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Hafiz al-Sa’id

1859 - 21 July 1921

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

Freih Abu Middein

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

George Antonius

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Events

Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Prelude to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916

Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

The Ottomans Sign the Armistice of Mudros; Istanbul Is Occupied

30 October 1918 - 13 November 1918

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

May Day Clashes in Jaffa

1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

19th Zionist Congress Meets in Lucerne

20 August 1935 - 4 September 1935

Establishment of the National Bloc Party

Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

23 July 1937 - September 1938

Formation of the Arab National League (ANL) in New York

August 1937 - May 1941

Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify

July 1938 - August 1938

British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy

November 1938 - May 1939

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Haganah's Plan Gimmel

Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party

Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

Continuation of Zionist-British Confrontation

16 April 1947 - 26 April 1947

First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense

29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948

The Haganah Implements Plan Gimmel

1 December 1947

Arab Liberation Army Organized

1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948

Palestinian Attacks

14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948

Contingents of ALA Volunteers

21 January 1948 - 28 January 1948

The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council

31 January 1948 - 16 February 1948

British Break Arab Attacks

6 February 1948 - 10 February 1948

Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948

Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949

End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem

8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Elections in Israel

25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949

Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved

1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Egypt Restricts Passage Through Strait of Tiran

11 September 1955

Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja

23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955

Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya

4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956

Fatah Is Founded

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

Iraqi Government Announces Formation of a “Palestinian Liberation Regiment”

Lebanon Establishes a Higher Commission for Palestine Affairs

1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO

5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964

Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon

23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964

The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York

22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974

The General Union of Palestinian Women Is Formed in Jerusalem

3rd Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965

Military Training for Palestinians

11 October 1965

3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

Demonstrations in Jordan

20 November 1966 - 25 November 1966

5 June 1967 - 10 June 1967

June War, 2nd Day

June War, 3rd Day

June War, 4th Day

Second Palestinian Exodus

10 June 1967 - 31 December 1967

Palestinians Reorganize

11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968

First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic

Guerrilla Resistance in Gaza Strip

Israeli Military Confrontation with Jordan and Palestinian Guerrillas

14 February 1968 - 15 February 1968

27th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

9 June 1968 - 19 June 1968

4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Civil Aviation in the Conflict

23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969

5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969

PDFLP Splits off from PFLP

22 February 1969

6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country

3 November 1969

9 December 1969

5th Arab Summit Meets in Rabat and Ends in Failure

21 December 1969 - 23 December 1969

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley

22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970

7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Assassination Attempt of Wadi Haddad in Beirut

Assassination Attempt of George Habash in Bsaba Village

1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971

9th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

7 July 1971 - 13 July 1971

Ziyad Husseini, Commander of the Popular Liberation Forces in Gaza, Dies

28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972

The PFLP Announces It Has Abandoned the Tactic of Hijacking Planes

10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972

Japanese Red Army at Lod Airport

Assassination of Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut

Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut

Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established

Violent Israeli Retaliation in South Lebanon

16 September 1972 - 17 September 1972

Wa'el Zuaiter Is Assassinated in Rome

16 October 1972

Black September Hijack Operation

29 October 1972 - 30 October 1972

Mahmoud al-Hamshari Is Assassinated in Paris

8 December 1972 - 9 January 1973

11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973

Muhammad al-Aswad Is Killed in Gaza

Basil al-Kubaisi Assassinated in Paris

Lebanese-Palestinian Confrontation

2 May 1973 - 23 May 1973

Palestine National Front Is Established in the Occupied Territories

6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

October War, 3rd Day

October War, 4th Day

October War, 5th Day

10 October 1973

October War, From the 6th to 10th Day

11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973

Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards

15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973

Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle

17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973

Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms

23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers

26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973

Israel Deports Eight Leaders of the Palestine National Front

10 December 1973

Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva

21 December 1973

Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel

12th Palestine National Council, Cairo: A New Political Program

1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974

Egypt and Syria Support PLO Representativeness

21 September 1974

Palestinian Rejection Front

10 October 1974

UNGA 3210 (XXIX): Inviting the PLO to Participate in GA Deliberations on Question of Palestine

14 October 1974

7th Arab Summit Meeting in Rabat; PLO Recognized as Sole Representative of Palestinian People

28 October 1974

UNGA 3236 (XXIX): Recognizing Palestinian Inalienable Rights and Palestinian People as Principal Party for Establishing Peace

22 November 1974

UNGA 3237 (XXIX): Granting the PLO an Observer Status at the General Assembly

22 November 1974

The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN

25 February 1975

Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon

5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975

US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference

1 September 1975

Assassination Attempt of PLO Senior Leadership in Beirut

A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth

18 October 1975

PLO Official Office in Paris

31 October 1975

PLO Observer at the Food and Agriculture Organization

8 November 1975

UNGA 3375 (XXX): Calling for Inviting PLO to any UN Efforts on the Middle East on Equal Footing with Other Parties

10 November 1975

SC Res. 381: Renewing UNDOF Mandate and Deciding to Hold a Future Debate on ME Problem

30 November 1975

The PLO at the Security Council

4 December 1975

The PLO Invited again to Security Council's Debate

12 January 1976

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

Evacuation of US Nationals from Beirut with PLO Assistance

16 June 1976 - 20 June 1976

Plane Hijacked to Entebbe

27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976

PLO Becomes a Full Member of the Arab League

9 September 1976

Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon

16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976

Failed Attempt to Open a PLO Information Office in Washington

19 November 1976

13th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Menachem Begin: "Territories Are Not Occupied"

Municipalities in the West Bank and Gaza Affirm the PLO Program in a Message to the US and USSR

Israel's Conditions for Geneva Conference

25 September 1977

Arab States Take Position Against Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem

5 December 1977

Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories Express their Dissatisfaction with Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem

8 December 1977

A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords

5 November 1978

A PLF Operation in Nahariya

10th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus

15 December 1979

Venice Declaration

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon

Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank

16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982

Draft SC Res. S/14943 to Denounce Dismissal of Palestinian Mayors, Vetoed by US

South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken

21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982

Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War

Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London

Israeli Aerial Bombardment and Palestinian Artillery Across the Lebanon-Israel Border

4 June 1982 - 5 June 1982

Israel Invades Along the Central Axis

6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982

The “Creeping” Cease-fire

10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

Battle of the Mountain

14 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon

15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982

PLO Debates Withdrawal

16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982

The PLO 11-Point Document

Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut

21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982

PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan

29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982

Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented

20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982

Reagan's "Talking Points" to Begin on Palestinian Issue

Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue

1 September 1982

The 12th Arab Summit Meeting in Fez Adopts the "Fez Initiative"

6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982

Sabra and Shatila Massacres

16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982

16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination

31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983

Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement

17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983

Ma'moun Meraish Is Assassinated in Athens

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities

2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984

UNGA 38/58: Calling for the Convening of an International Peace Conference on the Middle East

13 December 1983

Jordanian Parliament Revived

9 January 1984 - 18 January 1984

Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament

23 January 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks

26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

Palestinians Hijack an Israeli Bus Toward Gaza

Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation

27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984

Attempted Assassination of Zaki Hillo in Madrid

17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985

PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

18 February 1985

Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US

1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985

Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus

The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242

Prisoner Exchange between Israel and the PFLP-GC

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Israeli Planes Attack PLO Headquarters in Tunis; Arafat Narrowly Escapes

25 September 1985 - 1 October 1985

Achille Lauro Hijacked

7 October 1985 - 11 October 1985

Arafat's "Cairo Declaration" on Terrorism

7 November 1985

Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination

25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986

Assassination of Zafir al-Masri

2 March 1986 - 3 March 1986

Khaled Nazzal Assassinated in Athens

Two Palestinian Newspapers Banned in Jerusalem

US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance Amended to Prohibit Contact with PLO

Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration

6 September 1986

Munther Abu Ghazaleh Assassinated in Athens

21 October 1986

18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO

The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington

15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988

US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York

9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987

1st Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region

17 October 1987 - 18 October 1987

Palestinian Hang-Glider Operation

25 November 1987

UNGA 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country

17 December 1987

Unified National Leadership of the Uprising

The Palestinians' 14 Demands

14 January 1988

Resumption of Diplomatic Activity

30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988

UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion

ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York

9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988

The Intifada and the Israeli Response in Another Stage in the Confrontation

11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988

UNGA 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission)

Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Algiers

7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988

A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission

Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank

28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Issues Its Charter

UNGA 43/160: Entitling the PLO to Circulate its Communications as GA Official Documents

9 December 1988

Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted

9 December 1988

Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva

13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988

Start of US-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

UNGA 43/177: The PLO to Be Designated as Palestine in the UN System; Territorial Scope

15 December 1988

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

Israel Proposes Elections in the West Bank and Gaza

Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections

1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989

US-PLO Official Meeting in Tunis

The Baker Five-Point Plan

10 October 1989

Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan

16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989

Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US

The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)

14 January 1991

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon

20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991

US Letters of Assurances to Parties to Upcoming Peace Conference

15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

17 October 1991

The Madrid Peace Conference

30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991

The Knesset Enacts the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

Assassination of Atef Bseiso in Paris

A Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Opposed to Negotiations Is Formed in Damascus

16 September 1992

Multilateral Talks

29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992

Bilateral Negotiation Round Delayed

11 January 1993

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

Palestinians Agree to Return to Washington Negotiations

Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage

20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Initialed and Approved

20 August 1993 - 30 August 1993

Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO

9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP

10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993

Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba

13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993

President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993

28 October 1993

Start of Israel-PLO Economic Talks in Paris

Hebron Massacre

25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994

Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron

20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

Status of Orient House in Jerusalem

29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994

US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington

Suicide Bombing in Netanya; Rabin Reiterates the National Separation Idea

22 January 1995 - 24 January 1995

Anti-Israeli Attacks and Inter-Palestinian Tension

2 April 1995 - 19 April 1995

Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem

17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995

Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)

28 September 1995

The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project

27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997

US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations

5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998

Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998

Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only

30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

10 December 1998

To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?

28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999

Orient House, Jerusalem and PLO Foreign Relations

1 March 1999 - 11 May 1999

European Union Declaration "Compensating" the PLO for Not Declaring a State

Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State

Official Resumption of Final Status Talks

13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999

Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine

30 September 1999

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000

Vatican-PLO Agreement

15 February 2000

George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP

27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session

18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000

Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army

15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

The Mitchell Committee of Fact-Finding on the Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation

7 November 2000 - 30 December 2000

Assassination of Hussein Ubayyat in Beit Sahur, Before a Clinton-Arafat Meeting in Washington

9 November 2000

Toward a Protracted Confrontation

10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal for a Cease-Fire and a Resumption of Talks

16 April 2001 - 27 April 2001

Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions

Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates

20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001

Assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa in al-Bireh

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

Timid Diplomatic Efforts

2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001

With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level

26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001

Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated

3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US

20 December 2002

Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza

15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003

The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza

17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003

No Let Up in Confrontation

19 August 2003 - 20 August 2003

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004

The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine

18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004

Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected

1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct

17 October 2005

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon

6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions

27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006

Israeli Operations Resume

3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail

14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document

10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006

Israeli Operations in the West Bank

24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006

Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers

The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas

14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007

The US Revisits the Road Map

14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007

Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord

28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007

Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"

16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007

Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference

20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza

15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

Gaza: Military Confrontation Continues and Siege is Tightened

26 March 2008 - 15 May 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere

27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008

SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006

16 December 2008

War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy

4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 14

War on Gaza, Day 16

11 January 2009

Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo

25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009

21st Arab Summit Meets in Doha

Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem

4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009

Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan

25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009

Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009

Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza

15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009

Israel-Hamas Token Preliminary Prisoner Deal

2 October 2009 - 3 October 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian Talks Through Letters of Guarantee

16 December 2009 - 4 January 2010

Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund

12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010

Israel's Ramat Shlomo Constructions' Plan During Joe Biden's Visit

8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010

PLO Mission in Washington Becomes PLO General Delegation

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations

16 October 2010

The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers

23 January 2011

Draft SC Res. S/2011/24 Reaffirming that Israeli Settlements in OPT Are Illegal Vetoed by US

18 February 2011

Abbas Confirms Palestinian UN Bid for Statehood

The Knesset Passes the "Anti-Boycott Law"

Despite US, European, and Arab Pressure, Abbas Submits a Request for Full UN Membership

12 September 2011 - 23 September 2011

State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

US Legislation against Palestinian Full UN Membership

23 December 2011

Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman

3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012

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

14 November 2012

UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN

29 November 2012

A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front

3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014

A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza

11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014

The PLO Strives for a Security Council Resolution Specifying a Timetable for Ending the Occupation

26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014

Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel

10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine

26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016

A Day of Escalation in the West Bank

A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?

2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016

US Legislation against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court

18 December 2015

Three-Month Balance Sheet of the Palestinian Outburst

31 December 2015

Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif

26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016

Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif

Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism

23 December 2016

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings Renewed in Doha, Beirut and Moscow, with No Results

5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017

Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East

15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017

Settlers Attempt to Modify the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif

5 February 2017 - 24 May 2017

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination

6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017

Hamas New Charter

Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau

Municipal Elections in the West Bank

President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem

The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time

26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017

Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails

1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017

The Fate of the PLO Diplomatic Office in Washington

17 November 2017

Palestinian Diplomatic Activity after US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

6 December 2017 - 20 December 2017

Taylor Force Act Signed into Law

23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah

30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018

The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit

14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018

Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue

2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018

Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire

7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

The US Announces the Closure of PLO Representation in Washington

10 September 2018

President Trump Signs the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATCA) into Law

Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron

28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019

US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference

22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019

Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir

US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces

20 December 2019

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020

Saeb Erekat Succumbs to the COVID-19 Virus

8 October 2020 - 10 November 2020

Hanan Ashrawi Resigns from PLO Executive Committee

9 December 2020

Israel Raids and Closes Offices of Human Rights Organizations in the West Bank

28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021

US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

The May 2021 Gaza War

10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Historical Media

Young Turks Revolution

Jemal Pasha Reviews His Troops

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party

Arab Higher Committee Members

Lord Peel in Front of King David Hotel

Peel Commission Proposes Partition Map

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Fawzi al-Qawuqji

Arab Liberation Army (ALA) Members

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Death of The Shepherd Boy Fathi, Third Wave of Killing

Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing

Historical Texts

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Palin Commission Report

Churchill White Paper

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative

16 September 1922

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”

1 December 1930

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

The Murison Commission Report

National Bloc Party: Bylaws

Proposed New Constitution for Palestine

22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Pact of the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine

Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account

8 November 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

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

UNSC Resolution 106

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

First Arab Summit: Statement

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Fatah First Military Communiqué

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement

Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)

UNGA Resolution 3210 (XXIX)

14 October 1974

Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution

29 October 1974

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3236 (XXIX)

22 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3237 (XXIX)

22 November 1974

Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference

1 September 1975

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East

4 December 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898

5 December 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940

23 January 1976

The Koenig Memorandum

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel

30 November 1977

Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel

8 December 1977

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land

Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza

31 January 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

1 September 1982

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 September 1982

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat

7 November 1985

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

Statement by President Reagan on Opening American-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50

29 November 1989

President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East

Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)

13 September 1993

UNSC Resolution 904

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

UNGA Resolution ES-10/3

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations

The Mitchell Report

Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)

The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East

Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385

20 December 2002

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process

17 October 2005

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

National Conciliation Document

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

10 January 2008

UNSC Resolution 1850

16 December 2008

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

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

30 September 2015

Report of the Middle East Quartet

UNSC Resolution 2334

23 December 2016

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

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

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

28 February 2019

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

The Judaization of the Galilee

A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Lebanon War, 1982

A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Israeli Military

The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Periods

VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Palestine Liberation Organization: National Council Sessions

1964 - present

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon War, 1982

1982 - 1983