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Biographies

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Freih Abu Middein

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

1923 - 12 May 2004

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

Events

Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe

1st Zionist Congress in Basel Calls for a Jewish Home in Palestine

29 August 1897 - 31 August 1897

2nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

28 August 1898 - 31 August 1898

3rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

15 August 1899 - 18 August 1899

4th Zionist Congress Is Held in London

13 August 1900 - 16 August 1900

5th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

26 December 1901 - 30 December 1901

6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903

7th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

27 July 1905 - 2 August 1905

8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague

14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907

The Zionist Organization Opens an Office in Jaffa

9th Zionist Congress Is Held in Hamburg

26 December 1909 - 30 December 1909

Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris

10th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

9 August 1911 - 15 August 1911

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

The Arab Congress Meets in Paris

17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913

11th Zionist Congress Meets in Vienna

2 September 1913 - 9 September 1913

The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson

Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine

8 May 1918 - December 1918

1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919

The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission

2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919

A General Palestinian Congress Meets in Damascus

27 February 1920

The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of Syria

7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization

International Zionist Conference Meets in London

3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa

13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920

4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921

The Palestinian Delegation Conducts Sterile Negotiations in London

2 July 1921 - 31 July 1922

12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)

1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921

The [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee Orders the Return of its Delegation from London

7 July 1922 - 31 July 1922

5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus

20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922

Palestinians Boycott Elections

February 1923 - March 1923

6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa

13th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)

6 August 1923 - 18 August 1923

14th Zionist Congress Is Held in Vienna

18 August 1925 - 31 August 1925

15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927

7th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Jerusalem

20 June 1928 - 27 June 1928

16th Zionist Congress Is Held in Zurich

28 July 1929 - 11 August 1929

1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 October 1929

17th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

30 June 1931 - 15 July 1931

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened

11 December 1931

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa

18th Zionist Congress Is Held in Prague

21 August 1933 - 3 September 1933

Death of Musa Kazim Husseini

19th Zionist Congress Meets in Lucerne

20 August 1935 - 4 September 1935

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich

3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937

Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan

8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937

The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo

7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938

The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo

15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938

21st Zionist Congress Meets in Geneva

16 August 1939 - 25 August 1939

Support in the United States for a Jewish Army

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

The US Congress Endorses the Biltmore Program

17 December 1945 - 19 December 1945

Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party

22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946

General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Beirut

27 January 1951

Palestinian Memorandum to UNCCP, Ramallah

23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951

24th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

24 April 1956 - 7 May 1956

25th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

27 December 1960 - 11 January 1961

1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

26th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

30 December 1964 - 10 January 1965

27th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

9 June 1968 - 19 June 1968

28th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

18 January 1972 - 28 January 1972

10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972

A General Congress to Defend Arab Lands Meets in Nazareth

18 October 1975

29th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

20 February 1978 - 1 March 1978

30th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1982 - 16 December 1982

The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington

15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988

US Legislation Aiming at the Closure of the PLO UN Observer Mission in New York

9 October 1987 - 22 December 1987

31st Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

6 December 1987 - 10 December 1987

President Bush Outlines US Goals Following the Gulf War

32nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 July 1992 - 30 July 1992

President Clinton Signs the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993

28 October 1993

US Congress Passes the "Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995"

23 October 1995 - 8 November 1995

33rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

23 December 1997 - 26 December 1997

President Clinton's Visit to Gaza

14 December 1998

Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza

14 December 1998

George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP

27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000

34th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

17 June 2002 - 20 June 2002

With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"

4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

Annual Zionist General Council (WZO) Meets in Jerusalem

35th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

19 June 2006 - 22 June 2006

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue

18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009

The US Shies Away from Its Strong Demands on Israel

19 March 2010 - 30 April 2010

36th Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

15 June 2010 - 17 June 2010

US Legislation against Palestinian Full UN Membership

23 December 2011

37th Zionist Congress, Jerusalem

20 October 2015 - 22 October 2015

US Legislation against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court

18 December 2015

President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel

15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019

US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019

US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces

20 December 2019

Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel

15 September 2020

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Historical Texts

Basel (Zionist) Program

1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

3 February 1919

Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Resolutions of the General Palestinian Congress in Damascus (in Arabic)

27 February 1920

Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)

Churchill White Paper

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Rejecting the British Mandate (in Arabic)

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)

1 September 1922

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

Biltmore Conference Declaration

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

Basic Law of the PLO

Palestinian Popular Congress, Statement (in Arabic)

6 April 1972 - 10 April 1972

Statement of the General Congress to Defend Arab Lands in Israel (in Arabic)

18 October 1975

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

Historical Media

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

Fourth Palestinian National Congress, Jerusalem

Fifth Palestinian National Congress, Nablus

Sixth Palestinian National Congress, Jaffa

Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931

16 December 1931

Arab Higher Committee Members

Highlights

III. Late Mandate

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

I. Ottoman Rule

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Fawwar Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

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