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The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem
1703 - 1705
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Tax Revolt in Jerusalem
1825 - 1826
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Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine
April 1834 - August 1834
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The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire
24 November 1881
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Nine Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1890s
1890 - 1896
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Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line
31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892
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Publication of The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl
February 1896
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Eight Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine between 1899 and 1907
1899 - 1907
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Emerging Palestinian Identity and Arab Nationalism
1905 - 1914
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Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group
29 September 1907
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The Zionist Organization Opens an Office in Jaffa
December 1907
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Zionist-Palestinian Violence Breaks out in Jaffa
16 March 1908
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Young Turk Revolution
23 July 1908
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Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
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Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
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Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
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Palestinians Clash with Settlers of Sejera Colony
3 April 1909 - 12 April 1909
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Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer
12 April 1909
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Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives
June 1909 - 2 November 1909
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Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul
July 1909 - March 1915
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Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law
16 August 1909
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Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris
1911 - 1914
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A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa
23 July 1913
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Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul
28 October 1913
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Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Territorial Issues and Prelude to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916
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Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
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Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
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Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)
1917 - 1921
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The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published
8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917
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The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson
8 January 1918
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British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan
21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918
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Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City
26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918
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General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
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Proclamations No. 75 and No. 76 on Immovable Property
18 November 1918
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The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of the Arab Syrian Kingdom
7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920
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Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes
2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920
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San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
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Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization
June 1920
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Palestine Civil Government and Appointment of Herbert Samuel as High Commisioner
1 July 1920
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French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
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The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
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Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan
2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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House of Lords and House of Commons Conflicting Views on Palestine
20 June 1922 - 4 July 1922
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League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922
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British-French Demarcation of Line Between Palestine (Including Transjordan) and Syria (Including Lebanon)
7 March 1923
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British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
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Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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16th Zionist Congress Is Held in Zurich
28 July 1929 - 11 August 1929
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al-Buraq / Western Wall: Palestinians Rise up in Protest against Zionist Provocations
15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929
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The British Form a Commission of Inquiry on Disturbances at al-Buraq / Western Wall
13 September 1929
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White Paper (Passfield) of 1930 Is Published
20 October 1930
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The British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall Submits its Report
1 December 1930
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The British Issue the Press Ordinance
17 January 1935
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Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
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First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937
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British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police
May 1936 - September 1936
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji Aids the Great Palestinian Rebellion
25 August 1936
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The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region
10 December 1936
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Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936
1 January 1937
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Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine
7 July 1937
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Formation of the Arab National League (ANL) in New York
August 1937 - May 1941
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20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich
3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937
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Establishment of Hanita Settlement in Western Galilee
21 March 1938
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Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify
July 1938 - August 1938
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Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
October 1938 - September 1939
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The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo
7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938
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British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy
November 1938 - May 1939
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Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published
9 November 1938
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The British Government Rejects the Conclusions of the Partition (Woodhead) Commission
11 November 1938
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London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
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MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians
17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939
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Military Recruitment in Palestine
3 September 1939
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British Labour Party Favors Transfer of Palestinians
May 1944
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Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York
25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950
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Truman and Jewish Immigration to Palestine
31 August 1945
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Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
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The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations
27 September 1945
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Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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The US Congress Endorses the Biltmore Program
17 December 1945 - 19 December 1945
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Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan
22 March 1946
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League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence
18 April 1946
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Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan; a New Constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
25 May 1946 - 7 December 1946
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Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
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Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946
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Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question
23 September 1947 - 25 November 1947
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UNGA 181 (II): Palestine Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense
29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948
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Arab League Rejects Partition Plan
8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947
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Arab Liberation Army Organized
1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948
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Palestinian Attacks
14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948
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Zionist Military Preparations
14 January 1948 - 20 February 1948
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Contingents of ALA Volunteers
21 January 1948 - 28 January 1948
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The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council
29 January 1948 - 16 February 1948
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Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948
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Church Leaders in Palestine Denounce Partition
3 March 1948
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine
5 March 1948
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Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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Palestinian Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA special session on Future Palestine Government
1 April 1948
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Fighting Around Jerusalem
12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948
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Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948
12 May 1948
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Israeli Intelligence Report on the Depopulation of Palestine until 31 May 1948
30 June 1948
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UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
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US in Favor of Bernadotte's New Plan
21 September 1948
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Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza
22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948
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Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
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Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
17 December 1948
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Israel Strengthens Its Political Control over Jerusalem; Military Government Dissolved
20 December 1948 - 17 February 1949
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First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes
12 January 1949
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Elections in Israel
25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949
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Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
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The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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Republic of China Recognizes Israel; People’s Republic Revokes Recognition of Israel
1 March 1949 - 9 January 1950
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Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved
1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950
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SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership
4 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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UNGA 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN
11 May 1949
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Assassination of King Abdullah
20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952
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23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951
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The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law
1 April 1952
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The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
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Israel and the Lavon Affair
July 1954 - 17 February 1955
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Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
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Renewal of Egyptian-Israeli Clashes
22 August 1955 - 4 September 1955
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Egypt Restricts Passage Through Strait of Tiran
11 September 1955
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David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister
3 November 1955
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Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves)
10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955
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Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
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UNGA 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)
2 November 1956
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Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
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Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza
10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957
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Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
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The Knesset adopts the Basic Law: The Knesset
12 February 1958
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Fatah and the Palestinian Entity
June 1960
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Draft Security Council Resolution S/5407
3 September 1963
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1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
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Fatah Issues Its First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
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Military Training for Palestinians
11 October 1965
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3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
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Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
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Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1
4 November 1966
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Demonstrations in Jordan
20 November 1966 - 25 November 1966
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Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle
7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967
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Israel Prepares for War with US Consent
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967
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Civil Aviation in the Conflict
23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969
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SC Res. 267: Calling once more upon Israel to Rescind all Measures which May Change the Status of Jerusalem
3 July 1969
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6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969
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SC Res. 271: Condemning the Execrable Act of Desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque
15 September 1969
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PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
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1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970
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UNGA 2672 (XXV): People of Palestine Entitled to Equal Rights and Self-determination; Calling upon Israel for Return of Displaced in 1967
8 December 1970
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8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971
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SC Res. 298: Deploring Israel’s Failure to Respect Previous Resolutions on its Measures Affecting Status of Jerusalem
25 September 1971
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Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank
28 March 1972 - 2 May 1972
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Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973
27 June 1973
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October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly
13 November 1974
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Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
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Start of Civil War in Lebanon
13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982
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Statement S/11889 by SC President on Inviting the PLO to the Debate on ME Problem
30 November 1975
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The PLO at the Security Council
4 December 1975
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Draft SC Res S/11898 to Condemn Israeli Attacks against Lebanon, Vetoed by US
8 December 1975
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The PLO Invited again to Security Council's Debate
12 January 1976
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Draft SC Res. S/11940 to Affirm Palestinian Rights, Vetoed by US
26 January 1976
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Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US
25 March 1976
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Plane Hijacked to Entebbe
27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976
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Draft SC Res. S/12119 to Affirm Palestinian Rights, as Requested by GA, Vetoed by US
29 June 1976
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A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington
24 April 1978
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Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris
3 August 1978
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Ali Hassan Salameh Is Killed in Beirut
22 January 1979
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Islamic Revolution in Iran
11 February 1979
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2nd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
11 June 1979 - 12 June 1979
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3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979
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5th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Haifa
5 August 1979 - 6 August 1979
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Israelis Are Permitted to Buy Land in Occupied Territories
16 September 1979
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6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979
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SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones
1 March 1980
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President Carter's Disavowal of US Vote for SC Res. 465
3 March 1980
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Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem
20 August 1980 - September 1980
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Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
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Israeli Knesset Votes to Apply Israeli Law in the Golan Heights
14 December 1981
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SC Res. 497: Considering Null and Void Israel’s Decision to Impose its Laws in the Occupied Golan
17 December 1981
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Draft SC Res. S/14832/Rev.1 to Consider Israeli Golan Measures an Act of Agression, Vetoed by US
20 January 1982
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UNGA Res. ES/9-1: Adopts Content of Vetoed Draft SC Res. on Israeli Golan Measures
5 February 1982
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Draft SC Res. S/14943 to Denounce Dismissal of Palestinian Mayors, Vetoed by US
2 April 1982
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Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
20 April 1982
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Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London
3 June 1982
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Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982
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Draft SC Res. S/15185 to Demand again Full and Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal, Vetoed by US
8 June 1982
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Encirclement of Beirut
11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982
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PLO Debates Withdrawal
16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982
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Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US
26 June 1982
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Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut
21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982
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PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
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Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres
7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983
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Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement
17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983
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Draft SC Res. S/15895 to Condemn Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians in Hebron, Vetoed by US
2 August 1983
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Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
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Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
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Draft SC Res. S/17769 to Deplore Provocative Acts in the Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
30 January 1986
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Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO
21 May 1987
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The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
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US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York
9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987
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SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada
22 December 1987
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Non-Armed Intifada
3 January 1988 - 13 February 1988
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Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
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Draft Security Council Resolutions S/19466, S/19780, S/20463, S/20677, and S/20945/Rev.1
1 February 1988 - 7 November 1989
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Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections
1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989
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SC Res. 641: Deploring the Continuing Deportation by Israel of Palestinian Civilians
30 August 1989
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Draft UNGA A/44/L.50 to Construe Designation Palestine as the State of Palestine Withdrawn Due to US Threat against UN
6 December 1989
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US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel
23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990
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Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US
31 May 1990
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Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait
3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991
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President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War
6 March 1991
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2nd Negotiation Round, Washington
10 December 1991 - 18 December 1991
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UNGA 46/86: Revoking UNGA 3379 (XXX) that Had Determined Zionism as a Form of Racism
16 December 1991
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5th Negotiation Round, Washington
27 April 1992 - 30 April 1992
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Bilateral Negotiation Round Delayed
11 January 1993
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10th Negotiation Round, Washington
15 June 1993 - 1 July 1993
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Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994
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Hebron Massacre
25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994
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Draft SC S/1995/394 to Condemn Israeli Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Vetoed by the US
17 May 1995
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Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Suspended
18 May 1995 - 22 May 1995
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Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution
5 October 1995
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US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"
23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995
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Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections
20 January 1996
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21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996
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Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister
29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996
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SC Res. 1073: Calling for the Reversal of all Acts (Opening of Western Wall Tunnel) Aggravating the Situation
28 September 1996
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Draft SC Res. S/1997/199 to Call on Israel to Refrain from Settlement Activities (Jabal Abu Ghunaym) Vetoed by US
7 March 1997
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Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked
10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997
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Draft SC Res. S/1997/241 to Demand that Israel Cease Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Vetoed by US
21 March 1997
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UNGA ES-10/3: Emphasizing Personal Responsibilities Arising from Grave Breaches of Geneva Convention
15 July 1997
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US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations
5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998
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Commemoration of the Nakba 50th Anniversary
14 May 1998 - 15 May 1998
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Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem
25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998
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Further Redeployment Talks Intensify
3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998
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Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
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Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only
30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
10 December 1998
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Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza
14 December 1998
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Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State
26 April 1999
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
27 April 1999 - 29 April 1999
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Ehud Barak Becomes Prime Minister After a Campaign Focused on Separation Between Israelis and Palestinians
17 May 1999
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Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel
1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000
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Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
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FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds
7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000
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The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session
12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000
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Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad Dies
10 June 2000 - 11 June 2000
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Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation
13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000
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Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
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The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks
2 September 2000
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SC Res. 1322: Deploring Provocation at Al-Haram al-Sharif and Excessive Use of Force against Palestinians
7 October 2000
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171
18 December 2000
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Israeli and Palestinian Response to the Clinton Proposals
28 December 2000 - 3 January 2001
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The Taba Talks
21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001
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Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
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Draft SC Res. S/2001/270 Calling for Cessation of Settlement Activities and Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by US
27 March 2001
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Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation
4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001
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Fallout of Abu Ali Mustafa's Assassination
28 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
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UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban
31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001
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Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
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With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level
26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001
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Draft SC Res. S/2001/1199 Demanding Cessation of Violence and Return to Previous Positions Vetoed by the US
15 December 2001
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Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated
3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002
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An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002
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SC Res. 1397: Affirming a Vision of Two States, Israel and Palestine, Living Side by Side
12 March 2002
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Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound
29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002
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SC Res. 1402: Calling for Cease-Fire and Withdrawal of Israeli Troops from Palestinian Cities
30 March 2002
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Assassination of Jihad Jibril in Beirut
20 May 2002
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Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination
22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002
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SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal
24 September 2002
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Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US
20 December 2002
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The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister
10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003
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With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"
4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
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Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet
4 June 2003
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The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
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Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire
4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003
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Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister
6 September 2003
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Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis
7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003
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Draft SC Res. S/2003/891 Against any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety Vetoed by US
16 September 2003
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Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah
4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003
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Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US
14 October 2003
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UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall
8 December 2003
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Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US
25 March 2004
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UNGA Res. 58/292: Affirming that Status of Palestinian Territory Remains one of Military Occupation
6 May 2004
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SC Res. 1544: Condemning Israeli Killing of Civilians and Demolition of Homes in Rafah Refugee Camp
19 May 2004
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Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan
6 June 2004
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The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall
9 July 2004
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Draft SC Res. S/2004/783 Condemning Israeli Broad Incursion in Northern Gaza Strip Vetoed by US
5 October 2004
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Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership
11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004
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Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected
1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005
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Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh
8 February 2005
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Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination
15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005
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US Day-to-Day Involvement in Palestinian-Related Security Matters and in the Disengagement Plan
10 March 2005 - 30 June 2005
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James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters
14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005
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Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza
9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005
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Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah
7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005
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Legal Status of the Gaza Strip after the Disengagement: Foreign Territory?
12 September 2005 - 21 September 2005
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Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain
23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005
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Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct
17 October 2005
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Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access
15 November 2005
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Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation
25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005
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After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence
27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005
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Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls
25 January 2006
Event
Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006
Event
Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank
1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2006/508 Condemning Palestinian Abduction of Israeli Soldier and Israeli Assault on Gaza Vetoed by US
13 July 2006
Event
July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire
5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2006/878 Condemning Israel's Attack on Beit Hanoun Vetoed by US
11 November 2006
Event
Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire
20 November 2006 - 26 November 2006
Event
19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Event
Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference
16 July 2007
Event
Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference
6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007
Event
Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces
2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start
12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Palestinian Side Sounded Out
7 January 2008 - 27 January 2008
Event
A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus
23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify
4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Resume: Refugees and Territory Stumbling Blocks
24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting
24 April 2008
Event
To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008
Event
SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006
16 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 5
31 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet
3 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy
4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones
5 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 13
8 January 2009
Event
SC Res. 1860: Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire and Arrangements to Prevent Arms Trafficking
8 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 14
9 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks
10 January 2009
Event
President Obama Prepares Active Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009
Event
The UN Human Rights Council Forms a Fact-Finding Mission on the War on Gaza (the Goldstone Mission)
3 April 2009
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue
18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009
Event
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
Event
Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009
Event
US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out
19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009
Event
Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More
9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque
27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
The Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making
29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009
Event
Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed
12 November 2009
Event
The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian Talks Through Letters of Guarantee
16 December 2009 - 4 January 2010
Event
The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks
7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010
Event
Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund
12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010
Event
Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed
8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011
Event
The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks
3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010
Event
US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians
20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010
Event
With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched
22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010
Event
Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade
8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010
Event
Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident
14 June 2010
Event
36th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
15 June 2010 - 17 June 2010
Event
Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
Event
Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
Event
Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington
1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010
Event
Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries
17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2011/24 Reaffirming that Israeli Settlements in OPT Are Illegal Vetoed by US
18 February 2011
Event
Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border
16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes the Citizenship Law (Amendment No. 10) Conditioning Citizenship on Loyalty
28 March 2011
Event
Abbas Confirms Palestinian UN Bid for Statehood
16 May 2011
Event
US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East
19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes the "Anti-Boycott Law"
11 July 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes Israeli Prisons Law (Amendment No. 40) (Meetings with Lawyers)
3 August 2011
Event
Despite US, European, and Arab Pressure, Abbas Submits a Request for Full UN Membership
12 September 2011 - 23 September 2011
Event
The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations
23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011
Event
Fate of the Palestinian UN Admission Request
28 September 2011 - 8 November 2011
Event
The State of Palestine Becomes Full Member of the UNESCO
5 October 2011 - 31 October 2011
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo
20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011
Event
Abbas and Mishal Sign the Doha Declaration and Then Agree on its Suspension
5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012
Event
Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo
20 May 2012
Event
Local Elections in the West Bank Are Announced
10 July 2012 - 5 August 2012
Event
Local Elections in the West Bank
20 October 2012 - 22 December 2012
Event
UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN
29 November 2012
Event
Surge in Settlement Expansion
30 November 2012 - 10 February 2013
Event
Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
2 December 2012 - 25 March 2013
Event
Launch of Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Direct Negotiations in Washington
29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013
Event
Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations
4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014
Event
The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Knesset Election Law Raising the Qualifying Election Threshold
11 March 2014
Event
Despite the Negotiation Crisis, Palestinian and Israeli Representatives Pursue Talks in Jerusalem
3 April 2014 - 22 April 2014
Event
Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza
14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3
10 July 2014
Event
UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry
23 July 2014
Event
Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism
16 September 2014
Event
The PLO Strives for a Security Council Resolution Specifying a Timetable for Ending the Occupation
26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014
Event
Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
Event
French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC
30 December 2014
Event
Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev
14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015
Event
Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections
22 January 2015
Event
A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?
2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015
Event
Israeli Elections: Likud's Victory and Strengthening of Arab Representation
17 March 2015 - 19 March 2015
Event
Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined
27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015
Event
Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire
16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015
Event
Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif
2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015
Event
A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?
2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016
Event
Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst
4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015
Event
EU Guidelines on Goods from the Occupied Territories
11 November 2015
Event
The UN Human Rights Council Decides to Establish a Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities
24 March 2016
Event
The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
Event
Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif
26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016
Event
Amendment No. 44 of Basic Law: The Knesset Allows Dismissal of Members
19 July 2016
Event
Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements
22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
4 December 2016
Event
SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism
23 December 2016
Event
Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
Event
Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
Event
28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea
29 March 2017
Event
Municipal Elections in the West Bank
13 May 2017
Event
Old Cities of Jerusalem and Hebron Inscribed as World Heritage in Danger
4 July 2017 - 7 July 2017
Event
Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
Event
China's New Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question
18 July 2017
Event
The State of Palestine Admitted as Full Member of Interpol
27 September 2017
Event
Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
Event
President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US
18 December 2017
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/19 Opposes Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem
21 December 2017
Event
Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon
14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018
Event
Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad
22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018
Event
US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”
25 January 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites
7 March 2018
Event
Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun
13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018
Event
Palestinian Professor of Engineering Fadi al-Batsh Assassinated in Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2018
Event
The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes Commission into Israel’s Attacks on the Great March of Return Protesters
18 May 2018
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2018/516 Calling for the Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by the US
1 June 2018
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/20 Calls for the Protection of the Palestinian Civilian Population
13 June 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018
Event
Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation
7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018
Event
Qatar's Assistance to Gaza
9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018
Event
UNGA Res. 73/5 Accords Privileges to Palestine as Chair of Group of 77 for 2019
16 October 2018
Event
Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters
17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018
Event
The UNGA Votes Down a US-Proposed Draft Resolution Condemning Hamas
6 December 2018
Event
UNGA Res. 73/89: Reaffirming Support for the Two-State Solution of Israel and Palestine
6 December 2018
Event
The Palestinian Constitutional Court Considers the Legislative Council to Be Dissolved
12 December 2018 - 22 December 2018
Event
Dissolution of the Knesset; Three Election Rounds to Form a Government in Israel
26 December 2018 - 11 December 2019
Event
Israeli Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Settler Organization’s Claim to Three Buildings in the Old City of Jerusalem
10 June 2019
Event
Israeli Court Finds PA Liable for Attacks During Second Intifada
8 July 2019
Event
UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations
29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019
Event
Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected
10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019
Event
PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections
26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019
Event
Jerusalem Court Ruling Threatens 700 Palestinians With Eviction
19 January 2020 - 26 January 2020
Event
Formation of the Munich Group
15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020
Event
Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives
25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021
Event
After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks
3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020
Event
President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel
4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020
Event
Hanan Ashrawi Resigns from PLO Executive Committee
9 December 2020
Event
PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones
15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021
Event
Biden Administration Takes Office, Signals Continuity with Trump’s Middle East Policy
20 January 2021 - 8 February 2021
Event
Facebook Censors Palestinians
24 May 2021 - 15 October 2021
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021
Event
Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended
22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023
Event
Elections for Village Councils in the West Bank
11 December 2021

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Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Khalil Baidas
1875 - 9 February 1949
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Qudsia Khourshid
5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966

Historical Texts

Document
Basel (Zionist) Program
30 August 1897
Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
Document
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
Document
Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
Document
Balfour Declaration
2 November 1917
Document
Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem
11 December 1917
Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
Document
San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
Document
Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
Document
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
Document
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Document
Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
Document
Shaw Commission Report
12 March 1930
Document
The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
Document
MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
Document
Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
Document
Statement of the Arab National Conference
13 December 1931
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
Document
Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
Document
The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Document
Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
Document
Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
Document
Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA ٍSpecial Session on Future Palestine Government
1 April 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 46
17 April 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 48
23 April 1948
Document
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
Document
Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 49
22 May 1948
Document
Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 53
7 July 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
Document
Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
Document
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 61
4 November 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 62
16 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
The US Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
UNSC Resolution 69
4 March 1949
Document
Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
Document
Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
Document
Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan
24 April 1950
Document
Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
Document
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
Document
UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
Document
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
14 March 1951
Document
UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
Document
UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
Document
UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
Document
Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Document
UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
UNSC Resolution 171
9 April 1962
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
Document
Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
Document
Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
Document
Fatah First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
Document
UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
Document
UNSC Resolution 237
14 June 1967
Document
Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
Document
Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Document
UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
UNSC Resolution 252
21 May 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
Document
UNSC Resolution 271
15 September 1969
Document
Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
Document
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
Document
Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement
13 July 1971
Document
UNSC Resolution 298
25 September 1971
Document
Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
Document
Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
Document
UNSC Resolution 316
26 June 1972
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
UNSC Resolution 338
22 October 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
Document
Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution
29 October 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNSC Resolution 381
30 November 1975
Document
Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East
4 December 1975
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898
5 December 1975
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940
23 January 1976
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022
24 March 1976
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119
29 June 1976
Document
Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
Document
Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
Document
Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East
1 October 1977
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
Document
Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel
8 December 1977
Document
Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
Document
UNSC Resolution 425
19 March 1978
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
UNSC Resolution 446
22 March 1979
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
Document
The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors
3 June 1980
Document
The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
Document
Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
30 July 1980
Document
Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
Document
UNSC Resolution 478
20 August 1980
Document
Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan
7 August 1981
Document
Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land
18 August 1981
Document
UNSC Resolution 497
17 December 1981
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1
19 January 1982
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943
1 April 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985
20 April 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185
8 June 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2
25 June 1982
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
Document
Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 September 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
Document
Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
Document
Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459
12 September 1985
Document
Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat
7 November 1985
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
Document
The London Agreement
11 April 1987
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
Document
UNSC Resolution 605
22 December 1987
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
Document
Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians
26 February 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
Document
The Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
Document
King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly
14 December 1988
Document
Statement by President Reagan on Opening American-PLO Dialogue
14 December 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463
17 February 1989
Document
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
Document
UNSC Resolution 641
30 August 1989
Document
Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
September 1989
Document
Secretary of State James Baker's: Five Points Framework for an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue
10 October 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
Document
PLO “Assumptions” with Regard to Baker's Five Points
1 December 1989
Document
Egypt's "Assumptions" with Regard to Baker's Five Points
5 December 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326
31 May 1990
Document
UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
Document
U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
UNGA Resolution 46/86
16 December 1991
Document
Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
UNSC Resolution 904
18 March 1994
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394
17 May 1995
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
Document
UNSC Resolution 1073
28 September 1996
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241
21 March 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/3
15 July 1997
Document
Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution 52/250
13 July 1998
Document
Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21
13 July 1998
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
Document
Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
Document
Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
Document
Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
Document
UNSC Resolution 1322
7 October 2000
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270
26 March 2001
Document
Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations
16 April 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
Document
The Durban Declaration
8 September 2001
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199
14 December 2001
Document
Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1397
12 March 2002
Document
Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1402
30 March 2002
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1435
24 September 2002
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385
20 December 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891
16 September 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/12
25 September 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
Document
UNSC Resolution 1515
19 November 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240
24 March 2004
Document
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
Document
Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
Document
Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 2005
Document
Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections
30 January 2006
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
Document
Mecca Agreement
8 February 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
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
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9
1 June 2010
Document
President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
Document
Statement by Middle East Quartet
23 September 2011
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Document
HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration
17 December 2014
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
Document
Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities
24 March 2016
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
Document
Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
Document
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060
18 December 2017
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/19
21 December 2017
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
Document
Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution 73/5
16 October 2018
Document
Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance
26 December 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
Document
Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020
Document
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
Document
Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)
11 January 2021
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Document
The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
Document
HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021

Historical Media

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Young Turks Revolution
July 1908
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Arab Revolt in Aqaba
1917
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Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931
16 December 1931
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Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
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Arab Revolt 1936 - Reinforcements
1936
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Volunteers from Arab Countries
25 August 1936
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Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission
11 January 1937
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Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee
12 January 1937
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Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012

Periods

Period
III. Late Mandate
Period
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
Period
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
Period
IV. The Palestine War and the Nakba

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
The UN and Palestine: Security Council Vetoed Draft Resolutions
1963 - present
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian-Israeli Final Status Negotiation Rounds
1999 - 2001
Thematic Chronology
The 2014 Gaza War
2014-2015
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian National Congresses
1918 - 1934
Thematic Chronology
Transjordan and its Evolving Connection to Palestine
1915-1954
Thematic Chronology
British and International Commissions of Inquiry in Mandate Palestine
1919 - 1946

Highlights

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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
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IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
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XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
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XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
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Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity