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A Riot Against the Franciscans in the Holy Sepulchre Leads to a Firman More Favorable to the Greek Orthodox

With the Ottoman-Russian Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, Capitulations Turn into Bilateral Treaties

Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine

April 1834 - August 1834

Ottoman Firman Confirms Status Quo in Jerusalem and Bethlehem Christian Holy Places

8 February 1852

Treaty of Berlin Confirms the Status Quo Related to the Christian Sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe

Great Britain Invades Egypt; Egypt as a British Veiled Protectorate

Establishment of Foreign Archeological Institutes in Jerusalem

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

Emerging Palestinian Identity and Arab Nationalism

Establishment of Palestinian Newspaper al-Karmel in Haifa

Establishment of al-Madrasa al-Dusturiyya, Jerusalem

Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley

March 1909 - July 1909

Palestinians Clash with Settlers of Sejera Colony

3 April 1909 - 12 April 1909

Foundation of Tel Aviv

Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer

Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives

June 1909 - 2 November 1909

Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul

July 1909 - March 1915

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Territorial Issues and Prelude to the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans

14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916

Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

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

The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published

8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917

Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson

Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine

19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918

San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

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

3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa

13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920

Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem

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

Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council

20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922

White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration

The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council; Non-Applicability to Transjordan

5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus

20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922

British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah

25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

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

6 August 1923 - 18 August 1923

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society

21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930

Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine

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

19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928

Protection of Cultivators Ordinance No. 27

The British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall Submits its Report

1 December 1930

Establishment of Irgun

17th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

30 June 1931 - 15 July 1931

A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

Creation of the Arab Agricultural Bank

General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine

8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933

Death of Musa Kazim Husseini

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party

Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties

25 November 1935

Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936

Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

The Settlement of Tel ‘Amal Is Founded Overnight in the Baysan Region

10 December 1936

Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine

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

August 1937 - May 1941

Establishment of Hanita Settlement in Western Galilee

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference

15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939

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

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks

24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946

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

League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence

Haganah's Plan Gimmel

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

Truman's Statement after Postponement of Round Table Conference on Palestine

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council

29 January 1948 - 16 February 1948

Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem

11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Great Britain Issues the Termination of Jurisdiction in Palestine (Transitional Provisions) Order in Council of 1948

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948

Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee

13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948

Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv

13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

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

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

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

Israeli Intelligence Report on the Depopulation of Palestine until 31 May 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem

8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel

8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948

Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce

24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948

UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

17 September 1948

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

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Israel Conducts its First Population Census

8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949

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

17 December 1948

The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah

Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement

Official Name of Jordan as an Issue

UNGA 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

Israeli Law of Return

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

23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951

Israeli Operation in Jordan

28 January 1953

King Hussein’s Formal Accession to the Throne

Covenant between Zionist Organization and Israel

The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law

Bloody Israeli Attack on the Gaza Strip

28 February 1955

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves)

10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955

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

4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956

Kafr Qasim Massacre

29 October 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

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

2 November 1956

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

Fatah Is Founded

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq

Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic"

15 December 1959

Basic Law: Israel Lands

Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960

Ghassan Kanafani Publishes First Novel, Rijal fi-l-shams (Men in the Sun), in Beirut

The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip

Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations

US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East

The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem

27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967

First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic

Battle of al-Karama, a Turning Point in Palestinian and Pro-Palestinian Mobilization

27th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

9 June 1968 - 19 June 1968

Military Order No. 291 on Land Settlement

19 December 1968

7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Assassination Attempt of Wadi Haddad in Beirut

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Wasfi al-Tal, Jordan's Prime Minister, Is Assassinated by Black September Members in Cairo

28 November 1971

28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972

Assassination of Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut

Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut

Assassination of Palestinian Leaders Kamal Nasser, Kamal Adwan, and Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar in Beirut

Assassination of Abdul Hamid Shibli and Abdul Hadi Nakaa in Rome

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

1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974

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

1 September 1975

Premeditated Israeli Air Attack Against Palestinians in Lebanon

2 December 1975

Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation

1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976

Evacuation of US Nationals from Beirut with PLO Assistance

16 June 1976 - 20 June 1976

Failed Attempt to Open a PLO Information Office in Washington

19 November 1976

The PLO Central Council Condemns Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem

30 November 1977

Wadi Haddad Dies in Berlin, East Germany

A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Is Signed in Washington, DC

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

22 September 1979

Deportation of Bassam Shak'a Reversed After West Bank Mayors Threaten Resignation

11 November 1979 - 5 December 1979

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus

15 December 1979

Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

17 January 1980

President Carter's Disavowal of US Vote for SC Res. 465

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

Palestinian Operation Against Settlers in Hebron

2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980

Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

2 June 1980 - 3 June 1980

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon

10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981

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

23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981

12th Arab Summit Meets in Fez and Adjourns

25 November 1981

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

5 February 1982

Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank

16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982

Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War

Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London

Assassination of Bashir Gemayel and Israeli Occupation of Beirut

14 September 1982 - 16 September 1982

Kahan Report on the Sabra and Shatila Massacre

7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983

Jordanian Parliament Revived

9 January 1984 - 18 January 1984

Closure of Palestinian Universities

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

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

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

15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988

Closure of Bethlehem University

28 October 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Amman

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

Resumption of Diplomatic Activity

30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988

Assassination of Abu Hasan Qasim, Hamdi Sultan al-Tamimi and Marwan Kayyali in Limassol

14 February 1988

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

1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994

Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted

9 December 1988

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989

Ahmad Yasin Arrested

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad

28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

US Letters of Assurances to Parties to Upcoming Peace Conference

15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991

The Madrid Peace Conference

30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991

2nd Negotiation Round, Washington

10 December 1991 - 18 December 1991

3rd Negotiation Round, Washington

13 January 1992 - 16 January 1992

4th Negotiation Round, Washington

24 February 1992 - 4 March 1992

The Knesset Enacts the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

Arafat Survives a Plane Crash in Libya

7 April 1992 - 8 April 1992

5th Negotiation Round, Washington

27 April 1992 - 30 April 1992

Multilateral Talks

11 May 1992 - 13 May 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

Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon

13 December 1992 - 17 December 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

The Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Reject the Palestinian-Israeli Accord, Damascus

2 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993

28 October 1993

Status of Orient House in Jerusalem

29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994

US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington

Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)

28 September 1995

Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank

November 1995 - December 1995

Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

20 January 1996

Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996

Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996

Clinton - Netanyahu - Arafat - Hussein Meeting in Washington

1 October 1996 - 2 October 1996

First Phase of Further Redeployment Not Implemented

9 March 1997 - 12 March 1997

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

The Holy See and Israel Sign an Agreement Complementing their 1993 Fundamental Agreement

10 November 1997

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

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

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

Ehud Barak Becomes Prime Minister After a Campaign Focused on Separation Between Israelis and Palestinians

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

Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)

4 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

Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation

13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000

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

15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000

Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks

16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Assassination of Hussein Ubayyat in Beit Sahur, Before a Clinton-Arafat Meeting in Washington

9 November 2000

Assassination of Ibrahim Bani Odeh in Nablus

23 November 2000

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

26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

Assassination of Dr. Thabet Thabet in Tulkarm

31 December 2000

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

A Lebanese Legislative Amendment Equates Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

Assassination attempt of Abd al-Karim Owais in Jenin

New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes

18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001

Assassination of Fawwaz Badran in Tulkarm

Assassination of Amer Hudairy in Tulkarm

Assassination Attempt of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm

6 September 2001

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

Assassination of Jamil Jadallah Qawasmeh in Hebron

31 October 2001

Assassination of Abdallah Jarushi in Nablus

31 October 2001

Assassination of Yasir Asida and Fahmi Abu Eisheh in Tulkarm

2 November 2001

Assassination of Mahmoud Abu Hanud near Nablus

23 November 2001

Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated

3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002

Grave Escalation from Both Sides

9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002

Launch of the South African Peace Initiative (Spier Initiative)

11 January 2002 - 12 January 2002

Assassination of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm

14 January 2002

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance

3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002

Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)

14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002

Assassination of Marwan Zallum in Hebron

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

On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans

15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002

Assassination of Jihad Jibril in Beirut

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

5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002

Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative

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

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

Assassination of Ziad Da’as in Tulkarm

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

18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002

Assassination of Fayiz Jaber in Tulkarm

30 January 2003

15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

Assassination of Ibrahim Makadama in Gaza City

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

17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003

Assassination of Jasir Hussein Ahmad Aleemi in Tulkarm

US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map

Assassination of Abdallah Qawasmeh in Hebron

The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure

1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003

Assassination of Muhammad Sidr in Hebron

Assassination of Hamdi Hassan Kalakh in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Abdallah Akel and Farid Mayat in Nussayrat Refugee Camp

Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire

4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003

Assassination Attempt of Mahmud Zahhar in Gaza City

10 September 2003

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Assassination of Ibrahim al-Na'nish in Tulkarm Refugee Camp

28 October 2003

Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan

15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza

2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004

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

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

Life Sentence Against Marwan Barghouti

Operation Full Court Press in Nablus

23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004

Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank

27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004

Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map

2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004

Assassination of Mahmud Abu Khalifa, Amjad Abu al-Hayja, and Yamin Abu al-Hayja in Jenin

13 September 2004

Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron

17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004

First Round of Municipal Elections

23 December 2004 - 27 January 2005

Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh

8 February 2005

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

10 March 2005 - 30 June 2005

Possible Sale of Properties Belonging to Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Old City Revealed

18 March 2005 - 24 May 2005

James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters

14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005

Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk

18 June 2005 - 21 July 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

Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again

24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005

Assassination of Shadi Suhail Muhanna and Muhammad Ahmad Kandeel in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

27 October 2005

After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence

27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Operation Blue Skies and Continuing Escalation

22 December 2005 - 23 January 2006

After a Massive Stroke, Sharon Is Replaced by Ehud Olmert as Acting PM

The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon

6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011

Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls

25 January 2006

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

1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006

Olmert's Separation Plan

5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006

Assassination of Munir Sukkar and Ashraf Shallouf in Gaza City

Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail

14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006

Olmert's Kadima Party Wins the Knesset Elections

28 March 2006 - 4 May 2006

Assassination of Sami Abu Shari’a and Mahmud Ajjur in Gaza City

Assassination of Mohammed Shaban al-Dahdouh in Gaza City

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 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

July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah

July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon

11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes

18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006

The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas

14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007

Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord

28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative

29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007

Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank

3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007

After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Assassination of Ziad Malaisha and Ibrahim Abed in Kafr Dan

Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces

2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007

Assassination of Majid Harazin, Jihad Dahir, Karim Dahdouh, Na'el Tafesh, Ayman al-'Aileh and Ammar Abu-al-Said in Gaza City

17 December 2007

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

17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008

After the July War: Winograd Commission's Report on Israel's Handling of the 2006 Lebanon War

30 January 2008

Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans

9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008

Assassination of Muhammad Shihada, Ahmad Balbul, Imad Kamel and Issa Marzouk in Bethlehem

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

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

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

17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008

Assassination of Tareq Abu Ghali in Nablus

To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

Political Crisis in Israel

30 July 2008 - 10 February 2009

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

The PLO Central Council Meets in Ramallah

23 November 2008 - 24 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 2

28 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 7

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

War on Gaza, Day 13

War on Gaza, Day 14

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

14 January 2009

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

16 January 2009

Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud Forms Israeli Cabinet after Close Election Results

10 February 2009 - 31 March 2009

War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises

US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze

26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

Israel Land Administration Law

Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem

4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009

Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009

US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out

19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze

25 November 2009

US Demands on Israel After the Ramat Shlomo Plan

9 March 2010 - 25 March 2010

22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte

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

22 April 2010 - 20 May 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

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

1 September 2010 - 2 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 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

Israel Approves Settlement Expansion

2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011

Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

Assassination of Kamal al-Nairab and Imad Hamad in Rafah

Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

2 September 2011

Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest

27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011

Assassination of Ahmad Shaykh Khalil, Muhammad Ashur, Bassem Abu al-Ata, Hassan al-Khadari, and Abd al-Karim Shatat in Rafah

29 October 2011

Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion

12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

US Legislation Against Palestinian Full UN Membership

23 December 2011

Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt

Assassination of Eid Oukal in Rafah

Assassination of Abdallah Makawi in Rafah

Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza

14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012

Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3

16 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

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

21 November 2012

Symbolic Erection of Bab al-Shams and Bab al-Karama villages in the West Bank

11 January 2013 - 20 January 2013

John Kerry Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy for Resumption of Negotiations

4 March 2013 - 8 May 2013

Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative

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

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

29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013

Israeli-Palestinian Direct Talks Take Place in Jerusalem

14 August 2013 - 2 September 2013

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

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Israel's Settlement Expansion Disrupts the Palestinian Negotiation Team

31 October 2013 - 13 November 2013

Abbas's Meeting With Obama in Washington Tests US Credibility

Israel Announces the Suspension of Negotiations with the Palestinians

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza

8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10

16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 26-28: Fighting Continues

2 August 2014 - 4 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo

11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Toward an Open-Ended Cease-Fire

23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza

11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014

Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections

22 January 2015

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

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

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

Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire

16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015

UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

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

13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015

A Day of Escalation in the West Bank

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

5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015

US Legislation Against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court

18 December 2015

Israel Kills Samir Quntar; Hizballah Responds

19 December 2015 - 4 January 2016

Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members

4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016

Palestinians Thwart the Setting Up of Cameras at Haram al-Sharif

18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016

Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif

Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure

27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016

A Doubtful Israel-Palestinian Postal Service Memorandum of Understanding

4 September 2016 - 15 August 2018

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

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Kerry's "Farewell" Speech on Palestinian-Israeli Peace

28 December 2016

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee Reactivated

15 January 2017

Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East

15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017

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

15 February 2017

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination

6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017

Amendment No. 46 of Basic Law: The Knesset Gives Additional Reasons for Disqualifying Arab Candidates

UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid

Hamas Forms a Committee to Administer Gaza Strip

US-Israel Preliminary Talks on Settlements

19 March 2017 - 23 March 2017

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

Gaza and the Electricity Issue

27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017

Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau

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

100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

1 November 2017 - 2 November 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

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

6 December 2017 - 20 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

The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites

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

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

14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018

UNGA Res. ES-10/20 Calls for the Protection of the Palestinian Civilian Population

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue

2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

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

The US Replaces its Consulate General in Jerusalem by a Palestinian Affairs Unit within its New Embassy

18 October 2018

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 November 2018

Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

15 December 2018

Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron

28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019

The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019

The US Consulate General in Jerusalem Is Merged in US Embassy in the City

Israeli Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Settler Organization’s Claim to Three Buildings in the Old City of Jerusalem

Israeli Court Finds PA Liable for Attacks During Second Intifada

Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir

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

US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019

Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration

31 December 2019

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

Israel Attack Gaza over Incendiary Protest Balloons

6 August 2020 - 1 September 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

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

PA Issues Building Permits in Area C

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

Hanan Ashrawi Resigns from PLO Executive Committee

9 December 2020

Murder Rate Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel Remains High Amid Israeli Police Inaction

21 December 2020

Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank

25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021

Israel Raids and Closes Offices of Human Rights Organizations in the West Bank

28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021

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

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada

10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021

The General Strike of the Unity Intifada

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12

May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet

Bennett-Lapid Government Takes Office in Israel

Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters

Death of Nizar Banat after Arrest by PA Forces

24 June 2021 - 21 June 2022

Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements

5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021

Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended

22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Bennett-Lapid Government Accelerates Colonization in its First Six Months

31 December 2021

Palestinian Prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash Ends Hunger Strike After 141 days, Is Released and Rearrested Months Later

4 January 2022 - 20 September 2022

PLO Central Council Holds, in Ramallah, its First Meeting in 4 Years

6 February 2022 - 9 February 2022

The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry Into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2022 for Banning Family Unification

Salah Hammouri is Placed in Administrative Detention Before Being Deported from Palestine to France

10 March 2022 - 18 December 2022

Israel Declares 22,000 Dunams of Land Near Jericho a “Nature Reserve”

Assassination of Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin

11 May 2022 - 15 November 2022

Hussein al-Sheikh Appointed Secretary-General of the PLO Executive Committee

US State Department Separates Palestinian Office from Embassy to Israel

8 June 2022 - 9 June 2022

President Biden Meets with President Abbas in Bethlehem; No Joint Statement

Lion’s Den Group Emerges with Israeli Collective Punishment Against Residents of Nablus

2 September 2022 - 3 November 2022

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1859 - 21 July 1921

1860 - 13 April 1930

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

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

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

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

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)

1909 - 11 October 1980

Constantine Zurayk

18 April 1909 - 12 August 2000

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

Anwar Nusseibeh

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1925 - 10 April 1973

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1934 - 14 September 2021

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)

14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth

1860 - 1948

Historical Media

Yusuf Diya-uddin Pasha al-Khalidi

The Constitutional School

Al-Karmel Newspaper

12 September 1912

Town of Safad, Northern Galilee

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

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

2 November 1932

Musa Kazim Husseini's Funeral, Damascus Gate

Palestine and Oil

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

Illegal Immigration (I)

Illegal Immigration (II)

Arab League Warnings

Haifa Railroad Station

20 September 1946

The Haganah Starts Its Offensive

Burning of the Rex Cinema

2 December 1947

Importation of a Military Industry

Scenes of Destruction

Funeral of Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

Homage To Karamah

Israeli Attacks on Jordan

We'll Meet In Tel Aviv!

Third Anniversary of Al Karameh Battle

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Death of The Shepherd Boy Fathi, Third Wave of Killing

Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing

Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing

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

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

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

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

Palin Commission Report

Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

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

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 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

The Hope Simpson 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

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

The Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937

Peel Commission Report

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report

9 November 1938

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

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

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

Statement by the Council of the Arab League on the Anglo-American Committee's Report on Palestine

The Grady-Morrison Plan

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

Truman’s Statement on US Efforts for Palestine

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

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

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

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

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

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

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

UNSC Resolution 61

4 November 1948

Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account

8 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

The US Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 303

9 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

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

12 September 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)

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

UNSC Resolution 106

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

First Arab Summit: Statement

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

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

Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions

1 September 1967

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

UNGA Resolution 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

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

9 December 1969

UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)

10 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)

4 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

Speech by Jordan’s King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement

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

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3237 (XXIX)

22 November 1974

Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference

1 September 1975

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

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

4 December 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

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

30 November 1977

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

8 December 1977

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

17 September 1978

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

UNSC Resolution 465

The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza

31 January 1982

1 September 1982

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

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

7 February 1983

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

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat

7 November 1985

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

The Shultz Negotiations Plan

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

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

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

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

13 December 1988

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

14 December 1988

Statement by President Reagan on Opening American-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Secretary of State James Baker's: Five Points Framework for an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue

10 October 1989

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

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

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 1991

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

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

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

13 September 1993

UNSC Resolution 904

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

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

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

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

President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement

23 December 2000

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

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement

27 January 2001

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

27 January 2001

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

The Mitchell Report

UNSC Resolution 1397

Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

UNSC Resolution 1402

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

UNGA Resolution 58/292

Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

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

Prisoners’ Document on National Conciliation

National Conciliation Document

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878

10 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

8 February 2007

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)

25 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39

Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups

16 January 2009

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

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

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

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

Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State

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

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

Understanding Regarding Ceasefire in Gaza Strip

21 November 2012

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

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

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

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

30 September 2015

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

18 January 2016

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

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

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

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

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

1 November 2017

Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

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

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

President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019

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

12 February 2020

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

Abraham Accords: Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations, Announced by the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain

15 September 2020

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

15 September 2020

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

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

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Egyptian-Israeli Negotiation Rounds on Palestinian Autonomy

1977 - 1982

Thematic Chronology

The UN and Palestine: Security Council Vetoed Draft Resolutions

1963 - present

Thematic Chronology

The 2014 Gaza War

2014-2015

Thematic Chronology

Transjordan and its Evolving Connection to Palestine

1915-1954

Thematic Chronology

Foreign Interference in Ottoman Internal Affairs

1569 - 1923

Highlights

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Stages of a Forced Displacement

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

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

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

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

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 Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

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 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

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

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

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

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

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

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

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Balata Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Jaramana Refugee Camp

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

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

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

The Bosnians of Palestine

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

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

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) 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

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The Algerians of Palestine

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

Palestinian Photographers Before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

III. Late Mandate

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

I. Ottoman Rule

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

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

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

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

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944

From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Aida Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Canada and the Palestine Question

Israel First, Palestinians Second

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Jerash Refugee Camp (Gaza Camp)

X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Israeli Military

The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

Japan and the Palestine Question

A Policy still Subordinate to the US

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Zarqa Refugee Camp

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

Periods

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

Places

al-Batani al-Gharbi

al-Batani al-Sharqi

al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa

al-Ghubayya al-Tahta

al-Masmiyya al-Kabira

al-Masmiyya al-Saghira

al-Naghnaghiyya

al-Ras al-Ahmar

al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya

al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya

al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya

al-Shawka al-Tahta

al-Shaykh Muwannis

Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda'

al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta

al-Zuq al-Fawqani

al-Zuq al-Tahtani

'Arab al-'Arida

'Arab al-Bawati

'Arab al-Fuqara'

'Arab al-Nufay'at

'Arab al-Samniyya

'Arab al-Shamalina

'Arab al-Zubayd

'Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri

Balad al-Shaykh

Khirbat Bayt Lid

Bayt Umm al-Mays

Bayyarat Hannun

Daliyat al-Rawha'

Dayr Abu Salama

Ghabat Kafr Sur

Ghuwayr Abu Shusha

Ijlil al-Qibliyya

Ijlil al-Shamaliyya

'Iraq al-Manshiyya

al-Jammasin al-Gharbi

al-Jammasin al-Sharqi

Khirbat 'Iribbin

Khirbat al-'Umur

Khirbat al-Burj

Khirbat al-Buwayra

Khirbat al-Damun

Khirbat al-Duhayriyya

Khirbat al-Jawfa

Khirbat al-Kasayir

Khirbat al-Lawz

Khirbat al-Majdal

Khirbat al-Manara

Khirbat al-Mansura

Khirbat al-Muntar

Khirbat al-Sarkas

Khirbat al-Shuna

Khirbat al-Tannur

Khirbat al-Taqa

Khirbat al-Zababida

Khirbat al-Zawiya

Khirbat Bayt Far

Khirbat Ism Allah

Khirbat Karraza

Khirbat Qumbaza

Khirbat Umm Burj

Khirbat Umm Sabuna

Khirbat Zakariyya

Khiyam al-Walid

Kirad al-Baqqara

Kirad al-Ghannama

Mansurat al-Khayt

Sarafand al-Kharab

Sarafand al-'Amar

Wa'arat al-Sarris

Wadi al-Hawarith