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Biographies

Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Historical Texts

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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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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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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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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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Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
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Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
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Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
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Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration
17 December 2014
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020

Events

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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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Correction of Land Registers Ordinance, No. 12
16 February 1926
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Palestinian Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
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Fighting Around Jerusalem
12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948
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Arab Gains in Gush Etzion
3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948
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The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
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US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia
22 March 1989
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Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution
5 October 1995
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The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
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Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks
16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000
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Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions
10 August 2001
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Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005
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Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis
1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006
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Olmert's Separation Plan
5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006
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Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank
14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008
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Israel Approves Settlement Expansion
2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011
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Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 3
16 November 2012
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Surge in Settlement Expansion
30 November 2012 - 10 February 2013
Event
For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion
6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014
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Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
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Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination
6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017
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Conditions Worsen for Palestinian Prisoners
2 January 2019 - 12 May 2019
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Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration
31 December 2019

Historical Media

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Arab Gains
12 May 1948

Highlights

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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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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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Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps