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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
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
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
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
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
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
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
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
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
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
Anwar Nuseibeh
1913 - 1986
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
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
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
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
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
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
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
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
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
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

Events

Event
The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire
24 November 1881
Event
Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine
29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901
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Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition
8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901
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Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company
7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903
Event
Theodor Herzl Dies; Replaced by David Wolffsohn
3 July 1904
Event
Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury
January 1905
Event
Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
Event
The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant
10 January 1920
Event
Advisory Council for Palestine Is Established
October 1920
Event
Prevention of Crime Ordinance is Issued
October 1920 - 15 December 1920
Event
3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa
13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920
Event
Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
Event
May Day Clashes in Jaffa
1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921
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Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem
8 May 1921
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Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council
20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922
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The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine
24 July 1922
Event
The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council; Non-Applicability to Transjordan
10 August 1922
Event
5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus
20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922
Event
League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922
Event
Palestinians Boycott Elections
February 1923 - March 1923
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6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa
16 June 1923
Event
Official Onset of British Mandate for Palestine
29 September 1923
Event
Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem
8 November 1923
Event
Establishment of the Zionist Revisionist Movement
1925
Event
14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna
18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925
Event
Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem
1 November 1928
Event
White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928
Event
1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
Event
League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930
Event
White Paper (Passfield) of 1930 Is Published
20 October 1930
Event
Enactment of the Palestine Order in Council Related to al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 May 1931
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931
23 July 1931
Event
Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
Event
An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress
13 December 1931
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Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa
4 January 1932
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18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933
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19th Zionist Congress Meets in Lucerne
20 August 1935 - 4 September 1935
Event
Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force
12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935
Event
Revival of the Legislative Council Idea
December 1935 - March 1936
Event
Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
Event
Enactment of Emergency Regulations
19 April 1936
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936
30 September 1936
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Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936
1 January 1937
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937
Event
The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo
15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938
Event
The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians
2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939
Event
Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
Event
Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
Event
The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations
27 September 1945
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
Event
Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
Event
Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan; a New Constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
25 May 1946 - 7 December 1946
Event
Arab League Meets in Bludan and Reacts to the Recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
8 June 1946 - 12 June 1946
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Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee
12 June 1946
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Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
Event
Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946
Event
Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan
24 July 1946
Event
Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
Event
The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council
29 January 1948 - 16 February 1948
Event
SC Res. 42: Appealing Permanent Members for Guidance on Palestine
5 March 1948
Event
Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
Event
US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition
18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948
Event
SC Res. 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine
1 April 1948
Event
SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA special session on Future Palestine Government
1 April 1948
Event
Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
Event
Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May
12 April 1948
Event
SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine
17 April 1948
Event
SC Res. 48: Establishment of the UN Truce Commission for Palestine
23 April 1948
Event
Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
British Parliament Enacts the Palestine Act, 1948
29 April 1948
Event
Great Britain Issues the Termination of Jurisdiction in Palestine (Transitional Provisions) Order in Council of 1948
12 May 1948
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948
12 May 1948
Event
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
Event
Israel's Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Event
SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem
22 May 1948
Event
SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine
29 May 1948
Event
First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages
11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948
Event
Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan
28 June 1948
Event
Responses to Bernadotte's Plan
2 July 1948 - 5 July 1948
Event
SC Res. 53: Appealing to all Parties for Prolongation of the Truce in Palestine
7 July 1948
Event
SC Res. 54: Ordering Parties to Desist from Military Action; Instructing Mediator to Continue Efforts for Jerusalem Demilitarization
15 July 1948
Event
Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance
16 September 1948
Event
Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza
22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948
Event
Israel's Provisional Council Enacts Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance
23 September 1948
Event
SC Res. 61: Calling for Withdrawal of Forces and Establishment of Permanent Truce Lines and Demilitarized Zones
4 November 1948
Event
SC Res. 62: Calling for Establishment of Armistice in all Sectors of Palestine
16 November 1948
Event
Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
17 December 1948
Event
Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved
1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950
Event
SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership
4 March 1949
Event
General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah
17 March 1949
Event
The UNGA Ad Hoc Political Committee, Dealing with Israel's Admission Application, Requests Clarifications
4 May 1949 - 9 May 1949
Event
Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
Event
Special International Regime for Jerusalem
4 April 1950
Event
Led by George Habash, Arab Nationalist Activists on the Way to Structure Their Movement
1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952
Event
Assassination of King Abdullah
20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952
Event
SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal
1 September 1951
Event
Publication of the Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
8 January 1952
Event
The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
Event
King Hussein’s Formal Accession to the Throne
2 May 1953
Event
SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice
24 November 1953
Event
SC Res. 106: Condemning Israel’s Attack against Egypt’s Regular Army in Gaza
29 March 1955
Event
Gaza's Basic Law
11 May 1955
Event
Security Council Resolution S/RES/111
19 January 1956
Event
UNGA 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)
2 November 1956
Event
Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
Event
Basic Law for the Gaza Strip
25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958
Event
The Arab League and Palestinian Entity
4 March 1959
Event
Fatah's Organizational Structure Set in a Kuwait Meeting
10 October 1959
Event
Lebanon Establishes a Higher Commission for Palestine Affairs
26 April 1960
Event
Fatah and the Palestinian Entity
June 1960
Event
Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960
25 July 1960
Event
The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip
5 March 1962
Event
Conditions for the Movement of Lebanon's Palestinian refugees between Lebanon and Syria
28 July 1962 - 2 August 1962
Event
Draft Security Council Resolution S/5407
3 September 1963
Event
Fatah Opens Its First Office in Algeria
23 September 1963
Event
1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Event
Fatah Issues Its First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Adopts its Bylaws
11 March 1965
Event
Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids
27 May 1965
Event
2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
Event
The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States
11 September 1965
Event
3rd Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965
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3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
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Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations
14 July 1966
Event
Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
Event
Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1
4 November 1966
Event
Israeli-Jordanian Battle at al-Samu' after a Fatah Operation
11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966
Event
Security Council Resolution S/RES/228
25 November 1966
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Israeli-Syrian Violence Escalates; Fatah's Military Operations Increase
1 January 1967 - 30 April 1967
Event
June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
Event
Security Council Resolution S/RES/237
14 June 1967
Event
Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
Event
General Assembly Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Event
Formation of a Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem 
24 July 1967
Event
Fatah Guerrilla Resistance in the West Bank
28 August 1967
Event
Security Council Resolution S/RES/242
22 November 1967
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Palestinians Reorganize
11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968
Event
First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic
January 1968
Event
Guerrilla Resistance in Gaza Strip
1968 - 1970
Event
Battle of al-Karama, a Turning Point in Palestinian and Pro-Palestinian Mobilization
21 March 1968
Event
Yasir Arafat Assumes Prominence within Fatah
14 April 1968
Event
SC Res. 252: Considering all Israeli Measures to Change Jerusalem's Legal Status as Invalid
21 May 1968
Event
4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Event
Fatah Defines its Political Objective
19 October 1968
Event
Explosion in Mahane Yehuda in West Jerusalem
22 November 1968 - 28 November 1968
Event
Lebanon Issues the Law on the Acquisition of Immovable Property Rights by Non-Lebanese
4 January 1969
Event
Fatah Reaffirms its Political Objective
28 January 1969
Event
5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969
Event
Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem
27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969
Event
SC Res. 267: Calling once more upon Israel to Rescind all Measures which May Change the Status of Jerusalem
3 July 1969
Event
6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969
Event
SC Res. 271: Condemning the Execrable Act of Desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque
15 September 1969
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley
22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970
Event
7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
Event
Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970
Event
1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970
Event
Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
Event
UNGA 2628 (XXV): Urging Speedy Implementation of SC Res. 242 (1967)
4 November 1970
Event
President Sadat Suggests Partial Israeli Withdrawal from Suez Canal
4 February 1971
Event
8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971
Event
9th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
7 July 1971 - 13 July 1971
Event
Jordan Complains to UN Security Council on Jerusalem
13 September 1971
Event
SC Res. 298: Deploring Israel’s Failure to Respect Previous Resolutions on its Measures Affecting Status of Jerusalem
25 September 1971
Event
Municipal Elections in West Bank Are Announced
26 November 1971
Event
Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972
Event
10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972
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11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo
6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973
Event
Hussein Bashir Abu al-Khayr Is Assassinated in Nicosia
24 January 1973
Event
Assassination of Zaid Muqsi in Athens
11 April 1973
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Ahmed Bouchiki Assassinated in Lillehammer
21 July 1973
Event
Palestine National Front Is Established in the Occupied Territories
15 August 1973
Event
October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
Event
American-Soviet Agreement on a Cease-fire
21 October 1973
Event
SC Res. 338: Calling for Cease-fire and Deciding to Start Immediately Negotiations for Just Durable and Peace
22 October 1973
Event
Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms
23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
Event
12th Palestine National Council, Cairo: A New Political Program
1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974
Event
Palestinian Rejection Front
10 October 1974
Event
Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
Event
Start of Civil War in Lebanon
13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982
Event
US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
Event
A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth
18 October 1975
Event
UNGA 3375 (XXX): Calling for Inviting PLO to any UN Efforts on the Middle East on Equal Footing with Other Parties
10 November 1975
Event
UNGA 3376 (XXX): Establishing a Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
10 November 1975
Event
Statement S/11889 by SC President on Inviting the PLO to the Debate on ME Problem
30 November 1975
Event
SC Res. 381: Renewing UNDOF Mandate and Deciding to Hold a Future Debate on ME Problem
30 November 1975
Event
The PLO at the Security Council
4 December 1975
Event
The PLO Invited again to Security Council's Debate
12 January 1976
Event
Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank
12 April 1976
Event
Plane Hijacked to Entebbe
27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976
Event
Draft SC Res. S/12119 to Affirm Palestinian Rights, as Requested by GA, Vetoed by US
29 June 1976
Event
PLO Becomes a Full Member of the Arab League
9 September 1976
Event
13th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
Event
US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference
5 October 1977
Event
The PLO Central Council Condemns Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
30 November 1977
Event
Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 December 1977
Event
Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"
11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978
Event
Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris
3 August 1978
Event
Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords
5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978
Event
14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Event
Ali Hassan Salameh Is Killed in Beirut
22 January 1979
Event
SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories
22 March 1979
Event
1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba
25 May 1979
Event
3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979
Event
4th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
5 July 1979 - 6 July 1979
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6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979
Event
Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus
15 December 1979
Event
Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
17 January 1980
Event
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
28 January 1980
Event
SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones
1 March 1980
Event
President Carter's Disavowal of US Vote for SC Res. 465
3 March 1980
Event
Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
Event
Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem
20 August 1980 - September 1980
Event
15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Event
Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome
9 October 1981
Event
Draft SC Res. S/14832/Rev.1 to Consider Israeli Golan Measures an Act of Agression, Vetoed by US
20 January 1982
Event
Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
31 January 1982
Event
UNGA Res. ES/9-1: Adopts Content of Vetoed Draft SC Res. on Israeli Golan Measures
5 February 1982
Event
Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/14943 to Denounce Dismissal of Palestinian Mayors, Vetoed by US
2 April 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
20 April 1982
Event
Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London
3 June 1982
Event
SC Res. 508: Calling Upon all Parties to Cease Military Activities in Lebanon and across Lebanese-Israeli Border
5 June 1982
Event
Encirclement of Beirut
11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US
26 June 1982
Event
The PLO 11-Point Document
8 July 1982
Event
PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
Event
16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Event
Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983
Event
Scission within Fatah
18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983
Event
Reactions to Fatah Scission in Occupied Territories
26 June 1983 - 9 November 1983
Event
Tension in Hebron
1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983
Event
Draft SC Res. S/15895 to Condemn Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians in Hebron, Vetoed by US
2 August 1983
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983
Event
UNGA 38/58: Calling for the Convening of an International Peace Conference on the Middle East
13 December 1983
Event
Jordanian Parliament Revived
9 January 1984 - 18 January 1984
Event
Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
Event
Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation
27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984
Event
17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Event
Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985
Event
PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
18 February 1985
Event
Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
Event
Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
Event
The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242
15 May 1985
Event
The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987
Event
Draft SC Res. S/17459 to Call upon Israel to Stop its Repressive Measures, Vetoed by US
13 September 1985
Event
Draft SC Res. S/17769 to Deplore Provocative Acts in the Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
30 January 1986
Event
Assassination of Zafir al-Masri
2 March 1986 - 3 March 1986
Event
Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration
6 September 1986
Event
Deportation of Muhammad Dahlan
13 December 1986 - 26 January 1987
Event
Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement
11 April 1987
Event
18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Event
Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza
18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987
Event
First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
14 December 1987
Event
SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada
22 December 1987
Event
SC Res. 607: Calling upon Israel to Refrain from Deporting Palestinians
4 January 1988
Event
Unified National Leadership of the Uprising
8 January 1988
Event
SC Res. 608: Calling upon Israel to Rescind Deportation Orders of Palestinians
14 January 1988
Event
Draft Security Council Resolutions S/19466, S/19780, S/20463, S/20677, and S/20945/Rev.1
1 February 1988 - 7 November 1989
Event
US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
Event
4th Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region
3 June 1988 - 7 June 1988
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Algiers
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988
Event
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Issues Its Charter
18 August 1988
Event
19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State
12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988
Event
Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva
13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988
Event
Start of US-PLO Dialogue
14 December 1988
Event
UNGA 43/177: The PLO to Be Designated as Palestine in the UN System; Territorial Scope
15 December 1988
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative
15 May 1989
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Event
Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections
1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989
Event
SC Res. 641: Deploring the Continuing Deportation by Israel of Palestinian Civilians
30 August 1989
Event
China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace
21 September 1989
Event
The Issue of Hamas's Participation in the Palestine National Council
7 April 1990
Event
Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US
31 May 1990
Event
Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait
3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991
Event
SC Res. 672: Condemns Israel's Acts of Violence and Requests the SG to Submit Report on Mission Sent to Region
12 October 1990
Event
SC Res. 673: Deplores Israel's Refusal to Receive Mission of SG
24 October 1990
Event
Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference
20 December 1990
Event
SC Res. 681: Deploring Israel's Decision to Resume Deportations of Palestinian Civilians
20 December 1990
Event
The Gulf War
17 January 1991 - 28 February 1991
Event
President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War
6 March 1991
Event
Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy
9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991
Event
Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon
18 May 1991
Event
SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
24 May 1991
Event
20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
17 October 1991
Event
US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference
18 October 1991
Event
1st Negotiation Round, Madrid
3 November 1991
Event
SC Res. 726: Condemning Israel's Decision to Resume Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
6 January 1992
Event
6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington
24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992
Event
6th Negotiation Round, 2nd Stage, Washington
14 September 1992 - 24 September 1992
Event
A Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Opposed to Negotiations Is Formed in Damascus
16 September 1992
Event
Multilateral Talks
29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992
Event
Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon
13 December 1992 - 17 December 1992
Event
Bilateral Negotiation Round Delayed
11 January 1993
Event
9th Negotiation Round, Washington
27 April 1993 - 13 May 1993
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington
13 September 1993
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP
10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993
Event
SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron
18 March 1994
Event
Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron
20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994
Event
Wave of Hamas and Islamic Jihad Attacks
6 April 1994 - 30 April 1994
Event
The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood
4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999
Event
Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv; Rabin and the National Separation Idea
19 October 1994
Event
Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza
18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994
Event
Anti-Israeli Attacks and Inter-Palestinian Tension
2 April 1995 - 19 April 1995
Event
Draft SC S/1995/394 to Condemn Israeli Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Vetoed by the US
17 May 1995
Event
Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem
17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995
Event
Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)
28 September 1995
Event
Assassination of Yahya Ayyash in Beit Lahiya
5 January 1996
Event
Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections
20 January 1996
Event
Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996
Event
Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank
7 March 1996
Event
Inauguration of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza
7 March 1996
Event
21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996
Event
First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting
4 September 1996
Event
Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996
Event
SC Res. 1073: Calling for the Reversal of all Acts (Opening of Western Wall Tunnel) Aggravating the Situation
28 September 1996
Event
Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project
27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997
Event
Draft SC Res. S/1997/199 to Call on Israel to Refrain from Settlement Activities (Jabal Abu Ghunaym) Vetoed by US
7 March 1997
Event
Draft SC Res. S/1997/241 to Demand that Israel Cease Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Vetoed by US
21 March 1997
Event
UNGA ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement
25 April 1997
Event
Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures
30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997
Event
Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
Event
Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released
25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997
Event
Statement S/PRST/1998/21 by SC President against Israel Broadening Boundaries of Jerusalem
13 July 1998
Event
Assassination of Adel Awadallah and Imad Awadallah in Khirbat al-Taybeh
11 September 1998
Event
Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum
26 October 1998
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
10 December 1998
Event
Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza
14 December 1998
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
27 April 1999 - 29 April 1999
Event
Palestinian Authority Crackdown Against Hamas
3 August 1999 - 26 August 1999
Event
Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts
10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999
Event
Petition of the Twenty Denouncing the Palestinian Authority
27 November 1999 - 29 November 1999
Event
Assassination of Iyad Batat in Bayt Awa
13 December 1999
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000
Event
Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000
Event
Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David
3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000
Event
The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized
14 October 2000
Event
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
Event
Assassination of Hussein Ubayyat in Beit Sahur, Before a Clinton-Arafat Meeting in Washington
9 November 2000
Event
Toward a Protracted Confrontation
10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000
Event
Assassination of Jamal Abd al-Razeq near Rafah
22 November 2000
Event
Assassination of Yusif Abu Sawi in al-Khader
12 December 2000
Event
Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171
18 December 2000
Event
Assassination of Dr. Thabet Thabet in Tulkarm
31 December 2000
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2001/270 Calling for Cessation of Settlement Activities and Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by US
27 March 2001
Event
13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001
Event
Assassination of Iyad Hardan in Jenin
5 April 2001
Event
Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
19 April 2001
Event
Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees
10 May 2001
Event
Assassination attempt of Abd al-Karim Owais in Jenin
12 May 2001
Event
New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes
18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001
Event
Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation
4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001
Event
Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions
10 August 2001
Event
Assassination of Imad Abu Sunayna in Hebron
15 August 2001
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates
20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
Event
UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban
31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001
Event
Assassination of Atef Ubayyat in Beit Sahur
18 October 2001
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2001/1199 Demanding Cessation of Violence and Return to Previous Positions Vetoed by the US
15 December 2001
Event
Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?
16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001
Event
Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
Event
An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002
Event
14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
Event
Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield
28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002
Event
SC Res. 1402: Calling for Cease-Fire and Withdrawal of Israeli Troops from Palestinian Cities
30 March 2002
Event
SC Res. 1405: Welcoming SG Initiative to Send Fact-Finding Team to Jenin Refugee Camp
19 April 2002
Event
On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
Event
Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative
17 June 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
Event
Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination
22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002
Event
Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
Event
Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories
18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002
Event
SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal
24 September 2002
Event
Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks
10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US
20 December 2002
Event
Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip
24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003
Event
Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza
15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
Event
15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh
1 March 2003
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003
Event
The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister
10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003
Event
Mahmoud Abbas Forms the Palestinian Government
19 March 2003 - 29 April 2003
Event
Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy
1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003
Event
Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003
Event
The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
Event
No Let Up in Confrontation
19 August 2003 - 20 August 2003
Event
Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire
4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003
Event
Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister
6 September 2003
Event
Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis
7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003
Event
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
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/12: Demands Israel to Desist from any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety
19 September 2003
Event
Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah
4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US
14 October 2003
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT
21 October 2003
Event
SC Res. 1515: Endorsing Quartet Roadmap to a Two-State Solution
19 November 2003
Event
Palestinian Peace Gestures
1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004
Event
Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
Event
Appointment of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi Head of Hamas in Gaza
23 March 2004
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US
25 March 2004
Event
SC Res. 1544: Condemning Israeli Killing of Civilians and Demolition of Homes in Rafah Refugee Camp
19 May 2004
Event
16th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis; Rejection of Israel's Disengagement Plan
22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004
Event
Life Sentence Against Marwan Barghouti
6 June 2004
Event
Annual Zionist General Council (WZO) Meets in Jerusalem
18 June 2004
Event
Operation Full Court Press in Nablus
23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004
Event
Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank
27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004
Event
The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
Event
Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine
18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2004/783 Condemning Israeli Broad Incursion in Northern Gaza Strip Vetoed by US
5 October 2004
Event
Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership
11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004
Event
Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected
1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005
Event
First Round of Municipal Elections
23 December 2004 - 27 January 2005
Event
Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce
17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005
Event
Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh
8 February 2005
Event
New Palestinian Cabinet under Ahmad Qurai'
24 February 2005
Event
Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo
15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005
Event
James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters
14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005
Event
Second Round of Municipal Elections
5 May 2005
Event
Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President
26 May 2005
Event
Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005
Event
Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah
7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005
Event
Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza
12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005
Event
Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain
23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005
Event
Third Round of Municipal Elections
29 September 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct
17 October 2005
Event
Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access
15 November 2005
Event
The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established
25 November 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation
25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005
Event
After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence
27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005
Event
Fourth Round of Municipal Elections
15 December 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates
18 December 2005
Event
The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon
6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory
26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006
Event
Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
Event
US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA
17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006
Event
PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet
18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006
Event
Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
Event
Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow
30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006
Event
Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank
1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006
Event
Assassination of Ra'id Ubayyat in Beit Sahour
3 April 2006
Event
Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza
20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006
Event
A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office
9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006
Event
The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document
10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006
Event
Haniyeh Proposes a Long-term Cease-fire and Peace
23 May 2006
Event
Israeli Operations in the West Bank
24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006
Event
Assassination of Mahmud al-Majzub in Sidon
26 May 2006
Event
Fatah-Hamas Clashes
26 May 2006 - 24 June 2006
Event
Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza
29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006
Event
Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit
25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006
Event
Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Event
Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains
28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006
Event
Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
Event
Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City
12 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah
13 July 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: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
Event
Major Israeli Operation in Nablus
19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006
Event
SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon
11 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
July War: The Cease-Fire
12 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon
14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006
Event
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks
25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006
Event
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence
28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006
Event
Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?
6 November 2006 - 20 November 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
Three Dramatic Spikes in Fatah-Hamas Violence
10 December 2006 - 8 February 2007
Event
Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
Event
Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus
25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007
Event
Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007
Event
A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government
17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007
Event
19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Event
Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank
3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007
Event
Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes
11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007
Event
The Battle of Nahr el-Bared
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007
Event
Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza
10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007
Event
Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank
14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007
Event
Assassination of Ziad Malaisha and Ibrahim Abed in Kafr Dan
20 June 2007
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007
Event
Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume
24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007
Event
Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government
5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007
Event
Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference
16 July 2007
Event
Another PLO Central Council Meeting Within Four Weeks
18 July 2007
Event
Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces
2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007
Event
Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production
9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008
Event
Nablus Remains a Hot Spot
15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008
Event
Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM
17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
Event
The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"
7 January 2008
Event
Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza
15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008
Event
A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus
23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
Event
Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai
23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008
Event
Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza
30 January 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands
28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Shihada, Ahmad Balbul, Imad Kamel and Issa Marzouk in Bethlehem
12 March 2008
Event
Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting
24 April 2008
Event
Israel Refuses an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer
30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere
27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008
Event
Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased
17 June 2008 - 4 November 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
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
The PLO Central Council Meets in Ramallah
23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008
Event
Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart
14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008
Event
SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006
16 December 2008
Event
Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza
21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008
Event
The War on Gaza (2008-09): Operation Cast Lead/ Battle of al-Furqan
27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 2
28 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 3
29 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 5
31 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 6
1 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 7
2 January 2009
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 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 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 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer
14 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza
16 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire
17 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
Event
Israel Completes Its Withdrawal from Gaza
20 January 2009 - 21 January 2009
Event
President Obama Prepares Active Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/18: Supporting an Immediate Gaza Ceasefire According to Security Council Resolution 1860
23 January 2009
Event
Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure
13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009
Event
Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo
25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009
Event
Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh
2 March 2009
Event
Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza
13 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
War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises
4 May 2009
Event
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
Event
US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
Event
Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
Event
Israel Land Administration Law
3 August 2009
Event
Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem
4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009
Event
Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009
Event
Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009
Event
Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More
9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza
15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009
Event
The Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making
29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009
Event
Israel-Hamas Token Preliminary Prisoner Deal
2 October 2009 - 3 October 2009
Event
UNGA Res. 64/10: Endorsing the Goldstone Report and Calling Upon both Sides to Investigate the Violations Reported in it
5 November 2009
Event
Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed
12 November 2009
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
15 December 2009 - 16 December 2009
Event
Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza
31 December 2009
Event
Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhuh in Dubai
20 January 2010 - 31 January 2010
Event
Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed
8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011
Event
Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates
11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010
Event
US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians
20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010
Event
The Mavi Marmara Incident
30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010
Event
The United Nations Human Rights Council Establishes a Fact-Finding Mission on the Mavi Marmara Incident
2 June 2010 - 27 September 2010
Event
The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 August 2010
Event
US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
Event
The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations
16 October 2010
Event
Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan
28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011
Event
Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics
2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011
Event
Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics
14 February 2011 - 27 April 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
Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement
4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011
Event
US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East
19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011
Event
Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN
2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Accord Put on Hold
14 June 2011 - 7 August 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
A Prisoner Swap Deal Between Hamas and Israel
11 October 2011
Event
After Palestine's UNESCO Admission, Israel Suspends Transfer of Taxes to the PA
1 November 2011 - 30 November 2011
Event
Four Islamic Jihad Members, Administrative Detainees in Israeli Prisons, Go on Hunger Strike
17 December 2011 - 1 April 2012
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo
20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011
Event
In Contrast with Islamic Jihad, Hamas Leadership Leaves Syria
17 January 2012 - 12 March 2012
Event
Abbas and Mishal Sign the Doha Declaration and Then Agree on its Suspension
5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012
Event
23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad
29 March 2012
Event
Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle
16 May 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
Assassination of Abdallah Makawi in Rafah
7 October 2012
Event
Local Elections in the West Bank
20 October 2012 - 22 December 2012
Event
Visit of Qatar’s Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza
23 October 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3
16 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4
17 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5
18 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement
21 November 2012
Event
Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures
22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013
Event
UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN
29 November 2012
Event
Hamas's Khalid Mishal Visits the Gaza Strip
8 December 2012
Event
24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
Event
Khalid Mishal Reelected Head of Hamas
1 April 2013 - 2 April 2013
Event
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns
13 April 2013
Event
Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo
27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013
Event
Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government
2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013
Event
A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet
23 April 2014
Event
Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians
24 April 2014
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
Event
Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014
Event
Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
Event
Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
Event
Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza
14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014
Event
Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front
3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War
7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1
8 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5
11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
Event
Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails
14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Israel Launches Ground Invasion (Phase II)
17 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12
18 July 2014 - 19 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
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive
1 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire
5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo
11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50
20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations
26 August 2014
Event
Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza
7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014
Event
The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza
11 September 2014 - 18 December 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
Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel
10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014
Event
Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Addresses the 2014 Gaza War
17 December 2014
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC
30 December 2014
Event
President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute
31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015
Event
The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza
11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015
Event
France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative
15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015
Event
Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt
31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products
9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015
Event
A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?
2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015
Event
26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
Event
Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again
2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025
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
UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Event
A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?
2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016
Event
Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst
5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015
Event
No Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
25 October 2015 - 26 October 2015
Event
Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement
16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015
Event
Muhammad al-Qeeq Stages a 94-day Hunger Strike and Compels His Jailers to Release Him
21 November 2015 - 21 May 2016
Event
The EU and the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
Event
Three Rounds of Hamas-Fatah Talks in Doha Come to Naught
7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016
Event
To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative
9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016
Event
The UN Human Rights Council Decides to Establish a Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities
24 March 2016
Event
Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border
3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016
Event
Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections
21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017
Event
The Quartet Issues a Report on the Impediments to Palestinian-Israeli Settlement
1 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
The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership
1 November 2016
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
4 December 2016
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax
15 December 2016
Event
SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism
23 December 2016
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings Renewed in Doha, Beirut and Moscow, with No Results
5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017
Event
Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East
15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017
Event
Yahya Sinwar Elected Head of Gaza's Hamas Political Bureau
13 February 2017
Event
Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
Event
Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
Event
Hamas Forms a Committee to Administer Gaza Strip
16 March 2017
Event
28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea
29 March 2017
Event
Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017
Event
Gaza and the Electricity Issue
27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017
Event
Hamas New Charter
1 May 2017
Event
Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau
6 May 2017
Event
Municipal Elections in the West Bank
13 May 2017
Event
President Trump's Visit to Israel
22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017
Event
The PA Forces Early Retirement on Part of Its Employees in Gaza
4 July 2017
Event
The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time
26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017
Event
Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
Event
Israeli and US Reactions to the Fatah-Hamas Agreement in Cairo
17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017
Event
Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails
1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017
Event
Palestinian Diplomatic Activity after US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
6 December 2017 - 20 December 2017
Event
Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem
13 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
Israeli Moves Against the BDS Movement
29 December 2017 - 7 January 2018
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
President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council
20 February 2018
Event
Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun
13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018
Event
The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
Event
29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran
15 April 2018
Event
Palestinian Professor of Engineering Fadi al-Batsh Assassinated in Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2018
Event
23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah
30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes Commission into Israel’s Attacks on the Great March of Return Protesters
18 May 2018
Event
Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 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
Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire
7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018
Event
Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation
7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
Event
Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters
17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
28 October 2018 - 30 October 2018
Event
Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire
11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018
Event
PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations
15 November 2018
Event
Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure
19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019
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
Conditions Worsen for Palestinian Prisoners
2 January 2019 - 12 May 2019
Event
PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing
7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019
Event
Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron
28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019
Event
Hamdallah Resigns, Is Replaced by Mohammad Shtayyeh
29 January 2019 - 13 April 2019
Event
Russian Effort on Reconciliation Fails and Hamas-Fatah Relations Further Deteriorate
13 February 2019 - 17 February 2019
Event
The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019
Event
UNHRC Report on Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters
28 February 2019
Event
The US Recognizes the Golan Heights as Part of Israel
21 March 2019 - 25 March 2019
Event
Great March of Return Anniversary and Land Day
29 March 2019 - 30 March 2019
Event
Assassination of Hamed al-Khoudary in Gaza City
5 May 2019
Event
US Blocks UNSC Statement Condemning Sur Bahir Demolitions
24 July 2019
Event
Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel
15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019
Event
Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata
12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019
Event
US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions
28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020
Event
UN Releases List of Businesses Connected to Israeli Settlements
12 February 2020
Event
International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans
18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020
Event
Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons
6 August 2020 - 1 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
Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill
1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020
Event
US Erases the 4-June Line
28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020
Event
Repeated Demolition of Khirbet Humsa
3 November 2020 - 27 October 2021
Event
PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds
17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020
Event
Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco
10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020
Event
COVID-19 Continues to Severely Impact Daily Life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
Event
PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones
15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021
Event
Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021
Event
US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes
7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021
Event
Towards a Unity Intifada
23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1
10 May 2021
Event
The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2
11 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3
12 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6
15 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7
16 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8
17 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 9
18 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 10
19 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12
21 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
21 May 2021
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021
Event
Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers
29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021
Event
Ismail Haniyeh Presents Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause
3 November 2021
Event
Great Britain Designates Hamas’s Political Wing as a Terrorist Organization
19 November 2021 - 26 November 2021
Event
Elections for Village Councils in the West Bank
11 December 2021

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
Document
The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22
10 January 1920
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
The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 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
Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)
1 September 1922
Document
Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
16 September 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
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
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
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
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
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 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine
1 April 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 46
17 April 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 48
23 April 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)
14 May 1948
Document
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 49
22 May 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 50
29 May 1948
Document
Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 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
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
Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine
1 October 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 61
4 November 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 62
16 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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
UNGA Resolution 303
9 December 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 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
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
UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
Document
UNSC Resolution 106
29 March 1955
Document
UNSC Resolution 111
19 January 1956
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 Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Document
Palestine National Council, 1st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
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
Palestine National Council, 2nd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
Document
Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
11 September 1965
Document
Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
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
UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Document
UNGA Resolution 2253 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Document
UNGA Resolution 2254 (ES-V)
14 July 1967
Document
UNSC Resolution 242
22 November 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
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
UNSC Resolution 267
3 July 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
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
Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)
4 November 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)
30 November 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
UNSC Resolution 298
25 September 1971
Document
UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)
6 December 1971
Document
UNSC Resolution 313
28 February 1972
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
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Statement (in Arabic)
12 January 1973
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
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria
31 May 1974
Document
PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3237 (XXIX)
22 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
Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference
5 October 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
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
Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
26 March 1979
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 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
UNSC Resolution 465
1 March 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
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
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
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 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
UNSC Resolution 508
5 June 1982
Document
UNSC Resolution 509
6 June 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
Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985
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
UNSC Resolution 605
22 December 1987
Document
UNSC Resolution 607
5 January 1988
Document
UNSC Resolution 608
14 January 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
Document
The Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 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
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
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
Document
PLO “Assumptions” with Regard to Baker's Five Points
1 December 1989
Document
Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
7 April 1990
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326
31 May 1990
Document
UNSC Resolution 672
12 October 1990
Document
UNSC Resolution 673
24 October 1990
Document
UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
Document
Note by the S.C. President: On the International Conference for Peace in the Middle East
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
UNSC Resolution 694
24 May 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. Letter of Assurances to Israel
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
UNSC Resolution 726
6 January 1992
Document
UNSC Resolution 799
18 December 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
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 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
Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996
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
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
Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration
25 March 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
UNSC Resolution 1397
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
UNSC Resolution 1405
19 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
UNSC Resolution 1544
19 May 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783
5 October 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
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508
12 July 2006
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878
10 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
Document
Mecca Agreement
8 February 2007
Document
Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)
21 June 2007
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement (in Arabic)
18 July 2007
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)
23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008
Document
UNSC Resolution 1850
16 December 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
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)
7 August 2009
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program
8 August 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
UNGA Resolution 64/10
1 December 2009
Document
Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9
1 June 2010
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
Document
Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas
4 May 2011
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
Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Document
Understanding Regarding Ceasefire in Gaza Strip
21 November 2012
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
Document
HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 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
Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué
3 June 2016
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
Document
UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
11 January 2017
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
Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 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
Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division
12 October 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
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060
18 December 2017
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/19
21 December 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
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
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
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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Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party
1932
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Opening of Seventh Session of the Council of the Arab League
September 1947
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Mahane Yehuda Explosion
22 November 1968

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
The UN and Palestine: Security Council Vetoed Draft Resolutions
1963 - present
Thematic Chronology
Regulating Palestinian Land
1858 - present
Thematic Chronology
The UN and Palestine: Security Council Resolutions
1948 - present
Thematic Chronology
Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation Attempts
2005 - present
Thematic Chronology
Palestine Liberation Organization: National Council Sessions
1964 - present
Thematic Chronology
The War on Gaza, 2008-2009
2008 - 2009
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian National Congresses
1918 - 1934

Highlights

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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
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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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sbeineh 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
Highlight
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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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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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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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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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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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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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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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 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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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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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
Highlight
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
Highlight
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
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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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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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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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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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
Highlight
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
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
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 Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
Highlight
Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
Highlight
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
Highlight
Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
Highlight
The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
Highlight
The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
Highlight
The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
Highlight
X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
Highlight
XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
Highlight
XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance

Periods

Period
VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement
Period
XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted