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Ottoman Pledges to Grant Facilities to France: Towards the Capitulations Regime
18 October 1569 - 1613
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A Riot Against the Franciscans in the Holy Sepulchre Leads to a Firman More Favorable to the Greek Orthodox
2 April 1757
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Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
7 November 1864
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Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq
July 1872
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Seven Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1880s
1882 - 1884
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First Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine
1882 - 1903
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Nine Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1890s
1890 - 1896
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Establishment of Foreign Archeological Institutes in Jerusalem
1890 - 1919
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Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association in London
September 1891
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France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements
2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901
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Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury
January 1905
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Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
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The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front
1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces
23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916
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The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson
8 January 1918
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Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine
16 April 1918
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Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine
19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918
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General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
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Opening of the Paris Peace Conference
18 January 1919
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1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919
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Treaty of Versailles; Establishment of the League of Nations
28 June 1919 - 10 January 1920
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The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission
2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919
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A General Palestinian Congress Meets in Damascus
27 February 1920
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The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
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Mahlul Land Ordinance
1 October 1920
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Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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House of Lords and House of Commons Conflicting Views on Palestine
20 June 1922 - 4 July 1922
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The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London
7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922
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League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922
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British-French Demarcation of Line Between Palestine (Including Transjordan) and Syria (Including Lebanon)
7 March 1923
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Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
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1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
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General Conference of Palestine Arab Workers, Haifa
11 January 1930
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The British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall Submits its Report
1 December 1930
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19th Zionist Congress Meets in Lucerne
20 August 1935 - 4 September 1935
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Avner Defense Plan
June 1937
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Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
23 July 1937 - September 1938
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Establishment of Hanita Settlement in Western Galilee
21 March 1938
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Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis
October 1939
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Killing of Avraham Stern
February 1942
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Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
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Stern Gang Assassinates Lord Moyne in Cairo
6 November 1944
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Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks
24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946
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Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan; a New Constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
25 May 1946 - 7 December 1946
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Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
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Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan
24 July 1946
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Stern Gang Letter Bombs Against Officials in London
5 June 1947
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Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
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Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948
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Zionist Attacks
15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948
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A New Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan
15 March 1948
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Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
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The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings
4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948
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Massacre in Deir Yasin
9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948
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Operation Barak Toward the South
9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948
12 May 1948
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Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv
13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948
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Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
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Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan
28 June 1948
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The Arab League and the Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration
10 July 1948
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Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City
2 August 1948
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Bernadotte's New Plan
16 September 1948
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Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance
16 September 1948
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UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
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A Massacre in al-Dawayima
29 October 1948
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Israel Strengthens Its Political Control over Jerusalem; Military Government Dissolved
20 December 1948 - 17 February 1949
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Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
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Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank
16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949
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Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)
24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949
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UNGA Res. 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN
11 May 1949
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Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
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Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously
27 April 1950
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The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
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Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza
10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957
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Fatah and the Palestinian Entity
June 1960
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Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
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US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
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The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem
27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967
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Civil Aviation in the Conflict
23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969
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PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
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PFLP Hijack Operations
6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970
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8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971
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Wa'el Zuaiter Is Assassinated in Rome
16 October 1972
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Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973
27 June 1973
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Palestine National Front Is Established in the Occupied Territories
15 August 1973
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October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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SC Res. 338: Calling for Cease-fire and Deciding to Start Immediately Negotiations for Just Durable and Peace
22 October 1973
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12th Palestine National Council, Cairo: A New Political Program
1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974
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Palestine Question Is Placed on the Agenda of the UN General Assembly
21 September 1974
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Sinai II Agreement Reached
20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975
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Statement S/11889 by SC President on Inviting the PLO to the Debate on ME Problem
30 November 1975
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29th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
20 February 1978 - 1 March 1978
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Palestinian Autonomy Is Discussed at the Sadat-Begin Summit in Aswan
7 January 1980 - 10 January 1980
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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority
28 January 1980
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Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem
20 August 1980 - September 1980
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PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan
29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982
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Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
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Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration
6 September 1986
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Issues Its Charter
18 August 1988
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The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative
15 May 1989
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A New Constitutional Law Rejects Palestinians' Resettlement in Lebanon
21 September 1990
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Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference
20 December 1990
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SC Res. 681: Deploring Israel's Decision to Resume Deportations of Palestinian Civilians
20 December 1990
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Conference on Multilateral Peace Talks, Moscow
28 January 1992 - 29 January 1992
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7th Negotiation Round, Washington
21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992
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Multilateral Talks
29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992
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Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage
20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993
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The Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Reject the Palestinian-Israeli Accord, Damascus
2 September 1993
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Land Expropriation in Jerusalem
27 April 1995 - 3 May 1995
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Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)
28 September 1995
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Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister
29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996
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Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked
10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997
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UNGA Res. 52/250: Granting Palestine Additional Rights and Privileges at the GA
7 July 1998
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Statement S/PRST/1998/21 by SC President Against Israel Broadening Boundaries of Jerusalem
13 July 1998
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Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)
10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000
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Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape
26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001
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The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan
11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001
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President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State
2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001
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With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level
26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001
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SC Res. 1402: Calling for Cease-Fire and Withdrawal of Israeli Troops from Palestinian Cities
30 March 2002
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Assassination of Qays Udwan in Tubas
5 April 2002
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Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003
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Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
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Olmert's Separation Plan
5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006
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Israeli Operations in the West Bank
24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006
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Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?
6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006
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The Battle of Nahr el-Bared
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007
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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
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands
28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 4
30 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet
3 January 2009
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SC Res. 1860: Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire and Arrangements to Prevent Arms Trafficking
8 January 2009
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Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites
21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010
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US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
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The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe
1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012
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Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics
14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011
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Four Islamic Jihad Members, Administrative Detainees in Israeli Prisons, Go on Hunger Strike
17 December 2011 - 1 April 2012
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Local Elections in the West Bank
20 October 2012 - 22 December 2012
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Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns
13 April 2013
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With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities
30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013
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Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013
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Third Group of Prisoner Release as Part of Negotiation Resumption Deal
31 December 2013
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Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israeli Settlement Expansion
31 January 2014 - 7 February 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
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Assassination of Raed al-Attar, Muhammad Abu Shammaleh and Muhammad Barhoum in Rafah
21 August 2014
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Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration
10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014
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A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?
2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015
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Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again
2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025
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Settlement Construction
23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015
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Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee Reactivated
15 January 2017
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Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump
22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017
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The PA Forces Early Retirement on Part of Its Employees in Gaza
4 July 2017
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Palestinian Official Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
14 July 2017 - 21 July 2017
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Palestinian Diplomatic Activity after US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
6 December 2017 - 20 December 2017
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The Knesset Passes an Amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
2 January 2018
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US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”
25 January 2018
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President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council
20 February 2018
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest
25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018
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Taylor Force Act Signed into Law
23 March 2018
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PA Requests Membership of International Treaties and Conventions in Response to US Embassy Move
24 March 2018 - 6 June 2018
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International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
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PA Asks the ICC to Investigate Israeli Settlement Policies
22 May 2018
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Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East
15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018
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Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron
28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019
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UNHRC Report on Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters
28 February 2019
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The US Recognizes the Golan Heights as Part of Israel
21 March 2019 - 25 March 2019
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US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference
22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019
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UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations
29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019
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Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel
15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019
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The PA and Israel Agree that the PA Can Collect Fuel Taxes
22 August 2019
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Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected
10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019
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PA Starts Receiving Part of Tax Revenue from Israel Despite Deduction
3 October 2019 - 29 December 2019
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US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction
29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020
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Israeli Coalition Negotiations Hint at Partial Annexation of the West Bank
20 April 2020 - 17 May 2020
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International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans
18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020
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UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel
13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020
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Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives
25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021
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Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel
15 September 2020
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Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco
10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020
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Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020
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PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones
15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021
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Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters
15 June 2021
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Israel Demolishes Parts of al-Yusufiya Cemetery to Make Space for Biblical Park
17 October 2021 - 29 October 2021
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Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations
22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021
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Jewish National Fund Begins Forestation Project in the Naqab to Displace Palestinians
10 January 2022 - 15 January 2022
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Israeli Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Properties Owned by the Greek Orthodox Church in East Jerusalem
26 March 2022 - 8 June 2022
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Israel Declares 22,000 Dunams of Land Near Jericho a “Nature Reserve”
12 April 2022
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Israel to Approve 4,427 New Settlement Housing Units
12 May 2022
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Netanyahu Forms Radical Right-Wing Israeli Government
29 December 2022

Historical Texts

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Ottoman-French Capitulation, 1673 (in French)
5 June 1673
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Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem
8 February 1852
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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
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Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
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Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
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San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
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Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
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Shaw Commission Report
12 March 1930
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The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
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MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
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Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
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Statement of the Arab National Conference
13 December 1931
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Charter of the Arab Youth Congress
4 January 1932
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
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Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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The Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
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London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
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MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
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Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
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The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Bevin's Statement on Formation of an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
13 November 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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The Haganah: Plan Gimmel (Plan C): Section on Countermeasures
May 1946
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Statement by the Council of the Arab League on the Anglo-American Committee's Report on Palestine
12 June 1946
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
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Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
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Truman’s Statement on US Efforts for Palestine
4 October 1946
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Arab Ten-Point Position on UN Agenda on Palestine
29 April 1947
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UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan
3 September 1947
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UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan
3 September 1947
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UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority
3 September 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
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UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine
16 February 1948
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Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1948
15 March 1948
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The Palestine Act, 1948
29 April 1948
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Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
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Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
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Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
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Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948
16 September 1948
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UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Ad Hoc Political Committee Resolution on Israel’s Application for UN Membership
4 May 1949
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UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
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Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
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Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
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UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)
2 February 1957
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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First Arab Summit: Statement
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
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Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
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Fatah First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
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Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
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Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
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Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
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Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
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Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)
4 November 1970
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Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
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Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
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Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
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UNSC Resolution 338
22 October 1973
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Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
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Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
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PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
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Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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UNSC Resolution 446
22 March 1979
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
26 March 1979
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Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
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Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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UNSC Resolution 465
1 March 1980
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The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors
3 June 1980
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The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
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Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
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Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1
19 January 1982
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Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
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UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943
1 April 1982
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Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
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Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
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Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
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Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat
7 November 1985
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
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The London Agreement
11 April 1987
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UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
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Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians
26 February 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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The Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
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King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463
17 February 1989
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Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
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Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
Document
U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution 52/250
13 July 1998
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
Document
Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
President Clinton Proposals on Israeli‑Palestinian Peace
23 December 2000
Document
Palestinian Response to President Clinton Proposals
1 January 2001
Document
Israel’s Response to President Clinton Proposals
3 January 2001
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270
26 March 2001
Document
Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations
16 April 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
The Durban Declaration
8 September 2001
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199
14 December 2001
Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1402
30 March 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
Document
President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
Document
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution 58/292
6 May 2004
Document
Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
EU’s Decision on a Border Assistance Mission to Rafah
12 December 2005
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
Prisoners’ Document on National Conciliation
10 May 2006
Document
National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878
10 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
UNSC Resolution 1860
8 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program
8 August 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Document
China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question
6 May 2013
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
Document
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel
25 March 2019
Document
Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements
18 November 2019
Document
Abraham Accords: Treaty of Peace Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Document
ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine
5 February 2021
Document
The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
Document
Framework for Cooperation between UNRWA and the USA, 2021-2022
14 July 2021
Document
Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC
9 May 2022
Document
31st Arab Summit: Algiers Declaration (in French)
2 November 2022
Document
UNGA Resolution 77/247
30 December 2022

Biographies

Biography
Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
1842 - 1906
Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Aref al-Dajani
1860 - 13 April 1930
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Khalil Baidas
1875 - 9 February 1949
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Constantine Zurayk
18 April 1909 - 12 August 2000
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Anwar Nusseibeh
1913 - 22 November 1986
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Rajeh al-Salfiti
1921 - 27 May 1990
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Leila Shahid
13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Yahya al-Sinwar
19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Biography
Rim Banna
6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Media

Document
Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938
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Arab League Warnings
June 1946
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Nahr el-Bared
1948
Document
Grand Serai in Ruins
4 January 1948
Document
Palestine: A Homeland Denied
1979

Highlights

Highlight
Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers Before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
Highlight
Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
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VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question Before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
Highlight
Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
Highlight
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
Highlight
Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
Highlight
Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
Highlight
Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
Highlight
The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest
Highlight
The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem
Highlight
Japan and the Palestine Question
A Policy still Subordinate to the US
Highlight
Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
Highlight
Jerash Refugee Camp (Gaza Camp)
Jordan
Highlight
Zarqa Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
The Great March of Return
Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown
Highlight
XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
Aida Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
Highlight
Brazil and the Palestine Question
Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Periods

Period
I. Ottoman Rule
Period
VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement

Places

Place
Abil al-Qamh
Place
Abu al-Fadl
Place
'Ajjur
Place
'Akbara
Place
al-'Abbasiyya
Place
al-Ashrafiyya
Place
al-'Ulmaniyya
Place
al-Bassa
Place
al-Birwa
Place
al-Burj
Place
al-Dawayima
Place
al-Dirbashiyya
Place
Ghabbatiyya
Place
al-Ghabisiyya
Place
al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa
Place
al-Ghubayya al-Tahta
Place
al-Husayniyya
Place
al-Jura
Place
al-Jura
Place
al-Kabri
Place
al-Kafrayn
Place
al-Khayriyya
Place
al-Khisas
Place
al-Kunayyisa
Place
al-Latrun
Place
al-Majdal
Place
al-Maliha
Place
al-Manshiyya
Place
al-Mansi
Place
al-Mansura
Place
al-Mansura
Place
al-Mas'udiyya
Place
al-Mazar
Place
al-Muftakhira
Place
al-Mujaydil
Place
al-Mukhayzin
Place
al-Muwaylih
Place
al-Nabi Yusha'
Place
al-Naghnaghiyya
Place
al-Nahr
Place
al-Nuqayb
Place
al-Qastal
Place
al-Qubab
Place
al-Qubayba
Place
al-Qudayriyya
Place
al-Safiriyya
Place
al-Salihiyya
Place
al-Samakiyya
Place
al-Samra
Place
al-Sarafand
Place
al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
Place
al-Sawamir
Place
al-Shawka al-Tahta
Place
al-Shaykh Muwannis
Place
al-Sumayriyya
Place
al-Tabigha
Place
al-Tall
Place
al-Tira
Place
al-Tira
Place
Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda'
Place
al-Walaja
Place
al-Zawiya
Place
al-Zuq al-Fawqani
Place
al-Zuq al-Tahtani
Place
'Ammuqa
Place
Aqir
Place
'Arab al-'Arida
Place
'Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri
Place
'Artuf
Place
'Atlit
Place
'Ayn al-Zaytun
Place
'Ayn Ghazal
Place
'Ayn Karim
Place
Balad al-Shaykh
Place
Barfiliya
Place
Barqa
Place
al-Barriyya
Place
Baysamun
Place
Bayt Dajan
Place
Bayt 'Itab
Place
Bayt Mahsir
Place
Bayt Nattif
Place
Bayt Thul
Place
Bayt Umm al-Mays
Place
Bayyarat Hannun
Place
Bayt Daras
Place
Bayt Susin
Place
Bayt Jiz
Place
Bi'lin
Place
Bir Ma'in
Place
al-Burayj
Place
Dallata
Place
Daniyal
Place
Dayr 'Amr
Place
Dayr Aban
Place
Dayr al-Hawa
Place
Dayr Nakhkhas
Place
Dayr al-Qasi
Place
Dayr al-Shaykh
Place
Dayr Ayyub
Place
Dayr Sunayd
Place
Dayshum
Place
Dimra
Place
Fajja
Place
Fardisya
Place
Farwana
Place
Ghabat Kafr Sur
Place
Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
Place
Hadatha
Place
Hamama
Place
Hatta
Place
Hawsha
Place
Hittin
Place
Hunin
Place
'Ibdis
Place
Ijlil al-Shamaliyya
Place
Ijzim
Place
'Innaba
Place
'Iraq al-Manshiyya
Place
'Iraq Suwaydan
Place
Isdud
Place
Ishwa'
Place
'Islin
Place
Jaba'
Place
Jahula
Place
al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
Place
al-Jammasin al-Sharqi
Place
Jarash
Place
Jimzu
Place
Jusayr
Place
Kabara
Place
Kafr 'Ana
Place
Kafr Saba
Place
Kafra
Place
Karatiyya
Place
Kasla
Place
Kawfakha
Place
Kawkaba
Place
Kharruba
Place
Khirbat al-'Umur
Place
al-Jalama
Place
Khirbat al-Jawfa
Place
Khirbat al-Kasayir
Place
Khirbat al-Lawz
Place
Khirbat al-Manara
Place
Khirbat al-Mansura
Place
al-Qubayba
Place
Khirbat al-Sarkas
Place
Khirbat al-Shuna
Place
Khirbat al-Taqa
Place
Khirbat Bayt Far
Place
Khirbat Ism Allah
Place
Khirbat Karraza
Place
Khirbat Lid
Place
Khirbat Qumbaza
Place
Khirbat Sa'sa'
Place
Khirbat Umm Burj
Place
Khirbat Zakariyya
Place
Khiyam al-Walid
Place
Khubbayza
Place
Kirad al-Baqqara
Place
Lifta
Place
Lubya
Place
Ma'lul
Place
Majdal Yaba
Place
al-Malikiyya
Place
Mansurat al-Khayt
Place
Masil al-Jizl
Place
Mi'ar
Place
Mirun
Place
Miska
Place
Mughr al-Khayt
Place
al-Na'ima
Place
Nasir al-Din
Place
Nimrin
Place
Nuris
Place
Qadas
Place
Qaddita
Place
Qalunya
Place
Qannir
Place
Qaqun
Place
Qatra
Place
Qaytiyya
Place
Qazaza
Place
Qira
Place
Qisarya
Place
Qula
Place
Ra'na
Place
Raml Zayta
Place
Rantiya
Place
Ras Abu 'Ammar
Place
Safsaf
Place
Salama
Place
Saqiya
Place
Sar'a
Place
Sarafand al-Kharab
Place
Sataf
Place
Shahma
Place
al-Shajara
Place
al-Sindiyana
Place
Suba
Place
Sufla
Place
Suhmata
Place
Suruh
Place
Tall al-Safi
Place
Tarbikha
Place
Taytaba
Place
Tulayl
Place
'Awlam
Place
Umm 'Ajra
Place
Umm al-Faraj
Place
Umm al-Zinat
Place
Umm Khalid
Place
Wa'arat al-Sarris
Place
Wadi 'Ara
Place
Wadi al-Hawarith
Place
Wadi Hunayn
Place
Yajur
Place
Yaquq
Place
Yasur
Place
Yazur
Place
Yubla
Place
Zab'a
Place
Zakariyya
Place
al-Zanghariyya
Place
Zayta
Place
al-'Abisiyya
Place
Abu Shusha
Place
al-Khalisa
Place
Kafr Lam
Place
al-'Imara
Place
al-Khalasa
Place
Dayr Rafat
Place
al-Zib
Place
Deir Yasin
Place
Yibna
Place
al-Qabu
Place
Bayt Jibrin
Place
al-Hamidiyya
Place
al-Hamra
Place
al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta
Place
Zir'in
Place
al-Murassas
Place
Danna
Place
al-Muzayri'a

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Transjordan and its Evolving Connection to Palestine
1915-1954

Charts

Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (2)
2000
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (1)
2000 - 2010