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Historical Texts

Ottoman-French Capitulation, 1673 (in French)

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates

Palin Commission Report

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

31st Arab Summit: Algiers Declaration (in French)

2 November 2022

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth

1860 - 1948

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (1)

2015 - 2048

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (2)

2015 - 2048

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (3)

2015 - 2048

Biographies

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1878 - 29 June 1950

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

1917 - 12 December 2003

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

1928 - 1 September 2020

1936 - 3 August 1978

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Events

Establishment of Foreign Archeological Institutes in Jerusalem

Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line

31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892

Highlights

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

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

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Places