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Events

Event
Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line
31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892
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Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front
21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918
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Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
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Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
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Massacre in Deir Yasin
9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948
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Fighting Around Jerusalem
12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948
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Basic Law for the Gaza Strip
25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958
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Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation
1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976
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Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London
3 June 1982
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Israel Invades Along the Central Axis
6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982
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Palestinians Hijack an Israeli Bus Toward Gaza
12 April 1984
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Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
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Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
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Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip
24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003
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Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004
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Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank
27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004
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Operation Days of Penitence
29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004
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Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step
8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005
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Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain
23 September 2005 - 2 October 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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New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza
11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006
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Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month
1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1
27 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 14
9 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 18
13 January 2009
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Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire
27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3
10 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 26-28: Fighting Continues
2 August 2014 - 4 August 2014
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International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
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Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
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Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata
12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2
11 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 10
19 May 2021

Biographies

Biography
Anwar Nuseibeh
1913 - 1986
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009

Historical Texts

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Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)
15 May 1920
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The Palestine Arab Party: Bylaws and Internal Regulations (in Arabic)
24 April 1935
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Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)
10 July 1948
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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
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Lebanon’s Department for Palestinian Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
31 March 1959
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Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)
5 November 1963
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Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)
2 June 1964
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Second Arab Summit: Statement (in Arabic)
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
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President Bourguiba's Speech on the Palestine Question (in Arabic)
3 March 1965
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Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (in Arabic)
11 March 1965
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Palestine National Council, 2nd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
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Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Statement (in Arabic)
12 January 1973
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Statement of the General Congress to Defend Arab Lands in Israel (in Arabic)
18 October 1975
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Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
7 April 1990
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Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996
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Reorganization of Lebanon’s Department for Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
14 October 2000
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List of Jobs and Professions Restricted to Lebanese Citizens (in Arabic)
14 December 2005
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Nineteenth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
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Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)
21 June 2007
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Twentieth Arab Summit: The Damascus Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008
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Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)
10 October 2009
Document
Twenty-Second Arab Summit: The Sirte Declaration (in Arabic)
27 March 2010
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Provision on Palestinian Workers in Amended Lebanese Social Security Law (in Arabic)
24 August 2010
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The Doha Declaration on Palestinian Reconciliation (in Arabic)
6 February 2012
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Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration
29 March 2012
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Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
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Statement Issued after a PLO-Hamas Meeting to End Division and Implement the National Reconciliation Agreement (in Arabic)
23 April 2014
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PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
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Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
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Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
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Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
11 January 2017
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Statement Issued Following the Meeting of the Palestinian National Action Factions (in Arabic)
21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017
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Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)
13 December 2017
Document
Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018
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PLO Central Council, 29th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
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PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)
28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018
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Meeting of Palestinian Organizations' Secretaries-General: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
3 September 2020

Highlights

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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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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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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses