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Biographies

Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978

Events

Event
Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
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Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948
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Republic of China Recognizes Israel; People’s Republic Revokes Recognition of Israel
1 March 1949 - 9 January 1950
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Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO) Is Opened in New York
25 June 1955 - 15 January 1962
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Egypt and Syria Unite and Form the United Arab Republic
1 February 1958 - 28 September 1961
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Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
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Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq
14 July 1958
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Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic"
15 December 1959
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The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States
11 September 1965
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Foreign Embassies Leave Jerusalem
20 August 1980 - September 1980
Event
Israel-Lebanon 17 May Agreement
17 May 1983 - 14 June 1983
Event
UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN
29 November 2012
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Settlement Construction
30 January 2015
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Israel Begins Public Normalization Push
20 January 2019
Event
Israeli PM Netanyahu Pledges to Annex Parts of the West Bank if Reelected
10 September 2019 - 6 December 2019
Event
Four Countries to Open Embassies to Israel in Jerusalem
20 September 2020 - 2 December 2020
Event
Palestinian COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Begins as the Occupation Hinders an Effective Rollout
2 February 2021 - 20 June 2021

Historical Texts

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SC Res. 44: Requesting a GA ٍSpecial Session on Future Palestine Government
1 April 1948
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UNSC Resolution 46
17 April 1948
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UNSC Resolution 48
23 April 1948
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UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)
14 May 1948
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UNSC Resolution 49
22 May 1948
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UNSC Resolution 53
7 July 1948
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UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
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UNSC Resolution 61
4 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
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UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
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UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
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UNSC Resolution 101
24 November 1953
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Exchange of Notes Between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
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Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
11 September 1965
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
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Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
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UNSC Resolution 298
25 September 1971
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UNSC Resolution 316
26 June 1972
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Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution
29 October 1974
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East
4 December 1975
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898
5 December 1975
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940
23 January 1976
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022
24 March 1976
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119
29 June 1976
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Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
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Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East
1 October 1977
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UNSC Resolution 425
19 March 1978
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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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
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UNSC Resolution 497
17 December 1981
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1
19 January 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943
1 April 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985
20 April 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185
8 June 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2
25 June 1982
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Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459
12 September 1985
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
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UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463
17 February 1989
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326
31 May 1990
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Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394
17 May 1995
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241
21 March 1997
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385
20 December 2002
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/891
16 September 2003
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2003/980
14 October 2003
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
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HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021

Highlights

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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized

Historical Media

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Dera'a Emergency camp, Syrian Arab Republic
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