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Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine

April 1834 - August 1834

Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul

Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer

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

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan

21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

Treaty of Versailles; Establishment of the League of Nations

28 June 1919 - 10 January 1920

The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of Syria

7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920

San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

Advisory Council for Palestine Is Established

Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan

2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

Palestine Gendarmerie Is Established

1 July 1921 - 24 April 1922

League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922

British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria

British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah

25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

The British Issue the Criminal Law (Seditious Offences) Ordinance

25 October 1929

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Appointment of the Peel Commission

Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission

11 October 1936

Peel Commission Investigates the Cause of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

11 November 1936 - 24 January 1937

Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine

Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report

20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich

3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937

Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan

8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937

Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission

Anti-British Operation and British Retaliation in al-Bassa

6 September 1938 - 10 September 1938

Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published

9 November 1938

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

Land Transfers Regulations

20 February 1940

Palmach Underground Is Established

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN

Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan and Establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement

5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946

First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense

29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948

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

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Series of Zionist Attacks

2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948

Zionist Attacks

15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948

Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

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

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem

26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948

Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv

13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948

Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce

24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948

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

January 1949 - December 1956

Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

30 January 1949

The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Jordanian Parliamentary Elections; Formal Unification of the Two Banks

11 April 1950 - 24 April 1950

Israeli Operation Against Jordan

Escalation Across Jordanian-Israeli Lines

10 September 1956 - 26 September 1956

Israel's Strike Against Syria

31 January 1960 - 15 February 1960

Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960

Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations

Israeli-Jordanian Battle at al-Samu' after a Fatah Operation

11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966

June War, 1st Day

June War, 3rd Day

June War, 5th Day

Second Palestinian Exodus

10 June 1967 - 31 December 1967

US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East

Civil Aviation in the Conflict

23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969

Military Order No. 363, Concerning the Protection of Nature Reserves

22 December 1969

Sharon's Pacification of Gaza

August 1970 - December 1971

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972

Violent Israeli Retaliation in South Lebanon

16 September 1972 - 17 September 1972

October War, 5th Day

10 October 1973

Wadi Haddad Dies in Berlin, East Germany

A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington

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

5 November 1978

10th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

The Knesset Issues Amendment 1 to Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance

Israeli Air Force Destroys Iraqi Nuclear Reactor Under Construction Near Bagdad

12th Arab Summit Meets in Fez and Adjourns

25 November 1981

Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis

6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982

PLO Debates Withdrawal

16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982

PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan

29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982

16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

Demolitions in the Jordan Valley

1 November 1984 - 11 November 1984

1st Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region

17 October 1987 - 18 October 1987

2nd Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region; Statement to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

25 February 1988 - 26 February 1988

Haram al-Sharif Killings

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures

30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997

UNGA Res. 52/250: Granting Palestine Additional Rights and Privileges at the GA

Palestinian Authority Crackdown Against Hamas

3 August 1999 - 26 August 1999

Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)

10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation

4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level

26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001

Grave Escalation from Both Sides

9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002

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

Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity

1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002

Invasion of Jenin Camp: Fierce Battle

3 April 2002 - 19 April 2002

Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance

3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002

On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans

15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002

George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East

Assassination of Salah Shehadeh in Gaza City

Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories

18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002

Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy

1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003

Assassination Attempt of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City

The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure

1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003

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

6 September 2003

Operation Full Court Press in Nablus

23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004

Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death

12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004

Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing

15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation

25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005

The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon

6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza

11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006

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

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

July War: Israel's Special Operations Along the Border

17 July 2006 - 19 July 2006

Major Israeli Operation in Nablus

19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon

11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

July War: A Balance Sheet

Attempted Assassination of Ashraf Farwana in Gaza City

12 October 2006

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 Ziad Malaisha and Ibrahim Abed in Kafr Dan

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM

17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008

Israel Launches Operation Hot Winter in Gaza

28 February 2008 - 3 March 2008

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre

8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 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 4

30 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 5

31 December 2008

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 14

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

18 January 2009

Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem

4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009

Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze

25 November 2009

The Deceptive Settlement Freeze

26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010

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

8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010

Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade

8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010

Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

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

12 September 2011 - 23 September 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2

15 November 2012

Assassination of Ramez Harb in Gaza City

19 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet

22 November 2012

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8

13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12

18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24

28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

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

3 February 2015 - 27 March 2015

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

A Day of Escalation in the West Bank

Three-Month Balance Sheet of the Palestinian Outburst

31 December 2015

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

Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure

27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016

Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East

15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War

28 February 2017

UN SG Antonio Guterres Distances Himself from ESCWA Report; Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf Resigns

16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017

Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017

Two Jordanians Killed at Israeli Embassy in Amman

23 July 2017 - 24 July 2017

The State of Palestine Admitted as Full Member of Interpol

27 September 2017

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

22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018

International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis

International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah

30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018

The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People

19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018

Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire

11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018

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

6 December 2018

Opening of the “Apartheid Road”

10 January 2019

The US Consulate General in Jerusalem Is Merged in US Embassy in the City

Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood

16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019

Israeli Bombing Resumes Against Gaza

1 May 2019 - 5 May 2019

Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata

12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019

UN Releases List of Businesses Connected to Israeli Settlements

12 February 2020

Israel Uses COVID-19 Against Palestinians

21 March 2020 - 22 September 2020

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

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

Evyatar Outpost Resettled; Palestinian Protesters Killed or Injured

3 May 2021 - 31 December 2021

The May 2021 Gaza War

10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada

10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11

May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12

UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021

Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

1878 - 29 June 1950

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

1882 - 22 April 1942

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

1917 - 12 December 2003

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

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

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

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

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

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

Historical Texts

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

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22

10 January 1920

Palin Commission Report

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

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

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

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

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

The Murison Commission Report

National Bloc Party: Bylaws

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

British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine

Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine

UNSC Resolution 50

UNSC Resolution 62

16 November 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

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

UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys

UNSC Resolution 106

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

11 September 1965

UNSC Resolution 237

Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East

UNSC Resolution 242

22 November 1967

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

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

UNSC Resolution 313

28 February 1972

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

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 Egypt

18 January 1974

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

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

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

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

17 September 1978

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

28 January 1980

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

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

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

President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

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

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

The London Agreement

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

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

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

14 December 1988

Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

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

5 November 1989

PLO “Assumptions” with Regard to Baker's Five Points

1 December 1989

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 Israel

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

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

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

26 December 1994

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

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

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

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement

23 December 2000

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

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)

27 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

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

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35

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

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

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

Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

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

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

10 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39

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

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

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

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

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46

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

Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018

Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People

Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance

26 December 2018

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

Abraham Accords: Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations, Announced by the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain

15 September 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

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

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

2 November 1932

Peel Commission and Partition

11 November 1936

Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission

11 January 1937

Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee

12 January 1937

London Conference

Land in Jewish Possession (1944)

31 December 1944

Land in Jewish Possession (1947)

Grand Serai in Ruins

Continuing Exodus: Jordan River

Israeli Attacks on Jordan

Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

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

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

III. Late Mandate

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

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

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

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

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 Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

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 Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

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

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

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

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

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

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

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun 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 Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

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

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

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

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

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

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

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

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

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

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Periods

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon War, 1982

1982 - 1983