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Biographies
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - 1930
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - August 1943
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1956
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
George Antonius
1892 - 1942
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Historical Texts
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
Document
Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929
12 March 1930
Document
Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”
1 December 1930
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 512 (VI)
26 January 1952
Document
UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)
4 November 1970
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
20 May 2001
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Events
Event
Mewat Land Ordinance
16 February 1921
Event
Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister
29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996
Highlights
Highlight
Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
Great Arab Revolt, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
Resolution 242 (1967)
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
Highlight
Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
II. Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?
2017-
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Periods
Period
II. Early Mandate
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