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Biographies

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

George Antonius

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

1923 - 12 May 2004

1925 - 10 April 1973

1928 - 1 September 2020

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration

2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Israeli Intelligence Report on the Depopulation of Palestine until 31 May 1948

Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval

17 December 1948

Republic of China Recognizes Israel; People’s Republic Revokes Recognition of Israel

1 March 1949 - 9 January 1950

Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously

Israel's Foreign Ministry Moves to Jerusalem

10 July 1953 - 12 July 1953

Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut

The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN

25 February 1975

Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya

1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980

Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome

ICJ on US Treaty Obligations and the US Position on the PLO Office in New York

9 March 1988 - 11 March 1988

8th Negotiation Round, Washington

7 December 1992 - 16 December 1992

Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem

19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995

Palestinian Efforts to Stop Anti-Israeli Attacks: An Informal One-Month Truce

17 January 2005 - 26 January 2005

Hamas Operation Dispel Illusion: Capture of Gilad Shalit

25 June 2006 - 1 July 2006

Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord

28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007

International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts

2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza

30 January 2008

War on Gaza, Day 13

Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza

Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed

12 November 2009

The Knesset passes the Law on Disclosure Requirements for Recipients of Support from a Foreign State Entity

The Knesset Passes Israeli Prisons Law (Amendment No. 40) (Meetings with Lawyers)

Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo

A Joint Lebanese-Palestinian Civil Document Is Launched

UNHRC Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank

10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016

Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem

18 December 2017

PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA

26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019

International and Palestinian Responses to Israel’s Annexation Plans

18 May 2020 - 23 June 2020

Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State

12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5

Historical Texts

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

Palin Commission Report

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

The Murison Commission Report

Peel Commission Report

British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

Pact of the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

The Grady-Morrison Plan

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UNSC Resolution 46

UNSC Resolution 48

Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties

UNSC Resolution 54

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

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

UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Basic Law of the PLO

UNSC Resolution 228

25 November 1966

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

UNSC Resolution 267

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

UNSC Resolution 316

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNSC Resolution 381

30 November 1975

The Koenig Memorandum

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

UNSC Resolution 465

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 September 1982

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

UNSC Resolution 681

20 December 1990

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

UNGA Resolution ES-10/3

UNGA Resolution 52/250

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

UNSC Resolution 1322

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)

27 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

UNSC Resolution 1405

Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385

20 December 2002

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/17

24 January 2007

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

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance

26 December 2018

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda On Opening an Investigation into War Crimes in Palestine

20 December 2019

HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

Highlights

XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses