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Biographies

Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Events

Event
The British Mandate Issues the Defence (Emergency) Regulations
27 September 1945
Event
President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993
28 October 1993
Event
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
Event
Israel Decides to Create Buffer Zones (Separation Wall)
14 April 2002 - 25 April 2002
Event
On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
Event
Toward a "Road Map" to Final Status?
13 August 2002 - 5 November 2002
Event
SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal
24 September 2002
Event
Losses on the Two-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2002
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US
20 December 2002
Event
15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh
1 March 2003
Event
US formally Presents Israel and the PA with the Road Map
30 April 2003
Event
With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"
4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Event
Losses on the Three-Year Anniversary of the Second Intifada
28 September 2003
Event
Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
Event
Life Sentence Against Marwan Barghouti
6 June 2004
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006
Event
Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006
Event
New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza
11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006
Event
Major Israeli Operation in Nablus
19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006
Event
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks
25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006
Event
The US Revisits the Road Map
14 January 2007 - 15 January 2007
Event
19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Event
Amendment No. 39 of Basic Law: The Knesset Adds Another Reason to Disqualify Arab Candidates to Elections
30 June 2008
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
Event
Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative
29 April 2013
Event
28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea
29 March 2017
Event
Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended
22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023

Historical Texts

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UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
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UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)
10 December 1969
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UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)
8 December 1970
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
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UNSC Resolution 1397
12 March 2002
Document
Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
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Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
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UNSC Resolution 1402
30 March 2002
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The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1405
19 April 2002
Document
Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35
15 May 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1435
24 September 2002
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385
20 December 2002
Document
Fifteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)
1 March 2003
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891
16 September 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/12
25 September 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
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UNSC Resolution 1515
19 November 2003
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240
24 March 2004
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President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
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UNSC Resolution 1544
19 May 2004
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783
5 October 2004
Document
Seventeenth Arab Summit: The Algiers Declaration (in Arabic)
22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005
Document
List of Jobs and Professions Restricted to Lebanese Citizens (in Arabic)
14 December 2005
Document
Eighteenth Arab Summit: The Khartoum Declaration (in Arabic)
28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508
12 July 2006
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878
10 November 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/16
30 November 2006
Document
Nineteenth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Document
UNSC Resolution 1850
16 December 2008
Document
UNSC Resolution 1860
8 January 2009
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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
Document
Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
Document
UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
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Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
Document
Twenty-Eighth Arab Summit: The Amman Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 2017
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Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)
13 December 2017
Document
Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
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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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PLO Central Council, 29th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
Document
PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)
28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018
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30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019

Highlights

Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
Highlight
The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
Highlight
Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
Highlight
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance

Charts

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (2)
2000
Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (1)
2000 - 2010