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Biographies

Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023

Events

Event
Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
Event
Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives
June 1909 - 2 November 1909
Event
Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul
30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911
Event
First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament
March 1911 - May 1911
Event
Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
Event
Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine
14 May 1914
Event
Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
Event
General Islamic Conference on Palestine, Jerusalem
3 December 1953 - 9 December 1953
Event
Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
Event
British and French Troops Invade Canal Zone
5 November 1956
Event
Attempted Assassination of Anis Sayigh in Beirut
19 July 1972
Event
Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
Event
Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces
5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006
Event
Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza
20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009

Historical Texts

Document
1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
3 February 1919
Document
Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)
15 May 1920
Document
Law Promulgating the Basic Law for the Area under the Supervision of the Egyptian Forces in Palestine (in Arabic)
25 February 1958
Document
Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Document
Statement of the General Congress to Defend Arab Lands in Israel (in Arabic)
18 October 1975

Highlights

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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance