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Great Britain Invades Egypt; Egypt as a British Veiled Protectorate

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine

First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall

28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917

Plan Dalet Launched

Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved

1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms

23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982

Assassination of Abu Hasan Qasim, Hamdi Sultan al-Tamimi and Marwan Kayyali in Limassol

14 February 1988

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

Assassination of Mohi al-Din Sharif in Ramallah

Inauguration of LVGR, the Gaza International Airport

20 November 1998 - 24 November 1998

Assassination of Jamal Abd al-Razeq near Rafah

22 November 2000

Assassination of Abbas al-Iwaywi in Hebron

13 December 2000

Assassination of Muhammad Abd al-Al in Rafah

New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes

18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001

Assassination of Osama Jawabra in Nablus

Assassination of Omar Saadeh and Taha al-Aruj in Bethlehem

Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates

20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001

First Assassination Attempt of Mohammed Deif and Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

Assassination Attempt of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm

6 September 2001

Assassination of Iyad Lafy al-Akhras in Rafah

16 October 2001

Assassination of Mahmoud Abu Hanud near Nablus

23 November 2001

With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level

26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001

Grave Escalation from Both Sides

9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002

Assassination of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm

14 January 2002

Assassination of Ayman Bihdari near Rafah

4 February 2002

An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey

17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002

Assassination of Muhannad Abu Halaweh and Fawzi Murrar in Ramallah

Assassination of Mu'tasim Makhluf in Anabta

Assassination of Qays Udwan in Tubas

Assassination of Marwan Zallum in Hebron

Assassination of Mahmud Titi in Balata Refugee Camp

Assassination of Ali Ajuri and Murad Marshud in Jaba‘

Assassination of Walid Sbeih in al-Khader

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

Assassination of Yasir Rizq and Ameer Kuffe in Rafah

Assassination of Ziad Da’as in Tulkarm

Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip

19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002

Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks

10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003

Assassination of Muhammad Ubayyat in Beit Jala

13 October 2002

Assassination of Ala Ahmad Sabbagh and Imad Nasharti in Jenin Refugee Camp

26 November 2002

Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip

24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003

Assassination of Fayiz Jaber in Tulkarm

30 January 2003

Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza

15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

Assassination of Ibrahim Makadama in Gaza City

The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza

17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003

Assassination of Sa'ad Arabid in Gaza City

Assassination of Jasir Hussein Ahmad Aleemi in Tulkarm

Assassination of Mahmud Salah in Bethlehem

Assassination of Yusuf Abu Hin in Gaza City

Assassination of Titu Masud and Suhayl Abu Nahal in Gaza City

Assassination of Fuad Lidawi in Gaza City

The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure

1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003

Assassination Attempt of Hamas Leadership, Including Ahmad Yasin, in Gaza City

6 September 2003

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Assassination of Ibrahim al-Na'nish in Tulkarm Refugee Camp

28 October 2003

Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004

Assassination of Yasir Abu Aysh, Hussein Abu Aysh and Majdi Khatib in Rafah

2 February 2004

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan

2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004

Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders

14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan

15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004

Assassination of Nadir Abu Layl and Hashim Abu Hamdan in Nablus

Widening Philadelphi (Salahuddin) Route: Operation Rainbow

16 May 2004 - 24 May 2004

SC Res. 1544: Condemning Israeli Killing of Civilians and Demolition of Homes in Rafah Refugee Camp

Assassination of Wael Talab Nassar in Gaza City

Assassination of Khalil Marshud in Balata Refugee Camp

Assassination of Majed Sa'di in Jenin

Operation Full Court Press in Nablus

23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004

Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank

27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004

The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

Assassination of Amr Abu Sitta in Rafah

Assassination of Mahmud Abu Khalifa, Amjad Abu al-Hayja, and Yamin Abu al-Hayja in Jenin

13 September 2004

Assassination of Khaled Abu Silmiyya in Gaza City

19 September 2004

Assassination of Nabil Sa'eedi and Rabah Zaqqout in Gaza City

20 September 2004

Assassination of Izzeddin Sheikh Khalil in Damascus

26 September 2004

Assassination of Mahdi Jamal Mushtaha and Khaled al-Amreeti in Gaza City

Assassination of Imad Yahia Khalil Bader and Saqer Awni Saqer in Khan Yunis Refugee Camp

Assassination of Majdi Mar'i, Fadi al-Sarwan, and Jihad Abu Salhieh in Nablus

1 November 2004

Disengagement: Israeli-Egyptian Protocol on Gaza-Egypt Border

1 September 2005 - 12 September 2005

Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah

7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005

Assassination of Shadi Suhail Muhanna and Muhammad Ahmad Kandeel in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

27 October 2005

Assassination of Hassan Madhun and Fawzi Abu Qara’ in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

1 November 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing; EU Border Assistance Mission

15 November 2005 - 12 December 2005

After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence

27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005

Assassination of Mahmoud Arqan in Rafah

7 December 2005

Assassination of Iyad Qadas and Iyad Najjar in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

8 December 2005

Assassination of Said Abdul Fattah Abu al-Jedian in Beit Lahiya

Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls

25 January 2006

Israeli Operations Resume

3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006

Assassination of Hassan Asfour and Rami Hannoun East of Jabaliya Refugee Camp

6 February 2006

Assassination of Atiya Abu Shari’a and Suhail Bakr in Gaza City

7 February 2006

Assassination of Munir Sukkar and Ashraf Shallouf in Gaza City

Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow

30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006

Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces

5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006

Assassination of Sami Abu Shari’a and Mahmud Ajjur in Gaza City

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Mohammed Shaban al-Dahdouh in Gaza City

Israeli Operations in the West Bank

24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006

Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza

29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza

11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006

Major Israeli Operation in Nablus

19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon

19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006

July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes

30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006

July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon

11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

Assassination of Ahmed Ashour and Ahmed Arqan in Rafah

5 September 2006

Assassination of Aed al-Bashiti and Ali al-Nashar in Rafah

5 September 2006

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month

1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006

Attempted Assassination of Ashraf Farwana in Gaza City

12 October 2006

The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas

14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007

Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus

25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007

Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank

3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007

Assassination of Fadi Abdul Qader Abu Mustafa in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Ziad Malaisha and Ibrahim Abed in Kafr Dan

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

Assassination of Nidal al-Amoudi and Mahir al-Mabhuh in Shati' Refugee Camp

13 January 2008

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008

Assassination of Nafiz Mansur in Rafah

Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased

17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008

War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1

27 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 2

28 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 4

30 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 5

31 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 7

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2

War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones

War on Gaza, Day 12

War on Gaza, Day 13

War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks

10 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer

14 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 22

17 January 2009

Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire

27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009

Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza

22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009

Cross-Border Violence, Gaza

20 September 2009 - 3 October 2009

Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza

31 December 2009

Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhuh in Dubai

20 January 2010 - 31 January 2010

Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates

11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010

Assassination of Muhammad Abu Mu‘ammar in Rafah

Assassination of Kamal al-Nairab and Imad Hamad in Rafah

Assassination of Ismail al-Asmar in Rafah

Assassination of Ahmad Shaykh Khalil, Muhammad Ashur, Bassem Abu al-Ata, Hassan al-Khadari, and Abd al-Karim Shatat in Rafah

29 October 2011

Assassination of Issam al-Batsh in Gaza City

8 December 2011

Assassination of Eid Oukal in Rafah

Assassination of Anis Abu al-Anin in Rafah

19 September 2012

Assassination of Abdallah Makawi in Rafah

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

14 November 2012

Assassination of Ahmad Abu Jalal near al-Maghazi Refugee Camp

16 November 2012

Assassination of Khaled al-Shaer in Deir al-Balah

16 November 2012

Assassination of Ousamah al-Qadi in Rafah

17 November 2012

Assassination of Ahmad al-Nahal in al-Shati Refugee Camp

18 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 6

19 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 7

20 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 8

21 November 2012

Assassination of Haytham al-Mis-hal near Rafah

Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza

14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014

Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front

3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12

18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 26-28: Fighting Continues

2 August 2014 - 4 August 2014

Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

Assassination of Raed al-Attar, Muhammad Abu Shammaleh and Muhammad Barhoum in Rafah

Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt

31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

Three Rounds of Hamas-Fatah Talks in Doha Come to Naught

7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016

Assassination of Mazen Fuqaha in Gaza City

Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails

1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017

Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing

7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019

Israel Prevents Palestine Cup Final

3 July 2019 - 25 September 2019

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 9

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Assassination of Ashraf Mubaslat, Adham Mabrukeh, and Muhammad al-Dakheel in Nablus

8 February 2022

Assassination of Tayseer al-Ja'bari in Gaza and Khaled Mansour in Rafah

5 August 2022 - 6 August 2022

Assassination of Ibrahim Nabulsi in Nablus

Biographies

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Yahya al-Sinwar

19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

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

Palin Commission Report

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Text of Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

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

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

7 February 1983

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

UNSC Resolution 1544

Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

EU’s Decision on a Border Assistance Mission to Rafah

12 December 2005

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

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

25 September 2009

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

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

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

28 February 2019

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

12 January 2021

Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid

1 February 2022

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC

UNGA Resolution 77/247

30 December 2022

Highlights

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

The Great March of Return

Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Places

al-Batani al-Sharqi

al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa

al-Masmiyya al-Kabira

al-Masmiyya al-Saghira

al-Ras al-Ahmar

al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya

'Arab al-Zubayd

Balad al-Shaykh

Khirbat Bayt Lid

Bayt Umm al-Mays

Dayr Abu Salama

'Iraq al-Manshiyya

Khirbat al-'Umur

Khirbat al-Jawfa

Khirbat al-Kasayir

Khirbat al-Lawz

Khirbat al-Muntar

Khirbat al-Zawiya

Khirbat Ism Allah

Khirbat Qumbaza

Khirbat Umm Burj

Sarafand al-Kharab

Sarafand al-'Amar