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Edification and Restoration Works of Sultan Suleiman in Jerusalem

The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front

1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915

The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem

13 January 1938

Arab Liberation Army Organized

1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948

Israeli Intelligence Report on the Depopulation of Palestine until 31 May 1948

Renewal of Egyptian-Israeli Clashes

22 August 1955 - 4 September 1955

Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya

4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956

Fatah Guerrilla Resistance in the West Bank

Palestinians Reorganize

11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968

First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic

Guerrilla Resistance in Gaza Strip

Israeli Military Confrontation with Jordan and Palestinian Guerrillas

14 February 1968 - 15 February 1968

4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969

Israel Retaliates Against South Lebanon

12 May 1969 - 13 May 1969

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley

22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970

Palestinian-Jordanian Clashes

6 June 1970 - 10 June 1970

Sharon's Pacification of Gaza

August 1970 - December 1971

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

Jordanian Army Tightens Control

1 October 1970 - 23 July 1971

9th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

7 July 1971 - 13 July 1971

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

25 February 1972 - 28 February 1972

Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon

21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972

Violent Israeli Retaliation in South Lebanon

16 September 1972 - 17 September 1972

Black September Operation in Khartoum

1 March 1973 - 4 March 1973

Muhammad al-Aswad Is Killed in Gaza

October War, From the 6th to 10th Day

11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973

Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon

5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975

Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"

11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978

Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon

10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981

Israeli Planes Attack PLO Headquarters in Tunis; Arafat Narrowly Escapes

25 September 1985 - 1 October 1985

Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted

9 December 1988

US Response to the Israeli Invasion

4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem

18 December 2017

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Jurji Habib Hanania

Raghib al-Nashashibi

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Mu‘in al-Madi

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

Rajeh al-Salfiti

1921 - 27 May 1990

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

1934 - 14 September 2021

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

1938 - 16 December 2020

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)

14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Palin Commission Report

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)

1 September 1922

Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

16 September 1922

The Hope Simpson Report

Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

1 December 1930

Communiqué: Formation of the Arab Independence Party; the Party Bylaws (in Arabic)

The Murison Commission Report

National Defense Party: Objectives (in Arabic)

2 December 1934

Proposed New Constitution for Palestine

22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935

The Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report

9 November 1938

MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1946

Arab Summit Resolutions, Anshas (in Arabic)

The Grady-Morrison Plan

UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan

3 September 1947

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine

16 February 1948

SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA ٍSpecial Session on Future Palestine Government

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948

16 September 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

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

UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)

5 November 1963

Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution

Speech by Jordan’s King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East

4 December 1975

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)

17 September 1978

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

The Golan Heights Law

14 December 1981

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

7 February 1983

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 9

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1988: Concluding Statement (in Arabic)

7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988

President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East

UNSC Resolution 694

U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel

18 October 1991

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

President Clinton Proposals on Israeli‑Palestinian Peace

23 December 2000

Palestinian Response to President Clinton Proposals

The Mitchell Report

Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East

Fifteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Sixteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

EU’s Decision on a Border Assistance Mission to Rafah

12 December 2005

PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

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

6 February 2017

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

12 February 2020

Abraham Accords: Treaty of Peace Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine

5 February 2021

Historical Media

Palestine and Oil

Welcoming Guerrillas

Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

Death of The Shepherd Boy Fathi, Third Wave of Killing

Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing

Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing

Highlights

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

The Judaization of the Galilee

A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestinian Communist Movement

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Shatila Refugee Camp

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

The Algerians of Palestine

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944

From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

Zarqa Refugee Camp

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Aida Refugee Camp

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Periods

VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement

Places

al-Ras al-Ahmar

Khirbat al-Muntar

Khirbat Karraza

Wadi al-Hawarith