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Biographies

Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Events

Event
The Arab Congress Meets in Paris
17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913
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Palin Commission of Inquiry
12 April 1920 - 1 July 1920
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Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet
15 May 1920
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4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921
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12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)
1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921
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Land Settlement Ordinance No. 9
30 May 1928
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Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
Event
First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937
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Haganah's Plan Gimmel
May 1946
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UNGA 106 (S-1): Creation of a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)
15 May 1947
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Fighting Around Jerusalem
12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948
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Israeli Intelligence Report on the Depopulation of Palestine until 31 May 1948
30 June 1948
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Jordan Issues National Guard Law
17 January 1950
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SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice
24 November 1953
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London Conference on Suez
16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956
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Al-Aqsa Mosque Is Set on Fire
21 August 1969
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Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
Event
The Knesset Issues Amendment 1 to Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance
30 July 1980
Event
Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented
20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982
Event
Anti-Israeli Attacks and Inter-Palestinian Tension
2 April 1995 - 19 April 1995
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Israel Launches Operation Grapes of Wrath Against Lebanon
11 April 1996 - 26 April 1996
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Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked
10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997
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Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
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Operation Days of Penitence
29 September 2004 - 15 October 2004
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Israel’s Campaign Against Non-ID Holders in the West Bank
1 April 2006 - 6 September 2006
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Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
21st Arab Summit Meets in Doha
30 March 2009
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC
30 December 2014
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Smaller-Scale Palestinian-Israeli Violence and Israeli Repression Continue
1 January 2016 - 30 June 2016
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100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
1 November 2017 - 2 November 2017
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UN Human Rights Council Establishes Commission into Israel’s Attacks on the Great March of Return Protesters
18 May 2018
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UNGA Res. ES-10/20 Calls for the Protection of the Palestinian Civilian Population
13 June 2018
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UNGA Res. 73/5 Accords Privileges to Palestine as Chair of Group of 77 for 2019
16 October 2018
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Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
15 December 2018
Event
UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations
29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019
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ICC Rules that it has Jurisdiction in Occupied Palestinian Territories; Investigation Announced
5 February 2021 - 2 April 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 10
19 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11
20 May 2021
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021

Historical Texts

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San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
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UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
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UNSC Resolution 111
19 January 1956
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UNSC Resolution 171
9 April 1962
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UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
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Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
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UNSC Resolution 316
26 June 1972
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Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119
29 June 1976
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Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 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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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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UNGA Resolution ES-9/1
5 February 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2
25 June 1982
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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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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459
12 September 1985
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
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UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
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Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
Document
UNSC Resolution 904
18 March 1994
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
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UNSC Resolution 1073
28 September 1996
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/3
15 July 1997
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UNGA Resolution 52/250
13 July 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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Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
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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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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
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Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations
23 September 2011
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UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
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Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration
17 December 2014
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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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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UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
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Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
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Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2017/1060
18 December 2017
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/19
21 December 2017
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
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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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HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021

Highlights

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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw