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Biographies

Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Jamal Bannoura
1938 - 16 December 2020
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Yahya al-Sinwar
19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024
Biography
Rim Banna
6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22
10 January 1920
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Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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Shaw Commission Report
12 March 1930
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Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
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Statement of the Arab National Conference
13 December 1931
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
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London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
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MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
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Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Bevin's Statement on Formation of an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
13 November 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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Council of the Arab League: Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee
12 June 1946
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Truman’s Statement on US Efforts for Palestine
4 October 1946
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UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
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UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority
3 September 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
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Statement by the Committee of the Christian Union of Palestine
3 March 1948
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Text of Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section
10 March 1948
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UNSC Resolution 61
4 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
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Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
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Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
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Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
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Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
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Speech by Jordan’s King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
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Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940
23 January 1976
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
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The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors
3 June 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan
7 August 1981
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Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 4th Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
26 April 1991
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Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
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Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
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U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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Shimon Peres's Letter Concerning Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem
11 October 1993
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Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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Palestinian Response to President Clinton Proposals
1 January 2001
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Israel’s Response to President Clinton Proposals
3 January 2001
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PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
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Mecca Accord
8 February 2007
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Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State
16 May 2011
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance
26 December 2018
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
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ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine
5 February 2021
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Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022

Events

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The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant
10 January 1920
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San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
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The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
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House of Lords and House of Commons Conflicting Views on Palestine
20 June 1922 - 4 July 1922
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Establishment of the National Defense Party
2 December 1934
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Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference
15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939
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UNGA Res. 194 (III): Establishment of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)
11 December 1948
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Palestinians Testify Before the UNCCP
24 March 1949
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Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah
July 1951
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Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai
7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957
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Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
Event
The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States
11 September 1965
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Fahd Plan Is Announced
7 August 1981
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Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983
Event
Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank
28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988
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Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered
1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990
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Draft UNGA A/44/L.50 to Construe Designation Palestine as the State of Palestine Withdrawn Due to US Threat Against UN
6 December 1989
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The Tragedy of the Palestinians in Libya
9 August 1995 - 13 January 1999
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With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume
11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999
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The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
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Israeli-Palestinian (Post-Stockholm) Back Channel
1 June 2000 - 3 June 2000
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Assassination of Abdallah Jarushi in Nablus
31 October 2001
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Assassination of Abdallah Qawasmeh in Hebron
21 June 2003
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Assassination of Abdallah Akel and Farid Mayat in Nussayrat Refugee Camp
30 August 2003
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Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
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Disengagement: Evacuation of Settlers
8 August 2005 - 22 August 2005
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The US Revisits the Road Map
14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007
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Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Intensify
4 February 2008 - 24 February 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Resume: Refugees and Territory Stumbling Blocks
24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 12
7 January 2009
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Egypt Announces a Restricted Opening of its Border with Gaza after the Mavi Marmara Incident
2 June 2010
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Assassination of Abdallah Makawi in Rafah
7 October 2012
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PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA
26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019
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Warsaw Conference on the Middle East Initiated by the US
13 February 2019 - 14 February 2019
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Further Israeli Restrictions on Who Can Travel In and Out of the West Bank
20 February 2022 - 30 April 2022
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President Abbas and Israeli Defense Minister Gantz Meet in Ramallah; Palestinians Added to Population Registry
7 July 2022 - 12 July 2022

Highlights

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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
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Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest
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The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

Places

Place
'Ayn Hawd
Place
Balad al-Shaykh
Place
'Iraq Suwaydan
Place
Jubb Yusuf
Place
Khirbat al-Majdal
Place
Ma'lul
Place
Qadas

Historical Media

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Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012