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Biographies

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1868 - October 1930

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

1885 - 19 December 1953

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

1905 - 21 May 1985

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

1936 - 3 August 1978

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

Historical Media

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

Funeral of Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

Israeli Attacks on Jordan

Burning of the al-Aqsa Mosque

Old City of Jerusalem from the Church of the Savior

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Events

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force

12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935

Assassination of King Abdullah

20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952

Al-Aqsa Mosque Is Set on Fire

SC Res. 271: Condemning the Execrable Act of Desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque

15 September 1969

Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem

19 November 1977 - 21 November 1977

Hebron Massacre

25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994

SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron

SC Res. 1073: Calling for the Reversal of all Acts (Opening of Western Wall Tunnel) Aggravating the Situation

28 September 1996

US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes

4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

Assassination of Mahmud Madani in Balata Refugee Camp

19 February 2001

Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance

3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002

Assassination of Muhammad Daghmash and Rawi Abu Kumayl in Gaza City

Assassination of Abdallah Qawasmeh in Hebron

Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders

14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004

Assassination of Ahmad Yasin in Gaza City

Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct

17 October 2005

Israel's Operation Autumn Clouds Against Gaza

1 November 2006 - 12 November 2006

War on Gaza, Day 2

28 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 5

31 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2

Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza

22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009

Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque

27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites

21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010

22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet

22 November 2012

25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction

20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014

Old Cities of Jerusalem and Hebron Inscribed as World Heritage in Danger

4 July 2017 - 7 July 2017

President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron

1 December 2019

COVID-19 Hits Palestine

5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

Historical Texts

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

UNSC Resolution 271

15 September 1969

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

UNSC Resolution 904

UNSC Resolution 1073

28 September 1996

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

The Mitchell Report

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240

Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process

17 October 2005

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

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

25 September 2009

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

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

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Balata Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The Bosnians of Palestine

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps