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Biographies

Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Events

Event
Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
Event
Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
Event
Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul
28 October 1913
Event
Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
Event
The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of the Arab Syrian Kingdom
7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920
Event
French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
Event
The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
Event
Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
Event
Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
Event
Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem
8 November 1923
Event
Establishment of the National Defense Party
2 December 1934
Event
Assassination of Omar Saadeh and Taha al-Aruj in Bethlehem
17 July 2001
Event
Assassination Attempt of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm
6 September 2001
Event
Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003
Event
An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA
24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004
Event
PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet
18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006
Event
Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
Event
The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document
10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006
Event
Haniyeh Proposes a Long-term Cease-fire and Peace
23 May 2006
Event
Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Event
Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
Event
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks
25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006
Event
Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?
6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006
Event
Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
Event
Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007
Event
A Mixed International Reception to the Palestinian Unity Government
17 March 2007 - 31 March 2007
Event
Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank
14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007
Event
Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split
17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007
Event
Assassination of Omar al-Khatib in Gaza City
26 July 2007
Event
Hamas Proposes a Comprehensive Cease-Fire
12 March 2008
Event
Israel Refuses an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer
30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 2
28 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 3
29 December 2008
Event
Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo
20 May 2012
Event
Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City
14 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3
16 November 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement
21 November 2012
Event
Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures
22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013
Event
A "Reconstruction Hudna" in Gaza?
2 March 2015 - 14 April 2015
Event
Yahya Sinwar Elected Head of Gaza's Hamas Political Bureau
13 February 2017
Event
Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau
6 May 2017
Event
Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun
13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018
Event
Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel
15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019
Event
US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions
28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020
Event
PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones
15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021
Event
Ismail Haniyeh Presents Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause
3 November 2021

Historical Texts

Document
Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem
11 December 1917
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
Document
Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
Document
Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
Document
Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019

Highlights

Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)

Places

Place
al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta
Place
Dayr al-Dubban