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Biographies

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

1868 - October 1930

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

1905 - 2 May 1941

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

1936 - 3 August 1978

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Palin Commission Report

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

The Mitchell Report

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

Events

Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society

21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930

General Conference of Palestine Arab Workers, Haifa

11 January 1930

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party

Series of Zionist Attacks

2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel

8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948

Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre

Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris

Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation

1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976

Assassination of Anwar Mahmud Hamran in Nablus

11 December 2000

First Assassination Attempt of Mohammed Deif and Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

Second Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

26 September 2002

Assassination Attempt of Hamas Leadership, Including Ahmad Yasin, in Gaza City

6 September 2003

Assassination of Amr Abu Sitta in Rafah

Assassination of Mahdi Jamal Mushtaha and Khaled al-Amreeti in Gaza City

Assassination of Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

21 October 2004

Disengagement: Evacuation of Settlers

8 August 2005 - 22 August 2005

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Mohammed Shaban al-Dahdouh in Gaza City

Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

Assassination of Muhammad Shihada, Ahmad Balbul, Imad Kamel and Issa Marzouk in Bethlehem

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement

21 November 2012

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, Is Ousted by the Military

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43

Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

Hamdallah Resigns, Is Replaced by Mohammad Shtayyeh

29 January 2019 - 13 April 2019

Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank

25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12

Gilboa Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Historical Media

Arab League Warnings

Highlights

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Marka Refugee Camp

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The Algerians of Palestine

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Places

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

2012