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Biographies

Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Event
Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Prelude to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916
Event
The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces
23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916
Event
Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
Event
British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan
21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918
Event
Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City
26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918
Event
San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
Event
French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
Event
The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
Event
Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan
2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921
Event
Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
Event
White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration
3 June 1922
Event
League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922
Event
British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria
7 March 1923
Event
British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
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Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
Event
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Event
Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine
7 July 1937
Event
London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
Event
Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference
15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939
Event
League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN
18 April 1946
Event
Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan and Establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
25 May 1946
Event
Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
Event
The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Amman
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
Event
Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
Event
International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007
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
A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus
23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca
30 May 2019

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Mecca Agreement
8 February 2007

Highlights

Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Historical Media

Document
Palestine: A Homeland Denied
1979