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Biographies

Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
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
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Events

Event
Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders
15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948
Event
Ziyad Husseini, Commander of the Popular Liberation Forces in Gaza, Dies
21 August 1971
Event
Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon
16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976
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8th Arab Summit Meets in Cairo
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
Event
Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977
Event
Fahd Plan Is Announced
7 August 1981
Event
US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia
22 March 1989
Event
Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)
14 January 1991
Event
Assassination of Iyad Batat in Bayt Awa
13 December 1999
Event
Assassination of Mas'ud Ayyad in Jabaliya
13 February 2001
Event
Assassination of Iyad Hardan in Jenin
5 April 2001
Event
Assassination of Iyad Lafy al-Akhras in Rafah
16 October 2001
Event
On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
Event
Assassination of Nidal Fathi Farhat, Mufid Awad al-Bil, Akram Fahmi Naser, Muhammad Salmi, Ayman Mahanna, and Iyad Faraj Sheldan in Gaza City
16 February 2003
Event
Assassination of Nader Jarawish and Ala Ayyad in Bethlehem
25 March 2003
Event
Assassination of Iyad al-Beik in Gaza City
8 May 2003
Event
Assassination of Iyad Hilu and Khaled al-Masri in Gaza City
20 October 2003
Event
Assassination of Iyad Qadas and Iyad Najjar in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
8 December 2005
Event
Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007
Event
19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Event
Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative
29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007
Event
Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank
14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007
Event
Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split
17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007
Event
Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government
5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007
Event
Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference
16 July 2007
Event
Fayyad's Speech at Al-Quds University on Setting the Goal for Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Event
Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan
25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009
Event
Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund
12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010
Event
Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics
14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011
Event
Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle
16 May 2012
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Exchange of Letters for Cooperation on Taxes and Customs
31 July 2012
Event
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns
13 April 2013
Event
Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government
2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013
Event
Palestine Submits Files to ICC, and Israel Decides to Interact with It
25 June 2015 - 30 October 2015
Event
Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine
26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016
Event
Settlers Set Fire to Two Palestinian Family Homes in Duma, West Bank
31 July 2015 - 9 August 2015
Event
The Fate of the PLO Diplomatic Office in Washington
17 November 2017
Event
The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement
6 January 2018
Event
PA Asks the ICC to Investigate Israeli Settlement Policies
22 May 2018
Event
ICC Rules that it has Jurisdiction in Occupied Palestinian Territories; Investigation Announced
5 February 2021 - 2 April 2021

Historical Texts

Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
Document
Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
Document
Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Statement by Middle East Quartet
23 September 2011
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
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

Highlights

Highlight
The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
Highlight
The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized