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Biographies

Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Events

Event
Emerging Palestinian Opposition to Zionist Settlement: al-Yahudiyya Village Against Petah Tikva Settlement
29 March 1886
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Palestinian-Zionist Tension at al-Shajara - Sejera in the Tiberias Region
August 1904 - September 1904
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May Day Clashes in Jaffa
1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921
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Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall
23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928
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First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937
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21st Zionist Congress Meets in Geneva
16 August 1939 - 25 August 1939
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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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24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956
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Israel's Strike Against Syria
31 January 1960 - 15 February 1960
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Lebanon Establishes a Higher Commission for Palestine Affairs
26 April 1960
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Israel Conducts a Census of Palestinians in Newly Occupied Territories
10 September 1967 - 25 September 1967
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7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
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1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970
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October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
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15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Event
Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon
28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981
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Tension in Hebron
1 July 1983 - 30 July 1983
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Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks
26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984
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Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
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Talks on Security for Palestinians in Hebron
20 March 1994 - 30 March 1994
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Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza
18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994
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Anti-Israeli Attacks and Inter-Palestinian Tension
2 April 1995 - 19 April 1995
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US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
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Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
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Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
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Palestinian-Israeli Clashes Abate
23 December 2000 - 6 February 2001
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The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
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Fatah-Hamas Clashes
26 May 2006 - 24 June 2006
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Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks
25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006
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Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence
28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006
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19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
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Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza
10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007
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The PLO Central Council Meets in Ramallah
23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008
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Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart
14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008
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In Contrast with Islamic Jihad, Hamas Leadership Leaves Syria
17 January 2012 - 12 March 2012
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Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza
14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012
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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns
13 April 2013
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Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations
4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014
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Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
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Tension and Hostilities Mount Across Gaza
14 June 2014 - 2 July 2014
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Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
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Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif
2 August 2015 - 28 September 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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A Day of Escalation in the West Bank
1 October 2015
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Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
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Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement
16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015
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Five-Day Violence Along the Gaza Strip Border
3 May 2016 - 7 May 2016
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Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 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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Two Jordanians Killed at Israeli Embassy in Amman
23 July 2017 - 24 July 2017
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As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds
24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017
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UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations
29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019
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Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021
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Towards a Unity Intifada
23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
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The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
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UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021
Event
Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements
5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021

Historical Media

Document
Young Turks Revolution
July 1908

Historical Texts

Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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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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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
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Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNSC Resolution 381
30 November 1975
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
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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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Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
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Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
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King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
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Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
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UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
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Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
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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
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President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
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HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021

Highlights

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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
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UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Periods

Period
VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement