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Biographies

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

George Antonius

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Events

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

Establishment of the Reform Party

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Massacre in Deir Yasin

9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem

8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

A Massacre in al-Dawayima

29 October 1948

Kafr Qasim Massacre

29 October 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Palestinians in Israel Stage a General Strike to Protest the Kafr Qasim Massacre

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

Shaykh Ahmad Yasin's Islamic Center Is Established in Gaza

7 September 1973

Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation

1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976

Israel Invades Along the Central Axis

6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982

Lebanon War Casualties

1 September 1982 - 11 October 1982

Sabra and Shatila Massacres

16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982

Israel Withdraws from Beirut and the Multinational Force Returns

23 September 1982 - 29 September 1982

Kahan Report on the Sabra-Shatila Massacres

7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983

Palestinians Hijack an Israeli Bus Toward Gaza

Commemorating the Sabra-Shatila Massacres

17 September 1984

Closure of Bethlehem University

28 October 1987

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

Ahmad Yasin Arrested

Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon

13 December 1992 - 17 December 1992

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

Hebron Massacre

25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994

SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron

Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released

25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997

Grave Escalation from Both Sides

9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002

Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip

19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002

Assassination Attempt of Hamas Leadership, Including Ahmad Yasin, in Gaza City

6 September 2003

Palestinian Peace Gestures

1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004

Assassination of Trad Jamal, Ibrahim Dayri, and Ammar Hassan near Deir al-Balah

Assassination of Ahmad Yasin in Gaza City

Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan

15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004

Assassination of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City

Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step

8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls

25 January 2006

Israeli Operations Resume

3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006

Assassination of Habib Ashur and Imad Yasin in Gaza City

New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza

11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006

July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes

30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006

Assassination of Mubarak Hasanat in Deir al-Balah

23 October 2007

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1

27 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties

War on Gaza, Day 14

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 18

13 January 2009

Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire

27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009

Assassination of Muhammad al-Dayah, Abdullah Lubbad, and Isma‘il Lubbad in Deir al-Balah

Assassination of Khaled al-Shaer in Deir al-Balah

16 November 2012

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata

12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019

Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron

1 December 2019

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

Historical Texts

Palin Commission Report

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

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine

Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine

Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account

8 November 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

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

7 February 1983

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

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

13 December 1988

UNSC Resolution 904

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering

1 November 2017

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

28 February 2019

Highlights

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

The Judaization of the Galilee

A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Lebanon War, 1982

A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Places

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Lebanon War, 1982

1982 - 1983

Periods

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

Historical Media

Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing

Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing