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Biographies
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Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
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
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
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
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Events
Event
Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe
1881 - 1884
Event
1st Zionist Congress in Basel Calls for a Jewish Home in Palestine
29 August 1897 - 31 August 1897
Event
2nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
28 August 1898 - 31 August 1898
Event
3rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
15 August 1899 - 18 August 1899
Event
4th Zionist Congress Is Held in London
13 August 1900 - 16 August 1900
Event
5th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
26 December 1901 - 30 December 1901
Event
6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903
Event
7th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
27 July 1905 - 2 August 1905
Event
8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague
14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907
Event
The Zionist Organization Opens an Office in Jaffa
December 1907
Event
9th Zionist Congress Is Held in Hamburg
26 December 1909 - 30 December 1909
Event
Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris
1911 - 1914
Event
10th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
9 August 1911 - 15 August 1911
Event
Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
Event
The Arab Congress Meets in Paris
17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913
Event
11th Zionist Congress Meets in Vienna
2 September 1913 - 9 September 1913
Event
The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson
8 January 1918
Event
Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine
8 May 1918 - December 1918
Event
1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919
Event
The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission
2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919
Event
A General Palestinian Congress Meets in Damascus
27 February 1920
Event
The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920
Event
Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet
15 May 1920
Event
Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization
June 1920
Event
International Zionist Conference Meets in London
July 1920
Event
3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa
13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920
Event
4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921
Event
The Palestinian Delegation Conducts Sterile Negotiations in London
2 July 1921 - 31 July 1922
Event
12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)
1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921
Event
The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London
7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922
Event
5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus
20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922
Event
Palestinians Boycott Elections
February 1923 - March 1923
Event
6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa
16 June 1923
Event
13th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)
6 August 1923 - 18 August 1923
Event
14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna
18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925
Event
15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927
Event
7th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Jerusalem
20 June 1928 - 27 June 1928
Event
16th Zionist Congress Is Held in Zurich
28 July 1929 - 11 August 1929
Event
1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
Event
17th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
30 June 1931 - 15 July 1931
Event
Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
Event
Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened
11 December 1931
Event
An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress
13 December 1931
Event
Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa
4 January 1932
Event
18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague
21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933
Event
Death of Musa Kazim Husseini
26 March 1934
Event
19th Zionist Congress Meets in Lucerne
20 August 1935 - 4 September 1935
Event
The Arab Higher Committee is Formed
25 April 1936
Event
20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich
3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937
Event
Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan
8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937
Event
The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo
7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938
Event
The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo
15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938
Event
21st Zionist Congress Meets in Geneva
16 August 1939 - 25 August 1939
Event
Support in the United States for a Jewish Army
November 1942
Event
Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York
25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950
Event
Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
Event
The US Congress Endorses the Biltmore Program
17 December 1945 - 19 December 1945
Event
Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party
29 May 1946
Event
22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946
Event
General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah
17 March 1949
Event
Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut
27 January 1951
Event
Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah
July 1951
Event
23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951
Event
24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956
Event
25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961
Event
1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Event
26th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
30 December 1964 - 10 January 1965
Event
27th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
9 June 1968 - 19 June 1968
Event
28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972
Event
10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972
Event
A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth
18 October 1975
Event
29th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
20 February 1978 - 1 March 1978
Event
30th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1982 - 16 December 1982
Event
The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
Event
US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York
9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987
Event
31st Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
6 December 1987 - 10 December 1987
Event
President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War
6 March 1991
Event
32nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 July 1992 - 30 July 1992
Event
President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993
28 October 1993
Event
US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"
23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995
Event
33rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
23 December 1997 - 26 December 1997
Event
President Clinton's Visit to Gaza
14 December 1998
Event
Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza
14 December 1998
Event
George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP
27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000
Event
34th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
17 June 2002 - 20 June 2002
Event
With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"
4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Event
Annual Zionist General Council (WZO) Meets in Jerusalem
18 June 2004
Event
35th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
19 June 2006 - 22 June 2006
Event
A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus
23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue
18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009
Event
The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel
19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010
Event
36th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
15 June 2010 - 17 June 2010
Event
US Legislation against Palestinian Full UN Membership
23 December 2011
Event
37th Zionist Congress, Jerusalem
20 October 2015 - 22 October 2015
Event
US Legislation against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court
18 December 2015
Event
President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Event
Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel
15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019
Event
US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements
18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019
Event
US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces
20 December 2019
Event
Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel
15 September 2020
Event
Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations
22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021
Historical Texts
Document
Basel (Zionist) Program
30 August 1897
Document
1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
February 1919
Document
1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
3 February 1919
Document
Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
Resolutions of the General Palestinian Congress in Damascus (in Arabic)
27 February 1920
Document
Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)
15 May 1920
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
Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)
1 September 1922
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Charter of the Arab Youth Congress
4 January 1932
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
Document
Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
Document
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
14 May 1948
Document
Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
Document
Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
Document
Palestinian Popular Congress, Statement (in Arabic)
6 April 1972 - 10 April 1972
Document
Statement of the General Congress to Defend Arab Lands in Israel (in Arabic)
18 October 1975
Document
Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme
15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
Document
The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
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
Historical Media
Document
Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa
14 December 1920
Document
Fourth Palestinian National Congress, Jerusalem
25 May 1921
Document
Fifth Palestinian National Congress, Nablus
22 August 1922
Document
Sixth Palestinian National Congress, Jaffa
October 1925
Document
Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931
16 December 1931
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Highlights
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
Highlight
Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
Highlight
Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
Highlight
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Thematic Chronologies
Thematic Chronology
World Zionist Organization Congresses
1897 - present
Thematic Chronology
Palestinian National Congresses
1918 - 1934
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