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Biographies
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Events
Event
Arrival in Palestine of the Zionist Commission
April 1918
Event
Palin Commission of Inquiry
12 April 1920 - 1 July 1920
Event
3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa
13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920
Event
The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London
7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922
Event
Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society
21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930
Event
The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Denounces MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
11 March 1931
Event
A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms
1 August 1931
Event
General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine
8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933
Event
Death of Musa Kazim Husseini
26 March 1934
Event
The Arab Higher Committee is Formed
25 April 1936
Event
Appointment of the Peel Commission
18 May 1936
Event
Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Event
General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission
11 October 1936
Event
Peel Commission Investigates the Cause of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
11 November 1936 - 24 January 1937
Event
Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Event
20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich
3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937
Event
Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan
8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937
Event
Arab Higher Committee Is Banned
October 1937 - November 1937
Event
Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission
4 January 1938
Event
The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo
7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938
Event
British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy
November 1938 - May 1939
Event
Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published
9 November 1938
Event
London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
Event
Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
Event
Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
Event
Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party
29 May 1946
Event
Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee
12 June 1946
Event
1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Event
Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon
23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964
Event
2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
Event
Palestinians Reorganize
11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968
Event
Yasir Arafat Assumes Prominence within Fatah
14 April 1968
Event
4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Event
5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969
Event
Black September Hijack Operation
8 May 1972
Event
11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo
6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973
Event
Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly
13 November 1974
Event
SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories
22 March 1979
Event
Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome
9 October 1981
Event
Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
20 April 1982
Event
Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983
Event
PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
18 February 1985
Event
Draft SC Res. S/17459 to Call upon Israel to Stop its Repressive Measures, Vetoed by US
13 September 1985
Event
The Palestinians' 14 Demands
14 January 1988
Event
Start of US-PLO Dialogue
14 December 1988
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative
15 May 1989
Event
Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan
16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989
Event
SC Res. 681: Deploring Israel's Decision to Resume Deportations of Palestinian Civilians
20 December 1990
Event
SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
24 May 1991
Event
20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991
Event
SC Res. 726: Condemning Israel's Decision to Resume Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
6 January 1992
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Initialed and Approved
20 August 1993 - 30 August 1993
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP
10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993
Event
SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron
18 March 1994
Event
Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994
Event
Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force
20 May 1994
Event
Draft SC S/1995/394 to Condemn Israeli Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Vetoed by the US
17 May 1995
Event
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution
5 October 1995
Event
Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed
6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997
Event
UNGA ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement
25 April 1997
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/6: Recommending Holding a Conference to Enforce the 4th Geneva Convention in the OPT
9 February 1999
Event
Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms its Applicability to the OPT
15 July 1999
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/7: Expresses Concern over Israeli-Palestinian Clashes and Respect for 4th Geneva Convention
20 October 2000
Event
Death of Faisal al-Husseini
31 May 2001
Event
Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect
5 December 2001
Event
Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
Event
Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?
13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US
20 December 2002
Event
Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position
9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003
Event
Mahmoud Abbas Forms the Palestinian Government
19 March 2003 - 29 April 2003
Event
US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map
30 April 2003
Event
The PLO Approves the Road Map
3 May 2003 - 11 May 2003
Event
Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis
7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003
Event
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
Event
SC Res. 1515: Endorsing Quartet Roadmap to a Two-State Solution
19 November 2003
Event
Palestinian Peace Gestures
1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership
11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004
Event
London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority
1 March 2005
Event
Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo
15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005
Event
James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters
14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005
Event
Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access
15 November 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006
Event
PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet
18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006
Event
International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007
Event
Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative
29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007
Event
Tony Blair Appointed Quartet Special Representative
27 June 2007
Event
Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference
16 July 2007
Event
The Quartet Expresses "Concern" over Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa Expansion
17 December 2007
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands
28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
Event
SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006
16 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 12
7 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 13
8 January 2009
Event
Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo
25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
Event
US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
Event
Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan
25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009
Event
The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian Talks Through Letters of Guarantee
16 December 2009 - 4 January 2010
Event
The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks
3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010
Event
US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan
9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010
Event
With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched
22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010
Event
President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel
6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010
Event
Abbas, Backed by the Arab League, Halts Palestinian-Israeli Direct Talks
30 September 2010 - 15 December 2010
Event
Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan
28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011
Event
Abbas Confirms Palestinian UN Bid for Statehood
16 May 2011
Event
US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East
19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011
Event
Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN
2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011
Event
State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Event
The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations
23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo
20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011
Event
Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman
3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012
Event
Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures
22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013
Event
25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
Event
UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry
23 July 2014
Event
French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products
9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015
Event
The Quartet Issues a Report on the Impediments to Palestinian-Israeli Settlement
1 July 2016
Event
The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet
3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016
Event
Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure
27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
4 December 2016
Event
SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism
23 December 2016
Event
Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
Event
Hamas New Charter
1 May 2017
Event
Palestinian Prisoners in Israel End Hunger Strike
27 May 2017
Event
100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
1 November 2017 - 2 November 2017
Event
Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem
13 December 2017
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018
Event
President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council
20 February 2018
Event
23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah
30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018
Event
The Knesset Passes Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018 - 30 July 2018
Event
Qatar's Assistance to Gaza
9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018
Event
UNGA Res. 73/89: Reaffirming Support for the Two-State Solution of Israel and Palestine
6 December 2018
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca
30 May 2019
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill
1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020
Historical Texts
Document
Resolutions of the General Palestinian Congress in Damascus (in Arabic)
27 February 1920
Document
Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Rejecting the British Mandate (in Arabic)
8 July 1922
Document
Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)
1 September 1922
Document
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
Document
National Fund: Establishment of Company to Save the Lands of Palestine (in Arabic)
11 October 1932
Document
The Palestine Arab Party: Bylaws and Internal Regulations (in Arabic)
24 April 1935
Document
Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)
10 July 1948
Document
Law Promulgating the Basic Law for the Area under the Supervision of the Egyptian Forces in Palestine (in Arabic)
25 February 1958
Document
Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)
5 November 1963
Document
Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Document
Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)
2 June 1964
Document
Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (in Arabic)
11 March 1965
Document
Palestine National Council, 2nd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
Document
Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Statement (in Arabic)
12 January 1973
Document
Admission of Palestine as Full Member in Arab League (in Arabic)
9 September 1976
Document
Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement (in Arabic)
18 February 1985
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1988: Concluding Statement (in Arabic)
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988
Document
Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
7 April 1990
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1990: Statement (in Arabic)
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
Document
Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996
Document
Thirteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)
27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001
Document
Fifteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)
1 March 2003
Document
Sixteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)
22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004
Document
Palestinian Dialogue Conference (in Arabic)
17 March 2005
Document
Seventeenth Arab Summit: The Algiers Declaration (in Arabic)
22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005
Document
Eighteenth Arab Summit: The Khartoum Declaration (in Arabic)
28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006
Document
Nineteenth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Document
Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)
21 June 2007
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement (in Arabic)
18 July 2007
Document
The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)
7 January 2008
Document
Twentieth Arab Summit: The Damascus Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008
Document
PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)
23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008
Document
Twenty-First Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)
30 March 2009
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)
7 August 2009
Document
Egypt's View on Ending Palestinian Division (in Arabic)
9 September 2009
Document
Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)
10 October 2009
Document
Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)
20 December 2011
Document
The Doha Declaration on Palestinian Reconciliation (in Arabic)
6 February 2012
Document
Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration
29 March 2012
Document
Twenty-Fourth Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
Document
Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Document
PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
Document
Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
Document
Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Report of the Quartet (in Arabic)
3 July 2016
Document
Twenty-Seventh Arab Summit: The Nouakchott Declaration (in Arabic)
25 July 2016
Document
Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
Document
Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
11 January 2017
Document
Twenty-Eighth Arab Summit: The Amman Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 2017
Document
Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)
13 December 2017
Document
PLO Central Council, 28th Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
15 January 2018
Document
Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018
Document
PLO Central Council, 29th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
Document
PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)
28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018
Document
Meeting of Palestinian Organizations' Secretaries-General: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
3 September 2020
Document
Ismail Haniyeh: Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause (in Arabic)
3 November 2021
Historical Media
Document
Oath of Allegiance
April 1936
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Document
Peel Commission and Partition
11 November 1936
Document
Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission
11 January 1937
Document
Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee
12 January 1937
Document
Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938
Highlights
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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