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Biographies

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

George Antonius

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

1907 - 27 July 2006

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1927 - 13 January 2005

1928 - 1 September 2020

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

1939 - 19 August 2014

1941 - 5 February 2023

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Palin Commission Report

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

British Referral of the Palestine Question to the UN

UNSC Resolution 49

UNSC Resolution 50

Ad Hoc Political Committee Resolution on Israel’s Application for UN Membership

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA

26 November 1954

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East

4 December 1975

Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East

Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference

President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

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

13 December 1988

Note by the S.C. President: On the International Conference for Peace in the Middle East

20 December 1990

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

The Mitchell Report

Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891

16 September 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/12

25 September 2003

Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State

Statement by Middle East Quartet

23 September 2011

Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Figures

1914 - 1947

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Birth Rate

1924 - 1948

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Death Rate

1924 - 1948

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Natural Growth

1924 - 1948

Events

Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)

Formation of the Arab National League (ANL) in New York

August 1937 - May 1941

Zionist Biltmore Conference Is Held in New York

6 May 1942 - 11 May 1942

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO) Is Opened in New York

25 June 1955 - 15 January 1962

Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York

26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001

The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York

22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN

25 February 1975

President Carter's Disavowal of US Vote for SC Res. 465

US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York

9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987

UNGA 42/229: Calling Host Country to Abide by Agreement (on PLO Mission), Requesting ICJ Opinion

ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York

9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988

UNGA 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission)

A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission

Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva

13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988

Israel Proposes Elections in the West Bank and Gaza

Israel's "Peace Initiative"

Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks

16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000

The 9-11 Attacks on the US

11 September 2001

A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office

9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006

War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy

4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009

US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out

19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009

Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan

25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009

Abbas Confirms Palestinian UN Bid for Statehood

Despite US, European, and Arab Pressure, Abbas Submits a Request for Full UN Membership

12 September 2011 - 23 September 2011

Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA

30 September 2015

Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

President Mahmoud Abbas Presents Palestinian Peace Plan to Security Council

20 February 2018

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

Highlights

III. Late Mandate

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (I)

1996 - 2004

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (II)

2005-2019

Thematic Chronology

Palestinian Political Institutional Presence in the US

1917 - present

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Beyond Palestine Borders

1970 - present