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Acre under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani Challenges Direct Ottoman Rule

Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line

31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892

Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company

7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903

8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague

14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907

Provisional Law Concerning the Right of Certain Corporate Bodies to Own Immovable Property, 22 Rabi' al-awwal 1331

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially

First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937

Start of General Strike and Armed Resistance

7 May 1936 - 31 May 1936

The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem

13 January 1938

Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify

July 1938 - August 1938

Arab League Meeting on Palestine in Aley, Lebanon

7 October 1947 - 15 October 1947

Zionist Attacks

15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948

Fighting Around Jerusalem

12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Arab Gains in Gush Etzion

3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

London Conference on Suez

16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972

6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle

17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973

6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers

26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973

Arab Oil Embargo Is Lifted

Sinai II Agreement Reached

20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975

13th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords

5 November 1978

Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Is Signed in Washington, DC

The Knesset Issues Amendment 16 to the Planning and Building Law, 1965

12 February 1981

Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon

10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981

Israeli Military Pressure on West Beirut

27 June 1982 - 11 July 1982

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

9 December 1987

Resurgence of Intifada, Worsening of Repression

3 May 1989 - 16 May 1989

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon

11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996

Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem

25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998

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

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

Toward a Protracted Confrontation

10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation

12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001

Assassination of Atef Ubayyat in Beit Sahur

18 October 2001

Assassination of Mahmud Titi in Balata Refugee Camp

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

5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002

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

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

Assassination of Muhammad Sidr in Hebron

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

2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004

Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step

8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005

After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence

27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005

Assassination of Hassan Asfour and Rami Hannoun East of Jabaliya Refugee Camp

6 February 2006

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

1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006

Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail

14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006

Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow

30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006

Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza

29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006

July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

Major Israeli Operation in Nablus

19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone

2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006

Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza

1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Gaza: Military Confrontation Continues and Siege is Tightened

26 March 2008 - 15 May 2008

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

War on Gaza, Day 14

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

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

22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009

Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem

4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009

Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade

8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010

State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

Another Spate of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

17 June 2012 - 23 June 2012

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

23 October 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2

15 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet

22 November 2012

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

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10

16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Israel Launches Ground Invasion (Phase II)

17 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction

20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24

28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive

The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif

30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014

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

9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015

Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst

4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest

25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018

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

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

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

19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca

The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank

22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

Facebook Censors Palestinians

24 May 2021 - 15 October 2021

Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements

5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021

Biographies

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1865 - 3 March 1948

1878 - 29 June 1950

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

Palin Commission Report

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

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

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

National Fund: Establishment of Company to Save the Lands of Palestine (in Arabic)

11 October 1932

The Murison Commission Report

Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions

1 September 1967

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

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

Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program

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

PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

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

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

7 February 1983

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

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

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

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

13 December 1988

Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker

5 November 1989

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

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

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip

PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

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

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

UNSC Resolution 1701

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 January 2009

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

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

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

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

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

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

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

28 February 2019

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

12 February 2020

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

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Palestine and Oil

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

Land in Jewish Possession (1944)

31 December 1944

Highlights

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

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

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

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

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

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

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

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

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

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

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

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Marka Refugee Camp

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

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

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

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

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Bosnians 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

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

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

October 1973 War

1973 - 1974

Thematic Chronology

The May 2021 Gaza War

2021