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Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
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
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966

Events

Event
2nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
28 August 1898 - 31 August 1898
Event
Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet
15 May 1920
Event
Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization
June 1920
Event
Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances
10 August 1921
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Establishment of the National Defense Party
2 December 1934
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British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police
May 1936 - September 1936
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The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region
10 December 1936
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Avner Defense Plan
June 1937
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20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich
3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937
Event
Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify
July 1938 - August 1938
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Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published
9 November 1938
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Jewish-Arab Attacks Resume
30 January 1939 - 26 February 1939
Event
Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians
2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939
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Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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Haganah's Plan Gimmel
May 1946
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Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan
24 July 1946
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Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement
5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946
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Round Table Conference on Palestine Held in London
10 September 1946 - 3 October 1946
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22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946
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London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails
27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947
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Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question
23 September 1947 - 25 November 1947
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Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan
29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947
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US and USSR Endorse Partition
11 October 1947 - 13 October 1947
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UNGA 181 (II): Palestine Partition Plan
29 November 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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Palestinian Strike Against Partition Plan and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes
2 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 League Rejects Partition Plan
8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947
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Series of Zionist Attacks
2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948
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Palestinian Attacks
14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948
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Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah
10 March 1948
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Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive
10 March 1948 - 15 May 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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US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition
18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948
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Plan Dalet Launched
1 April 1948
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Arms for the Zionist Forces
1 April 1948 - 14 May 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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SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine
17 April 1948
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Trusteeship Plan for Palestine
20 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 States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine
15 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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Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan
28 June 1948
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Responses to Bernadotte's Plan
2 July 1948 - 5 July 1948
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Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City
2 August 1948
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Bernadotte's New Plan
16 September 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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US in Favor of Bernadotte's New Plan
21 September 1948
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Israel Conducts its First Population Census
8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949
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Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects
30 June 1953
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Arab League and Jordan River Waters
15 February 1954
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Israel and the Lavon Affair
July 1954 - 17 February 1955
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Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955
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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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With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel
3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955
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Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
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Renewal of Egyptian-Israeli Clashes
22 August 1955 - 4 September 1955
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Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
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France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956
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Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
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Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
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Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre
6 January 1957
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Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960
25 July 1960
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Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals
5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962
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1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
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2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
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President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan
27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965
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3rd Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965
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3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
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Israeli-Jordanian Battle at al-Samu' after a Fatah Operation
11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966
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Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle
7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967
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Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria
12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967
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June War, 1st Day
5 June 1967
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June War, 4th Day
8 June 1967
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Civil Aviation in the Conflict
23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
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5th Arab Summit Meets in Rabat and Ends in Failure
21 December 1969 - 23 December 1969
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Israel and Refugee Camps in Gaza and West Bank
18 February 1970
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Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970 - 7 August 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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PFLP Hijack Operations
6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970
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The PFLP Announces It Has Abandoned the Tactic of Hijacking Planes
14 March 1972
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Black September Hijack Operation
8 May 1972
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Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972
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Assassination of Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut
8 July 1972
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Black September Hijack Operation
29 October 1972 - 30 October 1972
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Hussein Bashir Abu al-Khayr Is Assassinated in Nicosia
24 January 1973
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Assassination of Zaid Muqsi in Athens
11 April 1973
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October War, 1st Day
6 October 1973
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October War, 3rd Day
8 October 1973
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October War, 4th Day
9 October 1973
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October War, From the 6th to 10th Day
11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973
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Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards
15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973
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A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth
18 October 1975
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Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation
1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976
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Plane Hijacked to Entebbe
27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976
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Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 December 1977
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Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan
16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978
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1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba
25 May 1979
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Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
17 January 1980
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SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones
1 March 1980
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Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors
2 June 1980 - 3 June 1980
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11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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The Knesset Issues Amendment 16 to the Planning and Building Law, 1965
12 February 1981
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Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon
28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981
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Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon
10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981
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Fahd Plan Is Announced
7 August 1981
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Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
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12th Arab Summit Meets in Fez and Adjourns
25 November 1981
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Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War
25 May 1982
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Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis
6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982
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Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 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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Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US
26 June 1982
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PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan
29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982
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Reagan's "Talking Points" to Begin on Palestinian Issue
31 August 1982
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Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue
1 September 1982
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Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan
2 September 1982
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The 12th Arab Summit Meeting in Fez Adopts the "Fez Initiative"
6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982
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PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
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16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
21 March 1983 - 11 April 1983
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Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983
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Tension in Hebron
1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983
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Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament
23 January 1984
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Tal Rumayda Settlement in Hebron
8 August 1984
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Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
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Israeli Planes Attack PLO Headquarters in Tunis; Arafat Narrowly Escapes
25 September 1985 - 1 October 1985
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18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
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First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
14 December 1987
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Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
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US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
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3rd Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region
3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988
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Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank
28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988
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Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted
9 December 1988
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Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
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The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative
15 May 1989
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Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections
1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989
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The Baker Five-Point Plan
10 October 1989
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Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan
16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989
Event
US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel
23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990
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Israel's National Unity Government Collapses
13 March 1990 - 11 June 1990
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
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Arafat Survives a Plane Crash in Libya
7 April 1992 - 8 April 1992
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5th Negotiation Round, Washington
27 April 1992 - 30 April 1992
Event
Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem
19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995
Event
Land Expropriation in Jerusalem
27 April 1995 - 3 May 1995
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Redeployment from Hebron Delayed
28 March 1996
Event
First Phase of Further Redeployment Not Implemented
9 March 1997 - 12 March 1997
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked
10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997
Event
Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
Event
Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998
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Assassination of Mohi al-Din Sharif in Ramallah
29 March 1998
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Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem
25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998
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Statement S/PRST/1998/21 by SC President against Israel Broadening Boundaries of Jerusalem
13 July 1998
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Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
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Inauguration of LVGR, the Gaza International Airport
20 November 1998 - 24 November 1998
Event
To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
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George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP
27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000
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Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
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Assassination of Ibrahim Bani Odeh in Nablus
23 November 2000
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Palestinian-Israeli Clashes Abate
23 December 2000 - 6 February 2001
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Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape
26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001
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Assassination of Iyad Hardan in Jenin
5 April 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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Assassination of Osama Jawabra in Nablus
24 June 2001
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Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation
4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001
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Assassination of Fawwaz Badran in Tulkarm
13 July 2001
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Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions
10 August 2001
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Assassination of Iyad Lafy al-Akhras in Rafah
16 October 2001
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Timid Diplomatic Efforts
2 November 2001 - 19 November 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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Assassination of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm
14 January 2002
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Assassination of Nazih Abu al-Siba' in Jenin
16 February 2002
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SC Res. 1397: Affirming a Vision of Two States, Israel and Palestine, Living Side by Side
12 March 2002
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Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
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Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)
14 April 2002 - 25 April 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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Assassination of Jihad Jibril in Beirut
20 May 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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Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?
13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002
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SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal
24 September 2002
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Assassination of Muhammad Ubayyat in Beit Jala
13 October 2002
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Assassination of Hamed Sidr near Nablus
4 November 2002
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Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position
9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
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15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh
1 March 2003
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
8 March 2003 - 9 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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Abbas and Sharon Meet in Jerusalem
17 May 2003 - 29 May 2003
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Israel Adopts Plan for Second Phase of Separation Wall
1 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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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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Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
12 January 2004 - 2 February 2004
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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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Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
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Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
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Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004
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Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
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UNGA Res. 58/292: Affirming that Status of Palestinian Territory Remains one of Military Occupation
6 May 2004
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16th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis; Rejection of Israel's Disengagement Plan
22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004
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An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA
24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004
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Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan
6 June 2004
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Assassination of Izzeddin Sheikh Khalil in Damascus
26 September 2004
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London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority
1 March 2005
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US Day-to-Day Involvement in Palestinian-Related Security Matters and in the Disengagement Plan
10 March 2005 - 30 June 2005
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Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim
21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005
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James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters
14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005
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Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza
9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005
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Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border
15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005
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Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access
15 November 2005
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US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA
17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006
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Olmert's Separation Plan
5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006
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A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office
9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006
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Assassination of Mahmud al-Majzub in Sidon
26 May 2006
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Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains
28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006
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Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
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Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers
12 July 2006
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July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
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July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes
30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006
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Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes
18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006
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The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas
14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007
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International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007
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Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration
27 April 2007
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Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa
4 December 2007
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start
12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007
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The Quartet Expresses "Concern" over Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa Expansion
17 December 2007
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Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM
17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
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Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans
9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008
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Gaza: Military Confrontation Continues and Siege is Tightened
26 March 2008 - 15 May 2008
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
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Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened
5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
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Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza
21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008
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The War on Gaza (2008-09): Operation Cast Lead/ Battle of al-Furqan
27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009
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US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
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Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan
25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009
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Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More
9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
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Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque
27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
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Israel Approves a Major Settlement Plan in Gilo, East Jerusalem
17 November 2009
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The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks
7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010
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Israel's Ramat Shlomo Constructions' Plan During Joe Biden's Visit
8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010
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US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan
9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010
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The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel
19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010
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22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte
27 March 2010
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With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched
22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010
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Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
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Escalation in Israel's Settlement Activity
26 September 2010 - 8 November 2010
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On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel
15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011
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Abbas Confirms Palestinian UN Bid for Statehood
16 May 2011
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Assassination of Mu'taz Quraiqe‘ in Gaza City
19 August 2011
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Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest
27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011
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Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
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Settlement Consolidation in the West Bank, Including Jerusalem
6 November 2012 - 12 November 2012
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UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN
29 November 2012
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Symbolic Erection of Bab al-Shams and Bab al-Karama villages in the West Bank
11 January 2013 - 20 January 2013
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With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities
30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013
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Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013
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Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement
14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014
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For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014
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Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations
4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014
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Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations
13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014
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Settlement Announcement in the Midst of a Crisis Regarding the Negotiations
1 April 2014
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Settlement Balance Sheet with Breakdown of the Kerry Negotiation Round
29 April 2014
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Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
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Israel Uses the Palestinian Cabinet Formation as a Pretext to Launch a New Wave of Settlement Plans
5 June 2014
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Battir Landscape Is Inscribed in the World Heritage List
20 June 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War
7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
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Renewal of Settlement Activity
31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014
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International Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction
12 October 2014
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Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration
10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014
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Settlement Construction
30 January 2015
Event
Palestinian Militants Build and Rebuild “Gate of Jerusalem” Tent Camp in Abu Dis
3 February 2015 - 27 March 2015
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No Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
25 October 2015 - 26 October 2015
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France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative
29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016
Event
The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
Event
To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative
9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016
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Palestinians Thwart the Setting Up of Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016
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Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure
27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016
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Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements
22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016
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Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
Event
Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018
Event
Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
Event
The Knesset Adopts Amendment No. 116 to the Planning and Building Law (Kaminitz Law)
5 April 2017
Event
Gaza and the Electricity Issue
27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017
Event
Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan
24 August 2017
Event
Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel
7 September 2017
Event
Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon
14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018
Event
President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council
20 February 2018
Event
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest
25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018
Event
Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun
13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018
Event
The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
Event
Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue
2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018
Event
Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation
7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018
Event
Qatar's Assistance to Gaza
9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018
Event
Settlement Construction in 2018 Remains High
31 December 2018
Event
PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing
7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019
Event
Russian Effort on Reconciliation Fails and Hamas-Fatah Relations Further Deteriorate
13 February 2019 - 17 February 2019
Event
30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
31 March 2019
Event
Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya
1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019
Event
US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference
22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019
Event
PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections
26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019
Event
Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron
1 December 2019
Event
Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration
31 December 2019
Event
Israeli Caretaker Government and Opposition Escalate Settlement Advancement and Annexation Discourse
6 January 2020 - 25 February 2020
Event
Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020
Event
US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions
28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020
Event
US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction
29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020
Event
International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans
18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020
Event
Creeping Normalization
19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020
Event
Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons
6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020
Event
After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks
3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020
Event
Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco
10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020
Event
Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020
Event
Meetings of the Munich Group and the Middle East Quartet
11 January 2021 - 18 November 2021
Event
PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones
15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
21 May 2021

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
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Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
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The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
Document
Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
Document
Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account
8 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 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
Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
Document
Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Document
UNSC Resolution 106
29 March 1955
Document
UNGA Resolution 998 (ES-I)
4 November 1956
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
Document
Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
Document
UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
Document
Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions
1 September 1967
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 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
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
Document
Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria
31 May 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
Document
Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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
UNSC Resolution 465
1 March 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
Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan
7 August 1981
Document
Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land
18 August 1981
Document
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 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
Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 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
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 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
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
Document
Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians
26 February 1988
Document
The Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
Document
King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Document
Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
September 1989
Document
Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
Document
PLO “Assumptions” with Regard to Baker's Five Points
1 December 1989
Document
Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 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
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution 52/250
13 July 1998
Document
Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21
13 July 1998
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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
UNSC Resolution 1397
12 March 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1402
30 March 2002
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
Document
President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
Document
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
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
Document
National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508
12 July 2006
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush
27 November 2007
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 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
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 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
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
China’s Four-Point Proposal on Promoting the Settlement of the Palestinian Issue
18 July 2017
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Document
Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution 73/5
16 October 2018
Document
Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance
26 December 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021

Historical Media

Document
Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
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Jaffa in Ruins
June 1936
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Land in Jewish Possession (1944)
31 December 1944
Document
Partition Plan (UNSCOP Majority Proposal)
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
Document
Partition Plan (UNSCOP Minority Proposal)
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
Document
Land in Jewish Possession (1947)
30 June 1947
Document
Partition Plan (Ad Hoc Committee Proposal)
29 November 1947
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Importation of a Military Industry
1948
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'Palestine Post' Explosion
1 February 1948
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Haganah in Jerusalem
April 1948
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Mahane Yehuda Explosion
22 November 1968

Highlights

Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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 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
Highlight
Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
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
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
Highlight
The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
Highlight
VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
Highlight
Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
Highlight
Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Highlight
XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
Highlight
X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
Highlight
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Periods

Period
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
2003 - 2006
Thematic Chronology
Military Operations and Zionist Ethnic Cleansing
1946 - 1949
Thematic Chronology
Egyptian-Israeli Negotiation Rounds on Palestinian Autonomy
1977 - 1982