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Events

Event
Ottoman Pledges to Grant Facilities to France: Towards the Capitulations Regime
18 October 1569 - 1613
Event
First Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine
1882 - 1903
Event
Establishment of Foreign Archeological Institutes in Jerusalem
1890 - 1919
Event
Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line
31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892
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Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association in London
September 1891
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Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury
January 1905
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Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
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Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley
March 1909 - July 1909
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Balfour Declaration Is Made
2 November 1917
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Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine
16 April 1918
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
13 February 1931
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Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis
October 1939
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Killing of Avraham Stern
February 1942
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Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
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Stern Gang Assassinates Lord Moyne in Cairo
6 November 1944
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Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
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Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks
24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946
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Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
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Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946
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Stern Gang Letter Bombs Against Officials in London
5 June 1947
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Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948
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Zionist Attacks
15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948
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Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
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Massacre in Deir Yasin
9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948
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The British Mandate Ends. The US Recognizes the State of Israel
15 May 1948
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The USSR Recognizes the State of Israel on a de jure Basis
17 May 1948
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UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
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France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
24 January 1949
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Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
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The US Recognizes the Government of Israel on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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UNGA Res. 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN
11 May 1949
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Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
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Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously
27 April 1950
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The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York
22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974
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Civil Aviation in the Conflict
23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969
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PFLP Hijack Operations
6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970
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Wa'el Zuaiter Is Assassinated in Rome
16 October 1972
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A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington
24 April 1978
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Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem
20 August 1980 - September 1980
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Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982
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Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
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Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO
21 May 1987
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The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
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SC Res. 681: Deploring Israel's Decision to Resume Deportations of Palestinian Civilians
20 December 1990
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Status of Orient House in Jerusalem
29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994
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French-Palestinian Agreement on Status of French Institutions Under Palestinian Authority
12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997
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US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001
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UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall
8 December 2003
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Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005
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Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration
27 April 2007
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The Battle of Nahr el-Bared
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007
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Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government
5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007
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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
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Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan
25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009
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Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements
31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009
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The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe
1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
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Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine
26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016
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Settlement Construction
23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015
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Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border
3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016
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Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
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Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
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Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir
22 July 2019
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Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons
6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020
Event
Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco
10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020
Event
President Biden Visits Israel; Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership
13 July 2022 - 14 July 2023

Historical Texts

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Ottoman-French Capitulation, 1673 (in French)
5 June 1673
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Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem
8 February 1852
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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
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San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
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The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
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Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
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UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan
3 September 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
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UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine
16 February 1948
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Statement by the Committee of the Christian Union of Palestine
3 March 1948
Document
Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1948
15 March 1948
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US Recognition of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
Document
The US Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
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Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)
2 February 1957
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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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
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943
1 April 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
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UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 1st Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 2nd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
9 April 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 4th Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
26 April 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
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Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
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Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
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Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270
26 March 2001
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Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations
16 April 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199
14 December 2001
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Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
6 May 2004
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878
10 November 2006
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
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Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
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UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
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Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine
5 February 2021
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Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC
9 May 2022
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US-Israel Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership
14 July 2022
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31st Arab Summit: Algiers Declaration (in French)
2 November 2022
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UNGA Resolution 77/247
30 December 2022

Biographies

Biography
Aref al-Dajani
1860 - 13 April 1930
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
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
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Leila Shahid
13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Biography
Rim Banna
6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Media

Document
Arab League Warnings
June 1946
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Nahr el-Bared
1948
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Grand Serai in Ruins
4 January 1948
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Projection of the Final Status Map Presented by Israel - December 2000
December 2000

Highlights

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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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France and the Palestine Question Before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
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Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
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Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
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XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
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Brazil and the Palestine Question
Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Places

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al-Bassa
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al-Burj
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al-Kafrayn
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al-Latrun
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al-Mansura
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al-Mukhayzin
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al-Qastal
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al-Qubayba
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al-Tantura
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al-Tira
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al-Walaja
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'Artuf
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'Atlit
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'Ayn Karim
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al-Barriyya
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Bayt Dajan
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Bayt Mahsir
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Bayt Nattif
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Bayt Thul
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Bayt Umm al-Mays
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Bayt Jiz
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Daniyal
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Dayr 'Amr
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Dayr al-Hawa
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Dayr al-Shaykh
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Dayr Ayyub
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Hatta
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'Innaba
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'Iraq al-Manshiyya
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Ishwa'
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Jarash
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Kabara
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Kasla
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Kawkaba
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Khirbat al-'Umur
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Khirbat al-Lawz
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Khirbat al-Muntar
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Khirbat al-Sarkas
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Khirbat Ism Allah
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Khirbat Jiddin
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Khirbat Umm Burj
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Lubya
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Ma'dhar
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Mansurat al-Khayt
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Qaqun
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Ras Abu 'Ammar
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Sar'a
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Sataf
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al-Sindiyana
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Suba
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Sufla
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Suhmata
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Wadi Hunayn
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al-Zanghariyya
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al-'Abisiyya
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Abu Shusha
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Dayr Rafat
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Yibna
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al-Qabu
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Zir'in