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Biographies

Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Events

Event
Operation Barak Toward the South
9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Explosion in Mahane Yehuda in West Jerusalem
22 November 1968 - 28 November 1968
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Israeli Operation in Beirut Against Palestinian Leaders
10 April 1973
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Sadat Is Assassinated; Husni Mubarak Becomes President of Egypt
6 October 1981
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Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
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Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
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Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
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Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections
1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989
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Ehud Barak Becomes Prime Minister After a Campaign Focused on Separation Between Israelis and Palestinians
17 May 1999
Event
With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume
11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999
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Official Resumption of Final Status Talks
13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999
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Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine
30 September 1999
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Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts
10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999
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Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel
1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000
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Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks
7 December 1999 - 26 March 2000
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Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date
8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000
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FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds
7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000
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Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round
30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000
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Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation
13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000
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Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David
3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000
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Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000
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Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks
16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000
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Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif
28 September 2000
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US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
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Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
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Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
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Israeli Prime Minister Barak Resigns
9 December 2000
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Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape
26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001
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Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak
6 February 2001
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Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
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Assassination of Mas'ud Ayyad in Jabaliya
13 February 2001
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14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
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Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)
14 April 2002 - 25 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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Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
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After a Massive Stroke, Sharon Is Replaced by Ehud Olmert as Acting PM
4 January 2006
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Olmert's Separation Plan
5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006
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Olmert's Kadima Party Wins the Knesset Elections
28 March 2006 - 4 May 2006
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Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes
18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006
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Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire
20 November 2006 - 26 November 2006
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The US Revisits the Road Map
14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007
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International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007
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After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report
30 April 2007
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Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split
17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007
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Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference
6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007
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Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference
20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007
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Assassination of Mubarak Hasanat in Deir al-Balah
23 October 2007
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The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks
27 November 2007
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start
12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007
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After the July War: Final Report of the Winograd Commission
30 January 2008
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Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans
9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere
27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008
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To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 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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Barak Obama Is Elected President of the United States
4 November 2008
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
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Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza
21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008
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War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy
4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
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War on Gaza: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire
17 January 2009
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Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud Forms Israeli Cabinet after Close Election Results
10 February 2009 - 31 March 2009
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US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
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US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out
19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009
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Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington
1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010
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Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem
14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010
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Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended
20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010
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Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries
17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011
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Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
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Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts
22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012
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Settlement Consolidation in the West Bank, Including Jerusalem
6 November 2012 - 12 November 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet
22 November 2012
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Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
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With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
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PLO President Mahmoud Abbas Meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House
3 May 2017

Historical Texts

Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush
27 November 2007
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
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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
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009

Historical Media

Document
Mahane Yehuda Explosion
22 November 1968

Highlights

Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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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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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
2003 - 2006