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As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

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

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

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

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

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

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

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

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

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

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

1923 - 12 May 2004

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

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

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

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

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

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

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth

1860 - 1948

Events

The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire

24 November 1881

Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine

29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901

Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition

8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901

Establishment of the Rawdat al-Ma'arif al-Wataniyya al-'Uthmaniyya al-Islamiyya in Jerusalem

The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant

10 January 1920

Advisory Council for Palestine Is Established

3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa

13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem

Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council

20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council

5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus

20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922

League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922

Palestinians Boycott Elections

February 1923 - March 1923

6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa

Official Onset of British Mandate for Palestine

29 September 1923

Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem

1 November 1928

White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall

19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928

League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930

White Paper (Passfield) of 1930 Is Published

20 October 1930

The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Denounces MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann

Enactment of the Palestine Order in Council Related to al-Buraq / Western Wall

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931

A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened

11 December 1931

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

Revival of the Legislative Council Idea

December 1935 - March 1936

First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937

Enactment of Emergency Regulations

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

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

30 September 1936

General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission

11 October 1936

Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937

18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937

Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report

Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

23 July 1937 - September 1938

Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan

8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937

Arab Higher Committee Is Banned

October 1937 - November 1937

The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo

7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938

British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy

November 1938 - May 1939

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations

27 September 1945

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party

Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan

Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition

15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947

Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question

23 September 1947 - 25 November 1947

Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan

29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947

First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense

29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948

The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council

31 January 1948 - 16 February 1948

SC Res. 42: Appealing Permanent Members for Guidance on Palestine

US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition

18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948

SC Res. 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine

SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA special session on Future Palestine Government

Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May

SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine

SC Res. 48: Establishment of the UN Truce Commission for Palestine

British Parliament Enacts the Palestine Act, 1948

Great Britain Issues the Termination of Jurisdiction in Palestine (Transitional Provisions) Order in Council of 1948

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

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Israel's Law and Administration Ordinance

SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem

SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine

First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages

11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948

Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem

Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan

Responses to Bernadotte's Plan

2 July 1948 - 5 July 1948

SC Res. 53: Appealing to all Parties for Prolongation of the Truce in Palestine

The Arab League and the Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration

SC Res. 54: Ordering Parties to Desist from Military Action; Instructing Mediator to Continue Efforts for Jerusalem Demilitarization

Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance

16 September 1948

Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza

22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948

Israel's Provisional Council Enacts Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance

23 September 1948

SC Res. 61: Calling for Withdrawal of Forces and Establishment of Permanent Truce Lines and Demilitarized Zones

4 November 1948

SC Res. 62: Calling for Establishment of Armistice in all Sectors of Palestine

16 November 1948

Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval

17 December 1948

SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership

General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah

The UNGA Ad Hoc Political Committee, Dealing with Israel's Admission Application, Requests Clarifications

4 May 1949 - 9 May 1949

Special International Regime for Jerusalem

Assassination of King Abdullah

20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952

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

1 September 1951

Publication of the Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

King Hussein’s Formal Accession to the Throne

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

24 November 1953

General Islamic Conference on Palestine, Jerusalem

3 December 1953 - 9 December 1953

SC Res. 106: Condemning Israel’s Attack against Egypt’s Regular Army in Gaza

Gaza's Basic Law

Security Council Resolution S/RES/111

19 January 1956

UNGA 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)

2 November 1956

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

The Arab League and Palestinian Entity

Lebanon Establishes a Higher Commission for Palestine Affairs

Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960

Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York

26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001

The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip

Draft Security Council Resolution S/5407

3 September 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

The PLO Executive Committee Adopts its Bylaws

2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States

11 September 1965

3rd Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965

3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1

4 November 1966

Security Council Resolution S/RES/228

25 November 1966

June War, 5th Day

Security Council Resolution S/RES/237

General Assembly Resolution 2252 (ES-V)

Formation of a Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem

Security Council Resolution S/RES/242

22 November 1967

SC Res. 252: Considering all Israeli Measures to Change Jerusalem's Legal Status as Invalid

4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Lebanon Issues the Law on the Acquisition of Immovable Property Rights by Non-Lebanese

5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969

Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem

27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969

SC Res. 267: Calling once more upon Israel to Rescind all Measures which May Change the Status of Jerusalem

6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969

SC Res. 271: Condemning the Execrable Act of Desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque

15 September 1969

7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970

1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970

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

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

UNGA 2628 (XXV): Urging Speedy Implementation of SC Res. 242 (1967)

4 November 1970

President Sadat Suggests Partial Israeli Withdrawal from Suez Canal

4 February 1971

8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971

9th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

7 July 1971 - 13 July 1971

Jordan Complains to UN Security Council on Jerusalem

13 September 1971

SC Res. 298: Deploring Israel’s Failure to Respect Previous Resolutions on its Measures Affecting Status of Jerusalem

25 September 1971

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972

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

6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972

11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973

Palestine National Front Is Established in the Occupied Territories

Shaykh Ahmad Yasin's Islamic Center Is Established in Gaza

7 September 1973

6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

American-Soviet Agreement on a Cease-fire

21 October 1973

SC Res. 338: Calling for Cease-fire and Deciding to Start Immediately Negotiations for Just Durable and Peace

22 October 1973

Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms

23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

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

1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974

Palestinian Rejection Front

10 October 1974

US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference

1 September 1975

A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth

18 October 1975

UNGA 3375 (XXX): Calling for Inviting PLO to any UN Efforts on the Middle East on Equal Footing with Other Parties

10 November 1975

UNGA 3376 (XXX): Establishing a Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

10 November 1975

Statement S/11889 by SC President on Inviting the PLO to the Debate on ME Problem

30 November 1975

SC Res. 381: Renewing UNDOF Mandate and Deciding to Hold a Future Debate on ME Problem

30 November 1975

The PLO at the Security Council

4 December 1975

The PLO Invited again to Security Council's Debate

12 January 1976

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

Draft SC Res. S/12119 to Affirm Palestinian Rights, as Requested by GA, Vetoed by US

PLO Becomes a Full Member of the Arab League

9 September 1976

13th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference

The PLO Central Council Condemns Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem

30 November 1977

Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 December 1977

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords

5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978

14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

Islamic Revolution in Iran

11 February 1979

SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories

1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba

3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979

4th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria

5 July 1979 - 6 July 1979

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

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

28 January 1980

SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones

President Carter's Disavowal of US Vote for SC Res. 465

Venice Declaration

Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem

20 August 1980 - September 1980

15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Draft SC Res. S/14832/Rev.1 to Consider Israeli Golan Measures an Act of Agression, Vetoed by US

20 January 1982

Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

31 January 1982

UNGA Res. ES/9-1: Adopts Content of Vetoed Draft SC Res. on Israeli Golan Measures

5 February 1982

Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank

16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982

Draft SC Res. S/14943 to Denounce Dismissal of Palestinian Mayors, Vetoed by US

Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US

SC Res. 508: Calling Upon all Parties to Cease Military Activities in Lebanon and across Lebanese-Israeli Border

Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US

PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation

9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982

16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination

31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983

Tension in Hebron

1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983

Draft SC Res. S/15895 to Condemn Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians in Hebron, Vetoed by US

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983

UNGA 38/58: Calling for the Convening of an International Peace Conference on the Middle East

13 December 1983

Jordanian Parliament Revived

9 January 1984 - 18 January 1984

Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation

27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984

17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985

PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

18 February 1985

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

1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985

The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242

Draft SC Res. S/17459 to Call upon Israel to Stop its Repressive Measures, Vetoed by US

13 September 1985

Draft SC Res. S/17769 to Deplore Provocative Acts in the Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US

30 January 1986

Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration

6 September 1986

Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement

18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza

18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987

Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

9 December 1987

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada

22 December 1987

SC Res. 607: Calling upon Israel to Refrain from Deporting Palestinians

Unified National Leadership of the Uprising

SC Res. 608: Calling upon Israel to Rescind Deportation Orders of Palestinians

14 January 1988

Draft Security Council Resolutions S/19466, S/19780, S/20463, S/20677, and S/20945/Rev.1

1 February 1988 - 7 November 1989

US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Algiers

7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Issues Its Charter

19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State

12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988

Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva

13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988

Start of US-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

UNGA 43/177: The PLO to Be Designated as Palestine in the UN System; Territorial Scope

15 December 1988

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989

The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative

Ahmad Yasin Arrested

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections

1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989

SC Res. 641: Deploring the Continuing Deportation by Israel of Palestinian Civilians

China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace

21 September 1989

The Issue of Hamas's Participation in the Palestine National Council

Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

SC Res. 672: Condemns Israel's Acts of Violence and Requests the SG to Submit Report on Mission Sent to Region

12 October 1990

SC Res. 673: Deplores Israel's Refusal to Receive Mission of SG

24 October 1990

Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference

20 December 1990

SC Res. 681: Deploring Israel's Decision to Resume Deportations of Palestinian Civilians

20 December 1990

17 January 1991 - 28 February 1991

President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

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

20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

17 October 1991

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

1st Negotiation Round, Madrid

3 November 1991

SC Res. 726: Condemning Israel's Decision to Resume Deportation of Palestinian Civilians

6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington

24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992

6th Negotiation Round, 2nd Stage, Washington

14 September 1992 - 24 September 1992

A Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Opposed to Negotiations Is Formed in Damascus

16 September 1992

Multilateral Talks

29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992

Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon

13 December 1992 - 17 December 1992

Bilateral Negotiation Round Delayed

11 January 1993

9th Negotiation Round, Washington

27 April 1993 - 13 May 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

SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron

Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron

20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994

Wave of Hamas and Islamic Jihad Attacks

6 April 1994 - 30 April 1994

The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999

Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv; Rabin and the National Separation Idea

19 October 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

Draft SC S/1995/394 to Condemn Israeli Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Vetoed by the US

Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem

17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995

Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)

28 September 1995

Assassination of Fathi Shiqaqi, Islamic Jihad Leader, in Malta

26 October 1995

Assassination of Yahya Ayyash in Beit Lahiya

Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

20 January 1996

Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996

Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank

Inauguration of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting

4 September 1996

SC Res. 1073: Calling for the Reversal of all Acts (Opening of Western Wall Tunnel) Aggravating the Situation

28 September 1996

Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project

27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997

Draft SC Res. S/1997/199 to Call on Israel to Refrain from Settlement Activities (Jabal Abu Ghunaym) Vetoed by US

Draft SC Res. S/1997/241 to Demand that Israel Cease Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Vetoed by US

UNGA ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement

Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures

30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released

25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997

Statement S/PRST/1998/21 by SC President against Israel Broadening Boundaries of Jerusalem

Assassination of Adel Awadallah and Imad Awadallah in Khirbat al-Taybeh

11 September 1998

Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

10 December 1998

Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza

14 December 1998

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

27 April 1999 - 29 April 1999

Palestinian Authority Crackdown Against Hamas

3 August 1999 - 26 August 1999

Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts

10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999

Petition of the Twenty Denouncing the Palestinian Authority

27 November 1999 - 29 November 1999

Assassination of Iyad Batat in Bayt Awa

13 December 1999

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000

Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David

3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

Assassination of Anwar Mahmud Hamran in Nablus

11 December 2000

Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171

18 December 2000

Draft SC Res. S/2001/270 Calling for Cessation of Settlement Activities and Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by US

13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

Assassination of Muhammad Abd al-Al in Rafah

Assassination of Iyad Hardan in Jenin

Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

Assassination of Ahmad As'ad in Artas

Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees

New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes

18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001

Assassination of Walid Bisharat, Sameh Abu Huneish, and Muhammad Bisharat in Qabatya

Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation

4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001

Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions

Draft SC Res. S/2001/1199 Demanding Cessation of Violence and Return to Previous Positions Vetoed by the US

15 December 2001

Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?

16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001

Grave Escalation from Both Sides

9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002

An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey

17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

SC Res. 1402: Calling for Cease-Fire and Withdrawal of Israeli Troops from Palestinian Cities

SC Res. 1405: Welcoming SG Initiative to Send Fact-Finding Team to Jenin Refugee Camp

On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans

15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters

5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip

19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002

Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories

18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002

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

24 September 2002

Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks

10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003

Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US

20 December 2002

Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip

24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003

Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza

15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003

The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister

10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003

The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza

17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003

Mahmoud Abbas Forms the Palestinian Government

19 March 2003 - 29 April 2003

Assassination of Mahmud Zatma in Gaza City

Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy

1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003

Assassination of Fadi Jaradat and Salih Jaradat in Jenin

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure

1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003

Assassination of Muhammad Sidr in Hebron

No Let Up in Confrontation

19 August 2003 - 20 August 2003

Assassination of Ismail Abu Shanab in Gaza City

21 August 2003 - 25 August 2003

Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister

6 September 2003

Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis

7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003

Draft SC Res. S/2003/891 Against any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety Vetoed by US

16 September 2003

UNGA Res. ES-10/12: Demands Israel to Desist from any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety

19 September 2003

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

UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT

21 October 2003

SC Res. 1515: Endorsing Quartet Roadmap to a Two-State Solution

19 November 2003

Palestinian Peace Gestures

1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004

Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004

Assassination of Muqallid Humayid in Gaza City

25 December 2003

Assassination of Yasir Abu Aysh, Hussein Abu Aysh and Majdi Khatib in Rafah

2 February 2004

Assassination of Aziz Shami in Gaza City

7 February 2004

Assassination of Mahmud Judeh in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

28 February 2004

Assassination of Ahmad Yasin in Gaza City

Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US

SC Res. 1544: Condemning Israeli Killing of Civilians and Demolition of Homes in Rafah Refugee Camp

16th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis; Rejection of Israel's Disengagement Plan

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

Life Sentence Against Marwan Barghouti

Annual Zionist General Council (WZO) Meets in Jerusalem

Operation Full Court Press in Nablus

23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004

Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank

27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004

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

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

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

Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine

18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004

Draft SC Res. S/2004/783 Condemning Israeli Broad Incursion in Northern Gaza Strip Vetoed by US

Assassination of Bashir al-Dabash in Gaza City

Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership

11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004

Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected

1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005

First Round of Municipal Elections

23 December 2004 - 27 January 2005

Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce

17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005

New Palestinian Cabinet under Ahmad Qurai'

24 February 2005

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

Second Round of Municipal Elections

Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk

18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005

Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza

12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005

Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain

23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005

Assassination of Muhammad Shaykh Khalil and Nasr Barhum in Gaza City

25 September 2005

Third Round of Municipal Elections

29 September 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct

17 October 2005

Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again

24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005

The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established

25 November 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation

25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005

After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence

27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Operation Blue Skies and Continuing Escalation

22 December 2005 - 23 January 2006

The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon

6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions

27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions

27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006

Israeli Operations Resume

3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006

Assassination of Adnan Bustan and Jihad Sawafiri in Gaza City

5 February 2006

US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA

17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow

30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006

Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank

1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006

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

20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006

A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office

9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006

The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document

10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006

Haniyeh Proposes a Long-term Cease-fire and Peace

Israeli Operations in the West Bank

24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006

Assassination of Mahmud al-Majzub in Sidon

Fatah-Hamas Clashes

26 May 2006 - 24 June 2006

Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza

29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006

Assassination of Habib Ashur and Imad Yasin in Gaza City

Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit

25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

Draft SC Res. S/2006/508 Condemning Palestinian Abduction of Israeli Soldier and Israeli Assault on Gaza Vetoed by US

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

Assassination of Amjad al-Ajami and Muhammad Atik in Jenin Refugee Camp

SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon

July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon

11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

July War: The Cease-Fire

12 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

July War: A Balance Sheet

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks

25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence

28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006

Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?

6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006

Draft SC Res. S/2006/878 Condemning Israel's Attack on Beit Hanoun Vetoed by US

11 November 2006

Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire

20 November 2006 - 26 November 2006

Three Dramatic Spikes in Fatah-Hamas Violence

10 December 2006 - 8 February 2007

Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord

28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007

Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus

25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government

17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007

Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank

3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007

Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes

11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza

10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007

Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank

14 June 2007 - 26 June 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

Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government

5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Another PLO Central Council Meeting Within Four Weeks

Assassination of Omar al-Khatib in Gaza City

Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces

2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007

Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production

9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008

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

Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM

17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008

Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza

15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands

28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008

Hamas Proposes a Comprehensive Cease-Fire

Assassination of Muhammad Shihada, Ahmad Balbul, Imad Kamel and Issa Marzouk in Bethlehem

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

20th Arab Summit Meets in Damascus

29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008

Israel Refuses an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer

30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere

27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008

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

17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008

Assassination of Tareq Abu Ghali in Nablus

To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

The PLO Central Council Meets in Ramallah

23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008

Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart

14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008

SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006

16 December 2008

Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza

21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008

The War on Gaza (2008-09): Operation Cast Lead/ Battle of al-Furqan

27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 2

28 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 5

31 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 6

War on Gaza, Day 7

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy

4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties

War on Gaza, Day 13

SC Res. 1860: Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire and Arrangements to Prevent Arms Trafficking

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: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire

17 January 2009

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

18 January 2009

Israel Completes Its Withdrawal from Gaza

20 January 2009 - 21 January 2009

President Obama Prepares Active Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009

UNGA Res. ES-10/18: Supporting an Immediate Gaza Ceasefire According to Security Council Resolution 1860

23 January 2009

Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure

13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009

Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo

25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009

Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh

Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza

The UN Human Rights Council Forms a Fact-Finding Mission on the War on Gaza (the Goldstone Mission)

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side

21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009

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

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

Israel Land Administration Law

Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem

4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009

Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009

Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009

Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More

9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza

15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009

Cross-Border Violence, Gaza

20 September 2009 - 3 October 2009

The Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making

29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009

Israel-Hamas Token Preliminary Prisoner Deal

2 October 2009 - 3 October 2009

UNGA Res. 64/10: Endorsing the Goldstone Report and Calling Upon both Sides to Investigate the Violations Reported in it

5 November 2009

Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed

12 November 2009

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 December 2009 - 16 December 2009

Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza

31 December 2009

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks

7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010

Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhuh in Dubai

20 January 2010 - 31 January 2010

Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed

8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011

Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates

11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010

US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians

20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

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

2 June 2010 - 27 September 2010

The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem

14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010

US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze

29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010

The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations

16 October 2010

Assassination of Muhammad Najjar in Khan Yunis

11 January 2011

Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics

14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011

Draft SC Res. S/2011/24 Reaffirming that Israeli Settlements in OPT Are Illegal Vetoed by US

18 February 2011

Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border

16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011

Assassination of Muhammad Abu Mu‘ammar in Rafah

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

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East

19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011

Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN

2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Accord Put on Hold

14 June 2011 - 7 August 2011

Assassination of Mu'taz Quraiqe‘ in Gaza City

Assassination of Ismail al-Asmar in Rafah

Fate of the Palestinian UN Admission Request

28 September 2011 - 8 November 2011

The State of Palestine Becomes Full Member of the UNESCO

5 October 2011 - 31 October 2011

A Prisoner Swap Deal Between Hamas and Israel

11 October 2011

Assassination of Ahmad Shaykh Khalil, Muhammad Ashur, Bassem Abu al-Ata, Hassan al-Khadari, and Abd al-Karim Shatat in Rafah

29 October 2011

After Palestine's UNESCO Admission, Israel Suspends Transfer of Taxes to the PA

1 November 2011 - 30 November 2011

Four Islamic Jihad Members, Administrative Detainees in Israeli Prisons, Go on Hunger Strike

17 December 2011 - 1 April 2012

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

In Contrast with Islamic Jihad, Hamas Leadership Leaves Syria

17 January 2012 - 12 March 2012

Abbas and Mishal Sign the Doha Declaration and Then Agree on its Suspension

5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012

A Serious Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

9 March 2012 - 13 March 2012

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo

Local Elections in the West Bank Are Announced

10 July 2012 - 5 August 2012

Assassination of Abdallah Makawi in Rafah

Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza

14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012

Local Elections in the West Bank

20 October 2012 - 22 December 2012

Visit of Qatar’s Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza

23 October 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3

16 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5

18 November 2012

Assassination of Ramez Harb in Gaza City

19 November 2012

Assassination of Muhammad Shamalakh in Gaza City

19 November 2012

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

21 November 2012

Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures

22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013

UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN

29 November 2012

Hamas's Khalid Mishal Visits the Gaza Strip

8 December 2012

24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha

26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013

Khalid Mishal Reelected Head of Hamas

1 April 2013 - 2 April 2013

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Heavy Fire Exchange Across the Gaza Strip

12 March 2014 - 13 March 2014

A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government

2 June 2014 - 3 June 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

Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front

3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War

7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5

11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Israel Launches Ground Invasion (Phase II)

17 July 2014 - 31 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, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

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

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire

5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo

11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50

20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations

Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza

7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014

The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza

11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014

Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

16 September 2014

The PLO Strives for a Security Council Resolution Specifying a Timetable for Ending the Occupation

26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014

Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel

10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Addresses the 2014 Gaza War

17 December 2014

Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC

30 December 2014

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative

15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015

Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt

31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015

Israeli Elections: Likud's Victory and Strengthening of Arab Representation

17 March 2015 - 19 March 2015

26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

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

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire

16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015

UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Clashes at Haram al-Sharif

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

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

22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015

No Cameras at Haram al-Sharif

25 October 2015 - 26 October 2015

Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement

16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015

The EU and the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

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

7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016

To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative

9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016

The UN Human Rights Council Decides to Establish a Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border

3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016

Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections

21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017

The Quartet Issues a Report on the Impediments to Palestinian-Israeli Settlement

Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

4 December 2016

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism

23 December 2016

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings Renewed in Doha, Beirut and Moscow, with No Results

5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017

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

Yahya Sinwar Elected Head of Gaza's Hamas Political Bureau

13 February 2017

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War

28 February 2017

Hamas Forms a Committee to Administer Gaza Strip

28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea

Gaza and the Electricity Issue

27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017

Hamas New Charter

Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau

Municipal Elections in the West Bank

President Trump's Visit to Israel

22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

The PA Forces Early Retirement on Part of Its Employees in Gaza

Israel Closes Off the Haram al-Sharif Following a Palestinian Operation in the Old City of Jerusalem

14 July 2017 - 15 July 2017

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

14 July 2017 - 21 July 2017

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

24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017

The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time

26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017

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

12 October 2017

Israeli and US Reactions to the Fatah-Hamas Agreement in Cairo

17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017

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

1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017

Palestinian Diplomatic Activity after US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

6 December 2017 - 20 December 2017

Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem

13 December 2017

Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US

18 December 2017

UNGA Res. ES-10/19 Opposes Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem

21 December 2017

With Trump as President, Huge Settlement Growth in 2017

31 December 2017

Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon

14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018

President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council

20 February 2018

Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran

Palestinian Professor of Engineering Fadi al-Batsh Assassinated in Kuala Lumpur

23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah

30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018

UN Human Rights Council Establishes Commission into Israel’s Attacks on the Great March of Return Protesters

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

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

Draft SC Res. S/2018/516 Calling for the Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by the US

UNGA Res. ES-10/20 Calls for the Protection of the Palestinian Civilian Population

Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire

7 August 2018 - 10 November 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

Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters

17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

28 October 2018 - 30 October 2018

Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire

11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018

The UNGA Votes Down a US-Proposed Draft Resolution Condemning Hamas

6 December 2018

UNGA Res. 73/89: Reaffirming Support for the Two-State Solution of Israel and Palestine

6 December 2018

The Palestinian Constitutional Court Considers the Legislative Council to Be Dissolved

12 December 2018 - 22 December 2018

Settlement Construction in 2018 Remains High

31 December 2018

Conditions Worsen for Palestinian Prisoners

2 January 2019 - 12 May 2019

PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing

7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019

Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron

28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019

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

14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019

UNHRC Report on Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

28 February 2019

The US Recognizes the Golan Heights as Part of Israel

21 March 2019 - 25 March 2019

Great March of Return Anniversary and Land Day

29 March 2019 - 30 March 2019

Assassination of Hamed al-Khoudary in Gaza City

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca

US Blocks UNSC Statement Condemning Sur Bahir Demolitions

Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza City

12 November 2019

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

Surge in the Number of Settlers Touring Haram al-Sharif in 2019

31 December 2019

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

UN Releases List of Businesses Connected to Israeli Settlements

12 February 2020

International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans

18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020

Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons

6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill

1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020

Repeated Demolition of Khirbet Humsa

3 November 2020 - 27 October 2021

PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds

17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020

Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

COVID-19 Continues to Severely Impact Daily Life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021

PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones

15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

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

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

The May 2021 Gaza War

10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 9

The General Strike of the Unity Intifada

May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021

Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Israel Demolishes Parts of al-Yusufiya Cemetery to Make Space for Biblical Park

17 October 2021 - 29 October 2021

Elections for Village Councils in the West Bank

11 December 2021

Historical Texts

The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22

10 January 1920

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

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)

1 September 1922

Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative

16 September 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

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

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

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 Resolution 106 (S-1)

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA ٍSpecial Session on Future Palestine Government

UNSC Resolution 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine

UNSC Resolution 46

UNSC Resolution 48

UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

UNSC Resolution 49

UNSC Resolution 50

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

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

UNSC Resolution 53

UNSC Resolution 54

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948

16 September 1948

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

UNSC Resolution 61

4 November 1948

UNSC Resolution 62

16 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

UNSC Resolution 69

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

UNGA Resolution 303

9 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

UNSC Resolution 106

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)

2 November 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

UNSC Resolution 171

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Palestine National Council, 2nd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

11 September 1965

Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1

3 November 1966

UNSC Resolution 228

25 November 1966

UNSC Resolution 237

UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)

UNGA Resolution 2253 (ES-V)

UNGA Resolution 2254 (ES-V)

UNSC Resolution 242

22 November 1967

UNSC Resolution 252

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 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

UNSC Resolution 267

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

UNSC Resolution 271

15 September 1969

9 December 1969

UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)

10 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)

4 November 1970

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 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

UNSC Resolution 298

25 September 1971

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

UNSC Resolution 313

28 February 1972

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

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Statement (in Arabic)

12 January 1973

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

UNSC Resolution 338

22 October 1973

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)

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3237 (XXIX)

22 November 1974

Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference

1 September 1975

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNSC Resolution 381

30 November 1975

Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East

4 December 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898

5 December 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940

23 January 1976

The Koenig Memorandum

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022

Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

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

Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel

8 December 1977

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

UNSC Resolution 425

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

17 September 1978

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

UNSC Resolution 446

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

UNSC Resolution 465

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

UNSC Resolution 478

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

UNSC Resolution 497

17 December 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

UNGA Resolution ES-9/1

5 February 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985

UNSC Resolution 508

UNSC Resolution 509

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2

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

1 September 1982

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

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

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

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

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

UNSC Resolution 605

22 December 1987

UNSC Resolution 607

UNSC Resolution 608

14 January 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

The Shultz Negotiations Plan

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

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

Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly

14 December 1988

Statement by President Reagan on Opening American-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463

17 February 1989

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

UNSC Resolution 641

Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1

6 November 1989

Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50

29 November 1989

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

1 December 1989

Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326

UNSC Resolution 672

12 October 1990

UNSC Resolution 673

24 October 1990

UNSC Resolution 681

20 December 1990

Note by the S.C. President: On the International Conference for Peace in the Middle East

20 December 1990

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

UNSC Resolution 694

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

UNSC Resolution 726

UNSC Resolution 799

18 December 1992

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

13 September 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

Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

UNSC Resolution 1073

28 September 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

UNGA Resolution ES-10/3

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

UNSC Resolution 1322

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 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

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

27 January 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

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

The Mitchell Report

The Durban Declaration

8 September 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

UNSC Resolution 1397

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

UNSC Resolution 1402

UNSC Resolution 1405

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

UNSC Resolution 1435

24 September 2002

Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385

20 December 2002

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891

16 September 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/12

25 September 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980

14 October 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/13

27 October 2003

UNSC Resolution 1515

19 November 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240

UNGA Resolution 58/292

UNSC Resolution 1544

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process

17 October 2005

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

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

National Conciliation Document

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508

UNSC Resolution 1701

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878

10 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/17

24 January 2007

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)

PLO Central Council, Statement (in Arabic)

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)

23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008

UNSC Resolution 1850

16 December 2008

UNSC Resolution 1860

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

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 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

UNGA Resolution 64/10

1 December 2009

Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 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

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué

Report of the Middle East Quartet

UNSC Resolution 2334

23 December 2016

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

11 January 2017

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

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

6 February 2017

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

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

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

1 November 2017

Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)

13 December 2017

Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060

18 December 2017

UNGA Resolution ES-10/19

21 December 2017

PLO Central Council, 28th Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

15 January 2018

Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration

Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

PLO Central Council, 29th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

UNGA Resolution 73/5

16 October 2018

PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)

28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018

UNGA Resolution 73/89

6 December 2018

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

28 February 2019

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

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

12 February 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

HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

Historical Media

Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931

16 December 1931

Oath of Allegiance

Arab Higher Committee Members

Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee

12 January 1937

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Opening of Seventh Session of the Council of the Arab League

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: Security Council Vetoed Draft Resolutions

1963 - present

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: Security Council Resolutions

1948 - present

Thematic Chronology

The 2014 Gaza War

2014-2015

Thematic Chronology

Palestinian National Congresses

1918 - 1934

Thematic Chronology

Palestine Liberation Organization: National Council Sessions

1964 - present

Thematic Chronology

The War on Gaza, 2008-2009

2008 - 2009

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

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

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

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

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

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

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

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

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 Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

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

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

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

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

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”

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

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)

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

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Talbieh 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

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

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

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

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

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 Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art