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Biographies

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Palin Commission Report

Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

Peel Commission Report

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine

16 February 1948

UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

UNGA Resolution 212 (III)

19 November 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

UNGA Resolution 393 (V)

2 December 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

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

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

7 February 1983

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

UNSC Resolution 681

20 December 1990

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

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

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

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

27 January 2001

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

UNSC Resolution 1405

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

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

EU’s Decision on a Border Assistance Mission to Rafah

12 December 2005

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

UNSC Resolution 1860

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 January 2009

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

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

Understanding Regarding Ceasefire in Gaza Strip

21 November 2012

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 December 2014

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

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

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

6 December 2017

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

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

28 February 2019

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

12 January 2021

Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid

1 February 2022

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC

US-Israel Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership

UNGA Resolution 77/247

30 December 2022

Events

British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan

21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918

Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949

Israel Establishes Military Government in Palestinian Areas

21 October 1948

Operation Hiram in the North

28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948

Israel Conducts its First Population Census

8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949

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

January 1949 - December 1956

Israel Enacts the Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance

1 February 1949

Military Clashes Across Gaza - Israel Armistice Line

Jordan Issues National Guard Law

17 January 1950

SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice

24 November 1953

Israeli-Jordanian Clashes

25 July 1956 - 21 August 1956

Escalation Across Jordanian-Israeli Lines

10 September 1956 - 26 September 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle

7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967

Black September Hijack Operation

October War, 1st Day

October War, 2nd Day

Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards

15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994

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

Separation Fence

The Tragedy of the Palestinians in Libya

9 August 1995 - 13 January 1999

First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting

4 September 1996

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)

4 September 1999

Official Resumption of Final Status Talks

13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999

Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date

8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000

New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes

18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan

2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004

Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step

8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005

Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza

9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005

Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah

7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005

Legal Status of the Gaza Strip after the Disengagement: Foreign Territory?

12 September 2005 - 21 September 2005

Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza

12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing; EU Border Assistance Mission

15 November 2005 - 12 December 2005

After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence

27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005

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

Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow

30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006

Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces

5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006

Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit

25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month

1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006

The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas

14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007

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

16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007

Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza

15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008

Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased

17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened

5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008

Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart

14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking

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 12

War on Gaza, Day 13

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

14 January 2009

Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire

27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009

War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises

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

22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009

Cross-Border Violence, Gaza

20 September 2009 - 3 October 2009

Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates

11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010

Egypt Announces a Restricted Opening of its Border with Gaza after the Mavi Marmara Incident

Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border

16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011

On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel

15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011

A Serious Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

9 March 2012 - 13 March 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement

21 November 2012

Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza

8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 11 and 12

18 July 2014 - 19 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo

11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014

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

23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza

7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

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

7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016

Palestinian Prisoners in Israel End Hunger Strike

Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails

1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017

President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

Qatar's Assistance to Gaza

9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018

Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters

17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018

PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing

7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019

Russian Effort on Reconciliation Fails and Hamas-Fatah Relations Further Deteriorate

13 February 2019 - 17 February 2019

Israel Uses COVID-19 Against Palestinians

21 March 2020 - 22 September 2020

Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons

6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020

Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State

12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12

Israel Targets Islamic Jihad, Launches Operation Breaking Dawn; Hamas Does not Participate in the Fighting

2 August 2022 - 8 August 2022

Historical Media

Continuing Exodus: Jordan River

At Erez Crossing (The Queue)

Highlights

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Balata Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

Jerash Refugee Camp (Gaza Camp)

Zarqa Refugee Camp

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

Aida Refugee Camp

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

2003 - 2006

Places

al-Masmiyya al-Kabira

al-Masmiyya al-Saghira

al-Ras al-Ahmar

al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya

Khirbat Bayt Lid

Khirbat al-Manara

Khirbat al-Muntar

Khirbat al-Taqa

Khirbat Qumbaza

al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta