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About

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Biographies

1868 - October 1930

1880 - 16 June 1946

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1928 - 1 September 2020

Events

Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Assassination of Iyad Batat in Bayt Awa

13 December 1999

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt

31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

Historical Texts

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Marka Refugee Camp

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The Algerians of Palestine

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Places

Khirbat Bayt Lid

Bayt Umm al-Mays

Khirbat Bayt Far