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As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Jurji Habib Hanania

1878 - 29 June 1950

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

George Antonius

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1939 - 19 August 2014

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Palin Commission Report

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

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

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

11 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

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

8 November 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

UNGA Resolution 393 (V)

2 December 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

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Basic Law of the PLO

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

UNGA Resolution 2443 (XXIII)

19 December 1968

9 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)

17 September 1978

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

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

28 January 1980

Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem

President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker

Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

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

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

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

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip

PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

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

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

10 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

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

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

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

25 September 2009

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

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

30 September 2015

Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

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

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

28 February 2019

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Press Remarks On Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

Events

Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council

20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Series of Zionist Attacks

2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Anti-Israeli Demonstrations in Jordan

21 October 1953

Reservations of Lebanon, Kuwait and Libya to the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States

Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle

7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967

Palestinians Are Arrested by Israeli Authorities

Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

October War, 3rd Day

October War, From the 6th to 10th Day

11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973

Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle

17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973

Premeditated Israeli Air Attack Against Palestinians in Lebanon

2 December 1975

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

Venice Declaration

Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities

2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984

Jordanian Parliament Revived

9 January 1984 - 18 January 1984

Resumption of Diplomatic Activity

30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988

1st Negotiation Round, Madrid

3 November 1991

Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

20 January 1996

Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations

23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998

Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round

30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000

The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session

12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000

Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape

26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

Assassination of Mu'tasim Makhluf in Anabta

Assassination of Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

21 October 2004

Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership

11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004

Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim

21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005

Ongoing Israeli Raids: Operation First Rain

23 September 2005 - 2 October 2005

Assassination of Shadi Suhail Muhanna and Muhammad Ahmad Kandeel in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

27 October 2005

Assassination of Amjad al-Ajami and Muhammad Atik in Jenin Refugee Camp

July War: A Balance Sheet

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands

28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008

Hamas Proposes a Comprehensive Cease-Fire

War on Gaza, Day 12

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side

21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem

14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010

Assassination of Ismail al-Asmar in Rafah

Assassination of Issam al-Batsh in Gaza City

8 December 2011

23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad

Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israeli Settlement Expansion

31 January 2014 - 7 February 2014

Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure

19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014

Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza

8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014

The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet

3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee Reactivated

15 January 2017

Israel Races for Settlement Activities with an Eye on Trump

22 January 2017 - 1 February 2017

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected

10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019

US Peace Plan – Israeli Reaction

29 January 2020 - 9 February 2020

US Erases the 4-June Line

28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

Israel Demolishes Parts of al-Yusufiya Cemetery to Make Space for Biblical Park

17 October 2021 - 29 October 2021

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

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

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The Algerians of Palestine

The Bosnians of Palestine

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Historical Media

Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing