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As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

1905 - 2 May 1941

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

1939 - 19 August 2014

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

9 February 1963

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth

1860 - 1948

Events

Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

The Arab Congress Meets in Paris

17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913

Opening of the Paris Peace Conference

18 January 1919

1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

Treaty of Versailles; Establishment of the League of Nations

28 June 1919 - 10 January 1920

France Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

24 January 1949

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

Mahmoud al-Hamshari Is Assassinated in Paris

8 December 1972 - 9 January 1973

Basil al-Kubaisi Assassinated in Paris

Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris

PLO Official Office in Paris

31 October 1975

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

Yasir Arafat Makes First Official Visit to Paris

2 May 1989 - 4 May 1989

Assassination of Atef Bseiso in Paris

Multilateral Talks

29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992

Start of Israel-PLO Economic Talks in Paris

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death

12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004

Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron

17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004

Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing

15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005

The Quartet Expresses "Concern" over Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa Expansion

17 December 2007

Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM

17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008

Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund

12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010

Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure

19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative

9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016

France Hosts a Ministerial Meeting as First Stage of its Peace Initiative

Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East

15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

Historical Texts

1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

3 February 1919

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration

Highlights

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel