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A Religious Component Related to Jerusalem and Other Elements Are Added to a Capitulation Granted to France

20 May 1604 - 17 April 1607

Greek Orthodox Backlash against Provision on Jerusalem's Holy Sites in Capitulation of 1604

Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

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

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris

Ahmed Bouchiki Assassinated in Lillehammer

First Assassination Attempt of Mohammed Deif and Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

Assassination of Hussam Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Second Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

26 September 2002

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

6 September 2003

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

Assassination of Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

21 October 2004

Assassination of Muhammad Ahmed Mar'i near Salfit

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Mohammed Shaban al-Dahdouh in Gaza City

Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

Assassination of Ahmed Ashour and Ahmed Arqan in Rafah

5 September 2006

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt

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

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement

21 November 2012

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, Is Ousted by the Military

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43

Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad

22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018

Warsaw Conference on the Middle East Initiated by the US

13 February 2019 - 14 February 2019

Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

1893 - 27 April 1940

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1905 - 21 May 1985

Anwar Nusseibeh

1913 - 22 November 1986

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

1934 - 14 September 2021

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

1962 - 31 July 2024

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

8 February 1852

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Palin Commission Report

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

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

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

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

Historical Media

The Palestinian Islamic Nation Conference Party

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Highlights

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Great March of Return

Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

2012