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Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Rafiq al-Tamimi

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

1927 - 13 January 2005

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Events

Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe

First Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Publication of The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903

Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant

23 October 1918

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem

13 January 1938

The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo

15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Escalation Across Jordanian-Israeli Lines

10 September 1956 - 26 September 1956

Israel's Strike Against Syria

31 January 1960 - 15 February 1960

June War, 5th Day

The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem

27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967

Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973

Sinai I Agreement

18 January 1974 - 3 March 1974

9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords

5 November 1978

Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis

6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982

The “Creeping” Cease-fire

10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance

3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002

US Response to the Israeli Invasion

4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002

George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East

The PLO Approves the Road Map

3 May 2003 - 11 May 2003

Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003

Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step

8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues

15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza

16 January 2009

US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze

29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24

28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission

Palin Commission Report

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative

16 September 1922

Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)

National Bloc Party: Bylaws

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine

Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

UNGA Resolution 303

9 December 1949

Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan

Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups

16 January 2009

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Historical Media

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Marka Refugee Camp

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Balata Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Algerians of Palestine