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Biographies

Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

Events

Event
Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt
1882
Event
Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
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The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo
7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938
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UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)
15 May 1947
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Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
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Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
Event
UNGA 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN
11 May 1949
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Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
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UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021

Historical Texts

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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
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UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
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UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
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UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459
12 September 1985
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UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
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HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021

Historical Media

Document
Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
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Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938

Highlights

Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans