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Biographies
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
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
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Events
Event
Foundation of Tel Aviv
11 April 1909
Event
Report of the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry on Jaffa Disturbances
10 August 1921
Event
Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
Event
The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem
27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967
Event
October War, 4th Day
9 October 1973
Event
Sabra and Shatila Massacres
16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982
Event
Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem
19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995
Event
Land Expropriation in Jerusalem
27 April 1995 - 3 May 1995
Event
Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts
10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999
Event
Assassination of Yusuf Abu Hin in Gaza City
1 May 2003
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Daghmash and Rawi Abu Kumayl in Gaza City
11 June 2003
Event
Assassination of Fuad Lidawi in Gaza City
13 June 2003
Event
In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza
2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004
Event
Assassination of Wael Talab Nassar in Gaza City
30 May 2004
Event
Assassination of Ra'fat Abu Assi and Hazim Irhayim in Gaza City
22 July 2004
Event
Assassination of Nabil Sa'eedi and Rabah Zaqqout in Gaza City
20 September 2004
Event
Assassination of Rawad Fathi Farahat and Nafez Abu Hussein in Gaza City
24 September 2005
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Shaykh Khalil and Nasr Barhum in Gaza City
25 September 2005
Event
Assassination of Adnan Bustan and Jihad Sawafiri in Gaza City
5 February 2006
Event
Assassination of Munir Sukkar and Ashraf Shallouf in Gaza City
6 March 2006
Event
Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis
8 April 2006
Event
July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues
15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006
Event
Assassination of Ahmed Ashour and Ahmed Arqan in Rafah
5 September 2006
Event
Assassination of Aed al-Bashiti and Ali al-Nashar in Rafah
5 September 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza
1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006
Event
Assassination of Ahmad Awad and Ramzi Shuhaybir in Gaza City
8 November 2006
Event
Palestinians in Jaffa Protest Eviction Plans of Israel Land Administration
27 April 2007
Event
Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa
4 December 2007
Event
Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans
9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre
8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1
27 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet
3 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 12
7 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 13
8 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 14
9 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 18
13 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer
14 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
Event
Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque
27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem
21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010
Event
Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 6−8
13 July 2014 - 15 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 25: Breakdown of 72-Hour Cease-Fire Due to Activation of the Hannibal Directive
1 August 2014
Event
Renewal of Settlement Activity
31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014
Event
Settlement Construction
30 January 2015
Event
With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
Event
Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
Event
The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
Event
Opening of the “Apartheid Road”
10 January 2019
Event
Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood
16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019
Event
Israeli Harassment and Mass Arrests in Issawiyya
1 June 2019 - 1 September 2019
Event
Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir
22 July 2019
Event
Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza City
12 November 2019
Event
Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021
Event
Towards a Unity Intifada
23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
Event
The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7
16 May 2021
Historical Media
Document
Importation of a Military Industry
1948
Highlights
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?
2017-
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
Highlight
Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
Highlight
Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
Highlight
Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Historical Texts
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
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