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As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1927 - 13 January 2005

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Events

Great Britain Invades Egypt; Egypt as a British Veiled Protectorate

Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front

1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915

Palin Commission of Inquiry

12 April 1920 - 1 July 1920

Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme

19 July 1931 - April 1932

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931

Establishment of the Istiqlal Party

Enactment of Emergency Regulations

Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936

30 September 1936

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937

18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

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

1 September 1951

Israel and the Lavon Affair

July 1954 - 17 February 1955

Egypt Detains Israeli Freighter

28 September 1954

Egypt Blocks Greek Freighter

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

London Conference on Suez

16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956

Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez

Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres

22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956

Israel Invades Egypt

29 October 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

UNGA 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)

2 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) Deploys in Sinai

12 November 1956 - 12 March 1957

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

June War, 2nd Day

June War, 5th Day

Egypt's War of Attrition

8 March 1969 - 7 August 1970

19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970

President Sadat Suggests Partial Israeli Withdrawal from Suez Canal

4 February 1971

October War, 1st Day

6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

October War, 2nd Day

October War, 3rd Day

October War, 5th Day

10 October 1973

October War, From the 6th to 10th Day

11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973

Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards

15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973

Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms

23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

Kilometer 101 Talks

11 November 1973

Sinai I Agreement

18 January 1974 - 3 March 1974

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

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis

7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003

The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

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

1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

Political Crisis in Israel

30 July 2008 - 10 February 2009

23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad

25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

Settlement Announcement in the Midst of a Crisis Regarding the Negotiations

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

3 April 2014 - 22 April 2014

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War

28 February 2017

The Knesset Adopts Amendment No. 116 to the Planning and Building Law (Kaminitz Law)

Two Jordanians Killed at Israeli Embassy in Amman

23 July 2017 - 24 July 2017

International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue

17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019

The PA and Israel Agree that the PA Can Collect Fuel Taxes

Inconclusive Results of Elections for the Knesset in Israel

2 March 2020 - 17 May 2020

Historical Texts

Palin Commission Report

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

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

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

Truman’s Statement on US Efforts for Palestine

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)

2 November 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

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

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

9 December 1969

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

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

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

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

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

UNSC Resolution 1435

24 September 2002

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

UNSC Resolution 1701

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

UNSC Resolution 1860

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

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program

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

25 September 2009

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 December 2014

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

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

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

28 February 2019

HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

Historical Media

Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931

16 December 1931

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

1955 - 1957

Highlights

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

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 Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

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

Shatila Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

III. Late Mandate

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Japan and the Palestine Question

A Policy still Subordinate to the US

Aida Refugee Camp

Canada and the Palestine Question

Israel First, Palestinians Second

Places

al-Zuq al-Tahtani

Wadi al-Hawarith