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Biographies

Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 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
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Leila Khaled
9 April 1944
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Historical Texts

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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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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
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Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922
10 August 1922
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
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Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
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Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948
16 September 1948
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement
23 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
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Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
12 September 1950
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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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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Fatah First Military Communiqué
1 January 1965
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Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA
14 June 1967
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
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Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
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Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
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Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement
13 July 1971
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Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
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Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 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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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
30 July 1980
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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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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 9
31 July 1985
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1988: Concluding Statement (in Arabic)
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 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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U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
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Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel
30 December 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
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The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35
15 May 2002
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39
30 June 2008
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017
6 February 2017
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46
14 March 2017
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Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020
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The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada
18 May 2021

Events

Event
1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
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Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved
1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950
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Bloody Israeli Attack on the Gaza Strip
28 February 1955
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Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
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Fatah and the Palestinian Entity
June 1960
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3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
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PFLP Hijack Operations
6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970
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Plane Hijacked to Entebbe
27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976
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Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris
3 August 1978
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PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
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Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Suspended
18 May 1995 - 22 May 1995
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Assassination of Yahya Ayyash in Beit Lahiya
5 January 1996
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A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus
23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
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Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009
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Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
4 December 2016

Highlights

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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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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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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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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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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”
Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon