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1859 - 21 July 1921

Jurji Habib Hanania

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

1882 - 22 April 1942

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

1893 - 27 April 1940

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

1923 - 12 May 2004

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

1939 - 19 August 2014

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

9 February 1963

Events

The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire

24 November 1881

Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition

8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901

Palestinians Clash with Settlers of Sejera Colony

3 April 1909 - 12 April 1909

Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law

Prevention of Crime Ordinance is Issued

October 1920 - 15 December 1920

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

The Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education

Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez

3rd Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965

Attempted Assassination of Zaki Hillo in Madrid

The Palestinians' 14 Demands

14 January 1988

Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted

9 December 1988

Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon

11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996

Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996

Vatican-PLO Agreement

15 February 2000

Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?

16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon

6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011

Assassination of Mahmud al-Majzub in Sidon

Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit

25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006

Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza

30 January 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking

Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan

25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009

Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed

8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

The United Nations Human Rights Council Establishes a Fact-Finding Mission on the Mavi Marmara Incident

2 June 2010 - 27 September 2010

Israel Forms (Turkel) Commission to Examine the Mavi Marmara Incident

PLO Mission in Washington Becomes PLO General Delegation

The UN Secretary-General Establishes a Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

An Amendment to the Lebanese Social Security Law Grants Palestinian Refugees Right to End-of-Service and Occupational Emergency Compensations

The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries

17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011

Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan

28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011

Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics

14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011

Draft SC Res. S/2011/24 Reaffirming that Israeli Settlements in OPT Are Illegal Vetoed by US

18 February 2011

The Knesset Passes the "Nakba Law"

Abbas Confirms Palestinian UN Bid for Statehood

Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

2 September 2011

Four Islamic Jihad Members, Administrative Detainees in Israeli Prisons, Go on Hunger Strike

17 December 2011 - 1 April 2012

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman

3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012

23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN

29 November 2012

Surge in Settlement Expansion

30 November 2012 - 10 February 2013

24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha

26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013

With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities

30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013

A PLO-Hamas Agreement (the Shati' Agreement) to Form a Conciliation Cabinet

Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region

12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 29-31: A 72-Hour Cease-Fire

5 August 2014 - 7 August 2014

The 2014 Gaza War: Toward an Open-Ended Cease-Fire

23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014

Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire

16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015

Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine

26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016

Kerry's "Farewell" Speech on Palestinian-Israeli Peace

28 December 2016

Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar

15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018

President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

Israeli Moves Against the BDS Movement

29 December 2017 - 7 January 2018

Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad

22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018

Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure

19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019

Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel

15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019

Death of Nizar Banat after Arrest by PA Forces

24 June 2021 - 21 June 2022

Israel Continues to Assert Dominance over the Haram al-Sharif Compound

18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Historical Texts

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Sykes-Picot Agreement

The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22

10 January 1920

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Peel Commission Report

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Biltmore Conference Declaration

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

The Grady-Morrison Plan

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UNSC Resolution 46

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

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

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)

2 November 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

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

UNSC Resolution 242

22 November 1967

Palestine National (watani) Charter

UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution

Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

Statement of the General Congress to Defend Arab Lands in Israel (in Arabic)

18 October 1975

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel

8 December 1977

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

The Venice Declaration

Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan

Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land

Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza

31 January 1982

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 September 1982

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat

7 November 1985

King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly

14 December 1988

Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

The Durban Declaration

8 September 2001

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

UNSC Resolution 1435

24 September 2002

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

National Conciliation Document

UNSC Resolution 1701

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

Yemen's Initiative for the Resumption of Palestinian Internal Dialogue (in Arabic)

UNSC Resolution 1850

16 December 2008

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program

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

25 September 2009

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State

President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)

20 December 2011

Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Twenty-Fourth Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)

26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 December 2014

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

11 January 2017

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering

1 November 2017

Statement Issued Following the Meeting of the Palestinian National Action Factions (in Arabic)

21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017

PLO Central Council, 28th Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

15 January 2018

Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

UNGA Resolution ES-10/20

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

Ismail Haniyeh: Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause (in Arabic)

3 November 2021

Highlights

III. Late Mandate

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

I. Ottoman Rule

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (1)

2000 - 2010

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (1)

2015 - 2048

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (2)

2015 - 2048

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (3)

2015 - 2048