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Events
Event
Acre under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani Challenges Direct Ottoman Rule
1746 - 1775
Event
Acre Under Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar
1775 - 1804
Event
Palestinians Clash with Settlers of Sejera Colony
3 April 1909 - 12 April 1909
Event
Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem
31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917
Event
Formal Entry of General Allenby into Jerusalem
11 December 1917
Event
Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine
16 April 1918
Event
General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
Event
Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened
11 December 1931
Event
The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Event
Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Event
Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
Event
4th Arab Summit Convenes in Khartoum
29 August 1967 - 1 September 1967
Event
The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
Event
Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage
20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993
Event
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo
4 May 1994
Event
Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement
19 April 2001
Event
George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East
24 June 2002
Event
Another PLO Central Council Meeting Within Four Weeks
18 July 2007
Event
Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production
9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008
Event
Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem
10 January 2008
Event
Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza
30 January 2008
Event
Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement
14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014
Event
A Doubtful Israel-Palestinian Postal Service Memorandum of Understanding
4 September 2016 - 15 August 2018
Biographies
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966
Historical Texts
Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
Document
Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem
11 December 1917
Document
Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
Document
Charter of the Arab Youth Congress
4 January 1932
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine
1 October 1948
Document
Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
14 March 1951
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
Document
UNGA Resolution 2628 (XXV)
4 November 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
Document
Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
Document
UNSC Resolution 316
26 June 1972
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898
5 December 1975
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
UNSC Resolution 465
1 March 1980
Document
Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
Document
Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
Document
King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
UNGA Resolution 52/250
13 July 1998
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
Document
Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 2005
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements
18 November 2019
Document
Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates
13 August 2020
Document
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
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Historical Media
Document
Jaffa Road during a General Strike
August 1929
Document
Continuing Exodus: Jordan River
February 1968
Document
Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing
2012
Document
Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012
Highlights
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
Highlight
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
Highlight
Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
Periods
Period
XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock
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