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Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
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
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Jamal Bannoura
1938 - 16 December 2020
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Biography
Rim Banna
6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Events

Event
The Ottomans and Sale of Land to Jews in Palestine
26 November 1892 - 3 April 1893
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Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul
July 1909 - March 1915
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The British Issue the Press Ordinance
17 January 1935
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First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
19 April 1936 - 23 July 1937
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Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan
8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937
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Arab Higher Committee Is Banned
October 1937 - November 1937
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Two Palestinian Newspapers Banned in Jerusalem
30 June 1986
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Elections in Gaza Professional Unions
21 February 1987
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Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance Amended to Repeal Prohibition of Contact with PLO
19 January 1993
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Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
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Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
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The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003 for Banning Family Unification
31 July 2003 - 21 March 2007
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The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document
10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006
Event
Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
Event
Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank
14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007
Event
Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza
15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008
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To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
Event
Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh
2 March 2009
Event
Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade
8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010
Event
Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
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US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
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Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics
2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes Israel Lands Law (Amendment No. 3) on Foreign Ownership
29 March 2011
Event
State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
Event
Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)
31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
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President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute
31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015
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Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt
31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015
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The 2014 Gaza War: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools
27 April 2015
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Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif
2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015
Event
UNGA Res. 69/320: Palestine Allowed to Raise Flag at UN
10 September 2015
Event
Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst
4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015
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Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement
16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015
Event
The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
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Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif
12 July 2016
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Settlers Attempt to Modify the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif
5 February 2017 - 24 May 2017
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Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem
18 December 2017
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The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019
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Further Israeli Restrictions on Who Can Travel In and Out of the West Bank
20 February 2022 - 30 April 2022
Event
The Knesset Enacts the Citizenship and Entry Into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2022 for Banning Family Unification
10 March 2022
Event
Violent Repression of Palestinians in East Jerusalem During Month of Ramadan
3 April 2022 - 29 April 2022
Event
Collective Punishment Against Jenin Following a Palestinian Attack in Tel Aviv
9 April 2022 - 17 April 2022

Historical Texts

Document
Statement of the Arab National Conference
13 December 1931
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
Document
Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land
18 August 1981
Document
Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
September 1989
Document
Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 2nd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
9 April 1991
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
Prisoners’ Document on National Conciliation
10 May 2006
Document
National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
Mecca Accord
8 February 2007
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Statement by Middle East Quartet
23 September 2011
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Document
Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022

Highlights

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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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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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Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance

Places

Place
al-Nabi Yusha'
Place
Salama

Historical Media

Document
Palestine: A Homeland Denied
1979