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Biographies

Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Event
Establishment of the National Bloc Party
4 October 1935
Event
Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
Event
Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
Event
Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
Event
Assassination of Adel Awadallah and Imad Awadallah in Khirbat al-Taybeh
11 September 1998
Event
Assassination of Jamil Jadallah Qawasmeh in Hebron
31 October 2001
Event
Assassination of Abdallah Jarushi in Nablus
31 October 2001
Event
Assassination of Abdallah Qawasmeh in Hebron
21 June 2003
Event
Assassination of Abdallah Akel and Farid Mayat in Nussayrat Refugee Camp
30 August 2003
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
Event
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
Event
Assassination of Abdallah Makawi in Rafah
7 October 2012
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 Media

Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Document
Arab League Warnings
June 1946
Document
Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
Highlight
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017

Places

Place
Dallata

Historical Texts

Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
Document
Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance
26 December 2018