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Biographies

Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Historical Texts

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Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
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Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem
11 December 1917
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1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
February 1919
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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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Shaw Commission Report
12 March 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
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UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
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Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
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Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 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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Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
7 April 1990
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35
15 May 2002
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UNGA Resolution ES-18
23 January 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Provision on Palestinian Workers in Amended Lebanese Social Security Law (in Arabic)
24 August 2010
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HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
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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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Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
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Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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PLO Central Council, 29th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
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UNGA Resolution 73/5
16 October 2018
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019

Events

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The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson
8 January 1918
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MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
13 February 1931
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Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme
19 July 1931 - April 1932
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Protection of Cultivators Ordinance, No. 37
31 August 1933
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Support in the United States for a Jewish Army
November 1942
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League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence
18 April 1946
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Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946
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22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946
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Plan Dalet Launched
1 April 1948
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Abandoned Areas Ordinance
24 June 1948
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Emergency Regulations Regarding Absentee Property
2 December 1948
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955
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With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel
3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955
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Military Order No. 58, Concerning Abandoned Property (Private Property)
23 July 1967
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Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property
31 July 1967
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4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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October War, From the 6th to 10th Day
11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973
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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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Encirclement of Beirut
11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982
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Kahan Report on the Sabra and Shatila Massacre
7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983
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The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
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Dial 1-202-456-1414
13 June 1990
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President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War
6 March 1991
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President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993
28 October 1993
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21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment
16 January 1997
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Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations
23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998
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Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
10 December 1998
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President Clinton's Visit to Gaza
14 December 1998
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Official Resumption of Final Status Talks
13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999
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Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171
18 December 2000
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US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map
30 April 2003
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Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy
1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003
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The PLO Approves the Road Map
3 May 2003 - 11 May 2003
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With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"
4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
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Abbas and Sharon Meet in Jerusalem
17 May 2003 - 29 May 2003
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Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister
6 September 2003
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Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah
4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003
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Violence Abates to a Moderate Level
1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003
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Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003
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Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
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Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
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Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
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An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA
24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004
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Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map
2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004
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New Palestinian Cabinet Under Ahmad Qurai'
24 February 2005
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London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority
1 March 2005
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17th Arab Summit Meets in Algiers
22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005
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Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon
19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
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The US Revisits the Road Map
14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007
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Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference
20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007
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The Annapolis Conference Opens a New Round of Palestinian-Israeli Talks
27 November 2007
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start
12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007
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The Quartet Expresses "Concern" over Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa Expansion
17 December 2007
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Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem
10 January 2008
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SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006
16 December 2008
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War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
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The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
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The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue
18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009
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Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009
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The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel
19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010
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Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
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Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
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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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The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations
16 October 2010
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The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe
1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012
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Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries
17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011
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Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers
23 January 2011
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Israel Approves Settlement Expansion
2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011
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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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Diplomatic Efforts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN
2 June 2011 - 11 July 2011
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Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)
2 September 2011
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Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
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Four Islamic Jihad Members, Administrative Detainees in Israeli Prisons, Go on Hunger Strike
17 December 2011 - 1 April 2012
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US Legislation Against Palestinian Full UN Membership
23 December 2011
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Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds
23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013
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Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry
28 July 2013
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Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013
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Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza
8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014
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Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails
14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014
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Steps, Mostly Parliamentary, Toward European Recognition of Palestinian State
13 October 2014 - 22 December 2015
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With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
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Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA
30 September 2015
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US Legislation Against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court
18 December 2015
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Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements
22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016
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Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
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SC Res. 2334: Condemning Israel's Settlement Activities without Enforcement Mechanism
23 December 2016
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Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
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Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
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President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
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Popular Protests Against US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
7 December 2017 - 31 December 2017
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The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
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Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
15 December 2018
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US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements
18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019
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International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans
18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020
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Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine
9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020
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Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel
15 September 2020
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Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem
20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020

Highlights

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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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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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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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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 (I)
1957-1990
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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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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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
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XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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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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Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

Places

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'Amqa
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Abil al-Qamh
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'Ajjur
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'Akbara
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al-'Abbasiyya
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al-Batani al-Sharqi
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al-Dawayima
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al-Ghazzawiyya
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al-Husayniyya
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al-Khisas
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al-Lajjun
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al-Latrun
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al-Maliha
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al-Mazar
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al-Nahr
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al-Qabu
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al-Qastal
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al-Qudayriyya
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al-Samiriyya
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al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
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al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
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al-Tantura
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al-Tina
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al-Walaja
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'Arab Suqrir
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'Artuf
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'Ayn al-Zaytun
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'Ayn Karim
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al-Barriyya
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Bashshit
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Bayt Jibrin
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Bayt Mahsir
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Bayt Nattif
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Bayt 'Affa
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Bayt Daras
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Bayt Shanna
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Bi'lin
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Bir Ma'in
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Biriyya
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Biyar 'Adas
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Dayr 'Amr
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Dayr al-Hawa
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Dayr Muhaysin
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Dimra
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Harrawi
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Hatta
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Hawsha
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Isdud
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Ishwa'
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al-Jammasin al-Sharqi
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Jarash
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Julis
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Karatiyya
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Kawkab al-Hawa
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Kawkaba
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Khirbat al-Kasayir
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Khulda
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Kuwaykat
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Majdal Yaba
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al-Malikiyya
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Mirun
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Miska
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Nuris
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Qadas
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Qaqun
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Qazaza
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Rantiya
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Sa'sa'
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Sabalan
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Salama
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Salbit
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Sar'a
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Saris
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Shilta
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Sufla
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Suhmata
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Tall al-Safi
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Tall al-Turmus
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Umm al-Zinat
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Wadi al-Hawarith
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Yasur
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Yibna
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Zakariyya
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Zarnuqa
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Zir'in
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Abu Shusha
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Abu Shusha
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al-'Imara