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Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine
October 1831 - 1834
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International Intervention against Egyptian Rule in the Levant
1839 - 1841
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Ottoman Land Code, 7 Ramadan 1274
21 April 1858
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Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq
July 1872
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Provisional Law of Disposal of Immovable Property, 5 Jumada al-ula 1331
12 April 1913
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Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
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Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem
8 May 1921
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Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council
20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922
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Land Settlement Ordinance No. 9
30 May 1928
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Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem
1 November 1928
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White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928
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Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
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Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened
11 December 1931
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The Arab Higher Committee is Formed
25 April 1936
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Arab Higher Committee Is Banned
October 1937 - November 1937
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British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy
November 1938 - May 1939
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UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)
15 May 1947
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Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
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Zionist Attacks
15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948
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Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee
28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948
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Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders
15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948
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First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages
11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948
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Jordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza
22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948
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Pro-Jordanian Amman Conference
1 October 1948
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General Islamic Conference on Palestine, Jerusalem
3 December 1953 - 9 December 1953
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Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
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Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO) Is Opened in New York
25 June 1955 - 15 January 1962
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Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya
4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956
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Egypt and Syria Unite and Form the United Arab Republic
1 February 1958 - 28 September 1961
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Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York
26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001
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Death of Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi; Ahmad al-Shuqairi as Palestine Delegate to the Arab League
29 June 1963 - 19 September 1963
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Palestinian Delegation at the UN
18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963
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Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon
23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964
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The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York
22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974
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2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
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Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria
12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967
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Palestinians Reorganize
11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968
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Abdel Nasser Dies of a Sudden Heart Attack; Anwar al-Sadat Succeeds Him
28 September 1970
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President Sadat Suggests Partial Israeli Withdrawal from Suez Canal
4 February 1971
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Assassination of Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut
8 July 1972
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Muhammad al-Aswad Is Killed in Gaza
9 March 1973
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The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN
25 February 1975
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Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977
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The PLO Central Council Condemns Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
30 November 1977
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Arab States Take Position Against Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
5 December 1977
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Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories Express their Dissatisfaction with Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
8 December 1977
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Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords
5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978
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Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Is Signed in Washington, DC
26 March 1979
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A PLF Operation in Nahariya
22 April 1979
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Palestinian Autonomy Is Discussed at the Sadat-Begin Summit in Aswan
7 January 1980 - 10 January 1980
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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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Egypt Decides to Suspend Talks with Israel on Palestinian Autonomy
10 May 1980
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11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Sadat Is Assassinated; Husni Mubarak Becomes President of Egypt
6 October 1981
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Scission within Fatah
18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983
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Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
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Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
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Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
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Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination
25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986
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Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza
18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987
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Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
9 December 1987
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First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
14 December 1987
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Solidarity of Israel's Palestinians with the Intifada
21 December 1987
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SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada
22 December 1987
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Non-Armed Intifada
3 January 1988 - 13 February 1988
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Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 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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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Algiers
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988
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Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank
28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988
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19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State
12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988
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The Intifada First Year Balance Sheet
9 December 1988
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Tougher Israeli Measures Against the Intifada
17 January 1989
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US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia
22 March 1989
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Resurgence of Intifada, Worsening of Repression
3 May 1989 - 16 May 1989
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Israel Deports Five Palestinians
27 August 1989
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President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991
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Intifada Statistics
30 July 1991
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A Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Opposed to Negotiations Is Formed in Damascus
16 September 1992
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Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage
20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993
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Assassination of Adel Awadallah and Imad Awadallah in Khirbat al-Taybeh
11 September 1998
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Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)
10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000
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Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks
7 December 1999 - 26 March 2000
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Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization
10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000
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Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad Dies
10 June 2000 - 11 June 2000
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Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000
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Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
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Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising
30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000
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Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171
18 December 2000
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Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape
26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001
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Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak
6 February 2001
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Assassination of Mahmud Madani in Balata Refugee Camp
19 February 2001
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13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001
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The Mitchell Report Is Issued
30 April 2001 - 15 May 2001
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Losses During the 1st Year of the Second Intifada
28 September 2001
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Assassination of Jamil Jadallah Qawasmeh in Hebron
31 October 2001
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Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound
29 March 2002 - 1 May 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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Assassination of Jihad Jibril in Beirut
20 May 2002
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Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative
17 June 2002
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Losses on the Two-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2002
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Israeli Leaders Push for an American War Against Iraq
16 October 2002 - 9 February 2003
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Israel Closes all West Bank District Coordination Offices
3 December 2002 - 11 January 2003
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Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip
24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003
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Assassination of Ibrahim Makadama in Gaza City
8 March 2003
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Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet
4 June 2003
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Assassination of Fadi Jaradat and Salih Jaradat in Jenin
12 June 2003
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Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003
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Losses on the Three-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2003
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Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map
2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004
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Losses on the Four-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2004
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Losses on the Five-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2005
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Assassination of Iyad Qadas and Iyad Najjar in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
8 December 2005
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Assassination of Husam Abu Nada, Muhammad Jiha, Rashad Rahim, and Hamdan Mahana in Gaza City
14 December 2005
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Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006
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Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza
29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006
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July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah
14 July 2006 - 16 July 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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A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus
23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
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Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza
30 January 2008
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Assassination of Muhammad Shihada, Ahmad Balbul, Imad Kamel and Issa Marzouk in Bethlehem
12 March 2008
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President Obama Prepares Active Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009
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Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza
13 March 2009
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US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
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22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte
27 March 2010
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On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel
15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011
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Assassination of Ahmad Shaykh Khalil, Muhammad Ashur, Bassem Abu al-Ata, Hassan al-Khadari, and Abd al-Karim Shatat in Rafah
29 October 2011
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Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
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In Contrast with Islamic Jihad, Hamas Leadership Leaves Syria
17 January 2012 - 12 March 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4
17 November 2012
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UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN
29 November 2012
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Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons
19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013
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Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government
2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013
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Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration
10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014
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Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel
10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014
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Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Addresses the 2014 Gaza War
17 December 2014
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Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections
22 January 2015
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015
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Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine
26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016
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Settlers Set Fire to Two Palestinian Family Homes in Duma, West Bank
31 July 2015 - 9 August 2015
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A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?
2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016
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Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif
26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016
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Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers
8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017
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Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
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The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement
6 January 2018
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Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad
22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018
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The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
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PA Asks the ICC to Investigate Israeli Settlement Policies
22 May 2018
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
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Opening of the “Apartheid Road”
10 January 2019
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Israel Prevents Palestine Cup Final
3 July 2019 - 25 September 2019
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Israeli Court Finds PA Liable for Attacks During Second Intifada
8 July 2019
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Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron
1 December 2019
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Saeb Erekat Succumbs to the COVID-19 Virus
8 October 2020 - 10 November 2020
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ICC Rules that it has Jurisdiction in Occupied Palestinian Territories; Investigation Announced
5 February 2021 - 2 April 2021
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Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
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Towards a Unity Intifada
23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
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The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
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Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada
10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021
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The General Strike of the Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
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Bennett-Lapid Government Takes Office in Israel
13 June 2021
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Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters
15 June 2021

Biographies

Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Qudsia Khourshid
5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Charts

Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth
1860 - 1948
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Jewish Immigration
1948 - 2013

Historical Texts

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Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
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Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
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UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
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Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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UNSC Resolution 252
21 May 1968
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
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Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel
8 December 1977
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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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
Document
Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
26 March 1979
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Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
Document
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 9
31 July 1985
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459
12 September 1985
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly
14 December 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463
17 February 1989
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326
31 May 1990
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
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Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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UNSC Resolution 904
18 March 1994
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
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Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
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
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
Document
China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question
6 May 2013
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
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Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
Document
Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020
Document
The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada
18 May 2021

Historical Media

Document
Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa
14 December 1920
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Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London
April 1930
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Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931
16 December 1931
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Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party
1932
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
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Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938
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Cucumber Crops Being Harvested
3 June 1940
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Arab League Warnings
June 1946

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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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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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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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
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
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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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
Highlight
Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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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 Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
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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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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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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 European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
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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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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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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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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
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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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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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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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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

Places

Place
Biyar 'Adas
Place
Hadatha
Place
Madahil
Place
Qadas

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (I)
1996 - 2004

Periods

Period
IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
Period
XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era