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Biographies

Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Event
Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group
29 September 1907
Event
Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer
12 April 1909
Event
A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa
23 July 1913
Event
Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization
June 1920
Event
Establishment of Irgun
April 1931
Event
British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police
May 1936 - September 1936
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
Event
The Haganah Implements Plan Gimmel
1 December 1947
Event
Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
Event
Series of Zionist Attacks
2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948
Event
Palestinian Attacks
14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948
Event
Haganah Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
Event
Palestinian Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
Event
Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
Event
SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine
17 April 1948
Event
Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem
26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948
Event
Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee
28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948
Event
Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area
8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948
Event
Operation Barak Toward the South
9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948
Event
Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee
13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948
Event
Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders
15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948
Event
SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem
22 May 1948
Event
SC Res. 54: Ordering Parties to Desist from Military Action; Instructing Mediator to Continue Efforts for Jerusalem Demilitarization
15 July 1948
Event
Israeli Military Operation in South Lebanon
21 June 1972 - 24 June 1972
Event
A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington
24 April 1978
Event
Assassination of Hassan Asfour and Rami Hannoun East of Jabaliya Refugee Camp
6 February 2006
Event
Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank
14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007
Event
Surge in Settlement Expansion
30 November 2012 - 10 February 2013
Event
Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government
2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013
Event
Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014
Event
Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza
7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014
Event
The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza
11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015
Event
The Internal Palestinian Reconciliation Process Is Relaunched with Some Credibility This Time
26 August 2017 - 10 October 2017
Event
Despite a Good Start, the Egypt-Sponsored Fatah-Hamas Agreement Finally Fails
1 November 2017 - 10 December 2017
Event
Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun
13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018
Event
PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA
26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019
Event
Hamdallah Resigns, Is Replaced by Mohammad Shtayyeh
29 January 2019 - 13 April 2019

Historical Texts

Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
Document
UNGA Resolution 106 (S-1)
15 May 1947
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
UNSC Resolution 46
17 April 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 49
22 May 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
Document
Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
Document
PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy
20 January 2001
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
Document
Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance
26 December 2018
Document
Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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The Israeli Military
The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”
Highlight
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
Highlight
The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
Highlight
Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
Highlight
XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
Highlight
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression