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Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

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

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

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

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

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

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

1893 - 27 April 1940

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

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

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

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

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

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

1923 - 12 May 2004

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

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

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

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

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

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Events

Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq

Nine Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1890s

Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association

Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company

7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903

Theodor Herzl Dies; Replaced by David Wolffsohn

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

Six Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine between 1908 and 1910

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

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

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul

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

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa

Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall

28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917

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

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

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

8 May 1918 - December 1918

Treaty of Versailles; Establishment of the League of Nations

28 June 1919 - 10 January 1920

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

Prevention of Crime Ordinance is Issued

October 1920 - 15 December 1920

May Day Clashes in Jaffa

1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Establishment of the Zionist Revisionist Movement

14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna

18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925

The Palestine Gendarmerie Is Disbanded and the Palestine Police Reorganized

1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 October 1929

Establishment of the Arab Bank in Jerusalem

21 May 1930 - 14 July 1930

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

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

13 December 1931

Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa

18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague

21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933

19th Zionist Congress Meets in Lucerne

20 August 1935 - 4 September 1935

Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force

12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935

Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties

25 November 1935

Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936

Start of General Strike and Armed Resistance

7 May 1936 - 31 May 1936

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

August 1937 - May 1941

The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem

13 January 1938

Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

October 1938 - September 1939

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

15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938

MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians

17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939

The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians

2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939

Five-year Limit on Jewish Immigration Extended

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations

27 September 1945

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

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

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

Continuation of Zionist-British Confrontation

16 April 1947 - 26 April 1947

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

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive

10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Plan Dalet Launched

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv

13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948

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

8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948

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

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

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

Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

30 January 1949

Led by George Habash, Arab Nationalist Activists on the Way to Structure Their Movement

1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952

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

26 January 1952

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Israel Carries out an Intelligence Operation in Syria and the First Airline Hijacking in the History of the Conflict

8 December 1954 - 14 December 1954

Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects

1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955

France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War

22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Fatah Is Founded

Fatah and the Palestinian Entity

Palestinians in Israel Demonstrate

21 September 1961

Conditions for the Movement of Lebanon's Palestinian refugees between Lebanon and Syria

28 July 1962 - 2 August 1962

Israel Starts Diverting the Jordan River

May 1964 - August 1964

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

5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964

Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon

23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964

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

Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria

15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967

June War, 5th Day

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

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

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

Guerrilla Resistance in Gaza Strip

Fatah Defines its Political Objective

19 October 1968

Explosion in Mahane Yehuda in West Jerusalem

22 November 1968 - 28 November 1968

Fatah Reaffirms its Political Objective

28 January 1969

7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

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

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

Municipal Elections in West Bank Are Announced

26 November 1971

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972

Black September in Munich Olympic Games

5 September 1972 - 6 September 1972

Palestine National Front Is Established in the Occupied Territories

6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

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

22 October 1973

Attrition in the Golan

12 March 1974 - 15 April 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

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth

18 October 1975

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

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

16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976

President Carter for a Palestinian Homeland

16 March 1977 - 26 May 1977

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

28 December 1977

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords

5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978

Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Is Signed in Washington, DC

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

5 August 1979 - 6 August 1979

Start of the Iraq-Iran War

22 September 1980

Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

31 January 1982

Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis

6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982

Encirclement of Beirut

11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982

PLO Debates Withdrawal

16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982

Israeli Military Pressure on West Beirut

27 June 1982 - 11 July 1982

The PLO 11-Point Document

Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut

21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982

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

Scission within Fatah

18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983

Tension in Hebron

1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983

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

Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza

18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987

Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

9 December 1987

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

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

1 February 1988 - 7 November 1989

US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan

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

3 June 1988 - 7 June 1988

Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank

28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Issues Its Charter

Start of US-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

Israel Proposes Elections in the West Bank and Gaza

Israel Deports Five Palestinians

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

China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace

21 September 1989

The Baker Five-Point Plan

10 October 1989

Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan

16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989

Israel's National Unity Government Collapses

13 March 1990 - 11 June 1990

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

17 January 1991 - 28 February 1991

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

Secretary Baker Second Stage Diplomacy

21 July 1991 - 13 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

2nd Negotiation Round, Washington

10 December 1991 - 18 December 1991

Multilateral Talks

11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992

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

16 September 1992

8th Negotiation Round, Washington

7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992

Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon

13 December 1992 - 17 December 1992

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage

20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba

13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993

Start of Israel-PLO Economic Talks in Paris

Wave of Hamas and Islamic Jihad Attacks

6 April 1994 - 30 April 1994

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

Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed

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

19 October 1994

Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza

18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994

Anti-Israeli Attacks and Inter-Palestinian Tension

2 April 1995 - 19 April 1995

Assassination of Yahya Ayyash in Beit Lahiya

Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

20 January 1996

Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996

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

Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister

29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996

First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting

4 September 1996

Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996

Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed

6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997

Draft SC Res. S/1997/241 to Demand that Israel Cease Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Vetoed by US

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

Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released

25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997

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

11 September 1998

Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998

End of the Oslo Five-Year Interim Period

With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume

11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999

Palestinian Authority Crackdown Against Hamas

3 August 1999 - 26 August 1999

Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)

4 September 1999

Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)

10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000

Official Resumption of Final Status Talks

13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999

Assassination of Iyad Batat in Bayt Awa

13 December 1999

The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session

12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000

Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David

3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000

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

15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000

Start of the Second Intifada

29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000

The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized

14 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

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

7 November 2000 - 30 December 2000

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes Abate

23 December 2000 - 6 February 2001

Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape

26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak

6 February 2001

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

Assassination of Iyad Hardan in Jenin

Assassination attempt of Abd al-Karim Owais in Jenin

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

Assassination of Salah al-Din Darwaza in Nablus

Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions

UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban

31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001

US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation

12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001

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

26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001

Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?

16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001

Grave Escalation from Both Sides

9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002

14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative

27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002

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

Assassination of Qays Udwan in Tubas

Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)

14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002

Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative

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

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip

19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002

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

18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002

Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks

10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003

Israel Closes all West Bank District Coordination Offices

3 December 2002 - 11 January 2003

Assassination of Mustafa Sabah in Gaza City

4 December 2002

Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip

24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003

Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza

15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

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

17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003

Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy

1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003

Assassination of Yasir Taha in Gaza City

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure

1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003

No Let Up in Confrontation

19 August 2003 - 20 August 2003

Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire

4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003

Palestinian Peace Gestures

1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004

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

18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004

Appointment of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi Head of Hamas in Gaza

Life Sentence Against Marwan Barghouti

Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan

Operation Full Court Press in Nablus

23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004

Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank

27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004

Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine

18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004

Assassination of Nabil Sa'eedi and Rabah Zaqqout in Gaza City

20 September 2004

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

First Round of Municipal Elections

23 December 2004 - 27 January 2005

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

17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005

Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh

8 February 2005

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters

14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005

Second Round of Municipal Elections

Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President

Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk

18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005

Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah

7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005

Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza

12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005

Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain

23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005

Losses on the Five-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada

28 September 2005

Third Round of Municipal Elections

29 September 2005

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

17 October 2005

Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again

24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation

25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005

After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence

27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005

Assassination of Mahmoud Arqan in Rafah

7 December 2005

Assassination of Iyad Qadas and Iyad Najjar in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

8 December 2005

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions

27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006

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

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 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

Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza

20 April 2006 - 25 May 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

Haniyeh Proposes a Long-term Cease-fire and Peace

Israeli Operations in the West Bank

24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006

Assassination of Mahmud al-Majzub in Sidon

Fatah-Hamas Clashes

26 May 2006 - 24 June 2006

Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza

29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006

Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit

25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

July War: Israel's Special Operations Along the Border

17 July 2006 - 19 July 2006

July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon

14 August 2006 - 17 August 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

Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?

6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006

Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire

20 November 2006 - 26 November 2006

Three Dramatic Spikes in Fatah-Hamas Violence

10 December 2006 - 8 February 2007

Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord

28 January 2007 - 8 February 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

Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank

3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007

Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes

11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007

Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza

10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007

Assassination of Ziad Malaisha and Ibrahim Abed in Kafr Dan

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007

Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume

24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007

Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government

5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces

2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007

Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production

9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start

12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

Assassination of Majid Harazin, Jihad Dahir, Karim Dahdouh, Na'el Tafesh, Ayman al-'Aileh and Ammar Abu-al-Said in Gaza City

17 December 2007

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"

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Palestinian Side Sounded Out

7 January 2008 - 27 January 2008

Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza

15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008

Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza

30 January 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify

4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008

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

28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

20th Arab Summit Meets in Damascus

29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008

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

Israel Refuses an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer

30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere

27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008

Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased

17 June 2008 - 4 November 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

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart

14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008

Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza

21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1

27 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

War on Gaza, Day 6

War on Gaza, Day 7

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

War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2

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

War on Gaza, Day 12

War on Gaza, Day 13

War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer

14 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

Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure

13 February 2009 - 18 February 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 Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side

21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009

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

Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza

22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem

4 August 2009 - 8 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

Israel-Hamas Token Preliminary Prisoner Deal

2 October 2009 - 3 October 2009

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

5 November 2009

Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed

12 November 2009

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 December 2009 - 16 December 2009

Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza

31 December 2009

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

7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010

Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhuh in Dubai

20 January 2010 - 31 January 2010

Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed

8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011

Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates

11 March 2010 - 1 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

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

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

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

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

Escalation in Israel's Settlement Activity

26 September 2010 - 8 November 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

Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries

17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011

Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan

28 December 2010 - 12 June 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

Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border

16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011

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

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

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East

19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Accord Put on Hold

14 June 2011 - 7 August 2011

Assassination of Kamal al-Nairab and Imad Hamad in Rafah

A Prisoner Swap Deal Between Hamas and Israel

11 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

Four Islamic Jihad Members, Administrative Detainees in Israeli Prisons, Go on Hunger Strike

17 December 2011 - 1 April 2012

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

In Contrast with Islamic Jihad, Hamas Leadership Leaves Syria

17 January 2012 - 12 March 2012

Abbas and Mishal Sign the Doha Declaration and Then Agree on its Suspension

5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012

23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

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

Local Elections in the West Bank Are Announced

10 July 2012 - 5 August 2012

Abbas Announces Intent to Apply for Observer State Status in Speech at UN General Assembly

27 September 2012

Local Elections in the West Bank

20 October 2012 - 22 December 2012

Visit of Qatar’s Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza

23 October 2012

Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2

15 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3

16 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5

18 November 2012

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

21 November 2012

Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures

22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013

Surge in Settlement Expansion

30 November 2012 - 10 February 2013

Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority

2 December 2012 - 25 March 2013

Hamas's Khalid Mishal Visits the Gaza Strip

8 December 2012

Symbolic Erection of Bab al-Shams and Bab al-Karama villages in the West Bank

11 January 2013 - 20 January 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

Khalid Mishal Reelected Head of Hamas

1 April 2013 - 2 April 2013

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

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

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Israeli-Palestinian Direct Talks Take Place in Jerusalem

14 August 2013 - 2 September 2013

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

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

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

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations

13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014

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

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

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government

2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014

Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region

12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014

Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza

14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014

Battir Landscape Is Inscribed in the World Heritage List

Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front

3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War

7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1

Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza

8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Israel Launches Ground Invasion (Phase II)

17 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12

18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire

5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 32-42: Three Days of Fighting Followed by Eight Days of Truce

8 August 2014 - 18 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo

11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50

20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

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

Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

16 September 2014

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

2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014

Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel

10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative

15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015

Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt

31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

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

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined

27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015

Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire

16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015

A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?

2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016

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

5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015

No Cameras at Haram al-Sharif

25 October 2015 - 26 October 2015

Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement

16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015

Muhammad al-Qeeq Stages a 94-day Hunger Strike and Compels His Jailers to Release Him

21 November 2015 - 21 May 2016

The EU and the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Palestinian Teachers Go on Strike in the West Bank

7 February 2016 - 12 March 2016

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

7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016

Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border

3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016

Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections

21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017

The Quartet Issues a Report on the Impediments to Palestinian-Israeli Settlement

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

1 November 2016

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

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

23 December 2016

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

5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee Reactivated

15 January 2017

Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East

15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017

Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump

22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017

Yahya Sinwar Elected Head of Gaza's Hamas Political Bureau

13 February 2017

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

15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018

Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War

28 February 2017

Hamas Forms a Committee to Administer Gaza Strip

Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017

Gaza and the Electricity Issue

27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017

Hamas New Charter

Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau

Municipal Elections in the West Bank

President Trump's Visit to Israel

22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

The PA Forces Early Retirement on Part of Its Employees in Gaza

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

14 July 2017 - 15 July 2017

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

26 August 2017 - 10 October 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

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

1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017

Israeli Moves Against the BDS Movement

29 December 2017 - 7 January 2018

With Trump as President, Huge Settlement Growth in 2017

31 December 2017

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

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

22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018

Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

Palestinian Professor of Engineering Fadi al-Batsh Assassinated in Kuala Lumpur

23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah

30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018

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

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire

7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018

Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation

7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018

Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters

17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018

Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire

11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 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

The Palestinian Constitutional Court Considers the Legislative Council to Be Dissolved

12 December 2018 - 22 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

UNHRC Report on Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

28 February 2019

Great March of Return Anniversary and Land Day

29 March 2019 - 30 March 2019

Assassination of Hamed al-Khoudary in Gaza City

Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel

15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019

The PA and Israel Agree that the PA Can Collect Fuel Taxes

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

19 September 2019

The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank

22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019

Palestinian Citizens of Israel Protest Israeli Police Inaction in Solving Violent Crimes

28 September 2019 - 5 November 2019

PA Starts Receiving Part of Tax Revenue from Israel Despite Deduction

3 October 2019 - 29 December 2019

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

12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019

Great March of Return Organizers Suspend Weekly Protests

26 December 2019 - 27 December 2019

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction

29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020

Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons

6 August 2020 - 1 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

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

PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds

17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020

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

10 December 2020 - 14 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

PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones

15 January 2021 - 29 April 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

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

The May 2021 Gaza War

10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters

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

18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021

Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Bennett-Lapid Government Accelerates Colonization in its First Six Months

31 December 2021

Historical Texts

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

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Palin Commission Report

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

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

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

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

The Murison Commission Report

Proposed New Constitution for Palestine

22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935

Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

UNSC Resolution 61

4 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 212 (III)

19 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

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

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

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

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

UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)

26 January 1952

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

UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)

2 November 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

UNGA Resolution 1123 (XI)

19 January 1957

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

UNSC Resolution 171

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Fatah First Military Communiqué

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

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

9 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

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

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

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

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

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

UNSC Resolution 338

22 October 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)

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

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

30 November 1977

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

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

17 September 1978

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

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

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

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

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

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

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

31 January 1982

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

1 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

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

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

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

The Shultz Negotiations Plan

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

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

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 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

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

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

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

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

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

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

President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement

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

27 January 2001

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

The Mitchell Report

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

The Durban Declaration

8 September 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

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

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

UNSC Resolution 1435

24 September 2002

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

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

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

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

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

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

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

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

10 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

UNSC Resolution 1860

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

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

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

25 September 2009

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

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

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

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

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

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

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

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

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

28 February 2019

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

12 January 2021

Historical Media

Young Turks Revolution

Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party

Musa Kazim Husseini's Funeral, Damascus Gate

The Haganah Starts Its Offensive

Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing

Periods

III. Late Mandate

V. Reverberations of the Palestine War

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement

X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock

I. Ottoman Rule

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

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

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

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

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

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

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

III. Late Mandate

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

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

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

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

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

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

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

I. Ottoman Rule

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

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

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Marka Refugee Camp

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

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

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

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

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

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Algerians of Palestine

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Palestinian-Israeli Final Status Negotiation Rounds

1999 - 2001

Thematic Chronology

Regulating Palestinian Land

1858 - present

Thematic Chronology

Arab Summits and Palestine

1946 - present

Thematic Chronology

October 1973 War

1973 - 1974

Thematic Chronology

Palestinian National Congresses

1918 - 1934

Thematic Chronology

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

2012