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Biographies
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Qudsia Khourshid
5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Events
Event
Emerging Palestinian Identity and Arab Nationalism
1905 - 1914
Event
Young Turk Revolution
23 July 1908
Event
Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
Event
Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
Event
Palestinians Clash with Settlers of Sejera Colony
3 April 1909 - 12 April 1909
Event
Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law
16 August 1909
Event
The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published
8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917
Event
The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo
7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938
Event
Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved
1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950
Event
The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
Event
Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
Event
Fatah and the Palestinian Entity
June 1960
Event
Fatah Issues Its First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
Event
3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
Event
6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969
Event
PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
Event
1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970
Event
8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971
Event
Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly
13 November 1974
Event
Plane Hijacked to Entebbe
27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976
Event
Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris
3 August 1978
Event
Islamic Revolution in Iran
11 February 1979
Event
PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
Event
A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus
23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
Event
Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
4 December 2016
Historical Media
Document
Young Turks Revolution
July 1908
Historical Texts
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Fatah First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
Document
Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
Document
Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement
13 July 1971
Document
Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 September 1982
Document
Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
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
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada
18 May 2021
Highlights
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
Highlight
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
Highlight
Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
Highlight
Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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