Ottoman Conquest of the Levant |
1516 |
Contextual |
The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion |
1703 - 1705 |
Popular action |
Acre under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani |
1746 - 1775 |
Institutional, Socio-Economic |
Acre Under Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar |
1775 - 1804 |
Institutional |
Napoleon Bonaparte in Palestine |
February 1799 - May 1799 |
Violence |
Tax Revolt in Jerusalem |
1825 - 1826 |
Popular action, Socio-Economic |
Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine |
October 1831 - 1834 |
Violence, Institutional |
Uprising Against Egyptian Rule |
April 1834 - August 1834 |
Popular action, Violence |
International Intervention against Egyptian Rule in the Levant |
1839 - 1841 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Establishment of European and American Consulates in Jerusalem |
1839 - 1862 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
The Tanzimat Are Issued |
18 February 1856 |
Legal, Institutional |
Ottoman Land Code, 7 Ramadan 1274 |
21 April 1858 |
Institutional, Legal |
Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine |
7 November 1864 |
Institutional, Legal |
Law Concerning Land Purchase by non-Ottoman Subjects, 7 Safar 1284 |
10 June 1867 |
Legal |
Ottoman Education Law Is Passed |
20 September 1869 |
Legal, Cultural |
Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq |
1872 |
Institutional |
Sultan Abd al-Hamid II and the Ottoman Constitution |
31 August 1876 - 19 December 1876 |
Legal |
Jerusalem Representation in the Ottoman General Assembly |
19 March 1877 |
Legal, Institutional |
Establishment of the First Zionist Colony in Palestine |
1878 - 1883 |
Colonization |
Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe |
1881 - 1884 |
Violence, Policy/Program |
Settlement of European Jews in the Ottoman Empire |
November 1881 |
Colonization, Legal |
Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt |
1882 |
Contextual |
First Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine |
1882 - 1903 |
Colonization |
Palestinian-Zionist Dispute |
1886 |
Violence, Colonization |
European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration |
1888 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine |
March 1888 |
Institutional |
Jerusalem Notables Oppose Jewish Immigration |
June 1891 |
Popular action, Colonization |
Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association |
September 1891 |
Institutional, Colonization |
Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line |
1892 |
Socio-Economic |
The Ottomans and Sale of Land to Jews in Palestine |
November 1892 - 1893 |
Legal, Diplomatic |
Publication of The State of the Jews by Theodor Herzl |
February 1896 |
Policy/Program, Colonization |
Local Control of Zionist Land Purchases |
1897 |
Popular action, Colonization |
1st Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel |
29 August 1897 - 31 August 1897 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
2nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel |
28 August 1898 - 31 August 1898 |
Institutional, Colonization |
Herzl Correspondence with Jerusalem Mayor |
19 March 1899 |
Colonization |
3rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel |
15 August 1899 - 18 August 1899 |
Institutional, Colonization |
4th Zionist Congress Is Held in London |
13 August 1900 - 16 August 1900 |
Institutional, Colonization |
New Ottoman Regulations on Jewish Land Purchase |
9 January 1901 |
Legal, Colonization |
Tiberias Palestinians Protest Jewish Land Acquisition |
July 1901 |
Popular action, Colonization |
France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements |
2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
5th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel |
26 December 1901 - 30 December 1901 |
Institutional, Colonization |
Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company |
1903 |
Institutional, Colonization |
6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel |
23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903 |
Institutional, Diplomatic |
2nd Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine |
1904 - 1914 |
Colonization |
Theodor Herzl Dies; Replaced by David Wolffsohn |
3 July 1904 |
Biographical |
Tiberias Palestinians Protest Again |
August 1904 - September 1904 |
Violence |
Completion of the Hijaz Railway |
1905 |
Socio-Economic |
Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury |
January 1905 |
Policy/Program |
7th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel |
27 July 1905 - 2 August 1905 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Establishment of the Rawdat al-Ma'arif al-Wataniyya al-'Uthmaniyya al-Islamiyya in Jerusalem |
1906 |
Cultural |
8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague |
14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907 |
Institutional, Diplomatic |
Zionist Evasion of Ottoman Regulations |
August 1907 |
Colonization |
Zionist-Palestinian Violence Breaks out in Jaffa |
March 1908 |
Violence |
Young Turk Revolution |
July 1908 - December 1908 |
Contextual, Institutional |
Palestinians Participate in the Establishment of Arab Nationalist Societies |
September 1908 - 1912 |
Popular action, Institutional |
Establishment of Palestinian Newspaper al-Karmel in Haifa |
December 1908 |
Cultural |
Foundation of Tel Aviv |
1909 |
Colonization |
Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer |
1909 |
Colonization |
Establishment of al-Madrasa al-Dusturiyya, Jerusalem |
1909 |
Cultural |
Palestinian-Zionist Clashes Near Nazareth |
February 1909 - April 1909 |
Violence |
Ottoman Parliamentarians Protest Zionist Objectives |
July 1909 |
Diplomatic |
9th Zionist Congress Is Held in Hamburg |
26 December 1909 - 30 December 1909 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Arab Ottoman Parliamentarians Address Minister of Interior |
June 1910 |
Popular action, Colonization |
Publication of Zionism by Najib Nassar |
1911 |
Cultural, Policy/Program |
Establishment of Filastin Newspaper in Jaffa |
January 1911 |
Cultural |
First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament |
March 1911 - May 1911 |
Institutional, Colonization |
10th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel |
9 August 1911 - 15 August 1911 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
European Powers Renew Pressure on the Ottomans to Ease Zionist Land Acquisition in Palestine |
January 1912 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
Ottoman Parliamentary Elections Are Held |
April 1912 - August 1912 |
Institutional |
Provisional Law Concerning the Right of Certain Corporate Bodies to Own Immovable Property, 22 Rabi' al-awwal 1331 |
1 March 1913 |
Legal |
Provisional Law of Disposal of Immovable Property, 5 Jumada al-ula 1331 |
12 April 1913 |
Legal |
The Arab Congress Meets in Paris |
17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
11th Zionist Congress Meets in Vienna |
2 September 1913 - 9 September 1913 |
Institutional, Colonization |
Railway Lines in Palestine |
1914 |
Socio-Economic |
World War I, the Ottomans Enter the War |
1 August 1914 - February 1915 |
Contextual, Violence |
Hussein-McMahon Correspondence |
14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant |
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916 |
Sanctions, Violence |
Signing of the Sykes-Picot Agreement |
16 May 1916 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Start of the Arab Revolt |
June 1916 |
Popular action |
British Palestine Campaign |
March 1917 - September 1918 |
Colonization |
Russian Revolution Brings the Bolsheviks to Power |
8 March 1917 - 8 November 1917 |
Contextual |
Balfour Declaration Is Made |
2 November 1917 |
Policy/Program |
Arrival in Palestine of the Zionist Commission |
April 1918 |
Colonization |
Establishment of Muslim-Christian Associations |
October 1918 - December 1918 |
Popular action |
End of World War I on the Eastern Front Between the Ottoman Empire and the Allied Powers |
30 October 1918 |
Contextual |
Proclamations No. 75 and No. 76 on Immovable Property |
18 November 1918 |
Legal, Colonization |
3rd Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine |
1919 - 1923 |
Colonization |
1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919 |
Popular action |
Appointment of the King-Crane Commission |
20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations Covenant Signed |
28 June 1919 |
Contextual, Policy/Program |
The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission |
2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission |
28 August 1919 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Covenant of the League of Nations Enters into Force |
10 January 1920 |
Contextual, Institutional |
The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of Syria |
27 February 1920 - 8 March 1920 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
Anti-Zionist Disturbances Break out in Palestine; Palin Commission of Inquiry |
2 April 1920 - 5 April 1920 |
Violence |
San Remo Conference |
25 April 1920 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet |
15 May 1920 |
Sanctions |
Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization |
June 1920 |
Institutional |
International Zionist Conference Meets in London |
July 1920 |
Institutional, Colonization |
Palestine Civil Government |
1 July 1920 |
Institutional |
French Occupy Damascus |
24 July 1920 |
Contextual |
Transfer of Land Ordinance |
1 October 1920 |
Legal, Colonization |
Advisory Council for Palestine Is Established |
October 1920 |
Institutional |
Mahlul Land Ordinance |
1 October 1920 |
Legal, Colonization |
Prevention of Crime Ordinance is Issued |
October 1920 - 15 December 1920 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Establishment of the Histadrut |
December 1920 |
Institutional |
3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa |
13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920 |
Popular action, Institutional |
Mewat Land Ordinance |
16 February 1921 |
Legal |
Palestine Police Ordinance Is Issued |
15 March 1921 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Prince Abdullah Is Named Emir of Transjordan |
11 April 1921 |
Biographical |
May Day Clashes in Jaffa |
1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921 |
Violence |
Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem |
8 May 1921 |
Biographical |
4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921 |
Institutional |
Palestine Gendarmerie Is Established |
1 July 1921 - 24 April 1922 |
Legal, Sanctions |
The Palestinian Delegation Conducts Sterile Negotiations in London |
2 July 1921 - 31 July 1922 |
Diplomatic, Popular action |
12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) |
1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921 |
Institutional, Diplomatic |
The Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances Is Published |
October 1921 |
Institutional, Violence |
Transfer of Land Amendment Ordinance No. 2 |
8 December 1921 |
Legal |
Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council |
20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922 |
Institutional |
Collective Responsibility for Crime Ordinance Comes into Force |
1 January 1922 |
Legal, Sanctions |
White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Is Published |
3 June 1922 |
Policy/Program |
House of Lords and House of Commons Conflicting Views on Palestine |
20 June 1922 - 4 July 1922 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
The Palestine Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London |
7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922 |
Policy/Program, Popular action |
The League of Nations Ratifies Britain’s Mandate over Palestine and Recognizes the Zionist Organization |
24 July 1922 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Promulgation of the Palestine Order in Council |
10 August 1922 |
Legal, Institutional |
5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus |
20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922 |
Policy/Program, Popular action |
1st British Census of Palestine |
October 1922 |
Socio-Economic |
Palestinians Boycott Elections |
February 1923 - March 1923 |
Popular action, Institutional |
6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa |
16 June 1923 |
Popular action |
The Palestine Communist Party Is Officially Announced |
9 July 1923 |
Institutional, Popular action |
Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey |
24 July 1923 |
Contextual, Diplomatic |
13th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) |
6 August 1923 - 18 August 1923 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Official Onset of British Mandate for Palestine |
29 September 1923 |
Legal, Institutional |
Palestinians Reject Arab Agency Scheme |
12 October 1923 |
Popular action |
Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem |
8 November 1923 |
Institutional, Popular action |
4th Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine |
1924 - 1928 |
Colonization |
Establishment of the Zionist Revisionist Movement |
1925 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Prevention of Crime (Tribal and Village Areas) Ordinance Goes into Effect |
1 January 1925 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Palestine Arab Workers Society Is Established |
21 March 1925 |
Socio-Economic |
Anti-Balfour Demonstrations in Palestine |
25 March 1925 - 1 April 1925 |
Popular action, Cultural |
14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna |
18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Correction of Land Registers Ordinance, No. 12 |
16 February 1926 |
Legal, Institutional |
The Palestine Gendarmerie Is Disbanded and the Palestine Police Reorganized |
1 April 1926 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Collective Punishments Ordinance Is Issued |
16 May 1926 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine |
April 1927 |
Legal, Institutional |
Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan |
11 July 1927 |
Contextual |
15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel |
30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927 |
Institutional, Colonization |
Land Settlement Ordinance No. 9 |
30 May 1928 |
Institutional, Colonization |
7th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Jerusalem |
20 June 1928 - 27 June 1928 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall |
23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928 |
Popular action, Sanctions, Violence |
Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem |
1 November 1928 |
Popular action |
White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall |
27 November 1928 - 27 December 1928 |
Legal, Policy/Program |
5th Wave of Jewish Immigration |
1929 - 1939 |
Colonization, Socio-Economic |
16th Zionist Congress Is Held in Zurich |
28 July 1929 - 11 August 1929 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Protection of Cultivators Ordinance No. 27 |
31 July 1929 |
Legal, Colonization |
al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances |
15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929 |
Violence |
The British Form a Commission of Inquiry on Disturbances at al-Buraq / Western Wall |
13 September 1929 |
Institutional, Violence |
The British Issue the Criminal Law (Seditious Offences) Ordinance |
25 October 1929 |
Legal, Sanctions |
1st Palestine Arab Women Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
26 October 1929 |
Popular action |
General Conference of Palestine Arab Workers, Haifa |
11 January 1930 |
Socio-Economic, Popular action |
League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall |
14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Shaw Commission Report on al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances |
12 March 1930 |
Policy/Program, Violence |
4th Palestinian Delegation to London |
1 April 1930 - 23 May 1930 |
Diplomatic, Popular action |
John Hope-Simpson Sent to Palestine to Investigate Questions of Immigration, Land Settlement and Development |
2 May 1930 |
Institutional, Popular action |
Establishment of the Arab Bank in Jerusalem |
21 May 1930 - 14 July 1930 |
Socio-Economic |
Hanging of Palestinian Militants |
17 June 1930 |
Sanctions |
Hope-Simpson Report Is Published |
22 August 1930 - 20 October 1930 |
Policy/Program, Colonization |
White Paper (Passfield) of 1930 Is Published |
20 October 1930 |
Policy/Program, Colonization |
Report of the International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall |
1 December 1930 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann |
13 February 1931 |
Policy/Program |
The Palestine Arab Executive Denounces MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann |
11 March 1931 |
Policy/Program, Popular action |
Establishment of Irgun |
April 1931 |
Institutional, Violence |
17th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel |
30 June 1931 - 15 July 1931 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme |
19 July 1931 - April 1932 |
Policy/Program, Colonization |
Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931 |
23 July 1931 |
Legal, Sanctions |
2nd British Census of Palestine |
November 1931 |
Socio-Economic |
Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931 |
Popular action |
Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened |
11 December 1931 |
Popular action |
An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress |
13 December 1931 |
Policy/Program, Popular action |
Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa |
4 January 1932 |
Institutional, Popular action |
Establishment of the Istiqlal Party |
2 August 1932 |
Institutional, Popular action |
Establishment of the Arab National Fund |
September 1932 - 8 August 1935 |
Socio-Economic, Institutional |
Creation of the Arab Agricultural Bank |
1933 |
Socio-Economic |
Increase in Jewish Immigration from Germany |
1933 - 1935 |
Colonization |
18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague |
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933 |
Institutional, Colonization |
Protection of Cultivators Ordinance, No. 37 |
31 August 1933 |
Legal, Colonization |
General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine |
8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933 |
Popular action |
Murison Commission of Inquiry |
4 January 1934 |
Policy/Program, Violence |
Death of Musa Kazim Husseini |
26 March 1934 |
Institutional, Biographical |
Foundation of Four Palestinian Parties |
December 1934 - October 1935 |
Institutional, Popular action |
Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially |
January 1935 |
Socio-Economic |
The British Issue the Press Ordinance |
17 January 1935 |
Legal, Sanctions |
19th Zionist Congress Meets in Lucerne |
20 August 1935 - 4 September 1935 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Nuremberg Laws and Jewish Immigration |
15 September 1935 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
Arms Shipment to the Haganah |
October 1935 |
Violence |
Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam |
12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935 |
Violence, Popular action |
Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties |
25 November 1935 |
Popular action |
Revival of the Legislative Council Idea |
December 1935 - March 1936 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
First Phase of the Great Arab Revolt |
15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937 |
Popular action |
Launch of the Great Revolt |
15 April 1936 - 7 May 1936 |
Popular action, Institutional |
Enactment of Emergency Regulations |
19 April 1936 |
Legal, Sanctions |
The Arab Higher Committee is Formed |
25 April 1936 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Rebels Launch Armed Resistance |
May 1936 |
Popular action, Violence |
British Violent Repression |
May 1936 - June 1936 |
Sanctions |
British Secure Military Reinforcements |
May 1936 - September 1936 |
Violence |
Appointment of the Peel Commission |
18 May 1936 |
Policy/Program, Violence |
Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner |
30 June 1936 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
The British Issue the Collective Fines Ordinance |
4 August 1936 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Fawzi al-Qawuqji Aids the Great Palestine Rebellion |
25 August 1936 |
Violence |
Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936 |
30 September 1936 |
Legal, Sanctions |
General Strike Called Off |
11 October 1936 |
Popular action, Diplomatic |
Peel Commission Investigates the Cause of the Great Palestinian Rebellion |
11 November 1936 - 24 January 1937 |
Policy/Program, Violence |
Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936 |
1 January 1937 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937 |
18 March 1937 - 20 March 1937 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Second Phase of the Great Arab Revolt |
July 1937 - September 1938 |
Popular action, Violence |
Peel Commission Issues its Report |
7 July 1937 |
Policy/Program, Violence |
Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report |
23 July 1937 |
Policy/Program |
20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich |
3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan |
8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
British Commissioner Is Assassinated |
26 September 1937 |
Violence |
Arab Higher Committee Is Banned |
October 1937 - November 1937 |
Sanctions |
Irgun Attacks on Palestinians |
11 November 1937 - 14 November 1937 |
Violence |
Charles Tegart's Means of Control |
3 December 1937 |
Sanctions, Violence |
Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission |
4 January 1938 |
Policy/Program |
Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify |
July 1938 - August 1938 |
Violence |
Third Phase of the Great Arab Revolt |
September 1938 - July 1939 |
Popular action, Violence |
Anti-British Operation and British Retaliation in al-Bassa |
6 September 1938 - 10 September 1938 |
Violence, Sanctions |
British Military Officers Replace Civilian Commissioners |
October 1938 |
Institutional, Violence |
The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo |
7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo |
15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938 |
Policy/Program, Popular action |
British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy |
November 1938 - May 1939 |
Policy/Program, Violence |
Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published |
9 November 1938 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
The British Government Rejects the Conclusions of the Partition (Woodhead) Commission |
11 November 1938 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Jewish-Arab Attacks Resume |
30 January 1939 - 26 February 1939 |
Violence |
London Round Table Conference Convenes |
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939 |
Diplomatic |
Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference |
15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939 |
Diplomatic |
Killing of Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad |
27 March 1939 |
Violence |
MacDonald White Paper of 1939 Is Published |
17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939 |
Policy/Program |
The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper |
30 May 1939 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Wave of Irgun Attacks |
2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939 |
Violence |
21st Zionist Congress Meets in Geneva |
16 August 1939 - 25 August 1939 |
Institutional, Diplomatic |
Outbreak of World War II |
1 September 1939 |
Contextual, Violence |
Military Recruitment in Palestine |
3 September 1939 |
Institutional, Violence |
Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis |
October 1939 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Land Transfers Regulations |
20 February 1940 |
Legal, Colonization |
Blowing up of SS Patria |
November 1940 |
Policy/Program |
Palmach Underground Is Established |
14 May 1941 |
Institutional, Violence |
Killing of Avraham Stern |
February 1942 |
Violence |
Zionist Biltmore Conference Is Held in New York |
6 May 1942 - 11 May 1942 |
Policy/Program |
Support in the United States for a Jewish Army |
November 1942 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Haganah Stockpiles Weapons |
March 1943 |
Violence |
Arab National Fund Reestablished |
August 1943 |
Institutional, Socio-Economic |
Five-year Limit on Jewish Immigration Extended |
November 1943 |
Policy/Program |
British Recommend Partition |
December 1943 |
Policy/Program |
The US Congress Endorses the Biltmore Program in Joint Resolution |
January 1944 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British |
January 1944 - March 1944 |
Violence |
British Labour Party Favors Transfer of Palestinians |
May 1944 |
Policy/Program, Colonization |
Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States |
7 October 1944 - 22 March 1945 |
Contextual, Institutional |
Stern Gang Assassinates Lord Moyne in Cairo |
6 November 1944 |
Violence |
US House of Representatives Supports Jewish Immigration to Palestine |
January 1945 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet |
14 February 1945 |
Diplomatic |
End of World War II |
8 May 1945 - 15 August 1945 |
Contextual, Violence |
Pledge to Buy US Armament for the Haganah |
July 1945 |
Violence |
Labor Victory in Great Britain |
26 July 1945 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Truman and Jewish Immigration to Palestine |
31 August 1945 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations |
27 September 1945 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism |
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945 |
Violence, Colonization |
Bevin's Statement on Palestine |
13 November 1945 |
Policy/Program |
Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine |
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946 |
Institutional |
Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks |
24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946 |
Violence |
Palestinians Declare Strike to Protest Bevin's Policy Statement of November 1945 |
February 1946 |
Popular action |
Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Publishes its Report after a Visit to Palestine |
6 March 1946 - 30 April 1946 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
An Irgun Attack on British |
25 April 1946 |
Violence |
Haganah's Plan Gimmel |
May 1946 |
Policy/Program, Violence |
Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan and Establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
25 May 1946 |
Contextual |
Arab League Holds its First Summit on Palestine in Anshas |
28 May 1946 - 29 May 1946 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
President Truman Supports Jewish Immigration to Palestine |
6 June 1946 |
Policy/Program, Colonization |
Arab League Meets in Bludan and Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee |
8 June 1946 - 12 June 1946 |
Diplomatic |
Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks |
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946 |
Violence |
Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan |
31 July 1946 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement |
5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
New Wave of Zionist Anti-British Attacks |
9 September 1946 - 2 December 1946 |
Violence |
Round Table Conference on Palestine Held in London |
10 September 1946 - 3 October 1946 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Arab Delegations Put Forward Constitutional Proposals to the London Round Table Conference on Palestine |
30 September 1946 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel |
9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Irgun Operations Against British Resume |
29 December 1946 - 28 January 1947 |
Violence |
London Round Table Conference Reopens and Fails |
27 January 1947 - 18 February 1947 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Deadly Zionist Anti-British Attacks |
28 February 1947 - 1 March 1947 |
Violence |
British Refer Palestine to the UN |
2 April 1947 |
Diplomatic |
Continuation of Zionist-British Confrontation |
16 April 1947 - 26 April 1947 |
Violence |
UN General Assembly Session on Palestine |
28 April 1947 - 9 May 1947 |
Diplomatic |
UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) |
15 May 1947 |
Diplomatic |
Casualties of Zionist Anti-British Attacks |
16 May 1947 |
Violence |
Zionist Attacks Against Palestinians |
21 May 1947 - 15 August 1947 |
Violence |
Stern Gang Letter Bombs Against Officials in London |
5 June 1947 |
Violence |
UN Special Committee on Palestine Prepares its Proposals |
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Irgun Kidnaps and Murders Two British Sergeants |
11 July 1947 - 31 July 1947 |
Sanctions, Violence |
Arab League Meeting on Palestine, in Sofar, Lebanon |
16 September 1947 - 19 September 1947 |
Diplomatic |
Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question |
23 September 1947 - 25 November 1947 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
British to Terminate Palestine Mandate |
26 September 1947 |
Diplomatic |
Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan |
29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Arab League Meeting on Palestine in Aley, Lebanon |
7 October 1947 - 15 October 1947 |
Diplomatic |
US and USSR Endorse Partition |
11 October 1947 - 13 October 1947 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
UNGA 181 (II): Palestine Partition Plan |
29 November 1947 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
The Haganah Implements Plan Gimmel |
29 November 1947 - 1 December 1947 |
Violence, Policy/Program |
Palestinian Strike Against Partition Plan and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes |
2 December 1947 |
Popular action, Violence |
Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan |
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947 |
Violence |
Britain Recommends Date of Mandate Termination |
8 December 1947 |
Diplomatic |
Arab League Rejects Partition Plan |
8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947 |
Diplomatic |
Arab Liberation Army Organized |
1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948 |
Institutional, Violence |
Series of Zionist Attacks |
2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948 |
Violence |
Palestinian Attacks |
14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948 |
Violence |
Zionist Military Preparations |
14 January 1948 - 20 February 1948 |
Violence |
Contingents of ALA Volunteers |
21 January 1948 - 28 January 1948 |
Violence |
British Break Arab Attacks |
6 February 1948 - 10 February 1948 |
Violence |
Transjordan and Great Britain Agree on Jordanian Military Intervention in Palestine |
7 February 1948 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem |
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Zionist Attacks |
14 February 1948 - 5 March 1948 |
Violence |
Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine |
5 March 1948 |
Violence |
Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah |
10 March 1948 |
Policy/Program, Violence |
Palestinian Operations |
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948 |
Violence |
Haganah Operations |
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948 |
Violence |
US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition |
18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas |
19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948 |
Policy/Program |
SC Res. 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine |
1 April 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA special session on Future Palestine Government |
1 April 1948 |
Diplomatic |
Plan Dalet Launched |
1 April 1948 |
Violence |
Arms for the Zionist Forces |
1 April 1948 - 14 May 1948 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road |
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948 |
Violence |
The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings |
4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948 |
Violence |
Massacre in Deir Yasin |
9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948 |
Violence |
Unit of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Attacks Kfar Darom |
10 April 1948 |
Violence |
General Zionist Council Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May |
12 April 1948 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Fighting Around Jerusalem |
12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948 |
Violence |
Fall of Tiberias |
16 April 1948 - 18 April 1948 |
Violence |
SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine |
17 April 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Trusteeship Plan for Palestine |
20 April 1948 |
Policy/Program |
SC Res. 48: Establishment of the UN Truce Commission for Palestine |
23 April 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa |
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948 |
Violence |
Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem |
26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948 |
Violence |
Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee |
28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948 |
Violence |
Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine |
30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Arab Gains in Gush Etzion |
3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948 |
Violence |
Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area |
8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948 |
Violence |
Operation Barak Toward the South |
9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948 |
Violence |
Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee |
13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948 |
Violence |
Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv |
13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948 |
Violence |
UNGA 186 (S-2): Appointment of a UN Mediator in Palestine |
14 May 1948 |
Diplomatic |
State of Israel Is Proclaimed in Tel Aviv at 4:00 P.M. |
14 May 1948 |
Legal, Institutional |
Operations Shfifon and Kilshon in Jerusalem |
14 May 1948 - 28 May 1948 |
Violence |
The British Mandate Ends. The US Recognizes the State of Israel on a de facto Basis |
15 May 1948 |
Diplomatic |
Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders |
15 May 1948 - 19 May 1948 |
Violence |
West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government |
16 May 1948 - 24 May 1948 |
Legal, Institutional |
Israel's Law and Administration Ordinance |
19 May 1948 |
Institutional, Legal |
SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem |
22 May 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Security Council Resolution S/RES/50 |
29 May 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
First Palestine Truce, Destruction of Palestinian Villages |
11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem |
16 June 1948 |
Biographical |
Abandoned Areas Ordinance |
24 June 1948 |
Colonization, Legal |
Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan |
28 June 1948 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Responses to Bernadotte's Plan |
2 July 1948 - 5 July 1948 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
SC Res. 53: Appealing to all Parties for Prolongation of the Truce in Palestine |
7 July 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Jordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area |
7 July 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem |
8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948 |
Violence |
End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel |
8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948 |
Violence |
SC Res. 54: Ordering Parties to Desist from Military Action; Instructing Mediator to Continue Efforts for Jerusalem Demilitarization |
15 July 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Second Palestine Truce |
18 July 1948 - 15 October 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce |
24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948 |
Violence |
Constantine Zurayk publishes Ma'na al-Nakba (The meaning of the Nakba) in Beirut |
August 1948 |
Cultural, Policy/Program |
Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City |
2 August 1948 |
Institutional, Legal |
Israel's Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance |
16 September 1948 |
Legal, Institutional |
Bernadotte's New Plan |
16 September 1948 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem |
17 September 1948 |
Violence |
US in Favor of Bernadotte's New Plan |
21 September 1948 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza |
23 September 1948 - 2 October 1948 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Pro-Jordanian Amman Conference |
1 October 1948 |
Institutional, Popular action |
Arab Responses to Formation of the All-Palestine Government |
5 October 1948 - 14 October 1948 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Emergency Regulations Regarding the Cultivation of Fallow Lands and Unexploited Water Sources |
11 October 1948 |
Legal, Colonization |
Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce |
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948 |
Violence |
Israel Establishes Military Government |
21 October 1948 |
Institutional, Sanctions |
Operation Hiram in the North |
28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948 |
Violence |
A Massacre in al-Dawayima |
29 October 1948 |
Violence |
George Hanna publishes Tareeq al-Khalas (Path of Deliverance) |
November 1948 |
Cultural, Policy/Program |
SC Res. 61: Calling for Withdrawal of Forces and Establishment of Permanent Truce Lines and Demilitarized Zones |
4 November 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israel Conducts its First Population Census |
8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949 |
Institutional, Socio-Economic |
SC Res. 62: Calling for Establishment of Armistice in all Sectors of Palestine |
16 November 1948 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
UNGA 212 (III): Establishment of a Special Fund for Palestine refugees |
19 November 1948 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Pro-Jordanian Jericho Conference |
1 December 1948 - 28 December 1948 |
Popular action, Institutional |
Emergency Regulations Regarding Absentee Property |
2 December 1948 |
Legal, Colonization |
UNGA 194 (III): Establishment of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP) |
11 December 1948 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Israel Strengthens Its Political Control over Jerusalem; Military Government Dissolved |
20 December 1948 - 17 February 1949 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces |
22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949 |
Violence |
Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration" |
January 1949 - December 1956 |
Popular action, Sanctions |
First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes |
12 January 1949 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis |
24 January 1949 |
Diplomatic |
The US Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis |
31 January 1949 |
Diplomatic |
Israel Enacts the Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance |
1 February 1949 |
Legal, Institutional |
Jordan's Early Measure to "Jordanize" Arab Palestinians |
14 February 1949 |
Legal, Institutional |
Egypt-Israel Armistice Agreement |
24 February 1949 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Musa Alami Publishes 'Ibrat Filasteen (The Lesson of Palestine) |
March 1949 |
Cultural, Policy/Program |
Palestinians Are Expelled from al-Faluja Pocket |
1 March 1949 - 21 April 1949 |
Violence |
Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved |
1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950 |
Institutional, Popular action |
SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership |
4 March 1949 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank into the Kingdom |
16 March 1949 - 19 July 1950 |
Legal, Institutional |
General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah |
17 March 1949 |
Popular action |
Lebanon-Israel Armistice Agreement |
23 March 1949 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Palestinians Testify Before the UNCCP |
24 March 1949 |
Popular action |
Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement |
3 April 1949 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones) |
24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949 |
Legal, Sanctions |
UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference |
27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949 |
Diplomatic |
UNGA 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN |
11 May 1949 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Syria-Israel Armistice Agreement |
20 July 1949 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Gaza's Egyptian Administration |
8 August 1949 |
Institutional, Legal |
Israel Decides to Issue Temporary Residency Permits for Palestinians Not Included in the Census |
October 1949 |
Legal, Institutional |
UNGA 302 (IV): Establishment of Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) |
8 December 1949 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
UNGA 303 (IV): To Place Jerusalem under a Permanent International Regime |
9 December 1949 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Jordan Amends the Parliamentary Election Law |
13 December 1949 |
Legal, Institutional |
Qadri Tuqan Publishes Ba'd al-Nakba (After the Nakba) in Beirut |
January 1950 |
Cultural, Policy/Program |
Dissolution of the Jordanian Parliament |
1 January 1950 |
Institutional |
Cross-Border Attacks from Gaza |
1950 |
Violence |
Jordan Issues National Guard Law |
17 January 1950 |
Legal, Institutional |
Israel's Measures to Make Jerusalem Its Capital |
23 January 1950 - 13 July 1953 |
Legal, Institutional |
Absentee Property Law, 5710-1950 |
14 March 1950 |
Legal, Colonization |
Special International Regime for Jerusalem |
4 April 1950 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Jordanian Parliamentary Elections; Formal Unification of the Two Banks |
11 April 1950 - 24 April 1950 |
Legal, Institutional |
Britain Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis |
27 April 1950 |
Diplomatic |
Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society |
May 1950 |
Institutional, Popular action |
Expulsion from Hebron Area |
3 May 1950 |
Violence |
Tripartite Declaration |
25 May 1950 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israeli Law of Return |
5 July 1950 |
Legal, Institutional, Policy/Program |
Development Authority (Transfer of Property) Law, 5710-1950 |
9 August 1950 |
Legal, Colonization |
UNGA 393 (V): Economic Reintegration of Refugees in the Middle East |
2 December 1950 |
Diplomatic |
UNGA 394 (V): UNCCP to Establish Office on Compensation to Refugees |
14 December 1950 |
Diplomatic |
Led by George Habash, Arab Nationalist Activists on the Way to Structure Their Movement |
1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952 |
Institutional, Popular action |
Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut |
27 January 1951 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah |
July 1951 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
Assassination of King Abdullah |
20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952 |
Violence |
23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal |
1 September 1951 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Publication of the Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
8 January 1952 |
Legal |
UNGA 512 (VI): UNCCP to Continue its Efforts |
26 January 1952 |
Diplomatic |
UNGA 513 (VI): UNRWA to Carry Refugee Relief and Reintegration for 3 years |
26 January 1952 |
Diplomatic |
The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law |
1 April 1952 |
Legal |
Palestinians in Israel Protest the Nationality law |
14 July 1952 |
Popular action, Legal |
The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 |
23 July 1952 |
Contextual |
The Knesset Adopts the Entry into Israel Law |
26 August 1952 |
Legal, Sanctions |
The Zionist Organization/Jewish Agency Status Law |
24 November 1952 |
Institutional, Legal |
Israeli Operation in Jordan |
28 January 1953 |
Violence |
Land Acquisition (Validation of Acts and Compensation) Law |
10 March 1953 |
Legal, Colonization |
King Hussein’s Formal Accession to the Throne |
2 May 1953 |
Biographical |
Israel's Foreign Ministry Moves to Jerusalem |
10 July 1953 - 12 July 1953 |
Institutional |
The Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education |
12 August 1953 |
Legal, Socio-Economic |
Israeli Operation in Gaza |
28 August 1953 |
Violence |
Israel's Construction of the "National Water Carrier" |
2 September 1953 |
Socio-Economic |
Israeli Operation Against Qibya |
14 October 1953 |
Violence |
Anti-Israeli Demonstrations in Jordan |
21 October 1953 |
Popular action |
SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice |
24 November 1953 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
General Islamic Conference on Jerusalem, Jerusalem |
3 December 1953 - 9 December 1953 |
Popular action |
Arab League and Jordan River Waters |
15 February 1954 |
Diplomatic, Socio-Economic |
Jordanian Nationality Law |
16 February 1954 |
Legal |
Israeli Operation Against Jordan |
28 March 1954 |
Violence |
The US and Jordan River Waters |
25 June 1954 - 6 July 1954 |
Diplomatic, Socio-Economic |
The Lavon Affair |
July 1954 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
Covenant between Zionist Organization and Israel |
26 July 1954 |
Institutional |
The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law |
16 August 1954 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Egypt Detains Israeli Freighter |
28 September 1954 |
Sanctions, Socio-Economic |
Israel Carries out an Intelligence Operation in Syria and the First Airline Hijacking in the History of the Conflict |
8 December 1954 - 14 December 1954 |
Violence |
Baghdad Pact |
24 February 1955 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
After Mounting Egyptian-Israel Tension Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel |
28 February 1955 - 3 April 1955 |
Violence |
Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects |
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955 |
Popular action |
Security Council Resolution S/RES/106 |
29 March 1955 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Gaza's Basic Law |
11 May 1955 |
Legal, Institutional |
Renewal of Egyptian-Israeli Clashes |
22 August 1955 - 4 September 1955 |
Violence |
Egypt Restricts Passage Through Strait of Tiran |
11 September 1955 |
Sanctions |
Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal |
27 September 1955 |
Diplomatic |
Egypt and Syria Sign a Mutual Defense Pact |
20 October 1955 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja |
23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955 |
Violence |
David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister |
3 November 1955 |
Biographical |
Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves) |
10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955 |
Violence |
Security Council Resolution S/RES/111 |
19 January 1956 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Clashes Across Gaza Borders |
2 April 1956 - 14 April 1956 |
Violence |
24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956 |
Institutional, Colonization |
Egypt Blocks Greek Freighter |
25 May 1956 |
Sanctions |
Israel and France Plan War |
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
US Withdraws Aswan Funding |
19 July 1956 |
Sanctions, Diplomatic |
Israeli-Jordanian Clashes |
25 July 1956 - 21 August 1956 |
Violence, Popular action |
Nationalization of the Suez Canal |
26 July 1956 |
Sanctions, Socio-Economic |
London Conference on Suez |
16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956 |
Diplomatic |
Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents |
17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956 |
Violence, Popular action |
Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez |
26 August 1956 |
Diplomatic |
Escalation Across Jordanian-Israeli Lines |
10 September 1956 - 26 September 1956 |
Violence, Popular action |
Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya |
4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956 |
Popular action, Violence |
Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres |
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956 |
Diplomatic |
Israel Invades Egypt |
29 October 1956 |
Violence |
Kafr Qasim Massacre |
29 October 1956 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Britain and France Join the War |
31 October 1956 |
Violence |
Israel Occupies Gaza |
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957 |
Violence |
GA Resolutions 997 (ES-I) and 998 (ES-I): UNGA Emergency Session |
2 November 1956 - 5 November 1956 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
British and French Troops Invade Canal Zone |
5 November 1956 |
Violence |
Soviet Union Threatens Intervention |
5 November 1956 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
GA Resolution 1002 (ES-I) |
7 November 1956 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai |
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza |
10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) Deploys in Sinai |
12 November 1956 - 12 March 1957 |
Diplomatic |
UNRWA Director Issues Special Report on Situation in Gaza Strip |
15 December 1956 |
Institutional |
Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre |
6 January 1957 |
Popular action, Sanctions |
GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI) |
19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957 |
Diplomatic |
Israel Refuses Full Withdrawal |
3 February 1957 |
Diplomatic |
Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza |
20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai |
7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957 |
Diplomatic |
Fatah Is Founded |
September 1957 |
Institutional |
Egypt and Syria Unite and Form the United Arab Republic |
1 February 1958 - 28 September 1961 |
Contextual |
The Knesset adopts the Basic Law: The Knesset |
12 February 1958 |
Legal, Institutional |
Basic Law for the Gaza Strip |
25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958 |
Legal, Institutional |
Civil War in Lebanon |
May 1958 - October 1958 |
Contextual |
Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq |
14 July 1958 |
Contextual |
The Arab League and Palestinian Entity |
4 March 1959 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Arab States Protest Jewish Immigration |
11 May 1959 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
Fatah's Organizational Structure Set in a Kuwait Meeting |
10 October 1959 |
Institutional |
Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic" |
15 December 1959 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Status of Jordanian Jerusalem Municipality Enhanced Symbolically |
16 December 1959 |
Legal, Institutional |
Mahmoud Darwish Publishes First Book of Poetry, 'Asafeer bila Ajniha (Wingless Birds) |
1960 |
Cultural |
Israel's Strike Against Syria |
31 January 1960 - 15 February 1960 |
Violence |
Iraqi Government Announces Formation of a “Palestinian Liberation Regiment” |
26 March 1960 |
Institutional |
Fatah and the Palestinian Entity |
June 1960 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Basic Law: Israel Lands |
19 July 1960 |
Legal, Colonization |
Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960 |
25 July 1960 |
Legal, Colonization |
25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem |
27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
GA Resolution 1604 (XV) |
21 April 1961 |
Diplomatic |
The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity |
29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Opening of a Palestine Arab Delegation Office in New York |
17 July 1961 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Appointment of Special Representative of the UNCCP |
24 August 1961 |
Diplomatic |
Palestinians in Israel Demonstrate |
21 September 1961 |
Popular action |
Ghassan Kanafani Publishes First Novel, Rijal fi-l-shams (Men in the Sun), in Beirut |
1962 |
Cultural |
The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip |
5 March 1962 |
Legal, Institutional |
Israeli Raid Against Syria |
16 March 1962 - 17 March 1962 |
Violence |
Security Council Resolution S/RES/171 |
9 April 1962 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Proposals Announced by Joseph Johnson, Special Representative of the UNCCP |
31 August 1962 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals |
5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Akhbar Filastin Newspaper Is Published in Gaza |
March 1963 |
Cultural |
Death of Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi; Ahmad al-Shuqairi as Palestine Delegate to the Arab League |
29 June 1963 - 19 September 1963 |
Biographical |
The Union of Arab Palestinian Women and Palestinian Entity |
6 July 1963 |
Popular action |
Syrian-Israeli Clashes |
19 August 1963 - 20 August 1963 |
Violence |
Draft Security Council Resolution S/5407 |
3 September 1963 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Fatah Opens Its First Office in Algeria |
23 September 1963 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Palestinian Delegation at the UN |
18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963 |
Diplomatic |
1st Arab Summit Is Held in Cairo |
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Yasir Arafat and Khalil al-Wazir Confer with Premier Chou-En-Lai in China |
17 March 1964 |
Diplomatic |
Israel Starts Diverting the Jordan River |
May 1964 - August 1964 |
Socio-Economic |
1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem |
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria |
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
26th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
30 December 1964 - 10 January 1965 |
Institutional, Diplomatic |
Fatah Issues Its First Military Communiqué |
1 January 1965 |
Institutional, Violence |
President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan |
27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
The PLO Executive Committee Adopts its Bylaws |
11 March 1965 |
Legal, Institutional |
Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids |
27 May 1965 |
Violence |
2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo |
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965 |
Institutional, Diplomatic |
The General Union of Palestinian Women Is Formed in Jerusalem |
15 July 1965 |
Institutional, Popular action |
The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States |
11 September 1965 |
Legal, Socio-Economic |
3rd Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca |
13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Military Training for Palestinians |
11 October 1965 |
Institutional, Violence |
3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza |
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966 |
Policy/Program |
Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations |
14 July 1966 |
Violence |
Syria Signs a Mutual Defense Agreement with Egypt |
4 November 1966 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1 |
4 November 1966 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israeli-Jordanian Battle at al-Samu' after a Fatah Operation |
11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966 |
Violence |
Demonstrations in Jordan |
20 November 1966 - 25 November 1966 |
Popular action |
Security Council Resolution S/RES/228 |
25 November 1966 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israeli-Syrian Violence Escalates; Fatah's Military Operations Increase |
1 January 1967 - 30 April 1967 |
Violence |
Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle |
7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967 |
Violence |
Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria |
12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967 |
Diplomatic |
Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria |
15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Jordan Signs a Joint Defense Pact with Egypt |
30 May 1967 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israel Prepares for War with US Consent |
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
June War |
5 June 1967 - 10 June 1967 |
Violence |
June War, 1st Day |
5 June 1967 |
Violence |
June War, 2nd Day |
6 June 1967 |
Violence |
June War, 3rd Day |
7 June 1967 |
Violence |
June War, 4th Day |
8 June 1967 |
Violence |
June War, 5th Day |
9 June 1967 |
Violence |
June War, 6th Day |
10 June 1967 |
Violence |
Second Palestinian Exodus |
10 June 1967 - 31 December 1967 |
Violence |
Israel Razes Maghribi Quarter in Jerusalem Old City and Expels its Inhabitants |
11 June 1967 |
Violence, Institutional |
Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly |
13 June 1967 - 21 July 1967 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Security Council Resolution S/RES/237 |
14 June 1967 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
The Knesset Amends the Law and Administration Ordinance to Open the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem |
27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967 |
Legal, Institutional |
The Knesset Amends the Municipal Corporations Ordinance to Extend Area of West Jerusalem Municipality |
27 June 1967 - 29 June 1967 |
Legal, Institutional |
General Assembly Resolution 2252 (ES-V) |
4 July 1967 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
General Assembly Resolutions 2253 and 2254 (ES-V) |
4 July 1967 - 14 July 1967 |
Diplomatic |
Military Order No. 58, Concerning Abandoned Property (Private Property) |
23 July 1967 |
Legal, Colonization |
Formation of a Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem |
24 July 1967 |
Popular action |
Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property |
31 July 1967 |
Legal, Colonization |
Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank |
14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967 |
Diplomatic |
Fatah Guerrilla Resistance in the West Bank |
28 August 1967 |
Violence |
4th Arab Summit Convenes in Khartoum |
29 August 1967 - 1 September 1967 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Security Council Resolution S/RES/242 |
22 November 1967 |
Diplomatic |
Palestinians Reorganize |
11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968 |
Institutional |
Guerrilla Resistance in Gaza Strip |
1968 - 1970 |
Institutional, Violence |
Israeli Military Confrontation with Jordan and Palestinian Guerrillas |
14 February 1968 - 15 February 1968 |
Violence |
Battle of al-Karama |
21 March 1968 |
Violence |
Settlement Attempt in Hebron |
12 April 1968 - 16 June 1968 |
Colonization |
Yasir Arafat Assumes Prominence within Fatah |
14 April 1968 |
Biographical |
Israel Land Requisition in Old City of Jerusalem |
18 April 1968 |
Colonization |
SC Res. 252: Considering all Israeli Measures to Change Jerusalem's Legal Status as Invalid |
21 May 1968 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
Israeli-Jordanian Clashes |
4 June 1968 |
Violence |
27th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
9 June 1968 - 19 June 1968 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
4th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo |
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Civil Aviation in the Conflict |
23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969 |
Violence |
Fatah Defines its Political Objective |
19 October 1968 |
Policy/Program |
First Issue of al-Quds, a Daily Newspaper in Occupied Jerusalem, Is Published |
19 November 1968 |
Cultural |
Explosion in Mahane Yehuda in West Jerusalem |
22 November 1968 - 28 November 1968 |
Violence |
UNGA 2443 (XXIII): Establishing Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights in Occupied Territories |
19 December 1968 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
UNGA 2452 (XXIII): Calling upon Israel for Return of Inhabitants to Territories Occupied in 1967 |
19 December 1968 |
Diplomatic |
Military Order No. 291 on Land Settlement |
19 December 1968 |
Legal, Colonization |
Hunger Strike of Palestinian Women in Jerusalem |
26 January 1969 |
Popular action |
Fatah Reaffirms its Political Objective |
28 January 1969 |
Policy/Program |
5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo |
1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Students Demonstrate in Gaza |
2 February 1969 |
Violence |
PDFLP Splits off from PFLP |
22 February 1969 |
Institutional |
Palestinians Are Arrested by Israeli Authorities |
5 March 1969 |
Violence |
Egypt's War of Attrition |
8 March 1969 - 7 August 1970 |
Violence |
Golda Meir Becomes Prime Minister of Israel |
17 March 1969 |
Biographical |
Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes) |
28 March 1969 |
Colonization, Legal |
Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem |
27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969 |
Legal, Colonization |
Israel Retaliates Against South Lebanon |
12 May 1969 - 13 May 1969 |
Violence |
Deportation from West Bank |
9 June 1969 - 6 October 1969 |
Sanctions, Popular action |
SC Res. 267: Calling once more upon Israel to Rescind all Measures which May Change the Status of Jerusalem |
3 July 1969 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Land Law, 5729-1969 |
17 July 1969 |
Legal, Colonization |
Al-Aqsa Mosque Is Set on Fire |
21 August 1969 |
Violence |
6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo |
1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969 |
Institutional, Popular action |
PLO-Lebanon Cairo Accord |
3 November 1969 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Rogers Plan |
9 December 1969 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
UNGA 2535 (XXIV): Reiterating Past Resolutions on UNRWA; Affirming Inalienable Rights of People of Palestine |
10 December 1969 |
Diplomatic |
5th Arab Summit Meets in Rabat and Ends in Failure |
21 December 1969 - 23 December 1969 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Military Order No. 363, Concerning the Protection of Nature Reserves |
22 December 1969 |
Legal, Colonization |
Jordanian-Palestinian Clashes |
11 February 1970 |
Violence |
Israel and Refugee Camps in Gaza and West Bank |
18 February 1970 |
Policy/Program |
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley |
22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970 |
Violence |
7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo |
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Palestinian-Jordanian Clashes |
6 June 1970 - 10 June 1970 |
Violence |
Rogers Plan II |
19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Sharon's Pacification of Gaza |
August 1970 - December 1971 |
Violence |
1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman |
27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
PFLP Hijack Operations |
6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970 |
Violence |
Black September in Jordan |
15 September 1970 - 25 September 1970 |
Violence |
Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement |
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970 |
Diplomatic |
Abdel Nasser Dies of a Sudden Heart Attack; Anwar al-Sadat Succeeds Him |
28 September 1970 |
Biographical |
Jordanian Army Tightens Control |
1 October 1970 - 23 July 1971 |
Violence |
UNGA 2628 (XXV): Urging Speedy Implementation of SC Res. 242 (1967) |
4 November 1970 |
Diplomatic |
UNGA 2649 (XXV): Condemning Denial of Right to Self-Determination to Peoples of South Africa and Palestine |
30 November 1970 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
UNGA 2672 (XXV): People of Palestine Entitled to Equal Rights and Self-determination; Calling upon Israel for Return of Displaced in 1967 |
8 December 1970 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
President Sadat Suggests Partial Israeli Withdrawal from Suez Canal |
4 February 1971 |
Diplomatic |
The US and Palestinian Rights |
25 February 1971 |
Policy/Program |
8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo |
28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
9th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo |
7 July 1971 - 13 July 1971 |
Institutional, Violence |
Ziyad Husseini, Commander of the Popular Liberation Forces in Gaza, Dies |
21 August 1971 |
Violence |
Israel Appoints Rashad al-Shawa as Mayor of Gaza |
September 1971 |
Biographical |
Jordan Complains to UN Security Council on Jerusalem |
13 September 1971 |
Diplomatic |
SC Res. 298: Deploring Israel’s Failure to Respect Previous Resolutions on its Measures Affecting Status of Jerusalem |
25 September 1971 |
Diplomatic |
Municipal Elections in West Bank Are Announced |
26 November 1971 |
Institutional |
Wasfi al-Tal, Jordan's Prime Minister, Is Assassinated by Black September Members in Cairo |
28 November 1971 |
Violence |
UNGA 2792 (XXVI): Deploring Israel's Operations in the Gaza Strip |
6 December 1971 |
Diplomatic |
28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem |
18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon |
25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972 |
Violence |
SC Res. 313: Demanding that Israel Refrain Immediately from Military Action against Lebanon |
28 February 1972 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
The PFLP Announces It Has Abandoned the Tactic of Hijacking Planes |
14 March 1972 |
Policy/Program, Violence |
King Hussein Proposes a "United Arab Kingdom" |
15 March 1972 |
Policy/Program |
Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank |
28 March 1972 - 2 May 1972 |
Institutional |
10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo |
6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Black September Hijack Operation |
8 May 1972 |
Violence |
Japanese Red Army at Lod Airport |
30 May 1972 |
Violence |
Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon |
21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972 |
Violence |
SC Res. 316: Condemning the Repeated Attacks of Israeli Forces on Lebanon |
26 June 1972 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Assassination of Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut |
8 July 1972 |
Violence, Biographical |
Attempted Assassination of Anis Sayigh in Beirut |
19 July 1972 |
Violence, Biographical |
Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut |
25 July 1972 |
Violence, Biographical |
Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established |
September 1972 |
Institutional |
Black September in Munich Olympic Games |
5 September 1972 - 6 September 1972 |
Violence |
Violent Israeli Retaliation in South Lebanon |
16 September 1972 - 17 September 1972 |
Violence |
Wa'el Zuaiter Is Assassinated in Rome |
16 October 1972 |
Violence, Biographical |
Black September Hijack Operation |
29 October 1972 - 30 October 1972 |
Violence |
Mahmoud al-Hamshari Is Assassinated in Paris |
8 December 1972 - 10 January 1973 |
Violence, Biographical |
Israeli Travel Documents for Palestinians in West Bank |
10 December 1972 |
Institutional |
11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo |
6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973 |
Institutional |
Hussein Bashir Abu al-Khayr Is Assassinated in Nicosia |
24 January 1973 |
Violence, Biographical |
Libyan Civilian Aircraft Is Shot Down Over the Sinai |
21 February 1973 |
Violence |
Black September Operation in Khartoum |
1 March 1973 - 4 March 1973 |
Violence |
Muhammad al-Aswad Is Killed in Gaza |
9 March 1973 |
Violence |
Basil al-Kubaisi Assassinated in Paris |
6 April 1973 |
Violence, Biographical |
Israeli Operation in Beirut Against Palestinian Leaders |
10 April 1973 |
Violence |
Lebanese-Palestinian Confrontation |
2 May 1973 - 23 May 1973 |
Violence |
Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973 |
27 June 1973 |
Legal |
Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris |
28 June 1973 |
Violence, Biographical |
Ahmed Bouchiki Assassinated in Lillehammer |
21 July 1973 |
Violence |
Palestinian National Front Is Established in the West Bank |
15 August 1973 |
Institutional |
Shaykh Ahmad Yasin's Islamic Center Is Established in Gaza |
7 September 1973 |
Popular action |
October War |
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973 |
Violence |
October War, 1st Day |
6 October 1973 |
Violence |
October War, 2nd Day |
7 October 1973 |
Violence |
October War, 3rd Day |
8 October 1973 |
Violence |
October War, 4th Day |
9 October 1973 |
Violence |
October War, 5th Day |
10 October 1973 |
Violence |
October War, From the 6th to 10th Day |
11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973 |
Violence |
American Airlift |
14 October 1973 - 14 November 1973 |
Violence |
Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards |
15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973 |
Violence |
Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle |
17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973 |
Sanctions, Socio-Economic |
American-Soviet Agreement on a Cease-fire |
21 October 1973 |
Diplomatic |
SC Res. 338: Calling for Cease-fire and Deciding to Start Immediately Negotiations for Just Durable and Peace |
22 October 1973 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms |
23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
Kilometer 101 Talks |
11 November 1973 |
Diplomatic |
6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers |
26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israel Deports Eight Leaders of the Palestine National Front |
10 December 1973 |
Sanctions |
Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva |
21 December 1973 |
Diplomatic |
Sinai I Agreement |
18 January 1974 - 3 March 1974 |
Diplomatic |
Arab Oil Embargo Is Lifted |
8 March 1974 |
Sanctions, Socio-Economic |
Attrition in the Golan |
12 March 1974 - 15 April 1974 |
Violence |
Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel |
11 April 1974 |
Violence |
Israel and Syria Sign a Disengagement Agreement |
31 May 1974 |
Diplomatic |
12th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo |
1 June 1974 - 8 June 1974 |
Policy/Program |
Palestine Question Is Placed on the Agenda of the UN General Assembly |
21 September 1974 |
Diplomatic |
Egypt and Syria Support PLO Representativeness |
21 September 1974 |
Diplomatic |
Palestinian Rejection Front |
10 October 1974 |
Institutional |
UNGA 3210 (XXIX): Inviting the PLO to Participate in GA Deliberations on Question of Palestine |
14 October 1974 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
7th Arab Summit Meeting in Rabat |
28 October 1974 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly |
13 November 1974 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
UNGA 3236 (XXIX): Recognizing Palestinian Inalienable Rights and Palestinian People as Principal Party for Establishing Peace |
22 November 1974 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
UNGA 3237 (XXIX): Granting the PLO an Observer Status at the General Assembly |
22 November 1974 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon |
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975 |
Violence |
Negotiations for Sinai II Fail |
7 March 1975 - 22 March 1975 |
Diplomatic |
Start of Civil War in Lebanon |
13 April 1975 |
Violence |
Sinai II Agreement Reached |
20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975 |
Diplomatic |
US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement |
1 September 1975 |
Diplomatic |
PLO Official Office in Paris |
31 October 1975 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Civil Disobedience in West Bank |
November 1975 - March 1976 |
Popular action |
PLO Observer at the Food and Agriculture Organization |
8 November 1975 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
UNGA 3375 (XXX): Calling for Inviting PLO to any UN Efforts on the Middle East on Equal Footing with Other Parties |
10 November 1975 |
Diplomatic |
UNGA 3376 (XXX): Establishing a Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People |
10 November 1975 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
UNGA 3379 (XXX): Determining that Zionism is a Form of Racism and Racial Discrimination |
10 November 1975 |
Diplomatic |
SC Res. 381: Renewing UNDOF Mandate and Deciding to Hold a Future Debate on ME Problem |
30 November 1975 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Statement S/11889 by SC President on Inviting the PLO to the Debate on ME Problem |
30 November 1975 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Premeditated Israeli Air Attack Against Palestinians in Lebanon |
2 December 1975 |
Violence |
The PLO at the Security Council |
4 December 1975 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Draft SC Res S/11898 to Condemn Israeli Attacks against Lebanon, Vetoed by US |
8 December 1975 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation |
1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976 |
Popular action |
The PLO at the Security Council |
12 January 1976 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Draft SC Res. S/11940 to Affirm Palestinian Rights, Vetoed by US |
26 January 1976 |
Diplomatic |
Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US |
25 March 1976 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
Palestinian "Land Day" |
30 March 1976 |
Popular action, Violence |
Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank |
12 April 1976 |
Institutional |
Syrian Forces Enter Lebanon |
31 May 1976 |
Violence |
Evacuation of US Nationals from Beirut with PLO Assistance |
16 June 1976 - 20 June 1976 |
Diplomatic |
Plane Hijacked to Entebbe |
27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976 |
Violence |
Draft SC Res. S/12119 to Affirm Palestinian Rights, as Requested by GA, Vetoed by US |
29 June 1976 |
Diplomatic |
Fall of Tal al-Za'atar |
12 August 1976 |
Violence |
PLO Becomes a Full Member of the Arab League |
6 September 1976 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon |
16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
8th Arab Summit Meets in Cairo |
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
13th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo |
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977 |
Policy/Program |
President Carter for a Palestinian Homeland |
16 March 1977 - 26 May 1977 |
Policy/Program |
US State Department Releases First Human Rights Report |
May 1977 |
Diplomatic |
Likud's Victory in Israeli Elections |
17 May 1977 |
Biographical |
Menachem Begin: "Territories Are Not Occupied" |
19 May 1977 |
Policy/Program, Colonization |
Municipalities in the West Bank and Gaza Affirm the PLO Program in a Message to the US and USSR |
8 August 1977 |
Popular action |
Israel's Conditions for Geneva Conference |
25 September 1977 |
Policy/Program |
Joint US-Soviet Statement on Geneva Conference |
1 October 1977 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference |
5 October 1977 |
Diplomatic |
Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem |
19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977 |
Diplomatic |
The PLO Central Council Condemns Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem |
30 November 1977 |
Policy/Program, Popular action |
Arab States Take Position Against Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem |
5 December 1977 |
Diplomatic |
Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip |
28 December 1977 |
Policy/Program |
29th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
20 February 1978 - 1 March 1978 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation" |
11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978 |
Violence |
SC Res. 425: Calling upon Israel to Withdraw its Forces from Lebanon, and Establishing UNIFIL |
19 March 1978 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Wadi Haddad Dies in Berlin, East Germany |
28 March 1978 |
Violence, Biographical |
Israel Establishes a "Security Zone" in South Lebanon |
13 May 1978 |
Violence |
Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords |
5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
The PLO Executive Condemns the Camp David Accords |
19 September 1978 |
Policy/Program |
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan |
16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978 |
Popular action |
9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords |
5 November 1978 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
14th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus |
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979 |
Policy/Program |
Ali Hassan Salameh Is Killed in Beirut |
22 January 1979 |
Violence, Biographical |
Islamic Revolution in Iran |
11 February 1979 |
Contextual |
SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories |
22 March 1979 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Is Signed in Washington, DC |
26 March 1979 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Arab Sanctions Against Egypt |
27 March 1979 - 31 March 1979 |
Sanctions |
A PLF Operation in Nahariya |
22 April 1979 |
Violence |
1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba |
25 May 1979 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
2nd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria |
11 June 1979 - 12 June 1979 |
Diplomatic |
3rd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya |
25 June 1979 - 26 June 1979 |
Diplomatic |
4th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria |
5 July 1979 - 6 July 1979 |
Diplomatic |
5th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Haifa |
5 August 1979 - 6 August 1979 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israelis Are Permitted to Buy Land in Occupied Territories |
16 September 1979 |
Legal, Colonization |
6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria |
26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Are Held in London |
25 October 1979 - 26 October 1979 |
Diplomatic |
Deportation of Bassam al-Shak'a Reversed After West Bank Mayors Threaten Resignation |
11 November 1979 - 5 December 1979 |
Popular action |
10th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis |
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
7th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo |
18 December 1979 - 19 December 1979 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Palestinian Autonomy Is Discussed at the Sadat-Begin Summit in Aswan |
7 January 1980 - 10 January 1980 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israeli Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority |
17 January 1980 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Self-Governing Authority |
28 January 1980 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
8th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya |
31 January 1980 - 1 February 1980 |
Diplomatic |
Israeli Settlement in the Old City of Hebron |
10 February 1980 - 23 March 1980 |
Colonization |
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Scheveningen |
27 February 1980 - 29 February 1980 |
Diplomatic |
SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones |
1 March 1980 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
President Carter's Disavowal of US Vote for SC Res. 465 |
3 March 1980 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria |
27 March 1980 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya |
1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Palestinian Operation Against Settlers in Hebron |
2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980 |
Violence |
Egypt Decides to Suspend Talks with Israel on Palestinian Autonomy |
10 May 1980 |
Diplomatic |
Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors |
2 June 1980 |
Violence |
Venice Declaration |
13 June 1980 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Committee Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo |
14 July 1980 - 15 July 1980 |
Diplomatic |
Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem |
30 July 1980 |
Legal |
Egypt's Response to Israel's Basic Law on Jerusalem |
2 August 1980 |
Diplomatic |
SC Res. 478: Censuring Israeli Enactment of "Basic Law" on Jerusalem |
20 August 1980 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem |
20 August 1980 - September 1980 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Start of the Iraq-Iran War |
22 September 1980 |
Contextual |
Birzeit University Is Closed |
14 November 1980 |
Popular action, Sanctions |
11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman |
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
The Knesset Issues Amendment 16 to the Planning and Building Law, 1965 |
12 February 1981 |
Legal, Sanctions |
15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus |
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981 |
Institutional |
Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon |
28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981 |
Violence |
Israeli Air Force Destroys Iraqi Nuclear Reactor Under Construction Near Bagdad |
7 June 1981 |
Contextual, Violence |
Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon |
10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981 |
Violence |
Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon |
24 July 1981 |
Diplomatic |
Fahd Plan Is Announced |
7 August 1981 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Palestinian Writers in Occupied Territories Affirm Commitment to Palestine Cause |
18 August 1981 |
Popular action |
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo |
23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981 |
Diplomatic |
Sadat Is Assassinated; Husni Mubarak Becomes President of Egypt |
6 October 1981 |
Violence |
Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome |
9 October 1981 |
Violence, Biographical |
Civil Administration Is Established by the Military in the Occupied Territories |
8 November 1981 - 1 December 1981 |
Institutional, Popular action |
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo |
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981 |
Diplomatic |
12th Arab Summit Meets in Fez and Adjourns |
25 November 1981 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israeli Knesset Votes to Apply Israeli Law in the Golan Heights |
14 December 1981 |
Legal |
SC Res. 497: Considers Null and Void Israel’s Decision to Impose its Laws in the Occupied Golan |
17 December 1981 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Draft SC Res. S/14832/Rev.1 to Consider Israeli Golan Measures an Act of Agression, Vetoed by US |
20 January 1982 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Israel's Proposal for the Palestinian Self-Governing Authority |
31 January 1982 |
Policy/Program |
UNGA Res. ES/9-1: Adopts Content of Vetoed Draft SC Res. on Israeli Golan Measures |
5 February 1982 |
Diplomatic |
Strike in the Golan Heights Against Annexation |
12 February 1982 - 11 May 1982 |
Popular action |
Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank |
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982 |
Popular action, Violence |
Draft SC Res. S/14943 to Denounce Dismissal of Palestinian Mayors, Vetoed by US |
2 April 1982 |
Diplomatic |
Shooting Spree at the Haram al-Sharif |
11 April 1982 - 15 April 1982 |
Violence |
Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US |
20 April 1982 |
Diplomatic |
South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken |
21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982 |
Violence |
Last Stage of Israeli Withdrawal from the Sinai |
25 April 1982 |
Diplomatic |
Palestinian Mayors Stand with Those Dismissed by Israel |
2 May 1982 |
Popular action, Sanctions |
Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War |
25 May 1982 |
Diplomatic |
Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London |
3 June 1982 |
Violence |
Israeli Aerial Bombardment and Palestinian Artillery Across the Lebanon-Israel Border |
4 June 1982 - 5 June 1982 |
Violence |
SC Res. 508: Calling Upon all Parties to Cease Military Activities in Lebanon and across Lebanese-Israeli Border |
5 June 1982 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israeli Invasion of Lebanon |
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982 |
Violence |
SC Res. 509: Demanding Full and Unconditional Withdrawal of Israeli Forces from Lebanon |
6 June 1982 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis |
6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982 |
Violence |
Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis |
6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982 |
Violence |
Israel Invades Along the Central Axis |
6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982 |
Violence |
Draft SC Res. S/15185 to Demand again Full and Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal, Vetoed by US |
8 June 1982 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
The “Creeping” Cease-fire |
10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
Encirclement of Beirut |
11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982 |
Violence |
Battle of the Mountain |
14 June 1982 - 26 June 1982 |
Violence |
Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon |
15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
PLO Debates Withdrawal |
16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US |
26 June 1982 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israel Lays Siege to Beirut |
27 June 1982 - 2 September 1982 |
Violence |
Israeli Military Pressure on West Beirut |
27 June 1982 - 11 July 1982 |
Violence |
The PLO 11-Point Document |
8 July 1982 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israeli Army Attempts to Conquer Beirut |
21 July 1982 - 12 August 1982 |
Violence |
PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan |
29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Agreement on Withdrawal Reached and Implemented |
20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982 |
Diplomatic |
Reagan's "Talking Points" to Begin on Palestinian Issue |
31 August 1982 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Lebanon War Casualties |
1 September 1982 - 11 October 1982 |
Violence |
Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue |
1 September 1982 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan |
2 September 1982 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
The 12th Arab Summit Meeting in Fez Adopts the "Fez Initiative" |
6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Assassination of Bashir Gemayel and Israeli Occupation of Beirut |
14 September 1982 - 16 September 1982 |
Violence |
Sabra and Shatila Massacres |
16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982 |
Violence |
Israel Withdraws from Beirut and the Multinational Force Returns |
23 September 1982 - 29 September 1982 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation |
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
30th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
7 December 1982 - 16 December 1982 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations |
28 December 1982 |
Diplomatic |
Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres |
7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983 |
Institutional, Violence |
16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers |
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Israeli Settlements in the West Bank |
21 March 1983 - 11 April 1983 |
Colonization |
Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination |
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement |
17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Scission within Fatah |
18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983 |
Institutional, Diplomatic |
Reactions to Fatah Scission in Occupied Territories |
26 June 1983 - 9 November 1983 |
Popular action |
Tension in Hebron |
1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983 |
Violence, Colonization |
Draft SC Res. S/15895 to Condemn Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians in Hebron, Vetoed by US |
2 August 1983 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis |
3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983 |
Institutional |
Ma'moun Meraish Is Assassinated in Athens |
20 August 1983 |
Violence, Biographical |
Yitzhak Shamir Succeeds Menachem Begin as Prime Minister |
2 September 1983 |
Biographical |
Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo |
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
Operations Against French and US Contingents in Beirut |
23 October 1983 |
Violence |
Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities |
2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984 |
Sanctions |
UNGA 38/58: Calling for the Convening of an International Peace Conference on the Middle East |
13 December 1983 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Jordanian Parliament Revived |
9 January 1984 - 18 January 1984 |
Institutional |
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament |
23 January 1984 |
Popular action |
Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks |
26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984 |
Diplomatic |
S-G Report (A/39/130-S/16409), Pursuant to UNGA Res. 38/58 on ME Peace Conference |
13 March 1984 |
Diplomatic |
Palestinian Internal Polarization |
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Palestinians Hijack an Israeli Bus Toward Gaza |
12 April 1984 |
Violence |
Operation of Israeli Occupation Forces Against Ayn al-Hilwa |
16 May 1984 - 18 May 1984 |
Violence |
Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation |
27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Tal Rumayda Settlement in Hebron |
8 August 1984 |
Colonization |
Commemorating the Sabra-Shatila Massacres |
17 September 1984 |
Popular action, Violence |
Demolitions in the Jordan Valley |
1 November 1984 - 11 November 1984 |
Violence |
17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman |
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984 |
Institutional, Diplomatic |
Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement |
11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985 |
Diplomatic |
Israeli Army Withdraws from Saida Region |
16 February 1985 |
Violence |
PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement |
18 February 1985 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US |
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus |
25 March 1985 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242 |
15 May 1985 |
Diplomatic |
The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon |
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987 |
Violence |
Prisoner Exchange between Israel and the PFLP-CG |
20 May 1985 |
Diplomatic |
Iron Fist Policy in the Occupied Territories |
29 July 1985 - 4 August 1985 |
Sanctions, Popular action |
Amendment No. 9 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections |
31 July 1985 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca |
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Draft SC Res. S/17459 to Call upon Israel to Stop its Repressive Measures, Vetoed by US |
13 September 1985 |
Diplomatic |
Israeli Planes Attack PLO Headquarters in Tunis |
25 September 1985 - 1 October 1985 |
Violence |
Achille Lauro Hijacked |
7 October 1985 - 11 October 1985 |
Violence |
Arafat's "Cairo Declaration" on Terrorism |
7 November 1985 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem |
4 December 1985 |
Diplomatic |
Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination |
25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986 |
Diplomatic |
Draft SC Res. S/17769 to Deplore Provocative Acts in the Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US |
30 January 1986 |
Diplomatic |
Assassination of Zafir al-Masri |
2 March 1986 - 3 March 1986 |
Violence |
Khaled Nazzal Assassinated in Athens |
9 June 1986 |
Violence, Biographical |
Two Palestinian Newspapers Banned in Jerusalem |
30 June 1986 |
Sanctions |
US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem |
29 July 1986 |
Diplomatic |
Israeli Law Prohibits Contact with PLO |
6 August 1986 |
Legal |
Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration |
6 September 1986 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Munther Abu Ghazaleh Assassinated in Athens |
21 October 1986 |
Violence, Biographical |
Israeli Repression in the Occupied Territories |
4 December 1986 - 11 December 1986 |
Sanctions |
Deportation of Muhammad Dahlan |
13 December 1986 - 26 January 1987 |
Sanctions |
Clashes in the Occupied Territories |
9 February 1987 - 18 February 1987 |
Violence |
Elections in Gaza Professional Unions |
21 February 1987 |
Institutional |
Palestinian Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons |
25 March 1987 - 13 April 1987 |
Popular action |
Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement |
11 April 1987 |
Diplomatic |
Detention of Faisal Husseini |
12 April 1987 - 13 September 1987 |
Sanctions |
Closure of Palestinian Universities |
19 April 1987 |
Sanctions |
18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers |
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Israel Suspends Distribution of al-Sha'b in the Occupied Territories |
28 April 1987 |
Sanctions |
Deportation of Marwan Barghouti and Khalil Achour |
14 May 1987 |
Sanctions |
Islamic Jihad Operations in Gaza |
18 May 1987 - 30 November 1987 |
Violence |
Assassination of Caricaturist Naji al-Ali |
22 July 1987 - 29 August 1987 |
Biographical, Violence |
The Closure of PLO Offices in the US |
16 September 1987 - 22 December 1987 |
Sanctions, Diplomatic |
1st Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region |
17 October 1987 - 18 October 1987 |
Diplomatic, Popular action |
Al-Quds, a Nablus-Based Palestinian News Agency, Is Closed for Two Years |
25 October 1987 |
Sanctions |
Closure of Bethlehem University |
28 October 1987 |
Sanctions |
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Amman |
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Palestinian Hang-Glider Operation |
25 November 1987 |
Violence |
31st Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem |
6 December 1987 - 10 December 1987 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
9 December 1987 |
Popular action |
First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) |
14 December 1987 |
Popular action, Institutional |
UNGA 42/210: Affirms PLO UN Mission Covered by Headquarters Agreement with Host Country |
17 December 1987 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Solidarity of Israel's Palestinians with the Intifada |
21 December 1987 |
Popular action |
SC Res. 605: Deploring Israeli Violent Repression of Palestinian Intifada |
22 December 1987 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Non-Armed Intifada |
3 January 1988 - 13 February 1988 |
Policy/Program, Violence |
SC Res. 607: Calling upon Israel to Refrain from Deporting Palestinians |
4 January 1988 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Unified National Leadership of the Uprising |
8 January 1988 |
Popular action |
The Palestinians' 14 Demands |
14 January 1988 |
Policy/Program, Popular action |
SC Res. 608: Calling upon Israel to Rescind Deportation Orders of Palestinians |
14 January 1988 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Israel's Policy of "Beating" |
19 January 1988 - 27 January 1988 |
Sanctions, Violence |
Resumption of Diplomatic Activity |
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988 |
Diplomatic |
Draft Security Council Resolutions S/19466, S/19780, S/20463, S/20677, and S/20945/Rev.1 |
1 February 1988 - 7 November 1989 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
One-Month Closure of Academic Institutions in the West Bank |
2 February 1988 |
Sanctions |
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 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion |
2 March 1988 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan |
4 March 1988 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York |
9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
The Intifada and the Israeli Response in Another Stage in the Confrontation |
11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988 |
Popular action, Sanctions |
UNGA 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission) |
23 March 1988 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
3rd Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region |
3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988 |
Diplomatic |
Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis |
16 April 1988 |
Violence, Biographical |
4th Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region |
3 June 1988 - 7 June 1988 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Algiers |
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Another Round of Releasing and Detaining Faisal Husseini |
9 June 1988 - 31 July 1988 |
Sanctions |
A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission |
29 June 1988 |
Legal |
Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank |
28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988 |
Legal, Institutional |
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Issues Its Charter |
18 August 1988 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Elections in Israel |
1 November 1988 |
Institutional |
19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State |
12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
The Intifada First Year Balance Sheet |
9 December 1988 |
Violence |
UNGA 43/160: Entitling the PLO to Circulate its Communications as GA Official Documents |
9 December 1988 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly |
13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Start of US-PLO Dialogue |
14 December 1988 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
UNGA 43/177: The PLO to Be Designated as Palestine in the UN System |
15 December 1988 |
Institutional, Diplomatic |
Tougher Israeli Measures Against the Intifada |
17 January 1989 |
Violence |
US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia |
22 March 1989 |
Diplomatic |
Israel Proposes Elections in the West Bank and Gaza |
30 March 1989 |
Policy/Program |
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis |
31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989 |
Institutional |
Yasir Arafat Makes First Official Visit to Paris |
2 May 1989 - 4 May 1989 |
Diplomatic |
Resurgence of Intifada, Worsening of Repression |
3 May 1989 - 16 May 1989 |
Popular action, Violence |
Israel's "Peace Initiative" |
14 May 1989 |
Policy/Program |
The PLO Executive Committee Rejects Israel's Peace Initiative |
15 May 1989 |
Policy/Program |
Ahmad Yasin Arrested |
19 May 1989 |
Popular action, Sanctions, Violence |
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca |
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Egypt Proposes a Ten-Point Plan for Palestinian Elections |
1 July 1989 - 30 September 1989 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
US-PLO Official Meeting in Tunis |
14 August 1989 |
Diplomatic |
Israel Deports Five Palestinians |
27 August 1989 |
Sanctions |
SC Res. 641: Deploring the Continuing Deportation by Israel of Palestinian Civilians |
30 August 1989 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered |
1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990 |
Colonization |
The Baker Five-Point Plan |
10 October 1989 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Responses to the Baker Five-Point Plan |
16 October 1989 - 18 December 1989 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Draft UNGA A/44/L.50 to Construe Designation Palestine as the State of Palestine Withdrawn Due to US Threat against UN |
6 December 1989 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel |
23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990 |
Diplomatic |
Israel's National Unity Government Collapses |
13 March 1990 - 11 June 1990 |
Institutional |
The Issue of Hamas's Participation in the Palestine National Council |
7 April 1990 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Rishon LeZion (Uyun Qara) Killings |
20 May 1990 |
Violence |
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad |
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US |
31 May 1990 |
Diplomatic |
Dial 1-202-456-1414 |
13 June 1990 |
Diplomatic |
The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO |
20 June 1990 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Iraqi Forces Invade Kuwait |
2 August 1990 |
Contextual |
Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait |
3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991 |
Policy/Program, Violence |
Haram al-Sharif Killings |
8 October 1990 |
Violence |
SC Res. 672: Condemns Israel's Acts of Violence and Requests the SG to Submit Report on Mission Sent to Region |
12 October 1990 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
SC Res. 673: Deplores Israel's Refusal to Receive Mission of SG |
24 October 1990 |
Diplomatic |
Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference |
20 December 1990 |
Diplomatic |
SC Res. 681: Deploring Israel's Decision to Resume Deportations of Palestinian Civilians |
20 December 1990 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) |
14 January 1991 |
Violence |
The Gulf War |
17 January 1991 - 28 February 1991 |
Contextual, Violence |
President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War |
6 March 1991 |
Policy/Program |
Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy |
9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Secretary Baker Second Stage Diplomacy |
1 June 1991 - 18 October 1991 |
Diplomatic |
Intifada Statistics |
30 July 1991 |
Violence |
US-Soviet Joint Statement on the Middle East, Moscow |
31 July 1991 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo |
9 August 1991 - 10 August 1991 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers |
23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
US Letters of Assurances |
15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis |
17 October 1991 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference |
18 October 1991 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Madrid Conference |
30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991 |
Diplomatic |
1st Negotiation Round, Madrid |
3 November 1991 |
Diplomatic |
2nd Negotiation Round, Washington |
10 December 1991 - 18 December 1991 |
Diplomatic |
UNGA 46/86: Revoking UNGA 3379 (XXX) that Had Determined Zionism as a Form of Racism |
16 December 1991 |
Diplomatic |
Israel Announces Deportation of Palestinians |
2 January 1992 |
Sanctions |
SC Res. 726: Condemning Israel's Decision to Resume Deportation of Palestinian Civilians |
6 January 1992 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
3rd Negotiation Round, Washington |
13 January 1992 - 16 January 1992 |
Diplomatic |
Conference on Multilateral Peace Talks, Moscow |
28 January 1992 - 29 January 1992 |
Diplomatic |
4th Negotiation Round, Washington |
24 February 1992 - 4 March 1992 |
Diplomatic |
Arafat Survives a Plane Crash in Libya |
7 April 1992 - 8 April 1992 |
Diplomatic |
5th Negotiation Round, Washington |
27 April 1992 - 30 April 1992 |
Diplomatic |
Multilateral Talks |
11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992 |
Diplomatic |
Assassination of Atef Bseiso in Paris |
8 June 1992 |
Violence, Biographical |
Elections in Israel |
23 June 1992 |
Institutional |
32nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
26 July 1992 - 30 July 1992 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington |
24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992 |
Diplomatic |
6th Negotiation Round, 2nd Stage, Washington |
14 September 1992 - 24 September 1992 |
Diplomatic |
A Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Opposed to Negotiations Is Formed in Damascus |
16 September 1992 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
7th Negotiation Round, Washington |
21 October 1992 - 20 November 1992 |
Diplomatic |
Multilateral Talks |
29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992 |
Diplomatic |
8th Negotiation Round, Washington |
7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992 |
Diplomatic |
Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon |
13 December 1992 - 16 December 1992 |
Sanctions |
SC Res. 799: Condemning Israel's Deportation of Hundreds of Palestinian Civilians |
18 December 1992 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Bilateral Negotiation Round Delayed |
11 January 1993 |
Diplomatic |
Knesset Repeals Law Banning Contact with the PLO |
19 January 1993 |
Legal |
Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage |
20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993 |
Diplomatic |
Palestinians Agree to Return to Washington Negotiations |
20 April 1993 |
Diplomatic |
9th Negotiation Round, Washington |
27 April 1993 - 13 May 1993 |
Diplomatic |
Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage |
20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
10th Negotiation Round, Washington |
15 June 1993 - 1 July 1993 |
Diplomatic |
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Initialed and Approved |
20 August 1993 - 30 August 1993 |
Diplomatic |
The Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Reject the Palestinian-Israeli Accord, Damascus |
2 September 1993 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO |
9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993 |
Diplomatic |
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington |
13 September 1993 |
Legal, Diplomatic |
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis |
10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993 |
Institutional |
Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba |
13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993 |
Diplomatic |
Start of Israel-PLO Economic Talks in Paris |
November 1993 |
Diplomatic, Socio-Economic |
Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations |
12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994 |
Diplomatic |
Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel |
30 December 1993 |
Diplomatic |
Hebron Massacre |
25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994 |
Violence |
SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron |
18 March 1994 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron |
20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994 |
Diplomatic |
Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations |
31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Wave of Hamas and Islamic Jihad Attacks |
6 April 1994 - 30 April 1994 |
Violence |
PLO-Israel Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris |
29 April 1994 |
Diplomatic, Socio-Economic |
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo |
4 May 1994 |
Legal, Diplomatic |
Palestinian Decree N° 1 Reinstating Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza |
20 May 1994 |
Legal |
Palestine National Authority (PNA) Holds First Official Meeting in Tunis |
26 May 1994 |
Institutional |
Status of Orient House in Jerusalem |
29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994 |
Diplomatic |
Arafat arrives in Gaza and Jericho |
1 July 1994 - 5 July 1994 |
Institutional |
Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed |
29 August 1994 |
Legal, Diplomatic |
Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv |
19 October 1994 |
Violence |
Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba |
26 October 1994 |
Legal, Diplomatic |
Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza |
18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994 |
Violence |
Rabin, Peres, and Arafat Are Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo |
9 December 1994 |
Contextual |
Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem |
19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995 |
Colonization |
Islamic Jihad Suicide Bombing |
22 January 1995 - 24 January 1995 |
Violence |
Anti-Israeli Attacks and Inter-Palestinian Tension |
2 April 1995 - 19 April 1995 |
Violence |
Separation Fence |
11 April 1995 |
Sanctions |
Land Expropriation in Jerusalem |
27 April 1995 - 3 May 1995 |
Colonization |
Draft SC S/1995/394 to Condemn Israeli Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Vetoed by the US |
17 May 1995 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Suspended |
18 May 1995 - 22 May 1995 |
Sanctions |
Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem |
17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995 |
Sanctions |
Further Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities |
27 August 1995 |
Diplomatic |
Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II) |
28 September 1995 |
Legal, Diplomatic |
US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995" |
23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995 |
Legal, Institutional |
Assassination of Fathi Shiqaqi, Islamic Jihad Leader, in Malta |
26 October 1995 |
Violence, Biographical |
The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document |
31 October 1995 |
Diplomatic |
Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank |
November 1995 - December 1995 |
Legal |
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Is Assassinated; Replaced by Shimon Peres |
4 November 1995 - 22 November 1995 |
Violence |
Assassination of Yahya Ayyash, a Hamas Leader |
5 January 1996 |
Violence |
Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections |
20 January 1996 |
Institutional |
Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem |
25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996 |
Violence |
Inauguration of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza |
7 March 1996 |
Institutional |
Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank |
7 March 1996 |
Legal |
Redeployment from Hebron Delayed |
28 March 1996 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon |
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza |
22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Official Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba |
5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996 |
Diplomatic |
Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister |
29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996 |
Biographical |
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo |
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting |
4 September 1996 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes |
24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996 |
Sanctions, Violence |
SC Res. 1073: Calling for the Reversal of all Acts (Opening of Western Wall Tunnel) Aggravating the Situation |
28 September 1996 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Clinton - Netanyahu - Arafat - Hussein Meeting in Washington |
1 October 1996 - 2 October 1996 |
Diplomatic |
Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed |
6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997 |
Legal, Diplomatic |
Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment |
16 January 1997 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement to Be Constructed |
26 February 1997 |
Colonization |
Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project |
27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997 |
Popular action, Violence |
Draft SC Res. S/1997/199 to Call on Israel to Refrain from Settlement Activities (Jabal Abu Ghunaym) Vetoed by US |
7 March 1997 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
First Phase of Further Redeployment Not Implemented |
9 March 1997 - 12 March 1997 |
Legal |
Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked |
10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997 |
Legal, Violence |
Draft SC Res. S/1997/241 to Demand that Israel Cease Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Vetoed by US |
21 March 1997 |
Colonization, Diplomatic |
UNGA ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement |
25 April 1997 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
UNGA ES-10/3: Emphasizing Personal Responsibilities Arising from Grave Breaches of Geneva Convention |
15 July 1997 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures |
30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997 |
Violence |
Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks |
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997 |
Colonization |
Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released |
25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997 |
Violence, Biographical |
Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations |
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998 |
Policy/Program |
US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations |
5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
French-Palestinian Agreement on Status of French Institutions Under Palestinian Authority |
12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997 |
Diplomatic |
33rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
23 December 1997 - 26 December 1997 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Commemoration of the Nakba 50th Anniversary |
14 May 1998 - 15 May 1998 |
Popular action, Violence |
Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem |
25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998 |
Colonization, Legal |
UNGA Res. 52/250: Granting Palestine Additional Rights and Privileges at the GA |
7 July 1998 |
Institutional, Diplomatic |
Statement S/PRST/1998/21 by SC President against Israel Broadening Boundaries of Jerusalem |
13 July 1998 |
Diplomatic |
Further Redeployment Talks Intensify |
3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998 |
Diplomatic |
Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed |
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998 |
Legal, Diplomatic |
Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum |
26 October 1998 |
Popular action, Policy/Program |
Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum |
26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998 |
Colonization |
Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only |
30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Israel Releases the First Group of Prisoners Pursuant to Oral Understandings at Wye River |
19 November 1998 - 20 November 1998 |
Legal |
Inauguration of LVGR, the Gaza International Airport |
20 November 1998 - 24 November 1998 |
Institutional |
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza |
10 December 1998 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
President Clinton's Visit to Gaza |
14 December 1998 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza |
14 December 1998 |
Policy/Program |
To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period? |
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999 |
Policy/Program |
UNGA Res. ES-10/6: Recommending Holding a Conference to Enforce the 4th Geneva Convention in the OPT |
9 February 1999 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
King Hussein Dies; Eldest Son Is Crowned King Abdallah II |
17 February 1999 |
Biographical |
Orient House, Jerusalem and PLO Foreign Relations |
1 March 1999 - 11 May 1999 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
European Union Declaration "Compensating" the PLO for Not Declaring a State |
25 March 1999 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State |
26 April 1999 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza |
27 April 1999 - 29 April 1999 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
End of the Oslo Five-Year Interim Period |
4 May 1999 |
Diplomatic |
Ehud Barak Defeats Netanyahu to Become Prime Minister |
17 May 1999 |
Biographical |
With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume |
11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999 |
Diplomatic |
Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms its Applicability to the OPT |
15 July 1999 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Palestinian Authority Crackdown Against Hamas |
3 August 1999 - 26 August 1999 |
Sanctions, Violence |
Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord) |
4 September 1999 |
Legal, Diplomatic |
Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II) |
10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000 |
Legal |
Official Resumption of Final Status Talks |
13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999 |
Diplomatic |
Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine |
30 September 1999 |
Diplomatic |
Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts |
10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999 |
Colonization |
Petition of the Twenty Denouncing the Palestinian Authority |
27 November 1999 - 29 November 1999 |
Popular action, Sanctions |
Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel |
1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000 |
Diplomatic |
Revival and Failure of Syrian-Israeli Talks |
7 December 1999 - 26 March 2000 |
Diplomatic |
Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date |
8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000 |
Diplomatic |
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza |
2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000 |
Policy/Program |
Commitments Not Implemented by Israel During the Transitional Period |
9 February 2000 |
Legal, Diplomatic |
Vatican-PLO Agreement |
15 February 2000 |
Legal, Diplomatic |
Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories |
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000 |
Popular action, Sanctions |
FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds |
7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000 |
Diplomatic |
George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP |
27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000 |
Biographical |
Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round |
30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000 |
Diplomatic |
Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization |
10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000 |
Popular action |
The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session |
12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000 |
Diplomatic, Biographical |
The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session |
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000 |
Diplomatic |
Israel Carries a Full-Scale Withdrawal from South Lebanon |
21 May 2000 - 24 May 2000 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israeli-Palestinian (Post-Stockholm) Back Channel |
1 June 2000 - 3 June 2000 |
Diplomatic |
Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad Dies |
10 June 2000 - 11 June 2000 |
Biographical |
Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation |
13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000 |
Diplomatic |
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza |
2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000 |
Policy/Program |
Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David |
3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000 |
Popular action, Diplomatic |
Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit |
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000 |
Diplomatic |
Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army |
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000 |
Violence |
Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks |
16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000 |
Diplomatic |
The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks |
2 September 2000 |
Cultural, Policy/Program |
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza |
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif |
28 September 2000 |
Violence, Popular action |
Start of the Second Intifada |
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000 |
Popular action, Violence |
Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising |
30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000 |
Popular action |
US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes |
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
SC Res. 1322: Deploring Provocation at Al-Haram al-Sharif and Excessive Use of Force against Palestinians |
7 October 2000 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Sharm al-Shaykh Summit |
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada |
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000 |
Violence |
UNGA Res. ES-10/7: Expresses Concern over Israeli-Palestinian Clashes and Respect for 4th Geneva Convention |
20 October 2000 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo |
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
The Mitchell Committee of Fact-Finding on the Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation |
7 November 2000 - 30 December 2000 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Toward a Protracted Confrontation |
9 November 2000 - 22 December 2000 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Israeli Prime Minister Barak Resigns |
9 December 2000 |
Institutional, Biographical |
Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171 |
18 December 2000 |
Diplomatic |
Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals" |
19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000 |
Diplomatic |
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes Abate |
23 December 2000 - 6 February 2001 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape |
26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001 |
Policy/Program |
Israeli and Palestinian Response to the Clinton Proposals |
28 December 2000 - 3 January 2001 |
Diplomatic |
The Taba Talks |
21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001 |
Diplomatic |
Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak |
6 February 2001 |
Violence, Biographical |
Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks |
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001 |
Diplomatic |
Intense then Moderate Resurgence of Palestinian-Israeli Clashes |
8 February 2001 - 7 March 2001 |
Violence |
Operation Bronze and Escalation |
7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001 |
Violence |
Draft SC Res. S/2001/270 Calling for Cessation of Settlement Activities and Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by US |
27 March 2001 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman |
27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal for a Cease-Fire and a Resumption of Talks |
16 April 2001 - 27 April 2001 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
The Mitchell Report Is Issued |
30 April 2001 - 15 May 2001 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes |
18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
Death of Faisal Husseini |
31 May 2001 |
Biographical |
The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan |
11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israel's "Efforts" to Provoke Escalation |
4 July 2001 - 14 August 2001 |
Violence |
Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions |
10 August 2001 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Amid Escalation, Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP Secretary-General, Is Assassinated |
20 August 2001 - 10 September 2001 |
Violence, Popular action |
UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban |
31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001 |
Diplomatic, Popular action |
The 9-11 Attacks on the US |
11 September 2001 |
Contextual, Violence |
US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation |
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
Losses During the 1st Year of the Second Intifada |
28 September 2001 |
Violence, Socio-Economic |
President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State |
2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath |
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001 |
Violence |
Timid Diplomatic Efforts |
2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level |
20 November 2001 - 15 December 2001 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect |
5 December 2001 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Draft SC Res. S/2001/1199 Demanding Cessation of Violence and Return to Previous Positions Vetoed by the US |
14 December 2001 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft? |
16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001 |
Diplomatic, Sanctions |
Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated |
3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002 |
Violence |
Grave Escalation from Both Sides |
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002 |
Violence |
An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey |
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002 |
Violence, Diplomatic |
The Knesset Passes the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law |
4 March 2002 |
Legal, Sanctions |
SC Res. 1397: Affirming a Vision of Two States, Israel and Palestine, Living Side by Side |
12 March 2002 |
Diplomatic |
14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative |
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield |
28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002 |
Violence |
Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound |
29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002 |
Violence |
SC Res. 1402: Calling for Cease-Fire and Withdrawal of Israeli Troops from Palestinian Cities |
30 March 2002 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity |
1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002 |
Violence |
Invasion of Jenin Camp: Fierce Battle |
3 April 2002 - 19 April 2002 |
Violence |
Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance |
3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002 |
Violence |
US Response to the Israeli Invasion |
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Birth of the Middle East "Quartet" |
10 April 2002 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall) |
14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002 |
Policy/Program, Colonization |
SC Res. 1405: Welcoming SG Initiative to Send Fact-Finding Team to Jenin Refugee Camp |
19 April 2002 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield |
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform |
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002 |
Institutional |
Amendment No. 35 of Basic Law: The Knesset to Further Facilitate Disqualification of Arab Candidates to Elections |
15 May 2002 |
Legal, Sanctions |
On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans |
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002 |
Institutional |
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters |
5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002 |
Violence, Sanctions |
34th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem |
17 June 2002 - 20 June 2002 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path |
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002 |
Violence |
George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East |
24 June 2002 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Interrogating Suspects)" |
26 June 2002 - 12 December 2016 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Amendment No. 29 of Knesset Members (Immunity, Rights and Duties) Law |
22 July 2002 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Assassination of Salah Shihadeh and its Immediate Aftermath |
22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status? |
13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002 |
Diplomatic |
Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip |
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002 |
Violence |
Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories |
18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002 |
Violence |
SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal |
24 September 2002 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Losses on the Two-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada |
28 September 2002 |
Violence, Socio-Economic |
Israel Unable to Quell Palestinian Attacks |
10 October 2002 - 5 January 2003 |
Violence |
Israeli Leaders Push for an American War Against Iraq |
16 October 2002 - 9 February 2003 |
Contextual |
Israel Closes all West Bank District Coordination Offices |
3 December 2002 - 11 January 2003 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip |
24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003 |
Violence |
The Likud Wins the Elections for the Knesset |
28 January 2003 |
Institutional |
Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position |
9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003 |
Institutional |
Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza |
15 February 2003 - 8 March 2003 |
Violence |
15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh |
1 March 2003 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah |
8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003 |
Institutional, Legal |
The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister |
10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003 |
Institutional, Legal |
The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza |
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003 |
Contextual, Sanctions |
Mahmoud Abbas Forms the Palestinian Government |
19 March 2003 - 29 April 2003 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map |
30 April 2003 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy |
1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003 |
Violence, Sanctions |
The PLO Approves the Road Map |
3 May 2003 - 11 May 2003 |
Diplomatic |
With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map" |
4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003 |
Diplomatic |
Abbas and Sharon Meet in Jerusalem |
17 May 2003 - 29 May 2003 |
Diplomatic |
Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet |
4 June 2003 |
Diplomatic |
Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza First Arrangements |
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003 |
Diplomatic |
The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure |
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003 |
Violence |
The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification |
31 July 2003 |
Legal, Sanctions |
The Cease-Fire Is Over |
19 August 2003 - 25 August 2003 |
Violence |
Ahmad Yasin and Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire |
4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister |
6 September 2003 |
Institutional |
Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis |
7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003 |
Institutional |
Draft SC Res. S/2003/891 Against any Isreali Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety Vetoed by US |
16 September 2003 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
UNGA Res. ES-10/12: Demands Israel to Desist from any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety |
19 September 2003 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Losses on the Three-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada |
28 September 2003 |
Violence, Socio-Economic |
Israel Adopts Plan for Second Phase of Separation Wall |
1 October 2003 |
Sanctions |
Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah |
4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003 |
Violence |
The Geneva "Private" Initiative |
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003 |
Diplomatic, Popular action |
Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US |
14 October 2003 |
Diplomatic, Colonization |
UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Constructiion of Wall inside OPT |
21 October 2003 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Violence Abates to a Moderate Level |
1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003 |
Diplomatic |
SC Res. 1515: Endorsing Quartet Roadmap to a Two-State Solution |
19 November 2003 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Palestinian Peace Gestures |
1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
UNGA Res. ES-10/14: Requesting an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the Legal Consequences of the Wall |
8 December 2003 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan |
18 December 2003 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan |
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004 |
Violence |
Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan |
12 January 2004 - 2 February 2004 |
Policy/Program, Colonization |
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan |
2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story; Assassination of Ahmad Yasin |
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004 |
Violence, Popular action |
Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Sheikh Ahmed Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US |
25 March 2004 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan |
14 April 2004 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan |
14 April 2004 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan; Assassination of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi |
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004 |
Violence |
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan |
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004 |
Diplomatic |
In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza |
2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004 |
Violence |
UNGA Res. 58/292: Affirming that Status of Palestinian Territory Remains one of Military Occupation |
6 May 2004 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Widening Philadelphi (Salahuddin) Route: Operation Rainbow |
16 May 2004 - 24 May 2004 |
Violence, Sanctions |
SC Res. 1544: Condemning Israeli Killing of Civilians and Demolition of Homes in Rafah Refugee Camp |
19 May 2004 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
16th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis |
22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA |
24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Life Sentence Against Marwan Barghouti |
6 June 2004 |
Sanctions |
Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan |
6 June 2004 |
Policy/Program |
Annual Zionist General Council (WZO) Meets in Jerusalem |
18 June 2004 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Operation Full Court Press in Nablus |
23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004 |
Violence |
Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank |
27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004 |
Violence |
The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control |
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004 |
Institutional, Popular action |
The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation Wall |
9 July 2004 |
Legal |
UNGA Res. ES-10/15: Demands that Israel Complies with ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Wall; Requests SG to Establish Register of Damage |
20 July 2004 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map |
2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004 |
Colonization, Diplomatic |
Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine |
18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004 |
Violence |
Losses on the Four-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada |
28 September 2004 |
Violence, Socio-Economic |
Operation Days of Penitence |
29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Draft SC Res. S/2004/783 Condemning Israeli Broad Incursion in Northern Gaza Strip Vetoed by US |
5 October 2004 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death |
12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004 |
Biographical |
Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership |
11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004 |
Institutional, Biographical |
Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron |
17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected |
1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005 |
Institutional, Biographical |
First Round of Municipal Elections |
23 December 2004 - 27 January 2005 |
Institutional |
The Knesset Enacts the Prevention of Funding of Terrorism Law, 2005 |
29 December 2004 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step |
8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005 |
Violence |
Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce |
17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005 |
Policy/Program |
Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh |
8 February 2005 |
Diplomatic |
Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination |
15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
New Palestinian Cabinet under Ahmad Qurai' |
24 February 2005 |
Institutional, Biographical |
London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority |
1 March 2005 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
US Day-to-Day Involvement in Palestinian-Related Security Matters and in the Disengagement Plan |
10 March 2005 - 30 June 2005 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo |
15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim |
21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005 |
Colonization |
17th Arab Summit Meets in Algiers |
22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters |
14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005 |
Diplomatic, Socio-Economic |
Second Round of Municipal Elections |
5 May 2005 |
Institutional |
Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President |
25 May 2005 |
Diplomatic, Institutional |
Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk |
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005 |
Violence |
Disengagement: Evacuation of Settlers |
8 August 2005 - 22 August 2005 |
Violence, Colonization |
Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border |
15 August 2005 - 21 September 2005 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Disengagement: The Case of Gaza-Egypt Crossing in Rafah |
7 September 2005 - 17 September 2005 |
Policy/Program, Popular action |
Disengagement: Celebrations in Gaza |
12 September 2005 - 24 September 2005 |
Popular action |
Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain |
23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005 |
Violence |
Losses on the Five-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada |
28 September 2005 |
Violence, Socio-Economic |
Third Round of Municipal Elections |
29 September 2005 |
Institutional, Legal |
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct |
17 October 2005 |
Institutional |
Israel Launches Operation Starting All Over Again |
24 October 2005 - 30 October 2005 |
Violence |
Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access |
15 November 2005 |
Diplomatic, Socio-Economic |
Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing |
15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005 |
Diplomatic, Socio-Economic |
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation |
25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005 |
Institutional, Legal |
After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence |
27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005 |
Violence |
Fourth Round of Municipal Elections |
15 December 2005 |
Institutional, Legal |
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates |
18 December 2005 |
Institutional |
Operation Blue Skies and Continuing Escalation |
22 December 2005 - 23 January 2006 |
Violence, Sanctions |
After a Massive Stroke, Sharon Is Replaced by Ehud Olmert as Acting PM |
4 January 2006 |
Biographical |
Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls |
25 January 2006 |
Institutional |
Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory |
26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006 |
Institutional |
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions |
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006 |
Diplomatic |
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions |
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006 |
Institutional, Legal |
Israeli Operations Resume |
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006 |
Violence |
US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA |
17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet |
18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis |
1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006 |
Sanctions, Socio-Economic |
Olmert's Separation Plan |
5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006 |
Policy/Program |
Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail |
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet |
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
18th Arab Summit Meets in Khartoum |
28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Olmert's Kadima Party Wins the Knesset Elections |
28 March 2006 - 4 May 2006 |
Institutional, Biographical |
Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow |
30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006 |
Violence |
Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank |
1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006 |
Sanctions |
Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces |
5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006 |
Institutional |
Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza |
20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006 |
Institutional |
A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office |
9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006 |
Policy/Program, Socio-Economic |
The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document |
10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Haniyeh Proposes a Long-term Cease-fire and Peace |
23 May 2006 |
Policy/Program |
Israeli Operations in the West Bank |
24 May 2006 - 22 June 2006 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Fatah-Hamas Clashes |
26 May 2006 - 24 June 2006 |
Violence, Popular action |
Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza |
29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006 |
Violence |
35th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem |
19 June 2006 - 22 June 2006 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit |
25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006 |
Violence |
The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Detainee Suspected of Security Offence) (Temporary Order)”, 2006 |
27 June 2006 |
Legal, Sanctions |
Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document |
27 June 2006 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains |
28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials |
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006 |
Sanctions |
New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza |
11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006 |
Violence |
Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers |
12 July 2006 |
Violence |
Attempted Assassination of Muhammad Dayf |
12 July 2006 |
Violence |
2nd Israel War on Lebanon: the July War |
12 July 2006 - 14 August 2006 |
Violence |
Draft SC Res. S/2006/508 Condemning Palestinian Abduction of Israeli Soldier and Israeli Assault on Gaza Vetoed by US |
13 July 2006 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah |
13 July 2006 |
Violence |
July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah |
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006 |
Violence |
July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US |
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
July War: Israel's Special Operations Along the Border |
17 July 2006 - 19 July 2006 |
Violence |
Major Israeli Operation in Nablus |
19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006 |
Violence |
July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon |
19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006 |
Violence |
July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes |
30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006 |
Violence |
July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone |
2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006 |
Violence |
July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire |
5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon |
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006 |
Violence |
SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon |
11 August 2006 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
July War: The Cease-Fire |
12 August 2006 - 14 August 2006 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
July War: A Balance Sheet |
14 August 2006 |
Violence |
July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon |
14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006 |
Violence, Popular action |
Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues |
15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes |
18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006 |
Colonization, Policy/Program |
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks |
25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006 |
Policy/Program |
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence |
28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006 |
Popular action, Violence |
Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month |
1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza |
1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats? |
6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Draft SC Res. S/2006/878 Condemning Israel's Attack on Beit Hanoun Vetoed by US |
11 November 2006 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
UNGA Res. ES-10/16: Calling upon Israel to Cease Operations and Withdraw from the Gaza Strip |
17 November 2006 |
Diplomatic, Violence |
Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire |
20 November 2006 - 26 November 2006 |
Violence |
Three Dramatic Spikes in Fatah-Hamas Violence |
10 December 2006 - 8 February 2007 |
Violence |
The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas |
14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
UNGA Res. ES-10/17: Establishing the Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the OPT |
15 December 2006 |
Diplomatic, Legal |
The US Revisits the Road Map |
14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007 |
Policy/Program, Diplomatic |
Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord |
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts |
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus |
25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government |
15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007 |
Institutional, Biographical |
A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government |
17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative |
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative |
29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank |
3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration |
27 April 2007 |
Popular action |
After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report |
30 April 2007 |
Violence, Institutional |
Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes |
11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007 |
Violence |
The Battle of Nahr al-Barid |
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007 |
Violence |
Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza |
10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007 |
Violence |
Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank |
14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007 |
Institutional, Legal |
Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split |
17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007 |
Diplomatic |
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah |
20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007 |
Policy/Program, Institutional |
Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume |
24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007 |
Violence, Sanctions |
Tony Blair Appointed Quartet Special Representative |
27 June 2007 |
Biographical |
Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government |
5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007 |
Institutional |
Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference |
16 July 2007 |
Policy/Program, Socio-Economic |
Another PLO Central Council Meeting Within Four Weeks |
18 July 2007 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference |
6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory" |
16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007 |
Violence |
Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference |
20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007 |
Diplomatic, Policy/Program |
Death of Haydar Abd al-Shafi |
25 September 2007 |
Biographical |
Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces |
2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007 |
Institutional, Policy/Program |
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