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Biographies

Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Events

Event
6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903
Event
John Hope Simpson Sent to Palestine to Investigate Questions of Immigration, Land Settlement and Development
2 May 1930
Event
Hanging of Palestinian Militants
17 June 1930
Event
White Paper (Passfield) of 1930 Is Published
20 October 1930
Event
Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme
19 July 1931 - April 1932
Event
Protection of Cultivators Ordinance, No. 37
31 August 1933
Event
Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Event
Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission
4 January 1938
Event
British to Terminate Palestine Mandate
26 September 1947
Event
Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
Event
US in Favor of Bernadotte's New Plan
21 September 1948
Event
The US and Jordan River Waters
25 June 1954 - 6 July 1954
Event
US Withdraws Aswan Funding
19 July 1956
Event
Appointment of Special Representative of the UNCCP
24 August 1961
Event
Proposals Announced by Joseph Johnson, Special Representative of the UNCCP
31 August 1962
Event
Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals
5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962
Event
Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations
14 July 1966
Event
Israel Prepares for War with US Consent
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967
Event
June War
5 June 1967 - 10 June 1967
Event
June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
Event
June War, 6th Day
10 June 1967
Event
Security Council Resolution S/RES/237
14 June 1967
Event
Palestinians Reorganize
11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968
Event
Assassination Attempt of George Habash in Bsaba Village
15 July 1970
Event
The PFLP Announces It Has Abandoned the Tactic of Hijacking Planes
14 March 1972
Event
October War, 1st Day
6 October 1973
Event
October War, 2nd Day
7 October 1973
Event
October War, 3rd Day
8 October 1973
Event
October War, 4th Day
9 October 1973
Event
October War, From the 6th to 10th Day
11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973
Event
Attrition in the Golan
12 March 1974 - 15 April 1974
Event
Israel and Syria Sign a Disengagement Agreement
31 May 1974
Event
Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
Event
SC Res. 497: Considering Null and Void Israel’s Decision to Impose its Laws in the Occupied Golan
17 December 1981
Event
Draft SC Res. S/14832/Rev.1 to Consider Israeli Golan Measures an Act of Agression, Vetoed by US
20 January 1982
Event
UNGA Res. ES/9-1: Adopts Content of Vetoed Draft SC Res. on Israeli Golan Measures
5 February 1982
Event
Strike in the Golan Heights Against Annexation
12 February 1982 - 11 May 1982
Event
US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem
29 July 1986
Event
1st Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region
17 October 1987 - 18 October 1987
Event
Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
Event
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
Event
3rd Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region
3 April 1988 - 8 April 1988
Event
4th Visit of US Secretary of State Shultz to the Region
3 June 1988 - 7 June 1988
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Algiers
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988
Event
US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel
23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990
Event
The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO
20 June 1990
Event
President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War
6 March 1991
Event
President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991
Event
US-Soviet Joint Statement on the Middle East, Moscow
31 July 1991
Event
8th Negotiation Round, Washington
7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992
Event
Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron
20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994
Event
Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994
Event
Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister
29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996
Event
Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
Event
FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds
7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000
Event
George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP
27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000
Event
Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation
13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000
Event
Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
Event
The Mitchell Committee of Fact-Finding on the Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation
7 November 2000 - 30 December 2000
Event
Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals"
19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes Abate
23 December 2000 - 6 February 2001
Event
Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
Event
New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes
18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001
Event
The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan
11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001
Event
US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001
Event
President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State
2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001
Event
Timid Diplomatic Efforts
2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001
Event
14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
Event
US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
Event
Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
Event
Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters
5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002
Event
George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East
24 June 2002
Event
Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?
13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002
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Israeli Leaders Push for an American War Against Iraq
16 October 2002 - 9 February 2003
Event
The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003
Event
With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"
4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Event
Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
Event
Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
Event
Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
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Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map
2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004
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London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority
1 March 2005
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Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim
21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005
Event
Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
Event
Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference
16 July 2007
Event
Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference
20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007
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Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem
10 January 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status to Nowhere
27 May 2008 - 30 August 2008
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The War on Gaza (2008-09): Operation Cast Lead/ Battle of al-Furqan
27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009
Event
President Obama Prepares Active Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
22 January 2009 - 4 March 2009
Event
US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
Event
US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out
19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009
Event
The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian Talks Through Letters of Guarantee
16 December 2009 - 4 January 2010
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The US Tries to Launch Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity” Talks
7 January 2010 - 8 February 2010
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The Arab League and the PLO Endorse Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks
3 March 2010 - 7 March 2010
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Israel's Ramat Shlomo Constructions' Plan During Joe Biden's Visit
8 March 2010 - 11 March 2010
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With the Arab League Blessing, Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks Are Launched
22 April 2010 - 20 May 2010
Event
President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel
6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010
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The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 August 2010
Event
Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem
14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010
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Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended
20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010
Event
Abbas, Backed by the Arab League, Halts Palestinian-Israeli Direct Talks
30 September 2010 - 15 December 2010
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On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel
15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011
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Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN
2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011
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The Israeli Knesset Adopts a Basic Law on Referendum
12 March 2014
Event
Kerry Prepares Another Working Draft Framework for Negotiations
15 March 2014
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Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners
17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014
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25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
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Settlement Announcement in the Midst of a Crisis Regarding the Negotiations
1 April 2014
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)
31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel
10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014
Event
Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
Event
EU Guidelines on Goods from the Occupied Territories
11 November 2015
Event
The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
Event
Palestinians Thwart the Setting Up of Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016
Event
President-Elect Trump for the "Ultimate Deal" Between Israel and the Palestinians
11 November 2016
Event
Kerry's "Farewell" Speech on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
28 December 2016
Event
Trump Signs the 6-Month Waiver Delaying the Application of the Jerusalem Embassy Act
1 June 2017
Event
Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
Event
Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron
28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019
Event
The US Recognizes the Golan Heights as Part of Israel
21 March 2019 - 25 March 2019
Event
Towards a Unity Intifada
23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Historical Texts

Document
1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
February 1919
Document
Resolutions of the General Palestinian Congress in Damascus (in Arabic)
27 February 1920
Document
Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)
15 May 1920
Document
Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Rejecting the British Mandate (in Arabic)
8 July 1922
Document
Arab Executive Committee's Response to High Commissioner's Offer to Form an Arab Agency Similar to the Jewish Agency in Palestine (in Arabic)
12 October 1923
Document
Communiqué: Formation of the Arab Independence Party; the Party Bylaws (in Arabic)
2 August 1932
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
The Palestinian Arab Reform Party: Objectives (in Arabic)
18 June 1935
Document
Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)
10 July 1948
Document
Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)
1 October 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
Lebanon’s Department for Palestinian Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
31 March 1959
Document
Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)
5 November 1963
Document
Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Document
Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)
2 June 1964
Document
Second Arab Summit: Statement (in Arabic)
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
Document
President Bourguiba's Speech on the Palestine Question (in Arabic)
3 March 1965
Document
Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (in Arabic)
11 March 1965
Document
Palestine National Council, 2nd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
Document
Third Arab Summit: Political Statement (in Arabic)
13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965
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
Palestinian Popular Congress, Statement (in Arabic)
6 April 1972 - 10 April 1972
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Statement (in Arabic)
12 January 1973
Document
Statement of the General Congress to Defend Arab Lands in Israel (in Arabic)
18 October 1975
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1988: Concluding Statement (in Arabic)
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988
Document
Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
7 April 1990
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1990: Statement (in Arabic)
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
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
Fifteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)
1 March 2003
Document
Sixteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)
22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004
Document
Palestinian Dialogue Conference (in Arabic)
17 March 2005
Document
Seventeenth Arab Summit: The Algiers Declaration (in Arabic)
22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005
Document
Eighteenth Arab Summit: The Khartoum Declaration (in Arabic)
28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006
Document
Nineteenth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Document
Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)
21 June 2007
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement (in Arabic)
18 July 2007
Document
The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)
7 January 2008
Document
Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)
25 January 2008
Document
Twentieth Arab Summit: The Damascus Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008
Document
PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)
23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008
Document
Twenty-First Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)
30 March 2009
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)
7 August 2009
Document
Egypt's View on Ending Palestinian Division (in Arabic)
9 September 2009
Document
Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)
10 October 2009
Document
Twenty-Second Arab Summit: The Sirte Declaration (in Arabic)
27 March 2010
Document
Provision on Palestinian Workers in Amended Lebanese Social Security Law (in Arabic)
24 August 2010
Document
Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)
20 December 2011
Document
The Doha Declaration on Palestinian Reconciliation (in Arabic)
6 February 2012
Document
Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration
29 March 2012
Document
Twenty-Fourth Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
Document
Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Document
Statement Issued after a PLO-Hamas Meeting to End Division and Implement the National Reconciliation Agreement (in Arabic)
23 April 2014
Document
Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
Document
Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Report of the Quartet (in Arabic)
3 July 2016
Document
Twenty-Seventh Arab Summit: The Nouakchott Declaration (in Arabic)
25 July 2016
Document
Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
Document
Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
11 January 2017
Document
Closing Statement of the Popular Conference for the Palestinians Abroad (in Arabic)
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
Document
Statement Issued Following the Meeting of the Palestinian National Action Factions (in Arabic)
21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017
Document
PLO Central Council, 28th Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
15 January 2018
Document
Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018
Document
PLO Central Council, 29th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
Document
PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)
28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018
Document
Meeting of Palestinian Organizations' Secretaries-General: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
3 September 2020

Historical Media

Document
London Conference
February 1939

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?
2017-
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
Highlight
Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art