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Biographies

Hafiz al-Sa’id

1880 - 16 June 1946

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rajeh al-Salfiti

1921 - 27 May 1990

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

Yahya al-Sinwar

19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

The Hope Simpson Report

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process

17 October 2005

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

Prisoners’ Document on National Conciliation

National Conciliation Document

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)

20 December 2011

Understanding Regarding Ceasefire in Gaza Strip

21 November 2012

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

Statement Issued Following the Meeting of the Palestinian National Action Factions (in Arabic)

21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid

1 February 2022

Events

Egypt Blocks Greek Freighter

PDFLP Splits off from PFLP

22 February 1969

8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971

Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem

19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977

16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Scission within Fatah

18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation

12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001

Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip

24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003

Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy

1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003

Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis

7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003

Violence Abates to a Moderate Level

1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003

An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA

24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004

The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron

17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004

Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce

17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain

23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct

17 October 2005

The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document

10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks

25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006

Palestinian Unity Talks: A Cabinet of Technocrats?

6 November 2006 - 20 November 2006

Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai

23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008

Israel Rejects an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer

30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008

Hamas and Israel Agree on a Six-Month Gaza Cease-Fire; Blockade Marginally Eased

17 June 2008 - 4 November 2008

Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart

14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008

Prelude to Israel's War on Gaza

21 December 2008 - 26 December 2008

Talks to Consolidate Cease-Fire and Exchange Prisoners End in Failure

13 February 2009 - 18 February 2009

War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises

Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade

8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010

Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border

16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2

15 November 2012

Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures

22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

The 2014 Gaza War: Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo

11 August 2014 - 18 August 2014

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

Three Rounds of Hamas-Fatah Talks in Doha Come to Naught

7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016

Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections

21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings Renewed in Doha, Beirut and Moscow, with No Results

5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017

The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time

26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017

Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails

1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

Russian Effort on Reconciliation Fails and Hamas-Fatah Relations Further Deteriorate

13 February 2019 - 17 February 2019

Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State

12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021

Lion’s Den Group Emerges with Israeli Collective Punishment Against Residents of Nablus

2 September 2022 - 3 November 2022

Palestinian Reunification Conference in Algiers

11 October 2022 - 13 October 2022

Highlights

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinian Communist Movement

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Shatila Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

The Great March of Return

Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Aida Refugee Camp

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Periods

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions and Survival

Places

al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa

al-Ghubayya al-Tahta

al-Naghnaghiyya

al-Shaykh Muwannis

Balad al-Shaykh

Daliyat al-Rawha'

Khirbat al-Kasayir

Khirbat al-Zababida

Khirbat Bayt Far

Sarafand al-Kharab

al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta