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Biographies

Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Events

Event
Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
Event
The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo
7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938
Event
London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
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Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
Event
Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
Event
Arab League Meets in Bludan and Reacts to the Recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
8 June 1946 - 12 June 1946
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Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee
12 June 1946
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First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense
29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948
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Arab League Rejects Partition Plan
8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947
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Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948
Event
Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas
19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948
Event
Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine
30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948
Event
Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine
15 May 1948
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UNGA 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN
11 May 1949
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The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
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Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
Event
The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity
29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961
Event
1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
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The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States
11 September 1965
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Arab States Take Position Against Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
5 December 1977
Event
11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
Event
Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
Event
Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation
27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Event
A Palestine Affairs Center, under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington
1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994
Event
US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington
22 June 1994
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Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
Event
Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem
2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009
Event
Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
Event
Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries
17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011
Event
Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative
29 April 2013
Event
Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds
23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013
Event
Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails
14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
Event
26th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
Event
28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea
29 March 2017
Event
Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue
17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca
30 May 2019
Event
US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions
28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020
Event
Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine
9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Historical Media

Document
Arab League Warnings
June 1946

Historical Texts

Document
UNSC Resolution 50
29 May 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
Document
UNSC Resolution 605
22 December 1987
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
Document
Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326
31 May 1990
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
Document
Yemen's Initiative for the Resumption of Palestinian Internal Dialogue (in Arabic)
19 March 2008
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019

Highlights

Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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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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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front