Palestine Direct Action

History

History

Selected milestones. The timeline is a starting point for further research.

  1. 1917

    Balfour Declaration

    Britain pledges support for a ‘national home for the Jewish people’ in Palestine, where the great majority were Palestinian Arabs.

  2. 1920–1948

    British Mandate

    Palestine under British rule. Immigration, land purchases and Palestinian resistance, including the 1936–39 revolt.

  3. 1947

    UN Partition Plan

    The UN General Assembly recommends partition in Resolution 181.

  4. 1948

    Nakba

    Some 750,000 Palestinians are expelled or flee; over 500 villages are depopulated. UN Resolution 194 affirms refugees' right of return.

  5. 1967

    Occupation

    Israel occupies the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. The Security Council adopts Resolution 242.

  6. 1987

    First Intifada

    A popular uprising against occupation through strikes, boycotts and civil disobedience.

  7. 1993–1995

    Oslo Accords

    The Palestinian Authority is created; settlements continue to expand.

  8. 2000

    Second Intifada

    A new uprising; the West Bank wall begins in 2002 and is declared contrary to international law by the ICJ in 2004.

  9. 2005

    The BDS call

    Palestinian civil society calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions.

  10. 2007–

    Blockade of Gaza

    Land, sea and air blockade of Gaza with repeated military offensives.

  11. 2023–

    War on Gaza

    After 7 October 2023 Israel launches an offensive with massive civilian casualties, destruction and famine. The ICJ case and ICC warrants follow.