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Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

1860 - 13 April 1930

1868 - October 1930

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

1882 - 22 April 1942

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Anwar Nusseibeh

1913 - 22 November 1986

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1934 - 14 September 2021

1936 - 3 August 1978

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

8 February 1852

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Palin Commission Report

Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan

3 September 1947

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)

2 February 1957

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel

30 November 1977

Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations

The Mitchell Report

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution 58/292

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878

10 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

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

25 September 2009

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

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

UNGA Resolution 77/247

30 December 2022

Events

Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis

Killing of Avraham Stern

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

Stern Gang Assassinates Lord Moyne in Cairo

6 November 1944

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks

24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

Stern Gang Letter Bombs Against Officials in London

Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem

11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948

Zionist Attacks

15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Massacre in Deir Yasin

9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948

UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

17 September 1948

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

UNGA Res. 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

24 February 1955

Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal

27 September 1955

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

London Conference on Suez

16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956

Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres

22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic"

15 December 1959

1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria

12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967

Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria

15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967

Israel Prepares for War with US Consent

2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967

June War, 5th Day

Civil Aviation in the Conflict

23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country

3 November 1969

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

Abdel Nasser Dies of a Sudden Heart Attack; Anwar al-Sadat Succeeds Him

28 September 1970

Wa'el Zuaiter Is Assassinated in Rome

16 October 1972

Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris

Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem

20 August 1980 - September 1980

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)

14 January 1991

First Assassination Attempt of Mohammed Deif and Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

Second Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

26 September 2002

Assassination Attempt of Hamas Leadership, Including Ahmad Yasin, in Gaza City

6 September 2003

Assassination of Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

21 October 2004

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Mohammed Shaban al-Dahdouh in Gaza City

Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Assassination of Majid Harazin, Jihad Dahir, Karim Dahdouh, Na'el Tafesh, Ayman al-'Aileh and Ammar Abu-al-Said in Gaza City

17 December 2007

The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement

21 November 2012

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, Is Ousted by the Military

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43

Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

Settlement Construction

23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015

The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba

21 February 2016

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

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump

22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017

Israel Begins Public Normalization Push

20 January 2019

The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019

Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Historical Media

The Palestinian Islamic Nation Conference Party

Arab League Warnings

Grand Serai in Ruins

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Highlights

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

III. Late Mandate

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Algerians of Palestine

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

Japan and the Palestine Question

A Policy still Subordinate to the US

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

2012

Places

al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya

al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya

Bayt Umm al-Mays

'Iraq al-Manshiyya

Khirbat al-'Umur

Khirbat al-Lawz

Khirbat al-Sarkas

Khirbat Ism Allah

Khirbat Umm Burj

Mansurat al-Khayt