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Hafiz al-Sa’id

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1868 - October 1930

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1907 - 27 July 2006

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1925 - 10 April 1973

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Events

Local Control of Zionist Land Purchases in the Sanjaq of Jerusalem

Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine

29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901

Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition

8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901

6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903

7th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

27 July 1905 - 2 August 1905

Young Turk Revolution

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

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

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law

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

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Territorial Issues and Prelude to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916

Arrival in Palestine of the Zionist Commission

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission

2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

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

10 January 1920

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

Palin Commission of Inquiry

12 April 1920 - 1 July 1920

Palestine Civil Government and Appointment of Herbert Samuel as High Commisioner

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

Advisory Council for Palestine Is Established

Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

May Day Clashes in Jaffa

1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921

Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances

Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council

20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922

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

5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus

20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922

6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa

Palestinians Reject Arab Agency Scheme

12 October 1923

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall

23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928

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

15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929

The British Form a Commission of Inquiry on Disturbances at al-Buraq / Western Wall

13 September 1929

The British Issue the Criminal Law (Seditious Offences) Ordinance

25 October 1929

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

26 October 1929

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

14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930

Shaw Commission Report on al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances

John Hope Simpson Sent to Palestine to Investigate Questions of Immigration, Land Settlement and Development

Hope Simpson Report Is Published

22 August 1930 - 20 October 1930

White Paper (Passfield) of 1930 Is Published

20 October 1930

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

1 December 1930

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

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

A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine

8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933

Murison Commission of Inquiry

The British Issue the Press Ordinance

17 January 1935

Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties

25 November 1935

Revival of the Legislative Council Idea

December 1935 - March 1936

First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937

Enactment of Emergency Regulations

Appointment of the Peel Commission

Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

The British Issue the Collective Fines Ordinance

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

30 September 1936

General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission

11 October 1936

Peel Commission Investigates the Cause of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

11 November 1936 - 24 January 1937

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

18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937

Avner Defense Plan

Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine

Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report

Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

23 July 1937 - September 1938

20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich

3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937

Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan

8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937

British Commissioner Is Assassinated

26 September 1937

Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission

Establishment of Hanita Settlement in Western Galilee

British Military Officers Replace Civilian Commissioners

Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

October 1938 - September 1939

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

15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938

Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published

9 November 1938

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

11 November 1938

Land Transfers Regulations

20 February 1940

Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan

Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement

5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946

More Irgun Operations Against the British

29 December 1946 - 28 January 1947

US and USSR Endorse Partition

11 October 1947 - 13 October 1947

UNGA 181 (II): Palestine Partition Plan

29 November 1947

The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council

29 January 1948 - 16 February 1948

SC Res. 42: Appealing Permanent Members for Guidance on Palestine

Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive

10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948

SC Res. 48: Establishment of the UN Truce Commission for Palestine

UNGA 186 (S-2): Appointment of a UN Mediator in Palestine

The USSR Recognizes the State of Israel on a de jure Basis

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

Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan

Bernadotte's New Plan

16 September 1948

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

11 December 1948

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

17 December 1948

Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

30 January 1949

Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank

16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949

Palestinians Testify Before the UNCCP

UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference

27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949

Gaza's Egyptian Administration

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

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

14 December 1950

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah

UNGA 512 (VI): UNCCP to Continue its Efforts

26 January 1952

Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal

27 September 1955

Soviet Union Threatens Intervention

5 November 1956

Egypt and Syria Unite and Form the United Arab Republic

1 February 1958 - 28 September 1961

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

Lebanon Establishes a Higher Commission for Palestine Affairs

GA Resolution 1604 (XV)

Appointment of Special Representative of the UNCCP

The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip

Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals

5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962

The Union of Arab Palestinian Women and Palestinian Entity

Draft Security Council Resolution S/5407

3 September 1963

The General Union of Palestinian Women Is Formed in Jerusalem

Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1

4 November 1966

June War, 6th Day

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

14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967

Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973

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

22 October 1973

Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva

21 December 1973

UNGA 3379 (XXX): Determining that Zionism is a Form of Racism and Racial Discrimination

10 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel

1 March 1976 - April 1976

29th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

20 February 1978 - 1 March 1978

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

30th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1982 - 16 December 1982

Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres

7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Elections in Gaza Professional Unions

21 February 1987

Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered

1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad

28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990

Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

32nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 July 1992 - 30 July 1992

The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

20 January 1996

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

Orient House, Jerusalem and PLO Foreign Relations

1 March 1999 - 11 May 1999

European Union Declaration "Compensating" the PLO for Not Declaring a State

The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session

18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000

Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit

11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000

Sharm al-Shaykh Summit

16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal for a Cease-Fire and a Resumption of Talks

16 April 2001 - 27 April 2001

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

Launch of the South African Peace Initiative (Spier Initiative)

11 January 2002 - 12 January 2002

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

1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002

Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"

Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?

13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

UNGA Res. 58/292: Affirming that Status of Palestinian Territory Remains one of Military Occupation

Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership

11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004

Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah

7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005

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

17 October 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing

15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation

25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions

27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006

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

9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence

28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006

A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government

17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007

After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report

Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split

17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007

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

17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008

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

30 January 2008

War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy

4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009

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

22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009

Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza

15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009

Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed

12 November 2009

Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed

8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011

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

21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010

International Reactions to the Mavi Marmara Incident

31 May 2010 - 3 June 2010

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

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN

2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011

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

2 September 2011

The State of Palestine Becomes Full Member of the UNESCO

5 October 2011 - 31 October 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

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

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt

Local Elections in the West Bank Are Announced

10 July 2012 - 5 August 2012

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government

2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014

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

A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations

The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza

11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014

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

2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014

Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration

10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative

15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015

Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined

27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015

UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

EU Guidelines on Goods from the Occupied Territories

11 November 2015

The EU and the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Palestinian Teachers Go on Strike in the West Bank

7 February 2016 - 12 March 2016

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

Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections

21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017

The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet

3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016

Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East

15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017

The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively

6 February 2017

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

15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018

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

6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017

UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid

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

16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017

Municipal Elections in the West Bank

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

7 September 2017

International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis

International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

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

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 November 2018

UNRWA Says International Community Almost Covers Budget Deficit

19 November 2018

Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron

28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019

UNHRC Report on Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

28 February 2019

Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood

16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019

UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations

29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019

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

19 September 2019

EU court Rules that Israeli Settlement Products May not be Labeled “Made in Israel”

12 November 2019

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans

18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020

EU Anti-Palestinian Clause

PA Finances Suffer

2 July 2020 - 27 July 2020

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020

PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones

15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

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

5 February 2021 - 2 April 2021

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

28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021

US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

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

27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021

Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended

22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Historical Texts

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

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

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

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22

10 January 1920

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

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

Palin Commission Report

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

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

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

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

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

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

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

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

1 December 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

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

The Murison Commission Report

Proposed New Constitution for Palestine

22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

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

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

The Grady-Morrison Plan

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

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

UNSC Resolution 46

UNSC Resolution 48

UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

UNSC Resolution 49

UNSC Resolution 50

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

UNSC Resolution 53

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

UNSC Resolution 54

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

UNSC Resolution 61

4 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

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

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

UNGA Resolution 303

9 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

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

12 September 1950

UNGA Resolution 394 (V)

14 December 1950

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

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

UNGA Resolution 512 (VI)

26 January 1952

UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)

26 January 1952

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

UNSC Resolution 106

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

UNGA Resolution 1604 (XV)

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

UNSC Resolution 171

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1

3 November 1966

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

9 December 1969

UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)

10 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 November 1970

UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)

8 December 1970

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

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

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898

5 December 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940

23 January 1976

The Koenig Memorandum

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

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

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

30 November 1977

UNSC Resolution 425

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

17 September 1978

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

UNSC Resolution 446

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

UNSC Resolution 465

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1

19 January 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

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

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459

12 September 1985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769

29 January 1986

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463

17 February 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1

6 November 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326

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

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid

18 October 1991

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

UNGA Resolution 52/250

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

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

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

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement

27 January 2001

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

27 January 2001

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

The Mitchell Report

UNSC Resolution 1397

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

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

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

UNGA Resolution 58/292

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

17 October 2005

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

National Conciliation Document

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

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

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

25 September 2009

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

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

30 September 2015

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

18 January 2016

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

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

28 February 2019

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

12 February 2020

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

12 January 2021

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

Historical Media

Arrival in Palestine of Sir Hebert Samuel, High Commissioner

Peel Commission and Partition

11 November 1936

Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission

11 January 1937

Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee

12 January 1937

Peel Commission Proposes Partition Map

Partition Plan (UNSCOP Majority Proposal)

15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947

Abandoning Ship

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: Security Council Vetoed Draft Resolutions

1963 - present

Thematic Chronology

British and International Commissions of Inquiry in Mandate Palestine

1919 - 1946

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon War, 2006

2006 - 2008

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

III. Late Mandate

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

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

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

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

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

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Israeli Military

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

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Beddawi Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The Bosnians of Palestine

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

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

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

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

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station