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015

Smaller-Scale Palestinian-Israeli Violence and Israeli Repression Continue

1 January 2016 - 30 June 2016

Palestinian Teachers Go on Strike in the West Bank

7 February 2016 - 12 March 2016

Three Rounds of Hamas-Fatah Talks in Doha Come to Naught

7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016

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

21 February 2016

To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative

9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016

Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank

10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016

The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law

Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar

15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018

Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination

6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017

US-Israel Preliminary Talks on Settlements

19 March 2017 - 23 March 2017

Gaza and the Electricity Issue

27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017

Israeli Moves Against the BDS Movement

29 December 2017 - 7 January 2018

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

22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018

Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

PA Requests Membership of International Treaties and Conventions in Response to US Embassy Move

24 March 2018 - 6 June 2018

International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

UN Human Rights Council Establishes Commission into Israel’s Attacks on the Great March of Return Protesters

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

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

Draft SC Res. S/2018/516 Calling for the Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by the US

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire

7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018

Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters

17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018

Dissolution of the Knesset; Three Election Rounds to Form a Government in Israel

26 December 2018 - 11 December 2019

Hamdallah Resigns, Is Replaced by Mohammad Shtayyeh

29 January 2019 - 13 April 2019

The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019

Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue

17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019

UNHRC Report on Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

28 February 2019

The US Recognizes the Golan Heights as Part of Israel

21 March 2019 - 25 March 2019

Israeli Violence Ahead of One-Year Anniversary of Great March of Return; Egyptian Restraint Efforts

22 March 2019 - 29 March 2019

Great March of Return Anniversary and Land Day

29 March 2019 - 30 March 2019

Great March of Return Organizers Suspend Weekly Protests

26 December 2019 - 27 December 2019

Israeli Caretaker Government and Opposition Escalate Settlement Advancement and Annexation Discourse

6 January 2020 - 25 February 2020

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction

29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020

COVID-19 Hits Palestine

5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020

Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine

9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem

20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020

Murder Rate Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel Remains High Amid Israeli Police Inaction

21 December 2020

The Knesset Is Dissolved Again; New Elections Set for 23 March 2021

23 December 2020

COVID-19 Continues to Severely Impact Daily Life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021

Meetings of the Munich Group and the Middle East Quartet

11 January 2021 - 18 November 2021

ICC Rules that it has Jurisdiction in Occupied Palestinian Territories; Investigation Announced

5 February 2021 - 2 April 2021

Israel Raids and Closes Offices of Human Rights Organizations in the West Bank

28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021

Bennett-Lapid Government Takes Office in Israel

Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters

Elections for Village Councils in the West Bank

11 December 2021

Historical Media

Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Arab League Warnings

Fawzi al-Qawuqji

Arab Liberation Army (ALA) Members

Israeli Attacks on Jordan

Highlights

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

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

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

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

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

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

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

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

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling 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

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

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

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The Palestinian Communist Movement

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Israeli Military

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

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

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

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

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

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

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

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

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

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 Algerians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Arab Summits and Palestine

1946 - present