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Biographies

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

1905 - 21 May 1985

1907 - 27 July 2006

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

1917 - 12 December 2003

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

1934 - 14 September 2021

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1936 - 29 August 1987

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Historical Texts

Palin Commission Report

Biltmore Conference Declaration

Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

1 September 1982

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat

7 November 1985

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463

17 February 1989

Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50

29 November 1989

PLO “Assumptions” with Regard to Baker's Five Points

1 December 1989

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

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

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement

27 January 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

The Mitchell Report

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

UNGA Resolution 58/292

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/783

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

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

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

25 September 2009

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

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

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

12 February 2020

Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

Events

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo

15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938

Transjordan's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval

26 June 1946 - 29 August 1946

US and USSR Endorse Partition

11 October 1947 - 13 October 1947

Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949

The USSR Recognizes the State of Israel on a de jure Basis

Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval

17 December 1948

Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

30 January 1949

Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal

27 September 1955

Draft Security Council Resolution S/5407

3 September 1963

President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan

27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965

2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

Draft Security Council Resolution S/7575/Rev.1

4 November 1966

June War, 6th Day

Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

SC Res. 338: Calling for Cease-fire and Deciding to Start Immediately Negotiations for Just Durable and Peace

22 October 1973

Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva

21 December 1973

29th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

20 February 1978 - 1 March 1978

Arab Sanctions Against Egypt

27 March 1979 - 31 March 1979

10th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Birzeit University Is Closed

14 November 1980

Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome

Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank

16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982

Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented

20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982

PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation

9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982

30th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1982 - 16 December 1982

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983

Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities

2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Israeli Planes Attack PLO Headquarters in Tunis; Arafat Narrowly Escapes

25 September 1985 - 1 October 1985

Israeli Repression in the Occupied Territories

4 December 1986 - 11 December 1986

Resumption of Diplomatic Activity

30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988

Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis

Start of US-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

US-PLO Official Meeting in Tunis

Israel Deports Five Palestinians

Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered

1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990

Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)

14 January 1991

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 22 May 1991

20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

17 October 1991

US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference

18 October 1991

32nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 July 1992 - 30 July 1992

PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP

10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993

Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force

Palestine National Authority (PNA) Holds First Official Meeting in Tunis

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising

30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000

Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171

18 December 2000

Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

16th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis; Rejection of Israel's Disengagement Plan

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death

12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004

Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron

17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem

4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009

Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries

17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011

Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers

23 January 2011

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

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 November 2018

30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca

Israel Raids and Closes Offices of Human Rights Organizations in the West Bank

28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021

Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended

22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon War, 1982

1982 - 1983

Highlights

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

Lebanon War, 1982

A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

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 First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Beddawi 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 USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Historical Media

Mother Palestine