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Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine
April 1834 - August 1834
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Ottoman Land Code, 7 Ramadan 1274
21 April 1858
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Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition
8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901
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Emerging Palestinian Identity and Arab Nationalism
1905 - 1914
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8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague
14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907
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Zionist Evasion of Ottoman Regulations
August 1907
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Foundation of Tel Aviv
11 April 1909
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Arab Ottoman Parliamentarians Address Minister of Interior
June 1910
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European Powers Renew Pressure on the Ottomans to Ease Zionist Land Acquisition in Palestine
January 1912
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Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912
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Provisional Law Concerning the Right of Certain Corporate Bodies to Own Immovable Property, 22 Rabi' al-awwal 1331
1 March 1913
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Provisional Law of Disposal of Immovable Property, 5 Jumada al-ula 1331
12 April 1913
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The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant
10 January 1920
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Palin Commission of Inquiry
12 April 1920 - 1 July 1920
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San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palestine Civil Government and Appointment of Herbert Samuel as High Commisioner
1 July 1920
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Mahlul Land Ordinance
1 October 1920
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Prevention of Crime Ordinance is Issued
October 1920 - 15 December 1920
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The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine
24 July 1922
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5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus
20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922
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Establishment of the Zionist Revisionist Movement
1925
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Anti-Balfour Demonstrations in Palestine
25 March 1925 - 1 April 1925
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14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna
18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925
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Land Settlement Ordinance No. 9
30 May 1928
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The British Form a Commission of Inquiry on Disturbances at al-Buraq / Western Wall
13 September 1929
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Shaw Commission Report on al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances
12 March 1930
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4th Palestinian Delegation to London
1 April 1930 - 23 May 1930
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Hanging of Palestinian Militants
17 June 1930
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MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
13 February 1931
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The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Denounces MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
11 March 1931
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Establishment of Irgun
April 1931
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17th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
30 June 1931 - 15 July 1931
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Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
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18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933
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19th Zionist Congress Meets in Lucerne
20 August 1935 - 4 September 1935
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Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936
30 September 1936
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Peel Commission Investigates the Cause of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
11 November 1936 - 24 January 1937
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Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
October 1938 - September 1939
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London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
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Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians
2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939
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Land Transfers Regulations
20 February 1940
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Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
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Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet
14 February 1945
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Pledge to Buy US Armament for the Haganah
July 1945
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Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
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Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Publishes its Report after a Visit to Palestine
6 March 1946 - 20 April 1946
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Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
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Arab Delegations Put Forward Constitutional Proposals to the London Round Table Conference on Palestine
30 September 1946
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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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The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council
29 January 1948 - 16 February 1948
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Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 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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Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May
12 April 1948
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Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
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Great Britain Issues the Termination of Jurisdiction in Palestine (Transitional Provisions) Order in Council of 1948
12 May 1948
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Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee
13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948
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Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
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The British Mandate Ends. The US Recognizes the State of Israel
15 May 1948
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Israel's Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 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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Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance
16 September 1948
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Israel's Provisional Council Enacts Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance
23 September 1948
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Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
17 December 1948
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Official Name of Jordan as an Issue
14 May 1949
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Israeli Law of Return
5 July 1950
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SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal
1 September 1951
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The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law
1 April 1952
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Land Acquisition (Validation of Acts and Compensation) Law
10 March 1953
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Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves)
10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955
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France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956
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Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
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UNGA 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)
2 November 1956
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Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
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Proposals Announced by Joseph Johnson, Special Representative of the UNCCP
31 August 1962
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The Union of Arab Palestinian Women and Palestinian Entity
6 July 1963
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Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon
23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964
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President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan
27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965
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2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
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Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
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Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property
31 July 1967
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Security Council Resolution S/RES/242
22 November 1967
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Israel Land Requisition in Old City of Jerusalem
18 April 1968
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Lebanon Issues the Law on the Acquisition of Immovable Property Rights by Non-Lebanese
4 January 1969
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Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes)
28 March 1969
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Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
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Basil al-Kubaisi Assassinated in Paris
6 April 1973
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October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms
23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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UNGA 3375 (XXX): Calling for Inviting PLO to any UN Efforts on the Middle East on Equal Footing with Other Parties
10 November 1975
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Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank
12 April 1976
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Menachem Begin: "Territories Are Not Occupied"
19 May 1977
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US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference
5 October 1977
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Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977
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The PLO Central Council Condemns Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
30 November 1977
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Arab States Take Position Against Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
5 December 1977
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Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories Express their Dissatisfaction with Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
8 December 1977
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1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba
25 May 1979
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5th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Haifa
5 August 1979 - 6 August 1979
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Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
27 March 1980
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11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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SC Res. 497: Considering Null and Void Israel’s Decision to Impose its Laws in the Occupied Golan
17 December 1981
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Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982
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Scission within Fatah
18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983
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Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks
26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984
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Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
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17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
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Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
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1st Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region
17 October 1987 - 18 October 1987
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First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
14 December 1987
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Unified National Leadership of the Uprising
8 January 1988
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The Palestinians' 14 Demands
14 January 1988
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Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
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2nd Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region; Statement to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
25 February 1988 - 26 February 1988
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The Intifada and the Israeli Response in Another Stage in the Confrontation
11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988
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3rd Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region
3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988
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4th Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region
3 June 1988 - 7 June 1988
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Algiers
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988
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US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia
22 March 1989
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Yasir Arafat Makes First Official Visit to Paris
2 May 1989 - 4 May 1989
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China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace
21 September 1989
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Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait
3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991
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20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991
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China and Israel Establish Diplomatic Relations
24 January 1992
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President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993
28 October 1993
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Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Suspended
18 May 1995 - 22 May 1995
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Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution
5 October 1995
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Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
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Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 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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President Clinton's Visit to Gaza
14 December 1998
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To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
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Ehud Barak Becomes Prime Minister After a Campaign Focused on Separation Between Israelis and Palestinians
17 May 1999
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Palestinian Authority Crackdown Against Hamas
3 August 1999 - 26 August 1999
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Commitments Not Implemented by Israel During the Transitional Period
9 February 2000
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Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
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Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif
28 September 2000
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Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
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UNGA Res. ES-10/7: Expresses Concern over Israeli-Palestinian Clashes and Respect for 4th Geneva Convention
20 October 2000
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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The Mitchell Committee of Fact-Finding on the Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation
7 November 2000 - 30 December 2000
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Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171
18 December 2000
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Operation Bronze and Escalation
7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001
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A Lebanese Legislative Amendment Equates Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
3 April 2001
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Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
19 April 2001
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Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees
10 May 2001
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Assassination attempt of Abd al-Karim Owais in Jenin
12 May 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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Launch of the South African Peace Initiative (Spier Initiative)
11 January 2002 - 12 January 2002
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SC Res. 1397: Affirming a Vision of Two States, Israel and Palestine, Living Side by Side
12 March 2002
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US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
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Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
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Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters
5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002
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George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East
24 June 2002
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US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map
30 April 2003
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With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"
4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
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Assassination Attempt of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City
10 June 2003
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Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis
7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003
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The Geneva "Private" Initiative
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT
21 October 2003
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SC Res. 1515: Endorsing Quartet Roadmap to a Two-State Solution
19 November 2003
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Appointment of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi Head of Hamas in Gaza
23 March 2004
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Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
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Assassination of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City
17 April 2004
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The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
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Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death
12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004
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Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President
26 May 2005
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The Lebanese Minister of Labor Removes some Restrictions on the Work of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
7 June 2005 - 14 December 2005
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Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza
12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005
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The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon
6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011
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Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006
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Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis
1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006
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35th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
19 June 2006 - 22 June 2006
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Lebanon Reregisters the Records of Palestinian Refugees It Had Deleted
8 July 2006
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July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon
19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006
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July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire
5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006
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The US Revisits the Road Map
14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007
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Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference
16 July 2007
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Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference
20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007
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Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem
10 January 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Resume: Refugees and Territory Stumbling Blocks
24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting
24 April 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere
27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008
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Political Crisis in Israel
30 July 2008 - 10 February 2009
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008
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Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure
13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
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The Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making
29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009
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The Deceptive Settlement Freeze
26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010
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Israel's Ramat Shlomo Constructions' Plan During Joe Biden's Visit
8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010
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Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade
8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010
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Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
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Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries
17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011
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Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics
2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011
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Draft SC Res. S/2011/24 Reaffirming that Israeli Settlements in OPT Are Illegal Vetoed by US
18 February 2011
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The Knesset passes the Law on Disclosure Requirements for Recipients of Support from a Foreign State Entity
2 March 2011
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Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN
2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011
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The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations
23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011
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23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad
29 March 2012
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Palestinian Mass Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
17 April 2012 - 14 May 2012
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Visit of Qatar’s Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza
23 October 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3
16 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4
17 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 7
20 November 2012
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Hamas's Khalid Mishal Visits the Gaza Strip
8 December 2012
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US President Barack Obama Visits Israel and Bethlehem and Ramallah
20 March 2013 - 21 March 2013
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China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question
6 May 2013
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Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, Is Ousted by the Military
3 July 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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For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014
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25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
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Settlement Announcement in the Midst of a Crisis Regarding the Negotiations
1 April 2014
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Despite the Negotiation Crisis, Palestinian and Israeli Representatives Pursue Talks in Jerusalem
3 April 2014 - 22 April 2014
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A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched
16 April 2014
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A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet
23 April 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo
11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014
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Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza
7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014
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The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza
11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015
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France and Arab League Consider Resuscitating Securty Council Initiative
15 January 2015 - 29 June 2015
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Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt
31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015
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Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products
9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015
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A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?
2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015
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Clashes at Haram al-Sharif
26 July 2015
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Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif
2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015
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A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?
2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016
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Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
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Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members
4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016
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The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
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Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections
21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017
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Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif
26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016
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The Knesset adopts the NGO “Funding Transparency” Law
11 July 2016
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Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif
12 July 2016
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Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements
22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016
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Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
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Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax
15 December 2016
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Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers
8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017
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Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018
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Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
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Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
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The Knesset Adopts Amendment No. 116 to the Planning and Building Law (Kaminitz Law)
5 April 2017
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Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017
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President Trump's Visit to Israel
22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017
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President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem
23 May 2017
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Palestinian Prisoners in Israel End Hunger Strike
27 May 2017
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China's New Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question
18 July 2017
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A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Two Jordanians Killed at Israeli Embassy in Amman
23 July 2017 - 24 July 2017
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Trump's Aides Seem Ready to Embark on Devising a Peace Plan
24 August 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel
7 September 2017
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Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails
1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017
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Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem
13 December 2017
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018
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President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council
20 February 2018
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International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis
15 March 2018
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29th Arab Summit Meets in Dhahran
15 April 2018
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The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 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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The Palestinian Constitutional Court Considers the Legislative Council to Be Dissolved
12 December 2018 - 22 December 2018
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Israel Begins Public Normalization Push
20 January 2019
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Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron
28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019
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The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019
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Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue
17 February 2019 - 2 May 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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Israeli Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Settler Organization’s Claim to Three Buildings in the Old City of Jerusalem
10 June 2019
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Israeli Government Allows Jewish Visitors to Tour the Haram al-Sharif Compound on Eid al-Adha
11 August 2019 - 18 August 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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Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020
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Inconclusive Results of Elections for the Knesset in Israel
2 March 2020 - 17 May 2020
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After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks
3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020
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US Erases the 4-June Line
28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020
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Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank
25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021
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Towards a Unity Intifada
23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11
20 May 2021
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Israel Continues to Assert Dominance over the Haram al-Sharif Compound
18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021
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Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended
22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023
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Ismail Haniyeh Presents Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause
3 November 2021
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Great Britain Designates Hamas’s Political Wing as a Terrorist Organization
19 November 2021 - 26 November 2021

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Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
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1852 - 1935
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1860 - 1919
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1860 - February 1940
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1864 - 6 August 1913
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1865 - 3 March 1948
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1871 - 1942
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1871 - 1955
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1875 - 9 February 1949
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1878 - 29 June 1950
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27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
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1880 - 16 June 1946
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1880 - 1949
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1882 - 22 April 1942
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1882 - 1 August 1943
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1882 - 1951
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1882 - 1958
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1884 - 8 November 1952
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1885 - 19 December 1953
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11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
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20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
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1887 - 1957
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21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
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1889 - 1953
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1889 - 15 March 1970
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1891 - 1942
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1892 - 1973
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1892 - 5 July 1982
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2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
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1893 - 27 April 1940
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1894 - 19 March 1949
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27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
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1895 - 4 July 1974
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1896 - 22 August 1974
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1897 - 1 October 1989
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8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
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4 August 1897 - 1986
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15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
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1903 - 13 May 1992
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1904 - 17 December 1990
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1905 - 2 May 1941
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1905 - 1983
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1905 - 21 May 1985
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26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
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1907 - 27 July 2006
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23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
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Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
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
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
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
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22
10 January 1920
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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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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 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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Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
16 September 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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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
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London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
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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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UNSC Resolution 46
17 April 1948
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US Recognition of the State of Israel
14 May 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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Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
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Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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UNSC Resolution 50
29 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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Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
Document
Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)
10 July 1948
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UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 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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Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
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Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)
1 October 1948
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UNSC Resolution 61
4 November 1948
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UNSC Resolution 62
16 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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Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 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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UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
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UNGA Resolution 303
9 December 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
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Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
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UNSC Resolution 111
19 January 1956
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
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Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
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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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UNSC Resolution 242
22 November 1967
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UNSC Resolution 252
21 May 1968
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Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
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Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
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UNSC Resolution 267
3 July 1969
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
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UNSC Resolution 271
15 September 1969
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
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UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)
4 November 1970
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UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)
30 November 1970
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UNSC Resolution 298
25 September 1971
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Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
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Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
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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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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3236 (XXIX)
22 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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Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East
4 December 1975
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898
5 December 1975
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940
23 January 1976
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022
24 March 1976
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Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
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Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel
8 December 1977
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Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 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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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
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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Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
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UNSC Resolution 478
20 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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UNSC Resolution 497
17 December 1981
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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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Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 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
Document
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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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
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Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985
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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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Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
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UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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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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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 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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Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly
14 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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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
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Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
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UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
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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
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 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
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/2
25 April 1997
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Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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
President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
Document
PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 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
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199
14 December 2001
Document
Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
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UNSC Resolution 1397
12 March 2002
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1435
24 September 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
Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
Document
UNSC Resolution 1515
19 November 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240
24 March 2004
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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
17 May 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783
5 October 2004
Document
Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
Document
Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 2005
Document
Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
UNSC Resolution 1850
16 December 2008
Document
UNSC Resolution 1860
8 January 2009
Document
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
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
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
Document
Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas
4 May 2011
Document
Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State
16 May 2011
Document
Statement by Middle East Quartet
23 September 2011
Document
Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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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
UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 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: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: 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
Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060
18 December 2017
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/19
21 December 2017
Document
Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
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Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance
26 December 2018
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
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Statement of ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda On Opening an Investigation into War Crimes in Palestine
20 December 2019
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Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates
13 August 2020
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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
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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
Document
Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)
11 January 2021
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Document
HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021
Document
Ismail Haniyeh: Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause (in Arabic)
3 November 2021

Historical Media

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Peel Commission Proposes Partition Map
7 July 1937
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King David Hotel
24 July 1946
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Palestine: A Homeland Denied
1979

Places

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Highlights

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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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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 Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
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XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
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XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock
2017-
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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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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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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The Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Periods

Period
IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations