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Biography
Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
1842 - 1906
Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Khalil Baidas
1875 - 9 February 1949
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Event
Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
Event
Start of the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
Event
Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)
1917 - 1921
Event
General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
Event
The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission
2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919
Event
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Event
The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of the Arab Syrian Kingdom
7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920
Event
San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
Event
French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
Event
Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
Event
1st British Census of Palestine
23 October 1922
Event
British-French Demarcation of Line Between Palestine (Including Transjordan) and Syria (Including Lebanon)
7 March 1923
Event
Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem
1 November 1928
Event
Arab Higher Committee Is Banned
October 1937 - November 1937
Event
Establishment of Hanita Settlement in Western Galilee
21 March 1938
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
The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo
15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938
Event
Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Event
Establishment of Lebanese Consulate General in Palestine
30 December 1944 - 23 May 1945
Event
Lebanon Ends Granting Import Licenses for Palestine Goods
4 January 1946
Event
League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence
18 April 1946
Event
Arab League Meets in Bludan and Reacts to the Recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
8 June 1946 - 12 June 1946
Event
Enactment of Lebanese Labor Law and Its Subsequent Impact on Palestine Refugees
23 September 1946
Event
Arab League Meeting on Palestine, in Sofar, Lebanon
16 September 1947 - 19 September 1947
Event
Arab League Meeting on Palestine in Aley, Lebanon
7 October 1947 - 15 October 1947
Event
Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948
Event
Lebanon Sets up a Central Committee and Regional Committees to Deal with Refugees from Palestine
26 April 1948 - 11 May 1948
Event
Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine
30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948
Event
Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War
15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949
Event
Arab Responses to Formation of the All-Palestine Government
5 October 1948 - 14 October 1948
Event
Operation Hiram in the North
28 October 1948 - 31 October 1948
Event
Israel Conducts its First Population Census
8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949
Event
First Arab-Israeli Armistice Talks Commence Under UN Supervision in Rhodes
12 January 1949
Event
Lebanon-Israel Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Event
UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference
27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949
Event
UNGA 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN
11 May 1949
Event
Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut
27 January 1951
Event
Arab League and Jordan River Waters
15 February 1954
Event
The US and Jordan River Waters
25 June 1954 - 6 July 1954
Event
The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
Event
Exchange of Notes between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Event
Lebanon Exempts Palestinian Refugees from Travel Document Fees
29 December 1954
Event
Baghdad Pact
24 February 1955
Event
Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
Event
Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq
14 July 1958
Event
Lebanon Establishes the Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Interior
31 March 1959
Event
Lebanon Establishes a Higher Commission for Palestine Affairs
26 April 1960
Event
Conditions for the Movement of Lebanon's Palestinian refugees between Lebanon and Syria
28 July 1962 - 2 August 1962
Event
Death of Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi; Ahmad al-Shuqairi as Palestine Delegate to the Arab League
29 June 1963 - 19 September 1963
Event
New Lebanese Social Security Law Implicitly Excludes Palestinian Refugees from its Benefits
26 September 1963
Event
Palestinian Delegation at the UN
18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963
Event
1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Event
A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners
18 September 1964
Event
Opening an Office of the PLO in Lebanon
23 October 1964 - 13 November 1964
Event
President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan
27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965
Event
The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States
11 September 1965
Event
Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
Event
Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
Event
Lebanon Issues the Law on the Acquisition of Immovable Property Rights by Non-Lebanese
4 January 1969
Event
Israel Retaliates Against South Lebanon
12 May 1969 - 13 May 1969
Event
PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley
22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970
Event
7th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
Event
Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972
Event
SC Res. 313: Demanding that Israel Refrain Immediately from Military Action Against Lebanon
28 February 1972
Event
Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972
Event
SC Res. 316: Condemning the Repeated Attacks of Israeli Forces on Lebanon
26 June 1972
Event
Violent Israeli Retaliation in South Lebanon
16 September 1972 - 17 September 1972
Event
October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
Event
Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel
11 April 1974
Event
Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
Event
Start of Civil War in Lebanon
13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982
Event
Premeditated Israeli Air Attack Against Palestinians in Lebanon
2 December 1975
Event
The PLO at the Security Council
4 December 1975
Event
Draft SC Res S/11898 to Condemn Israeli Attacks Against Lebanon, Vetoed by US
8 December 1975
Event
Palestinian "Land Day"
30 March 1976
Event
Syrian Forces Enter Lebanon
31 May 1976
Event
Evacuation of US Nationals from Beirut with PLO Assistance
16 June 1976 - 20 June 1976
Event
Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon
16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976
Event
8th Arab Summit Meets in Cairo
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
Event
Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"
11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978
Event
SC Res. 425: Calling upon Israel to Withdraw its Forces from Lebanon, and Establishing UNIFIL
19 March 1978
Event
Israel Establishes a "Security Zone" in South Lebanon
13 May 1978
Event
A PLF Operation in Nahariya
22 April 1979
Event
10th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Event
Palestinian Operation Against Settlers in Hebron
2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980
Event
11th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
Event
15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Event
Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon
28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981
Event
Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon
10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981
Event
Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
Event
South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken
21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982
Event
Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War
25 May 1982
Event
Israeli Aerial Bombardment and Palestinian Artillery Across the Lebanon-Israel Border
4 June 1982 - 5 June 1982
Event
SC Res. 508: Calling Upon all Parties to Cease Military Activities in Lebanon and across Lebanese-Israeli Border
5 June 1982
Event
SC Res. 509: Demanding Full and Unconditional Withdrawal of Israeli Forces from Lebanon
6 June 1982
Event
Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/15185 to Demand again Full and Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal, Vetoed by US
8 June 1982
Event
Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon
15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982
Event
Several Israeli Attempts to Assassinate Yasir Arafat During Invasion of Lebanon
15 June 1982 - 30 August 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/15255/Rev.2 on a (French) Plan for Military Disengagement in Beirut, Vetoed by US
26 June 1982
Event
The PLO 11-Point Document
8 July 1982
Event
Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue
1 September 1982
Event
Lebanon War Casualties
1 September 1982 - 11 October 1982
Event
The 12th Arab Summit Meeting in Fez Adopts the "Fez Initiative"
6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982
Event
Assassination of Bashir Gemayel and Israeli Occupation of Beirut
14 September 1982 - 16 September 1982
Event
Israeli-Lebanese Negotiations
28 December 1982
Event
16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Event
Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement
17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983
Event
Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
Event
Operations Against French and US Contingents in Beirut
23 October 1983
Event
17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Event
Israeli Army Withdraws from Saida Region
16 February 1985
Event
The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987
Event
Prisoner Exchange between Israel and the PFLP-GC
20 May 1985
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Event
Lebanon's Parliament Votes to Reject 1983 Agreement with Israel and 1969 Agreement with PLO
21 May 1987
Event
Assassination of Abu Hasan Qasim, Hamdi Sultan al-Tamimi and Marwan Kayyali in Limassol
14 February 1988
Event
Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis
16 April 1988
Event
Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted
9 December 1988
Event
Israel Deports Five Palestinians
27 August 1989
Event
Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait
3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991
Event
A New Constitutional Law Rejects Palestinians' Resettlement in Lebanon
21 September 1990
Event
Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon
18 May 1991
Event
US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference
18 October 1991
Event
8th Negotiation Round, Washington
7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992
Event
Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon
13 December 1992 - 17 December 1992
Event
The Tragedy of the Palestinians in Libya
9 August 1995 - 13 January 1999
Event
Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996
Event
Commemoration of the Nakba 50th Anniversary
14 May 1998 - 15 May 1998
Event
Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
Event
Israel Carries a Full-Scale Withdrawal from South Lebanon
21 May 2000 - 24 May 2000
Event
Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
Event
Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
Event
Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising
30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000
Event
The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized
14 October 2000
Event
A Lebanese Legislative Amendment Equates Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
3 April 2001
Event
Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
19 April 2001
Event
Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees
10 May 2001
Event
Assassination of Jihad Jibril in Beirut
20 May 2002
Event
The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification
31 July 2003 - 21 March 2007
Event
The Lebanese Minister of Labor Removes some Restrictions on the Work of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
7 June 2005 - 14 December 2005
Event
The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established
25 November 2005
Event
The Return of Palestinian Diplomatic Representation to Lebanon
6 January 2006 - 17 August 2011
Event
Lebanon Reregisters the Records of Palestinian Refugees It Had Deleted
8 July 2006
Event
Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers
12 July 2006
Event
2nd Israel War on Lebanon: the July War
12 July 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah
13 July 2006
Event
July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel's Special Operations Along the Border
17 July 2006 - 19 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon
19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006
Event
July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes
30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone
2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006
Event
July War: Diplomatic Efforts for a Cease-Fire
5 August 2006 - 9 August 2006
Event
SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon
11 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
July War: The Cease-Fire
12 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
July War: A Balance Sheet
14 August 2006
Event
July War: Israel Begins Withdrawing from Southern Lebanon
14 August 2006 - 17 August 2006
Event
Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes
18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006
Event
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks
25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006
Event
After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report
30 April 2007
Event
The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"
7 January 2008
Event
After the July War: Winograd Commission's Report on Israel's Handling of the 2006 Lebanon War
30 January 2008
Event
20th Arab Summit Meets in Damascus
29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008
Event
War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet
18 January 2009
Event
Statement S/PRST/2010/9 by SC President on the Mavi Marmara Incident
1 June 2010
Event
An Amendment to the Lebanese Social Security Law Grants Palestinian Refugees Right to End-of-Service and Occupational Emergency Compensations
24 August 2010
Event
On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel
15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011
Event
A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched
16 April 2014
Event
A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations
26 August 2014
Event
Israel Kills Samir Quntar; Hizballah Responds
19 December 2015 - 4 January 2016
Event
A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon
20 July 2017
Event
Popular Protests Against US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
7 December 2017 - 31 December 2017
Event
Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue
17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019
Event
US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference
22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4
13 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6
15 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8
17 May 2021
Event
The General Strike of the Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 10
19 May 2021

Historical Texts

Document
Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
Document
Statement of the Arab National Conference
13 December 1931
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Document
Assembly of the League of Nations Resolution on Mandates
18 April 1946
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
Statement by the Council of the Arab League on the Anglo-American Committee's Report on Palestine
12 June 1946
Document
The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
UNSC Resolution 50
29 May 1948
Document
Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine
1 October 1948
Document
Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
Document
Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Lebanon’s Department for Palestinian Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
31 March 1959
Document
Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
11 September 1965
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
Document
Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
UNSC Resolution 313
28 February 1972
Document
Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
Document
UNSC Resolution 316
26 June 1972
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East
4 December 1975
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898
5 December 1975
Document
Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
Document
Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
Document
Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference
5 October 1977
Document
UNSC Resolution 425
19 March 1978
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
UNSC Resolution 508
5 June 1982
Document
UNSC Resolution 509
6 June 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185
8 June 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2
25 June 1982
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
Document
Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
Document
Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Document
Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat
7 November 1985
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
Document
Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians
26 February 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Document
Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
Document
U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
UNSC Resolution 799
18 December 1992
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
Document
Reorganization of Lebanon’s Department for Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
14 October 2000
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)
7 January 2008
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 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

Historical Media

Document
Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
Document
Arab League Warnings
June 1946
Document
Nahr el-Bared
1948

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Lebanon War, 1982
1982 - 1983
Thematic Chronology
Lebanon War, 2006
2006 - 2008
Thematic Chronology
Lebanon’s Relation to Palestine and the Palestinians
1923 - present
Thematic Chronology
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
2003 - 2006

Highlights

Highlight
Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
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XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
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Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
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Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
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Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
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VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
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XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem
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France and the Palestine Question Before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

Periods

Period
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
Period
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions and Survival

Places

Place
Abil al-Qamh
Place
al-Bassa
Place
al-Ghabisiyya
Place
al-Mansura
Place
al-Ras al-Ahmar
Place
Dayr al-Qasi
Place
Dayshum
Place
Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
Place
Hittin
Place
Hunin
Place
Iqrit
Place
Khirbat al-Muntar
Place
Lubya
Place
al-Malikiyya
Place
al-Nabi Rubin
Place
Qadas
Place
Sa'sa'
Place
Saffuriyya
Place
Safsaf
Place
Suhmata
Place
Suruh
Place
Tarbikha
Place
al-Zanghariyya
Place
al-Khalisa
Place
Khan al-Duwayr