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Biographies

Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

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Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
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Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 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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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
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Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
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UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
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Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
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Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
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Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
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Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
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Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
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Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463
17 February 1989
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
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Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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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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Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
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PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
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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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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
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Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
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Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
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President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
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President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
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Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups
16 January 2009
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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9
1 June 2010
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
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President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
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UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
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HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
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Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration
17 December 2014
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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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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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
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Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
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UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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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
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Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)
11 January 2021
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
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HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021

Events

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Mewat Land Ordinance
16 February 1921
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Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
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Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially
January 1935
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UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)
15 May 1947
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Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
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Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948
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The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
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Egypt Blocks Greek Freighter
25 May 1956
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Civil Aviation in the Conflict
23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969
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Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem
20 August 1980 - September 1980
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Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
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Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
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The Issue of Hamas's Participation in the Palestine National Council
7 April 1990
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Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996
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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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Israel Closes all West Bank District Coordination Offices
3 December 2002 - 11 January 2003
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James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters
14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005
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Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President
26 May 2005
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Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem
10 January 2008
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Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan
25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009
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Meaningful Reduction in Rockets Fired from Gaza Since the End of the War Against Gaza
31 December 2009
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US Offers Ambiguous Assurances to the Palestinians
20 April 2010 - 21 April 2010
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The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe
1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012
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Dangerous Escalation on the Gaza Front
3 July 2014 - 7 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2
9 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: Toward an Open-Ended Cease-Fire
23 August 2014 - 26 August 2014
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French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014
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Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif
26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016
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A Doubtful Israel-Palestinian Postal Service Memorandum of Understanding
4 September 2016 - 15 August 2018
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Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax
15 December 2016
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President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
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Formation of the Munich Group
15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

Highlights

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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized