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Biographies
Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Events
Event
Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
7 November 1864
Event
Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
Event
Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives
June 1909 - 2 November 1909
Event
Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul
30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911
Event
First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament
March 1911 - May 1911
Event
Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
Event
Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine
14 May 1914
Event
Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Prelude to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916
Event
Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
Event
French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
Event
Establishment of the National Bloc Party
4 October 1935
Event
The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Event
General Islamic Conference on Palestine, Jerusalem
3 December 1953 - 9 December 1953
Event
The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
Event
British and French Troops Invade Canal Zone
5 November 1956
Event
Black September Hijack Operation
29 October 1972 - 30 October 1972
Event
Syrian Forces Enter Lebanon
31 May 1976
Event
Egypt Decides to Suspend Talks with Israel on Palestinian Autonomy
10 May 1980
Event
Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon
10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981
Event
Israel Invades Along the Central Axis
6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982
Event
Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis
6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982
Event
Operation of Israeli Occupation Forces Against Ayn al-Hilwa
16 May 1984 - 18 May 1984
Event
Israeli Army Withdraws from Saida Region
16 February 1985
Event
The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987
Event
Status of Orient House in Jerusalem
29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994
Event
Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms its Applicability to the OPT
15 July 1999
Event
Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising
30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000
Event
Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect
5 December 2001
Event
Assassination of Said Issa Siam in Khan Yunis
17 July 2005
Event
Assassination of Said Abdul Fattah Abu al-Jedian in Beit Lahiya
2 January 2006
Event
Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
Event
Abbas's Control Over PA Security Forces
5 April 2006 - 11 April 2006
Event
Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza
20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006
Event
Assassination of Mahmud al-Majzub in Sidon
26 May 2006
Event
Assassination of Majid Harazin, Jihad Dahir, Karim Dahdouh, Na'el Tafesh, Ayman al-'Aileh and Ammar Abu-al-Said in Gaza City
17 December 2007
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
Event
Assassination of Eid Oukal in Rafah
5 August 2012
Event
Assassination of Ashraf Sabah and Hisham al-Saidani in Jabaliya Refugee Camp
13 October 2012
Event
Dangerous Surge of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in and across Gaza
14 October 2012 - 13 November 2012
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1
8 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5
11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
Event
The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
4 December 2016
Event
Israel's State Comptroller Publishes Report on Gaza 2014 War
28 February 2017
Event
Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon
14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018
Event
US President Trump Declares Jerusalem “Off the Table”
25 January 2018
Event
US Cuts Aid to Palestinians
24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018
Event
PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA
26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019
Event
Russian Effort on Reconciliation Fails and Hamas-Fatah Relations Further Deteriorate
13 February 2019 - 17 February 2019
Event
Israeli Supreme Court Greenlights Withholding Palestinian Corpses
9 September 2019
Event
Creeping Normalization
19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020
Event
Israel Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign but Excludes Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
19 December 2020 - 22 December 2020
Event
US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes
7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2
11 May 2021
Historical Texts
Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
Document
Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
Document
San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
Document
The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
Document
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
Document
Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”
1 December 1930
Document
MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
Document
Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
Document
Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948
16 September 1948
Document
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
Document
Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account
8 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
Document
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
Document
UNGA Resolution 394 (V)
14 December 1950
Document
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
14 March 1951
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
Document
Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Document
UNSC Resolution 271
15 September 1969
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
Document
Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
Document
Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 1980
Document
President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
Document
Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 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
HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration
17 December 2014
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
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Document
HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021
Highlights
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?
2017-
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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 Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
Highlight
Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
Historical Media
Document
Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012
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