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Events
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The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem
1703 - 1705
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Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Prelude to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces
23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916
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Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
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British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan
21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918
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Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City
26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918
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San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palestine Civil Government and Appointment of Herbert Samuel as High Commisioner
1 July 1920
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French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
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The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
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Prevention of Crime Ordinance is Issued
October 1920 - 15 December 1920
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Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan
2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration
3 June 1922
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League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922
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British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria
7 March 1923
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British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
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Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall
23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928
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Report of the International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
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Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine
7 July 1937
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Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
October 1938 - September 1939
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London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
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Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference
15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939
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British Recommend Partition
December 1943
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Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN
18 April 1946
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Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan and Establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
25 May 1946
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Series of Zionist Attacks
2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948
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Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan
28 June 1948
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Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
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The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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King Hussein’s Formal Accession to the Throne
2 May 1953
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With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel
3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955
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France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956
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The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
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Britain and France Join the War
31 October 1956
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Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
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Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals
5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962
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Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle
7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967
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Israel Prepares for War with US Consent
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967
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Settlement Attempt in Hebron
12 April 1968 - 16 June 1968
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Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem
27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969
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Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley
22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970
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Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
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Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut
25 July 1972
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Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US
25 March 1976
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President Carter for a Palestinian Homeland
16 March 1977 - 26 May 1977
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Israel's Conditions for Geneva Conference
25 September 1977
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Israeli Settlement in the Old City of Hebron
10 February 1980 - 23 March 1980
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Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
27 March 1980
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Fahd Plan Is Announced
7 August 1981
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Shooting Spree at the Haram al-Sharif
11 April 1982 - 15 April 1982
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Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
20 April 1982
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Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon
15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982
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Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut
21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982
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Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan
2 September 1982
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Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres
7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983
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Tension in Hebron
1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983
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Draft SC Res. S/17769 to Deplore Provocative Acts in the Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
30 January 1986
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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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Israel's Policy of "Beating"
19 January 1988 - 27 January 1988
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The Intifada and the Israeli Response in Another Stage in the Confrontation
11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988
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Tougher Israeli Measures Against the Intifada
17 January 1989
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Israel Proposes Elections in the West Bank and Gaza
30 March 1989
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Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
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Israel's National Unity Government Collapses
13 March 1990 - 11 June 1990
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Haram al-Sharif Killings
8 October 1990
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SC Res. 672: Condemns Israel's Acts of Violence and Requests the SG to Submit Report on Mission Sent to Region
12 October 1990
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Elections in Israel
23 June 1992
Event
6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington
24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992
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Multilateral Talks
29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992
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Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage
20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Initialed and Approved
20 August 1993 - 30 August 1993
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Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO
9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993
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Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba
13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993
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Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994
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Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994
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Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv; Rabin and the National Separation Idea
19 October 1994
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Rabin, Peres, and Arafat Are Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
9 December 1994
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Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem
19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995
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Suicide Bombing in Netanya; Rabin Reiterates the National Separation Idea
22 January 1995 - 24 January 1995
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Separation Fence
11 April 1995
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Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Suspended
18 May 1995 - 22 May 1995
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Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution
5 October 1995
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The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Is Assassinated; Replaced by Shimon Peres
4 November 1995 - 22 November 1995
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Redeployment from Hebron Delayed
28 March 1996
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Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister
29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996
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Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed
6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997
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Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment
16 January 1997
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Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures
30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997
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Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998
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Assassination of Mohi al-Din Sharif in Ramallah
29 March 1998
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Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem
25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998
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Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
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Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum
26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998
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Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only
30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999
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Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza
14 December 1998
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Orient House, Jerusalem and PLO Foreign Relations
1 March 1999 - 11 May 1999
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Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)
4 September 1999
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Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts
10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999
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Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000
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Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif
28 September 2000
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Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
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US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
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SC Res. 1322: Deploring Provocation at Al-Haram al-Sharif and Excessive Use of Force against Palestinians
7 October 2000
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals"
19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000
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Intense then Moderate Resurgence of Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
8 February 2001 - 7 March 2001
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Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal for a Cease-Fire and a Resumption of Talks
16 April 2001 - 27 April 2001
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New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes
18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001
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Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation
4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001
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Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?
16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001
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Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield
28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002
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Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)
14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002
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Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
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On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
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Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters
5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002
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Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
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SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal
24 September 2002
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Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks
10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003
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The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister
10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003
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Mahmoud Abbas Forms the Palestinian Government
19 March 2003 - 29 April 2003
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US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map
30 April 2003
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With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"
4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
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Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis
7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003
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Israel Adopts Plan for Second Phase of Separation Wall
1 October 2003
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The Geneva "Private" Initiative
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
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Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
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An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA
24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004
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Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan
6 June 2004
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Operation Full Court Press in Nablus
23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004
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Operation Days of Penitence
29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004
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Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination
15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005
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New Palestinian Cabinet under Ahmad Qurai'
24 February 2005
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Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
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Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006
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US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA
17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006
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PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet
18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006
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Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
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Olmert's Kadima Party Wins the Knesset Elections
28 March 2006 - 4 May 2006
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Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains
28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006
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New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza
11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon
19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006
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July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes
30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone
2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
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Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks
25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006
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Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?
6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006
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Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
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Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007
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Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank
3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007
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Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank
14 June 2007 - 26 June 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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Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference
6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007
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Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"
16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007
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Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference
20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007
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Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza
30 January 2008
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Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans
9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008
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Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza
21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 3
29 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 5
31 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 7
2 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks
10 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
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Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud Forms Israeli Cabinet after Close Election Results
10 February 2009 - 31 March 2009
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Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure
13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009
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The UN Human Rights Council Forms a Fact-Finding Mission on the War on Gaza (the Goldstone Mission)
3 April 2009
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
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The Deceptive Settlement Freeze
26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010
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Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed
8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011
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The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel
19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010
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Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
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Escalation in Israel's Settlement Activity
26 September 2010 - 8 November 2010
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Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics
14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011
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Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement
4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011
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Palestinian Reconciliation Accord Put on Hold
14 June 2011 - 7 August 2011
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Abbas and Mishal Sign the Doha Declaration and Then Agree on its Suspension
5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012
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Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle
16 May 2012
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Visit of Qatar’s Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza
23 October 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3
16 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4
17 November 2012
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Early Elections in Israel Bring Back Netanyahu as Prime Minister
22 January 2013 - 18 March 2013
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Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns
13 April 2013
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Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo
27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013
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Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative
29 April 2013
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Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government
2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013
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Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry
28 July 2013
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Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations
4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014
Event
A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet
23 April 2014
Event
Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians
24 April 2014
Event
Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014
Event
Israel Uses the Palestinian Cabinet Formation as a Pretext to Launch a New Wave of Settlement Plans
5 June 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War
7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1
8 July 2014
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Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails
14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014
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Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza
7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014
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Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
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Steps, Mostly Parliamentary, Toward European Recognition of Palestinian State
13 October 2014 - 22 December 2015
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Early Elections Announced in Israel
3 December 2014
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Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products
9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015
Event
Israeli Elections: Likud's Victory and Strengthening of Arab Representation
17 March 2015 - 19 March 2015
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Clashes at Haram al-Sharif
26 July 2015
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Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif
2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015
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With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
Event
A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?
2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016
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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
Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
Event
No Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
25 October 2015 - 26 October 2015
Event
Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement
16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015
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Palestinians Thwart the Setting Up of Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016
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Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections
21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017
Event
Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif
26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016
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Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif
12 July 2016
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Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers
8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017
Event
Settlers Attempt to Modify the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif
5 February 2017 - 24 May 2017
Event
The PA Forces Early Retirement on Part of Its Employees in Gaza
4 July 2017
Event
Israel Closes Off the Haram al-Sharif Following a Palestinian Operation in the Old City of Jerusalem
14 July 2017 - 15 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
Two Jordanians Killed at Israeli Embassy in Amman
23 July 2017 - 24 July 2017
Event
As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds
24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017
Event
The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time
26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017
Event
Israeli and US Reactions to the Fatah-Hamas Agreement in Cairo
17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017
Event
President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Event
Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire
7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018
Event
Dissolution of the Knesset; Three Election Rounds to Form a Government in Israel
26 December 2018 - 11 December 2019
Event
Hamdallah Resigns, Is Replaced by Mohammad Shtayyeh
29 January 2019 - 13 April 2019
Event
The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019
Event
Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue
17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca
30 May 2019
Event
Israeli Government Allows Jewish Visitors to Tour the Haram al-Sharif Compound on Eid al-Adha
11 August 2019 - 18 August 2019
Event
PA Starts Receiving Part of Tax Revenue from Israel Despite Deduction
3 October 2019 - 29 December 2019
Event
Surge in the Number of Settlers Touring Haram al-Sharif in 2019
31 December 2019
Event
US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction
29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020
Event
Inconclusive Results of Elections for the Knesset in Israel
2 March 2020 - 17 May 2020
Event
Israeli Coalition Negotiations Hint at Partial Annexation of the West Bank
20 April 2020 - 17 May 2020
Event
Beirut Port Explosion
4 August 2020 - 7 August 2020
Event
Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives
25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021
Event
PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds
17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020
Event
The Knesset Is Dissolved Again; New Elections Set for 23 March 2021
23 December 2020
Event
Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
Event
Towards a Unity Intifada
23 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
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3
12 May 2021
Event
Bennett-Lapid Government Takes Office in Israel
13 June 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
Elections for Village Councils in the West Bank
11 December 2021
Biographies
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966
Historical Texts
Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
Document
Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
Document
Balfour Declaration
2 November 1917
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
Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
Document
Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”
1 December 1930
Document
Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Document
Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
Document
Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine
1 October 1948
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan
24 April 1950
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Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
14 March 1951
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Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
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Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
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Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 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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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
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King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 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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Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
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Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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UNSC Resolution 1322
7 October 2000
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
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PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
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The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
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Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
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President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
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Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
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UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
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President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
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Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
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Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups
16 January 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas
4 May 2011
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
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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 Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
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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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30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
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Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates
13 August 2020
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Abraham Accords: Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations, Announced by the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain
15 September 2020
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Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Highlights
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
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Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
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XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
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The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
Places
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al-Nabi Rubin
Place
Khirbat 'Iribbin
Place
al-Nabi Rubin
Periods
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XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
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