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Biographies

Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Events

Event
Jerusalem Representation in the First and Second Ottoman Parliaments
19 March 1877 - 14 February 1878
Event
Herzl Correspondence with Jerusalem Mayor
19 March 1899
Event
Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
Event
Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives
June 1909 - 2 November 1909
Event
Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul
30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911
Event
First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament
March 1911 - May 1911
Event
Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912
Event
Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa
4 January 1932
Event
Establishment of the Reform Party
18 June 1935
Event
Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York
25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950
Event
Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
Event
Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
Event
Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released
25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997
Event
Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003
Event
Assassination of Khalid Massud near Gaza City
26 August 2003
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
Event
Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
Event
Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
Event
Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes
11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007
Event
Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart
14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008
Event
Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement
4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011
Event
Abbas and Mishal Sign the Doha Declaration and Then Agree on its Suspension
5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4
17 November 2012
Event
Hamas's Khalid Mishal Visits the Gaza Strip
8 December 2012
Event
Khalid Mishal Reelected Head of Hamas
1 April 2013 - 2 April 2013
Event
Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza
7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014
Event
Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again
2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025
Event
Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire
16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015
Event
Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau
6 May 2017
Event
Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives
25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8
17 May 2021
Event
Facebook Censors Palestinians
24 May 2021 - 15 October 2021

Historical Media

Document
Yusuf Diya-uddin Pasha al-Khalidi
1899
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Document
Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936

Highlights

Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
Highlight
Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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

Places

Place
Umm Khalid