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Acre under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani Challenges Direct Ottoman Rule

Acre Under Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar

Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq

Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt

Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

The Arab Congress Meets in Paris

17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913

Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)

Opening of the Paris Peace Conference

18 January 1919

1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

Treaty of Versailles; Establishment of the League of Nations

28 June 1919 - 10 January 1920

The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission

2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919

The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

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

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially

First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937

Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

Lebanon Ends Granting Import Licenses for Palestine Goods

Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan

France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

24 January 1949

UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference

27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949

UNGA 393 (V): Economic Reintegration of Refugees in the Middle East

2 December 1950

Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects

24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres

22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956

Lebanon Establishes a Higher Commission for Palestine Affairs

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

11 September 1965

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

Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country

3 November 1969

Mahmoud al-Hamshari Is Assassinated in Paris

8 December 1972 - 9 January 1973

Basil al-Kubaisi Assassinated in Paris

Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris

6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers

26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973

PLO Official Office in Paris

31 October 1975

The Koenig Memorandum on Israeli Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel

1 March 1976 - April 1976

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

Arab Sanctions Against Egypt

27 March 1979 - 31 March 1979

Venice Declaration

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

2nd Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region; Statement to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

25 February 1988 - 26 February 1988

Yasir Arafat Makes First Official Visit to Paris

2 May 1989 - 4 May 1989

President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War

Conference on Multilateral Peace Talks, Moscow

28 January 1992 - 29 January 1992

Multilateral Talks

11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992

Assassination of Atef Bseiso in Paris

7th Negotiation Round, Washington

21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992

Multilateral Talks

29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992

Start of Israel-PLO Economic Talks in Paris

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel

30 December 1993

PLO-Israel Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem

17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995

Further Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities

Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed

6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

UNGA Res. 52/250: Granting Palestine Additional Rights and Privileges at the GA

Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed

15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998

Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only

30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999

Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)

4 September 1999

Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)

10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

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

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East

Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death

12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004

Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron

17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004

London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority

James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters

14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005

Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza

9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005

Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border

15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005

Disengagement: Israeli-Egyptian Protocol on Gaza-Egypt Border

1 September 2005 - 12 September 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing

15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005

The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established

25 November 2005

Tony Blair Appointed Quartet Special Representative

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

The Quartet Expresses "Concern" over Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa Expansion

17 December 2007

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

17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem

10 January 2008

Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza

30 January 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify

4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking

The New Netanyahu Government Prepares its Position on the Palestinian Issue

31 March 2009 - 5 May 2009

Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza

15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009

Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund

12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

The Knesset Passes the "Anti-Boycott Law"

Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman

3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012

Palestinian-Israeli Exchange of Letters for Cooperation on Taxes and Customs

John Kerry Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy for Resumption of Negotiations

4 March 2013 - 8 May 2013

Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure

19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014

With the Nonrelease of Prisoners, the Palestinian Leadership Applies for Access to 19 International Conventions

A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015

26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined

27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015

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

9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016

France Hosts a Ministerial Meeting as First Stage of its Peace Initiative

Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East

15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017

Israel’s Knesset Passes Amendment No. 28 to Entry into Israel Law

UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid

UN SG Antonio Guterres Distances Himself from ESCWA Report; Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf Resigns

16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017

US-Israel Preliminary Talks on Settlements

19 March 2017 - 23 March 2017

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt Sever Economic and Diplomatic Ties with Qatar

A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon

Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem

18 December 2017

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

21 December 2017

Taylor Force Act Signed into Law

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue

2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

US Cuts Aid to Palestinians

24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018

UNGA Res. 73/5 Accords Privileges to Palestine as Chair of Group of 77 for 2019

16 October 2018

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 November 2018

Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron

28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019

US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference

22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019

Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan

28 January 2020

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020

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

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Biographies

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

1902 - 27 August 1984

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

1939 - 19 August 2014

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

9 February 1963

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth

1860 - 1948

Historical Texts

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

3 February 1919

Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22

10 January 1920

San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates

Palin Commission Report

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

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

16 September 1922

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929

Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Pact of the League of Arab States

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine

Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

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

Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

UNGA Resolution 393 (V)

2 December 1950

UNGA Resolution 394 (V)

14 December 1950

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

First Arab Summit: Statement

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

11 September 1965

Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East

Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions

1 September 1967

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

9 December 1969

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 November 1970

Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3237 (XXIX)

22 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel

30 November 1977

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

8 December 1977

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

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

17 September 1978

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

UNGA Resolution ES-9/1

5 February 1982

President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

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

14 December 1988

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 1991

U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid

18 October 1991

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

13 September 1993

Shimon Peres's Letter Concerning Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem

11 October 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

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

27 January 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

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

The Mitchell Report

The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

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

National Conciliation Document

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

10 January 2008

UNSC Resolution 1850

16 December 2008

UNSC Resolution 1860

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 January 2009

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

UNGA Resolution 64/10

1 December 2009

President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

China’s Four-Point Proposal on Promoting the Settlement of the Palestinian Issue

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

UNGA Resolution 73/5

16 October 2018

Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance

26 December 2018

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

28 February 2019

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

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

12 February 2020

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

Historical Media

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Partition Plan (UNSCOP Majority Proposal)

15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947

Hebron Redeployment, 1997

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestine Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

III. Late Mandate

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

The Judaization of the Galilee

A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

I. Ottoman Rule

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Marka Refugee Camp

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks

The Algerians of Palestine

The Bosnians of Palestine

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests