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Biographies

Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Event
Publication of The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl
February 1896
Event
France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements
2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901
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Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
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World War I, the Ottomans Enter the War
1 August 1914 - February 1915
Event
The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published
8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917
Event
Proclamations No. 75 and No. 76 on Immovable Property
18 November 1918
Event
Palestine Civil Government and Appointment of Herbert Samuel as High Commisioner
1 July 1920
Event
Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Event
Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall
23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928
Event
White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928
Event
Report of the International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931
23 July 1931
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936
30 September 1936
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937
Event
London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
Event
Palestinians Declare Strike to Protest Bevin's Policy Statement of November 1945
February 1946
Event
Enactment of Lebanese Labor Law and Its Subsequent Impact on Palestine Refugees
23 September 1946
Event
Arab Delegations Put Forward Constitutional Proposals to the London Round Table Conference on Palestine
30 September 1946
Event
Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948
Event
Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive
10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948
Event
Israeli Intelligence Report on the Depopulation of Palestine until 31 May 1948
30 June 1948
Event
The Arab League and the Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration
10 July 1948
Event
Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City
2 August 1948
Event
Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
Event
The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
Event
Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank
16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949
Event
Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)
24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949
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Israel Decides to Issue Temporary Residency Permits for Palestinians Not Included in the Census
October 1949
Event
Jordan Amends the Parliamentary Election Law
13 December 1949
Event
Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously
27 April 1950
Event
Tripartite Declaration
25 May 1950
Event
Israeli Law of Return
5 July 1950
Event
UNRWA Signs Agreement with Egypt as Administrator of Refugee Host Area
12 September 1950
Event
UNRWA Signs Agreement with Jordan as Refugee Host Country
14 March 1951 - 20 August 1951
Event
The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law
1 April 1952
Event
The Knesset Adopts the Entry into Israel Law
26 August 1952
Event
The Zionist Organization/Jewish Agency Status Law
24 November 1952
Event
Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects
30 June 1953
Event
The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
Event
Exchange of Notes between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Event
France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956
Event
The Knesset adopts the Basic Law: The Knesset
12 February 1958
Event
Lebanon Establishes the Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Interior
31 March 1959
Event
Status of Jordanian Jerusalem Municipality Enhanced Symbolically
16 December 1959
Event
A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners
18 September 1964
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Adopts its Bylaws
11 March 1965
Event
Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
Event
US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Event
The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem
27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967
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The Knesset Amends the Municipal Corporations Ordinance to Extend Area of West Jerusalem Municipality
27 June 1967 - 29 June 1967
Event
General Assembly Resolutions 2253 and 2254 (ES-V)
4 July 1967 - 14 July 1967
Event
First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic
January 1968
Event
SC Res. 252: Considering all Israeli Measures to Change Jerusalem's Legal Status as Invalid
21 May 1968
Event
SC Res. 267: Calling once more upon Israel to Rescind all Measures which May Change the Status of Jerusalem
3 July 1969
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SC Res. 271: Condemning the Execrable Act of Desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque
15 September 1969
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SC Res. 298: Deploring Israel’s Failure to Respect Previous Resolutions on its Measures Affecting Status of Jerusalem
25 September 1971
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UNGA 3237 (XXIX): Granting the PLO an Observer Status at the General Assembly
22 November 1974
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The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN
25 February 1975
Event
PLO Observer at the Food and Agriculture Organization
8 November 1975
Event
The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel
1 March 1976 - April 1976
Event
Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US
25 March 1976
Event
Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords
5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978
Event
Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Is Signed in Washington, DC
26 March 1979
Event
1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba
25 May 1979
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SC Res. 478: Censuring Israeli Enactment of "Basic Law" on Jerusalem
20 August 1980
Event
Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue
1 September 1982
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17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
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Amendment No. 9 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections
31 July 1985
Event
The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
Event
US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
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A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission
29 June 1988
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Israel Proposes Elections in the West Bank and Gaza
30 March 1989
Event
Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy
9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991
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US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference
18 October 1991
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The Madrid Peace Conference
30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991
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6th Negotiation Round, 2nd Stage, Washington
14 September 1992 - 24 September 1992
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8th Negotiation Round, Washington
7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992
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9th Negotiation Round, Washington
27 April 1993 - 13 May 1993
Event
Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO
9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington
13 September 1993
Event
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres's Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem
11 October 1993
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Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel
30 December 1993
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The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood
4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999
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Status of Orient House in Jerusalem
29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994
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US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington
22 June 1994
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Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba
26 October 1994
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The Knesset Adopts the Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
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The Tragedy of the Palestinians in Libya
9 August 1995 - 13 January 1999
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Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem
17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995
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Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)
28 September 1995
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US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"
23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995
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Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank
November 1995 - December 1995
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Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba
5 May 1996 - 7 May 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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Draft SC Res. S/1997/199 to Call on Israel to Refrain from Settlement Activities (Jabal Abu Ghunaym) Vetoed by US
7 March 1997
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Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked
10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997
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Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
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US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations
5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998
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French-Palestinian Agreement on Status of French Institutions Under Palestinian Authority
12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997
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UNGA Res. 52/250: Granting Palestine Additional Rights and Privileges at the GA
7 July 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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To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
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European Union Declaration "Compensating" the PLO for Not Declaring a State
25 March 1999
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Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State
26 April 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 Resumption of Final Status Talks
13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999
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Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel
1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000
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Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks
7 December 1999 - 26 March 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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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000
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Vatican-PLO Agreement
15 February 2000
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Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round
30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000
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The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
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Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation
13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000
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Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 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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Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks
16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000
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Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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The Taba Talks
21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001
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The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
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Amendment No. 35 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Further Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections
15 May 2002
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Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?
13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002
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US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map
30 April 2003
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Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan
14 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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The Knesset Enacts the Prevention of Funding of Terrorism Law, 2005
29 December 2004
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London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority
1 March 2005
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Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President
26 May 2005
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Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza
9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005
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Legal Status of the Gaza Strip after the Disengagement: Foreign Territory?
12 September 2005 - 21 September 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory
26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006
Event
The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Detainee Suspected of Security Offence) (Temporary Order)”, 2006
27 June 2006
Event
The US Revisits the Road Map
14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007
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Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government
5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007
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Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference
16 July 2007
Event
Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference
6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007
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Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference
20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007
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The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks
27 November 2007
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start
12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Palestinian Side Sounded Out
7 January 2008 - 27 January 2008
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Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem
10 January 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify
4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands
28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status (Almost) Suspended
2 March 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Resume: Refugees and Territory Stumbling Blocks
24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting
24 April 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere
27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008
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Amendment No. 39 of Basic Law: The Knesset Adds Another Reason to Disqualify Arab Candidates to Elections
30 June 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008
Event
The New Netanyahu Government Prepares its Position on the Palestinian Issue
31 March 2009 - 5 May 2009
Event
US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out
19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009
Event
Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009
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Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites
21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010
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US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan
9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010
Event
With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched
22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010
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President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel
6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010
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PLO Mission in Washington Becomes PLO General Delegation
20 July 2010
Event
Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended
20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010
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US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
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The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe
1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012
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The Knesset Passes the Citizenship Law (Amendment No. 10) Conditioning Citizenship on Loyalty
28 March 2011
Event
Despite US, European, and Arab Pressure, Abbas Submits a Request for Full UN Membership
12 September 2011 - 23 September 2011
Event
State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Event
The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations
23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011
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The State of Palestine Becomes Full Member of the UNESCO
5 October 2011 - 31 October 2011
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Abbas Announces Intent to Apply for Observer State Status in Speech at UN General Assembly
27 September 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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Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
2 December 2012 - 25 March 2013
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24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
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Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
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Launch of Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Direct Negotiations in Washington
29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013
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Kerry Prepares Another Working Draft Framework for Negotiations
15 March 2014
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Settlement Balance Sheet with Breakdown of the Kerry Negotiation Round
29 April 2014
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Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails
14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
26 August 2014
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Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism
16 September 2014
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The PLO Strives for a Security Council Resolution Specifying a Timetable for Ending the Occupation
26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014
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Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
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The Knesset Passes Amendment Allowing Force-Feeding of Prisoners on Hunger Strike
29 July 2015
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Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst
4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015
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37th Zionist Congress, Jerusalem
20 October 2015 - 22 October 2015
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Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
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France Hosts a Ministerial Meeting as First Stage of its Peace Initiative
3 June 2016
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The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet
3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016
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Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif
12 July 2016
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Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
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Settlers Attempt to Modify the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif
5 February 2017 - 24 May 2017
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President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US
18 December 2017
Event
US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”
25 January 2018
Event
President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council
20 February 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites
7 March 2018
Event
29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran
15 April 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018
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30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
31 March 2019
Event
Israeli Government Allows Jewish Visitors to Tour the Haram al-Sharif Compound on Eid al-Adha
11 August 2019 - 18 August 2019
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Surge in the Number of Settlers Touring Haram al-Sharif in 2019
31 December 2019
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Israel Continues to Assert Dominance over the Haram al-Sharif Compound
18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021
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Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended
22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023
Event
Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers
29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021
Event
Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations
22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Historical Texts

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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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Balfour Declaration
2 November 1917
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22
10 January 1920
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San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
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Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
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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
MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
Document
Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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
Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 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
Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Document
Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
Document
Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
Document
UNGA Resolution 2253 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Document
UNGA Resolution 2254 (ES-V)
14 July 1967
Document
UNSC Resolution 252
21 May 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
Document
UNSC Resolution 267
3 July 1969
Document
UNSC Resolution 271
15 September 1969
Document
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Document
UNSC Resolution 298
25 September 1971
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3237 (XXIX)
22 November 1974
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022
24 March 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
UNSC Resolution 446
22 March 1979
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
Document
UNSC Resolution 465
1 March 1980
Document
The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
Document
UNSC Resolution 478
20 August 1980
Document
Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land
18 August 1981
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985
20 April 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2
25 June 1982
Document
President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 1982
Document
Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
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The Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
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Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly
14 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Document
Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
September 1989
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Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
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U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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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
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394
17 May 1995
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/3
15 July 1997
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Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
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UNGA Resolution 52/250
13 July 1998
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Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21
13 July 1998
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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
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Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration
25 March 1999
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Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
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Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
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PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
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PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement
27 January 2001
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The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
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Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations
16 April 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
Document
Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 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-10/14
12 December 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 58/292
17 May 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections
30 January 2006
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
UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
Document
Current Palestinian/Israeli Positions: Reflecting Discussion up to January 1, 2009
1 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 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
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
Document
President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
Document
Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
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
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
Document
Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué
3 June 2016
Document
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
Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
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
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060
18 December 2017
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/19
21 December 2017
Document
Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
Document
Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution 73/5
16 October 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
Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements
18 November 2019
Document
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

Historical Media

Document
Illegal Immigration (I)
1946
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Illegal Immigration (II)
1946
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Palestine: A Homeland Denied
1979

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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 Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
Highlight
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?
2017-
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
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
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
The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
Highlight
Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
Highlight
X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
Highlight
Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
Highlight
Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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
Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
Highlight
Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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
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
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
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
Highlight
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
The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Palestinian-Israeli Final Status Negotiation Rounds
1999 - 2001
Thematic Chronology
World Zionist Organization Congresses
1897 - present
Thematic Chronology
The Annapolis Negotiation Rounds
2007 - 2008
Thematic Chronology
Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations
2013 - 2014
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian-Israeli Interim Negotiation Rounds
1991 - 1999
Thematic Chronology
Lebanon’s Relation to Palestine and the Palestinians
1923 - present

Periods

Period
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
Period
X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure