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The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem

Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine

April 1834 - August 1834

Ottoman Land Code, 7 Ramadan 1274

Jerusalem Notables Oppose Jewish Immigration

The Ottomans and Sale of Land to Jews in Palestine

26 November 1892 - 3 April 1893

Eight Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine between 1899 and 1907

Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine

29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901

6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903

Palestinian-Zionist Tension at al-Shajara - Sejera in the Tiberias Region

August 1904 - September 1904

Zionist-Palestinian Violence Breaks out in Jaffa

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul

Foundation of Tel Aviv

Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law

9th Zionist Congress Is Held in Hamburg

26 December 1909 - 30 December 1909

Provisional Law of Disposal of Immovable Property, 5 Jumada al-ula 1331

A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa

Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine

Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published

8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917

Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine

8 May 1918 - December 1918

British Conquest of Transjordan Is Achieved

22 September 1918 - 27 September 1918

General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant

23 October 1918

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

Palestine Civil Government and Appointment of Herbert Samuel as High Commisioner

Mahlul Land Ordinance

Prevention of Crime Ordinance is Issued

October 1920 - 15 December 1920

Mewat Land Ordinance

16 February 1921

Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna

18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925

Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan

15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927

Protection of Cultivators Ordinance No. 27

al-Buraq / Western Wall: Palestinians Rise up in Protest against Zionist Provocations

15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929

White Paper (Passfield) of 1930 Is Published

20 October 1930

Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme

19 July 1931 - April 1932

Establishment of the Istiqlal Party

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine

8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933

Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially

Establishment of the National Bloc Party

Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936

30 September 1936

The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region

10 December 1936

Charles Tegart's Means of Control

3 December 1937

The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem

13 January 1938

Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify

July 1938 - August 1938

Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published

9 November 1938

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians

17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939

Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians

2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939

Outbreak of World War II

1 September 1939

Land Transfers Regulations

20 February 1940

Blowing up of SS Patria

Support in the United States for a Jewish Army

Five-year Limit on Jewish Immigration Extended

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

Vice-President Harry Truman Becomes President of the US

Arab League Holds its First Summit on Palestine in Anshas

28 May 1946 - 29 May 1946

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946

London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails

27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947

The Haganah Implements Plan Gimmel

1 December 1947

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah

Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive

10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition

18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948

Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas

19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

Fighting Around Jerusalem

12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948

Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee

13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948

Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv

13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948

Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine

UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

17 September 1948

Emergency Regulations Regarding the Cultivation of Fallow Lands and Unexploited Water Sources

11 October 1948

Operation Hiram in the North

28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948

Emergency Regulations Regarding Absentee Property

2 December 1948

Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces

22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949

Lebanon-Israel Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement

Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)

24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949

Jordan Amends the Parliamentary Election Law

13 December 1949

Development Authority (Transfer of Property) Law, 5710-1950

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah

SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal

1 September 1951

The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law

Israeli Operation in Jordan

28 January 1953

Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects

The US and Jordan River Waters

25 June 1954 - 6 July 1954

24 February 1955

Egypt Restricts Passage Through Strait of Tiran

11 September 1955

Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja

23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955

Israeli-Jordanian Clashes

25 July 1956 - 21 August 1956

Escalation Across Jordanian-Israeli Lines

10 September 1956 - 26 September 1956

Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya

4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956

Israel Invades Egypt

29 October 1956

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

Soviet Union Threatens Intervention

5 November 1956

British and French Troops Invade Canal Zone

5 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza

10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957

GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)

19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957

Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza

20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957

Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai

7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960

25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961

Israeli Raid Against Syria

16 March 1962 - 17 March 1962

Syrian-Israeli Clashes

19 August 1963 - 20 August 1963

Palestinian Delegation at the UN

18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963

1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners

18 September 1964

Israeli-Jordanian Battle at al-Samu' after a Fatah Operation

11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966

Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle

7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967

June War, 1st Day

4th Arab Summit Convenes in Khartoum

29 August 1967 - 1 September 1967

Security Council Resolution S/RES/242

22 November 1967

Battle of al-Karama, a Turning Point in Palestinian and Pro-Palestinian Mobilization

Civil Aviation in the Conflict

23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969

Explosion in Mahane Yehuda in West Jerusalem

22 November 1968 - 28 November 1968

UNGA 2452 (XXIII): Calling upon Israel for Return of Inhabitants to Territories Occupied in 1967

19 December 1968

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country

3 November 1969

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley

22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970

Assassination Attempt of Wadi Haddad in Beirut

Assassination Attempt of George Habash in Bsaba Village

Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972

Black September Hijack Operation

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972

SC Res. 316: Condemning the Repeated Attacks of Israeli Forces on Lebanon

Black September Operation in Khartoum

1 March 1973 - 4 March 1973

Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva

21 December 1973

12th Palestine National Council, Cairo: A New Political Program

1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974

7th Arab Summit Meeting in Rabat; PLO Recognized as Sole Representative of Palestinian People

28 October 1974

Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon

5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975

A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth

18 October 1975

UNGA 3379 (XXX): Determining that Zionism is a Form of Racism and Racial Discrimination

10 November 1975

Premeditated Israeli Air Attack Against Palestinians in Lebanon

2 December 1975

Palestinian "Land Day"

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

President Carter for a Palestinian Homeland

16 March 1977 - 26 May 1977

Menachem Begin: "Territories Are Not Occupied"

Wadi Haddad Dies in Berlin, East Germany

Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords

5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978

6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria

26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979

Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

17 January 1980

Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

2 June 1980 - 3 June 1980

Committee Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo

14 July 1980 - 15 July 1980

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon

10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981

Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank

16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982

South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken

21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982

Palestinian Mayors Stand with Those Dismissed by Israel

Israel Invades Along the Central Axis

6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982

Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis

6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982

Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut

21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982

Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented

20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982

Reagan's "Talking Points" to Begin on Palestinian Issue

Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan

2 September 1982

Sabra and Shatila Massacres

16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982

Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres

7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983

Scission within Fatah

18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983

Tension in Hebron

1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983

Operation of Israeli Occupation Forces Against Ayn al-Hilwa

16 May 1984 - 18 May 1984

Attempted Assassination of Zaki Hillo in Madrid

Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US

1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985

Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination

25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986

Clashes in the Occupied Territories

9 February 1987 - 18 February 1987

Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza

18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987

Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO

Solidarity of Israel's Palestinians with the Intifada

21 December 1987

2nd Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region; Statement to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

25 February 1988 - 26 February 1988

4th Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region

3 June 1988 - 7 June 1988

Another Round of Releasing and Detaining Faisal al-Husseini

9 June 1988 - 29 January 1989

Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank

28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988

Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted

9 December 1988

The Baker Five-Point Plan

10 October 1989

Rishon LeZion (Uyun Qara) Killings

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad

28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990

Haram al-Sharif Killings

Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)

14 January 1991

SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians

President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference

1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991

2nd Negotiation Round, Washington

10 December 1991 - 18 December 1991

Arafat Survives a Plane Crash in Libya

7 April 1992 - 8 April 1992

6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington

24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992

7th Negotiation Round, Washington

21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992

Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon

13 December 1992 - 17 December 1992

SC Res. 799: Condemning Israel's Deportation of Hundreds of Palestinian Civilians

18 December 1992

Bilateral Negotiation Round Delayed

11 January 1993

Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage

20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP

10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres's Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem

11 October 1993

Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron

20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994

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

The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999

Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force

Palestine National Authority (PNA) Holds First Official Meeting in Tunis

Status of Orient House in Jerusalem

29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994

Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza

18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994

Suicide Bombing in Netanya; Rabin Reiterates the National Separation Idea

22 January 1995 - 24 January 1995

Anti-Israeli Attacks and Inter-Palestinian Tension

2 April 1995 - 19 April 1995

Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Suspended

18 May 1995 - 22 May 1995

The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project

27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997

Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked

10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997

Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures

30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997

Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations

23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998

French-Palestinian Agreement on Status of French Institutions Under Palestinian Authority

12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997

Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem

25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998

Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed

15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

10 December 1998

President Clinton's Visit to Gaza

14 December 1998

To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?

28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999

End of the Oslo Five-Year Interim Period

With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume

11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms its Applicability to the OPT

Commitments Not Implemented by Israel During the Transitional Period

9 February 2000

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round

30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session

18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000

Israeli-Palestinian (Post-Stockholm) Back Channel

1 June 2000 - 3 June 2000

Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation

13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000

Start of the Second Intifada

29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

Sharm al-Shaykh Summit

16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000

Toward a Protracted Confrontation

10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000

Assassination of Hani Abu Bakra in Khan Yunis

14 December 2000

Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak

6 February 2001

Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks

7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001

Assassination of Mas'ud Ayyad in Jabaliya

13 February 2001

13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

A Lebanese Legislative Amendment Equates Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes

18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001

Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation

4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001

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

Assassination Attempt of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm

6 September 2001

The 9-11 Attacks on the US

11 September 2001

US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation

12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001

Losses During the 1st Year of the Second Intifada

28 September 2001

President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State

2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

Assassination of Atef Ubayyat in Beit Sahur

18 October 2001

Assassination of Ayman Abu Halawa in Nablus

22 October 2001

Assassination of Mahmoud Abu Hanud near Nablus

23 November 2001

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

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

Invasion of Jenin Camp: Fierce Battle

3 April 2002 - 19 April 2002

Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance

3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002

US Response to the Israeli Invasion

4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002

Assassination of Qays Udwan in Tubas

Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)

14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002

Assassination of Marwan Zallum in Hebron

Assassination of Jihad Jibril in Beirut

Assassination of Mahmud Titi in Balata Refugee Camp

Assassination of Ali Ajuri and Murad Marshud in Jaba‘

Assassination of Yasir Rizq and Ameer Kuffe in Rafah

Amendment No. 29 of Knesset Members (Immunity, Rights and Duties) Law

Assassination of Salah Shehadeh in Gaza City

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

Assassination of Ziad Da’as in Tulkarm

SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal

24 September 2002

Second Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

26 September 2002

Losses on the Two-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada

28 September 2002

Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks

10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003

Assassination of Hamed Sidr near Nablus

4 November 2002

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

26 November 2002

Assassination of Mustafa Sabah in Gaza City

4 December 2002

Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip

24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003

Assassination of Fayiz Jaber in Tulkarm

30 January 2003

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 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 Nader Jarawish and Ala Ayyad in Bethlehem

Assassination of Sa'ad Arabid in Gaza City

Assassination of Jasir Hussein Ahmad Aleemi in Tulkarm

Assassination of Nidal Salameh in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Mahmud Salah in Bethlehem

US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map

Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy

1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003

With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"

4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

Assassination Attempt of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City

Assassination of Titu Masud and Suhayl Abu Nahal in Gaza City

Assassination of Yasir Taha in Gaza City

The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure

1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003

Assassination of Ahmad Rushdi Mustafa Ishteiwi in Gaza City

Assassination of Khalid Massud near Gaza City

Assassination of Hamdi Hassan Kalakh in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Abdallah Akel and Farid Mayat in Nussayrat Refugee Camp

Assassination Attempt of Mahmud Zahhar in Gaza City

10 September 2003

Losses on the Three-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada

28 September 2003

Israel Adopts Plan for Second Phase of Separation Wall

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US

14 October 2003

Assassination of Iyad Hilu and Khaled al-Masri in Gaza City

20 October 2003

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

28 October 2003

Violence Abates to a Moderate Level

1 November 2003 - 17 December 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

Assassination of Aziz Shami in Gaza City

7 February 2004

Assassination of Mahmud Judeh in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

28 February 2004

Assassination of Trad Jamal, Ibrahim Dayri, and Ammar Hassan near Deir al-Balah

Assassination of Ahmad Yasin in Gaza City

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

Assassination of Khalil Marshud in Balata Refugee Camp

Assassination of Majed Sa'di in Jenin

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

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall

UNGA Res. ES-10/15: Demands that Israel Complies with ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Wall; Requests SG to Establish Register of Damage

Assassination of Ra'fat Abu Assi and Hazim Irhayim in Gaza City

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 Attempt of Muhammad Abu Nusayra in Khan Yunis

27 September 2004

Losses on the Four-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada

28 September 2004

Operation Days of Penitence

29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004

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

Assassination of Bashir al-Dabash in Gaza City

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

Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death

12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004

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

1 November 2004

Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron

17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004

Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step

8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005

Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk

18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005

Assassination of Sabir Abu Assi, Assim Abu Ras, Amjad Arafat, and Adil Haniyeh in Gaza City

Assassination of Muhammad Ahmed Mar'i near Salfit

Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza

12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005

Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain

23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005

Assassination of Rawad Fathi Farahat and Nafez Abu Hussein in Gaza City

24 September 2005

Assassination of Muhammad Shaykh Khalil and Nasr Barhum in Gaza City

25 September 2005

Losses on the Five-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada

28 September 2005

Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again

24 October 2005 - 30 October 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: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation

25 November 2005 - 28 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 Husam Abu Nada, Muhammad Jiha, Rashad Rahim, and Hamdan Mahana in Gaza City

14 December 2005

Operation Blue Skies and Continuing Escalation

22 December 2005 - 23 January 2006

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

Israeli Operations Resume

3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006

US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA

17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006

Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis

1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006

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

Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza

20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006

Israeli Operations in the West Bank

24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006

Fatah-Hamas Clashes

26 May 2006 - 24 June 2006

Assassination of Imad Asaliyya and Majdi Hammad in Jabaliya

Assassination of Habib Ashur and Imad Yasin in Gaza City

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers

Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

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

30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone

2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006

July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon

11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

July War: A Balance Sheet

July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon

14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues

15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence

28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006

Attempted Assassination of Ashraf Farwana in Gaza City

12 October 2006

Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza

1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006

Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?

6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006

Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire

20 November 2006 - 26 November 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

Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative

29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007

Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes

11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Assassination of Ziad Malaisha and Ibrahim Abed in Kafr Dan

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007

Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume

24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference

6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007

Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"

16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007

Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production

9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start

12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

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

Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza

30 January 2008

Assassination of Amer Qarmout in Beit Lahiya

4 February 2008

Assassination of Hizballah's Imad Mughniyah in Damascus

12 February 2008

Gaza: Military Confrontation Continues and Siege is Tightened

26 March 2008 - 15 May 2008

Assassination of Ibrahim Abu Olba in Beit Lahiya

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

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre

8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart

14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008

Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza

21 December 2008 - 26 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 6

War on Gaza, Day 7

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 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties

War on Gaza, Day 12

War on Gaza, Day 13

War on Gaza, Day 14

War on Gaza, Day 16

11 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 18

13 January 2009

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

14 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza

16 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 21

16 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 22

17 January 2009

War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet

18 January 2009

Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel

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

22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009

Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque

27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze

25 November 2009

The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks

3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010

Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates

11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

International Reactions to the Mavi Marmara Incident

31 May 2010 - 3 June 2010

The United Nations Human Rights Council Establishes a Fact-Finding Mission on the Mavi Marmara Incident

2 June 2010 - 27 September 2010

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border

16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011

The Knesset Passes Israel Lands Law (Amendment No. 3) on Foreign Ownership

Assassination of Muhammad Abu Mu‘ammar in Rafah

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

Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Accord Put on Hold

14 June 2011 - 7 August 2011

Assassination of Kamal al-Nairab and Imad Hamad in Rafah

Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest

27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011

Fate of the Palestinian UN Admission Request

28 September 2011 - 8 November 2011

A Prisoner Swap Deal Between Hamas and Israel

11 October 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

Assassination of Abdullah al-Talbani in Jabaliya

27 December 2011

Assassination of Zuhair al-Qaissi and Mahmoud Hanani in Gaza City

A Serious Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

9 March 2012 - 13 March 2012

Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts

22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012

Another Spate of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

17 June 2012 - 23 June 2012

Local Elections in the West Bank Are Announced

10 July 2012 - 5 August 2012

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

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2

15 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 7

20 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet

22 November 2012

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

Launch of Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Direct Negotiations in Washington

29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013

Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement

14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014

For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations

4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014

The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Knesset Election Law Raising the Qualifying Election Threshold

25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region

12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014

Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza

14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014

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

Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza

8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5

11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12

18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014

UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry

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

The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50

20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Toward an Open-Ended Cease-Fire

23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

No Effective Resumption of Gaza Postwar Talks in Cairo

23 September 2014

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

Settlement Construction

30 January 2015

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

Clashes at Haram al-Sharif

Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif

2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015

A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?

2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016

Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst

5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015

The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Penal Code Imposing Minimum Sentences for Stone-Throwers

2 November 2015

Three-Month Balance Sheet of the Palestinian Outburst

31 December 2015

Smaller-Scale Palestinian-Israeli Violence and Israeli Repression Continue

1 January 2016 - 30 June 2016

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

7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016

Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank

10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016

In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted

8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016

Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections

21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017

Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East

15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017

Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump

22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017

The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively

6 February 2017

Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar

15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018

UN SG Antonio Guterres Distances Himself from ESCWA Report; Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf Resigns

16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017

Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017

Hamas New Charter

President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem

As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds

24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017

Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel

7 September 2017

100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

1 November 2017 - 2 November 2017

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation

7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

President Trump Signs the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATCA) into Law

Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire

11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018

Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

15 December 2018

Settlement Construction in 2018 Remains High

31 December 2018

Conditions Worsen for Palestinian Prisoners

2 January 2019 - 12 May 2019

Israel Begins Public Normalization Push

20 January 2019

The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019

Israeli Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Settler Organization’s Claim to Three Buildings in the Old City of Jerusalem

Israeli Court Finds PA Liable for Attacks During Second Intifada

Israeli Government Allows Jewish Visitors to Tour the Haram al-Sharif Compound on Eid al-Adha

11 August 2019 - 18 August 2019

The PA and Israel Agree that the PA Can Collect Fuel Taxes

Assassination Attempt of Akram al-Ajouri in Damascus

12 November 2019

Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata

12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019

Great March of Return Organizers Suspend Weekly Protests

26 December 2019 - 27 December 2019

Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration

31 December 2019

Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan

28 January 2020

COVID-19 Hits Palestine

5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020

Israel Uses COVID-19 Against Palestinians

21 March 2020 - 22 September 2020

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

Beirut Port Explosion

4 August 2020 - 7 August 2020

Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons

6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020

Saeb Erekat Succumbs to the COVID-19 Virus

8 October 2020 - 10 November 2020

Palestinian COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Begins as the Occupation Hinders an Effective Rollout

2 February 2021 - 20 June 2021

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank

25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021

US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Evyatar Outpost Resettled; Palestinian Protesters Killed or Injured

3 May 2021 - 31 December 2021

Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada

10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6

The General Strike of the Unity Intifada

May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

Bennett-Lapid Government Takes Office in Israel

Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters

Death of Nizar Banat after Arrest by PA Forces

24 June 2021 - 21 June 2022

Israel Continues to Assert Dominance over the Haram al-Sharif Compound

18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021

Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended

22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Biographies

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1859 - 21 July 1921

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

1880 - 16 June 1946

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates

Palin Commission Report

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929

Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”

1 December 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

The Murison Commission Report

Proposed New Constitution for Palestine

22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

Pact of the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

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

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties

Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account

8 November 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

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

UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Fatah First Military Communiqué

Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

11 September 1965

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

9 December 1969

UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)

10 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)

4 November 1970

UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)

8 December 1970

Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement

Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program

UNSC Resolution 316

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)

Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution

29 October 1974

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNSC Resolution 381

30 November 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940

23 January 1976

The Koenig Memorandum

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel

30 November 1977

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

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

17 September 1978

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

The Venice Declaration

Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1

19 January 1982

Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza

31 January 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin

1 September 1982

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459

12 September 1985

Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat

7 November 1985

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769

29 January 1986

The London Agreement

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

The Shultz Negotiations Plan

King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Secretary of State James Baker's: Five Points Framework for an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue

10 October 1989

Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker

5 November 1989

PLO “Assumptions” with Regard to Baker's Five Points

1 December 1989

President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker

Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 1991

U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)

13 September 1993

Shimon Peres's Letter Concerning Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem

11 October 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

UNSC Resolution 904

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement

23 December 2000

PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement

27 January 2001

The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)

27 January 2001

Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations

The Mitchell Report

Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)

Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35

President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East

Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385

20 December 2002

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

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

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

National Conciliation Document

UNGA Resolution ES-10/17

24 January 2007

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

10 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39

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

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

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years

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

25 September 2009

Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State

President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question

Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration

17 December 2014

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

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

Closing Statement of the Popular Conference for the Palestinians Abroad (in Arabic)

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

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

China’s Four-Point Proposal on Promoting the Settlement of the Palestinian Issue

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering

1 November 2017

Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People

Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance

26 December 2018

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

28 February 2019

President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda On Opening an Investigation into War Crimes in Palestine

20 December 2019

Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

12 February 2020

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

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

Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)

11 January 2021

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

12 January 2021

The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada

Historical Media

Young Turks Revolution

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Death of The Shepherd Boy Fathi, Third Wave of Killing

Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing

Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing

Periods

III. Late Mandate

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

III. Late Mandate

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

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

The Judaization of the Galilee

A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Lebanon War, 1982

A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Israeli Military

The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

I. Ottoman Rule

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Marka Refugee Camp

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Algerians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

World Zionist Organization Congresses

1897 - present

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: General Assembly Resolutions

1947 - present

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: Security Council Resolutions

1948 - present

Thematic Chronology

Palestinian-Israeli Interim Negotiation Rounds

1991 - 1999

Thematic Chronology

The 2014 Gaza War

2014-2015

Thematic Chronology

Palestine Liberation Organization: National Council Sessions

1964 - present

Thematic Chronology

British and International Commissions of Inquiry in Mandate Palestine

1919 - 1946

Charts

Document

Palestinian Casualties, 2000-2008

2000 - 2008