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1859 - 21 July 1921

1868 - October 1930

Freih Abu Middein

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1882 - 22 April 1942

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

1923 - 12 May 2004

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

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

16 September 1922

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)

27 January 2001

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

25 September 2009

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

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

12 January 2021

Events

Foundation of Tel Aviv

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

Led by George Habash, Arab Nationalist Activists on the Way to Structure Their Movement

1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952

Escalation Across Jordanian-Israeli Lines

10 September 1956 - 26 September 1956

The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem

27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967

Assassination Attempt of Wadi Haddad in Beirut

October War, 4th Day

Assassination Attempt of PLO Senior Leadership in Beirut

Wadi Haddad Dies in Berlin, East Germany

Sabra and Shatila Massacres

16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982

Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem

19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995

Land Expropriation in Jerusalem

27 April 1995 - 3 May 1995

Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts

10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999

Assassination of Yusuf Abu Hin in Gaza City

Assassination of Muhammad Daghmash and Rawi Abu Kumayl in Gaza City

Assassination of Fuad Lidawi in Gaza City

In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza

2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004

Assassination of Wael Talab Nassar in Gaza City

Assassination of Ra'fat Abu Assi and Hazim Irhayim in Gaza City

Assassination of Nabil Sa'eedi and Rabah Zaqqout in Gaza City

20 September 2004

Assassination of Rawad Fathi Farahat and Nafez Abu Hussein in Gaza City

24 September 2005

Assassination of Muhammad Shaykh Khalil and Nasr Barhum in Gaza City

25 September 2005

Assassination of Adnan Bustan and Jihad Sawafiri in Gaza City

5 February 2006

Assassination of Munir Sukkar and Ashraf Shallouf in Gaza City

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis

July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon

11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues

15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006

Assassination of Ahmed Ashour and Ahmed Arqan in Rafah

5 September 2006

Assassination of Aed al-Bashiti and Ali al-Nashar in Rafah

5 September 2006

Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza

1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006

Assassination of Ahmad Awad and Ramzi Shuhaybir in Gaza City

8 November 2006

Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration

Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa

4 December 2007

Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans

9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble

31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre

8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008

War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1

27 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

War on Gaza, Day 12

War on Gaza, Day 13

War on Gaza, Day 14

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 18

13 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer

14 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque

27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion

12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8

13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction

20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20

23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24

28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

Settlement Construction

30 January 2015

With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories

13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015

Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif

16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017

The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit

14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018

Opening of the “Apartheid Road”

10 January 2019

Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood

16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019

Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya

1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019

Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir

Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza City

12 November 2019

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

The May 2021 Gaza War

10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7

Historical Media

Importation of a Military Industry

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

Lebanon War, 1982

A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Israeli Military

The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Marka Refugee Camp

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Places

Wadi al-Hawarith