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Ottoman Conquest of the Levant
24 August 1516 - 12 January 1517
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Edification and Restoration Works of Sultan Suleiman in Jerusalem
1535 - 1540
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Ottoman Pledges to Grant Facilities to France: Towards the Capitulations Regime
18 October 1569 - 1613
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A Religious Component Related to Jerusalem and Other Elements Are Added to a Capitulation Granted to France
20 May 1604 - 17 April 1607
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Greek Orthodox Backlash against Provision on Jerusalem's Holy Sites in Capitulation of 1604
1605
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A Capitulation Granted to France Reaffirms Latin Rights in Jerusalem's Holy Sites
5 June 1673 - 20 April 1690
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The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem
May 1703 - November 1705
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The Rise of Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani in Northern Palestine
1730 - 1768
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A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities
28 May 1740
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A Riot Against the Franciscans in the Holy Sepulchre Leads to a Firman More Favorable to the Greek Orthodox
2 April 1757
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Alliance Between Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani and Mamluk Leader Ali Bey al-Kabeer: To Conquer Palestine and Syrian Territory
November 1770 - June 1771
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Palestine Under Zahir al-Umar: Locus of Intra-Mamluk Rivalry
June 1771 - June 1773
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Palestine Under Zahir al-Umar: Locus of Renewed Ambition by Mamluk Muhammad Bey Abu al-Zahab
September 1773 - 11 June 1775
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With the Ottoman-Russian Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, Capitulations Turn into Bilateral Treaties
21 July 1774
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Acre Under Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar
1775 - 1804
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The Fall of Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani
12 June 1775 - 22 August 1775
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Tax Revolt in Jerusalem
1825 - 1826
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Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine
October 1831 - 1834
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Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine
April 1834 - August 1834
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Establishment of European and American Consulates in Jerusalem
1838 - 1862
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International Intervention Against Egyptian Rule in the Levant
1839 - 1841
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Founding Principles of Ottoman Reform: The Tanzimat I
3 November 1839
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Ottoman Firman Confirms Status Quo in Jerusalem and Bethlehem Christian Holy Places
8 February 1852
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A New Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places Causes Confusion; Holy Places as a Trigger of the Crimean War
21 March 1852 - 4 October 1853
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Founding Principles of Ottoman Reform: The Tanzimat Stage II
18 February 1856
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Toward the Treaty of Paris Ending the Crimean War and Strengthening the European Influence on the Ottoman Empire
25 February 1856 - 30 March 1856
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Ottoman Land Code, 7 Ramadan 1274
21 April 1858
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Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
7 November 1864
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Law Granting Foreigners the Right to Own Real Estate in the Ottoman Empire., 7 Safar 1284
10 June 1867
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Ottoman Law of Nationality; An Attempt to Curb European Interference
19 January 1869
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Ottoman Education Law Is Passed
20 September 1869
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Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq
July 1872
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Sultan Abd al-Hamid II and the Ottoman Constitution
31 August 1876 - 19 December 1876
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Jerusalem Representation in the First and Second Ottoman Parliaments
19 March 1877 - 14 February 1878
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Establishment of Petah Tikva, the First Zionist Colony in Palestine
1878 - 1882
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Treaty of Berlin Confirms the Status Quo Related to the Christian Sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem
13 July 1878
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Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe
1881 - 1884
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The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire
24 November 1881
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Great Britain Invades Egypt; Egypt as a British Veiled Protectorate
1882
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First Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine
1882 - 1903
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Emerging Palestinian Opposition to Zionist Settlement: al-Yahudiyya Village Against Petah Tikva Settlement
29 March 1886
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Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
March 1888
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European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration
2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888
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Nine Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1890s
1890 - 1896
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Establishment of Foreign Archeological Institutes in Jerusalem
1890 - 1919
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Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line
31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892
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Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association in London
September 1891
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The Ottomans and Sale of Land to Jews in Palestine
26 November 1892 - 3 April 1893
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Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine
29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901
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Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition
8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901
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France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements
2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901
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5th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
26 December 1901 - 30 December 1901
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Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company in Jaffa
7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903
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Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury
January 1905
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Emerging Palestinian Identity and Arab Nationalism
1905 - 1914
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Establishment of the Rawdat al-Ma'arif al-Wataniyya al-'Uthmaniyya al-Islamiyya in Jerusalem
1906
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Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
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Zionist Evasion of Ottoman Regulations
August 1907
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Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group
29 September 1907
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The Zionist Organization Opens an Office in Jaffa
December 1907
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Zionist-Palestinian Violence Breaks out in Jaffa
16 March 1908
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Young Turk Revolution
23 July 1908
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Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
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Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
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Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
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Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley
March 1909 - July 1909
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Foundation of Tel Aviv
11 April 1909
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Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives
June 1909 - 2 November 1909
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Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul
July 1909 - March 1915
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Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law
16 August 1909
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Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul
30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911
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Arab Ottoman Parliamentarians Address Minister of Interior
June 1910
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Establishment of Filastin Newspaper in Jaffa
January 1911
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Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris
1911 - 1914
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First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament
March 1911 - May 1911
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European Powers Renew Pressure on the Ottomans to Ease Zionist Land Acquisition in Palestine
January 1912
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Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912
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Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
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The Arab Congress Meets in Paris
17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913
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A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa
23 July 1913
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Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine
14 May 1914
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Outbreak of World War I
1 August 1914 - 4 August 1914
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The Ottomans Abrogate the Capitulations
9 September 1914
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The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front
1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915
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Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Territorial Issues and Prelude to the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans
14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916
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Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces
23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916
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Start of the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
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The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine
9 January 1917
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First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall
28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917
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Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem
31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917
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Balfour Declaration Is Made
2 November 1917
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Formal Entry of General Allenby into Jerusalem
11 December 1917
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Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front
21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918
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The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson
8 January 1918
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British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan
21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918
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Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine
16 April 1918
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Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine
8 May 1918 - December 1918
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Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine
19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918
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British Conquest of Transjordan Is Achieved
22 September 1918 - 27 September 1918
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Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City
26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918
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General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
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The Ottomans Sign the Armistice of Mudros; Istanbul Is Occupied
30 October 1918 - 13 November 1918
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1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919
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Appointment of the King-Crane Commission
20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919
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The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant
10 January 1920
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Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes
2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920
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San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
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The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It
19 August 1920
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Mahlul Land Ordinance
1 October 1920
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Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
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Mewat Land Ordinance
16 February 1921
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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May Day Clashes in Jaffa
1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921
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Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances
10 August 1921
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1st British Census of Palestine
23 October 1922
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6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa
16 June 1923
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Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
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Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society
21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930
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Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine
April 1927
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Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall
23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928
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White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928
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General Conference of Palestine Arab Workers, Haifa
11 January 1930
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The British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall Submits its Report
1 December 1930
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MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
13 February 1931
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An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress
13 December 1931
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Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa
4 January 1932
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General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine
8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933
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Death of Musa Kazim Husseini
26 March 1934
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Establishment of the National Defense Party
2 December 1934
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Arms Shipment to the Haganah
October 1935
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Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
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British Violent Repression
May 1936 - June 1936
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The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region
10 December 1936
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Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936
1 January 1937
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The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem
13 January 1938
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Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify
July 1938 - August 1938
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Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
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Establishment of Lebanese Consulate General in Palestine
30 December 1944 - 23 May 1945
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Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
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Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks
24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946
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Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946
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Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
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Series of Zionist Attacks
2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948
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Zionist Attacks
15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine
5 March 1948
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Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
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Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area
8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948
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The British Mandate Ends. The US Recognizes the State of Israel
15 May 1948
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Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War
15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949
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The USSR Recognizes the State of Israel on a de jure Basis
17 May 1948
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Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan
28 June 1948
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SC Res. 53: Appealing to all Parties for Prolongation of the Truce in Palestine
7 July 1948
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France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
24 January 1949
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Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
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The US Recognizes the Government of Israel on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
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Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously
27 April 1950
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The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York
22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974
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Land Law, 5729-1969
17 July 1969
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A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington
24 April 1978
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Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982
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Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO
21 May 1987
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The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
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Solidarity of Israel's Palestinians with the Intifada
21 December 1987
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SC Res. 681: Deploring Israel's Decision to Resume Deportations of Palestinian Civilians
20 December 1990
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Status of Orient House in Jerusalem
29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994
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French-Palestinian Agreement on Status of French Institutions Under Palestinian Authority
12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997
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European Union Declaration "Compensating" the PLO for Not Declaring a State
25 March 1999
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Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
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US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001
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Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance
3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002
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UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall
8 December 2003
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Operation Days of Penitence
29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004
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Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005
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Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration
27 April 2007
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Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government
5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007
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Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan
25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009
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Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements
31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009
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UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry
23 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
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A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?
2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015
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Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine
26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016
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Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst
5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015
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Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border
3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016
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Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
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Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir
22 July 2019
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Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons
6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020
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Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada
10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021
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Israeli Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Properties Owned by the Greek Orthodox Church in East Jerusalem
26 March 2022 - 8 June 2022
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President Biden Visits Israel; Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership
13 July 2022 - 14 July 2023

Historical Texts

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Ottoman-French Capitulation, 1673 (in French)
5 June 1673
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Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem
8 February 1852
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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
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San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Statement of the Arab National Conference
13 December 1931
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Charter of the Arab Youth Congress
4 January 1932
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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The Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
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Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
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Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
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Arab Ten-Point Position on UN Agenda on Palestine
29 April 1947
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UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan
3 September 1947
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UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan
3 September 1947
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UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority
3 September 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
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UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine
16 February 1948
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Statement by the Committee of the Christian Union of Palestine
3 March 1948
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US Recognition of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
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Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
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Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
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UNSC Resolution 53
7 July 1948
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UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
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The US Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
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UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
Document
Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 1st Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
Document
Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 2nd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
9 April 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 4th Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
26 April 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
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Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration
25 March 1999
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Israel’s Response to President Clinton Proposals
3 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
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UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
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Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
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ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine
5 February 2021
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Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC
9 May 2022
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US-Israel Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership
14 July 2022
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31st Arab Summit: Algiers Declaration (in French)
2 November 2022
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UNGA Resolution 77/247
30 December 2022

Biographies

Biography
Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
1842 - 1906
Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Aref al-Dajani
1860 - 13 April 1930
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Khalil Baidas
1875 - 9 February 1949
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Qudsia Khourshid
5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Rajeh al-Salfiti
1921 - 27 May 1990
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943 - 10 March 2026
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Leila Shahid
13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Yahya al-Sinwar
19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Biography
Rim Banna
6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Charts

Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth
1860 - 1948
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Figures
1914 - 1947
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Birth Rate
1924 - 1948
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Death Rate
1924 - 1948
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Natural Growth
1924 - 1948
Document
Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”, 1932, 1951 and 2015
1932 - 2015
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (1)
2015 - 2048
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (2)
2015 - 2048
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (3)
2015 - 2048

Historical Media

Document
Ottoman Empire - Administrative Division
1899
Document
Yusuf Diya-uddin Pasha al-Khalidi
1899
Document
Young Turks Revolution
July 1908
Document
The Constitutional School
1909
Document
Jemal Pasha Reviews His Troops
1917
Document
British Troops with Machine Guns
1920
Document
Sixth Palestinian National Congress, Jaffa
16 June 1923
Document
Jaffa Road during a General Strike
August 1929
Document
Khalil Raad's Shop
1930s
Document
The Palestinian Islamic Nation Conference Party
1932
Document
Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
Document
Arab Demonstrations in Jaffa
27 October 1933
Document
Musa Kazim Husseini's Funeral, Damascus Gate
27 March 1934
Document
Laying Siege to Jaffa's Old City
1936
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Document
Jaffa in Ruins
June 1936
Document
British Troops Regain Control of Jerusalem's Old City
October 1938
Document
Fleeing Jaffa
1948
Document
al-Manshiyya Quarter
1948
Document
Scenes of Destruction
1948
Document
Grand Serai in Ruins
4 January 1948
Document
Projection of the Final Status Map Presented by Israel - December 2000
December 2000

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Regulating Palestinian Land
1858 - present
Thematic Chronology
Transjordan and its Evolving Connection to Palestine
1915-1954
Thematic Chronology
Foreign Interference in Ottoman Internal Affairs
1569 - 1923

Highlights

Highlight
Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers Before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
Highlight
Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
Highlight
Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question Before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
Highlight
Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
Highlight
Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
Highlight
The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest
Highlight
The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem
Highlight
Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
Highlight
Jerash Refugee Camp (Gaza Camp)
Jordan
Highlight
Zarqa Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance

Periods

Period
I. Ottoman Rule

Places

Place
'Amqa
Place
Abu Kishk
Place
Abu Zurayq
Place
'Ajjur
Place
al-'Abbasiyya
Place
al-'Ubaydiyya
Place
al-Bassa
Place
al-Birwa
Place
al-Damun
Place
al-Faluja
Place
al-Ghabisiyya
Place
al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa
Place
al-Ghubayya al-Tahta
Place
al-Haram
Place
al-Jiyya
Place
al-Jura
Place
al-Kafrayn
Place
al-Khayriyya
Place
al-Latrun
Place
al-Maghar
Place
al-Maliha
Place
al-Manshiyya
Place
al-Mansura
Place
al-Masmiyya al-Kabira
Place
al-Masmiyya al-Saghira
Place
al-Mirr
Place
al-Muwaylih
Place
al-Muzayri'a
Place
al-Na'ani
Place
al-Nabi Rubin
Place
al-Naghnaghiyya
Place
al-Nahr
Place
al-Qastal
Place
al-Qubab
Place
al-Rihaniyya
Place
al-Safiriyya
Place
al-Samra
Place
al-Sanbariyya
Place
al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
Place
al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
Place
al-Sawalima
Place
al-Tantura
Place
al-Tina
Place
al-Tira
Place
al-Tira
Place
al-Walaja
Place
'Aqqur
Place
'Arab Suqrir
Place
'Artuf
Place
'Atlit
Place
'Ayn Ghazal
Place
'Ayn Hawd
Place
'Ayn Karim
Place
Balad al-Shaykh
Place
Barbara
Place
Bayt Dajan
Place
Bayt 'Itab
Place
Bayt Jirja
Place
Bayt Mahsir
Place
Bayt Nabala
Place
Bayt Naqquba
Place
Bayt Thul
Place
Bayt Tima
Place
Bayt Umm al-Mays
Place
Bayt Shanna
Place
Bayt Susin
Place
Bayt Jiz
Place
Bir Salim
Place
Biyar 'Adas
Place
Burayka
Place
al-Burayj
Place
Danna
Place
Dayr 'Amr
Place
Dayr Aban
Place
Dayr al-Qasi
Place
Dayr al-Shaykh
Place
Dayr Tarif
Place
Dimra
Place
Fajja
Place
Ghabat Kafr Sur
Place
Hadatha
Place
Hittin
Place
Huj
Place
'Ibdis
Place
Ijlil al-Shamaliyya
Place
Ijzim
Place
Indur
Place
'Innaba
Place
Ishwa'
Place
'Islin
Place
al-Jaladiyya
Place
al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
Place
al-Jammasin al-Sharqi
Place
Jarash
Place
Jarisha
Place
al-Ja'una
Place
Julis
Place
Kafr 'Ana
Place
Kafr Saba
Place
Kasla
Place
Kawfakha
Place
al-Khayma
Place
Khirbat al-'Umur
Place
Khirbat al-Muntar
Place
Khirbat al-Sarkas
Place
Khirbat al-Shuna
Place
Khirbat al-Tannur
Place
Khirbat Ism Allah
Place
Khirbat Jiddin
Place
Khirbat Umm Burj
Place
Kuwaykat
Place
Lifta
Place
Lubya
Place
Ma'dhar
Place
Majdal Yaba
Place
Mi'ar
Place
Mirun
Place
Miska
Place
Nitaf
Place
Nimrin
Place
Nuris
Place
Qalunya
Place
Qaqun
Place
Qastina
Place
Qisarya
Place
Qula
Place
Qumya
Place
Ra'na
Place
Raml Zayta
Place
Rantiya
Place
Ras Abu 'Ammar
Place
Saffuriyya
Place
Sajad
Place
Salama
Place
Saqiya
Place
Sar'a
Place
Sarafand al-Kharab
Place
Sarafand al-'Amar
Place
Saris
Place
Sataf
Place
Suba
Place
Sufla
Place
Suhmata
Place
Tabsur
Place
Tall al-Safi
Place
Tarbikha
Place
'Awlam
Place
Umm al-Zinat
Place
Umm Khalid
Place
Wadi al-Hawarith
Place
Wadi Hunayn
Place
Yajur
Place
Yazur
Place
Zakariyya
Place
Zarnuqa
Place
Zikrin
Place
Abu Shusha
Place
al-Jammama
Place
al-Zib
Place
Deir Yasin
Place
Yibna
Place
Bayt Jibrin
Place
al-Hamidiyya
Place
Zir'in
Place
al-Murassas