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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

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2017
UNGA ES-10/19 Opposes Establishment of Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem

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Cairo Street Rejects Palestine Partition

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Tal al-Za'atar - Dignity In Grief

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2009
US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze

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2011
Despite US, European, and Arab Pressure, Abbas Submits a Request for Full UN Membership

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Period
1936 to 1947
III. Second Mandate Period

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General Consulate of France

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All-Palestine Government

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Biography
Najati Sidqi

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1996
Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

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1936
British Violent Repression

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Welcoming Guerrillas

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1947 - present
The UN and Palestine: General Assembly

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When pickles become a weapon

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Palestine: A Homeland Denied

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1949
UNGA 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN

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Arab Demonstration at Yatta

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Dera'a Emergency camp, Syrian Arab Republic

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1955
Security Council Resolution S/RES/106

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Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh

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1947
Irgun Kidnaps and Murders Two British Sergeants

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1949
UNGA 302 (IV): Establishment of Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)

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1957
Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza

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1925
Anti-Balfour Demonstrations in Palestine

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Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill at Government House Reception

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Old City of Jerusalem from the Church of the Savior

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1975
UNGA 3379 (XXX): Determining that Zionism is a Form of Racism and Racial Discrimination

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Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi

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Socio-Economic Policy/Program
Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

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2012
UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN

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Thematic Chronology
2009 - 2010
Mitchell-Mediated Negotiations and the Settlement Threat

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Volunteers from Arab Countries

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British Police Search Palestinians

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1936 to 1937
Peel Commission Investigates the Cause of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

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1948
Zionist Military Preparations

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1956
GA Resolutions 997 (ES-I) and 998 (ES-I): UNGA Emergency Session

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City of Jerusalem - Boundaries Proposed

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Thematic Chronology
1972 - present
Israeli Assassination Campaign Beyond Palestine Borders

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Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

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1936
General Strike Called Off

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1936
Enactment of Emergency Regulations

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Biography
Jamal al-Husseini

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Event
1933
General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine

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Socio-Economic
Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

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1939
Killing of Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

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2006
July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes

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2011
Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN

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Fawzi al-Qawuqji

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1948
SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem

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Event
2007
The Battle of Nahr al-Barid

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Period
1516 to 1917
I. Ottoman Rule

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Cucumber Crops Being Harvested

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1948
Arab Gains in Gush Etzion

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2003
UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT

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1958 - present
Palestinian Representation in the Knesset

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1950
UNGA 393 (V): Economic Reintegration of Refugees in the Middle East

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1980
SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones

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1996 - present
Elections Under the Palestinian Authority

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Arab Higher Committee Members

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Mu‘in al-Madi

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Thematic Chronology
1947 - present
Israel's Policy Towards Jerusalem

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1933 to 1935
Increase in Jewish Immigration from Germany

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