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Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

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

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

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

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

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

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

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

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

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

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

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

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth

1860 - 1948

Events

Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq

Jerusalem Representation in the First and Second Ottoman Parliaments

19 March 1877 - 14 February 1878

Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt

Seven Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1880s

Emerging Palestinian Opposition to Zionist Settlement: al-Yahudiyya Village Against Petah Tikva Settlement

Nine Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1890s

Eight Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine between 1899 and 1907

Herzl Correspondence with Jerusalem Mayor

Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition

8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901

Palestinian-Zionist Tension at al-Shajara - Sejera in the Tiberias Region

August 1904 - September 1904

Establishment of the Rawdat al-Ma'arif al-Wataniyya al-'Uthmaniyya al-Islamiyya in Jerusalem

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group

29 September 1907

Six Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine between 1908 and 1910

Young Turk Revolution

Establishment of al-Madrasa al-Dusturiyya, Jerusalem

A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa

Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

Formal Entry of General Allenby into Jerusalem

11 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 a British Chief Administrator for Palestine

British Conquest of Transjordan Is Achieved

22 September 1918 - 27 September 1918

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant

23 October 1918

French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

May Day Clashes in Jaffa

1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921

Palestine Gendarmerie Is Established

1 July 1921 - 24 April 1922

Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall

23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague

21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Establishment of the Reform Party

Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force

12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

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

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

The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem

13 January 1938

Anti-British Operation and British Retaliation in al-Bassa

6 September 1938 - 10 September 1938

Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published

9 November 1938

Zionist Biltmore Conference Is Held in New York

6 May 1942 - 11 May 1942

Pledge to Buy US Armament for the Haganah

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

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

Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement

5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946

Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition

15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947

Irgun Kidnaps and Murders Two British Sergeants

11 July 1947 - 31 July 1947

Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan

29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947

First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense

29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948

Arab Liberation Army Organized

1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948

Palestinian Attacks

14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948

Contingents of ALA Volunteers

21 January 1948 - 28 January 1948

British Break Arab Attacks

6 February 1948 - 10 February 1948

Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem

11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948

Zionist Attacks

15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948

Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine

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

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

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

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

Massacre in Deir Yasin

9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948

Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May

SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee

13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948

Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv

13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages

11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948

Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem

Jordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem

8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel

8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948

Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City

UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

17 September 1948

Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza

22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948

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

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Israel Establishes Military Government in Palestinian Areas

21 October 1948

Israel Strengthens Its Political Control over Jerusalem; Military Government Dissolved

20 December 1948 - 17 February 1949

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

January 1949 - December 1956

Elections in Israel

25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949

Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)

24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949

Israel's Measures to Make Jerusalem Its Capital

23 January 1950 - 13 July 1953

Jordanian Parliamentary Elections; Formal Unification of the Two Banks

11 April 1950 - 24 April 1950

Israeli Law of Return

UNRWA Signs Agreement with Jordan as Refugee Host Country

14 March 1951 - 20 August 1951

The Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education

Israeli Operation Against Qibya

14 October 1953

Anti-Israeli Demonstrations in Jordan

21 October 1953

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

24 November 1953

Israel and the Lavon Affair

July 1954 - 17 February 1955

With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel

3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955

David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister

3 November 1955

France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War

22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956

Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez

Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya

4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza

10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957

Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre

Fatah Is Founded

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

Status of Jordanian Jerusalem Municipality Enhanced Symbolically

16 December 1959

25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961

Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York

26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001

New Lebanese Social Security Law Implicitly Excludes Palestinian Refugees from its Benefits

26 September 1963

Palestinian Delegation at the UN

18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963

Yasir Arafat and Khalil al-Wazir Confer with Premier Chou-En-Lai in China

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

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO

5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964

Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids

The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States

11 September 1965

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

Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

Israel Prepares for War with US Consent

2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967

June War, 2nd Day

Formation of a Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem

Palestinians Reorganize

11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968

First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic

Settlement Attempt in Hebron

12 April 1968 - 16 June 1968

Yasir Arafat Assumes Prominence within Fatah

27th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

9 June 1968 - 19 June 1968

4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969

Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes)

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country

3 November 1969

Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

Ziyad Husseini, Commander of the Popular Liberation Forces in Gaza, Dies

28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972

Black September Hijack Operation

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972

Black September Hijack Operation

29 October 1972 - 30 October 1972

Libyan Civilian Aircraft Is Shot Down Over the Sinai

21 February 1973

Shaykh Ahmad Yasin's Islamic Center Is Established in Gaza

7 September 1973

Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards

15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973

Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel

Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly

13 November 1974

Assassination Attempt of PLO Senior Leadership in Beirut

Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon

16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976

8th Arab Summit Meets in Cairo

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference

Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem

19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977

Arab States Take Position Against Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem

5 December 1977

A PLF Operation in Nahariya

3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979

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

31 January 1980 - 1 February 1980

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

1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980

Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem

20 August 1980 - September 1980

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon

10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981

Fahd Plan Is Announced

Israel Invades Along the Central Axis

6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982

Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis

6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982

Several Israeli Attempts to Assassinate Yasir Arafat During Invasion of Lebanon

15 June 1982 - 30 August 1982

PLO Debates Withdrawal

16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982

PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan

29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982

Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented

20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982

PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation

9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982

Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination

31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983

Scission within Fatah

18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983

Reactions to Fatah Scission in Occupied Territories

26 June 1983 - 9 November 1983

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks

26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985

PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

18 February 1985

Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus

The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242

The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon

19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Israeli Planes Attack PLO Headquarters in Tunis; Arafat Narrowly Escapes

25 September 1985 - 1 October 1985

Arafat's "Cairo Declaration" on Terrorism

7 November 1985

Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination

25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986

Assassination of Caricaturist Naji al-Ali

22 July 1987 - 29 August 1987

Palestinian Hang-Glider Operation

25 November 1987

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

9 December 1987

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

Non-Armed Intifada

3 January 1988 - 13 February 1988

Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva

13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988

Start of US-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989

Yasir Arafat Makes First Official Visit to Paris

2 May 1989 - 4 May 1989

Ahmad Yasin Arrested

Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US

Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)

14 January 1991

Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon

China and Israel Establish Diplomatic Relations

24 January 1992

Arafat Survives a Plane Crash in Libya

7 April 1992 - 8 April 1992

Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon

13 December 1992 - 17 December 1992

Bilateral Negotiation Round Delayed

11 January 1993

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Initialed and Approved

20 August 1993 - 30 August 1993

Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO

9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993

PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP

10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993

Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba

13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force

Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem

19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995

Suicide Bombing in Netanya; Rabin Reiterates the National Separation Idea

22 January 1995 - 24 January 1995

The Tragedy of the Palestinians in Libya

9 August 1995 - 13 January 1999

Assassination of Fathi Shiqaqi, Islamic Jihad Leader, in Malta

26 October 1995

Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank

November 1995 - December 1995

Assassination of Yahya Ayyash in Beit Lahiya

Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

20 January 1996

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

Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister

29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting

4 September 1996

Clinton - Netanyahu - Arafat - Hussein Meeting in Washington

1 October 1996 - 2 October 1996

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released

25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997

US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations

5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998

Further Redeployment Talks Intensify

3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998

Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed

15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998

Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998

Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only

30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999

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

19 November 1998 - 20 November 1998

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

10 December 1998

President Clinton's Visit to Gaza

14 December 1998

Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza

14 December 1998

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

28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999

Orient House, Jerusalem and PLO Foreign Relations

1 March 1999 - 11 May 1999

Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State

With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume

11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999

Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)

4 September 1999

Official Resumption of Final Status Talks

13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999

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

30 September 1999

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

10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999

Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel

1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000

Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date

8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000

Assassination of Iyad Batat in Bayt Awa

13 December 1999

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds

7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000

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

30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session

12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000

Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation

13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000

Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David

3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000

Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit

11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000

Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army

15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000

Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks

16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000

Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif

28 September 2000

Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising

30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

Sharm al-Shaykh Summit

16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000

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

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Assassination of Hussein Ubayyat in Beit Sahur, Before a Clinton-Arafat Meeting in Washington

9 November 2000

Toward a Protracted Confrontation

10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000

Israeli and Palestinian Response to the Clinton Proposals

28 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks

7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001

Assassination of Mas'ud Ayyad in Jabaliya

13 February 2001

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

Assassination of Iyad Hardan in Jenin

New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes

18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001

The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan

11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001

Assassination of Walid Bisharat, Sameh Abu Huneish, and Muhammad Bisharat in Qabatya

Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions

US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation

12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001

President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State

2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001

Assassination of Abd al-Rahman Hamad in Qalqilya

14 October 2001

Assassination of Iyad Lafy al-Akhras in Rafah

16 October 2001

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

Assassination of Atef Ubayyat in Beit Sahur

18 October 2001

Assassination of Yasir Asida and Fahmi Abu Eisheh in Tulkarm

2 November 2001

Timid Diplomatic Efforts

2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001

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

26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001

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

16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001

Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated

3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002

Grave Escalation from Both Sides

9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002

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

27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

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

1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002

US Response to the Israeli Invasion

4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002

Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"

Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans

15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002

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 Yasir Rizq and Ameer Kuffe in Rafah

Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip

19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002

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

18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002

SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal

24 September 2002

Assassination of Muhammad Ubayyat in Beit Jala

13 October 2002

Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US

20 December 2002

Assassination of Shaman Subuh and Mustafa Qash near Jenin

23 December 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

Assassination of Nidal Fathi Farhat, Mufid Awad al-Bil, Akram Fahmi Naser, Muhammad Salmi, Ayman Mahanna, and Iyad Faraj Sheldan in Gaza City

16 February 2003

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003

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

Mahmoud Abbas Forms the Palestinian Government

19 March 2003 - 29 April 2003

Assassination of Nader Jarawish and Ala Ayyad in Bethlehem

Assassination of Yusuf Abu Hin in Gaza City

Assassination of Iyad al-Beik in Gaza City

Assassination of Yasir Taha in Gaza City

No Let Up in Confrontation

19 August 2003 - 20 August 2003

Assassination of Abdallah Akel and Farid Mayat in Nussayrat Refugee Camp

Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire

4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003

Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister

6 September 2003

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

6 September 2003

Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis

7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003

The Geneva "Private" Initiative

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Assassination of Iyad Hilu and Khaled al-Masri in Gaza City

20 October 2003

Palestinian Peace Gestures

1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004

Assassination of Yasir Abu Aysh, Hussein Abu Aysh and Majdi Khatib in Rafah

2 February 2004

Assassination of Mahmud Judeh in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

28 February 2004

Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders

14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004

Assassination of Ahmad Yasin in Gaza City

Appointment of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi Head of Hamas in Gaza

Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan

15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

Assassination of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City

In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza

2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004

An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA

24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004

Annual Zionist General Council (WZO) Meets in Jerusalem

Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank

27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004

The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine

18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004

Assassination of Mahmud Abu Khalifa, Amjad Abu al-Hayja, and Yamin Abu al-Hayja in Jenin

13 September 2004

Assassination of Khaled Abu Silmiyya in Gaza City

19 September 2004

Operation Days of Penitence

29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004

Draft SC Res. S/2004/783 Condemning Israeli Broad Incursion in Northern Gaza Strip Vetoed by US

Assassination of Imad Yahia Khalil Bader and Saqer Awni Saqer in Khan Yunis Refugee Camp

Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death

12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004

Assassination of Majdi Mar'i, Fadi al-Sarwan, and Jihad Abu Salhieh in Nablus

1 November 2004

Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron

17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004

Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step

8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005

Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh

8 February 2005

17th Arab Summit Meets in Algiers

22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005

Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk

18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005

Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain

23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005

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

17 October 2005

Assassination of Shadi Suhail Muhanna and Muhammad Ahmad Kandeel in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

27 October 2005

Assassination of Hassan Madhun and Fawzi Abu Qara’ in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

1 November 2005

After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence

27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005

Assassination of Iyad Qadas and Iyad Najjar in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

8 December 2005

Assassination of Said Abdul Fattah Abu al-Jedian in Beit Lahiya

Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls

25 January 2006

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

6 February 2006

Assassination of Atiya Abu Shari’a and Suhail Bakr in Gaza City

7 February 2006

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

Assassination of Ra'id Ubayyat in Beit Sahour

Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces

5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006

Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza

20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006

A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office

9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006

Israeli Operations in the West Bank

24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006

Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza

29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006

Assassination of Imad Asaliyya and Majdi Hammad in Jabaliya

Assassination of Habib Ashur and Imad Yasin in Gaza City

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza

1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006

Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire

20 November 2006 - 26 November 2006

The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas

14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

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

28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007

Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative

29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007

Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank

3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007

Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration

Assassination of Sameh Saleh Farwana in Gaza City

Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank

14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007

Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split

17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007

Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government

5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Assassination of Raed Abu al-Ful in Beit Lahiya

17 January 2008

Assassination of Amer Qarmout in Beit Lahiya

4 February 2008

Assassination of Hizballah's Imad Mughniyah in Damascus

12 February 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

Assassination of Ibrahim Abu Olba in Beit Lahiya

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

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble

31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre

8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008

The PLO Central Council Meets in Ramallah

23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008

SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006

16 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1

27 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 2

28 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 5

31 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 6

War on Gaza, Day 7

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2

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

SC Res. 1860: Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire and Arrangements to Prevent Arms Trafficking

War on Gaza, Day 14

War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks

10 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 18

13 January 2009

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

14 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 21

16 January 2009

Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud Forms Israeli Cabinet after Close Election Results

10 February 2009 - 31 March 2009

Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh

The New Netanyahu Government Prepares its Position on the Palestinian Issue

31 March 2009 - 5 May 2009

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side

21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009

War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises

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

18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009

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

Fayyad's Speech at Al-Quds University on Setting the Goal for Statehood in Two Years

US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out

19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009

Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan

25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009

Cross-Border Violence, Gaza

20 September 2009 - 3 October 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

Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund

12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010

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

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

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

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue

29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010

An Amendment to the Lebanese Social Security Law Grants Palestinian Refugees Right to End-of-Service and Occupational Emergency Compensations

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

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

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

14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze

29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010

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

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries

17 December 2010 - 11 February 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

The Knesset Passes the Citizenship Law (Amendment No. 10) Conditioning Citizenship on Loyalty

Assassination of Muhammad al-Dayah, Abdullah Lubbad, and Isma‘il Lubbad in Deir al-Balah

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

15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011

Assassination of Abdullah al-Talbani in Jabaliya

27 December 2011

Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu

Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts

22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

Palestinian-Israeli Exchange of Letters for Cooperation on Taxes and Customs

Assassination of Ashraf Sabah and Hisham al-Saidani in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

13 October 2012

Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza

14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5

18 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 7

20 November 2012

Surge in Settlement Expansion

30 November 2012 - 10 February 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

US President Barack Obama Visits Israel and Bethlehem and Ramallah

20 March 2013 - 21 March 2013

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns

China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry

Israeli-Palestinian Talks Accelerate for Nothing

25 September 2013 - 23 October 2013

Israel's Settlement Expansion Disrupts the Palestinian Negotiation Team

31 October 2013 - 13 November 2013

Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement

14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014

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

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

17 February 2014

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

17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government

2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014

Israel Uses the Palestinian Cabinet Formation as a Pretext to Launch a New Wave of Settlement Plans

Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza

8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5

11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8

13 July 2014 - 15 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 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Toward an Open-Ended Cease-Fire

23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

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

10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014

Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev

14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015

France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative

15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015

Settlement Construction

30 January 2015

Israeli Elections: Likud's Victory and Strengthening of Arab Representation

17 March 2015 - 19 March 2015

26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Palestine Submits Files to ICC, and Israel Decides to Interact with It

25 June 2015 - 30 October 2015

Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine

26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016

Settlement Construction

23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015

Settlers Set Fire to Two Palestinian Family Homes in Duma, West Bank

31 July 2015 - 9 August 2015

With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories

13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015

A Day of Escalation in the West Bank

Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?

22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015

France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative

29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016

Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members

4 February 2016 - 8 February 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

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

8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016

Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure

27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016

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

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump

22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017

Yahya Sinwar Elected Head of Gaza's Hamas Political Bureau

13 February 2017

Trump's Ambiguous Statement on Palestinian-Israeli Issues after his First Meeting as President with Netanyahu

15 February 2017

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

15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018

Amendment No. 46 of Basic Law: The Knesset Gives Additional Reasons for Disqualifying Arab Candidates

28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea

Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau

President Trump's Visit to Israel

22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem

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

Palestinian Official Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif

14 July 2017 - 21 July 2017

Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif

16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017

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

Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

Israeli and US Reactions to the Fatah-Hamas Agreement in Cairo

17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017

The Fate of the PLO Diplomatic Office in Washington

17 November 2017

The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement

Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA

16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018

US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”

25 January 2018

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest

25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018

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

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

Taylor Force Act Signed into Law

International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit

14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018

PA Asks the ICC to Investigate Israeli Settlement Policies

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

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

President Trump Signs the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATCA) into Law

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 November 2018

The Palestinian Constitutional Court Considers the Legislative Council to Be Dissolved

12 December 2018 - 22 December 2018

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

26 December 2018 - 11 December 2019

Israel Begins Public Normalization Push

20 January 2019

Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron

28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019

Warsaw Conference

13 February 2019 - 14 February 2019

The US Recognizes the Golan Heights as Part of Israel

21 March 2019 - 25 March 2019

Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood

16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019

Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya

1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019

Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected

10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019

Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza City

12 November 2019

Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron

1 December 2019

ICC Chief Prosecutor Finds Israel Is Committing War Crimes; Enquires on Scope of Territorial Jurisdiction

20 December 2019 - 28 January 2020

Israeli Caretaker Government and Opposition Escalate Settlement Advancement and Annexation Discourse

6 January 2020 - 25 February 2020

Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan

28 January 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

Inconclusive Results of Elections for the Knesset in Israel

2 March 2020 - 17 May 2020

Israel Uses COVID-19 Against Palestinians

21 March 2020 - 22 September 2020

Israeli Coalition Negotiations Hint at Partial Annexation of the West Bank

20 April 2020 - 17 May 2020

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

Trump Administration Places Sanctions on International Criminal Court and Its Personnel

11 June 2020 - 2 September 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem

20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020

US Erases the 4-June Line

28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

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

23 December 2020

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

5 February 2021 - 2 April 2021

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

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Evyatar Outpost Resettled; Palestinian Protesters Killed or Injured

3 May 2021 - 31 December 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 10

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11

May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

Bennett-Lapid Government Takes Office in Israel

Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters

Israel Continues to Assert Dominance over the Haram al-Sharif Compound

18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021

Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Gilboa Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Israel Demolishes Parts of al-Yusufiya Cemetery to Make Space for Biblical Park

17 October 2021 - 29 October 2021

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Bennett-Lapid Government Accelerates Colonization in its First Six Months

31 December 2021

Historical Texts

Basel (Zionist) Program

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

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Palin Commission Report

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

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative

16 September 1922

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

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

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

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

11 November 1938

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

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

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948

16 September 1948

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

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

8 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 212 (III)

19 November 1948

The US Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

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

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

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

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

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

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

First Arab Summit: Statement

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

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

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution

29 October 1974

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898

5 December 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940

23 January 1976

The Koenig Memorandum

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

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

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1

19 January 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

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

7 November 1985

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

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

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

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

13 December 1988

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

14 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463

17 February 1989

Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50

29 November 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326

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

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

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

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

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

28 September 1995

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

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241

UNGA Resolution ES-10/3

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

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

The Mitchell Report

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

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

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

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240

UNGA Resolution 58/292

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783

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

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

National Conciliation Document

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

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

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

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

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

25 September 2009

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

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

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

18 January 2016

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

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

6 February 2017

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

China’s Four-Point Proposal on Promoting the Settlement of the Palestinian Issue

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

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

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda On Opening an Investigation into War Crimes in Palestine

20 December 2019

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

12 February 2020

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

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

Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

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

HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

Historical Media

Yusuf Diya-uddin Pasha al-Khalidi

Young Turks Revolution

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party

Arab Higher Committee Members

Peel Commission and Partition

11 November 1936

Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission

11 January 1937

Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee

12 January 1937

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Arab Demonstration at Yatta

18 December 1938

London Conference

Arms Dumps in the Colonies

2 September 1946

al-Manshiyya Quarter

Fawzi al-Qawuqji

Arab Liberation Army (ALA) Members

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

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 Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

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

III. Late Mandate

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

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

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

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

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

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

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

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

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

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

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

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 United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Israeli Military

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

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

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

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

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 Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

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

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

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

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

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

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 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

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

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

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Algerians of Palestine

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

Places

al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa

al-Ghubayya al-Tahta

al-Masmiyya al-Saghira

al-Naghnaghiyya

al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya

al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya

al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta

'Arab al-Nufay'at

'Arab al-Samniyya

Bayyarat Hannun

Daliyat al-Rawha'

Ijlil al-Qibliyya

Ijlil al-Shamaliyya

'Iraq al-Manshiyya

Khirbat al-Duhayriyya

Khirbat al-Zawiya

Khirbat Zakariyya

Khiyam al-Walid

al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya

al-Masmiyya al-Kabira

Periods

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era