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Biographies

Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
Document
San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
Document
The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel
8 December 1977
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241
21 March 1997
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004

Events

Event
Establishment of the Reform Party
18 June 1935
Event
Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
Event
Zionist Military Preparations
14 January 1948 - 20 February 1948
Event
Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Jordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
Event
Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York
26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001
Event
PFLP Hijack Operations
6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970
Event
Black September Hijack Operation
8 May 1972
Event
Attempted Assassination of Anis Sayigh in Beirut
19 July 1972
Event
Failed Attempt to Open a PLO Information Office in Washington
19 November 1976
Event
Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories Express their Dissatisfaction with Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
8 December 1977
Event
Committee Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
14 July 1980 - 15 July 1980
Event
US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel
23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990
Event
13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman
27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001
Event
Assassination of Said Issa Siam in Khan Yunis
17 July 2005
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Shihada, Ahmad Balbul, Imad Kamel and Issa Marzouk in Bethlehem
12 March 2008
Event
Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
Event
Assassination of Issam al-Batsh in Gaza City
8 December 2011
Event
Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons
19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013
Event
Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza
8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014
Event
With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
Event
Palestinian Teachers Go on Strike in the West Bank
7 February 2016 - 12 March 2016
Event
Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
Event
Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya
1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019
Event
Towards a Unity Intifada
23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry