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Events

The Rise of Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani in Northern Palestine

The Territory Under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani's Control: Economic and Social Dimension

Ottoman Firman Confirms Status Quo in Jerusalem and Bethlehem Christian Holy Places

8 February 1852

Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq

Emerging Palestinian Opposition to Zionist Settlement: al-Yahudiyya Village Against Petah Tikva Settlement

The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front

1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915

General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant

23 October 1918

French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

May Day Clashes in Jaffa

1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921

General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine

8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933

Death of Musa Kazim Husseini

21st Zionist Congress Meets in Geneva

16 August 1939 - 25 August 1939

Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Transjordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"

January 1949 - December 1956

With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel

3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955

24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956

The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem

27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967

October War, 2nd Day

Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon

28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981

Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis

6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982

Tension in Hebron

1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad

28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990

Haram al-Sharif Killings

Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza

18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994

Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem

25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza

10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007

Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume

24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007

The PLO Central Council Meets in Ramallah

23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

The Deceptive Settlement Freeze

26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010

Israel's Ramat Shlomo Constructions' Plan During Joe Biden's Visit

8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010

President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations

4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014

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

Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif

30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014

Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?

22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015

Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif

16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017

The May 2021 Gaza War

10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

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

18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021

Biographies

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1859 - 21 July 1921

1860 - 13 April 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)

1909 - 11 October 1980

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

1939 - 19 August 2014

1942 - 6 August 2019

Historical Texts

Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

8 February 1852

Palin Commission Report

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

The Murison Commission Report

Peel Commission Report

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

The Haganah: Plan Gimmel (Plan C): Section on Countermeasures

UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan

3 September 1947

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Text of Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section

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

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

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

7 February 1983

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

President Clinton Proposals on Israeli‑Palestinian Peace

23 December 2000

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

27 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

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

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

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

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

18 January 2016

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

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

6 December 2017

Historical Media

Young Turks Revolution

Welcoming Guerrillas

Old City of Jerusalem from the Church of the Savior

Periods

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

III. Late Mandate

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944

From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Places

al-Zuq al-Tahtani

Balad al-Shaykh

Khirbat al-Damun

Khirbat al-Kasayir

Khirbat al-Mansura

Khirbat Qumbaza

Wa'arat al-Sarris

al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta