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Biographies

Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Historical Texts

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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929
12 March 1930
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Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021

Events

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Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce
24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948
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Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Egypt Restricts Passage Through Strait of Tiran
11 September 1955
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S-G Report (A/39/130-S/16409), Pursuant to UNGA Res. 38/58 on ME Peace Conference
13 March 1984
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Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
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Operation Days of Penitence
29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004
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Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire
27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009
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Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers
23 January 2011
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Trump's Ambiguous Statement on Palestinian-Israeli Issues after his First Meeting as President with Netanyahu
15 February 2017

Highlights

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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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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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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front