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The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem

Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine

October 1831 - 1834

International Intervention against Egyptian Rule in the Levant

Local Control of Zionist Land Purchases in the Sanjaq of Jerusalem

Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives

June 1909 - 2 November 1909

Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament

March 1911 - May 1911

Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem

Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council

20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem

1 November 1928

White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall

19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928

Hanging of Palestinian Militants

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened

11 December 1931

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Establishment of the Istiqlal Party

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party

Establishment of the Reform Party

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

Arab Higher Committee Is Banned

October 1937 - November 1937

British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy

November 1938 - May 1939

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

Killing of Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza

22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Muhammad al-Aswad Is Killed in Gaza

Israeli Operation in Beirut Against Palestinian Leaders

Palestinian Operation Against Settlers in Hebron

2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980

Deportation of Muhammad Dahlan

13 December 1986 - 26 January 1987

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

Assassination of Muhammad Abd al-Al in Rafah

Assassination of Walid Bisharat, Sameh Abu Huneish, and Muhammad Bisharat in Qabatya

Assassination of Muhammad Ubayyat in Beit Jala

13 October 2002

Assassination of Hamed Sidr near Nablus

4 November 2002

Assassination of Nidal Fathi Farhat, Mufid Awad al-Bil, Akram Fahmi Naser, Muhammad Salmi, Ayman Mahanna, and Iyad Faraj Sheldan in Gaza City

16 February 2003

Assassination of Muhammad Daghmash and Rawi Abu Kumayl in Gaza City

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

Assassination of Muhammad Sidr in Hebron

Assassination Attempt of Muhammad Abu Nusayra in Khan Yunis

27 September 2004

Assassination of Muhammad Ahmed Mar'i near Salfit

Assassination of Muhammad Shaykh Khalil and Nasr Barhum in Gaza City

25 September 2005

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

27 October 2005

Assassination of Husam Abu Nada, Muhammad Jiha, Rashad Rahim, and Hamdan Mahana in Gaza City

14 December 2005

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Assassination of Amjad al-Ajami and Muhammad Atik in Jenin Refugee Camp

Assassination of Muhammad Shihada, Ahmad Balbul, Imad Kamel and Issa Marzouk in Bethlehem

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

Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009

Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan

28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011

Assassination of Muhammad Najjar in Khan Yunis

11 January 2011

Assassination of Muhammad Abu Mu‘ammar in Rafah

Assassination of Muhammad al-Dayah, Abdullah Lubbad, and Isma‘il Lubbad in Deir al-Balah

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 Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

14 November 2012

Assassination of Muhammad Shamalakh in Gaza City

19 November 2012

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Israeli-Palestinian Direct Talks Take Place in Jerusalem

14 August 2013 - 2 September 2013

Israel's Settlement Expansion Disrupts the Palestinian Negotiation Team

31 October 2013 - 13 November 2013

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

Muhammad al-Qeeq Stages a 94-day Hunger Strike and Compels His Jailers to Release Him

21 November 2015 - 21 May 2016

The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership

1 November 2016

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon

14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018

Hamdallah Resigns, Is Replaced by Mohammad Shtayyeh

29 January 2019 - 13 April 2019

PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections

26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019

PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds

17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020

Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1868 - October 1930

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Historical Media

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931

16 December 1931

Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party

Arab Higher Committee Members

Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Historical Texts

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine

Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

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

17 September 1978

The Mitchell Report

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

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

25 September 2009

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

III. Late Mandate

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans