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Biographies

Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943

Historical Texts

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Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
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Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel
8 December 1977
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Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
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Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
30 July 1980
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UNSC Resolution 478
20 August 1980
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The Golan Heights Law
14 December 1981
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 9
31 July 1985
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
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Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
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The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
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Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35
15 May 2002
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39
30 June 2008
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46
14 March 2017
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UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
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Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021

Events

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Israel Strengthens Its Political Control over Jerusalem; Military Government Dissolved
20 December 1948 - 17 February 1949
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Elections in Israel
25 January 1949 - 14 February 1949
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Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank
16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949
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Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)
24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949
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Israel's Measures to Make Jerusalem Its Capital
23 January 1950 - 13 July 1953
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Israeli Law of Return
5 July 1950
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The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law
1 April 1952
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Palestinians in Israel Protest the Nationality law
14 July 1952
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The Knesset Adopts the Entry into Israel Law
26 August 1952
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The Zionist Organization/Jewish Agency Status Law
24 November 1952
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The Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education
12 August 1953
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The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
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David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister
3 November 1955
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Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
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Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza
10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957
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The Knesset adopts the Basic Law: The Knesset
12 February 1958
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Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960
25 July 1960
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The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem
27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967
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The Knesset Amends the Municipal Corporations Ordinance to Extend Area of West Jerusalem Municipality
27 June 1967 - 29 June 1967
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Likud's Victory in Israeli Elections
17 May 1977
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Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977
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Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories Express their Dissatisfaction with Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
8 December 1977
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Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 December 1977
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The Knesset Issues Amendment 1 to Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance
30 July 1980
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Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem
30 July 1980
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SC Res. 478: Censuring Israeli Enactment of "Basic Law" on Jerusalem
20 August 1980
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The Knesset Issues Amendment 16 to the Planning and Building Law, 1965
12 February 1981
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Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981
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Israeli Knesset Votes to Apply Israeli Law in the Golan Heights
14 December 1981
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Amendment No. 9 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections
31 July 1985
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Draft SC Res. S/17769 to Deplore Provocative Acts in the Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
30 January 1986
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Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance Amended to Prohibit Contact with PLO
5 August 1986
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The Knesset Enacts the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
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Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance Amended to Repeal Prohibition of Contact with PLO
19 January 1993
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The Knesset Adopts the Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
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Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution
5 October 1995
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Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister
29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996
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Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif
28 September 2000
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Israeli Prime Minister Barak Resigns
9 December 2000
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The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
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Amendment No. 35 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Further Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections
15 May 2002
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The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Interrogating Suspects)"
26 June 2002 - 12 December 2016
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Amendment No. 29 of Knesset Members (Immunity, Rights and Duties) Law
22 July 2002
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Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?
13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002
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The Likud Wins the Elections for the Knesset
28 January 2003
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The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification
31 July 2003
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Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan
6 June 2004
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The Knesset Enacts the Prevention of Funding of Terrorism Law, 2005
29 December 2004
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Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border
15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005
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After a Massive Stroke, Sharon Is Replaced by Ehud Olmert as Acting PM
4 January 2006
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Olmert's Separation Plan
5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006
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Olmert's Kadima Party Wins the Knesset Elections
28 March 2006 - 4 May 2006
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The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Detainee Suspected of Security Offence) (Temporary Order)”, 2006
27 June 2006
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Amendment No. 39 of Basic Law: The Knesset Adds Another Reason to Disqualify Arab Candidates to Elections
30 June 2008
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Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre
8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008
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Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud Forms Israeli Cabinet after Close Election Results
10 February 2009 - 31 March 2009
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The New Netanyahu Government Prepares its Position on the Palestinian Issue
31 March 2009 - 5 May 2009
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The Mavi Marmara Incident
30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010
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36th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
15 June 2010 - 17 June 2010
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The Knesset passes the Law on Disclosure Requirements for Recipients of Support from a Foreign State Entity
2 March 2011
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The Knesset Passes the "Nakba Law"
22 March 2011
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The Knesset Passes the "Admissions Committees Law"
22 March 2011
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The Knesset Passes the Citizenship Law (Amendment No. 10) Conditioning Citizenship on Loyalty
28 March 2011
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The Knesset Passes Israel Lands Law (Amendment No. 3) on Foreign Ownership
29 March 2011
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The Knesset Passes the "Anti-Boycott Law"
11 July 2011
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The Knesset Passes Israeli Prisons Law (Amendment No. 40) (Meetings with Lawyers)
3 August 2011
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Early Elections in Israel Bring Back Netanyahu as Prime Minister
22 January 2013 - 18 March 2013
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Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations
4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014
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The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Knesset Election Law Raising the Qualifying Election Threshold
11 March 2014
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The Israeli Knesset Adopts a Basic Law on Referendum
12 March 2014
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Early Elections Announced in Israel
3 December 2014
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Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections
22 January 2015
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Israeli Elections: Likud's Victory and Strengthening of Arab Representation
17 March 2015 - 19 March 2015
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The Knesset Passes Amendment Allowing Force-Feeding of Prisoners on Hunger Strike
29 July 2015
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The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Penal Code Imposing Minimum Sentences for Stone-Throwers
2 November 2015
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Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members
4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016
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The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
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The Knesset adopts the NGO “Funding Transparency” Law
11 July 2016
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Amendment No. 44 of Basic Law: The Knesset Allows Dismissal of Members
19 July 2016
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Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
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The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively
6 February 2017
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Israel’s Knesset Passes Amendment No. 28 to Entry into Israel Law
6 March 2017
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Amendment No. 46 of Basic Law: The Knesset Gives Additional Reasons for Disqualifying Arab Candidates
14 March 2017
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The Knesset Adopts Amendment No. 116 to the Planning and Building Law (Kaminitz Law)
5 April 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel
7 September 2017
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Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem
13 December 2017
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Israeli Moves Against the BDS Movement
29 December 2017 - 7 January 2018
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The Knesset Passes an Amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
2 January 2018
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Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad
22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest
25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018
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The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites
7 March 2018
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The Knesset Passes Legislation Withholding Bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli Forces
7 March 2018
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Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue
2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018
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The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018
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Dissolution of the Knesset; Three Election Rounds to Form a Government in Israel
26 December 2018 - 11 December 2019
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Israeli Caretaker Government and Opposition Escalate Settlement Advancement and Annexation Discourse
6 January 2020 - 25 February 2020
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Inconclusive Results of Elections for the Knesset in Israel
2 March 2020 - 17 May 2020
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Israeli Coalition Negotiations Hint at Partial Annexation of the West Bank
20 April 2020 - 17 May 2020
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Israel's Supreme Court Annuls a 2017 Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively
9 June 2020
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Saeb Erekat Succumbs to the COVID-19 Virus
8 October 2020 - 10 November 2020
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The Knesset Is Dissolved Again; New Elections Set for 23 March 2021
23 December 2020
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Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021
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Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters
15 June 2021

Charts

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Arab Members in the Knesset
1949 - 2017

Highlights

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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
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The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
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VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance