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Biographies

Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Historical Texts

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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 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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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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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
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Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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Reagan Plan
1 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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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Secretary of State James Baker's: Five Points Framework for an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue
10 October 1989
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President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
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U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/13
27 October 2003
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Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 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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UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
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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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UNGA Resolution 64/10
1 December 2009
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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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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 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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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements
18 November 2019
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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

Highlights

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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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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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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
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The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936

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Events

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The US and Palestinian Rights
25 February 1971
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American Airlift
14 October 1973 - 14 November 1973
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Israeli Advance Continues and an International Nuclear Crisis Looms
23 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
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US-Palestinian Meeting in Jerusalem
4 December 1985
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Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment
16 January 1997
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Assassination of Iyad Hardan in Jenin
5 April 2001
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Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield
28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002
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Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks
25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006
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International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007
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War on Gaza, Day 5
31 December 2008
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The UN Human Rights Council Forms a Fact-Finding Mission on the War on Gaza (the Goldstone Mission)
3 April 2009
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The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
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Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza
15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009
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US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
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The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
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UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”
25 January 2018
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Israeli Forces Raid Addameer and General Union of Service Sector Workers Offices in Ramallah
19 September 2019