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Napoleon Bonaparte in Palestine
February 1799 - May 1799
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Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine
October 1831 - 1834
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International Intervention against Egyptian Rule in the Levant
1839 - 1841
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Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt
1882
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Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
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Zionist-Palestinian Violence Breaks out in Jaffa
16 March 1908
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Young Turk Revolution
23 July 1908
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Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
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Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer
12 April 1909
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Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul
30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911
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Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
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Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
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Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
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The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine
9 January 1917
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The Ottomans Sign the Armistice of Mudros; Istanbul Is Occupied
30 October 1918 - 13 November 1918
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Appointment of the King-Crane Commission
20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization
June 1920
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French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
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3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa
13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan
11 July 1927
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General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine
8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933
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British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police
May 1936 - September 1936
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji Aids the Great Palestine Rebellion
25 August 1936
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Charles Tegart's Means of Control
3 December 1937
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Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify
July 1938 - August 1938
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British Military Officers Replace Civilian Commissioners
October 1938
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Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published
9 November 1938
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MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians
17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939
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Zionist Biltmore Conference Is Held in New York
6 May 1942 - 11 May 1942
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Support in the United States for a Jewish Army
November 1942
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Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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More Irgun Operations Against the British
29 December 1946 - 28 January 1947
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First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense
29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948
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The Haganah Implements Plan Gimmel
1 December 1947
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Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
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Arab Liberation Army Organized
1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948
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Palestinian Attacks
14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948
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Contingents of ALA Volunteers
21 January 1948 - 28 January 1948
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British Break Arab Attacks
6 February 1948 - 10 February 1948
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Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine
5 March 1948
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SC Res. 42: Appealing Permanent Members for Guidance on Palestine
5 March 1948
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Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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Palestinian Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
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Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
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Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem
26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948
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Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee
28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948
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Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine
30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948
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Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area
8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948
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Operation Barak Toward the South
9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948
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Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee
13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948
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Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders
15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948
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Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War
15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949
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West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government
16 May 1948 - 24 May 1948
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SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine
29 May 1948
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First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages
11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948
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Jordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem
8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948
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End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel
8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948
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The Arab League and the Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration
10 July 1948
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Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce
24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948
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Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance
16 September 1948
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UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
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Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
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Israel Establishes Military Government in Palestinian Areas
21 October 1948
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Operation Hiram in the North
28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948
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SC Res. 62: Calling for Establishment of Armistice in all Sectors of Palestine
16 November 1948
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Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces
22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949
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Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
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First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes
12 January 1949
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Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
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Egypt-Israel Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Palestinians Are Expelled from al-Faluja Pocket
1 March 1949 - 21 April 1949
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Republic of China Recognizes Israel; People’s Republic Revokes Recognition of Israel
1 March 1949 - 9 January 1950
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SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership
4 March 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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Lebanon-Israel Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Syria-Israel Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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Israel Decides to Issue Temporary Residency Permits for Palestinians Not Included in the Census
October 1949
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Jordan Issues National Guard Law
17 January 1950
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Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously
27 April 1950
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Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society
May 1950
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Tripartite Declaration
25 May 1950
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23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951
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The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
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Israeli Operation Against Qibya
14 October 1953
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SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice
24 November 1953
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Israel Carries out an Intelligence Operation in Syria and the First Airline Hijacking in the History of the Conflict
8 December 1954 - 14 December 1954
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SC Res. 106: Condemning Israel’s Attack against Egypt’s Regular Army in Gaza
29 March 1955
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Renewal of Egyptian-Israeli Clashes
22 August 1955 - 4 September 1955
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Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja
23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955
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Security Council Resolution S/RES/111
19 January 1956
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Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents
17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956
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Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez
26 August 1956
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Kafr Qasim Massacre
29 October 1956
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Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
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UNGA 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)
2 November 1956
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UNGA 1002 (ES-1): Calling for Withdrawal of Israeli Forces Behind Armistice Lines and of British and French Forces from Egypt
7 November 1956
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Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
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GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)
19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957
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Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza
20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957
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Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
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The Arab League and Palestinian Entity
4 March 1959
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Israel's Strike Against Syria
31 January 1960 - 15 February 1960
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The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity
29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961
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2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
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A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners
18 September 1964
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Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids
27 May 1965
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3rd Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965
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Military Training for Palestinians
11 October 1965
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Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1
4 November 1966
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Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle
7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967
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June War, 3rd Day
7 June 1967
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June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
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Second Palestinian Exodus
10 June 1967 - 31 December 1967
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Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly
13 June 1967 - 21 July 1967
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Guerrilla Resistance in Gaza Strip
1968 - 1970
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Israeli Military Confrontation with Jordan and Palestinian Guerrillas
14 February 1968 - 15 February 1968
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Battle of al-Karama, a Turning Point in Palestinian and Pro-Palestinian Mobilization
21 March 1968
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Israel Retaliates Against South Lebanon
12 May 1969 - 13 May 1969
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PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
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Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley
22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970
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Palestinian-Jordanian Clashes
6 June 1970 - 10 June 1970
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1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970
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Jordanian Army Tightens Control
1 October 1970 - 23 July 1971
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8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971
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9th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
7 July 1971 - 13 July 1971
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Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972
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Black September Hijack Operation
8 May 1972
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Japanese Red Army at Lod Airport
30 May 1972
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Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established
September 1972
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Violent Israeli Retaliation in South Lebanon
16 September 1972 - 17 September 1972
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Lebanese-Palestinian Confrontation
2 May 1973 - 23 May 1973
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October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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October War, 3rd Day
8 October 1973
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Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards
15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973
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Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle
17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973
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Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms
23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel
11 April 1974
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Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
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Palestinian "Land Day"
30 March 1976
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President Carter for a Palestinian Homeland
16 March 1977 - 26 May 1977
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Israel Establishes a "Security Zone" in South Lebanon
13 May 1978
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Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords
5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978
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Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
17 January 1980
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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
28 January 1980
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8th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
31 January 1980 - 1 February 1980
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Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980
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Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon
28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981
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South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken
21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982
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Palestinian Mayors Stand with Those Dismissed by Israel
2 May 1982
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Israel Invades Along the Central Axis
6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982
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Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982
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The “Creeping” Cease-fire
10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982
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Battle of the Mountain
14 June 1982 - 26 June 1982
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Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon
15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982
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Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut
21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982
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Assassination of Bashir Gemayel and Israeli Occupation of Beirut
14 September 1982 - 16 September 1982
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Israel Withdraws from Beirut and the Multinational Force Returns
23 September 1982 - 29 September 1982
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Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations
28 December 1982
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Tension in Hebron
1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983
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Israeli Army Withdraws from Saida Region
16 February 1985
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The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987
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Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza
18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987
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Palestinian Hang-Glider Operation
25 November 1987
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Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
9 December 1987
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SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada
22 December 1987
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The Intifada and the Israeli Response in Another Stage in the Confrontation
11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988
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The Intifada First Year Balance Sheet
9 December 1988
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Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted
9 December 1988
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Rishon LeZion (Uyun Qara) Killings
20 May 1990
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Haram al-Sharif Killings
8 October 1990
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Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference
20 December 1990
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Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon
18 May 1991
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8th Negotiation Round, Washington
7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992
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Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba
13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993
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Hebron Massacre
25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994
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Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo
4 May 1994
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Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza
18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994
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Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)
28 September 1995
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Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank
November 1995 - December 1995
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Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank
7 March 1996
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Redeployment from Hebron Delayed
28 March 1996
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Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996
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Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996
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Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed
6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997
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Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment
16 January 1997
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Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project
27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997
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First Phase of Further Redeployment Not Implemented
9 March 1997 - 12 March 1997
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Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked
10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997
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Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures
30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997
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Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
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Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998
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US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations
5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998
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Commemoration of the Nakba 50th Anniversary
14 May 1998 - 15 May 1998
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Further Redeployment Talks Intensify
3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998
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Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
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Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only
30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999
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Israel Releases the First Group of Prisoners Pursuant to Oral Understandings at Wye River
19 November 1998 - 20 November 1998
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With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume
11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999
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Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)
4 September 1999
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Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)
10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000
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Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts
10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999
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Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel
1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000
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Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date
8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000
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Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
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The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
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Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad Dies
10 June 2000 - 11 June 2000
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Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation
13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000
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Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
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Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
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US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
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Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
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Assassination of Hussein Ubayyat in Beit Sahur, Before a Clinton-Arafat Meeting in Washington
9 November 2000
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Toward a Protracted Confrontation
10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000
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Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak
6 February 2001
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Intense then Moderate Resurgence of Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
8 February 2001 - 7 March 2001
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Assassination of Mas'ud Ayyad in Jabaliya
13 February 2001
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Operation Bronze and Escalation
7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001
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New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes
18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001
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The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan
11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001
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Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation Escalates
20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
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Assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa in al-Bireh
27 August 2001
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Fallout of Abu Ali Mustafa's Assassination
28 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
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Assassination Attempt of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm
6 September 2001
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Losses During the 1st Year of the Second Intifada
28 September 2001
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Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
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Assassination of Ayman Abu Halawa in Nablus
22 October 2001
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With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level
26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001
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Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?
16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001
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Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
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Assassination of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm
14 January 2002
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The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
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Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield
28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002
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Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound
29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002
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Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity
1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002
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Invasion of Jenin Camp: Fierce Battle
3 April 2002 - 19 April 2002
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Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance
3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002
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Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)
14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002
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Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
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Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
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On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
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Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters
5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002
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Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
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George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East
24 June 2002
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Assassination of Yasir Rizq and Ameer Kuffe in Rafah
24 June 2002
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Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination
22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002
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Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
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Second Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City
26 September 2002
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Losses on the Two-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2002
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Assassination of Hamed Sidr near Nablus
4 November 2002
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Israel Closes all West Bank District Coordination Offices
3 December 2002 - 11 January 2003
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Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip
24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003
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Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza
15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
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The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003
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Assassination of Nader Jarawish and Ala Ayyad in Bethlehem
25 March 2003
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Assassination of Sa'ad Arabid in Gaza City
8 April 2003
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Assassination of Mahmud Zatma in Gaza City
10 April 2003
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Assassination of Jasir Hussein Ahmad Aleemi in Tulkarm
10 April 2003
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Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy
1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003
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Assassination Attempt of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City
10 June 2003
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Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003
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The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
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Assassination of Ahmad Rushdi Mustafa Ishteiwi in Gaza City
24 August 2003
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Assassination of Abdallah Akel and Farid Mayat in Nussayrat Refugee Camp
30 August 2003
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Assassination of Khadir al-Husary in Gaza City
1 September 2003
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Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire
4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003
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Assassination Attempt of Mahmud Zahhar in Gaza City
10 September 2003
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Losses on the Three-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2003
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Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah
4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003
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Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US
14 October 2003
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UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT
21 October 2003
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UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall
8 December 2003
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Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003
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Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
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Assassination of Muqallid Humayid in Gaza City
25 December 2003
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Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004
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Assassination of Aziz Shami in Gaza City
7 February 2004
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Assassination of Mahmud Judeh in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
28 February 2004
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Assassination of Trad Jamal, Ibrahim Dayri, and Ammar Hassan near Deir al-Balah
3 March 2004
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Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
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Assassination of Ahmad Yasin in Gaza City
22 March 2004
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Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
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Assassination of Nadir Abu Layl and Hashim Abu Hamdan in Nablus
2 May 2004
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In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza
2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004
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Widening Philadelphi (Salahuddin) Route: Operation Rainbow
16 May 2004 - 24 May 2004
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Assassination of Khalil Marshud in Balata Refugee Camp
14 June 2004
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Operation Full Court Press in Nablus
23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004
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Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank
27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004
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Assassination of Ra'fat Abu Assi and Hazim Irhayim in Gaza City
22 July 2004
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Attempted Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City
18 August 2004
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Assassination of Mahmud Abu Khalifa, Amjad Abu al-Hayja, and Yamin Abu al-Hayja in Jenin
13 September 2004
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Assassination of Khaled Abu Silmiyya in Gaza City
19 September 2004
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Assassination of Nabil Sa'eedi and Rabah Zaqqout in Gaza City
20 September 2004
Event
Assassination Attempt of Muhammad Abu Nusayra in Khan Yunis
27 September 2004
Event
Losses on the Four-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2004
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Operation Days of Penitence
29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004
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Assassination of Mahdi Jamal Mushtaha and Khaled al-Amreeti in Gaza City
2 October 2004
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Assassination of Majdi Mar'i, Fadi al-Sarwan, and Jihad Abu Salhieh in Nablus
1 November 2004
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Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron
17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004
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Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination
15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005
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London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority
1 March 2005
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Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim
21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005
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Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President
26 May 2005
Event
Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005
Event
Assassination of Sabir Abu Assi, Assim Abu Ras, Amjad Arafat, and Adil Haniyeh in Gaza City
15 July 2005
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Ahmed Mar'i near Salfit
15 July 2005
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Disengagement: Evacuation of Settlers
8 August 2005 - 22 August 2005
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Disengagement: Israeli-Egyptian Protocol on Gaza-Egypt Border
1 September 2005 - 12 September 2005
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Legal Status of the Gaza Strip after the Disengagement: Foreign Territory?
12 September 2005 - 21 September 2005
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Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza
12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005
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Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain
23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005
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Losses on the Five-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2005
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Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again
24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005
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Assassination of Hassan Madhun and Fawzi Abu Qara’ in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
1 November 2005
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Assassination of Mahmoud Arqan in Rafah
7 December 2005
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Assassination of Iyad Qadas and Iyad Najjar in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
8 December 2005
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Operation Blue Skies and Continuing Escalation
22 December 2005 - 23 January 2006
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Assassination of Said Abdul Fattah Abu al-Jedian in Beit Lahiya
2 January 2006
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The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon
6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011
Event
Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
Event
Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis
1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006
Event
Assassination of Munir Sukkar and Ashraf Shallouf in Gaza City
6 March 2006
Event
Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006
Event
Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow
30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006
Event
Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis
8 April 2006
Event
Assassination of Imad Asaliyya and Majdi Hammad in Jabaliya
5 June 2006
Event
Assassination of Habib Ashur and Imad Yasin in Gaza City
16 June 2006
Event
Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains
28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006
Event
New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza
11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006
Event
Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers
12 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel's Special Operations Along the Border
17 July 2006 - 19 July 2006
Event
July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire
5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006
Event
Assassination of Amjad al-Ajami and Muhammad Atik in Jenin Refugee Camp
9 August 2006
Event
July War: A Balance Sheet
14 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon
14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006
Event
Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?
6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006
Event
Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus
25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007
Event
19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Event
After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report
30 April 2007
Event
The Battle of Nahr el-Bared
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007
Event
Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"
16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007
Event
Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production
9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start
12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007
Event
Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem
10 January 2008
Event
Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza
15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008
Event
Assassination of Amer Qarmout in Beit Lahiya
4 February 2008
Event
Israel Launches Operation Hot Winter in Gaza
28 February 2008 - 3 March 2008
Event
Assassination of Khaled Atallah and Ibrahim Atallah in Gaza City
1 March 2008
Event
Hamas Proposes a Comprehensive Cease-Fire
12 March 2008
Event
Assassination of Ibrahim Abu Olba in Beit Lahiya
14 April 2008
Event
Assassination of Nafiz Mansur in Rafah
1 May 2008
Event
Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased
17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008
Event
Assassination of Tareq Abu Ghali in Nablus
24 June 2008
Event
To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre
8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008
Event
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza
21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 2
28 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 3
29 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 7
2 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2
4 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones
5 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 12
7 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 13
8 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 14
9 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 18
13 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer
14 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza
16 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 21
16 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 22
17 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
Event
Israel Completes Its Withdrawal from Gaza
20 January 2009 - 21 January 2009
Event
Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire
27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009
Event
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
Event
US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
Event
Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
Event
Cross-Border Violence, Gaza
20 September 2009 - 3 October 2009
Event
Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque
27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
UNGA Res. 64/10: Endorsing the Goldstone Report and Calling Upon both Sides to Investigate the Violations Reported in it
5 November 2009
Event
Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza
31 December 2009
Event
Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites
21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010
Event
Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates
11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010
Event
US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians
20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010
Event
Statement S/PRST/2010/9 by SC President on the Mavi Marmara Incident
1 June 2010
Event
Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
Event
US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
Event
The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations
16 October 2010
Event
The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe
1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012
Event
Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border
16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes the "Nakba Law"
22 March 2011
Event
On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel
15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011
Event
Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
Event
Assassination of Abdullah al-Talbani in Jabaliya
27 December 2011
Event
A Serious Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza
9 March 2012 - 13 March 2012
Event
Another Spate of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza
17 June 2012 - 23 June 2012
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Exchange of Letters for Cooperation on Taxes and Customs
31 July 2012
Event
Assassination of Anis Abu al-Anin in Rafah
19 September 2012
Event
Assassination of Abdallah Makawi in Rafah
7 October 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2
15 November 2012
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israel's Assault on Gaza
16 November 2012 - 21 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4
17 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5
18 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet
22 November 2012
Event
Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
2 December 2012 - 25 March 2013
Event
Trilateral Agreement for a Red Sea-Dead Sea Link
9 December 2013
Event
For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israeli Settlement Expansion
31 January 2014 - 7 February 2014
Event
Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations
17 February 2014
Event
The Knesset Adopts an Amendment to the Knesset Election Law Raising the Qualifying Election Threshold
11 March 2014
Event
Abbas's Meeting With Obama in Washington Tests US Credibility
16 March 2014
Event
Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners
17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014
Event
Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
Event
Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza
14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014
Event
Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front
3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1
8 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5
11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8
13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10
16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Israel Launches Ground Invasion (Phase II)
17 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive
1 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 26-28: Fighting Continues
2 August 2014 - 4 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire
5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 32-42: Three Days of Fighting Followed by Eight Days of Truce
8 August 2014 - 18 August 2014
Event
Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City
19 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Days 44-50
20 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Toward an Open-Ended Cease-Fire
23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
26 August 2014
Event
Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
Event
Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration
10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014
Event
Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015
Event
Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections
22 January 2015
Event
A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?
2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015
Event
Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again
2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025
Event
Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined
27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015
Event
Clashes at Haram al-Sharif
26 July 2015
Event
With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
Event
A Day of Escalation in the West Bank
1 October 2015
Event
Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst
5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015
Event
Israel Kills Samir Quntar; Hizballah Responds
19 December 2015 - 4 January 2016
Event
Three-Month Balance Sheet of the Palestinian Outburst
31 December 2015
Event
Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank
10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016
Event
Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border
3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016
Event
Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
Event
Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
Event
Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination
6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017
Event
Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017
Event
Gaza and the Electricity Issue
27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017
Event
Palestinian Prisoners in Israel End Hunger Strike
27 May 2017
Event
Trump Signs the 6-Month Waiver Delaying the Application of the Jerusalem Embassy Act
1 June 2017
Event
Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan
24 August 2017
Event
The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time
26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017
Event
Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA
16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites
7 March 2018
Event
The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
Event
The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
Event
Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
Event
Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East
15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018
Event
Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue
2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018
Event
Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire
7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018
Event
Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters
17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018
Event
Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire
11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018
Event
UNGA Res. 73/89: Reaffirming Support for the Two-State Solution of Israel and Palestine
6 December 2018
Event
The Palestinian Constitutional Court Considers the Legislative Council to Be Dissolved
12 December 2018 - 22 December 2018
Event
Conditions Worsen for Palestinian Prisoners
2 January 2019 - 12 May 2019
Event
Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron
28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019
Event
Great March of Return Anniversary and Land Day
29 March 2019 - 30 March 2019
Event
Israeli Bombing Resumes Against Gaza
1 May 2019 - 5 May 2019
Event
Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya
1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019
Event
Israeli Court Finds PA Liable for Attacks During Second Intifada
8 July 2019
Event
Israeli Government Allows Jewish Visitors to Tour the Haram al-Sharif Compound on Eid al-Adha
11 August 2019 - 18 August 2019
Event
The PA and Israel Agree that the PA Can Collect Fuel Taxes
22 August 2019
Event
The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank
22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019
Event
Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza City
12 November 2019
Event
Assassination Attempt of Akram al-Ajouri in Damascus
12 November 2019
Event
Great March of Return Organizers Suspend Weekly Protests
26 December 2019 - 27 December 2019
Event
Creeping Normalization
19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020
Event
Beirut Port Explosion
4 August 2020 - 7 August 2020
Event
Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons
6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020
Event
PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds
17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020
Event
Palestinian COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Begins as the Occupation Hinders an Effective Rollout
2 February 2021 - 20 June 2021
Event
Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
Event
Evyatar Outpost Resettled; Palestinian Protesters Killed or Injured
3 May 2021 - 31 December 2021
Event
Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada
10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021
Event
The General Strike of the Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
21 May 2021
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Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
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Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
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Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
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Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
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Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
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Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
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Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
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Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
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Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
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Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
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Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
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Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Anwar Nuseibeh
1913 - 1986
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
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Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
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Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
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Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
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Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
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Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
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George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
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Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
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Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
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Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
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Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
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Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
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Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
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Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
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Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
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Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
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Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
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Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
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Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
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Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
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Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
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Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
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Tawfiq Ibrahim
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Historical Texts
Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
Document
Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem
11 December 1917
Document
Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
Document
The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
Document
Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
Document
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
Document
Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
Document
Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929
12 March 1930
Document
Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”
1 December 1930
Document
Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
Document
Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)
14 May 1948
Document
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
Document
Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
Document
Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
Document
Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
Document
Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948
16 September 1948
Document
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
Document
Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account
8 November 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 62
16 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
UNSC Resolution 69
4 March 1949
Document
Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
Document
Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
12 September 1950
Document
UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
Document
Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
14 March 1951
Document
UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
Document
UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
Document
UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
Document
UNSC Resolution 106
29 March 1955
Document
UNSC Resolution 111
19 January 1956
Document
UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
Document
UNGA Resolution 1002 (ES-I)
7 November 1956
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
UNGA Resolution 1124 (XI)
2 February 1957
Document
UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)
2 February 1957
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
UNSC Resolution 171
9 April 1962
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
Document
UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
Document
Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
Document
Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Document
UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Document
UNSC Resolution 252
21 May 1968
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
Document
UNSC Resolution 271
15 September 1969
Document
Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
Document
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)
4 November 1970
Document
UNSC Resolution 298
25 September 1971
Document
UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)
6 December 1971
Document
Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
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UNSC Resolution 316
26 June 1972
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3236 (XXIX)
22 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3237 (XXIX)
22 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNSC Resolution 381
30 November 1975
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898
5 December 1975
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940
23 January 1976
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119
29 June 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
26 March 1979
Document
Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
Document
Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
UNSC Resolution 497
17 December 1981
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1
19 January 1982
Document
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943
1 April 1982
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
Document
Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
Document
Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
UNSC Resolution 605
22 December 1987
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
Document
Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians
26 February 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463
17 February 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326
31 May 1990
Document
UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
Document
Note by the S.C. President: On the International Conference for Peace in the Middle East
20 December 1990
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
UNSC Resolution 1073
28 September 1996
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
Document
Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
Document
Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
Document
President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
Document
PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
Document
Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1405
19 April 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
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President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385
20 December 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
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Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
Document
Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
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UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
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
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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UNGA Resolution 64/10
1 December 2009
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Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9
1 June 2010
Document
Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State
16 May 2011
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President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
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China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question
6 May 2013
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
Document
China’s Four-Point Proposal on Promoting the Settlement of the Palestinian Issue
18 July 2017
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
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Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060
18 December 2017
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
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Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)
11 January 2021
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Document
The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
Historical Media
Document
Jemal Pasha Reviews His Troops
1917
Document
Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London
April 1930
Document
Arab Revolt 1936 - Reinforcements
1936
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Document
Jaffa in Ruins
June 1936
Document
London Conference
February 1939
Document
Hostage Taking by the Irgun
July 1947
Document
Nahr el-Bared
1948
Document
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
March 1948
Document
Arab Liberation Army (ALA) Members
March 1948
Document
Arab Gains
12 May 1948
Document
Armistice lines of 1949
31 December 1949
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Palestine: A Homeland Denied
1979
Document
Hebron Redeployment, 1997
1997
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Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012
Highlights
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
Highlight
The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
Highlight
XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
Highlight
Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
Highlight
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Periods
Period
V. Reverberations of the Palestine War
Period
XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
Period
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
Thematic Chronologies
Thematic Chronology
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
2003 - 2006
Thematic Chronology
The 2014 Gaza War
2014-2015
Thematic Chronology
Military Operations and Zionist Ethnic Cleansing
1946 - 1949
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