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Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Events

Event
Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq
July 1872
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Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
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Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah
10 March 1948
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Second Phase of the Palestine War: Zionist Offensive
10 March 1948 - 15 May 1948
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Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
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Israel Enacts the Emergency Regulations (Security Zones)
24 April 1949 - 27 July 1949
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The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem
27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967
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The Knesset Amends the Municipal Corporations Ordinance to Extend Area of West Jerusalem Municipality
27 June 1967 - 29 June 1967
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A Probable Israeli Nuclear Test Explosion in the Ocean near South Africa
22 September 1979
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Draft UNGA A/44/L.50 to Construe Designation Palestine as the State of Palestine Withdrawn Due to US Threat against UN
6 December 1989
Event
Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
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Disengagement: Israeli-Egyptian Protocol on Gaza-Egypt Border
1 September 2005 - 12 September 2005
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The Deceptive Settlement Freeze
26 November 2009 - 5 January 2010
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Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt
31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015
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The Quartet Issues a Report on the Impediments to Palestinian-Israeli Settlement
1 July 2016
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Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations
22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Historical Texts

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Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
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Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
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Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
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Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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UNGA Resolution 303
9 December 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
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UNSC Resolution 242
22 November 1967
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
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Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970
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UNSC Resolution 298
25 September 1971
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria
31 May 1974
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022
24 March 1976
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
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Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
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The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
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Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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UNGA Resolution 52/250
13 July 1998
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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
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Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
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PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
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President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
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Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry
30 January 2008
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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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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021

Highlights

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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Palestinian Labor in Israel
A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance