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Biographies

Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Anwar Nusseibeh
1913 - 22 November 1986
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Qasim al-Rimawi
11 January 1918 - 29 April 1982
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Rajeh al-Salfiti
1921 - 27 May 1990
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Events

Event
Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line
31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892
Event
Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company in Jaffa
7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903
Event
8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague
14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907
Event
Provisional Law Concerning the Right of Certain Corporate Bodies to Own Immovable Property, 22 Rabi' al-awwal 1331
1 March 1913
Event
Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
Event
Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially
January 1935
Event
Start of General Strike and Armed Resistance
7 May 1936 - 31 May 1936
Event
The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem
13 January 1938
Event
Irgun Attacks Against Palestinians Intensify
July 1938 - August 1938
Event
Arab League Meets in Bludan and Reacts to the Recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
8 June 1946 - 12 June 1946
Event
Arab League Meeting on Palestine in Aley, Lebanon
7 October 1947 - 15 October 1947
Event
Zionist Attacks
15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948
Event
Fighting Around Jerusalem
12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948
Event
Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Arab Gains in Gush Etzion
3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948
Event
Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
Event
Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
Event
London Conference on Suez
16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956
Event
Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property
31 July 1967
Event
Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972
Event
October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
Event
Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle
17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973
Event
6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers
26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973
Event
Arab Oil Embargo Is Lifted
8 March 1974
Event
Sinai II Agreement Reached
20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975
Event
9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
Event
The Knesset Issues Amendment 16 to the Planning and Building Law, 1965
12 February 1981
Event
Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon
10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981
Event
Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996
Event
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
Event
Toward a Protracted Confrontation
10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000
Event
Operation Bronze and Escalation
7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001
Event
US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001
Event
Assassination of Mahmud Titi in Balata Refugee Camp
22 May 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters
5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Sidr in Hebron
14 August 2003
Event
Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step
8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005
Event
After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence
27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005
Event
Assassination of Hassan Asfour and Rami Hannoun East of Jabaliya Refugee Camp
6 February 2006
Event
Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis
1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006
Event
Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006
Event
Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow
30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006
Event
Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza
29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006
Event
July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah
13 July 2006
Event
July War: Diplomacy Paralyzed by the US
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
Event
Major Israeli Operation in Nablus
19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone
2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza
1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006
Event
The Battle of Nahr el-Bared
20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007
Event
War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones
5 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
Event
Another Spate of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza
17 June 2012 - 23 June 2012
Event
Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2
15 November 2012
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2
9 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10
16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: Israel Launches Ground Invasion (Phase II)
17 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive
1 August 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
26 August 2014
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products
9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015
Event
Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst
4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015
Event
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest
25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018
Event
Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
Event
Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure
19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca
30 May 2019
Event
The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank
22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019
Event
Creeping Normalization
19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020
Event
Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives
25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021
Event
Facebook Censors Palestinians
24 May 2021 - 15 October 2021
Event
Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements
5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021

Historical Texts

Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
Document
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
Document
Shaw Commission Report
12 March 1930
Document
The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
Document
National Fund: Establishment of Company to Save the Lands of Palestine (in Arabic)
11 October 1932
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
Document
The Haganah: Plan Gimmel (Plan C): Section on Countermeasures
May 1946
Document
UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
Document
Text of Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section
10 March 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
Document
Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions
1 September 1967
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process
17 October 2005
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-18
23 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities
24 March 2016
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020
Document
Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022

Historical Media

Document
Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
Document
Palestine and Oil
1936
Document
Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
circa 1940
Document
Land in Jewish Possession, 1944
31 December 1944

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
October 1973 War
1973 - 1974

Highlights

Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers Before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Highlight
Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
Highlight
Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question Before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
Highlight
Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
Highlight
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
Highlight
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
Highlight
The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest
Highlight
The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem
Highlight
Japan and the Palestine Question
A Policy still Subordinate to the US
Highlight
Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
Highlight
Jerash Refugee Camp (Gaza Camp)
Jordan
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era
2000-2006
Highlight
XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
Highlight
Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
Highlight
Brazil and the Palestine Question
Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Places

Place
'Amqa
Place
Abu al-Fadl
Place
al-Ghabisiyya
Place
al-Jalama
Place
al-Kafrayn
Place
al-Lajjun
Place
al-Latrun
Place
al-Maliha
Place
al-Mas'udiyya
Place
al-Nabi Yusha'
Place
al-Nuqayb
Place
al-Tabigha
Place
al-Tall
Place
al-Tira
Place
'Ammuqa
Place
'Arab al-Shamalina
Place
'Artuf
Place
Balad al-Shaykh
Place
Bayt Nabala
Place
Bayt Tima
Place
Burayr
Place
Daniyal
Place
Dayr 'Amr
Place
Dayr al-Hawa
Place
Hawsha
Place
Hulayqat
Place
'Ibdis
Place
Indur
Place
Ishwa'
Place
Jaba'
Place
al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
Place
al-Jammasin al-Sharqi
Place
Kawkaba
Place
Kharruba
Place
Khubbayza
Place
Kuwaykat
Place
Lubya
Place
Ma'lul
Place
Mirun
Place
Mughr al-Khayt
Place
al-Na'ima
Place
Rantiya
Place
Safsaf
Place
Sajad
Place
Salama
Place
Saliha
Place
Samakh
Place
Sarafand al-Kharab
Place
Shilta
Place
Suba
Place
Umm Khalid
Place
Wadi 'Ara
Place
Wadi Hunayn
Place
Yazur
Place
al-Zanghariyya
Place
Abu Shusha
Place
al-Khalisa
Place
Deir Yasin
Place
Danna
Place
al-Bira
Place
Kawkab al-Hawa