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Ottoman Conquest of the Levant
1516
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Napoleon Bonaparte in Palestine
February 1799 - May 1799
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Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine
October 1831 - 1834
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International Intervention against Egyptian Rule in the Levant
1839 - 1841
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Ottoman Education Law Is Passed
20 September 1869
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Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt
1882
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Young Turk Revolution
23 July 1908
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Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
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Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer
12 April 1909
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Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
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Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
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Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
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The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine
9 January 1917
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General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
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The Ottomans Sign the Armistice of Mudros; Istanbul Is Occupied
30 October 1918 - 13 November 1918
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British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police
May 1936 - September 1936
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji Aids the Great Palestine Rebellion
25 August 1936
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Zionist Biltmore Conference Is Held in New York
6 May 1942 - 11 May 1942
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Support in the United States for a Jewish Army
November 1942
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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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Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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More Irgun Operations Against the British
29 December 1946 - 28 January 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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The Haganah Implements Plan Gimmel
1 December 1947
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Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
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Arab Liberation Army Organized
1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948
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Palestinian Attacks
14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948
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Contingents of ALA Volunteers
21 January 1948 - 28 January 1948
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British Break Arab Attacks
6 February 1948 - 10 February 1948
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine
5 March 1948
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Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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Palestinian Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
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Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
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Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem
26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948
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Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee
28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948
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Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine
30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948
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Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area
8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948
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Operation Barak Toward the South
9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948
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Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee
13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948
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Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders
15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948
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Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War
15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949
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West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government
16 May 1948 - 24 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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First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages
11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948
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Transjordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem
8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948
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End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel
8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948
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The Arab League and the Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration
10 July 1948
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Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce
24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948
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Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance
16 September 1948
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UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
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Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
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Israel Establishes Military Government in Palestinian Areas
21 October 1948
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Operation Hiram in the North
28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948
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SC Res. 62: Calling for Establishment of Armistice in all Sectors of Palestine
16 November 1948
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Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces
22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949
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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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Egypt-Israel Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Palestinians Are Expelled from al-Faluja Pocket
1 March 1949 - 21 April 1949
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SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership
4 March 1949
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Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank
16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949
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Lebanon-Israel Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
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Syria-Israel Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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Jordan Issues National Guard Law
17 January 1950
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Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously
27 April 1950
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Tripartite Declaration
25 May 1950
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The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
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Israeli Operation Against Qibya
14 October 1953
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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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Israel Carries out an Intelligence Operation in Syria and the First Airline Hijacking in the History of the Conflict
8 December 1954 - 14 December 1954
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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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Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja
23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955
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Security Council Resolution S/RES/111
19 January 1956
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Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents
17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956
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Kafr Qasim Massacre
29 October 1956
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Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 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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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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GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)
19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957
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Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza
20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957
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Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
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The Arab League and Palestinian Entity
4 March 1959
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Israel's Strike Against Syria
31 January 1960 - 15 February 1960
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The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity
29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961
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2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
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Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids
27 May 1965
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3rd Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965
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Military Training for Palestinians
11 October 1965
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Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1
4 November 1966
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Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle
7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967
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June War, 3rd Day
7 June 1967
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June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
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Second Palestinian Exodus
10 June 1967 - 31 December 1967
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Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly
13 June 1967 - 21 July 1967
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Guerrilla Resistance in Gaza Strip
1968 - 1970
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Battle of al-Karama, a Turning Point in Palestinian and Pro-Palestinian Mobilization
21 March 1968
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Israel Retaliates Against South Lebanon
12 May 1969 - 13 May 1969
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PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
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Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley
22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970
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Palestinian-Jordanian Clashes
6 June 1970 - 10 June 1970
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1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970
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Jordanian Army Tightens Control
1 October 1970 - 23 July 1971
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8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971
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9th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
7 July 1971 - 13 July 1971
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Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972
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Japanese Red Army at Lod Airport
30 May 1972
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Violent Israeli Retaliation in South Lebanon
16 September 1972 - 17 September 1972
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Lebanese-Palestinian Confrontation
2 May 1973 - 23 May 1973
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October War, 3rd Day
8 October 1973
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Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards
15 October 1973 - 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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Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel
11 April 1974
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Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
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Palestinian "Land Day"
30 March 1976
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Israel Establishes a "Security Zone" in South Lebanon
13 May 1978
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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
28 January 1980
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Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon
28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981
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South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken
21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982
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Palestinian Mayors Stand with Those Dismissed by Israel
2 May 1982
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Israel Invades Along the Central Axis
6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982
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Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 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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Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon
15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982
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Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut
21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982
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Assassination of Bashir Gemayel and Israeli Occupation of Beirut
14 September 1982 - 16 September 1982
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Israel Withdraws from Beirut and the Multinational Force Returns
23 September 1982 - 29 September 1982
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Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations
28 December 1982
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Tension in Hebron
1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983
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Israeli Army Withdraws from Saida Region
16 February 1985
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Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza
18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987
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Palestinian Hang-Glider Operation
25 November 1987
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Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
9 December 1987
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SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada
22 December 1987
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The Intifada and the Israeli Response in Another Stage in the Confrontation
11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988
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Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon
18 May 1991
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Hebron Massacre
25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994
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Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo
4 May 1994
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Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank
November 1995 - December 1995
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Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996
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Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996
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Commemoration of the Nakba 50th Anniversary
14 May 1998 - 15 May 1998
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Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts
10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999
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Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
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The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
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Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
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Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
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US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
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Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
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Assassination of Hussein Ubayyat in Beit Sahur, Before a Clinton-Arafat Meeting in Washington
9 November 2000
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Toward a Protracted Confrontation
10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000
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Operation Bronze and Escalation
7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001
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Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates
20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
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Assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa in al-Bireh
27 August 2001
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Assassination Attempt of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm
6 September 2001
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Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
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With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level
26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001
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Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
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Assassination of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm
14 January 2002
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Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound
29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002
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Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity
1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002
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Invasion of Jenin Camp: Fierce Battle
3 April 2002 - 19 April 2002
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Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance
3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002
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Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)
14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002
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Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
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Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters
5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002
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Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
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Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination
22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002
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Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
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Israel Closes all West Bank District Coordination Offices
3 December 2002 - 11 January 2003
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Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip
24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003
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Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza
15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
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The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003
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The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
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Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire
4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003
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Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah
4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003
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Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US
14 October 2003
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UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT
21 October 2003
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UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall
8 December 2003
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Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
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Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004
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Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
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Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
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In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza
2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004
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Widening Philadelphi (Salahuddin) Route: Operation Rainbow
16 May 2004 - 24 May 2004
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Operation Full Court Press in Nablus
23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004
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Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank
27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004
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Operation Days of Penitence
29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004
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Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron
17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004
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Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination
15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005
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Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim
21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005
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Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President
26 May 2005
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Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005
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Disengagement: Evacuation of Settlers
8 August 2005 - 22 August 2005
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Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza
12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005
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Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again
24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005
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Operation Blue Skies and Continuing Escalation
22 December 2005 - 23 January 2006
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The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon
6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011
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Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
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Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006
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Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow
30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006
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Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers
12 July 2006
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July War: Israel's Special Operations Along the Border
17 July 2006 - 19 July 2006
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July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire
5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006
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July War: A Balance Sheet
14 August 2006
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July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon
14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006
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Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus
25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007
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After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report
30 April 2007
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The Battle of Nahr el-Bared
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007
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Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem
10 January 2008
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Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza
15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008
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Israel Launches Operation Hot Winter in Gaza
28 February 2008 - 3 March 2008
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Hamas Proposes a Comprehensive Cease-Fire
12 March 2008
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To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
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Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza
21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 2
28 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 3
29 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 7
2 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2
4 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 14
9 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 22
17 January 2009
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War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
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Israel Completes Its Withdrawal from Gaza
20 January 2009 - 21 January 2009
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Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire
27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
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US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
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Cross-Border Violence, Gaza
20 September 2009 - 3 October 2009
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Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza
31 December 2009
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Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites
21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010
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Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates
11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010
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The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations
16 October 2010
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On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel
15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011
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Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
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A Serious Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza
9 March 2012 - 13 March 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2
15 November 2012
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Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israel's Assault on Gaza
16 November 2012 - 21 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet
22 November 2012
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For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014
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Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israeli Settlement Expansion
31 January 2014 - 7 February 2014
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Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
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Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front
3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1
8 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5
11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8
13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10
16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: Israel Launches Ground Invasion (Phase II)
17 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive
1 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 26-28: Fighting Continues
2 August 2014 - 4 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire
5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 32-42: Three Days of Fighting Followed by Eight Days of Truce
8 August 2014 - 18 August 2014
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Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City
19 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50
20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
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Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration
10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014
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Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again
2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025
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A Day of Escalation in the West Bank
1 October 2015
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Israel Kills Samir Quntar; Hizballah Responds
19 December 2015 - 4 January 2016
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Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank
10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016
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Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border
3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016
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Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
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Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
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The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
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Evyatar Outpost Resettled; Palestinian Protesters Killed or Injured
3 May 2021 - 31 December 2021

Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
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
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
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
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
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
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
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
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

Historical Media

Document
Jemal Pasha Reviews His Troops
1917
Document
Arab Revolt 1936 - Reinforcements
1936
Document
Hostage Taking by the Irgun
July 1947
Document
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
March 1948
Document
Arab Liberation Army (ALA) Members
March 1948
Document
Arab Gains
12 May 1948
Document
Armistice lines of 1949
31 December 1949

Historical Texts

Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
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
Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
Document
Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948
16 September 1948
Document
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
Document
Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account
8 November 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 62
16 November 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
Document
Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
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
Document
UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
Document
UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
Document
UNSC Resolution 106
29 March 1955
Document
UNSC Resolution 111
19 January 1956
Document
UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
Document
UNGA Resolution 1002 (ES-I)
7 November 1956
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
UNGA Resolution 1124 (XI)
2 February 1957
Document
UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)
2 February 1957
Document
UNSC Resolution 171
9 April 1962
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
Document
UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
Document
Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 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
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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
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
UNSC Resolution 605
22 December 1987
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 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
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
UNSC Resolution 1073
28 September 1996
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 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
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State
16 May 2011
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
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019

Highlights

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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
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Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948

Periods

Period
XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
Period
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
Period
I. Ottoman Rule

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
The 2014 Gaza War
2014-2015
Thematic Chronology
Military Operations and Zionist Ethnic Cleansing
1946 - 1949