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Biographies

Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019

Events

Event
Balfour Declaration Is Made
2 November 1917
Event
Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine
16 April 1918
Event
Anti-Balfour Demonstrations in Palestine
25 March 1925 - 1 April 1925
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Revival of the Legislative Council Idea
December 1935 - March 1936
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British to Terminate Palestine Mandate
26 September 1947
Event
US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel
23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990
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Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis
1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006
Event
A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government
17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007
Event
Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM
17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
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To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
Event
Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh
2 March 2009
Event
The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza
11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014
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Israel Freezes Transfer of Tax Revenues to the Palestinian Authority
1 January 2015 - 21 April 2015
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100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
1 November 2017 - 2 November 2017

Historical Texts

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Balfour Declaration
2 November 1917
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 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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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
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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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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
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Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 2005
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017

Highlights

Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests