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Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine
October 1831 - 1834
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Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
7 November 1864
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2nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
28 August 1898 - 31 August 1898
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3rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
15 August 1899 - 18 August 1899
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4th Zionist Congress Is Held in London
13 August 1900 - 16 August 1900
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5th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
26 December 1901 - 30 December 1901
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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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Foundation of Tel Aviv
11 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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Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul
30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911
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Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris
1911 - 1914
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First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament
March 1911 - May 1911
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Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
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Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine
14 May 1914
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Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: 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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The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission
2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919
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Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet
15 May 1920
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International Zionist Conference Meets in London
July 1920
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French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
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Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances
10 August 1921
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Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
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Shaw Commission Report on al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances
12 March 1930
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Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa
4 January 1932
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Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
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18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933
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Establishment of the National Bloc Party
4 October 1935
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First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji Aids the Great Palestine Rebellion
25 August 1936
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The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem
13 January 1938
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The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Arab National Fund Reestablished
August 1943
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Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
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Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
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Palestinian Attacks
14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine
5 March 1948
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Palestinian Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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UNGA 212 (III): Establishment of a Special Fund for Palestine refugees
19 November 1948
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UNGA 194 (III): Establishment of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)
11 December 1948
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Development Authority (Transfer of Property) Law, 5710-1950
9 August 1950
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UNRWA Signs Agreement with Jordan as Refugee Host Country
14 March 1951 - 20 August 1951
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23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951
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General Islamic Conference on Palestine, Jerusalem
3 December 1953 - 9 December 1953
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Covenant between Zionist Organization and Israel
26 July 1954
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The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
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Bloody Israeli Attack on the Gaza Strip
28 February 1955
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Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955
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With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel
3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955
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Renewal of Egyptian-Israeli Clashes
22 August 1955 - 4 September 1955
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Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja
23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955
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US Withdraws Aswan Funding
19 July 1956
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Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
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Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya
4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956
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British and French Troops Invade Canal Zone
5 November 1956
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Basic Law: Israel Lands
19 July 1960
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Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960
25 July 1960
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Israeli Raid Against Syria
16 March 1962 - 17 March 1962
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1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
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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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Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids
27 May 1965
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Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations
14 July 1966
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Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria
12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967
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Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972
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Black September Hijack Operation
29 October 1972 - 30 October 1972
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Assassination of Zaid Muqsi in Athens
11 April 1973
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October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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UNGA 3236 (XXIX): Recognizing Palestinian Inalienable Rights and Palestinian People as Principal Party for Establishing Peace
22 November 1974
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Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
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The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel
1 March 1976 - April 1976
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Syrian Forces Enter Lebanon
31 May 1976
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Plane Hijacked to Entebbe
27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976
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9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
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Egypt Decides to Suspend Talks with Israel on Palestinian Autonomy
10 May 1980
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Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon
10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981
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Israel Invades Along the Central Axis
6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982
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Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis
6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982
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Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut
21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982
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Ma'moun Meraish Is Assassinated in Athens
20 August 1983
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Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities
2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984
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Operation of Israeli Occupation Forces Against Ayn al-Hilwa
16 May 1984 - 18 May 1984
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Israeli Army Withdraws from Saida Region
16 February 1985
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The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987
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Israeli Planes Attack PLO Headquarters in Tunis; Arafat Narrowly Escapes
25 September 1985 - 1 October 1985
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31st Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
6 December 1987 - 10 December 1987
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Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted
9 December 1988
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US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel
23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990
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China and Israel Establish Diplomatic Relations
24 January 1992
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Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel
30 December 1993
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Status of Orient House in Jerusalem
29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994
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The Holy See and Israel Sign an Agreement Complementing their 1993 Fundamental Agreement
10 November 1997
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Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms its Applicability to the OPT
15 July 1999
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Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks
7 December 1999 - 26 March 2000
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The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
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Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000
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Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising
30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000
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Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
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Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates
20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
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The 9-11 Attacks on the US
11 September 2001
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President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State
2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001
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Assassination of Mahmoud Abu Hanud near Nablus
23 November 2001
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Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect
5 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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Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound
29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002
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Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity
1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002
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Assassination of Qays Udwan in Tubas
5 April 2002
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Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters
5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002
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Assassination of Ziad Da’as in Tulkarm
7 August 2002
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Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
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Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories
18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002
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Assassination of Fayiz Jaber in Tulkarm
30 January 2003
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Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza
15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
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The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003
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Assassination of Nader Jarawish and Ala Ayyad in Bethlehem
25 March 2003
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Assassination of Mahmud Salah in Bethlehem
29 April 2003
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Assassination of Yusuf Abu Hin in Gaza City
1 May 2003
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The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
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Assassination of Ismail Abu Shanab in Gaza City
21 August 2003 - 25 August 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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Violence Abates to a Moderate Level
1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003
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Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
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Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004
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Assassination of Aziz Shami in Gaza City
7 February 2004
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Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004
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In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza
2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004
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The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall
9 July 2004
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Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine
18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004
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Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron
17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004
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The Knesset Enacts the Prevention of Funding of Terrorism Law, 2005
29 December 2004
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Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step
8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005
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Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination
15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005
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Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo
15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005
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Assassination of Said Issa Siam in Khan Yunis
17 July 2005
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Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain
23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005
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Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again
24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005
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Operation Blue Skies and Continuing Escalation
22 December 2005 - 23 January 2006
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Assassination of Said Abdul Fattah Abu al-Jedian in Beit Lahiya
2 January 2006
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Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
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Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006
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US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA
17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006
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Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis
1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006
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Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006
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Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
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Assassination of Ra'id Ubayyat in Beit Sahour
3 April 2006
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Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces
5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006
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Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza
20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006
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A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office
9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006
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Israeli Operations in the West Bank
24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006
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Assassination of Mahmud al-Majzub in Sidon
26 May 2006
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Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains
28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006
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Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon
19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006
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July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes
30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone
2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
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Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues
15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006
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Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?
6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006
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The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas
14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007
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Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus
25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007
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A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government
17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007
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The Battle of Nahr el-Bared
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007
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Assassination of Ziad Malaisha and Ibrahim Abed in Kafr Dan
20 June 2007
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Assassination of Omar al-Khatib in Gaza City
26 July 2007
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Nablus Remains a Hot Spot
15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008
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Assassination of Majid Harazin, Jihad Dahir, Karim Dahdouh, Na'el Tafesh, Ayman al-'Aileh and Ammar Abu-al-Said in Gaza City
17 December 2007
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Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM
17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
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The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"
7 January 2008
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Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza
15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008
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Hamas Proposes a Comprehensive Cease-Fire
12 March 2008
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Assassination of Tareq Abu Ghali in Nablus
24 June 2008
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To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
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Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened
5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking
1 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 13
8 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 21
16 January 2009
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Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo
25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009
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Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh
2 March 2009
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Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza
13 March 2009
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Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
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Israel Land Administration Law
3 August 2009
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Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund
12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010
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Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites
21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010
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US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan
9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010
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The Mavi Marmara Incident
30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010
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The United Nations Human Rights Council Establishes a Fact-Finding Mission on the Mavi Marmara Incident
2 June 2010 - 27 September 2010
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Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
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An Amendment to the Lebanese Social Security Law Grants Palestinian Refugees Right to End-of-Service and Occupational Emergency Compensations
24 August 2010
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The Knesset passes the Law on Disclosure Requirements for Recipients of Support from a Foreign State Entity
2 March 2011
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The Knesset Passes the "Nakba Law"
22 March 2011
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Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 September 2011
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US Legislation against Palestinian Full UN Membership
23 December 2011
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23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad
29 March 2012
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Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts
22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012
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Assassination of Eid Oukal in Rafah
5 August 2012
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Assassination of Ashraf Sabah and Hisham al-Saidani in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
13 October 2012
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Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza
14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012
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Visit of Qatar’s Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza
23 October 2012
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24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
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With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities
30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013
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25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
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Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1
8 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5
11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
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The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza
11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014
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International Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction
12 October 2014
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The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza
11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015
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Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev
14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015
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Palestinian Militants Build and Rebuild “Gate of Jerusalem” Tent Camp in Abu Dis
3 February 2015 - 27 March 2015
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With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
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A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?
2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016
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US Legislation against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court
18 December 2015
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Smaller-Scale Palestinian-Israeli Violence and Israeli Repression Continue
1 January 2016 - 30 June 2016
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The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
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In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted
8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016
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The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
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Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif
26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016
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The Knesset adopts the NGO “Funding Transparency” Law
11 July 2016
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Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
4 December 2016
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Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers
8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017
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Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
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Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination
6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017
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Israel Names the Palestine National Fund a Terrorist Organization for Assisting Prisoners' Families
16 March 2017
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Hamas New Charter
1 May 2017
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President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem
23 May 2017
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Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan
24 August 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel
7 September 2017
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UNGA Res. ES-10/19 Opposes Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem
21 December 2017
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Israeli Moves Against the BDS Movement
29 December 2017 - 7 January 2018
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Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon
14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018
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Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA
16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018
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Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad
22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018
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US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”
25 January 2018
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International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis
15 March 2018
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Taylor Force Act Signed into Law
23 March 2018
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Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue
2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018
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Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire
7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018
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US Cuts Aid to Palestinians
24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018
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President Trump Signs the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATCA) into Law
3 October 2018
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Qatar's Assistance to Gaza
9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018
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PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations
15 November 2018
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UNRWA Says International Community Almost Covers Budget Deficit
19 November 2018
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PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA
26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019
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Conditions Worsen for Palestinian Prisoners
2 January 2019 - 12 May 2019
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Russian Effort on Reconciliation Fails and Hamas-Fatah Relations Further Deteriorate
13 February 2019 - 17 February 2019
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Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue
17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019
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30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
31 March 2019
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Assassination of Hamed al-Khoudary in Gaza City
5 May 2019
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Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya
1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019
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UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations
29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019
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The PA and Israel Agree that the PA Can Collect Fuel Taxes
22 August 2019
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Israeli Supreme Court Greenlights Withholding Palestinian Corpses
9 September 2019
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Israeli Forces Raid Addameer and General Union of Service Sector Workers Offices in Ramallah
19 September 2019
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PA Starts Receiving Part of Tax Revenue from Israel Despite Deduction
3 October 2019 - 29 December 2019
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US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces
20 December 2019
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Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020
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Israel Uses COVID-19 Against Palestinians
21 March 2020 - 22 September 2020
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Creeping Normalization
19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020
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EU Anti-Palestinian Clause
12 June 2020
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Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons
6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020
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Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives
25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021
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Repeated Demolition of Khirbet Humsa
3 November 2020 - 27 October 2021
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PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds
17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020
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Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020
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Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank
25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021
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Israel Raids and Closes Offices of Human Rights Organizations in the West Bank
28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021
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US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes
7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1
10 May 2021
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The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2
11 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
21 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12
21 May 2021
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Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements
5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021

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Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
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
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Historical Texts

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
Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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
The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
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
Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative
16 September 1922
Document
Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929
12 March 1930
Document
Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”
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
National Fund: Establishment of Company to Save the Lands of Palestine (in Arabic)
11 October 1932
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
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
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
Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)
14 May 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
Document
Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948
16 September 1948
Document
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
Document
Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account
8 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Document
Ad Hoc Political Committee Resolution on Israel’s Application for UN Membership
4 May 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 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
UNGA Resolution 303
9 December 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 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
UNGA Resolution 394 (V)
14 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
UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
Document
UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 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
Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
Document
Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
Document
Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)
2 June 1964
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
Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions
1 September 1967
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
UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
Document
UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)
19 December 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
UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)
10 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
UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)
8 December 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
UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)
6 December 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
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 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
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Admission of Palestine as Full Member in Arab League (in Arabic)
9 September 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
Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 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
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1
19 January 1982
Document
President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 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
Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat
7 November 1985
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians
26 February 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 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
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Document
UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
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
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 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
Shimon Peres's Letter Concerning Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem
11 October 1993
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
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
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 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
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 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
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement
27 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
Document
Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
Document
Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35
15 May 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 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
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
Document
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783
5 October 2004
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
UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39
30 June 2008
Document
UNSC Resolution 1860
8 January 2009
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
UNGA Resolution ES-18
23 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State
16 May 2011
Document
President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
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
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
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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
China’s Four-Point Proposal on Promoting the Settlement of the Palestinian Issue
18 July 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
PLO Central Council, 28th Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
15 January 2018
Document
Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
Document
Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018
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
PLO Central Council, 29th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution 73/5
16 October 2018
Document
PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)
28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution 73/89
6 December 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
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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Land in Jewish Possession (1944)
31 December 1944
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Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?
2017-
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
Highlight
The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
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XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
Highlight
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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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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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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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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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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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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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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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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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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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
Highlight
The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Highlight
XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Periods

Period
VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement