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Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
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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
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
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
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Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
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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
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Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
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Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
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
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
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Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
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Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
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Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
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Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
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Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
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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
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Anwar Nuseibeh
1913 - 1986
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
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
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
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
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966
Events
Event
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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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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The Arab Congress Meets in Paris
17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913
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Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine
8 May 1918 - December 1918
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Prevention of Crime Ordinance is Issued
October 1920 - 15 December 1920
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3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa
13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920
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Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council
20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922
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The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London
7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922
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Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society
21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930
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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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1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
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John Hope Simpson Sent to Palestine to Investigate Questions of Immigration, Land Settlement and Development
2 May 1930
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The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Denounces MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
11 March 1931
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A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms
1 August 1931
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Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 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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Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
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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 Bloc Party
4 October 1935
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Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force
12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935
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Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties
25 November 1935
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Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
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First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937
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The Arab Higher Committee is Formed
25 April 1936
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Start of General Strike and Armed Resistance
7 May 1936 - 31 May 1936
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Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission
11 October 1936
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Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
23 July 1937 - September 1938
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Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan
8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937
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Arab Higher Committee Is Banned
October 1937 - November 1937
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The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo
7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938
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British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy
November 1938 - May 1939
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London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
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Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference
15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939
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The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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British Recommend Partition
December 1943
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Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York
25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950
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Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
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Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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Bevin's Statement on Palestine; Formation of an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
13 November 1945
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Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
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Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Publishes its Report after a Visit to Palestine
6 March 1946 - 20 April 1946
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Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party
29 May 1946
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President Truman Supports Jewish Immigration to Palestine
6 June 1946
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Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee
12 June 1946
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Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan
24 July 1946
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UN General Assembly Session on Palestine
28 April 1947 - 9 May 1947
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UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)
15 May 1947
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Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
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Arab League Meeting on Palestine, in Sofar, Lebanon
16 September 1947 - 19 September 1947
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Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question
23 September 1947 - 25 November 1947
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Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan
29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947
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Arab League Meeting on Palestine in Aley, Lebanon
7 October 1947 - 15 October 1947
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First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense
29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948
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Arab League Rejects Partition Plan
8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947
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Arab Liberation Army Organized
1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948
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Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive
10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948
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US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition
18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948
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SC Res. 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine
1 April 1948
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The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings
4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948
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SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine
17 April 1948
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Lebanon Sets up a Central Committee and Regional Committees to Deal with Refugees from Palestine
26 April 1948 - 11 May 1948
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SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem
22 May 1948
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SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine
29 May 1948
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Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem
16 June 1948
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Israeli Intelligence Report on the Depopulation of Palestine until 31 May 1948
30 June 1948
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The Arab League and the Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration
10 July 1948
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SC Res. 54: Ordering Parties to Desist from Military Action; Instructing Mediator to Continue Efforts for Jerusalem Demilitarization
15 July 1948
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Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza
22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948
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Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
17 December 1948
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Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
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First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes
12 January 1949
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The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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Israel Enacts the Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance
1 February 1949
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General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah
17 March 1949
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Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)
24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949
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The UNGA Ad Hoc Political Committee, Dealing with Israel's Admission Application, Requests Clarifications
4 May 1949 - 9 May 1949
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Cross-Border Attacks from Gaza
1950
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Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut
27 January 1951
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SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice
24 November 1953
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The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
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Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955
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SC Res. 106: Condemning Israel’s Attack against Egypt’s Regular Army in Gaza
29 March 1955
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Renewal of Egyptian-Israeli Clashes
22 August 1955 - 4 September 1955
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Security Council Resolution S/RES/111
19 January 1956
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France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956
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The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
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UNGA 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)
2 November 1956
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Soviet Union Threatens Intervention
5 November 1956
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UNGA 1002 (ES-1): Calling for Withdrawal of Israeli Forces Behind Armistice Lines and of British and French Forces from Egypt
7 November 1956
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Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
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UNRWA Director Issues Special Report on Situation in Gaza Strip
15 December 1956
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Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre
6 January 1957
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The Knesset adopts the Basic Law: The Knesset
12 February 1958
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The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity
29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961
Event
Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York
26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001
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The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip
5 March 1962
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SC Res. 171: Determining Israel's Attack on Syria a Violation of SC Res. 111
9 April 1962
Event
Syrian-Israeli Clashes
19 August 1963 - 20 August 1963
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Palestinian Delegation at the UN
18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963
Event
1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Event
2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
Event
Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon
23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Adopts its Bylaws
11 March 1965
Event
Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids
27 May 1965
Event
2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
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3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
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Security Council Resolution S/RES/228
25 November 1966
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Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria
12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967
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June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
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June War, 6th Day
10 June 1967
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Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank
14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967
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Israeli Military Order Regarding Prohibition of Incitement and Hostile Propaganda Actions (West Bank) No. 101
27 August 1967
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Palestinians Reorganize
11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968
Event
First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic
January 1968
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Israeli Military Confrontation with Jordan and Palestinian Guerrillas
14 February 1968 - 15 February 1968
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Yasir Arafat Assumes Prominence within Fatah
14 April 1968
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SC Res. 252: Considering all Israeli Measures to Change Jerusalem's Legal Status as Invalid
21 May 1968
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4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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UNGA 2443 (XXIII): Establishing Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights in Occupied Territories
19 December 1968
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Hunger Strike of Palestinian Women in Jerusalem
26 January 1969 - 28 January 1969
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5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969
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PDFLP Splits off from PFLP
22 February 1969
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SC Res. 267: Calling once more upon Israel to Rescind all Measures which May Change the Status of Jerusalem
3 July 1969
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6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969
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SC Res. 271: Condemning the Execrable Act of Desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque
15 September 1969
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PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
Event
7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
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Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970
Event
Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
Event
President Sadat Suggests Partial Israeli Withdrawal from Suez Canal
4 February 1971
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8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971
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SC Res. 313: Demanding that Israel Refrain Immediately from Military Action against Lebanon
28 February 1972
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The PFLP Announces It Has Abandoned the Tactic of Hijacking Planes
14 March 1972
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Black September Hijack Operation
8 May 1972
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11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo
6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973
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October War, 1st Day
6 October 1973
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October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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October War, 5th Day
10 October 1973
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American-Soviet Agreement on a Cease-fire
21 October 1973
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SC Res. 338: Calling for Cease-fire and Deciding to Start Immediately Negotiations for Just Durable and Peace
22 October 1973
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Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms
23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva
21 December 1973
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Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly
13 November 1974
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A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth
18 October 1975
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UNGA 3376 (XXX): Establishing a Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
10 November 1975
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Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation
1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976
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Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US
25 March 1976
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Palestinian "Land Day"
30 March 1976
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Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon
16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976
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Failed Attempt to Open a PLO Information Office in Washington
19 November 1976
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Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977
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Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 December 1977
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SC Res. 425: Calling upon Israel to Withdraw its Forces from Lebanon, and Establishing UNIFIL
19 March 1978
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Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan
16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978
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9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
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Israeli Settlement in the Old City of Hebron
10 February 1980 - 23 March 1980
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Committee Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
14 July 1980 - 15 July 1980
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11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
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Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome
9 October 1981
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Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982
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South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken
21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982
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Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War
25 May 1982
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Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London
3 June 1982
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The “Creeping” Cease-fire
10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982
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Battle of the Mountain
14 June 1982 - 26 June 1982
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Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US
26 June 1982
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Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut
21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982
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PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
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16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983
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Scission within Fatah
18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983
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Reactions to Fatah Scission in Occupied Territories
26 June 1983 - 9 November 1983
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Draft SC Res. S/15895 to Condemn Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians in Hebron, Vetoed by US
2 August 1983
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983
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Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
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Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks
26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984
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17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
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Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985
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PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
18 February 1985
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Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
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Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
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The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987
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Amendment No. 9 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections
31 July 1985
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Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
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Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination
25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986
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Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration
6 September 1986
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18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
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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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UNGA 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country
17 December 1987
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Non-Armed Intifada
3 January 1988 - 13 February 1988
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Unified National Leadership of the Uprising
8 January 1988
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UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion
2 March 1988
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ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York
9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988
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Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva
13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988
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Start of US-PLO Dialogue
14 December 1988
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989
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The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative
15 May 1989
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Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan
16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989
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The Issue of Hamas's Participation in the Palestine National Council
7 April 1990
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Dial 1-202-456-1414
13 June 1990
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The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO
20 June 1990
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Haram al-Sharif Killings
8 October 1990
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The Gulf War
17 January 1991 - 28 February 1991
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Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy
9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991
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SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
24 May 1991
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20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991
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2nd Negotiation Round, Washington
10 December 1991 - 18 December 1991
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Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Initialed and Approved
20 August 1993 - 30 August 1993
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PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP
10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993
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Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994
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Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo
4 May 1994
Event
Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force
20 May 1994
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The Knesset Adopts the Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
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Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem
19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995
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Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996
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21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996
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First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting
4 September 1996
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Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed
6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997
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Draft SC Res. S/1997/199 to Call on Israel to Refrain from Settlement Activities (Jabal Abu Ghunaym) Vetoed by US
7 March 1997
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UNGA ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement
25 April 1997
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Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures
30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997
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Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
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Further Redeployment Talks Intensify
3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
27 April 1999 - 29 April 1999
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The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000
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Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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The Mitchell Committee of Fact-Finding on the Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation
7 November 2000 - 30 December 2000
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13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001
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Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal for a Cease-Fire and a Resumption of Talks
16 April 2001 - 27 April 2001
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The Mitchell Report Is Issued
30 April 2001 - 15 May 2001
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New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes
18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001
Event
Death of Faisal al-Husseini
31 May 2001
Event
The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan
11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001
Event
Assassination of Osama Jawabra in Nablus
24 June 2001
Event
Fallout of Abu Ali Mustafa's Assassination
28 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
Event
US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001
Event
Timid Diplomatic Efforts
2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001
Event
With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level
26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001
Event
Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated
3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002
Event
Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
Event
An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002
Event
SC Res. 1402: Calling for Cease-Fire and Withdrawal of Israeli Troops from Palestinian Cities
30 March 2002
Event
US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
Event
Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination
22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002
Event
Assassination of Mustafa Sabah in Gaza City
4 December 2002
Event
Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip
24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003
Event
Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position
9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
Event
15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh
1 March 2003
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003
Event
Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy
1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003
Event
The PLO Approves the Road Map
3 May 2003 - 11 May 2003
Event
Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003
Event
The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
Event
No Let Up in Confrontation
19 August 2003 - 20 August 2003
Event
Assassination of Ismail Abu Shanab in Gaza City
21 August 2003 - 25 August 2003
Event
Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister
6 September 2003
Event
Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis
7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003
Event
Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah
4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003
Event
Violence Abates to a Moderate Level
1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA
24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004
Event
The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
Event
The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall
9 July 2004
Event
Assassination Attempt of Muhammad Abu Nusayra in Khan Yunis
27 September 2004
Event
Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership
11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004
Event
Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron
17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004
Event
Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce
17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005
Event
Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh
8 February 2005
Event
Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo
15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005
Event
Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005
Event
Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain
23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct
17 October 2005
Event
The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established
25 November 2005
Event
Assassination of Mahmoud Arqan in Rafah
7 December 2005
Event
Assassination of Husam Abu Nada, Muhammad Jiha, Rashad Rahim, and Hamdan Mahana in Gaza City
14 December 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006
Event
PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet
18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006
Event
The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document
10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006
Event
Haniyeh Proposes a Long-term Cease-fire and Peace
23 May 2006
Event
Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza
29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006
Event
Assassination of Imad Asaliyya and Majdi Hammad in Jabaliya
5 June 2006
Event
Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit
25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006
Event
Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Event
July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
Event
July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire
5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
July War: The Cease-Fire
12 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon
14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006
Event
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks
25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006
Event
Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?
6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006
Event
Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire
20 November 2006 - 26 November 2006
Event
Three Dramatic Spikes in Fatah-Hamas Violence
10 December 2006 - 8 February 2007
Event
A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government
17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007
Event
19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Event
Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative
29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007
Event
Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration
27 April 2007
Event
Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes
11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007
Event
Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split
17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007
Event
Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference
6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007
Event
Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"
16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007
Event
Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference
20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007
Event
Assassination of Mubarak Hasanat in Deir al-Balah
23 October 2007
Event
The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks
27 November 2007
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start
12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007
Event
Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza
15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008
Event
Assassination of Raed Abu al-Ful in Beit Lahiya
17 January 2008
Event
Assassination of Amer Qarmout in Beit Lahiya
4 February 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify
4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands
28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status (Almost) Suspended
2 March 2008
Event
Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans
9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008
Event
Hamas Proposes a Comprehensive Cease-Fire
12 March 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Resume: Refugees and Territory Stumbling Blocks
24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008
Event
Israel Refuses an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer
30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere
27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008
Event
Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased
17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008
Event
To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre
8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008
Event
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart
14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008
Event
Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza
21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 5
31 December 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking
1 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy
4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 12
7 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 13
8 January 2009
Event
SC Res. 1860: Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire and Arrangements to Prevent Arms Trafficking
8 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 18
13 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer
14 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza
16 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 22
17 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire
17 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/18: Supporting an Immediate Gaza Ceasefire According to Security Council Resolution 1860
23 January 2009
Event
Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire
27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009
Event
Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure
13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009
Event
Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo
25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009
Event
Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza
13 March 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises
4 May 2009
Event
Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
Event
Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009
Event
Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More
9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza
15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009
Event
The Deceptive Settlement Freeze
26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010
Event
Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza
31 December 2009
Event
The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks
3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010
Event
22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte
27 March 2010
Event
US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians
20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010
Event
With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched
22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010
Event
International Reactions to the Mavi Marmara Incident
31 May 2010 - 3 June 2010
Event
Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident
14 June 2010
Event
President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel
6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010
Event
Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
Event
Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended
20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010
Event
Abbas, Backed by the Arab League, Halts Palestinian-Israeli Direct Talks
30 September 2010 - 15 December 2010
Event
Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan
28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011
Event
Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics
2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011
Event
Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border
16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes the "Admissions Committees Law"
22 March 2011
Event
Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement
4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011
Event
On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel
15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011
Event
Assassination of Kamal al-Nairab and Imad Hamad in Rafah
18 August 2011
Event
State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Event
The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations
23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011
Event
Fate of the Palestinian UN Admission Request
28 September 2011 - 8 November 2011
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo
20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011
Event
Assassination of Zuhair al-Qaissi and Mahmoud Hanani in Gaza City
9 March 2012
Event
A Serious Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza
9 March 2012 - 13 March 2012
Event
Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu
17 April 2012
Event
Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo
20 May 2012
Event
Another Spate of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza
17 June 2012 - 23 June 2012
Event
Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza
14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1
14 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza
14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2
15 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4
17 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5
18 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 6
19 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 8
21 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement
21 November 2012
Event
Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures
22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013
Event
Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo
27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013
Event
Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
Event
Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza
14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014
Event
Battir Landscape Is Inscribed in the World Heritage List
20 June 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War
7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3
10 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5
11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
Event
Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails
14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10
16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
Event
UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry
23 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)
31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive
1 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 26-28: Fighting Continues
2 August 2014 - 4 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire
5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 32-42: Three Days of Fighting Followed by Eight Days of Truce
8 August 2014 - 18 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo
11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43
19 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50
20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Toward an Open-Ended Cease-Fire
23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
26 August 2014
Event
Renewal of Settlement Activity
31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014
Event
No Effective Resumption of Gaza Postwar Talks in Cairo
23 September 2014
Event
Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015
Event
The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza
11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015
Event
Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev
14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015
Event
Settlement Construction
30 January 2015
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products
9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015
Event
A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?
2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015
Event
Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again
2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools
27 April 2015
Event
Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire
16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015
Event
UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Event
Palestine Submits Files to ICC, and Israel Decides to Interact with It
25 June 2015 - 30 October 2015
Event
Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA
30 September 2015
Event
Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members
4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016
Event
Three Rounds of Hamas-Fatah Talks in Doha Come to Naught
7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016
Event
In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted
8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016
Event
The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
Event
Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections
21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet
3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016
Event
Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure
27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
4 December 2016
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings Renewed in Doha, Beirut and Moscow, with No Results
5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017
Event
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee Reactivated
15 January 2017
Event
Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
Event
Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
Event
Amendment No. 46 of Basic Law: The Knesset Gives Additional Reasons for Disqualifying Arab Candidates
14 March 2017
Event
Hamas Forms a Committee to Administer Gaza Strip
16 March 2017
Event
The Knesset Adopts Amendment No. 116 to the Planning and Building Law (Kaminitz Law)
5 April 2017
Event
Gaza and the Electricity Issue
27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017
Event
Palestinian Prisoners in Israel End Hunger Strike
27 May 2017
Event
Old Cities of Jerusalem and Hebron Inscribed as World Heritage in Danger
4 July 2017 - 7 July 2017
Event
A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon
20 July 2017
Event
The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time
26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017
Event
Israeli and US Reactions to the Fatah-Hamas Agreement in Cairo
17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017
Event
Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails
1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US
18 December 2017
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/19 Opposes Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem
21 December 2017
Event
The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement
6 January 2018
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018
Event
Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad
22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites
7 March 2018
Event
29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran
15 April 2018
Event
23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah
30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018
Event
Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018
Event
Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire
7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018
Event
Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation
7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
Event
Qatar's Assistance to Gaza
9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018
Event
Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters
17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018
Event
Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire
11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018
Event
Russian Effort on Reconciliation Fails and Hamas-Fatah Relations Further Deteriorate
13 February 2019 - 17 February 2019
Event
Israeli Bombing Resumes Against Gaza
1 May 2019 - 5 May 2019
Event
Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya
1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019
Event
Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata
12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019
Event
Great March of Return Organizers Suspend Weekly Protests
26 December 2019 - 27 December 2019
Event
US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions
28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020
Event
US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction
29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020
Event
After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks
3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill
1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020
Event
Hanan Ashrawi Resigns from PLO Executive Committee
9 December 2020
Event
Israel Raids and Closes Offices of Human Rights Organizations in the West Bank
28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021
Event
The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3
12 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4
13 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8
17 May 2021
Event
The General Strike of the Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 9
18 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11
20 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
21 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12
21 May 2021
Event
Israel Demolishes Parts of al-Yusufiya Cemetery to Make Space for Biblical Park
17 October 2021 - 29 October 2021
Event
Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations
22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021
Historical Texts
Document
Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
Document
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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Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
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Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Rejecting the British Mandate (in Arabic)
8 July 1922
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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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Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)
1 September 1922
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Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative
16 September 1922
Document
Arab Executive Committee's Response to High Commissioner's Offer to Form an Arab Agency Similar to the Jewish Agency in Palestine (in Arabic)
12 October 1923
Document
Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
Document
Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929
12 March 1930
Document
Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Charter of the Arab Youth Congress
4 January 1932
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
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Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
Document
British Referral of the Palestine Question to the UN
2 April 1947
Document
UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
UNSC Resolution 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine
1 April 1948
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UNSC Resolution 46
17 April 1948
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UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)
14 May 1948
Document
Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 49
22 May 1948
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UNSC Resolution 50
29 May 1948
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Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
Document
Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 61
4 November 1948
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UNSC Resolution 62
16 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Ad Hoc Political Committee Resolution on Israel’s Application for UN Membership
4 May 1949
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UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
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Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
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UNGA Resolution 303
9 December 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
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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
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UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
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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
14 March 1951
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UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
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UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
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Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
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UNSC Resolution 106
29 March 1955
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UNSC Resolution 111
19 January 1956
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UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)
2 February 1957
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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UNSC Resolution 171
9 April 1962
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
Document
Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)
5 November 1963
Document
Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
Document
Fatah First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
Document
Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (in Arabic)
11 March 1965
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
Document
UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
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Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Document
UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Document
UNGA Resolution 2253 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Document
UNGA Resolution 2254 (ES-V)
14 July 1967
Document
Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions
1 September 1967
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
UNSC Resolution 252
21 May 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
Document
UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
Document
UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
Document
UNSC Resolution 267
3 July 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
Document
UNSC Resolution 271
15 September 1969
Document
Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
Document
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)
4 November 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)
30 November 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
Document
Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement
13 July 1971
Document
UNSC Resolution 298
25 September 1971
Document
UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)
6 December 1971
Document
UNSC Resolution 313
28 February 1972
Document
Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
Document
Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
Document
UNSC Resolution 316
26 June 1972
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
UNSC Resolution 338
22 October 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria
31 May 1974
Document
PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
Document
Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution
29 October 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022
24 March 1976
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119
29 June 1976
Document
Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
Document
Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
Document
Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East
1 October 1977
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
Document
Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
Document
UNSC Resolution 425
19 March 1978
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
UNSC Resolution 446
22 March 1979
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
Document
The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors
3 June 1980
Document
Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
30 July 1980
Document
Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
Document
UNSC Resolution 478
20 August 1980
Document
Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land
18 August 1981
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1
19 January 1982
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985
20 April 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2
25 June 1982
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
Document
Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 September 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
Document
Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
Document
Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Document
Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985
Document
Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement (in Arabic)
18 February 1985
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 9
31 July 1985
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
Document
The London Agreement
11 April 1987
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
Document
King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
Document
UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
Document
Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
Document
UNSC Resolution 694
24 May 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
Document
UNSC Resolution 799
18 December 1992
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
UNSC Resolution 904
18 March 1994
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394
17 May 1995
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
UNSC Resolution 1073
28 September 1996
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/3
15 July 1997
Document
Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21
13 July 1998
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
Document
Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
Document
Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
Document
Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
Document
UNSC Resolution 1322
7 October 2000
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270
26 March 2001
Document
Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations
16 April 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
Document
The Durban Declaration
8 September 2001
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199
14 December 2001
Document
Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1402
30 March 2002
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1405
19 April 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35
15 May 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/12
25 September 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
Document
President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
Document
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
Document
Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 2005
Document
Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections
30 January 2006
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508
12 July 2006
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878
10 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
Document
Mecca Agreement
8 February 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush
27 November 2007
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39
30 June 2008
Document
UNSC Resolution 1860
8 January 2009
Document
Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups
16 January 2009
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-18
23 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
UNGA Resolution 64/10
1 December 2009
Document
Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9
1 June 2010
Document
Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas
4 May 2011
Document
President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
Document
Statement by Middle East Quartet
23 September 2011
Document
Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Document
Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)
20 December 2011
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
Document
Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué
3 June 2016
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Report of the Quartet (in Arabic)
3 July 2016
Document
UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
11 January 2017
Document
Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
Document
Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46
14 March 2017
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
Document
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
Document
Statement Issued Following the Meeting of the Palestinian National Action Factions (in Arabic)
21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017
Document
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060
18 December 2017
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/19
21 December 2017
Document
Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel
25 March 2019
Document
30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
Document
Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Document
HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021
Historical Media
Document
Oath of Allegiance
April 1936
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Document
Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee
12 January 1937
Document
Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad
1938
Document
Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938
Document
Arab Demonstration at Yatta
18 December 1938
Document
Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
March 1946
Document
Partition Plan (Ad Hoc Committee Proposal)
29 November 1947
Highlights
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
Highlight
The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
Highlight
XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
Highlight
The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
Highlight
Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
Highlight
Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
Highlight
The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
Highlight
Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
Highlight
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
Highlight
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
Highlight
Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
Highlight
Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Highlight
XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
Highlight
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
Highlight
Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
Thematic Chronologies
Thematic Chronology
Mitchell-Mediated Negotiations and the Settlement Threat
2009 - 2010
Thematic Chronology
October 1973 War
1973 - 1974
Thematic Chronology
The 2014 Gaza War
2014-2015
Thematic Chronology
The War on Gaza, 2008-2009
2008 - 2009
Thematic Chronology
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza
2012
Thematic Chronology
Lebanon War, 2006
2006 - 2008
Periods
Period
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
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