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Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978

Events

Event
Young Turk Revolution
23 July 1908
Event
Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
Event
Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
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Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law
16 August 1909
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Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul
30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911
Event
20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991
Event
The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
Event
Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
Event
The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza
11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014

Historical Texts

Document
British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA ٍSpecial Session on Future Palestine Government
1 April 1948
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UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)
14 May 1948
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Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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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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Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
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Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940
23 January 1976
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1
19 January 1982
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 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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U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
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Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement
27 January 2001
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Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations
16 April 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
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President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
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A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
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Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 2005
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Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections
30 January 2006
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President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Statement by Middle East Quartet
23 September 2011
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016

Highlights

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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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The 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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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations