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Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

1928 - 1 September 2020

1934 - 14 September 2021

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Events

Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition

8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris

Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul

28 October 1913

Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine

The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine

The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

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 Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant

10 January 1920

The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of the Arab Syrian Kingdom

7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan

2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem

Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council

20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922

British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah

25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923

Official Onset of British Mandate for Palestine

29 September 1923

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem

1 November 1928

White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall

19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928

League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930

A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened

11 December 1931

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties

25 November 1935

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

Formation of the Arab National League (ANL) in New York

August 1937 - May 1941

Arab Higher Committee Is Banned

October 1937 - November 1937

British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy

November 1938 - May 1939

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

Zionist Biltmore Conference Is Held in New York

6 May 1942 - 11 May 1942

Support in the United States for a Jewish Army

Arab National Fund Reestablished

British Recommend Partition

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

Vice-President Harry Truman Becomes President of the US

End of World War II

8 May 1945 - 15 August 1945

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Bevin's Statement on Palestine; Formation of an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

13 November 1945

The US Congress Endorses the Biltmore Program

17 December 1945 - 19 December 1945

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Publishes its Report after a Visit to Palestine

6 March 1946 - 20 April 1946

Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan; a New Constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

25 May 1946 - 7 December 1946

President Truman Supports Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval

26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946

Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan

Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement

5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946

22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946

London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails

27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947

UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)

Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition

15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947

Arab League Meeting on Palestine, in Sofar, Lebanon

16 September 1947 - 19 September 1947

Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question

23 September 1947 - 25 November 1947

British to Terminate Palestine Mandate

26 September 1947

Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan

29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947

US and USSR Endorse Partition

11 October 1947 - 13 October 1947

UNGA 181 (II): Palestine Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Palestinian Strike Against Partition Plan and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 December 1947

The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council

29 January 1948 - 16 February 1948

SC Res. 42: Appealing Permanent Members for Guidance on Palestine

Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive

10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948

US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition

18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948

SC Res. 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine

SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine

Trusteeship Plan for Palestine

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee

13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948

UNGA 186 (S-2): Appointment of a UN Mediator in Palestine

Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine

Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949

SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem

SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine

First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages

11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

Second Palestine Truce

18 July 1948 - 15 October 1948

Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance

16 September 1948

UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

17 September 1948

Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza

22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948

Emergency Regulations Regarding Absentee Property

2 December 1948

UNGA 194 (III): Establishment of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)

11 December 1948

Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval

17 December 1948

First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes

12 January 1949

Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

30 January 1949

The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Palestinians Are Expelled from al-Faluja Pocket

1 March 1949 - 21 April 1949

SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership

Palestinians Testify Before the UNCCP

UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference

27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949

The UNGA Ad Hoc Political Committee, Dealing with Israel's Admission Application, Requests Clarifications

4 May 1949 - 9 May 1949

Official Name of Jordan as an Issue

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Special International Regime for Jerusalem

Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously

Tripartite Declaration

Development Authority (Transfer of Property) Law, 5710-1950

UNGA 394 (V): UNCCP to Establish Office on Compensation to Refugees

14 December 1950

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut

27 January 1951

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah

SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal

1 September 1951

UNGA 512 (VI): UNCCP to Continue its Efforts

26 January 1952

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO) Is Opened in New York

25 June 1955 - 15 January 1962

Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal

27 September 1955

Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves)

10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955

France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War

22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

UNGA 998 (ES-I): Creating the UN Emergency Force (UNEF)

5 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza

10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957

Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre

GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)

19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957

Israel Refuses Full Withdrawal

3 February 1957

Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza

20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957

Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai

7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

GA Resolution 1604 (XV)

Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York

26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001

Appointment of Special Representative of the UNCCP

Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals

5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962

The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York

22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974

President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan

27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965

2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria

15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967

Military Order No. 58, Concerning Abandoned Property (Private Property)

Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property

SC Res. 252: Considering all Israeli Measures to Change Jerusalem's Legal Status as Invalid

SC Res. 267: Calling once more upon Israel to Rescind all Measures which May Change the Status of Jerusalem

9 December 1969

19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970

1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

The US and Palestinian Rights

25 February 1971

Jordan Complains to UN Security Council on Jerusalem

13 September 1971

SC Res. 298: Deploring Israel’s Failure to Respect Previous Resolutions on its Measures Affecting Status of Jerusalem

25 September 1971

SC Res. 316: Condemning the Repeated Attacks of Israeli Forces on Lebanon

Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973

Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle

17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973

American-Soviet Agreement on a Cease-fire

21 October 1973

SC Res. 338: Calling for Cease-fire and Deciding to Start Immediately Negotiations for Just Durable and Peace

22 October 1973

Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms

23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva

21 December 1973

Arab Oil Embargo Is Lifted

Israel and Syria Sign a Disengagement Agreement

The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN

25 February 1975

Negotiations for Sinai II Fail

7 March 1975 - 22 March 1975

US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference

1 September 1975

Draft SC Res S/11898 to Condemn Israeli Attacks Against Lebanon, Vetoed by US

8 December 1975

Draft SC Res. S/11940 to Affirm Palestinian Rights, Vetoed by US

26 January 1976

Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US

Evacuation of US Nationals from Beirut with PLO Assistance

16 June 1976 - 20 June 1976

Draft SC Res. S/12119 to Affirm Palestinian Rights, as Requested by GA, Vetoed by US

Failed Attempt to Open a PLO Information Office in Washington

19 November 1976

President Carter for a Palestinian Homeland

16 March 1977 - 26 May 1977

Municipalities in the West Bank and Gaza Affirm the PLO Program in a Message to the US and USSR

Israel's Conditions for Geneva Conference

25 September 1977

US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference

SC Res. 425: Calling upon Israel to Withdraw its Forces from Lebanon, and Establishing UNIFIL

A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington

SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories

1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba

3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979

4th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria

5 July 1979 - 6 July 1979

5th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Haifa

5 August 1979 - 6 August 1979

A Probable Israeli Nuclear Test Explosion in the Ocean near South Africa

22 September 1979

SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones

Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980

Venice Declaration

Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon

28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981

Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon

Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo

23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981

Draft SC Res. S/14832/Rev.1 to Consider Israeli Golan Measures an Act of Agression, Vetoed by US

20 January 1982

Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

31 January 1982

UNGA Res. ES/9-1: Adopts Content of Vetoed Draft SC Res. on Israeli Golan Measures

5 February 1982

Draft SC Res. S/14943 to Denounce Dismissal of Palestinian Mayors, Vetoed by US

Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US

Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War

Draft SC Res. S/15185 to Demand again Full and Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal, Vetoed by US

The “Creeping” Cease-fire

10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

Encirclement of Beirut

11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982

Battle of the Mountain

14 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon

15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982

Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US

The PLO 11-Point Document

Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented

20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982

Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue

1 September 1982

Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan

2 September 1982

Assassination of Bashir Gemayel and Israeli Occupation of Beirut

14 September 1982 - 16 September 1982

30th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1982 - 16 December 1982

Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations

28 December 1982

16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement

17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983

Draft SC Res. S/15895 to Condemn Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians in Hebron, Vetoed by US

Ma'moun Meraish Is Assassinated in Athens

S-G Report (A/39/130-S/16409), Pursuant to UNGA Res. 38/58 on ME Peace Conference

Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US

1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985

The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242

The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon

19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Draft SC Res. S/17459 to Call upon Israel to Stop its Repressive Measures, Vetoed by US

13 September 1985

US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem

4 December 1985

Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination

25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986

Draft SC Res. S/17769 to Deplore Provocative Acts in the Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US

30 January 1986

US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem

Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement

The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington

15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988

US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York

9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987

1st Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region

17 October 1987 - 18 October 1987

UNGA 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country

17 December 1987

SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada

22 December 1987

SC Res. 608: Calling upon Israel to Rescind Deportation Orders of Palestinians

14 January 1988

Resumption of Diplomatic Activity

30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988

Draft Security Council Resolutions S/19466, S/19780, S/20463, S/20677, and S/20945/Rev.1

1 February 1988 - 7 November 1989

UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion

US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan

ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York

9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988

UNGA 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission)

A Palestine Affairs Center, Under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington

1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Algiers

7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988

A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission

19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State

12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988

Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva

13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988

Start of US-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

Israel Proposes Elections in the West Bank and Gaza

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative

Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections

1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989

US-PLO Official Meeting in Tunis

SC Res. 641: Deploring the Continuing Deportation by Israel of Palestinian Civilians

China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace

21 September 1989

Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered

1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990

The Baker Five-Point Plan

10 October 1989

Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan

16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989

Draft UNGA A/44/L.50 to Construe Designation Palestine as the State of Palestine Withdrawn Due to US Threat Against UN

6 December 1989

US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel

23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990

Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US

Dial 1-202-456-1414

The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

Haram al-Sharif Killings

Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference

20 December 1990

17 January 1991 - 28 February 1991

President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians

President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference

1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991

Intifada Statistics

US Letters of Assurances to Parties to Upcoming Peace Conference

15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

SC Res. 726: Condemning Israel's Decision to Resume Deportation of Palestinian Civilians

3rd Negotiation Round, Washington

13 January 1992 - 16 January 1992

Arafat Survives a Plane Crash in Libya

7 April 1992 - 8 April 1992

Multilateral Talks

11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992

Palestinians Agree to Return to Washington Negotiations

9th Negotiation Round, Washington

27 April 1993 - 13 May 1993

10th Negotiation Round, Washington

15 June 1993 - 1 July 1993

Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba

13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993

President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993

28 October 1993

SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron

Draft SC S/1995/394 to Condemn Israeli Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Vetoed by the US

Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Suspended

18 May 1995 - 22 May 1995

The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon

11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996

SC Res. 1073: Calling for the Reversal of all Acts (Opening of Western Wall Tunnel) Aggravating the Situation

28 September 1996

Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed

6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked

10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations

23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998

US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations

5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998

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

Further Redeployment Talks Intensify

3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998

Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed

15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998

Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998

Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only

30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999

President Clinton's Visit to Gaza

14 December 1998

Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza

14 December 1998

To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?

28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999

European Union Declaration "Compensating" the PLO for Not Declaring a State

Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State

With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume

11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999

Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel

1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000

Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks

7 December 1999 - 26 March 2000

Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date

8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000

FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds

7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session

12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session

18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000

Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation

13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000

Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit

11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000

Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks

16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000

Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising

30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000

SC Res. 1322: Deploring Provocation at Al-Haram al-Sharif and Excessive Use of Force Against Palestinians

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171

18 December 2000

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes Abate

23 December 2000 - 6 February 2001

Israeli and Palestinian Response to the Clinton Proposals

28 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001

Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks

7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001

Draft SC Res. S/2001/270 Calling for Cessation of Settlement Activities and Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by US

New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes

18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001

The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan

11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001

Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation

4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001

UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban

31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001

The 9-11 Attacks on the US

11 September 2001

President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State

2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001

Timid Diplomatic Efforts

2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001

With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level

26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001

Draft SC Res. S/2001/1199 Demanding Cessation of Violence and Return to Previous Positions Vetoed by the US

15 December 2001

Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated

3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002

An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey

17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002

SC Res. 1397: Affirming a Vision of Two States, Israel and Palestine, Living Side by Side

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity

1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002

US Response to the Israeli Invasion

4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002

Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"

Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans

15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters

5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002

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

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?

13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002

Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories

18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002

SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal

24 September 2002

Israeli Leaders Push for an American War Against Iraq

16 October 2002 - 9 February 2003

Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US

20 December 2002

Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position

9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map

With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"

4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet

Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire

4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003

Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister

6 September 2003

Draft SC Res. S/2003/891 Against any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety Vetoed by US

16 September 2003

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US

14 October 2003

UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT

21 October 2003

Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003

Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan

12 January 2004 - 2 February 2004

Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US

Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

SC Res. 1544: Condemning Israeli Killing of Civilians and Demolition of Homes in Rafah Refugee Camp

Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map

2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004

Draft SC Res. S/2004/783 Condemning Israeli Broad Incursion in Northern Gaza Strip Vetoed by US

US Day-to-Day Involvement in Palestinian-Related Security Matters and in the Disengagement Plan

10 March 2005 - 30 June 2005

Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim

21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005

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

Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain

23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA

17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006

Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis

1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006

Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail

14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006

Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank

1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006

Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces

5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006

A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office

9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

Draft SC Res. S/2006/508 Condemning Palestinian Abduction of Israeli Soldier and Israeli Assault on Gaza Vetoed by US

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon

19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006

July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire

5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006

SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon

July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon

14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks

25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month

1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006

Draft SC Res. S/2006/878 Condemning Israel's Attack on Beit Hanoun Vetoed by US

11 November 2006

The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas

14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007

The US Revisits the Road Map

14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007

International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts

2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007

A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government

17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007

Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza

10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007

Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split

17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007

Tony Blair Appointed Quartet Special Representative

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"

16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007

Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference

20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007

Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces

2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007

The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks

27 November 2007

Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production

9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

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

17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere

27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble

31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008

Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened

5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008

SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006

16 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 5

31 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 7

SC Res. 1860: Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire and Arrangements to Prevent Arms Trafficking

War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks

10 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza

16 January 2009

War on Gaza: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire

17 January 2009

Israel Completes Its Withdrawal from Gaza

20 January 2009 - 21 January 2009

President Obama Prepares Active Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009

UNGA Res. ES-10/18: Supporting an Immediate Gaza Ceasefire According to Security Council Resolution 1860

23 January 2009

Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh

Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza

The New Netanyahu Government Prepares its Position on the Palestinian Issue

31 March 2009 - 5 May 2009

The UN Human Rights Council Forms a Fact-Finding Mission on the War on Gaza (the Goldstone Mission)

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side

21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue

18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009

Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel

US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze

26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009

US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out

19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009

Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza

15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009

The Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making

29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze

25 November 2009

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian Talks Through Letters of Guarantee

16 December 2009 - 4 January 2010

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks

7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010

Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites

21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010

The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks

3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010

Israel's Ramat Shlomo Constructions' Plan During Joe Biden's Visit

8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010

US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan

9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians

20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010

With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched

22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

International Reactions to the Mavi Marmara Incident

31 May 2010 - 3 June 2010

The United Nations Human Rights Council Establishes a Fact-Finding Mission on the Mavi Marmara Incident

2 June 2010 - 27 September 2010

Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade

8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010

Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

PLO Mission in Washington Becomes PLO General Delegation

Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue

29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem

14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze

29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010

Abbas, Backed by the Arab League, Halts Palestinian-Israeli Direct Talks

30 September 2010 - 15 December 2010

The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations

16 October 2010

The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers

23 January 2011

Draft SC Res. S/2011/24 Reaffirming that Israeli Settlements in OPT Are Illegal Vetoed by US

18 February 2011

Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN

2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Accord Put on Hold

14 June 2011 - 7 August 2011

Despite US, European, and Arab Pressure, Abbas Submits a Request for Full UN Membership

12 September 2011 - 23 September 2011

The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations

23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011

Fate of the Palestinian UN Admission Request

28 September 2011 - 8 November 2011

The State of Palestine Becomes Full Member of the UNESCO

5 October 2011 - 31 October 2011

US Legislation Against Palestinian Full UN Membership

23 December 2011

Reelection of President Barack Obama

6 November 2012

UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN

29 November 2012

Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry

Launch of Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Direct Negotiations in Washington

29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013

Israeli-Palestinian Talks Accelerate for Nothing

25 September 2013 - 23 October 2013

Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement

14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014

Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

17 February 2014

Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure

19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014

Abbas's Meeting With Obama in Washington Tests US Credibility

Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners

17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014

Despite the Negotiation Crisis, Palestinian and Israeli Representatives Pursue Talks in Jerusalem

3 April 2014 - 22 April 2014

A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched

The 2014 Gaza War

7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014

Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza

8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5

11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)

31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

The PLO Strives for a Security Council Resolution Specifying a Timetable for Ending the Occupation

26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014

French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace

2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Addresses the 2014 Gaza War

17 December 2014

Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC

30 December 2014

Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev

14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015

France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative

15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015

Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt

31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

The 2014 Gaza War: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools

Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined

27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015

UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

UNGA Res. 69/320: Palestine Allowed to Raise Flag at UN

10 September 2015

Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst

5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015

Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement

16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015

US Legislation Against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court

18 December 2015

The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba

21 February 2016

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

9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016

The UN Human Rights Council Decides to Establish a Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

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

The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet

3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016

The Knesset adopts the NGO “Funding Transparency” Law

Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

President-Elect Trump for the "Ultimate Deal" Between Israel and the Palestinians

11 November 2016

SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism

23 December 2016

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East

15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017

Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump

22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017

The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively

6 February 2017

Trump's Ambiguous Statement on Palestinian-Israeli Issues after his First Meeting as President with Netanyahu

15 February 2017

Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar

15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018

First Phone Contact Between Trump and Abbas

10 March 2017 - 12 March 2017

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

28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea

PLO President Mahmoud Abbas Meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House

President Trump's Visit to Israel

22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem

Trump Signs the 6-Month Waiver Delaying the Application of the Jerusalem Embassy Act

As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds

24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017

Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan

The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time

26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017

Israeli and US Reactions to the Fatah-Hamas Agreement in Cairo

17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017

Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails

1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017

The Fate of the PLO Diplomatic Office in Washington

17 November 2017

President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

Palestinian Diplomatic Activity after US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

6 December 2017 - 20 December 2017

Popular Protests Against US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

7 December 2017 - 31 December 2017

Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem

13 December 2017

Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US

18 December 2017

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

The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018

Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA

16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018

US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”

25 January 2018

President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council

20 February 2018

International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis

Taylor Force Act Signed into Law

PA Requests Membership of International Treaties and Conventions in Response to US Embassy Move

24 March 2018 - 6 June 2018

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran

The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit

14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018

UN Human Rights Council Establishes Commission into Israel’s Attacks on the Great March of Return Protesters

Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

Draft SC Res. S/2018/516 Calling for the Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by the US

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

Colombia Recognizes the State of Palestine

Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire

7 August 2018 - 10 November 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

The US Announces the Closure of PLO Representation in Washington

10 September 2018

President Trump Signs the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATCA) into Law

Qatar's Assistance to Gaza

9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018

Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure

19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019

PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA

26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019

Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel

15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019

Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected

10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019

PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections

26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019

PA Starts Receiving Part of Tax Revenue from Israel Despite Deduction

3 October 2019 - 29 December 2019

US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019

US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces

20 December 2019

Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan

28 January 2020

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction

29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020

UN Releases List of Businesses Connected to Israeli Settlements

12 February 2020

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

Israeli Coalition Negotiations Hint at Partial Annexation of the West Bank

20 April 2020 - 17 May 2020

International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans

18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020

Trump Administration Places Sanctions on International Criminal Court and Its Personnel

11 June 2020 - 2 September 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020

Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel

15 September 2020

US Erases the 4-June Line

28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds

17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020

Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada

10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021

The General Strike of the Unity Intifada

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Historical Texts

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

Resolutions of the General Palestinian Congress in Damascus (in Arabic)

27 February 1920

Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Rejecting the British Mandate (in Arabic)

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)

1 September 1922

Arab Executive Committee's Response to High Commissioner's Offer to Form an Arab Agency Similar to the Jewish Agency in Palestine (in Arabic)

12 October 1923

Communiqué: Formation of the Arab Independence Party; the Party Bylaws (in Arabic)

National Fund: Establishment of Company to Save the Lands of Palestine (in Arabic)

11 October 1932

National Defense Party: Objectives (in Arabic)

2 December 1934

The Palestine Arab Party: Bylaws and Internal Regulations (in Arabic)

The Palestinian Arab Reform Party: Objectives (in Arabic)

Arab Summit Resolutions, Anshas (in Arabic)

Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)

Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)

Resolutions of the Jericho Conference on Palestinian-Jordanian Unity (in Arabic)

1 December 1948

Law Promulgating the Basic Law for the Area under the Supervision of the Egyptian Forces in Palestine (in Arabic)

25 February 1958

Lebanon’s Department for Palestinian Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)

Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)

5 November 1963

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)

Second Arab Summit: Statement (in Arabic)

5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964

President Bourguiba's Speech on the Palestine Question (in Arabic)

Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (in Arabic)

Palestine National Council, 2nd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

Third Arab Summit: Political Statement (in Arabic)

13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965

Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

Emergency Arab Summit, 1970: Statement (in Arabic)

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

Palestinian Popular Congress, Statement (in Arabic)

6 April 1972 - 10 April 1972

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Statement (in Arabic)

12 January 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Statement (in Arabic)

28 November 1973

Statement of the General Congress to Defend Arab Lands in Israel (in Arabic)

18 October 1975

Admission of Palestine as Full Member in Arab League (in Arabic)

9 September 1976

Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement (in Arabic)

18 February 1985

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1988: Concluding Statement (in Arabic)

7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988

Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1990: Statement (in Arabic)

28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990

Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996

List of Transitional Issues Not Implemented by the Israeli Side, According to the PA Negotiations Affairs Department (in Arabic)

9 February 2000

Reorganization of Lebanon’s Department for Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)

14 October 2000

Thirteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

Fifteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

Sixteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

Palestinian Dialogue Conference (in Arabic)

Seventeenth Arab Summit: The Algiers Declaration (in Arabic)

22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005

List of Jobs and Professions Restricted to Lebanese Citizens (in Arabic)

14 December 2005

Eighteenth Arab Summit: The Khartoum Declaration (in Arabic)

28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006

Nineteenth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007

Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)

PLO Central Council, Statement (in Arabic)

The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)

Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)

25 January 2008

Yemen's Initiative for the Resumption of Palestinian Internal Dialogue (in Arabic)

Twentieth Arab Summit: The Damascus Declaration (in Arabic)

29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008

PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)

23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008

Twenty-First Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)

Egypt's View on Ending Palestinian Division (in Arabic)

9 September 2009

Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)

10 October 2009

Twenty-Second Arab Summit: The Sirte Declaration (in Arabic)

Provision on Palestinian Workers in Amended Lebanese Social Security Law (in Arabic)

Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)

20 December 2011

The Doha Declaration on Palestinian Reconciliation (in Arabic)

6 February 2012

Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration

Twenty-Fourth Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)

26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013

Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Report of the Quartet (in Arabic)

Twenty-Seventh Arab Summit: The Nouakchott Declaration (in Arabic)

Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

11 January 2017

Closing Statement of the Popular Conference for the Palestinians Abroad (in Arabic)

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Twenty-Eighth Arab Summit: The Amman Declaration (in Arabic)

Statement Issued Following the Meeting of the Palestinian National Action Factions (in Arabic)

21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017

Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)

13 December 2017

PLO Central Council, 28th Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

15 January 2018

Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018

PLO Central Council, 29th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)

28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018

Meeting of Palestinian Organizations' Secretaries-General: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

3 September 2020

Ismail Haniyeh: Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause (in Arabic)

3 November 2021

Historical Media

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill at Government House Reception

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931

16 December 1931

Arab Higher Committee Members

Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission

11 January 1937

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

London Conference

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Highlights

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Stages of a Forced Displacement

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Balata Refugee Camp

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

The Bosnians of Palestine

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

The Algerians of Palestine

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

III. Late Mandate

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

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

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)