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Biographies

1860 - 13 April 1930

1878 - 29 June 1950

1880 - 16 June 1946

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Anwar Nusseibeh

1913 - 22 November 1986

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

1934 - 14 September 2021

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

Palin Commission Report

Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

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

Events

Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul

28 October 1913

Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris

Assassination of Omar Saadeh and Taha al-Aruj in Bethlehem

First Assassination Attempt of Mohammed Deif and Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

Assassination Attempt of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm

6 September 2001

Second Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

26 September 2002

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

Assassination Attempt of Hamas Leadership, Including Ahmad Yasin, in Gaza City

6 September 2003

An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA

24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004

Assassination of Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

21 October 2004

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Mohammed Shaban al-Dahdouh in Gaza City

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

Assassination of Omar al-Khatib in Gaza City

Israel Rejects an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer

30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement

21 November 2012

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, Is Ousted by the Military

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43

Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel

15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019

Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Historical Media

The Palestinian Islamic Nation Conference Party

Palestine: A Homeland Denied

Highlights

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

2012