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Ottoman Pledges to Grant Facilities to France: Towards the Capitulations Regime

18 October 1569 - 1613

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

A Capitulation Granted to France Reaffirms Latin Rights in Jerusalem's Holy Sites

5 June 1673 - 20 April 1690

A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities

With the Ottoman-Russian Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, Capitulations Turn into Bilateral Treaties

Establishment of European and American Consulates in Jerusalem

Ottoman Firman Confirms Status Quo in Jerusalem and Bethlehem Christian Holy Places

8 February 1852

Founding Principles of Ottoman Reform: The Tanzimat Stage II

18 February 1856

Toward the Treaty of Paris Ending the Crimean War and Strengthening the European Influence on the Ottoman Empire

25 February 1856 - 30 March 1856

Law Granting Foreigners the Right to Own Real Estate in the Ottoman Empire., 7 Safar 1284

Ottoman Law of Nationality; An Attempt to Curb European Interference

19 January 1869

Treaty of Berlin Confirms the Status Quo Related to the Christian Sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe

The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire

24 November 1881

Emerging Palestinian Opposition to Zionist Settlement: al-Yahudiyya Village Against Petah Tikva Settlement

European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration

2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888

1st Zionist Congress in Basel Calls for a Jewish Home in Palestine

29 August 1897 - 31 August 1897

4th Zionist Congress Is Held in London

13 August 1900 - 16 August 1900

Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine

29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901

5th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

26 December 1901 - 30 December 1901

Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury

Emerging Palestinian Identity and Arab Nationalism

Establishment of the Rawdat al-Ma'arif al-Wataniyya al-'Uthmaniyya al-Islamiyya in Jerusalem

The Zionist Organization Opens an Office in Jaffa

Zionist-Palestinian Violence Breaks out in Jaffa

Young Turk Revolution

Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul

Foundation of Tel Aviv

Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer

Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law

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

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

Provisional Law Concerning the Right of Certain Corporate Bodies to Own Immovable Property, 22 Rabi' al-awwal 1331

The Arab Congress Meets in Paris

17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913

Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul

28 October 1913

Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)

Balfour Declaration Is Made

2 November 1917

Formal Entry of General Allenby into Jerusalem

11 December 1917

The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson

Arrival in Palestine of the Zionist Commission

Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine

Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine

8 May 1918 - December 1918

1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919

American Jews Petition President Wilson Against Jewish State in Palestine

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

Treaty of Versailles; Establishment of the League of Nations

28 June 1919 - 10 January 1920

The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission

2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant

10 January 1920

The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of the Arab Syrian Kingdom

7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920

San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It

Transfer of Land Ordinance

3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa

13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920

Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

Palestine Police Ordinance Is Issued

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921

Palestine Gendarmerie Is Established

1 July 1921 - 24 April 1922

The Palestinian Delegation Conducts Sterile Negotiations in London

2 July 1921 - 31 July 1922

Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances

White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration

The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London

7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council; Non-Applicability to Transjordan

5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus

20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922

League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922

Palestinians Boycott Elections

February 1923 - March 1923

British-French Demarcation of Line Between Palestine (Including Transjordan) and Syria (Including Lebanon)

British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah

25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923

6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

13th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)

6 August 1923 - 18 August 1923

Official Onset of British Mandate for Palestine

29 September 1923

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

The Palestine Gendarmerie Is Disbanded and the Palestine Police Reorganized

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

Land Settlement Ordinance No. 9

7th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Jerusalem

20 June 1928 - 27 June 1928

Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall

23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928

Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem

1 November 1928

al-Buraq / Western Wall: Palestinians Rise up in Protest Against Zionist Provocations

15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929

General Conference of Palestine Arab Workers, Haifa

11 January 1930

League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930

Shaw Commission Report on al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances

The British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall Submits its Report

1 December 1930

The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Denounces MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann

A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms

Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened

11 December 1931

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa

Establishment of the Istiqlal Party

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague

21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933

Death of Musa Kazim Husseini

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party

Establishment of the Reform Party

Establishment of the National Bloc Party

Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties

25 November 1935

Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936

First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

19 April 1936 - 23 July 1937

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police

May 1936 - September 1936

Start of General Strike and Armed Resistance

7 May 1936 - 31 May 1936

Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

The British Issue the Collective Fines Ordinance

Fawzi al-Qawuqji Aids the Great Palestinian Rebellion

Avner Defense Plan

Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report

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

August 1937 - May 1941

Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan

8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937

Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission

British Military Officers Replace Civilian Commissioners

The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo

7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938

The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo

15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938

The British Government Rejects the Conclusions of the Partition (Woodhead) Commission

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians

17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939

The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Zionist Biltmore Conference Is Held in New York

6 May 1942 - 11 May 1942

Support in the United States for a Jewish Army

Arab National Fund Reestablished

British Recommend Partition

Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

Vice-President Harry Truman Becomes President of the US

End of World War II

8 May 1945 - 15 August 1945

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks

24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946

The US Congress Endorses the Biltmore Program

17 December 1945 - 19 December 1945

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Publishes its Report after a Visit to Palestine

6 March 1946 - 20 April 1946

League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence

Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan; a New Constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

25 May 1946 - 7 December 1946

Arab League Holds its First Summit on Palestine in Anshas

28 May 1946 - 29 May 1946

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

President Truman Supports Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Arab League Meets in Bludan and Reacts to the Recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

8 June 1946 - 12 June 1946

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval

26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946

Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement

5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946

New Wave of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

9 September 1946 - 2 December 1946

Enactment of Lebanese Labor Law and Its Subsequent Impact on Palestine Refugees

23 September 1946

Arab Delegations Put Forward Constitutional Proposals to the London Round Table Conference on Palestine

30 September 1946

Truman's Statement after Postponement of Round Table Conference on Palestine

22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946

More Irgun Operations Against the British

29 December 1946 - 28 January 1947

London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails

27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947

Deadly Zionist Anti-British Attacks

28 February 1947 - 1 March 1947

Great Britain Refers the question of Palestine to the UN

Continuation of Zionist-British Confrontation

16 April 1947 - 26 April 1947

UN General Assembly Special Session on Palestine

28 April 1947 - 9 May 1947

UNGA Res. 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)

Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition

15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947

Arab League Meeting on Palestine, in Sofar, Lebanon

16 September 1947 - 19 September 1947

Setting up an Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question

23 September 1947 - 25 November 1947

British to Terminate Palestine Mandate

26 September 1947

Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan

29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947

US and USSR Endorse Partition

11 October 1947 - 13 October 1947

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Palestinian Attacks

14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948

Zionist Attacks

15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948

Church Leaders in Palestine Denounce Partition

Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine

Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive

10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948

A New Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan

US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition

18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948

Unit of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Attacks Kfar Darom

Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May

Fighting Around Jerusalem

12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948

SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine

Trusteeship Plan for Palestine

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Arab Gains in Gush Etzion

3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

The British Mandate Ends. The US Recognizes the State of Israel

SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem

SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine

First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages

11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan

Transjordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

Second Palestine Truce

18 July 1948 - 15 October 1948

Bernadotte's New Plan

16 September 1948

UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

17 September 1948

Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza

22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948

Israel Conducts its First Population Census

8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949

UNGA Res. 212 (III): Establishment of a Special Fund for Palestine refugees

19 November 1948

UNGA Res. 194 (III): Establishment of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)

11 December 1948

Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval

17 December 1948

Israel Strengthens Its Political Control over Jerusalem; Military Government Dissolved

20 December 1948 - 17 February 1949

Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"

January 1949 - December 1956

First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes

12 January 1949

Elections in Israel

25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949

Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

30 January 1949

The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Israel Enacts the Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance

1 February 1949

Jordan's Early Measure to "Jordanize" Arab Palestinians

14 February 1949

Palestinians Are Expelled from al-Faluja Pocket

1 March 1949 - 21 April 1949

Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved

1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950

SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership

Palestinians Testify Before the UNCCP

UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference

27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949

The UNGA Ad Hoc Political Committee, Dealing with Israel's Admission Application, Requests Clarifications

4 May 1949 - 9 May 1949

UNGA Res. 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN

Official Name of Jordan as an Issue

UNGA Res. 302 (IV): Establishment of Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)

8 December 1949

UNGA Res. 303 (IV): To Place Jerusalem Under a Permanent International Regime

9 December 1949

Jordan Issues National Guard Law

17 January 1950

Jordanian Parliamentary Elections; Formal Unification of the Two Banks

11 April 1950 - 24 April 1950

Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

Tripartite Declaration

Israeli Law of Return

Development Authority (Transfer of Property) Law, 5710-1950

UNGA Res. 393 (V): Economic Reintegration of Refugees in the Middle East

2 December 1950

UNGA Res. 394 (V): UNCCP to Establish Office on Compensation to Refugees

14 December 1950

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut

27 January 1951

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah

23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951

SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal

1 September 1951

Publication of the Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

UNGA Res. 513 (VI): UNRWA to Carry Refugee Relief and Reintegration for 3 Years

26 January 1952

UNGA Res. 512 (VI): UNCCP to Continue its Efforts

26 January 1952

The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law

Palestinians in Israel Protest the Nationality law

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Israel's Foreign Ministry Moves to Jerusalem

10 July 1953 - 12 July 1953

The Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education

Israeli Operation in Gaza

Israel's Construction of the "National Water Carrier"

2 September 1953

Israeli Operation Against Qibya

14 October 1953

Jordanian Nationality Law

16 February 1954

Covenant between Zionist Organization and Israel

The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law

Exchange of Notes between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects

1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955

With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel

3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO) Is Opened in New York

25 June 1955 - 15 January 1962

Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal

27 September 1955

Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves)

10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955

Security Council Resolution S/RES/111

19 January 1956

France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War

22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956

Israeli-Jordanian Clashes

25 July 1956 - 21 August 1956

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

London Conference on Suez

16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956

Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents

17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956

Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez

Escalation Across Jordanian-Israeli Lines

10 September 1956 - 26 September 1956

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

4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956

Kafr Qasim Massacre

29 October 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

UNGA Res. 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)

2 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza

10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957

The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) Deploys in Sinai

12 November 1956 - 12 March 1957

UNRWA Director Issues Special Report on Situation in Gaza Strip

15 December 1956

Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza

20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957

Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai

7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957

Fatah Is Founded

Egypt and Syria Unite and Form the United Arab Republic

1 February 1958 - 28 September 1961

The Knesset adopts the Basic Law: The Knesset

12 February 1958

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

Lebanon Establishes the Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Interior

Basic Law: Israel Lands

Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960

25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961

UNGA Res. 1604 (XV): Requesting UNCCP to Carry out its Task

Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York

26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001

Appointment of Special Representative of the UNCCP

Palestinians in Israel Demonstrate; Resorting to the UN

21 September 1961 - 30 September 1961

The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip

Proposals Announced by Joseph Johnson, Special Representative of the UNCCP

Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals

5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962

Fatah Opens Its First Office in Algeria

23 September 1963

New Lebanese Social Security Law Implicitly Excludes Palestinian Refugees from its Benefits

26 September 1963

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

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners

18 September 1964

Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon

23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964

Fatah Issues Its First Military Communiqué

The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York

22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974

The PLO Executive Committee Adopts its Bylaws

2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

The General Union of Palestinian Women Is Formed in Jerusalem

The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States

11 September 1965

3rd Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965

3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

Israeli-Jordanian Battle at al-Samu' after a Fatah Operation

11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966

Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria

15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967

Israel Prepares for War with US Consent

2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967

US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East

UNGA Res. 2252 (ES-V)

Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank

14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967

4th Arab Summit Convenes in Khartoum

29 August 1967 - 1 September 1967

SC Res. 252: Considering all Israeli Measures to Change Jerusalem's Legal Status as Invalid

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

UNGA Res. 2443 (XXIII): Establishing Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights in Occupied Territories

19 December 1968

Lebanon Issues the Law on the Acquisition of Immovable Property Rights by Non-Lebanese

Fatah Reaffirms its Political Objective

28 January 1969

5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969

Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem

27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969

SC Res. 267: Calling once more upon Israel to Rescind all Measures which May Change the Status of Jerusalem

Land Law, 5729-1969

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

UNGA Res. 2535 (XXIV): Reiterating Past Resolutions on UNRWA; Affirming Inalienable Rights of People of Palestine

10 December 1969

7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970

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

27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970

UNGA Res. 2628 (XXV): Urging Speedy Implementation of SC Res. 242 (1967)

4 November 1970

UNGA Res. 2649 (XXV): Condemning Denial of Right to Self-Determination to Peoples of South Africa and Palestine

30 November 1970

UNGA Res. 2672 (XXV): People of Palestine Entitled to Equal Rights and Self-determination; Calling upon Israel for Return of Displaced in 1967

8 December 1970

The US and Palestinian Rights

25 February 1971

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

UNGA Res. 2792 (XXVI): Deploring Israel's Operations in the Gaza Strip

6 December 1971

28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972

King Hussein Proposes a "United Arab Kingdom"

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

6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972

SC Res. 316: Condemning the Repeated Attacks of Israeli Forces on Lebanon

Assassination of Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut

Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut

Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established

11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973

Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973

Palestine National Front Is Established in the Occupied Territories

October War, 4th Day

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

SC Res. 338: Calling for Cease-fire and Deciding to Start Immediately Negotiations for Just Durable and Peace

22 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

Arab Oil Embargo Is Lifted

Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel

Israel and Syria Sign a Disengagement Agreement

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

1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974

Palestinian Rejection Front

10 October 1974

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

26 October 1974 - 29 October 1974

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

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

Negotiations for Sinai II Fail

7 March 1975 - 22 March 1975

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

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

1 September 1975

PLO Official Office in Paris

31 October 1975

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

10 November 1975

UNGA Res. 3376 (XXX): Establishing a Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

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

Draft SC Res S/11898 to Condemn Israeli Attacks Against Lebanon, Vetoed by US

8 December 1975

Draft SC Res. S/11940 to Affirm Palestinian Rights, Vetoed by US

26 January 1976

The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel

1 March 1976 - April 1976

Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US

Evacuation of US Nationals from Beirut with PLO Assistance

16 June 1976 - 20 June 1976

Draft SC Res. S/12119 to Affirm Palestinian Rights, as Requested by GA, Vetoed by US

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

President Carter for a Palestinian Homeland

16 March 1977 - 26 May 1977

US State Department Releases First Human Rights Report

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

US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference

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

8 December 1977

29th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

20 February 1978 - 1 March 1978

SC Res. 425: Calling upon Israel to Withdraw its Forces from Lebanon, and Establishing UNIFIL

A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan

16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978

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

5 November 1978

14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories

1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba

3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979

4th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria

5 July 1979 - 6 July 1979

5th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Haifa

5 August 1979 - 6 August 1979

A Probable Israeli Nuclear Test Explosion in the Ocean near South Africa

22 September 1979

6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria

26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus

15 December 1979

7th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo

18 December 1979 - 19 December 1979

Israeli Settlement in the Old City of Hebron

10 February 1980 - 23 March 1980

SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones

Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980

Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

2 June 1980 - 3 June 1980

Venice Declaration

Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem

The Knesset Issues Amendment 1 to Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

The Knesset Issues Amendment 16 to the Planning and Building Law, 1965

12 February 1981

15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon

28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981

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

Fahd Plan Is Announced

Palestinian Writers in Occupied Territories Affirm Commitment to Palestine Cause

Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo

23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981

SC Res. 497: Considering Null and Void Israel’s Decision to Impose its Laws in the Occupied Golan

17 December 1981

Draft SC Res. S/14832/Rev.1 to Consider Israeli Golan Measures an Act of Agression, Vetoed by US

20 January 1982

Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

31 January 1982

UNGA Res. ES/9-1: Adopts Content of Vetoed Draft SC Res. on Israeli Golan Measures

5 February 1982

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

Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, 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

Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis

6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982

Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis

6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982

Draft SC Res. S/15185 to Demand again Full and Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal, Vetoed by US

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

Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US

The PLO 11-Point Document

Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented

20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982

Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue

1 September 1982

Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan

2 September 1982

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

6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982

Assassination of Bashir Gemayel and Israeli Occupation of Beirut

14 September 1982 - 16 September 1982

Sabra and Shatila Massacre

16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982

30th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1982 - 16 December 1982

Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations

28 December 1982

16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Israeli Settlements in the West Bank

21 March 1983 - 11 April 1983

Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement

17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983

Draft SC Res. S/15895 to Condemn Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians in Hebron, Vetoed by US

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983

Operations Against French and US Contingents in Beirut

23 October 1983

Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities

2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984

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

13 December 1983

Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament

23 January 1984

S-G Report (A/39/130-S/16409), Pursuant to UNGA Res. 38/58 on ME Peace Conference

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation

27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984

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

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

The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon

19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Draft SC Res. S/17459 to Call upon Israel to Stop its Repressive Measures, Vetoed by US

13 September 1985

Arafat's "Cairo Declaration" on Terrorism

7 November 1985

US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem

4 December 1985

Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination

25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986

Draft SC Res. S/17769 to Deplore Provocative Acts in the Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US

30 January 1986

US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem

Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration

6 September 1986

Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement

Closure of Palestinian Universities

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

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza

18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987

Assassination of Caricaturist Naji al-Ali

22 July 1987 - 29 August 1987

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

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

17 December 1987

SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada

22 December 1987

Unified National Leadership of the Uprising

The Palestinians' 14 Demands

14 January 1988

SC Res. 608: Calling upon Israel to Rescind Deportation Orders of Palestinians

14 January 1988

Resumption of Diplomatic Activity

30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988

Draft Security Council Resolutions S/19466, S/19780, S/20463, S/20677, and S/20945/Rev.1

1 February 1988 - 7 November 1989

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

US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan

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 Israel's Response: Another Stage in the Confrontation

11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988

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

A Palestine Affairs Center, Under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington

1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994

4th Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region

3 June 1988 - 7 June 1988

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

19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State

12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988

The Intifada First Year Balance Sheet

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 Res. 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

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections

1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989

US-PLO Official Meeting in Tunis

SC Res. 641: Deploring the Continuing Deportation by Israel of Palestinian Civilians

China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace

21 September 1989

Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered

1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990

The Baker Five-Point Plan

10 October 1989

Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan

16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989

Draft UNGA A/44/L.50 to Construe Designation Palestine as the State of Palestine Withdrawn Due to US Threat Against UN

6 December 1989

US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel

23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990

Israel's National Unity Government Collapses

13 March 1990 - 11 June 1990

The Issue of Hamas's Participation in the Palestine National Council

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad

28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990

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

A New Constitutional Law Rejects Palestinians' Resettlement in Lebanon

21 September 1990

Haram al-Sharif Killings

SC Res. 672: Condemns Israel's Acts of Violence and Requests the SG to Submit Report on Mission Sent to Region

12 October 1990

Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference

20 December 1990

17 January 1991 - 28 February 1991

President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War

President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference

1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991

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

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

The Madrid Peace Conference

30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991

SC Res. 726: Condemning Israel's Decision to Resume Deportation of Palestinian Civilians

3rd Negotiation Round, Washington

13 January 1992 - 16 January 1992

4th Negotiation Round, Washington

24 February 1992 - 4 March 1992

The Knesset Enacts the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

Arafat Survives a Plane Crash in Libya

7 April 1992 - 8 April 1992

Multilateral Talks

11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992

Multilateral Talks

29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992

Palestinians Agree to Return to Washington Negotiations

9th Negotiation Round, Washington

27 April 1993 - 13 May 1993

10th Negotiation Round, Washington

15 June 1993 - 1 July 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

Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel

30 December 1993

SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron

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

The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999

Palestine National Authority (PNA) Holds First Official Meeting in Tunis

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

Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv; Rabin and the National Separation Idea

19 October 1994

Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem

19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995

Suicide Bombing in Netanya; Rabin Reiterates the National Separation Idea

22 January 1995 - 24 January 1995

Land Expropriation in Jerusalem

27 April 1995 - 3 May 1995

Draft SC S/1995/394 to Condemn Israeli Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Vetoed by the US

Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Suspended

18 May 1995 - 22 May 1995

Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem

17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution

US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"

23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995

The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank

Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon

11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister

29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996

SC Res. 1073: Calling for the Reversal of all Acts (Opening of Western Wall Tunnel) Aggravating the Situation

28 September 1996

Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed

6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement to Be Constructed

26 February 1997

Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked

10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997

UNGA Res. ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement

Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures

30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations

23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998

US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations

5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998

Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem

25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998

UNGA Res. 52/250: Granting Palestine Additional Rights and Privileges at the GA

Further Redeployment Talks Intensify

3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998

Assassination of Adel Awadallah and Imad Awadallah in Khirbat al-Taybeh

11 September 1998

Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed

15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998

Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998

Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998 - 15 November 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

President Clinton's Visit to Gaza

14 December 1998

Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza

14 December 1998

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

28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999

UNGA Res. ES-10/6: Recommending Holding a Conference to Enforce the 4th Geneva Convention in the OPT

9 February 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

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

27 April 1999 - 29 April 1999

Ehud Barak Becomes Prime Minister After a Campaign Focused on Separation Between Israelis and Palestinians

With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume

11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999

Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts

10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999

Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks

7 December 1999 - 26 March 2000

Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date

8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds

7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session

12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session

18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000

Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation

13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000

Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David

3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000

Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit

11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000

Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks

16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000

The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks

2 September 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000

Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising

30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000

SC Res. 1322: Deploring Provocation at Al-Haram al-Sharif and Excessive Use of Force Against Palestinians

Sharm al-Shaykh Summit

16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Toward a Protracted Confrontation

10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000

Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171

18 December 2000

Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals"

19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes Abate

23 December 2000 - 6 February 2001

Israeli and Palestinian Responses to the Clinton Proposals

28 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001

Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks

7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

Draft SC Res. S/2001/270 Calling for Cessation of Settlement Activities and Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by US

13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

A Lebanese Legislative Amendment Equates Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees

New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes

18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001

The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan

11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001

Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation

4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001

Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions

Assassination of Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa) in al-Bireh

UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban

31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001

The 9-11 Attacks on the US

11 September 2001

President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State

2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001

Assassination of Ahmad Marshud in Nablus

15 October 2001

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

Draft SC Res. S/2001/1199 Demanding Cessation of Violence and Return to Previous Positions Vetoed by the US

15 December 2001

Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated

3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002

An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey

17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002

The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

SC Res. 1397: Affirming a Vision of Two States, Israel and Palestine, Living Side by Side

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity

1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002

Invasion of Jenin Camp: Fierce Battle

3 April 2002 - 19 April 2002

US Response to the Israeli Invasion

4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002

Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"

Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans

15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters

5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002

Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative

George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East

Amendment No. 29 of Knesset Members (Immunity, Rights and Duties) Law

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?

13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002

Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories

18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002

SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal

24 September 2002

Israeli Leaders Push for an American War Against Iraq

16 October 2002 - 9 February 2003

Israel Closes all West Bank District Coordination Offices

3 December 2002 - 11 January 2003

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

20 December 2002

Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip

24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003

Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position

9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map

With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"

4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet

Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire

4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003

Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister

6 September 2003

Draft SC Res. S/2003/891 Against any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety Vetoed by US

16 September 2003

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

The Geneva "Private" Initiative

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US

14 October 2003

Palestinian Peace Gestures

1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004

Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003

Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan

12 January 2004 - 2 February 2004

Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US

Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

SC Res. 1544: Condemning Israeli Killing of Civilians and Demolition of Homes in Rafah Refugee Camp

An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA

24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004

Annual Zionist General Council (WZO) Meets in Jerusalem

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

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map

2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004

Operation Days of Penitence

29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004

Draft SC Res. S/2004/783 Condemning Israeli Broad Incursion in Northern Gaza Strip Vetoed by US

Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership

11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004

Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected

1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005

Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce

17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005

US Day-to-Day Involvement in Palestinian-Related Security Matters and in the Disengagement Plan

10 March 2005 - 30 June 2005

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim

21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005

James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters

14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005

Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza

9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005

Legal Status of the Gaza Strip after the Disengagement: Foreign Territory?

12 September 2005 - 21 September 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established

25 November 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: At the Polls

25 January 2006

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions

27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions

27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006

US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA

17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006

Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis

1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006

Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail

14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank

1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006

Assassination of Ra'id Ubayyat in Beit Sahour

Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces

5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006

A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office

9 May 2006 - 27 July 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

Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza

29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

Lebanon Reregisters the Records of Palestinian Refugees It Had Deleted

New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza

11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006

Draft SC Res. S/2006/508 Condemning Palestinian Abduction of Israeli Soldier and Israeli Assault on Gaza Vetoed by US

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

Major Israeli Operation in Nablus

19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon

19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006

July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire

5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006

SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon

July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon

11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon

14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006

Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes

18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks

25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence

28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006

Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza

1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006

Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?

6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006

Draft SC Res. S/2006/878 Condemning Israel's Attack on Beit Hanoun Vetoed by US

11 November 2006

UNGA Res. ES-10/17: Establishing the Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the OPT

15 December 2006

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

International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts

2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007

Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus

25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government

17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007

Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative

29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007

Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza

10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007

Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split

17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007

Tony Blair Appointed Quartet Special Representative

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Another PLO Central Council Meeting Within Four Weeks

Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference

6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007

Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference

20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007

Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces

2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007

The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks

27 November 2007

Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa

4 December 2007

Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production

9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM

17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza

30 January 2008

Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans

9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008

Assassination of Muhammad Shihada, Ahmad Balbul, Imad Kamel and Issa Marzouk in Bethlehem

Gaza: Military Confrontation Continues and Siege is Tightened

26 March 2008 - 15 May 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere

27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008

To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble

31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008

Barak Obama Is Elected President of the United States

4 November 2008

Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened

5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008

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

16 December 2008

The War on Gaza (2008-09): Operation Cast Lead/ Battle of al-Furqan

27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 2

28 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 5

31 December 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones

War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties

SC Res. 1860: Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire and Arrangements to Prevent Arms Trafficking

War on Gaza, Day 13

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza

16 January 2009

War on Gaza: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire

17 January 2009

War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet

18 January 2009

Israel Completes Its Withdrawal from Gaza

20 January 2009 - 21 January 2009

President Obama Prepares Active Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009

Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud Forms Israeli Cabinet after Close Election Results

10 February 2009 - 31 March 2009

Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo

25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009

Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh

Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza

The New Netanyahu Government Prepares its Position on the Palestinian Issue

31 March 2009 - 5 May 2009

The UN Human Rights Council Forms a Fact-Finding Mission on the War on Gaza (the Goldstone Mission)

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side

21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009

War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue

18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009

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

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel

US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze

26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009

Israel Land Administration Law

Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem

4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009

US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out

19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009

Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009

Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More

9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza

15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009

Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque

27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

The Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making

29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

UNGA Res. 64/10: Endorsing the Goldstone Report and Calling Upon both Sides to Investigate the Violations Reported in it

5 November 2009

Israel Approves a Major Settlement Plan in Gilo, East Jerusalem

17 November 2009

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze

25 November 2009

The Deceptive Settlement Freeze

26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 December 2009 - 16 December 2009

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

16 December 2009 - 4 January 2010

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks

7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010

Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund

12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010

Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed

8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011

Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites

21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010

The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks

3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010

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

8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010

US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan

9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians

20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010

With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched

22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

International Reactions to the Mavi Marmara Incident

31 May 2010 - 3 June 2010

The United Nations Human Rights Council Establishes a Fact-Finding Mission on the Mavi Marmara Incident

2 June 2010 - 27 September 2010

Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade

8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010

Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident

36th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

15 June 2010 - 17 June 2010

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

PLO Mission in Washington Becomes PLO General Delegation

Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue

29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010

An Amendment to the Lebanese Social Security Law Grants Palestinian Refugees Right to End-of-Service and Occupational Emergency Compensations

An Amendment to the Lebanese Labor Law Exempts Palestinian Refugees from some Conditions Imposed on Foreign Workers

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem

14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

Escalation in Israel's Settlement Activity

26 September 2010 - 8 November 2010

US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze

29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010

Abbas, Backed by the Arab League, Halts Palestinian-Israeli Direct Talks

30 September 2010 - 15 December 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

Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics

14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011

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

18 February 2011

The Knesset passes the Law on Disclosure Requirements for Recipients of Support from a Foreign State Entity

Israel Approves Settlement Expansion

2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011

The Knesset Passes the "Nakba Law"

The Knesset Passes the Citizenship Law (Amendment No. 10) Conditioning Citizenship on Loyalty

Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

Abbas Confirms Palestinian UN Bid for Statehood

Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN

2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Accord Put on Hold

14 June 2011 - 7 August 2011

Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

2 September 2011

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

The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations

23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011

Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest

27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011

Fate of the Palestinian UN Admission Request

28 September 2011 - 8 November 2011

The State of Palestine Becomes Full Member of the UNESCO

5 October 2011 - 31 October 2011

After Palestine's UNESCO Admission, Israel Suspends Transfer of Taxes to the PA

1 November 2011 - 30 November 2011

Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion

12 December 2011 - 28 December 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

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo

20 May 2012 - 2 July 2012

Israel’s Settlement Activity

6 June 2012 - 13 August 2012

Reelection of President Barack Obama

6 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3

16 November 2012

Assassination of Ramez Harb in Gaza City

19 November 2012

Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures

22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013

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

29 November 2012

Surge in Settlement Expansion

30 November 2012 - 10 February 2013

John Kerry Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy for Resumption of Negotiations

4 March 2013 - 8 May 2013

24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha

26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

Assassination of Haytham al-Mis-hal near Rafah

With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities

30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry

Launch of Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Direct Negotiations in Washington

29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013

Israel Links the First-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

8 August 2013 - 25 August 2013

Israeli-Palestinian Talks Accelerate for Nothing

25 September 2013 - 23 October 2013

Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement

14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014

For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations

4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014

Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

17 February 2014

Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure

19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014

Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations

13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014

Kerry Prepares Another Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

Abbas's Meeting With Obama in Washington Tests US Credibility

Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners

17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014

25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

Settlement Announcement in the Midst of a Crisis Regarding the Negotiations

With the Nonrelease of Prisoners, the Palestinian Leadership Applies for Access to 19 International Conventions

Despite the Negotiation Crisis, Palestinian and Israeli Representatives Pursue Talks in Jerusalem

3 April 2014 - 22 April 2014

A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

Settlement Balance Sheet with Breakdown of the Kerry Negotiation Round

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government

2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014

Israel Uses the Palestinian Cabinet Formation as a Pretext to Launch a New Wave of Settlement Plans

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8

13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10

16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12

18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction

20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014

UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24

28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)

31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza

7 September 2014 - 9 October 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

International Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction

12 October 2014

Steps, Mostly Parliamentary, Toward European Recognition of Palestinian State

13 October 2014 - 22 December 2015

French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace

2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014

Early Elections Announced in Israel

3 December 2014

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Addresses the 2014 Gaza War

17 December 2014

Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC

30 December 2014

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative

15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015

Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections

22 January 2015

Settlement Construction

30 January 2015

Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products

9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015

Palestinian Car Ramming: A New Palestinian Weapon?

6 March 2015 - 14 May 2015

Israeli Elections: Likud's Victory and Strengthening of Arab Representation

17 March 2015 - 19 March 2015

The 2014 Gaza War: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools

Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined

27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015

UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Settlement Construction

23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015

Clashes at Haram al-Sharif

The Knesset Passes Amendment Allowing Force-Feeding of Prisoners on Hunger Strike

Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif

2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015

UNGA Res. 69/320: Palestine Allowed to Raise Flag at UN

10 September 2015

The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Penal Code Imposing Minimum Sentences for Stone-Throwers

2 November 2015

US Legislation Against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court

18 December 2015

Israel Kills Samir Quntar; Hizballah Responds

19 December 2015 - 4 January 2016

Smaller-Scale Palestinian-Israeli Violence and Israeli Repression Continue

1 January 2016 - 30 June 2016

Three Rounds of Hamas-Fatah Talks in Doha Come to Naught

7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016

The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba

21 February 2016

To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative

9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016

Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank

10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016

The UN Human Rights Council Decides to Establish a Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

France Hosts a Ministerial Meeting as First Stage of its Peace Initiative

In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted

8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016

Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections

21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017

The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet

3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016

The Knesset adopts the NGO “Funding Transparency” Law

Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif

27th Arab Summit Meets in Nouakchott

Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure

27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016

Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership

1 November 2016

President-Elect Trump for the "Ultimate Deal" Between Israel and the Palestinians

11 November 2016

Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

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

23 December 2016

Kerry's "Farewell" Speech on Palestinian-Israeli Peace

28 December 2016

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

5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

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

5 February 2017 - 24 May 2017

The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively

6 February 2017

Trump's Ambiguous Statement on Palestinian-Israeli Issues after his First Meeting as President with Netanyahu

15 February 2017

Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar

15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Israel’s Knesset Passes Amendment No. 28 to Entry into Israel Law

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

6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017

First Phone Contact Between Trump and Abbas

10 March 2017 - 12 March 2017

UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid

Israel Names the Palestine National Fund a Terrorist Organization for Assisting Prisoners' Families

UN SG Antonio Guterres Distances Himself from ESCWA Report; Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf Resigns

16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017

US-Israel Preliminary Talks on Settlements

19 March 2017 - 23 March 2017

Hamas New Charter

PLO President Mahmoud Abbas Meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House

President Trump's Visit to Israel

22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem

Trump Signs the 6-Month Waiver Delaying the Application of the Jerusalem Embassy Act

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt Sever Economic and Diplomatic Ties with Qatar

White House Statement on Israeli Settlement Activity

Israel Closes Off the Haram al-Sharif Following a Palestinian Operation in the Old City of Jerusalem

14 July 2017 - 15 July 2017

A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon

Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan

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

26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017

Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel

7 September 2017

Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

Israeli and US Reactions to the Fatah-Hamas Agreement in Cairo

17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017

100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

1 November 2017 - 2 November 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

President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

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

6 December 2017 - 20 December 2017

Popular Protests Against US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

7 December 2017 - 31 December 2017

Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem

13 December 2017

Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US

18 December 2017

UNGA Res. ES-10/19 Opposes Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem

21 December 2017

With Trump as President, Huge Settlement Growth in 2017

31 December 2017

The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement

Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon

14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018

Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA

16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018

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

22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018

US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”

25 January 2018

President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council

20 February 2018

International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis

Taylor Force Act Signed into Law

PA Requests Membership of International Treaties and Conventions in Response to US Embassy Move

24 March 2018 - 6 June 2018

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran

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

UN Human Rights Council Establishes Commission into Israel’s Attacks on the Great March of Return Protesters

Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

Draft SC Res. S/2018/516 Calling for the Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by the US

UNGA Res. ES-10/20 Calls for the Protection of the Palestinian Civilian Population

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People

19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018

Colombia Recognizes the State of Palestine

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

US Cuts Aid to Palestinians

24 August 2018 - 14 September 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

Qatar's Assistance to Gaza

9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018

UNGA Res. 73/5 Accords Privileges to Palestine as Chair of Group of 77 for 2019

16 October 2018

The US Replaces its Consulate General in Jerusalem by a Palestinian Affairs Unit within its New Embassy

18 October 2018

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 November 2018

UNRWA Says International Community Almost Covers Budget Deficit

19 November 2018

Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure

19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019

The UNGA Votes Down a US-Proposed Draft Resolution Condemning Hamas

6 December 2018

UNGA Res. 73/89: Reaffirming Support for the Two-State Solution of Israel and Palestine

6 December 2018

PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA

26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019

Settlement Construction in 2018 Remains High

31 December 2018

Conditions Worsen for Palestinian Prisoners

2 January 2019 - 12 May 2019

PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing

7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019

Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron

28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019

Warsaw Conference on the Middle East Initiated by the US

13 February 2019 - 14 February 2019

UNHRC Report on Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

28 February 2019

The US Consulate General in Jerusalem Is Merged in US Embassy in the City

The US Recognizes the Golan Heights as Part of Israel

21 March 2019 - 25 March 2019

30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood

16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca

US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference

22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019

US Officials Partake in Inauguration of Large-Scale Settler Project in East Jerusalem

Israel Prevents Palestine Cup Final

3 July 2019 - 25 September 2019

Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir

US Blocks UNSC Statement Condemning Sur Bahir Demolitions

UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations

29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019

Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected

10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019

Israeli Forces Raid Addameer and General Union of Service Sector Workers Offices in Ramallah

19 September 2019

PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections

26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019

Palestinian Court Orders to Block Access to Dozens of Websites

17 October 2019

Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata

12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019

US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019

Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron

1 December 2019

US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces

20 December 2019

Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration

31 December 2019

Israeli Caretaker Government and Opposition Escalate Settlement Advancement and Annexation Discourse

6 January 2020 - 25 February 2020

Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan

28 January 2020

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction

29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020

UN Releases List of Businesses Connected to Israeli Settlements

12 February 2020

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

Israeli Coalition Negotiations Hint at Partial Annexation of the West Bank

20 April 2020 - 17 May 2020

International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans

18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

Trump Administration Places Sanctions on International Criminal Court and Its Personnel

11 June 2020 - 2 September 2020

EU Anti-Palestinian Clause

Beirut Port Explosion

4 August 2020 - 7 August 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020

Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine

9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel

15 September 2020

Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem

20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020

Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill

1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020

Israel Announces Massive Settlement Expansion after Normalization Deals

14 October 2020 - 15 December 2020

US Erases the 4-June Line

28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

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

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020

COVID-19 Continues to Severely Impact Daily Life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021

Meetings of the Munich Group and the Middle East Quartet

11 January 2021 - 18 November 2021

Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State

12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021

PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones

15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

Biden Administration Takes Office, Signals Continuity with Trump’s Middle East Policy

20 January 2021 - 8 February 2021

ICC Rules that it has Jurisdiction in Occupied Palestinian Territories; Investigation Announced

5 February 2021 - 2 April 2021

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank

25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021

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

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 9

May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

Facebook Censors Palestinians

24 May 2021 - 15 October 2021

UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021

Bennett-Lapid Government Takes Office in Israel

Death of Nizar Banat after Arrest by PA Forces

24 June 2021 - 21 June 2022

Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements

5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021

A US-UNRWA Agreement Forces the Agency to Make Severe Policy Changes

14 July 2021 - 23 September 2021

Israel Continues to Assert Dominance over the Haram al-Sharif Compound

18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021

Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers; Palestinians Added to Population Registry

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Ismail Haniyeh Presents Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause

3 November 2021

Great Britain Designates Hamas’s Political Wing as a Terrorist Organization

19 November 2021 - 26 November 2021

Elections for Municipal Councils in the West Bank

11 December 2021

UNESCO Adds Palestinian Tatreez to the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

15 December 2021

Bennett-Lapid Government Accelerates Colonization in its First Six Months

31 December 2021

Palestinian Prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash Ends Hunger Strike After 141 days, Is Released and Rearrested Months Later

4 January 2022 - 20 September 2022

Jewish National Fund Begins Forestation Project in the Naqab to Displace Palestinians

10 January 2022 - 15 January 2022

Israeli Policy of Evicting Palestinian Families in East Jerusalem

19 January 2022 - 10 May 2022

Amnesty International Concludes that Israeli Actions Against Palestinians Constitute Apartheid

1 February 2022

PLO Central Council Holds, in Ramallah, its First Meeting in 4 Years

6 February 2022 - 9 February 2022

Israeli Settlers Incite Against Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah

12 February 2022 - 24 February 2022

Further Israeli Restrictions on Who Can Travel In and Out of the West Bank

20 February 2022 - 30 April 2022

The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry Into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2022 for Banning Family Unification

Salah Hammouri is Placed in Administrative Detention Before Being Deported from Palestine to France

10 March 2022 - 18 December 2022

Foreign Ministers of the US, UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, and Israel Meet in Sde Boker: The Negev Forum

27 March 2022 - 27 June 2022

Israel Declares 22,000 Dunams of Land Near Jericho a “Nature Reserve”

The (Ongoing) Independent International Commission of Inquiry Issues its First Report

Assassination of Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin

11 May 2022 - 15 November 2022

Israel to Approve 4,427 New Settlement Housing Units

US State Department Separates Palestinian Office from Embassy to Israel

8 June 2022 - 9 June 2022

EU Unfreezes Funding for the PA, al-Haq, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

14 June 2022 - 30 June 2022

A Balance Sheet for Bennett-Lapid Government Actions in the West Bank

European Countries Find Israeli Evidence Against Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Insufficient

12 July 2022 - 18 August 2022

President Biden Visits Israel; Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership

13 July 2022 - 14 July 2023

President Biden Meets with President Abbas in Bethlehem; No Joint Statement

31st Arab Summit Meets in Algiers

1 November 2022 - 2 November 2022

Netanyahu Forms Radical Right-Wing Israeli Government

29 December 2022

UNGA Res. 77/247 Requesting an ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Israeli Occupation

30 December 2022 - 16 January 2023

Historical Texts

Ottoman-French Capitulation, 1673 (in French)

Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

8 February 1852

Basel (Zionist) Program

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Balfour Declaration

2 November 1917

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

3 February 1919

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

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22

10 January 1920

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates

Palin Commission Report

Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

Churchill White Paper

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Ordering its Delegation to Return from London (in Arabic)

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)

1 September 1922

Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

16 September 1922

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Shaw Commission Report

The Hope Simpson Report

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

1 December 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

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

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

National Fund: Establishment of Company to Save the Lands of Palestine (in Arabic)

11 October 1932

The Murison Commission Report

National Defense Party: Objectives (in Arabic)

2 December 1934

The Palestine Arab Party: Bylaws and Internal Regulations (in Arabic)

National Bloc Party: Bylaws

Proposed New Constitution for Palestine

22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

The Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937

Peel Commission Report

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report

9 November 1938

British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

Pact of the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Bevin's Statement on Formation of an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

13 November 1945

US Congress Resolution on Palestine

17 December 1945 - 19 December 1945

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1946

Assembly of the League of Nations Resolution on Mandates

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

The Haganah: Plan Gimmel (Plan C): Section on Countermeasures

Arab Summit Resolutions, Anshas (in Arabic)

Council of the Arab League: Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

Statement by the Council of the Arab League on the Anglo-American Committee's Report on Palestine

The Grady-Morrison Plan

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

Truman’s Statement on US Efforts for Palestine

British Referral of the Palestine Question to the UN

Arab Ten-Point Position on UN Agenda on Palestine

UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)

UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan

3 September 1947

UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan

3 September 1947

UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority

3 September 1947

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UN Palestine Commission First Report

29 January 1948

UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine

16 February 1948

Statement by the Committee of the Christian Union of Palestine

UNSC Resolution 42

Text of Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1948

UNSC Resolution 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine

SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA ٍSpecial Session on Future Palestine Government

UNSC Resolution 46

UNSC Resolution 48

The Palestine Act, 1948

UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

US Recognition of the State of Israel

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

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

UNSC Resolution 49

UNSC Resolution 50

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties

UNSC Resolution 53

Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

UNSC Resolution 54

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948

16 September 1948

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

UNSC Resolution 61

4 November 1948

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

8 November 1948

UNSC Resolution 62

16 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 212 (III)

19 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

The US Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

UNSC Resolution 69

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Ad Hoc Political Committee Resolution on Israel’s Application for UN Membership

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

Public Notice on Jordan’s Name

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

UNGA Resolution 303

9 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

UNGA Resolution 393 (V)

2 December 1950

UNGA Resolution 394 (V)

14 December 1950

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 95

1 September 1951

UNGA Resolution 512 (VI)

26 January 1952

UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)

26 January 1952

UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

UNSC Resolution 106

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)

2 November 1956

UNGA Resolution 998 (ES-I)

4 November 1956

UNGA Resolution 1002 (ES-I)

7 November 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

UNGA Resolution 1123 (XI)

19 January 1957

UNGA Resolution 1124 (XI)

2 February 1957

UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)

2 February 1957

UNGA Resolution 1604 (XV)

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

UNSC Resolution 171

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

First Arab Summit: Statement

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)

Fatah First Military Communiqué

Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (in Arabic)

Palestine National Council, 2nd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

11 September 1965

Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1

3 November 1966

UNSC Resolution 228

25 November 1966

UNSC Resolution 237

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East

UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)

UNGA Resolution 2253 (ES-V)

UNGA Resolution 2254 (ES-V)

Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions

1 September 1967

UNSC Resolution 242

22 November 1967

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

UNSC Resolution 252

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

UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

UNSC Resolution 267

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

UNSC Resolution 271

15 September 1969

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

9 December 1969

UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)

10 December 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

UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)

4 November 1970

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 November 1970

UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)

8 December 1970

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

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

UNSC Resolution 298

25 September 1971

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

UNSC Resolution 313

28 February 1972

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

UNSC Resolution 316

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Statement (in Arabic)

12 January 1973

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

UNSC Resolution 338

22 October 1973

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

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

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

UNSC Resolution 381

30 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 12022

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

Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East

Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference

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

UNSC Resolution 425

Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)

17 September 1978

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

UNSC Resolution 446

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

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

UNSC Resolution 465

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

The Venice Declaration

Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem

UNSC Resolution 478

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan

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

The Golan Heights Law

14 December 1981

UNSC Resolution 497

17 December 1981

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1

19 January 1982

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

31 January 1982

UNGA Resolution ES-9/1

5 February 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985

UNSC Resolution 508

UNSC Resolution 509

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

President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

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

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 9

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459

12 September 1985

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

7 November 1985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769

29 January 1986

The London Agreement

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

UNSC Resolution 605

22 December 1987

UNSC Resolution 607

UNSC Resolution 608

14 January 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

The Shultz Negotiations Plan

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1988: Concluding Statement (in Arabic)

7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988

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

Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly

14 December 1988

Statement by President Reagan on Opening American-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463

17 February 1989

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

UNSC Resolution 641

Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Secretary of State James Baker's: Five Points Framework for an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue

10 October 1989

Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker

5 November 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1

6 November 1989

Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50

29 November 1989

PLO “Assumptions” with Regard to Baker's Five Points

1 December 1989

Egypt's "Assumptions" with Regard to Baker's Five Points

5 December 1989

Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326

UNSC Resolution 672

12 October 1990

UNSC Resolution 673

24 October 1990

UNSC Resolution 681

20 December 1990

Note by the S.C. President: On the International Conference for Peace in the Middle East

20 December 1990

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

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 1st Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 2nd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 4th Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

UNSC Resolution 694

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. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 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

UNGA Resolution 46/86

16 December 1991

UNSC Resolution 726

Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

UNSC Resolution 799

18 December 1992

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

13 September 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

UNSC Resolution 904

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

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

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

UNSC Resolution 1073

28 September 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

UNGA Resolution ES-10/3

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

UNGA Resolution 52/250

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

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration

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

UNSC Resolution 1322

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

President Clinton Proposals on Israeli‑Palestinian Peace

23 December 2000

Palestinian Response to President Clinton Proposals

Israel’s Response to President Clinton Proposals

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement

27 January 2001

The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)

27 January 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

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 Durban Declaration

8 September 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

South African Communiqué on Palestinian-Israeli Meeting

11 January 2002

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

UNSC Resolution 1397

Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

UNSC Resolution 1402

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

UNSC Resolution 1405

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

UNSC Resolution 1435

24 September 2002

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891

16 September 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/12

25 September 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980

14 October 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/13

27 October 2003

UNSC Resolution 1515

19 November 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

UNGA Resolution 58/292

UNSC Resolution 1544

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

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

17 October 2005

Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

EU’s Decision on a Border Assistance Mission to Rafah

12 December 2005

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

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

Prisoners’ Document on National Conciliation

National Conciliation Document

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508

UNSC Resolution 1701

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878

10 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/17

24 January 2007

8 February 2007

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

Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)

25 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

UNSC Resolution 1850

16 December 2008

UNSC Resolution 1860

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

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 January 2009

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

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

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

Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)

10 October 2009

UNGA Resolution 64/10

1 December 2009

Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

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

President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)

20 December 2011

Understanding Regarding Ceasefire in Gaza Strip

21 November 2012

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question

Statement Issued after a PLO-Hamas Meeting to End Division and Implement the National Reconciliation Agreement (in Arabic)

PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration

17 December 2014

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 December 2014

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

UNGA Resolution 69/320

10 September 2015

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

30 September 2015

Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué

Report of the Middle East Quartet

UNSC Resolution 2334

23 December 2016

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

11 January 2017

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

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

China’s Four-Point Proposal on Promoting the Settlement of the Palestinian Issue

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

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering

1 November 2017

Statement Issued Following the Meeting of the Palestinian National Action Factions (in Arabic)

21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017

Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060

18 December 2017

UNGA Resolution ES-10/19

21 December 2017

Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration

Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People

UNGA Resolution 73/5

16 October 2018

UNGA Resolution 73/89

6 December 2018

Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance

26 December 2018

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

28 February 2019

President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2019: Final Communiqué

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda On Opening an Investigation into War Crimes in Palestine

20 December 2019

Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

12 February 2020

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

Abraham Accords: Treaty of Peace Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

Abraham Accords: Bahrain-Israel Declaration

15 September 2020

Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)

11 January 2021

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

12 January 2021

ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine

5 February 2021

The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada

HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

Framework for Cooperation between UNRWA and the USA, 2021-2022

Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid

1 February 2022

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC

US-Israel Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership

Mahmoud Abbas’s Statement Before Joe Biden

Joe Biden’s Statement Before Mahmoud Abbas

31st Arab Summit: Algiers Declaration (in French)

2 November 2022

Algiers Declaration on Palestinian Reunification (in Arabic)

13 November 2022

UNGA Resolution 77/247

30 December 2022

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1859 - 21 July 1921

1860 - 13 April 1930

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

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

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

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

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)

1909 - 11 October 1980

Constantine Zurayk

18 April 1909 - 12 August 2000

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

Anwar Nusseibeh

1913 - 22 November 1986

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

Rajeh al-Salfiti

1921 - 27 May 1990

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

1925 - 10 April 1973

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

1928 - 1 September 2020

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

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1934 - 14 September 2021

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)

14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943 - 10 March 2026

13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

Yahya al-Sinwar

19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024

9 February 1963

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Media

Young Turks Revolution

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

The first Arab delegation in London to protest the Balfour Declaration

Fourth Palestinian National Congress, Jerusalem

Fifth Palestinian National Congress, Nablus

Sixth Palestinian National Congress, Jaffa

Army music in front of the Fast Hotel

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931

16 December 1931

Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party

The Palestinian Islamic Nation Conference Party

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Arab Higher Committee Members

Volunteers from Arab Countries

Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee

12 January 1937

Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission: Partition Proposal A

9 November 1938

Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission, Partition Proposal B

9 November 1938

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Arab Demonstration at Yatta

18 December 1938

London Conference

Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission, Partition Proposal C

9 November 1939

Land in Jewish Possession, 1944

31 December 1944

Arab League Warnings

King David Hotel

Scenes of Destruction

'Palestine Post' Explosion

1 February 1948

Old City of Jerusalem from the Church of the Savior

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

October 1973 War

1973 - 1974

Thematic Chronology

British and International Commissions of Inquiry in Mandate Palestine

1919 - 1946

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: Security Council Vetoed Draft Resolutions

1963 - present

Thematic Chronology

The War on Gaza, 2008-2009

2008 - 2009

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (I)

1996 - 2004

Thematic Chronology

Palestinian Political Institutional Presence in the US

1917 - present

Thematic Chronology

Transjordan and its Evolving Connection to Palestine

1915-1954

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (II)

2005-present

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: General Assembly Resolutions

1947 - present

Thematic Chronology

Palestine Liberation Organization: National Council Sessions

1964 - present

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: Security Council Resolutions

1948 - present

Thematic Chronology

Palestinian National Congresses

1918 - 1934

Highlights

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinian Communist Movement

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The Israeli Military

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

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Balata Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

I. Ottoman Rule

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

III. Late Mandate

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

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

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Shatila Refugee Camp

The Bosnians of Palestine

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Algerians of Palestine

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944

From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

Japan and the Palestine Question

A Policy still Subordinate to the US

Canada and the Palestine Question

Israel First, Palestinians Second

Jerash Refugee Camp (Gaza Camp)

Zarqa Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Great March of Return

Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

Stages of a Forced Displacement

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Aida Refugee Camp

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Brazil and the Palestine Question

Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Periods

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

V. Reverberations of the Palestine War

VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions and Survival

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock

Places

al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa

al-Ghubayya al-Tahta

al-Naghnaghiyya

al-Ras al-Ahmar

al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya

al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya

al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya

al-Shaykh Muwannis

al-Zuq al-Tahtani

'Arab al-Zubayd

Balad al-Shaykh

Daliyat al-Rawha'

Dayr Abu Salama

Ghabat Kafr Sur

'Iraq al-Manshiyya

Khirbat al-Buwayra

Khirbat al-Kasayir

Khirbat al-Manara

Khirbat al-Muntar

Khirbat al-Zawiya

Khirbat Qumbaza

Khirbat Umm Burj

Sarafand al-Kharab

Sarafand al-'Amar

Wadi al-Hawarith

al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta