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Biographies

Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004

Events

Event
Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt
1882
Event
The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It
19 August 1920
Event
Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
Event
Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Event
Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
Event
UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference
27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949
Event
Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
Event
Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
Event
2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
Event
The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States
11 September 1965
Event
Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
Event
Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
Event
2nd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
11 June 1979 - 12 June 1979
Event
4th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
5 July 1979 - 6 July 1979
Event
6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
27 March 1980
Event
PLO-Israel Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris
29 April 1994
Event
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo
4 May 1994
Event
Further Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities
27 August 1995
Event
Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed
6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997
Event
Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment
16 January 1997
Event
UNGA Res. 52/250: Granting Palestine Additional Rights and Privileges at the GA
7 July 1998
Event
Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
Event
Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only
30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999
Event
Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)
4 September 1999
Event
Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)
10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000
Event
Implementation of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza
9 July 2005 - 23 November 2005
Event
Disengagement: Evacuation of Troops; The Case of Gaza-Egypt Border
15 August 2005 - 12 September 2005
Event
Disengagement: Israeli-Egyptian Protocol on Gaza-Egypt Border
1 September 2005 - 12 September 2005
Event
Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing
15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005
Event
Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund
12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010
Event
With the Nonrelease of Prisoners, the Palestinian Leadership Applies for Access to 19 International Conventions
1 April 2014
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015
Event
Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem
18 December 2017
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
Event
PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations
15 November 2018
Event
Israel Unilaterally Ends the Temporary International Presence in Hebron
28 January 2019 - 6 February 2019

Historical Texts

Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
Document
The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Document
Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
12 September 1950
Document
Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
11 September 1965
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria
31 May 1974
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
Document
Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270
26 March 2001
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
Highlight
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
Highlight
Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Historical Media

Document
Hebron Redeployment, 1997
1997