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Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1875 - 9 February 1949

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

1885 - 19 December 1953

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

George Antonius

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

1905 - 21 May 1985

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt

France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements

2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901

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

23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916

The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine

The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published

8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917

British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan

21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918

British Conquest of Transjordan Is Achieved

22 September 1918 - 27 September 1918

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant

23 October 1918

San Remo Conference: Distributions of Mandates

French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan

2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria

British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah

25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923

Official Onset of British Mandate for Palestine

29 September 1923

Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930

Nuremberg Laws and Jewish Immigration

15 September 1935

Trusteeship Plan for Palestine

Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine

30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948

SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine

Jordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

Pro-Jordanian Amman Conference

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

France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

24 January 1949

Egypt-Israel Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Palestinians Are Expelled from al-Faluja Pocket

1 March 1949 - 21 April 1949

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

Lebanon-Israel Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement

Syria-Israel Armistice Agreement

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

Tripartite Declaration

UNRWA Signs Agreement with Egypt as Administrator of Refugee Host Area

12 September 1950

UNRWA Signs Agreement with Jordan as Refugee Host Country

14 March 1951 - 20 August 1951

UNGA 512 (VI): UNCCP to Continue its Efforts

26 January 1952

Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects

SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice

24 November 1953

Exchange of Notes between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

Security Council Resolution S/RES/106

Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal

27 September 1955

Security Council Resolution S/RES/111

19 January 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

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

Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq

Status of Jordanian Jerusalem Municipality Enhanced Symbolically

16 December 1959

Conditions for the Movement of Lebanon's Palestinian refugees between Lebanon and Syria

28 July 1962 - 2 August 1962

The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York

22 January 1965 - 1 November 1984

Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1

4 November 1966

Syria Signs a Mutual Defense Agreement with Egypt

4 November 1966

Civil Aviation in the Conflict

23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country

3 November 1969

9 December 1969

Jordanian-Palestinian Clashes

11 February 1970

1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971

The PFLP Announces It Has Abandoned the Tactic of Hijacking Planes

King Hussein Proposes a "United Arab Kingdom"

American-Soviet Agreement on a Cease-fire

21 October 1973

Kilometer 101 Talks

11 November 1973

Sinai I Agreement

18 January 1974 - 3 March 1974

Israel and Syria Sign a Disengagement Agreement

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

US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement

1 September 1975

Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon

16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976

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

Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority

17 January 1980

11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon

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

23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981

Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982

Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented

20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982

Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan

2 September 1982

Sabra and Shatila Massacres

16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982

PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation

9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982

Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations

28 December 1982

Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination

31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983

Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement

17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983

Jordanian Parliament Revived

9 January 1984 - 18 January 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks

26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984

Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation

27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984

17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985

PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

18 February 1985

Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US

1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985

Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination

25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986

Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration

6 September 1986

Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement

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

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO

US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York

9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Amman

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

UNGA 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country

17 December 1987

Resumption of Diplomatic Activity

30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988

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

UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion

ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York

9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988

UNGA 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission)

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

3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988

A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

The Madrid Peace Conference

30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991

5th Negotiation Round, Washington

27 April 1992 - 30 April 1992

6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington

24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992

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

2 September 1993

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993

Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba

13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel

30 December 1993

Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron

20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994

Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994

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

The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999

Palestinian Decree N° 1 Reinstating Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza

Status of Orient House in Jerusalem

29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994

Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed

The Knesset Adopts the Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

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

28 September 1995

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution

The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank

November 1995 - December 1995

Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

20 January 1996

Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank

Redeployment from Hebron Delayed

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

Official Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting

4 September 1996

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

24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996

Clinton - Netanyahu - Arafat - Hussein Meeting in Washington

1 October 1996 - 2 October 1996

Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed

6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project

27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997

Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures

30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released

25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997

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

10 November 1997

US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations

5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998

French-Palestinian Agreement on Status of French Institutions Under Palestinian Authority

12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997

Further Redeployment Talks Intensify

3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998

Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed

15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998

Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998

Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998

Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only

30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999

To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?

28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999

Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State

With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume

11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999

Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)

4 September 1999

Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)

10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000

Official Resumption of Final Status Talks

13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999

Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel

1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000

Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date

8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000

Vatican-PLO Agreement

15 February 2000

Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round

30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session

18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000

Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation

13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000

Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks

16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000

The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks

2 September 2000

Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising

30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000

Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171

18 December 2000

Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals"

19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes Abate

23 December 2000 - 6 February 2001

21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001

13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

The Mitchell Report Is Issued

30 April 2001 - 15 May 2001

Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity

1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002

US Response to the Israeli Invasion

4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002

US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map

The Geneva "Private" Initiative

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Violence Abates to a Moderate Level

1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003

Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003

Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map

2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004

Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza

12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing

15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005

After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence

27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions

27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document

10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire

5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks

25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006

Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?

6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006

Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord

28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007

International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts

2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007

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

28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007

Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference

6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007

The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks

27 November 2007

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Palestinian Side Sounded Out

7 January 2008 - 27 January 2008

Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem

10 January 2008

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008

After the July War: Final Report of the Winograd Commission

30 January 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify

4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands

28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 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

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere

27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006

16 December 2008

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

13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009

Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo

25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009

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

18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009

Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More

9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 December 2009 - 16 December 2009

The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks

7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010

The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks

3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

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

22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010

President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel

6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010

The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

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

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze

29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010

Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers

23 January 2011

Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

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

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

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

2 September 2011

The Quartet Proposes a Vague Timetable for the Resumption of Negotiations

23 September 2011 - 14 December 2011

A Prisoner Swap Deal Between Hamas and Israel

11 October 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

US Legislation against Palestinian Full UN Membership

23 December 2011

Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman

3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012

Sensing an Insurmountable Deadlock, Abbas Sends a Letter to Netanyahu

Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts

22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo

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

21 November 2012

Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons

19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013

John Kerry Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy for Resumption of Negotiations

4 March 2013 - 8 May 2013

24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha

26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

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

23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry

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

29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013

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

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Israel's Settlement Expansion Disrupts the Palestinian Negotiation Team

31 October 2013 - 13 November 2013

Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement

14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014

Trilateral Agreement for a Red Sea-Dead Sea Link

9 December 2013

Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure

19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014

Kerry Prepares Another Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

Settlement Balance Sheet with Breakdown of the Kerry Negotiation Round

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)

31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014

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

5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014

Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza

7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014

Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

16 September 2014

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

31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015

Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority

1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015

26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine

26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016

Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA

30 September 2015

Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?

22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015

Muhammad al-Qeeq Stages a 94-day Hunger Strike and Compels His Jailers to Release Him

21 November 2015 - 21 May 2016

Palestinian Teachers Go on Strike in the West Bank

7 February 2016 - 12 March 2016

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

18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016

A Doubtful Israel-Palestinian Postal Service Memorandum of Understanding

4 September 2016 - 15 August 2018

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee Reactivated

15 January 2017

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

US-Israel Preliminary Talks on Settlements

19 March 2017 - 23 March 2017

28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea

PLO President Mahmoud Abbas Meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House

President Trump's Visit to Israel

22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

Two Jordanians Killed at Israeli Embassy in Amman

23 July 2017 - 24 July 2017

Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

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

17 October 2017 - 19 October 2017

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

1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017

The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018

Long-Term Cease-Fire Linked to Palestinian Reconciliation

7 August 2018 - 31 December 2018

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 November 2018

Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

15 December 2018

PA-Hamas Disagreements Lead to Temporary Closure of Rafah Crossing

7 January 2019 - 3 February 2019

Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya

1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019

Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir

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

US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

Inconclusive Results of Elections for the Knesset in Israel

2 March 2020 - 17 May 2020

Israeli Coalition Negotiations Hint at Partial Annexation of the West Bank

20 April 2020 - 17 May 2020

International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans

18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

President Trump Announces Kosovo Will Normalize Relations with Israel

4 September 2020 - 7 September 2020

Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel

15 September 2020

PA Issues Building Permits in Area C

US Erases the 4-June Line

28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds

17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020

Historical Media

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Historical Texts

Sykes-Picot Agreement

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

Palin Commission Report

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”

1 December 1930

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

The Murison Commission Report

Peel Commission Report

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

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

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Pact of the League of Arab States

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

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

Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

UNSC Resolution 61

4 November 1948

UNSC Resolution 62

16 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

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

12 September 1950

UNGA Resolution 394 (V)

14 December 1950

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

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

UNGA Resolution 512 (VI)

26 January 1952

UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys

UNSC Resolution 101

24 November 1953

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

UNSC Resolution 106

UNSC Resolution 111

19 January 1956

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

UNSC Resolution 171

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1

3 November 1966

UNSC Resolution 228

25 November 1966

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

UNSC Resolution 242

22 November 1967

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

Emergency Arab Summit, 1970: Statement (in Arabic)

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)

4 November 1970

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 November 1970

UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)

8 December 1970

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

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

UNSC Resolution 316

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

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

1 September 1975

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

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

17 September 1978

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

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

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land

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

31 January 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2

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

President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin

1 September 1982

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

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

7 February 1983

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

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985

Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement (in Arabic)

18 February 1985

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

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

7 November 1985

The London Agreement

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

The Shultz Negotiations Plan

UNGA Resolution 42/230

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

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

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

13 December 1988

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

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

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker

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

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 1991

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

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

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

13 September 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394

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

28 September 1995

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

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

UNSC Resolution 1073

28 September 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

UNGA Resolution ES-10/3

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

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

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

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

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement

23 December 2000

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

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement

27 January 2001

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

27 January 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

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

The Mitchell Report

Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

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

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

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

National Conciliation Document

UNSC Resolution 1701

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)

President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

10 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

UNSC Resolution 1850

16 December 2008

Current Palestinian/Israeli Positions: Reflecting Discussion up to January 1, 2009

UNSC Resolution 1860

UNGA Resolution ES-18

23 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

Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)

10 October 2009

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

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

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)

20 December 2011

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

Statement Issued after a PLO-Hamas Meeting to End Division and Implement the National Reconciliation Agreement (in Arabic)

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 December 2014

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

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

30 September 2015

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

18 January 2016

Report of the Middle East Quartet

UNSC Resolution 2334

23 December 2016

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

Twenty-Eighth Arab Summit: The Amman Declaration (in Arabic)

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

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

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

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

6 December 2017

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

28 February 2019

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

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

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

15 September 2020

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

15 September 2020

Charts

Document

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market - Female Labor Force Participation

1969 - 1993

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

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

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

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

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

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 Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

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

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

The Judaization of the Galilee

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

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

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

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Bosnians of Palestine

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

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

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Marka Refugee Camp

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

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

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

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

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

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

October 1973 War

1973 - 1974

Thematic Chronology

Palestinian-Israeli Interim Negotiation Rounds

1991 - 1999

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon War, 1982

1982 - 1983