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Historical Texts

Document
Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem
8 February 1852
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Shaw Commission Report
12 March 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949

Biographies

Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Events

Event
Balfour Declaration Is Made
2 November 1917
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al-Buraq / Western Wall: Palestinians Rise up in Protest Against Zionist Provocations
15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929
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The British Form a Commission of Inquiry on Disturbances at al-Buraq / Western Wall
13 September 1929
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Shaw Commission Report on al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances
12 March 1930
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John Hope Simpson Sent to Palestine to Investigate Questions of Immigration, Land Settlement and Development
2 May 1930
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White Paper (Passfield) of 1930 Is Published
20 October 1930
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Stern Gang Assassinates Lord Moyne in Cairo
6 November 1944

Highlights

Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

Places

Place
al-Faluja