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Ottoman Conquest of the Levant

24 August 1516 - 12 January 1517

A Religious Component Related to Jerusalem and Other Elements Are Added to a Capitulation Granted to France

20 May 1604 - 17 April 1607

Greek Orthodox Backlash against Provision on Jerusalem's Holy Sites in Capitulation of 1604

A Capitulation Granted to France Reaffirms Latin Rights in Jerusalem's Holy Sites

5 June 1673 - 20 April 1690

A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities

A Riot Against the Franciscans in the Holy Sepulchre Leads to a Firman More Favorable to the Greek Orthodox

The Territory Under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani's Control: Economic and Social Dimension

With the Ottoman-Russian Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, Capitulations Turn into Bilateral Treaties

Ottoman Firman Confirms Status Quo in Jerusalem and Bethlehem Christian Holy Places

8 February 1852

1st Zionist Congress in Basel Calls for a Jewish Home in Palestine

29 August 1897 - 31 August 1897

Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law

Balfour Declaration Is Made

2 November 1917

Formal Entry of General Allenby into Jerusalem

11 December 1917

1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919

1st British Census of Palestine

23 October 1922

Anti-Balfour Demonstrations in Palestine

25 March 1925 - 1 April 1925

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

26 October 1929

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

21st Zionist Congress Meets in Geneva

16 August 1939 - 25 August 1939

Church Leaders in Palestine Denounce Partition

Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)

24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949

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

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

June War, 1st Day

Hunger Strike of Palestinian Women in Jerusalem

26 January 1969 - 28 January 1969

1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970

28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972

October War, 1st Day

1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba

1st Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region

17 October 1987 - 18 October 1987

31st Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

6 December 1987 - 10 December 1987

The Baker Five-Point Plan

10 October 1989

US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel

23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990

Dial 1-202-456-1414

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 14 May 1991

Secretary Baker Second Stage Diplomacy

21 July 1991 - 13 October 1991

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

1st Negotiation Round, Madrid

3 November 1991

6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington

24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992

Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel

30 December 1993

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

The Holy See and Israel Sign an Agreement Complementing their 1993 Fundamental Agreement

10 November 1997

Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)

10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000

Vatican-PLO Agreement

15 February 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session

12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000

Losses During the 1st Year of the Second Intifada

28 September 2001

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

1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002

Possible Sale of Properties Belonging to Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Old City Revealed

18 March 2005 - 24 May 2005

James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters

14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005

Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah

7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct

17 October 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

Tony Blair Appointed Quartet Special Representative

21st Arab Summit Meets in Doha

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

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza

14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014

Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine

26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016

The UN Human Rights Council Decides to Establish a Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

1 November 2017 - 2 November 2017

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest

25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018

Israeli Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Settler Organization’s Claim to Three Buildings in the Old City of Jerusalem

PLO Central Council Holds, in Ramallah, its First Meeting in 4 Years

6 February 2022 - 9 February 2022

Israeli Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Properties Owned by the Greek Orthodox Church in East Jerusalem

26 March 2022 - 8 June 2022

Palestinian Reunification Conference in Algiers

11 October 2022 - 13 October 2022

31st Arab Summit Meets in Algiers

1 November 2022 - 2 November 2022

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Jurji Habib Hanania

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

1880 - 16 June 1946

1882 - 22 April 1942

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

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

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

1902 - 27 August 1984

1905 - 2 May 1941

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1925 - 10 April 1973

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 29 August 1987

1938 - 16 December 2020

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1942 - 6 August 2019

13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

8 February 1852

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Balfour Declaration

2 November 1917

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

3 February 1919

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

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)

Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

16 September 1922

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Shaw Commission Report

The Hope Simpson Report

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

The Murison Commission Report

Peel Commission Report

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report

9 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Statement by the Committee of the Christian Union of Palestine

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

UNSC Resolution 53

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

UNSC Resolution 62

16 November 1948

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 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

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

UNSC Resolution 237

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

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

7 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNSC Resolution 608

14 January 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

Secretary of State James Baker's: Five Points Framework for an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue

10 October 1989

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 1st Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 2nd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 4th Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

UNSC Resolution 799

18 December 1992

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

UNSC Resolution 904

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

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

27 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

17 October 2005

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/17

24 January 2007

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

1 November 2017

Framework for Cooperation between UNRWA and the USA, 2021-2022

Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid

1 February 2022

PLO Central Council, 31st Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)

9 February 2022

31st Arab Summit: Algiers Declaration (in French)

2 November 2022

Historical Media

London Conference

Old City of Jerusalem from the Church of the Savior

Highlights

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Photographers Before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Palestine Communist Party

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

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

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944

From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Brazil and the Palestine Question

Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Places

Khirbat al-Tannur