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Biographies

Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Khalil Baidas
1875 - 9 February 1949
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966

Events

Event
Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury
January 1905
Event
Emerging Palestinian Identity and Arab Nationalism
1905 - 1914
Event
Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Prelude to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916
Event
Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
Event
The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces
23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916
Event
Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
Event
British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan
21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918
Event
Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City
26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918
Event
San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
Event
French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
Event
The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
Event
Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan
2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921
Event
Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
Event
White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration
3 June 1922
Event
League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922
Event
British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria
7 March 1923
Event
British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
Event
Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
Event
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Event
Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall
23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928
Event
1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
Event
Report of the International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
Event
Protection of Cultivators Ordinance, No. 37
31 August 1933
Event
Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine
7 July 1937
Event
London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
Event
Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference
15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939
Event
League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN
18 April 1946
Event
Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan and Establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
25 May 1946
Event
Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
Event
Fall of Tiberias
16 April 1948 - 18 April 1948
Event
Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
Event
The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
Event
Absentee Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Event
Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem
27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969
Event
Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut
25 July 1972
Event
Draft SC Res. S/12022 to Deplore Israeli Policies that Could Change Jerusalem Status, Vetoed by US
25 March 1976
Event
Shooting Spree at the Haram al-Sharif
11 April 1982 - 15 April 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
20 April 1982
Event
Draft SC Res. S/17769 to Deplore Provocative Acts in the Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
30 January 1986
Event
Haram al-Sharif Killings
8 October 1990
Event
SC Res. 672: Condemns Israel's Acts of Violence and Requests the SG to Submit Report on Mission Sent to Region
12 October 1990
Event
The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Event
Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996
Event
Assassination of Mohi al-Din Sharif in Ramallah
29 March 1998
Event
Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000
Event
Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif
28 September 2000
Event
Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
Event
US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
Event
SC Res. 1322: Deploring Provocation at Al-Haram al-Sharif and Excessive Use of Force against Palestinians
7 October 2000
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Event
Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals"
19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000
Event
The Geneva "Private" Initiative
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Event
Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Event
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Event
Tension Mounts Over Haram al-Sharif Following Israeli Provocations
4 February 2014 - 26 February 2014
Event
Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
Event
Clashes at Haram al-Sharif
26 July 2015
Event
Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif
2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015
Event
With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
Event
Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst
4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015
Event
Palestinians in Israel Express their Concern and Solidarity with the Palestinian Outburst
5 October 2015 - 28 November 2015
Event
Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
Event
No Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
25 October 2015 - 26 October 2015
Event
Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement
16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015
Event
Palestinians Thwart the Setting Up of Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016
Event
Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif
26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016
Event
Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif
12 July 2016
Event
Settlers Attempt to Modify the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif
5 February 2017 - 24 May 2017
Event
Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018
Event
Palestinian Prisoners in Israel End Hunger Strike
27 May 2017
Event
Israel Closes Off the Haram al-Sharif Following a Palestinian Operation in the Old City of Jerusalem
14 July 2017 - 15 July 2017
Event
Palestinian Official Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
14 July 2017 - 21 July 2017
Event
Palestinian Popular Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
16 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
Event
Two Jordanians Killed at Israeli Embassy in Amman
23 July 2017 - 24 July 2017
Event
As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds
24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017
Event
President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Event
Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
Event
The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019
Event
Israeli Government Allows Jewish Visitors to Tour the Haram al-Sharif Compound on Eid al-Adha
11 August 2019 - 18 August 2019
Event
Surge in the Number of Settlers Touring Haram al-Sharif in 2019
31 December 2019
Event
Israeli-Imposed Restrictions and Violence at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
13 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
Event
Towards a Unity Intifada
23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1
10 May 2021
Event
The May 2021 Gaza War
10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021
Event
Annual Settler March: Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Palestinian Protesters
15 June 2021
Event
Israel Continues to Assert Dominance over the Haram al-Sharif Compound
18 July 2021 - 8 October 2021

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
Document
Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
Document
Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”
1 December 1930
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
Document
Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
UNSC Resolution 1322
7 October 2000
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
Document
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Document
30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019

Highlights

Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front