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Events

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Founding Principles of Ottoman Reform: The Tanzimat I
3 November 1839
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Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group
29 September 1907
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Creation of the Arab Agricultural Bank
1933
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UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)
15 May 1947
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23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951
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24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956
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The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity
29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961
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First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic
January 1968
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Palestine National Front Is Established in the Occupied Territories
15 August 1973
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Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
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US Letters of Assurances to Parties to Upcoming Peace Conference
15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991
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European Union Declaration "Compensating" the PLO for Not Declaring a State
25 March 1999
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President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State
2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001
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George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East
24 June 2002
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Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position
9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003
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The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister
10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003
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Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet
4 June 2003
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PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet
18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006
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Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza
20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006
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Abbas-Olmert Meetings to Reach Understandings Before the International Conference
6 August 2007 - 10 September 2007
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status Resume: Refugees and Territory Stumbling Blocks
24 March 2008 - 4 May 2008
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The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue
18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009
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Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
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Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem
14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010
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Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest
27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011
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US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference
22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019

Biographies

Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Historical Texts

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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)
2 February 1957
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration
25 March 1999
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
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Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
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President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
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Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)
11 January 2021

Highlights

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UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History