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Biographies

Biography
Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
1842 - 1906
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Leila Shahid
13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Historical Texts

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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
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MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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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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The Haganah: Plan Gimmel (Plan C): Section on Countermeasures
May 1946
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
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UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan
3 September 1947
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UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan
3 September 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
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UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine
16 February 1948
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Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1948
15 March 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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UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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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
14 March 1951
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UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
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UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
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UNSC Resolution 171
9 April 1962
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement
30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
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Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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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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Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 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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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 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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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
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UNSC Resolution 681
20 December 1990
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President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
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U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
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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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Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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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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President Clinton Proposals on Israeli‑Palestinian Peace
23 December 2000
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Palestinian Response to President Clinton Proposals
1 January 2001
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Israel’s Response to President Clinton Proposals
3 January 2001
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 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 Durban Declaration
8 September 2001
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UNSC Resolution 1405
19 April 2002
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Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
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Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal
1 March 2005
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Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
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Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
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EU’s Decision on a Border Assistance Mission to Rafah
12 December 2005
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UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
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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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UNGA Resolution ES-18
23 January 2009
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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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China's Four-Point Proposal for Settlement of Palestinian Question
6 May 2013
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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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Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities
24 March 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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Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
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UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
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Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020
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Abraham Accords: Treaty of Peace Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
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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
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ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine
5 February 2021
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Framework for Cooperation between UNRWA and the USA, 2021-2022
14 July 2021
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Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC
9 May 2022
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US-Israel Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership
14 July 2022
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UNGA Resolution 77/247
30 December 2022

Events

Event
Land Settlement Ordinance No. 9
30 May 1928
Event
Egypt's War of Attrition
8 March 1969 - 7 August 1970
Event
Effects of the Siege of Gaza on Private Sector Production
9 December 2007 - 9 January 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks
10 January 2009
Event
The 2014 Gaza War
7 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
A Lebanese Government Readiness to Facilitate Licensing of Palestinian Associations
26 August 2014
Event
Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations
22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Military Operations and Zionist Ethnic Cleansing
1946 - 1949

Highlights

Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
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The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
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Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Shatila Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
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Japan and the Palestine Question
A Policy still Subordinate to the US
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Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
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Jerash Refugee Camp (Gaza Camp)
Jordan
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Zarqa Refugee Camp
Jordan
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XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993

Places

Place
al-Bassa
Place
al-Farradiyya
Place
al-Jura
Place
al-Khisas
Place
al-Sarafand
Place
Dayr 'Amr
Place
Hittin
Place
'Islin
Place
Lubya
Place
Ma'lul
Place
Qadas
Place
Qisarya
Place
Sataf
Place
Wadi al-Hawarith
Place
Deir Yasin