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Events
Event
Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine
April 1834 - August 1834
Event
Theodor Herzl Dies; Replaced by David Wolffsohn
3 July 1904
Event
Foundation of Tel Aviv
11 April 1909
Event
Mahlul Land Ordinance
1 October 1920
Event
May Day Clashes in Jaffa
1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921
Event
Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall
23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928
Event
Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
Event
18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933
Event
Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
Event
The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region
10 December 1936
Event
Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936
1 January 1937
Event
Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify
July 1938 - August 1938
Event
Zionist Biltmore Conference Is Held in New York
6 May 1942 - 11 May 1942
Event
Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
Event
Establishment of Lebanese Consulate General in Palestine
30 December 1944 - 23 May 1945
Event
Pledge to Buy US Armament for the Haganah
July 1945
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
Event
Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks
24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946
Event
An Irgun Attack on British
25 April 1946
Event
Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
Event
New Wave of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
9 September 1946 - 2 December 1946
Event
More Irgun Operations Against the British
29 December 1946 - 28 January 1947
Event
Continuation of Zionist-British Confrontation
16 April 1947 - 26 April 1947
Event
UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)
15 May 1947
Event
Zionist Attacks Against Palestinians
21 May 1947 - 15 August 1947
Event
Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
Event
First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense
29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948
Event
Zionist Military Preparations
14 January 1948 - 20 February 1948
Event
Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas
19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948
Event
Arms for the Zionist Forces
1 April 1948 - 14 May 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
Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv
13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948
Event
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
Event
End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem
8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948
Event
Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce
24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948
Event
Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City
2 August 1948
Event
UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
Event
Israel Establishes Military Government in Palestinian Areas
21 October 1948
Event
Israel Strengthens Its Political Control over Jerusalem; Military Government Dissolved
20 December 1948 - 17 February 1949
Event
Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
Event
Elections in Israel
25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949
Event
Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)
24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949
Event
Israel's Measures to Make Jerusalem Its Capital
23 January 1950 - 13 July 1953
Event
Israel's Foreign Ministry Moves to Jerusalem
10 July 1953 - 12 July 1953
Event
Israel and the Lavon Affair
July 1954 - 17 February 1955
Event
Israel Carries out an Intelligence Operation in Syria and the First Airline Hijacking in the History of the Conflict
8 December 1954 - 14 December 1954
Event
With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel
3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955
Event
David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister
3 November 1955
Event
Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves)
10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955
Event
Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez
26 August 1956
Event
The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza
10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957
Event
25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961
Event
Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle
7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967
Event
First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic
January 1968
Event
Israeli Military Confrontation with Jordan and Palestinian Guerrillas
14 February 1968 - 15 February 1968
Event
Israeli-Jordanian Clashes
4 June 1968
Event
Civil Aviation in the Conflict
23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969
Event
Palestinian-Jordanian Clashes
6 June 1970 - 10 June 1970
Event
Black September Hijack Operation
8 May 1972
Event
Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms
23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
Event
Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
Event
Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"
11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978
Event
Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords
5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978
Event
The PLO Executive Condemns the Camp David Accords
19 September 1978
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan
16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978
Event
9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
Event
14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus
15 January 1979 - 22 January 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
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
Event
Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982
Event
Israeli Military Pressure on West Beirut
27 June 1982 - 11 July 1982
Event
Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue
1 September 1982
Event
Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan
2 September 1982
Event
Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
Event
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament
23 January 1984
Event
Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
Event
17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Event
The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987
Event
Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted
9 December 1988
Event
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Event
The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO
20 June 1990
Event
China and Israel Establish Diplomatic Relations
24 January 1992
Event
Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage
20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993
Event
Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv; Rabin and the National Separation Idea
19 October 1994
Event
Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996
Event
Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996
Event
Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project
27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997
Event
Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date
8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000
Event
Israeli-Palestinian (Post-Stockholm) Back Channel
1 June 2000 - 3 June 2000
Event
Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David
3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000
Event
Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000
Event
Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
Event
Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks
16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000
Event
Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
Event
Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
Event
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Event
The Taba Talks
21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001
Event
Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
Event
New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes
18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001
Event
Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity
1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002
Event
Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
Event
Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories
18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002
Event
Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks
10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003
Event
Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
Event
Operation Days of Penitence
29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004
Event
Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination
15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005
Event
Disengagement: Israeli-Egyptian Protocol on Gaza-Egypt Border
1 September 2005 - 12 September 2005
Event
Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow
30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006
Event
Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains
28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon
19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone
2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
July War: A Balance Sheet
14 August 2006
Event
The Battle of Nahr el-Bared
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007
Event
Nablus Remains a Hot Spot
15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008
Event
Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened
5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 3
29 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2
4 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
War on Gaza, Day 14
9 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks
10 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 16
11 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 18
13 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: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
Event
Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud Forms Israeli Cabinet after Close Election Results
10 February 2009 - 31 March 2009
Event
Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
Event
Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza
31 December 2009
Event
The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks
7 January 2010 - 8 February 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
International Reactions to the Mavi Marmara Incident
31 May 2010 - 3 June 2010
Event
Statement S/PRST/2010/9 by SC President on the Mavi Marmara Incident
1 June 2010
Event
Egypt Announces a Restricted Opening of its Border with Gaza after the Mavi Marmara Incident
2 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
Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident
14 June 2010
Event
The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 August 2010
Event
Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border
16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011
Event
Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 September 2011
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza
14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012
Event
Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013
Event
Heavy Fire Exchange Across the Gaza Strip
12 March 2014 - 13 March 2014
Event
Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations
13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1
8 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2
9 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5
11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8
13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10
16 July 2014 - 17 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 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43
19 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50
20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
Event
Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev
14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015
Event
UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Event
In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted
8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax
15 December 2016
Event
Israel Names the Palestine National Fund a Terrorist Organization for Assisting Prisoners' Families
16 March 2017
Event
Israel Closes Off the Haram al-Sharif Following a Palestinian Operation in the Old City of Jerusalem
14 July 2017 - 15 July 2017
Event
Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan
24 August 2017
Event
President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Event
Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon
14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018
Event
The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018
Event
The US Replaces its Consulate General in Jerusalem by a Palestinian Affairs Unit within its New Embassy
18 October 2018
Event
Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire
11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018
Event
Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
15 December 2018
Event
Israeli Violence Ahead of One-Year Anniversary of Great March of Return; Egyptian Restraint Efforts
22 March 2019 - 29 March 2019
Event
US Officials Partake in Inauguration of Large-Scale Settler Project in East Jerusalem
30 June 2019
Event
Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata
12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019
Event
US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction
29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020
Event
COVID-19 Hits Palestine
5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020
Event
Creeping Normalization
19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020
Event
Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem
20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020
Event
US Erases the 4-June Line
28 October 2020 - 19 November 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
Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada
10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2
11 May 2021
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021
Event
Bennett-Lapid Government Takes Office in Israel
13 June 2021
Biographies
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Historical Texts
Document
Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
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
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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
UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
UNSC Resolution 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine
1 April 1948
Document
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 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
Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account
8 November 1948
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
Document
UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
Document
UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
Document
UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
Document
UNSC Resolution 242
22 November 1967
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
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
Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 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
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 1982
Document
Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 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
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
UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 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
UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463
17 February 1989
Document
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
Document
Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
Document
Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
Document
UNSC Resolution 1322
7 October 2000
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 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
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 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
Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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
President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
UNSC Resolution 1860
8 January 2009
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-18
23 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
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
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 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
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Document
Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 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 United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates
13 August 2020
Document
Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
Charts
Document
Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”, 1932, 1951 and 2015
1932 - 2015
Historical Media
Document
Lord Peel in Front of King David Hotel
November 1936
Document
Peel Commission and Partition
11 November 1936
Document
British Troops Regain Control of Jerusalem's Old City
October 1938
Document
King David Hotel
24 July 1946
Document
Importation of a Military Industry
1948
Document
Haganah in Jerusalem
April 1948
Document
We'll Meet In Tel Aviv!
1969
Document
Old City of Jerusalem from the Church of the Savior
n.d.
Thematic Chronologies
Thematic Chronology
Zionist Operations Against the British Mandate Authorities
1944 - 1947
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian-Israeli Final Status Negotiation Rounds
1999 - 2001
Thematic Chronology
Egyptian-Israeli Negotiation Rounds on Palestinian Autonomy
1977 - 1982
Highlights
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?
2017-
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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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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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
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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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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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