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Biographies
Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Qudsia Khourshid
5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963
Events
Event
France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements
2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901
Event
Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 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
General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
Event
Appointment of the King-Crane Commission
20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919
Event
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Event
The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of the Arab Syrian Kingdom
7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920
Event
San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
Event
French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan
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
Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem
8 May 1921
Event
4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921
Event
Palestine Gendarmerie Is Established
1 July 1921 - 24 April 1922
Event
Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council
20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922
Event
White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration
3 June 1922
Event
The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London
7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922
Event
The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council; Non-Applicability to Transjordan
10 August 1922
Event
League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922
Event
British-French Demarcation of Line Between Palestine (Including Transjordan) and Syria (Including Lebanon)
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
Collective Punishments Ordinance Is Issued
16 May 1926
Event
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Event
White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928
Event
League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930
Event
White Paper (Passfield) of 1930 Is Published
20 October 1930
Event
MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
13 February 1931
Event
The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Denounces MacDonald's Reassurance to Weizmann
11 March 1931
Event
Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme
19 July 1931 - April 1932
Event
Protection of Cultivators Ordinance, No. 37
31 August 1933
Event
Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine
7 July 1937
Event
Third Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
October 1938 - September 1939
Event
London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
Event
MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians
17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939
Event
The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Event
21st Zionist Congress Meets in Geneva
16 August 1939 - 25 August 1939
Event
Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis
October 1939
Event
Land Transfers Regulations
20 February 1940
Event
Five-year Limit on Jewish Immigration Extended
November 1943
Event
British Recommend Partition
December 1943
Event
Labor Victory in Great Britain
26 July 1945
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
Event
Palestinians Declare Strike to Protest Bevin's Policy Statement of November 1945
February 1946
Event
League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence
18 April 1946
Event
Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan; a New Constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
25 May 1946 - 7 December 1946
Event
Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
Event
US Apparent Hesitancy Toward Partition
18 March 1948 - 30 March 1948
Event
Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948
12 May 1948
Event
The British Mandate Ends. The US Recognizes the State of Israel
15 May 1948
Event
Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza
22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948
Event
Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
Event
Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
Event
The US Recognizes the Government of Israel on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
Event
The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
Event
Publication of the Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
8 January 1952
Event
Gaza's Basic Law
11 May 1955
Event
US Steps Back from the US-Soviet Statement on the Geneva Conference
5 October 1977
Event
A Probable Israeli Nuclear Test Explosion in the Ocean near South Africa
22 September 1979
Event
Iron Fist Policy in the Occupied Territories
29 July 1985 - 4 August 1985
Event
Dial 1-202-456-1414
13 June 1990
Event
Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation
13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000
Event
Israeli and Palestinian Response to the Clinton Proposals
28 December 2000 - 3 January 2001
Event
The Taba Talks
21 January 2001 - 27 January 2001
Event
Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
Event
US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
Event
On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
Event
Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map
2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004
Event
Mahmoud Abbas's First Visit to White House as PA President
26 May 2005
Event
The US to Strengthen Security Forces Loyal to Abbas
14 December 2006 - 5 January 2007
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting
24 April 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones
5 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 14
9 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks
10 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 18
13 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
Event
Israel Approves a Major Settlement Plan in Gilo, East Jerusalem
17 November 2009
Event
President Obama Meets Netanyahu and Pushes the Palestinians for Direct Talks with Israel
6 July 2010 - 23 August 2010
Event
Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington
1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010
Event
US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
Event
Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers
23 January 2011
Event
Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman
3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012
Event
Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons
19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013
Event
First Trump Administration Statement on Israeli Settlements
2 February 2017
Event
The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively
6 February 2017
Event
First Phone Contact Between Trump and Abbas
10 March 2017 - 12 March 2017
Event
PLO President Mahmoud Abbas Meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House
3 May 2017
Event
Trump Signs the 6-Month Waiver Delaying the Application of the Jerusalem Embassy Act
1 June 2017
Event
White House Statement on Israeli Settlement Activity
5 July 2017
Event
Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East
15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018
Event
PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations
15 November 2018
Event
Dissolution of the Knesset; Three Election Rounds to Form a Government in Israel
26 December 2018 - 11 December 2019
Event
The US Recognizes the Golan Heights as Part of Israel
21 March 2019 - 25 March 2019
Event
US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference
22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019
Event
US Officials Partake in Inauguration of Large-Scale Settler Project in East Jerusalem
30 June 2019
Event
Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected
10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019
Event
Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020
Event
Inconclusive Results of Elections for the Knesset in Israel
2 March 2020 - 17 May 2020
Event
Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel
15 September 2020
Event
Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State
12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2
11 May 2021
Historical Texts
Document
Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
Document
Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
Document
Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Rejecting the British Mandate (in Arabic)
8 July 1922
Document
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
Document
Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)
1 September 1922
Document
Council of the League of Nations: Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
16 September 1922
Document
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Document
Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
Document
Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929
12 March 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
Document
Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
Document
Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
Document
Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account
8 November 1948
Document
Law Promulgating the Basic Law for the Area under the Supervision of the Egyptian Forces in Palestine No. 255 of 1955 (in Arabic)
25 February 1958
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
Document
Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Document
Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference
5 October 1977
Document
Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
Document
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
26 March 1979
Document
Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land
18 August 1981
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
The London Agreement
11 April 1987
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 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
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush
27 November 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
Document
Current Palestinian/Israeli Positions: Reflecting Discussion up to January 1, 2009
1 January 2009
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
President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Document
Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
President Donald Trump: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel
25 March 2019
Document
Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates
13 August 2020
Document
B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021
Historical Media
Document
Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill at Government House Reception
28 March 1921
Document
Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
Document
Palestine: A Homeland Denied
1979
Document
Death of The Shepherd Boy Fathi, Third Wave of Killing
2012
Document
Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing
2012
Document
Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012
Highlights
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
Highlight
The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
Highlight
Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
Highlight
Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
Highlight
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
Highlight
The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
Highlight
The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
Highlight
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
Highlight
Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
Highlight
Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Highlight
The Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Thematic Chronologies
Thematic Chronology
Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (I)
1996 - 2004
Thematic Chronology
Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (II)
2005-2019
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