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Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

1928 - 1 September 2020

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1939 - 19 August 2014

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

Palin Commission Report

Peel Commission Report

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UNSC Resolution 61

4 November 1948

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

8 November 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

UNSC Resolution 69

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

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

UNSC Resolution 106

UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)

2 November 1956

UNGA Resolution 1002 (ES-I)

7 November 1956

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)

2 February 1957

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898

5 December 1975

Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

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

30 November 1977

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

8 December 1977

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

17 September 1978

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

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

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

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

28 January 1980

The Venice Declaration

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

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

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

31 January 1982

1 September 1982

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459

12 September 1985

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

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

13 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

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

10 October 1989

Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker

5 November 1989

Egypt's "Assumptions" with Regard to Baker's Five Points

5 December 1989

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

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 1991

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

18 October 1991

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

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

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

28 September 1995

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

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

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

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

The Mitchell Report

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

UNGA Resolution 58/292

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

UNSC Resolution 1860

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

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

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

25 September 2009

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

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

HRC Resolution S-21/1

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

Report of the Middle East Quartet

UNSC Resolution 2334

23 December 2016

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

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

28 February 2019

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

Events

British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police

May 1936 - September 1936

Stern Gang Assassinates Lord Moyne in Cairo

6 November 1944

Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem

11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

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

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes

12 January 1949

Egypt-Israel Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Palestinians Are Expelled from al-Faluja Pocket

1 March 1949 - 21 April 1949

Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved

1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950

SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership

UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference

27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949

UNGA 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN

Led by George Habash, Arab Nationalist Activists on the Way to Structure Their Movement

1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952

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

1 September 1951

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Israel and the Lavon Affair

July 1954 - 17 February 1955

The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law

Bloody Israeli Attack on the Gaza Strip

28 February 1955

Security Council Resolution S/RES/106

With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel

3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955

Renewal of Egyptian-Israeli Clashes

22 August 1955 - 4 September 1955

Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal

27 September 1955

Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja

23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955

France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War

22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956

Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres

22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956

Israel Invades Egypt

29 October 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Britain and France Join the War

31 October 1956

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

Soviet Union Threatens Intervention

5 November 1956

GA Resolution 1002 (ES-I): Calling for Withdrawal of Israeli Forces Behind Armistice Lines and of British and French Forces from Egypt

7 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza

10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957

GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)

19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957

Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza

20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957

Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai

7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957

The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity

29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961

Palestinians in Israel Demonstrate

21 September 1961

1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria

12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967

Israel Prepares for War with US Consent

2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967

June War, 1st Day

5 June 1967 - 10 June 1967

June War, 5th Day

Israel Conducts a Census of Palestinians in Newly Occupied Territories

10 September 1967 - 25 September 1967

Security Council Resolution S/RES/242

22 November 1967

9 December 1969

19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970

October War, 1st Day

6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

October War, 2nd Day

October War, 5th Day

10 October 1973

October War, From the 6th to 10th Day

11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973

Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards

15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973

Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms

23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973

Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva

21 December 1973

Negotiations for Sinai II Fail

7 March 1975 - 22 March 1975

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

Sinai II Agreement Reached

20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975

Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords

5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978

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

5 November 1978

14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba

2nd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria

11 June 1979 - 12 June 1979

3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979

4th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria

5 July 1979 - 6 July 1979

5th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Haifa

5 August 1979 - 6 August 1979

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

26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979

Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Are Held in London

25 October 1979 - 26 October 1979

10th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

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

18 December 1979 - 19 December 1979

Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

17 January 1980

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

31 January 1980 - 1 February 1980

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

27 February 1980 - 29 February 1980

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

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

1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980

Egypt Decides to Suspend Talks with Israel on Palestinian Autonomy

Venice Declaration

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

14 July 1980 - 15 July 1980

Egypt's Response to Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

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

23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981

Civil Administration Is Established by the Military in the Occupied Territories

8 November 1981 - 1 December 1981

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

11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981

Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

31 January 1982

Last Stage of Israeli Withdrawal from the Sinai

Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue

1 September 1982

Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan

2 September 1982

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament

23 January 1984

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections

1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989

China's Five-Point Proposal on Middle East Peace

21 September 1989

The Baker Five-Point Plan

10 October 1989

Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan

16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

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

1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991

PLO-Israel Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked

10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997

The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks

2 September 2000

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

27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002

US Response to the Israeli Invasion

4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002

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

5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Violence Abates to a Moderate Level

1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003

Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan

An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA

24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004

Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death

12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004

Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron

17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004

Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk

18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005

Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza

9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005

Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border

15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005

Disengagement: Israeli-Egyptian Protocol on Gaza-Egypt Border

1 September 2005 - 12 September 2005

Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah

7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing

15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative

29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007

Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split

17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008

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

Israel Refuses an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer

30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008

War on Gaza, Day 2

28 December 2008

War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy

4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 12

War on Gaza, Day 13

War on Gaza, Day 14

War on Gaza, Day 18

13 January 2009

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

14 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

War on Gaza: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire

17 January 2009

Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure

13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side

21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009

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

Israel-Hamas Token Preliminary Prisoner Deal

2 October 2009 - 3 October 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte

Egypt Announces a Restricted Opening of its Border with Gaza after the Mavi Marmara Incident

Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue

29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010

A Prisoner Swap Deal Between Hamas and Israel

11 October 2011

A Serious Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

9 March 2012 - 13 March 2012

Palestinian Mass Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2012 - 14 May 2012

Another Spate of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

17 June 2012 - 23 June 2012

Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza

14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3

16 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

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

21 November 2012

24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha

26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013

Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative

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

23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013

Heavy Fire Exchange Across the Gaza Strip

12 March 2014 - 13 March 2014

Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front

3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction

20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire

5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo

11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014

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

23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba

21 February 2016

Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border

3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016

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

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Gaza and the Electricity Issue

27 April 2017 - 1 August 2017

Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails

1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017

Draft SC Res. S/2017/1060 to Oppose Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem Vetoed by US

18 December 2017

Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest

26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire

7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018

Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation

7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018

Israel Begins Public Normalization Push

20 January 2019

Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue

17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019

Israeli Violence Ahead of One-Year Anniversary of Great March of Return; Egyptian Restraint Efforts

22 March 2019 - 29 March 2019

Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata

12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019

Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan

28 January 2020

US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions

28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine

9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Highlights

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

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

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Communist Movement

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

I. Ottoman Rule

The Bosnians of Palestine

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

1955 - 1957

Thematic Chronology

Egyptian-Israeli Negotiation Rounds on Palestinian Autonomy

1977 - 1982

Thematic Chronology

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

2012

Thematic Chronology

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

2003 - 2006

Thematic Chronology

October 1973 War

1973 - 1974

Periods

VI. The Rise of the Palestinian National Movement

V. Reverberations of the Palestine War

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil Law