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1859 - 21 July 1921

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

1875 - 9 February 1949

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Rafiq al-Tamimi

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1894 - 19 March 1949

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 21 May 1985

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

1923 - 12 May 2004

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1927 - 13 January 2005

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

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth

1860 - 1948

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Palin Commission Report

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

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative

16 September 1922

Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”

1 December 1930

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

The Murison Commission Report

National Bloc Party: Bylaws

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Ad Hoc Political Committee Resolution on Israel’s Application for UN Membership

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

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

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

9 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference

1 September 1975

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference

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

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza

31 January 1982

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 September 1982

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

The London Agreement

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly

14 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker

5 November 1989

PLO “Assumptions” with Regard to Baker's Five Points

1 December 1989

Note by the S.C. President: On the International Conference for Peace in the Middle East

20 December 1990

President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East

Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)

13 September 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

UNSC Resolution 904

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

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

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

UNGA Resolution 58/292

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

25 September 2009

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War

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

Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018

Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People

Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance

26 December 2018

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

28 February 2019

President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel

Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

12 February 2020

Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)

11 January 2021

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

Events

Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)

Palin Commission of Inquiry

12 April 1920 - 1 July 1920

Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall

23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party

With Mounting Tension In and Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel

3 April 1955 - 27 September 1955

11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973

Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon

28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981

Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon

South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken

21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982

Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon

15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982

PLO Debates Withdrawal

16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982

PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan

29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982

Resumption of Diplomatic Activity

30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988

Multilateral Talks

29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

33rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

23 December 1997 - 26 December 1997

July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

The Goldstone Report and Palestinian Erratic Decision-Making

29 September 2009 - 16 October 2009

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

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War

28 February 2017

President Trump's Visit to Israel

22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank

22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019

COVID-19 Hits Palestine

5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020

Israel Uses COVID-19 Against Palestinians

21 March 2020 - 22 September 2020

PA Issues Building Permits in Area C

US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

Historical Media

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Arab League Warnings

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

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

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

Marka Refugee Camp

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel