interactive encyclopedia of the palestine question – palquest | search

Sections

About

Use quotation marks “…” to search for an exact phrase.

Events

Ottoman Conquest of the Levant

24 August 1516 - 12 January 1517

Edification and Restoration Works of Sultan Suleiman in Jerusalem

A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities

Alliance Between Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani and Mamluk Leader Ali Bey al-Kabeer: To Conquer Palestine and Syrian Territory

November 1770 - June 1771

Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq

Sultan Abd al-Hamid II and the Ottoman Constitution

31 August 1876 - 19 December 1876

Establishment of Foreign Archeological Institutes in Jerusalem

Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line

31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892

4th Zionist Congress Is Held in London

13 August 1900 - 16 August 1900

5th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

26 December 1901 - 30 December 1901

6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel, Discusses the Uganda Scheme

23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903

7th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

27 July 1905 - 2 August 1905

8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague

14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907

The Zionist Organization Opens an Office in Jaffa

9th Zionist Congress Is Held in Hamburg

26 December 1909 - 30 December 1909

10th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

9 August 1911 - 15 August 1911

11th Zionist Congress Meets in Vienna

2 September 1913 - 9 September 1913

The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces

23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916

First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall

28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan

2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921

4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem; A Delegation to Be Sent to London

29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921

The Palestinian Delegation Conducts Sterile Negotiations in London

2 July 1921 - 31 July 1922

12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)

1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921

The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London

7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922

5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus

20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922

Palestinians Boycott Elections

February 1923 - March 1923

6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa

13th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)

6 August 1923 - 18 August 1923

4th Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine

14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna

18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925

15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927

7th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Jerusalem

20 June 1928 - 27 June 1928

5th Wave of Jewish Immigration

16th Zionist Congress Is Held in Zurich

28 July 1929 - 11 August 1929

4th Palestinian Delegation to London

1 April 1930 - 23 May 1930

17th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

30 June 1931 - 15 July 1931

18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague

21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933

19th Zionist Congress Meets in Lucerne

20 August 1935 - 4 September 1935

Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936

The British Issue the Collective Fines Ordinance

20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich

3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937

Anti-British Operation and British Retaliation in al-Bassa

6 September 1938 - 10 September 1938

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

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Pledge to Buy US Armament for the Haganah

Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks

24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946

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

New Wave of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

9 September 1946 - 2 December 1946

Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan

29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947

First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense

29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948

Arab League Rejects Partition Plan

8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947

Series of Zionist Attacks

2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948

Palestinian Attacks

14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948

Zionist Military Preparations

14 January 1948 - 20 February 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

Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee

13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948

Operations Shfifon and Kilshon in Jerusalem

14 May 1948 - 28 May 1948

Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949

Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem

Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza

22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Elections in Israel

25 January 1949 - 14 February 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

Republic of China Recognizes Israel; People’s Republic Revokes Recognition of Israel

1 March 1949 - 9 January 1950

Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement

UNGA Res. 302 (IV): Establishment of Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)

8 December 1949

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

24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956

Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez

Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya

4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

Iraqi Government Announces Formation of a “Palestinian Liberation Regiment”

25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961

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

26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001

SC Res. 171: Determining Israel's Attack on Syria a Violation of SC Res. 111

Death of Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi; Ahmad al-Shuqairi as Palestine Delegate to the Arab League

29 June 1963 - 19 September 1963

Fatah Opens Its First Office in Algeria

23 September 1963

Palestinian Delegation at the UN

18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963

26th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

30 December 1964 - 10 January 1965

The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York

22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974

June War, 4th Day

June War, 5th Day

June War, 6th Day

The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem

27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967

Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank

14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967

4th Arab Summit Convenes in Khartoum

29 August 1967 - 1 September 1967

Security Council Resolution S/RES/242

22 November 1967

Palestinians Reorganize

11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968

Settlement Attempt in Hebron

12 April 1968 - 16 June 1968

27th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

9 June 1968 - 19 June 1968

4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969

6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969

9 December 1969

5th Arab Summit Meets in Rabat and Ends in Failure

21 December 1969 - 23 December 1969

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley

22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970

7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

The US and Palestinian Rights

25 February 1971

8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971

9th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

7 July 1971 - 13 July 1971

28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972

10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972

11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973

Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris

October War, 4th Day

October War, 5th Day

10 October 1973

October War, From the 6th to 10th Day

11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973

American Airlift

14 October 1973 - 14 November 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

6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers

26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973

12th Palestine National Council, Cairo: A New Political Program

1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974

Palestinian Rejection Front

10 October 1974

7th Arab Summit Meeting in Rabat; PLO Recognized as Sole Representative of Palestinian People

26 October 1974 - 29 October 1974

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

SC Res. 381: Renewing UNDOF Mandate and Deciding to Hold a Future Debate on ME Problem

30 November 1975

The PLO Invited again to Security Council's Debate

12 January 1976

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

26 January 1976

PLO Becomes a Full Member of the Arab League

9 September 1976

8th Arab Summit Meets in Cairo

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

13th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

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

29th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

20 February 1978 - 1 March 1978

A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords

5 November 1978

14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

A PLF Operation in Nahariya

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

6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria

26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979

10th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

7th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo

18 December 1979 - 19 December 1979

8th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

31 January 1980 - 1 February 1980

Venice Declaration

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

12th Arab Summit Meets in Fez and Adjourns

25 November 1981

Lebanon War Casualties

1 September 1982 - 11 October 1982

The 12th Arab Summit Meeting in Fez Adopts the "Fez Initiative"

6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982

30th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1982 - 16 December 1982

16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

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

Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation

27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984

17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon

19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987

Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination

25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986

Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement

18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

1st Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region

17 October 1987 - 18 October 1987

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

22 December 1987

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

25 February 1988 - 26 February 1988

US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan

3rd Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region

3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988

Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis

4th Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region

3 June 1988 - 7 June 1988

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

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections

1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989

China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace

21 September 1989

Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan

16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989

The Issue of Hamas's Participation in the Palestine National Council

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

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

20 December 1990

President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War

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

1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991

Secretary Baker Second Stage Diplomacy

21 July 1991 - 13 October 1991

US-Soviet Joint Statement on the Middle East, Moscow

20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

1st Negotiation Round, Madrid

3 November 1991

4th Negotiation Round, Washington

24 February 1992 - 4 March 1992

5th Negotiation Round, Washington

27 April 1992 - 30 April 1992

6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington

24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992

6th Negotiation Round, 2nd Stage, Washington

14 September 1992 - 24 September 1992

7th Negotiation Round, Washington

21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992

8th Negotiation Round, Washington

7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992

9th Negotiation Round, Washington

27 April 1993 - 13 May 1993

10th Negotiation Round, Washington

15 June 1993 - 1 July 1993

Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO

9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

Suicide Bombing in Netanya; Rabin Reiterates the National Separation Idea

22 January 1995 - 24 January 1995

Anti-Israeli Attacks and Inter-Palestinian Tension

2 April 1995 - 19 April 1995

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

28 September 1996

Clinton - Netanyahu - Arafat - Hussein Meeting in Washington

1 October 1996 - 2 October 1996

Draft SC Res. S/1997/199 to Call on Israel to Refrain from Settlement Activities (Jabal Abu Ghunaym) Vetoed by US

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released

25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997

US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations

5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998

33rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

23 December 1997 - 26 December 1997

Commemoration of the Nakba 50th Anniversary

14 May 1998 - 15 May 1998

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

Israel Releases the First Group of Prisoners Pursuant to Oral Understandings at Wye River

19 November 1998 - 20 November 1998

UNGA Res. ES-10/6: Recommending Holding a Conference to Enforce the 4th Geneva Convention in the OPT

9 February 1999

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms its Applicability to the OPT

Official Resumption of Final Status Talks

13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999

Petition of the Twenty Denouncing the Palestinian Authority

27 November 1999 - 29 November 1999

Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks

7 December 1999 - 26 March 2000

George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP

27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000

Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army

15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000

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

Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

UNGA Res. ES-10/7: Expresses Concern over Israeli-Palestinian Clashes and Respect for 4th Geneva Convention

20 October 2000

Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape

26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak

6 February 2001

13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

Timid Diplomatic Efforts

2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect

5 December 2001

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

15 December 2001

Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?

16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001

Grave Escalation from Both Sides

9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002

The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative

27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002

Invasion of Jenin Camp: Fierce Battle

3 April 2002 - 19 April 2002

Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance

3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002

Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"

Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

34th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

17 June 2002 - 20 June 2002

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

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

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

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

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

20 December 2002

15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza

17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003

Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy

1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Violence Abates to a Moderate Level

1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

16th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis; Rejection of Israel's Disengagement Plan

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

Operation Full Court Press in Nablus

23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004

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

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

Losses on the Four-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada

28 September 2004

Assassination of Mahdi Jamal Mushtaha and Khaled al-Amreeti in Gaza City

First Round of Municipal Elections

23 December 2004 - 27 January 2005

Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce

17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005

17th Arab Summit Meets in Algiers

22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005

Second Round of Municipal Elections

Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza

9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005

Israeli Operations Resume

3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006

US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA

17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006

18th Arab Summit Meets in Khartoum

28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006

35th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

19 June 2006 - 22 June 2006

Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit

25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza

11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month

1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006

Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza

1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006

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

19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative

28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007

Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank

3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007

Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank

14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007

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

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Resume: Refugees and Territory Stumbling Blocks

24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008

20th Arab Summit Meets in Damascus

29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008

Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased

17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart

14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer

14 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 22

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

Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo

25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009

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

18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009

US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out

19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009

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

Gaza Cross-Border Situation Deteriorates

11 March 2010 - 1 April 2010

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 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

36th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

15 June 2010 - 17 June 2010

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

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Israel Approves Settlement Expansion

2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011

Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border

16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011

US President Barack Obama Gives a Major Speech on the Middle East

19 May 2011 - 22 May 2011

Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman

3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012

Settlement Consolidation in the West Bank, Including Jerusalem

6 November 2012 - 12 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2

15 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement

21 November 2012

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

29 November 2012

Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons

19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013

24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha

26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013

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

Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds

23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013

With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities

30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013

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

29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013

Israel Links the First-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

8 August 2013 - 25 August 2013

Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations

13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014

Kerry Prepares Another Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

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

17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014

25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

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

Abbas Sets Three Conditions for Extension of Negotiations

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza

14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014

Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza

8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014

Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

16 September 2014

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

17 December 2014

President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute

31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev

14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015

Settlement Construction

30 January 2015

A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?

2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015

26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

Settlement Construction

23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015

Clashes at Haram al-Sharif

With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories

13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015

37th Zionist Congress, Jerusalem

20 October 2015 - 22 October 2015

Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement

16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015

Israel Kills Samir Quntar; Hizballah Responds

19 December 2015 - 4 January 2016

The EU and the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members

4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016

Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border

3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016

In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted

8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016

Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif

27th Arab Summit Meets in Nouakchott

The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership

1 November 2016

Donald Trump Is Elected the 45th American President

8 November 2016

Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

Donald Trump Is Officially Inaugurated as the 45th American President

20 January 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

28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea

Gaza and the Electricity Issue

27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017

Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif

16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017

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

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

Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel

7 September 2017

The State of Palestine Admitted as Full Member of Interpol

27 September 2017

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

17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017

100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

1 November 2017 - 2 November 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

Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA

16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018

Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran

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

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 November 2018

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

19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019

UNGA Res. 73/89: Reaffirming Support for the Two-State Solution of Israel and Palestine

6 December 2018

PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing

7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019

30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca

US Officials Partake in Inauguration of Large-Scale Settler Project in East Jerusalem

Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration

31 December 2019

US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction

29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020

COVID-19 Hits Palestine

5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020

Israel Uses COVID-19 Against Palestinians

21 March 2020 - 22 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

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

PA Finances Suffer

2 July 2020 - 27 July 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine

9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Saeb Erekat Succumbs to the COVID-19 Virus

8 October 2020 - 10 November 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

Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020

COVID-19 Continues to Severely Impact Daily Life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021

Meetings of the Munich Group and the Middle East Quartet

11 January 2021 - 18 November 2021

Palestinian COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Begins as the Occupation Hinders an Effective Rollout

2 February 2021 - 20 June 2021

Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12

Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Israel Demolishes Parts of al-Yusufiya Cemetery to Make Space for Biblical Park

17 October 2021 - 29 October 2021

Foreign Ministers of the US, UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, and Israel Meet in Sde Boker: The Negev Forum

27 March 2022 - 27 June 2022

Violent Repression of Palestinians in East Jerusalem During Month of Ramadan

3 April 2022 - 29 April 2022

Palestinian Reunification Conference in Algiers

11 October 2022 - 13 October 2022

31st Arab Summit Meets in Algiers

1 November 2022 - 2 November 2022

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Hafiz al-Sa’id

1860 - 13 April 1930

1880 - 16 June 1946

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

1894 - 19 March 1949

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 21 May 1985

1907 - 27 July 2006

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Rajeh al-Salfiti

1921 - 27 May 1990

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1927 - 13 January 2005

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1962 - 31 July 2024

Yahya al-Sinwar

19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024

9 February 1963

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

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

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Palin Commission Report

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

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

Churchill White Paper

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Ordering its Delegation to Return from London (in Arabic)

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

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

1 September 1922

Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

16 September 1922

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Shaw Commission Report

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

1 December 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

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

The Murison Commission Report

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

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

The Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report

9 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Pact of the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

US Congress Resolution on Palestine

17 December 1945 - 19 December 1945

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1946

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Arab Summit Resolutions, Anshas (in Arabic)

The Grady-Morrison Plan

UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan

3 September 1947

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UN Palestine Commission First Report

29 January 1948

UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine

16 February 1948

Statement by the Committee of the Christian Union of Palestine

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1948

UNSC Resolution 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine

SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA ٍSpecial Session on Future Palestine Government

UNSC Resolution 48

The Palestine Act, 1948

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

UNSC Resolution 50

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

UNSC Resolution 54

Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948

16 September 1948

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

UNSC Resolution 61

4 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 212 (III)

19 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

The US Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

UNSC Resolution 69

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

UNGA Resolution 393 (V)

2 December 1950

Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

UNSC Resolution 106

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

UNGA Resolution 1123 (XI)

19 January 1957

UNGA Resolution 1124 (XI)

2 February 1957

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

25 February 1958

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

UNSC Resolution 171

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

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

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)

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

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

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

UNSC Resolution 228

25 November 1966

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

UNSC Resolution 252

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

UNSC Resolution 271

15 September 1969

UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)

10 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 November 1970

UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)

8 December 1970

Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

UNSC Resolution 313

28 February 1972

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

UNSC Resolution 316

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

12 January 1973

UNSC Resolution 338

22 October 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNSC Resolution 381

30 November 1975

Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East

4 December 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898

5 December 1975

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

UNSC Resolution 425

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

UNSC Resolution 446

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

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

28 January 1980

The Venice Declaration

Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

UNSC Resolution 478

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

UNSC Resolution 497

17 December 1981

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1

19 January 1982

UNGA Resolution ES-9/1

5 February 1982

UNSC Resolution 508

UNSC Resolution 509

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

UNSC Resolution 605

22 December 1987

UNSC Resolution 607

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

UNSC Resolution 672

12 October 1990

UNSC Resolution 673

24 October 1990

UNSC Resolution 681

20 December 1990

Note by the S.C. President: On the International Conference for Peace in the Middle East

20 December 1990

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 1st Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 4th Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

UNSC Resolution 694

Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

UNGA Resolution 46/86

16 December 1991

UNSC Resolution 726

PLO Central Council, 12th Session (in Arabic)

12 October 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

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

28 September 1995

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

UNSC Resolution 1073

28 September 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

UNGA Resolution ES-10/3

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/1998/21

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

PLO Central Council, 13th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

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

9 February 2000

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

South African Communiqué on Palestinian-Israeli Meeting

11 January 2002

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

UNSC Resolution 1405

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

UNSC Resolution 1435

24 September 2002

PLO Central Council, 17th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891

16 September 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/12

25 September 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNSC Resolution 1515

19 November 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

UNGA Resolution 58/292

UNSC Resolution 1544

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

EU’s Decision on a Border Assistance Mission to Rafah

12 December 2005

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

14 December 2005

UNSC Resolution 1701

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

PLO Central Council, Statement (in Arabic)

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

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

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 January 2009

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

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

9 September 2009

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

25 September 2009

UNGA Resolution 64/10

1 December 2009

Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9

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

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

PLO Central Council, 27th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)

Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War

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

UNGA Resolution 69/320

10 September 2015

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

30 September 2015

Report of the Middle East Quartet

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

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

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering

1 November 2017

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

13 December 2017

UNGA Resolution ES-10/19

21 December 2017

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

15 January 2018

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

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

30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People

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

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

UNGA Resolution 73/5

16 October 2018

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

28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018

UNGA Resolution 73/89

6 December 2018

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

26 December 2018

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

28 February 2019

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2019: Final Communiqué

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda On Opening an Investigation into War Crimes in Palestine

20 December 2019

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

12 February 2020

Abraham Accords: Treaty of Peace Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)

11 January 2021

ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine

5 February 2021

Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid

1 February 2022

PLO Central Council, 31st Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)

9 February 2022

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC

US-Israel Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership

Joe Biden’s Statement Before Mahmoud Abbas

UNGA Resolution 77/247

30 December 2022

Historical Media

The Palestinian Islamic Nation Conference Party

Mother Palestine

Death of The Shepherd Boy Fathi, Third Wave of Killing

Highlights

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

Lebanon War, 1982

A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

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 March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Balata Refugee Camp

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

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

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Algerians of Palestine

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944

From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

Japan and the Palestine Question

A Policy still Subordinate to the US

Canada and the Palestine Question

Israel First, Palestinians Second

Zarqa Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

The Great March of Return

Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown

Stages of a Forced Displacement

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Aida Refugee Camp

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Brazil and the Palestine Question

Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Places

Balad al-Shaykh

Ghuwayr Abu Shusha

Khirbat Bayt Far

Sarafand al-'Amar