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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
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Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
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Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929
12 March 1930
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Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”
1 December 1930
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
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MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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UNGA Resolution 512 (VI)
26 January 1952
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UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)
4 November 1970
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
20 May 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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UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
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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
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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Great Arab Revolt, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Resolution 242 (1967)
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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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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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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II. Early Mandate
1917-1936
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?
2017-
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present

Periods

Period
II. Early Mandate