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Biographies
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Events
Event
Operation Barak Toward the South
9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Israeli Operation in Beirut Against Palestinian Leaders
10 April 1973
Event
Sadat Is Assassinated; Husni Mubarak Becomes President of Egypt
6 October 1981
Event
Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
Event
Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
Event
Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
Event
Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections
1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989
Event
Ehud Barak Becomes Prime Minister After a Campaign Focused on Separation Between Israelis and Palestinians
17 May 1999
Event
With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume
11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999
Event
Official Resumption of Final Status Talks
13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999
Event
Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine
30 September 1999
Event
Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts
10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999
Event
Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel
1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000
Event
Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks
7 December 1999 - 26 March 2000
Event
Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date
8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000
Event
FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds
7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000
Event
Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round
30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000
Event
Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation
13 June 2000 - 17 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
Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks
16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000
Event
Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif
28 September 2000
Event
US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 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
Israeli Prime Minister Barak Resigns
9 December 2000
Event
Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape
26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001
Event
Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak
6 February 2001
Event
Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
Event
Assassination of Mas'ud Ayyad in Jabaliya
13 February 2001
Event
14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
Event
Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)
14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters
5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
Assassination of Mubarak Hasanat in Deir al-Balah
23 October 2007
Event
To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
Event
Barak Obama Is Elected President of the United States
4 November 2008
Event
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza
21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008
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: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire
17 January 2009
Event
Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud Forms Israeli Cabinet after Close Election Results
10 February 2009 - 31 March 2009
Event
US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
Event
US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out
19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009
Event
Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington
1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010
Event
Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem
14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010
Event
Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended
20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010
Event
Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries
17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011
Event
Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
Event
Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts
22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012
Event
Settlement Consolidation in the West Bank, Including Jerusalem
6 November 2012 - 12 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet
22 November 2012
Historical Texts
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups
16 January 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Highlights
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
Highlight
The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
Highlight
Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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