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Events

Event
Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine
April 1834 - August 1834
Event
Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
7 November 1864
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Seven Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1880s
1882 - 1884
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Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
March 1888
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Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
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Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul
July 1909 - March 1915
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Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912
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Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
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Railway Lines in Palestine
1914
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Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine
14 May 1914
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Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front
21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918
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Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine
19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918
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British Conquest of Transjordan Is Achieved
22 September 1918 - 27 September 1918
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General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
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Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine
April 1927
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Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan
11 July 1927
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A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms
1 August 1931
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Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
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General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine
8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933
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Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party
27 March 1935
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Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
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Arab Higher Committee Is Banned
October 1937 - November 1937
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Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
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Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party
29 May 1946
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Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
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Pro-Jordanian Jericho Conference
1 December 1948 - 28 December 1948
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General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah
17 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
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Baghdad Pact
24 February 1955
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Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
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Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
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London Conference on Suez
16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956
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Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
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Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
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Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic"
15 December 1959
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1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
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Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria
15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967
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Israel Prepares for War with US Consent
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967
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June War, 2nd Day
6 June 1967
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June War, 3rd Day
7 June 1967
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June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
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Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
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Deportation of Bassam Shak'a Reversed After West Bank Mayors Threaten Resignation
11 November 1979 - 5 December 1979
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Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982
Event
Reactions to Fatah Scission in Occupied Territories
26 June 1983 - 9 November 1983
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Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities
2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984
Event
Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon
18 May 1991
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Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank
November 1995 - December 1995
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To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
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Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
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US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
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Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
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Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
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Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance
3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002
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Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
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Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories
18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002
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The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
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Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
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Operation Full Court Press in Nablus
23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004
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The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
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Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine
18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004
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Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation
25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005
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Fourth Round of Municipal Elections
15 December 2005
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Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls
25 January 2006
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Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
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Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow
30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006
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Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza
29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006
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Major Israeli Operation in Nablus
19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006
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Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence
28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006
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Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus
25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007
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Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank
3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007
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Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces
2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007
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Nablus Remains a Hot Spot
15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008
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Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
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To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
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Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
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Israel Approves Settlement Expansion
2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011
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Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israel's Assault on Gaza
16 November 2012 - 21 November 2012
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Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza
8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014
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Settlers Set Fire to Two Palestinian Family Homes in Duma, West Bank
31 July 2015 - 9 August 2015
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With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
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A Day of Escalation in the West Bank
1 October 2015
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Sanctions Against 3 Palestinian Knesset Members
4 February 2016 - 8 February 2016
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Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank
10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016
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Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure
27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016
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Israel Prevents Palestine Cup Final
3 July 2019 - 25 September 2019
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Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel
15 September 2020

Biographies

Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Historical Media

Document
Jemal Pasha Reviews His Troops
1917
Document
Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London
April 1930
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Document
London Conference
February 1939
Document
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
March 1948

Historical Texts

Document
1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
February 1919
Document
1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
3 February 1919
Document
Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)
1 September 1922
Document
National Fund: Establishment of Company to Save the Lands of Palestine (in Arabic)
11 October 1932
Document
The Palestine Arab Party: Bylaws and Internal Regulations (in Arabic)
24 April 1935
Document
Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)
10 July 1948
Document
Law Promulgating the Basic Law for the Area under the Supervision of the Egyptian Forces in Palestine No. 255 of 1955 (in Arabic)
25 February 1958
Document
Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Document
Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
Document
Emergency Arab Summit, 1970: Statement (in Arabic)
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996
Document
Thirteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)
27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001
Document
Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)
20 December 2011

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
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XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement