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Biographies

Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
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Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
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UNSC Resolution 228
25 November 1966
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
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PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
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Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
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President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 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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Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
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Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
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UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 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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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
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Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
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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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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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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017

Events

Event
15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927
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Start of Civil War in Lebanon
13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982
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Fall of Tal al-Za'atar
12 August 1976
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10th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
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Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982
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Encirclement of Beirut
11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982
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Sabra and Shatila Massacres
16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982
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Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres
7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983
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The Intifada First Year Balance Sheet
9 December 1988
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US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map
30 April 2003
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July War: A Balance Sheet
14 August 2006
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Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza
10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007
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The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"
7 January 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet
3 January 2009
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War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
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The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 August 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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Assassination of Anis Abu al-Anin in Rafah
19 September 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet
22 November 2012
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Settlement Balance Sheet with Breakdown of the Kerry Negotiation Round
29 April 2014
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Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza
8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
26 August 2014
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Israeli Elections: Likud's Victory and Strengthening of Arab Representation
17 March 2015 - 19 March 2015
Event
Three-Month Balance Sheet of the Palestinian Outburst
31 December 2015
Event
Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements
22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016
Event
SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism
23 December 2016
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A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Towards a Unity Intifada
23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6
15 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
21 May 2021

Historical Media

Document
Abandoning Ship
14 May 1948

Highlights

Highlight
The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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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 Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Places

Place
Sabalan