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Events

The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem

May 1703 - November 1705

Eight Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine between 1899 and 1907

Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group

29 September 1907

Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague

21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis

Killing of Avraham Stern

Zionist Biltmore Conference Is Held in New York

6 May 1942 - 11 May 1942

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

Stern Gang Assassinates Lord Moyne in Cairo

6 November 1944

Pledge to Buy US Armament for the Haganah

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks

24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

Stern Gang Letter Bombs Against Officials in London

Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem

11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948

Zionist Attacks

15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948

Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas

19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948

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

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Massacre in Deir Yasin

9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948

Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee

13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948

Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City

UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

17 September 1948

Israel Establishes Military Government in Palestinian Areas

21 October 1948

Israel Strengthens Its Political Control over Jerusalem; Military Government Dissolved

20 December 1948 - 17 February 1949

Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"

January 1949 - December 1956

Elections in Israel

25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949

Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)

24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949

UNGA Res. 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN

Israel's Measures to Make Jerusalem Its Capital

23 January 1950 - 13 July 1953

Israeli Law of Return

Israel and the Lavon Affair

July 1954 - 17 February 1955

With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel

3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955

David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister

3 November 1955

Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza

10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957

25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961

Civil Aviation in the Conflict

23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Wa'el Zuaiter Is Assassinated in Rome

16 October 1972

Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem

20 August 1980 - September 1980

Tension in Hebron

1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa), PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine

30 September 1999

Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel

1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000

George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP

27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session

12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000

Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation

13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000

Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif

28 September 2000

Assassination of Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa) in al-Bireh

Fallout of the Assassination of Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)

28 August 2001 - 10 September 2001

Assassination Attempt of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm

6 September 2001

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative

Assassination of Mustafa Sabah in Gaza City

4 December 2002

Assassination of Shaman Subuh and Mustafa Qash near Jenin

23 December 2002

Assassination of Ahmad Rushdi Mustafa Ishteiwi in Gaza City

Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected

1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Assassination of Fadi Abdul Qader Abu Mustafa in Khan Yunis

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

17 December 2007

The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries

17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction

20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014

Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev

14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015

Settlement Construction

23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015

Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump

22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017

Warsaw Conference on the Middle East Initiated by the US

13 February 2019 - 14 February 2019

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

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

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters

PLO Central Council Holds, in Ramallah, its First Meeting in 4 Years

6 February 2022 - 9 February 2022

Israeli Settlers Incite Against Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah

12 February 2022 - 24 February 2022

Further Israeli Restrictions on Who Can Travel In and Out of the West Bank

20 February 2022 - 30 April 2022

Israeli Settlers and Forces Attack Palestinians During Annual Flag Day March

Netanyahu Forms Radical Right-Wing Israeli Government

29 December 2022

Biographies

Hafiz al-Sa’id

1860 - 13 April 1930

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Freih Abu Middein

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

Rajeh al-Salfiti

1921 - 27 May 1990

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1929 - 2 June 2016

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)

14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001

1939 - 19 August 2014

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

8 February 1852

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Palin Commission Report

Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

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

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

British-French Demarcation of Line Between Syria and Palestine

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan

3 September 1947

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1948

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948

16 September 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

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

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

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

UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)

2 February 1957

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

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

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

President Clinton Proposals on Israeli‑Palestinian Peace

23 December 2000

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

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

The Mitchell Report

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution 58/292

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878

10 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

25 September 2009

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

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

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

28 February 2019

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

12 January 2021

UNGA Resolution 77/247

30 December 2022

Historical Media

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Arab League Warnings

Grand Serai in Ruins

Highlights

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

III. Late Mandate

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

The Bosnians of Palestine

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Algerians of Palestine

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944

From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Stages of a Forced Displacement

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Places

al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa

al-Masmiyya al-Kabira

al-Ras al-Ahmar

'Arab al-Zubayd

Bayt Umm al-Mays

Daliyat al-Rawha'

'Iraq al-Manshiyya

Khirbat al-'Umur

Khirbat al-Lawz

Khirbat al-Sarkas

Khirbat Ism Allah

Khirbat Umm Burj

Mansurat al-Khayt

Sarafand al-Kharab

Sarafand al-'Amar