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Biographies

Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
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
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Historical Texts

Document
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
Document
Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative
16 September 1922
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
Fatah First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
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Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups
16 January 2009
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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009

Events

Event
Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
Event
Israel Invades Egypt
29 October 1956
Event
Pressures and Assurances to Israel on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza
20 February 1957 - 1 March 1957
Event
Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai
7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957
Event
5th Arab Summit Meets in Rabat and Ends in Failure
21 December 1969 - 23 December 1969
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Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Amman
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
Event
Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait
3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991
Event
The Gulf War
17 January 1991 - 28 February 1991
Event
President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War
6 March 1991
Event
20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
Event
Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference
16 July 2007
Event
War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza
16 January 2009
Event
Trilateral Agreement for a Red Sea-Dead Sea Link
9 December 2013

Highlights

Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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
Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
Highlight
Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Periods

Period
XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock