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Events

Ottoman Conquest of the Levant

24 August 1516 - 12 January 1517

A Religious Component Related to Jerusalem and Other Elements Are Added to a Capitulation Granted to France

20 May 1604 - 17 April 1607

A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities

International Intervention Against Egyptian Rule in the Levant

A New Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places Causes Confusion; Holy Places as a Trigger of the Crimean War

21 March 1852 - 4 October 1853

Founding Principles of Ottoman Reform: The Tanzimat Stage II

18 February 1856

Toward the Treaty of Paris Ending the Crimean War and Strengthening the European Influence on the Ottoman Empire

25 February 1856 - 30 March 1856

Treaty of Berlin Confirms the Status Quo Related to the Christian Sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe

The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire

24 November 1881

Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line

31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892

France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements

2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901

Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul

July 1909 - March 1915

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa

The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front

1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915

The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces

23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916

The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine

The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson

General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant

23 October 1918

1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant

10 January 1920

Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Hafiz al-Sa’id

1875 - 9 February 1949

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

1893 - 27 April 1940

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Constantine Zurayk

18 April 1909 - 12 August 2000

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

1925 - 10 April 1973

1926 - 23 January 1984

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

1934 - 14 September 2021

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

9 February 1963

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Media

Jemal Pasha Reviews His Troops

Historical Texts

1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

National Defense Party: Objectives (in Arabic)

2 December 1934

Resolutions of the Jericho Conference on Palestinian-Jordanian Unity (in Arabic)

1 December 1948

Palestine National Council, 2nd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Statement (in Arabic)

12 January 1973

List of Jobs and Professions Restricted to Lebanese Citizens (in Arabic)

14 December 2005

The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)

Egypt's View on Ending Palestinian Division (in Arabic)

9 September 2009

PLO Central Council, 23rd Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)

16 December 2009

Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)

20 December 2011

Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

11 January 2017

Twenty-Eighth Arab Summit: The Amman Declaration (in Arabic)

Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)

13 December 2017

PLO Central Council, 28th Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

15 January 2018

Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018

Highlights

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

I. Ottoman Rule

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

The Bosnians of Palestine

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944

From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

Canada and the Palestine Question

Israel First, Palestinians Second