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Document
Looking Toward Marj Ibn Amir
n.d.
Document
Yusuf Diya-uddin Pasha al-Khalidi
1899
Document
Jemal Pasha Reviews His Troops
1917
Document
British Troops with Machine Guns
1920
Document
Arrival in Palestine of Sir Hebert Samuel, High Commissioner
7 July 1920
Document
Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa
14 December 1920
Document
Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill at Government House Reception
28 March 1921
Document
Khalil Raad's Shop
1930s
Document
Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931
16 December 1931
Document
Aftermath Outside of the New Gate
13 October 1933
Document
British Soldiers Enforce a Daytime Curfew on Lydda
April 1936
Document
Oath of Allegiance
April 1936
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Document
Palestine Broadcasting Station's "Oriental Band"
1940
Document
King David Hotel
24 July 1946
Document
Haifa Railroad Station
20 September 1946
Document
Hostage Taking by the Irgun
July 1947
Document
Burning of the Rex Cinema
2 December 1947
Document
Zionist Terrorism
29 December 1947
Document
Battle for the Roads
1948
Document
Scenes of Destruction
1948
Document
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
March 1948
Document
Attack on Jewish Agency Headquarters
11 March 1948
Document
Haganah in Jerusalem
April 1948
Document
Funeral of Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
9 April 1948
Document
Abandoning Ship
14 May 1948
Document
Mahane Yehuda Explosion
22 November 1968
Document
Palestine: A Homeland Denied
1979
Events
Event
A Religious Component Related to Jerusalem and Other Elements Are Added to a Capitulation Granted to France
1604 - 1673
Event
The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem
1703 - 1705
Event
A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities
28 May 1740
Event
Acre Under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani Challenges Direct Ottoman Rule
1746 - 1775
Event
Tax Revolt in Jerusalem
1825 - 1826
Event
Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine
April 1834 - August 1834
Event
Establishment of European and American Consulates in Jerusalem
1838 - 1862
Event
Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
7 November 1864
Event
Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq
July 1872
Event
Jerusalem Representation in the First and Second Ottoman Parliaments
19 March 1877 - 14 February 1878
Event
Establishment of Petah Tikva, the First Zionist Colony in Palestine
1878 - 1882
Event
Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe
1881 - 1884
Event
Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt
1882
Event
European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration
2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888
Event
Nine Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1890s
1890 - 1896
Event
Establishment of Archeological Institutes in Jerusalem
1890 - 1919
Event
Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line
31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892
Event
Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine
29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901
Event
France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements
2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901
Event
Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company
7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903
Event
Completion of the Hijaz Railway
1905
Event
Establishment of the Rawdat al-Ma'arif al-Wataniyya al-'Uthmaniyya al-Islamiyya in Jerusalem
1906
Event
Zionist Evasion of Ottoman Regulations
August 1907
Event
Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
Event
Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
Event
Establishment of al-Madrasa al-Dusturiyya, Jerusalem
1909
Event
Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
Event
Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives
June 1909 - 2 November 1909
Event
Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul
July 1909 - March 1915
Event
First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament
March 1911 - May 1911
Event
Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912
Event
Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
Event
A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa
23 July 1913
Event
11th Zionist Congress Meets in Vienna
2 September 1913 - 9 September 1913
Event
Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul
28 October 1913
Event
Railway Lines in Palestine
1914
Event
Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine
14 May 1914
Event
Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Territorial Issues and Prelude to the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans
14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916
Event
Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
Event
Start of the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
Event
The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine
9 January 1917
Event
First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall
28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917
Event
Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem
31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917
Event
Balfour Declaration Is Made
2 November 1917
Event
Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front
21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918
Event
The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson
8 January 1918
Event
British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan
21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918
Event
Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine
16 April 1918
Event
Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine
8 May 1918 - December 1918
Event
Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine
19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918
Event
British Conquest of Transjordan Is Achieved
22 September 1918 - 27 September 1918
Event
Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City
26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918
Event
General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
Event
The Ottomans Sign the Armistice of Mudros; Istanbul Is Occupied
30 October 1918 - 13 November 1918
Event
1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919
Event
The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of the Arab Syrian Kingdom
7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920
Event
Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes
2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920
Event
Palin Commission of Inquiry
12 April 1920 - 1 July 1920
Event
San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
Event
Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet
15 May 1920
Event
French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
Event
The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
Event
The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It
19 August 1920
Event
Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
Event
Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan
2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921
Event
Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
Event
Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem
8 May 1921
Event
4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921
Event
12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)
1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921
Event
Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council
20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922
Event
White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration
3 June 1922
Event
The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine
24 July 1922
Event
League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922
Event
British-French Demarcation of Line Between Palestine (Including Transjordan) and Syria (Including Lebanon)
7 March 1923
Event
British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
Event
Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
Event
Palestinians Reject Arab Agency Scheme
12 October 1923
Event
Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem
8 November 1923
Event
Establishment of the Zionist Revisionist Movement
1925
Event
Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society
21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930
Event
Anti-Balfour Demonstrations in Palestine
25 March 1925 - 1 April 1925
Event
14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna
18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925
Event
Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine
April 1927
Event
Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan
11 July 1927
Event
15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927
Event
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Event
Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall
23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928
Event
Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem
1 November 1928
Event
White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928
Event
16th Zionist Congress Is Held in Zurich
28 July 1929 - 11 August 1929
Event
al-Buraq / Western Wall: Palestinians Rise up in Protest Against Zionist Provocations
15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929
Event
1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
Event
General Conference of Palestine Arab Workers, Haifa
11 January 1930
Event
League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930
Event
Establishment of Irgun
April 1931
Event
Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme
19 July 1931 - April 1932
Event
A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms
1 August 1931
Event
Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
Event
Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened
11 December 1931
Event
Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
Event
Increase in Jewish Immigration from Germany
1933 - 1935
Event
18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933
Event
General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine
8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933
Event
Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially
January 1935
Event
Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
Event
General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission
11 October 1936
Event
Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine
7 July 1937
Event
British Commissioner Is Assassinated
26 September 1937
Event
Irgun Attacks on Palestinians
11 November 1937 - 14 November 1937
Event
Charles Tegart's Means of Control
3 December 1937
Event
Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify
July 1938 - August 1938
Event
British Military Officers Replace Civilian Commissioners
October 1938
Event
The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo
7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938
Event
Jewish-Arab Attacks Resume
30 January 1939 - 26 February 1939
Event
London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
Event
Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference
15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939
Event
MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians
17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939
Event
Wave of Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians
2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939
Event
Outbreak of World War II
1 September 1939
Event
Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis
October 1939
Event
Saudi Arabia Opens a Consulate-General in Jerusalem
5 April 1941 - 29 April 1941
Event
Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
Event
Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Event
Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York
25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950
Event
Establishment of Lebanese Consulate General in Palestine
30 December 1944 - 23 May 1945
Event
Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
Event
Labor Victory in Great Britain
26 July 1945
Event
Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
Event
Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks
24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946
Event
The US Congress Endorses the Biltmore Program
17 December 1945 - 19 December 1945
Event
Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan
22 March 1946
Event
League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence
18 April 1946
Event
An Irgun Attack on British
25 April 1946
Event
Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan; a New Constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
25 May 1946 - 7 December 1946
Event
Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
Event
Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946
Event
Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan
24 July 1946
Event
Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement
5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946
Event
New Wave of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
9 September 1946 - 2 December 1946
Event
Truman's Statement after Postponement of Round Table Conference on Palestine
4 October 1946
Event
22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946
Event
More Irgun Operations Against the British
29 December 1946 - 28 January 1947
Event
London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails
27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947
Event
Deadly Zionist Anti-British Attacks
28 February 1947 - 1 March 1947
Event
Continuation of Zionist-British Confrontation
16 April 1947 - 26 April 1947
Event
Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
Event
Irgun Kidnaps and Murders Two British Sergeants
11 July 1947 - 31 July 1947
Event
Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan
29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947
Event
UNGA 181 (II): Palestine Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Event
First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense
29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948
Event
Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
Event
Series of Zionist Attacks
2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948
Event
Palestinian Attacks
14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948
Event
The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council
29 January 1948 - 16 February 1948
Event
British Break Arab Attacks
6 February 1948 - 10 February 1948
Event
Church Leaders in Palestine Denounce Partition
3 March 1948
Event
Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
Event
Palestinian Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
Event
A New Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan
15 March 1948
Event
US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition
18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948
Event
Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas
19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948
Event
SC Res. 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine
1 April 1948
Event
Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
Event
The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings
4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948
Event
Massacre in Deir Yasin
9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948
Event
Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May
12 April 1948
Event
Fighting Around Jerusalem
12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948
Event
SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine
17 April 1948
Event
Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem
26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948
Event
Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee
28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948
Event
Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine
30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948
Event
Arab Gains in Gush Etzion
3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948
Event
Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area
8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948
Event
Operation Barak Toward the South
9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee
13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948
Event
Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv
13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948
Event
Operations Shfifon and Kilshon in Jerusalem
14 May 1948 - 28 May 1948
Event
Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders
15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948
Event
Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War
15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949
Event
SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem
22 May 1948
Event
First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages
11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948
Event
Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem
16 June 1948
Event
Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan
28 June 1948
Event
End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem
8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948
Event
Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce
24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948
Event
Bernadotte's New Plan
16 September 1948
Event
Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance
16 September 1948
Event
UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
Event
Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
Event
Pro-Jordanian Jericho Conference
1 December 1948 - 28 December 1948
Event
UNGA 194 (III): Establishment of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)
11 December 1948
Event
Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
Event
The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
Event
General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah
17 March 1949
Event
Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Event
UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference
27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949
Event
The UNGA Ad Hoc Political Committee, Dealing with Israel's Admission Application, Requests Clarifications
4 May 1949 - 9 May 1949
Event
Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
Event
UNGA 303 (IV): To Place Jerusalem Under a Permanent International Regime
9 December 1949
Event
Special International Regime for Jerusalem
4 April 1950
Event
Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously
27 April 1950
Event
Development Authority (Transfer of Property) Law, 5710-1950
9 August 1950
Event
Assassination of King Abdullah
20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952
Event
23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951
Event
Land Acquisition (Validation of Acts and Compensation) Law
10 March 1953
Event
Israel's Foreign Ministry Moves to Jerusalem
10 July 1953 - 12 July 1953
Event
Israel's Construction of the "National Water Carrier"
2 September 1953
Event
General Islamic Conference on Palestine, Jerusalem
3 December 1953 - 9 December 1953
Event
Arab League and Jordan River Waters
15 February 1954
Event
The US and Jordan River Waters
25 June 1954 - 6 July 1954
Event
Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
Event
Kafr Qasim Massacre
29 October 1956
Event
Israel Invades Egypt
29 October 1956
Event
Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
Event
Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre
6 January 1957
Event
Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
Event
Basic Law for the Gaza Strip
25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958
Event
Basic Law: Israel Lands
19 July 1960
Event
Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960
25 July 1960
Event
1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
Event
1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Event
2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
Event
The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York
22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974
Event
President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan
27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965
Event
2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
Event
The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States
11 September 1965
Event
Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations
14 July 1966
Event
Demonstrations in Jordan
20 November 1966 - 25 November 1966
Event
Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria
12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967
Event
Israel Prepares for War with US Consent
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967
Event
June War
5 June 1967 - 10 June 1967
Event
June War, 2nd Day
6 June 1967
Event
June War, 3rd Day
7 June 1967
Event
June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
Event
June War, 6th Day
10 June 1967
Event
Israel Razes Maghrebi Quarter in Jerusalem Old City and Expels its Inhabitants
11 June 1967
Event
Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly
13 June 1967 - 21 July 1967
Event
Security Council Resolution S/RES/237
14 June 1967
Event
General Assembly Resolutions 2253 and 2254 (ES-V)
4 July 1967 - 14 July 1967
Event
Formation of a Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem
24 July 1967
Event
Israel Land Requisition in Old City of Jerusalem
18 April 1968
Event
SC Res. 252: Considering all Israeli Measures to Change Jerusalem's Legal Status as Invalid
21 May 1968
Event
Explosion in Mahane Yehuda in West Jerusalem
22 November 1968 - 28 November 1968
Event
Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem
27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969
Event
Israel Retaliates Against South Lebanon
12 May 1969 - 13 May 1969
Event
SC Res. 267: Calling once more upon Israel to Rescind all Measures which May Change the Status of Jerusalem
3 July 1969
Event
Al-Aqsa Mosque Is Set on Fire
21 August 1969
Event
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Event
7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
Event
Jordan Complains to UN Security Council on Jerusalem
13 September 1971
Event
SC Res. 298: Deploring Israel’s Failure to Respect Previous Resolutions on its Measures Affecting Status of Jerusalem
25 September 1971
Event
UNGA 2792 (XXVI): Deploring Israel's Operations in the Gaza Strip
6 December 1971
Event
28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972
Event
Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972
Event
King Hussein Proposes a "United Arab Kingdom"
15 March 1972
Event
10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972
Event
Japanese Red Army at Lod Airport
30 May 1972
Event
Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut
25 July 1972
Event
Black September Hijack Operation
29 October 1972 - 30 October 1972
Event
Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris
28 June 1973
Event
October War, 1st Day
6 October 1973
Event
October War, 2nd Day
7 October 1973
Event
October War, 3rd Day
8 October 1973
Event
October War, 4th Day
9 October 1973
Event
October War, From the 6th to 10th Day
11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973
Event
6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers
26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973
Event
Attrition in the Golan
12 March 1974 - 15 April 1974
Event
Israel and Syria Sign a Disengagement Agreement
31 May 1974
Event
The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN
25 February 1975
Event
Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
Event
Sinai II Agreement Reached
20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975
Event
UNGA 3379 (XXX): Determining that Zionism is a Form of Racism and Racial Discrimination
10 November 1975
Event
Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation
1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976
Event
Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US
25 March 1976
Event
Failed Attempt to Open a PLO Information Office in Washington
19 November 1976
Event
Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977
Event
Arab States Take Position Against Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
5 December 1977
Event
Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories Express their Dissatisfaction with Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
8 December 1977
Event
29th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
20 February 1978 - 1 March 1978
Event
Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"
11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978
Event
A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington
24 April 1978
Event
Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords
5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978
Event
9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
Event
14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Event
SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories
22 March 1979
Event
1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba
25 May 1979
Event
3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979
Event
6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979
Event
Deportation of Bassam Shak'a Reversed After West Bank Mayors Threaten Resignation
11 November 1979 - 5 December 1979
Event
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
28 January 1980
Event
Israeli Settlement in the Old City of Hebron
10 February 1980 - 23 March 1980
Event
SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones
1 March 1980
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980
Event
Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors
2 June 1980 - 3 June 1980
Event
Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem
30 July 1980
Event
Egypt's Response to Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem
2 August 1980
Event
Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon
10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981
Event
Fahd Plan Is Announced
7 August 1981
Event
Palestinian Writers in Occupied Territories Affirm Commitment to Palestine Cause
18 August 1981
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
Event
SC Res. 497: Considering Null and Void Israel’s Decision to Impose its Laws in the Occupied Golan
17 December 1981
Event
Draft SC Res. S/14832/Rev.1 to Consider Israeli Golan Measures an Act of Agression, Vetoed by US
20 January 1982
Event
UNGA Res. ES/9-1: Adopts Content of Vetoed Draft SC Res. on Israeli Golan Measures
5 February 1982
Event
Strike in the Golan Heights Against Annexation
12 February 1982 - 11 May 1982
Event
Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982
Event
Shooting Spree at the Haram al-Sharif
11 April 1982 - 15 April 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
20 April 1982
Event
South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken
21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982
Event
Last Stage of Israeli Withdrawal from the Sinai
25 April 1982
Event
Israel Invades Along the Central Axis
6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982
Event
Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis
6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982
Event
Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis
6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982
Event
The “Creeping” Cease-fire
10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982
Event
Encirclement of Beirut
11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982
Event
Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue
1 September 1982
Event
Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan
2 September 1982
Event
Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations
28 December 1982
Event
Reactions to Fatah Scission in Occupied Territories
26 June 1983 - 9 November 1983
Event
Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
Event
Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities
2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984
Event
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament
23 January 1984
Event
Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
Event
17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Event
Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
Event
US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem
4 December 1985
Event
Draft SC Res. S/17769 to Deplore Provocative Acts in the Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
30 January 1986
Event
US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem
29 July 1986
Event
Detention of Faisal al-Husseini
12 April 1987 - 13 September 1987
Event
The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
Event
US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York
9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987
Event
UNGA 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country
17 December 1987
Event
Solidarity of Israel's Palestinians with the Intifada
21 December 1987
Event
Unified National Leadership of the Uprising
8 January 1988
Event
The Palestinians' 14 Demands
14 January 1988
Event
Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
Event
2nd Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region; Statement to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
25 February 1988 - 26 February 1988
Event
UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion
2 March 1988
Event
ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York
9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988
Event
The Intifada and the Israeli Response in Another Stage in the Confrontation
11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988
Event
UNGA 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission)
23 March 1988
Event
A Palestine Affairs Center, Under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington
1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994
Event
3rd Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region
3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988
Event
A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission
29 June 1988
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Event
Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US
31 May 1990
Event
SC Res. 681: Deploring Israel's Decision to Resume Deportations of Palestinian Civilians
20 December 1990
Event
Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy
9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991
Event
Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon
18 May 1991
Event
20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991
Event
US Letters of Assurances to Parties to Upcoming Peace Conference
15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991
Event
UNGA 46/86: Revoking UNGA 3379 (XXX) that Had Determined Zionism as a Form of Racism
16 December 1991
Event
SC Res. 726: Condemning Israel's Decision to Resume Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
6 January 1992
Event
Conference on Multilateral Peace Talks, Moscow
28 January 1992 - 29 January 1992
Event
SC Res. 799: Condemning Israel's Deportation of Hundreds of Palestinian Civilians
18 December 1992
Event
Bilateral Negotiation Round Delayed
11 January 1993
Event
Palestinians Agree to Return to Washington Negotiations
20 April 1993
Event
9th Negotiation Round, Washington
27 April 1993 - 13 May 1993
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington
13 September 1993
Event
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres's Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem
11 October 1993
Event
President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993
28 October 1993
Event
SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron
18 March 1994
Event
The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood
4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999
Event
US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington
22 June 1994
Event
Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba
26 October 1994
Event
Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem
19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995
Event
Land Expropriation in Jerusalem
27 April 1995 - 3 May 1995
Event
Draft SC S/1995/394 to Condemn Israeli Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Vetoed by the US
17 May 1995
Event
Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Suspended
18 May 1995 - 22 May 1995
Event
Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)
28 September 1995
Event
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution
5 October 1995
Event
The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Event
Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank
November 1995 - December 1995
Event
Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections
20 January 1996
Event
Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996
Event
21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996
Event
Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister
29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996
Event
First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting
4 September 1996
Event
Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996
Event
Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement to Be Constructed
26 February 1997
Event
First Phase of Further Redeployment Not Implemented
9 March 1997 - 12 March 1997
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked
10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997
Event
Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
Event
Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998
Event
US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations
5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998
Event
Commemoration of the Nakba 50th Anniversary
14 May 1998 - 15 May 1998
Event
Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem
25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998
Event
Statement S/PRST/1998/21 by SC President Against Israel Broadening Boundaries of Jerusalem
13 July 1998
Event
Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
Event
Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only
30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999
Event
To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
Event
Orient House, Jerusalem and PLO Foreign Relations
1 March 1999 - 11 May 1999
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
27 April 1999 - 29 April 1999
Event
Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)
4 September 1999
Event
Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)
10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000
Event
Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts
10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999
Event
Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel
1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000
Event
Vatican-PLO Agreement
15 February 2000
Event
Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round
30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000
Event
The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
Event
Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation
13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000
Event
Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000
Event
Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
Event
Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks
16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000
Event
US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
Event
SC Res. 1322: Deploring Provocation at Al-Haram al-Sharif and Excessive Use of Force Against Palestinians
7 October 2000
Event
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
Event
Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals"
19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000
Event
The Taba Talks
21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001
Event
Operation Bronze and Escalation
7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001
Event
New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes
18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001
Event
Death of Faisal al-Husseini
31 May 2001
Event
Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions
10 August 2001
Event
Losses During the 1st Year of the Second Intifada
28 September 2001
Event
Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
Event
Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
Event
14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
Event
Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity
1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002
Event
Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance
3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002
Event
Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
Event
Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
Event
34th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
17 June 2002 - 20 June 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
Event
Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
Event
Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories
18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002
Event
Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks
10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003
Event
Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza
15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
Event
The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003
Event
Mahmoud Abbas Forms the Palestinian Government
19 March 2003 - 29 April 2003
Event
Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy
1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003
Event
Abbas and Sharon Meet in Jerusalem
17 May 2003 - 29 May 2003
Event
Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet
4 June 2003
Event
Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003
Event
The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
Event
Losses on the Three-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2003
Event
Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah
4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003
Event
The Geneva "Private" Initiative
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Event
Palestinian Peace Gestures
1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004
Event
Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004
Event
Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004
Event
In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza
2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004
Event
Operation Full Court Press in Nablus
23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004
Event
Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank
27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004
Event
The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
Event
Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map
2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004
Event
Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine
18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004
Event
Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership
11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004
Event
Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron
17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004
Event
Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President
26 May 2005
Event
Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border
15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation
25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005
Event
Fourth Round of Municipal Elections
15 December 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates
18 December 2005
Event
After a Massive Stroke, Sharon Is Replaced by Ehud Olmert as Acting PM
4 January 2006
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls
25 January 2006
Event
Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
Event
Olmert's Separation Plan
5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006
Event
Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
Event
Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow
30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006
Event
Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank
1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006
Event
Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers
12 July 2006
Event
Major Israeli Operation in Nablus
19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon
19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone
2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006
Event
SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon
11 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues
15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006
Event
Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes
18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006
Event
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence
28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month
1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006
Event
International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007
Event
Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus
25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007
Event
Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank
3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007
Event
Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration
27 April 2007
Event
The Battle of Nahr el-Bared
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007
Event
Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume
24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007
Event
Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference
6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007
Event
Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces
2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007
Event
The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks
27 November 2007
Event
Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa
4 December 2007
Event
Nablus Remains a Hot Spot
15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Palestinian Side Sounded Out
7 January 2008 - 27 January 2008
Event
A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus
23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify
4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008
Event
Assassination of Hizballah's Imad Mughniyah in Damascus
12 February 2008
Event
Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans
9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008
Event
Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere
27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008
Event
To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008
Event
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1
27 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 5
31 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet
3 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones
5 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 14
9 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks
10 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 16
11 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 18
13 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 21
16 January 2009
Event
Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire
27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009
Event
The UN Human Rights Council Forms a Fact-Finding Mission on the War on Gaza (the Goldstone Mission)
3 April 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises
4 May 2009
Event
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
Event
US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
Event
Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
Event
Israel Land Administration Law
3 August 2009
Event
US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out
19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009
Event
Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009
Event
Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza
15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009
Event
Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque
27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements
31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009
Event
The Deceptive Settlement Freeze
26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010
Event
The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks
7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010
Event
Israel's Ramat Shlomo Constructions' Plan During Joe Biden's Visit
8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010
Event
Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates
11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010
Event
The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel
19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010
Event
22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte
27 March 2010
Event
Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
Event
PLO Mission in Washington Becomes PLO General Delegation
20 July 2010
Event
Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
Event
Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem
14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010
Event
Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries
17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2011/24 Reaffirming that Israeli Settlements in OPT Are Illegal Vetoed by US
18 February 2011
Event
Israel Approves Settlement Expansion
2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011
Event
On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel
15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011
Event
US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East
19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011
Event
Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest
27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011
Event
Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
Event
Four Islamic Jihad Members, Administrative Detainees in Israeli Prisons, Go on Hunger Strike
17 December 2011 - 1 April 2012
Event
US Legislation Against Palestinian Full UN Membership
23 December 2011
Event
Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman
3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012
Event
Israel’s Settlement Activity
6 June 2012 - 13 August 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3
16 November 2012
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israel's Assault on Gaza
16 November 2012 - 21 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 7
20 November 2012
Event
Symbolic Erection of Bab al-Shams and Bab al-Karama villages in the West Bank
11 January 2013 - 20 January 2013
Event
John Kerry Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy for Resumption of Negotiations
4 March 2013 - 8 May 2013
Event
US President Barack Obama Visits Israel and Bethlehem and Ramallah
20 March 2013 - 21 March 2013
Event
24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
Event
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Event
Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds
23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013
Event
With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities
30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013
Event
Israel Links the First-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
8 August 2013 - 25 August 2013
Event
Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013
Event
For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014
Event
Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations
17 February 2014
Event
Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure
19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014
Event
The Israeli Knesset Adopts a Basic Law on Referendum
12 March 2014
Event
Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations
13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014
Event
Kerry Prepares Another Working Draft Framework for Negotiations
15 March 2014
Event
With the Nonrelease of Prisoners, the Palestinian Leadership Applies for Access to 19 International Conventions
1 April 2014
Event
Despite the Negotiation Crisis, Palestinian and Israeli Representatives Pursue Talks in Jerusalem
3 April 2014 - 22 April 2014
Event
Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
Event
Battir Landscape Is Inscribed in the World Heritage List
20 June 2014
Event
Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem
2 July 2014
Event
Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza
8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2
9 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3
10 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50
20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
Renewal of Settlement Activity
31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014
Event
Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
Event
French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014
Event
Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration
10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC
30 December 2014
Event
France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative
15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015
Event
Settlement Construction
30 January 2015
Event
Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined
27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015
Event
Settlement Construction
23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015
Event
Settlers Set Fire to Two Palestinian Family Homes in Duma, West Bank
31 July 2015 - 9 August 2015
Event
Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif
2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015
Event
With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
Event
A Day of Escalation in the West Bank
1 October 2015
Event
Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst
4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015
Event
Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst
5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015
Event
EU Guidelines on Goods from the Occupied Territories
11 November 2015
Event
Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement
16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015
Event
US Legislation Against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court
18 December 2015
Event
The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
Event
Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank
10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016
Event
Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif
26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016
Event
27th Arab Summit Meets in Nouakchott
25 July 2016
Event
Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure
27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
4 December 2016
Event
SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism
23 December 2016
Event
Kerry's "Farewell" Speech on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
28 December 2016
Event
Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers
8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017
Event
Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018
Event
28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea
29 March 2017
Event
Hamas New Charter
1 May 2017
Event
President Trump's Visit to Israel
22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017
Event
Trump Signs the 6-Month Waiver Delaying the Application of the Jerusalem Embassy Act
1 June 2017
Event
White House Statement on Israeli Settlement Activity
5 July 2017
Event
Palestinian Official Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
14 July 2017 - 21 July 2017
Event
Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
Event
Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel
7 September 2017
Event
100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
1 November 2017 - 2 November 2017
Event
The Fate of the PLO Diplomatic Office in Washington
17 November 2017
Event
President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Event
Popular Protests Against US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
7 December 2017 - 31 December 2017
Event
Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem
13 December 2017
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US
18 December 2017
Event
The Knesset Passes an Amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
2 January 2018
Event
The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement
6 January 2018
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018
Event
US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”
25 January 2018
Event
President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council
20 February 2018
Event
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest
25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018
Event
PA Requests Membership of International Treaties and Conventions in Response to US Embassy Move
24 March 2018 - 6 June 2018
Event
The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
Event
29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran
15 April 2018
Event
The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
Event
Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
Event
The US Replaces its Consulate General in Jerusalem by a Palestinian Affairs Unit within its New Embassy
18 October 2018
Event
Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire
11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018
Event
Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
15 December 2018
Event
The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank
22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019
Event
Surge in the Number of Settlers Touring Haram al-Sharif in 2019
31 December 2019
Event
Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020
Event
Formation of the Munich Group
15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020
Event
UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel
13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020
Event
President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel
4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020
Event
Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel
15 September 2020
Event
Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem
20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020
Event
Saeb Erekat Succumbs to the COVID-19 Virus
8 October 2020 - 10 November 2020
Event
US Erases the 4-June Line
28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020
Event
Murder Rate Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel Remains High Amid Israeli Police Inaction
21 December 2020
Event
Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State
12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021
Event
Biden Administration Takes Office, Signals Continuity with Trump’s Middle East Policy
20 January 2021 - 8 February 2021
Event
Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021
Event
Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank
25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021
Event
Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1
10 May 2021
Event
The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
Event
Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada
10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2
11 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3
12 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4
13 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7
16 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8
17 May 2021
Event
The General Strike of the Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 10
19 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11
20 May 2021
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021
Event
Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters
15 June 2021
Event
Israel Continues to Assert Dominance over the Haram al-Sharif Compound
18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021
Event
Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers
29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021
Event
Israel Demolishes Parts of al-Yusufiya Cemetery to Make Space for Biblical Park
17 October 2021 - 29 October 2021
Biographies
Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Historical Texts
Document
1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
February 1919
Document
1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
3 February 1919
Document
Resolutions of the General Palestinian Congress in Damascus (in Arabic)
27 February 1920
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
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
Document
Statement of the Arab National Conference
13 December 1931
Document
Charter of the Arab Youth Congress
4 January 1932
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
The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
Document
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
Document
Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine
1 October 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Document
Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
Document
UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)
6 December 1971
Document
UNSC Resolution 316
26 June 1972
Document
UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
Admission of Palestine as Full Member in Arab League (in Arabic)
9 September 1976
Document
Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East
1 October 1977
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
UNSC Resolution 446
22 March 1979
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
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
26 March 1979
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
Document
UNSC Resolution 465
1 March 1980
Document
The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
Document
UNSC Resolution 497
17 December 1981
Document
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Document
UNSC Resolution 605
22 December 1987
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1988: Concluding Statement (in Arabic)
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
Document
Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
7 April 1990
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
UNGA Resolution 46/86
16 December 1991
Document
UNSC Resolution 799
18 December 1992
Document
UNSC Resolution 1073
28 September 1996
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
Document
Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
Document
Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35
15 May 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 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
UNSC Resolution 1544
19 May 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783
5 October 2004
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878
10 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-18
23 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)
7 August 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060
18 December 2017
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/19
21 December 2017
Document
PLO Central Council, 28th Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
15 January 2018
Document
Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
Document
Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
Document
PLO Central Council, 29th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
Document
PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)
28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution 73/89
6 December 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020
Highlights
Highlight
Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
Highlight
Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
Highlight
Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Highlight
Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
Highlight
VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
Highlight
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
Highlight
XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
Highlight
XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
Highlight
XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock
2017-
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
Highlight
Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
Highlight
Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
Highlight
The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
Highlight
Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
Highlight
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
Highlight
Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
Highlight
Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers Before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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