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1859 - 21 July 1921

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

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

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Events

Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine

7 November 1864

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

Ottoman Education Law Is Passed

20 September 1869

Sultan Abd al-Hamid II and the Ottoman Constitution

31 August 1876 - 19 December 1876

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

24 November 1881

Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul

July 1909 - March 1915

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

Provisional Law of Disposal of Immovable Property, 5 Jumada al-ula 1331

Formal Entry of General Allenby into Jerusalem

11 December 1917

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

The British Issue the Criminal Law (Seditious Offences) Ordinance

25 October 1929

Shaw Commission Report on al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances

Enactment of the Palestine Order in Council Related to al-Buraq / Western Wall

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931

Nuremberg Laws and Jewish Immigration

15 September 1935

Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties

25 November 1935

Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936

30 September 1936

The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region

10 December 1936

Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937

18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937

Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

23 July 1937 - September 1938

The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations

27 September 1945

Arab League Holds its First Summit on Palestine in Anshas

28 May 1946 - 29 May 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

UN General Assembly Session on Palestine

28 April 1947 - 9 May 1947

Transjordan and Great Britain Agree on Jordanian Military Intervention in Palestine

7 February 1948

Lebanon Sets up a Central Committee and Regional Committees to Deal with Refugees from Palestine

26 April 1948 - 11 May 1948

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

Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine

Israel's Law and Administration Ordinance

Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City

Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance

16 September 1948

Emergency Regulations Regarding Absentee Property

2 December 1948

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

11 December 1948

Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces

22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949

Israel Enacts the Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance

1 February 1949

Jordan's Early Measure to "Jordanize" Arab Palestinians

14 February 1949

Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank

16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949

Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)

24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949

Jordan Amends the Parliamentary Election Law

13 December 1949

Jordan Issues National Guard Law

17 January 1950

Absentee Property Law, 5710-1950

Jordanian Parliamentary Elections; Formal Unification of the Two Banks

11 April 1950 - 24 April 1950

Tripartite Declaration

Israeli Law of Return

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

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut

27 January 1951

Publication of the Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law

Palestinians in Israel Protest the Nationality law

The Knesset Adopts the Entry into Israel Law

The Zionist Organization/Jewish Agency Status Law

24 November 1952

Land Acquisition (Validation of Acts and Compensation) Law

The Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education

Jordanian Nationality Law

16 February 1954

The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law

Gaza's Basic Law

France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War

22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956

Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents

17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956

Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre

The Knesset adopts the Basic Law: The Knesset

12 February 1958

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

Status of Jordanian Jerusalem Municipality Enhanced Symbolically

16 December 1959

Basic Law: Israel Lands

Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960

The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip

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

The PLO Executive Committee Adopts its Bylaws

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

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

The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem

27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967

The Knesset Amends the Municipal Corporations Ordinance to Extend Area of West Jerusalem Municipality

27 June 1967 - 29 June 1967

Military Order No. 291 on Land Settlement

19 December 1968

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

Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes)

Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem

27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969

Land Law, 5729-1969

Black September in Jordan

15 September 1970 - 25 September 1970

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

28 March 1972 - 2 May 1972

Basil al-Kubaisi Assassinated in Paris

Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973

The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel

1 March 1976 - April 1976

Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 December 1977

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

1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980

Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem

Egypt's Response to Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem

SC Res. 478: Censuring Israeli Enactment of "Basic Law" on Jerusalem

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

12 February 1981

Israeli Knesset Votes to Apply Israeli Law in the Golan Heights

14 December 1981

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

17 December 1981

Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank

16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982

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

Amendment No. 9 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections

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

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

15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988

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

9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988

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

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

A New Constitutional Law Rejects Palestinians' Resettlement in Lebanon

21 September 1990

The Knesset Enacts the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force

Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba

26 October 1994

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

26 December 1994

US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"

23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995

The Holy See and Israel Sign an Agreement Complementing their 1993 Fundamental Agreement

10 November 1997

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

11 September 1998

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000

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

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

Assassination of Ayman Abu Halawa in Nablus

22 October 2001

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect

5 December 2001

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

Assassination of Muhannad Abu Halaweh and Fawzi Murrar in Ramallah

Amendment No. 35 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Further Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections

On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans

15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002

The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Interrogating Suspects)"

26 June 2002 - 12 December 2016

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

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003

The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister

10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003

Mahmoud Abbas Forms the Palestinian Government

19 March 2003 - 29 April 2003

The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification

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

14 October 2003

UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT

21 October 2003

The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall

Attempted Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership

11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004

First Round of Municipal Elections

23 December 2004 - 27 January 2005

The Knesset Enacts the Prevention of Funding of Terrorism Law, 2005

29 December 2004

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

Second Round of Municipal Elections

Third Round of Municipal Elections

29 September 2005

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

17 October 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation

25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions

27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006

The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Detainee Suspected of Security Offence) (Temporary Order)”, 2006

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank

14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007

Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa

4 December 2007

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza

30 January 2008

After the July War: Winograd Commission's Report on Israel's Handling of the 2006 Lebanon War

30 January 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands

28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008

Amendment No. 39 of Basic Law: The Knesset Adds Another Reason to Disqualify Arab Candidates to Elections

21st Arab Summit Meets in Doha

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

Israel Land Administration Law

Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem

4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009

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

5 November 2009

The Deceptive Settlement Freeze

26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010

22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte

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

2 June 2010 - 27 September 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

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

The Knesset Passes the "Nakba Law"

The Knesset Passes the "Admissions Committees Law"

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

The Knesset Passes Israel Lands Law (Amendment No. 3) on Foreign Ownership

The Knesset Passes the "Anti-Boycott Law"

The Knesset Passes Israeli Prisons Law (Amendment No. 40) (Meetings with Lawyers)

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

2 September 2011

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

23 September 2011

Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Knesset Election Law Raising the Qualifying Election Threshold

The Israeli Knesset Adopts a Basic Law on Referendum

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

Battir Landscape Is Inscribed in the World Heritage List

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

A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations

Early Elections Announced in Israel

3 December 2014

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

17 December 2014

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

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

22 January 2015

Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt

31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015

26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

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

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

Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA

30 September 2015

Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst

5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015

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

2 November 2015

EU Guidelines on Goods from the Occupied Territories

11 November 2015

Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement

16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015

Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members

4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016

The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law

The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet

3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016

The Knesset adopts the NGO “Funding Transparency” Law

Amendment No. 44 of Basic Law: The Knesset Allows Dismissal of Members

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

23 December 2016

Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump

22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017

The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively

6 February 2017

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

15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018

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

Amendment No. 46 of Basic Law: The Knesset Gives Additional Reasons for Disqualifying Arab Candidates

UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid

The Knesset Adopts Amendment No. 116 to the Planning and Building Law (Kaminitz Law)

Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2017 - 26 May 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

Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem

13 December 2017

Israeli Moves Against the BDS Movement

29 December 2017 - 7 January 2018

The Knesset Passes an Amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites

The Knesset Passes Legislation Withholding Bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli Forces

Taylor Force Act Signed into Law

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

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue

2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018

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

19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018

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

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

19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019

The Palestinian Constitutional Court Considers the Legislative Council to Be Dissolved

12 December 2018 - 22 December 2018

PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA

26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019

30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

Israeli Supreme Court Greenlights Withholding Palestinian Corpses

9 September 2019

Palestinian Court Orders to Block Access to Dozens of Websites

17 October 2019

US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019

US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces

20 December 2019

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

Israel's Supreme Court Annuls a 2017 Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively

EU Anti-Palestinian Clause

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020

Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem

20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020

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

19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020

Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State

12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021

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

28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021

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

27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Historical Texts

Basel (Zionist) Program

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

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

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

Palin Commission Report

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

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

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

16 September 1922

Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929

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

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

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

1 December 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

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

Communiqué: Formation of the Arab Independence Party; the Party Bylaws (in Arabic)

The Murison Commission Report

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

Peel Commission Report

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

MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UNSC Resolution 46

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

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

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

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

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

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

Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

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 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

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

Law Promulgating the Basic Law for the Area under the Supervision of the Egyptian Forces in Palestine No. 255 of 1955 (in Arabic)

25 February 1958

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)

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

Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

11 September 1965

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

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

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

UNSC Resolution 271

15 September 1969

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 November 1970

UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)

8 December 1970

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

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 Syria

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3237 (XXIX)

22 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

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

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

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

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 14985

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

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

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

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 9

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769

29 January 1986

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

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

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

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

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker

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

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

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

13 September 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

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

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

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

UNGA Resolution ES-10/3

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

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

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

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

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

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

The Durban Declaration

8 September 2001

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

UNSC Resolution 1397

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

UNSC Resolution 1405

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35

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

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

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

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

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 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

National Conciliation Document

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508

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

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39

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

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

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

25 September 2009

UNGA Resolution 64/10

1 December 2009

Provision on Palestinian Workers in Amended Lebanese Social Security Law (in Arabic)

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

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

HRC Resolution S-21/1

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

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

Report of the Middle East Quartet

UNSC Resolution 2334

23 December 2016

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

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

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

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

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

1 November 2017

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

6 December 2017

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

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

UNGA Resolution 73/89

6 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

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019

Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

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

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

Historical Media

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

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

XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

III. Late Mandate

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

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

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

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

The Israeli Military

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

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

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

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Balata Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Places

Khirbat al-Lawz

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Regulating Palestinian Land

1858 - present

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon’s Relation to Palestine and the Palestinians

1923 - present

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon War, 1982

1982 - 1983

Thematic Chronology

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

1920 - 1945