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Biographies

Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

Document
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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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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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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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas
4 May 2011
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)
28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018

Events

Event
Establishment of Lebanese Consulate General in Palestine
30 December 1944 - 23 May 1945
Event
Lebanon Sets up a Central Committee and Regional Committees to Deal with Refugees from Palestine
26 April 1948 - 11 May 1948
Event
Gaza's Egyptian Administration
8 August 1949
Event
Lebanon Exempts Palestinian Refugees from Travel Document Fees
29 December 1954
Event
Lebanon Establishes the Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Interior
31 March 1959
Event
Lebanon Establishes a Higher Commission for Palestine Affairs
26 April 1960
Event
Conditions for the Movement of Lebanon's Palestinian refugees between Lebanon and Syria
28 July 1962 - 2 August 1962
Event
A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners
18 September 1964
Event
Naturalization in Lebanon and the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
3 August 1966
Event
Israel Conducts a Census of Palestinians in Newly Occupied Territories
10 September 1967 - 25 September 1967
Event
Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force
20 May 1994
Event
The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized
14 October 2000
Event
Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees
10 May 2001
Event
Violence Abates to a Moderate Level
1 November 2003 - 17 December 2003
Event
The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
Event
Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination
15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005
Event
The Lebanese Minister of Labor Removes some Restrictions on the Work of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
7 June 2005 - 14 December 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006
Event
Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank
14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007
Event
Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government
5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007
Event
Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More
9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009
Event
Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed
12 November 2009
Event
Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement
4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011
Event
Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo
20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011
Event
Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo
27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013
Event
PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones
15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021
Event
Elections for Village Councils in the West Bank
11 December 2021

Highlights

Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
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UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
Highlight
Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Lebanon’s Relation to Palestine and the Palestinians
1923 - present