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Biographies

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

1894 - 19 March 1949

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

1942 - 6 August 2019

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Palin Commission Report

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

The Murison Commission Report

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

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

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

The Koenig Memorandum

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

UNSC Resolution 1701

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering

1 November 2017

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada

Historical Media

Cairo Street Rejects Palestine Partition

Scenes of Destruction

Events

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

June War, 5th Day

Jordanian-Palestinian Clashes

11 February 1970

Assassination Attempt of Wadi Haddad in Beirut

Basil al-Kubaisi Assassinated in Paris

Palestinian Police Shoot on Demonstrators in Gaza

18 November 1994 - 23 November 1994

Assassination of Fathi Shiqaqi, Islamic Jihad Leader, in Malta

26 October 1995

Assassination of Mas'ud Ayyad in Jabaliya

13 February 2001

Fallout of Abu Ali Mustafa's Assassination

28 August 2001 - 10 September 2001

Invasion of Jenin Camp: Fierce Battle

3 April 2002 - 19 April 2002

Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance

3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002

Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories

18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002

Assassination of Ibrahim Makadama in Gaza City

Assassination of Yasir Taha in Gaza City

Assassination of Khadir al-Husary in Gaza City

1 September 2003

Assassination of Iyad Hilu and Khaled al-Masri in Gaza City

20 October 2003

Assassination of Aziz Shami in Gaza City

7 February 2004

Assassination of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City

Assassination of Khaled Abu Silmiyya in Gaza City

19 September 2004

Assassination of Imad Yahia Khalil Bader and Saqer Awni Saqer in Khan Yunis Refugee Camp

Assassination of Shadi Suhail Muhanna and Muhammad Ahmad Kandeel in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

27 October 2005

Assassination of Sami Abu Shari’a and Mahmud Ajjur in Gaza City

Hamas-Led PA Ministry of Interior Establishes the Executive Support Force in Gaza

20 April 2006 - 25 May 2006

Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus

25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre

8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008

Israel Completes Its Withdrawal from Gaza

20 January 2009 - 21 January 2009

Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries

17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011

Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

14 November 2012

Palestinian Teachers Go on Strike in the West Bank

7 February 2016 - 12 March 2016

President-Elect Trump for the "Ultimate Deal" Between Israel and the Palestinians

11 November 2016

Israel Closes Off the Haram al-Sharif Following a Palestinian Operation in the Old City of Jerusalem

14 July 2017 - 15 July 2017

As Israel Backtracks on Its Measures Concerning the Haram al-Sharif, Palestinian Pressure Continues and Succeeds

24 July 2017 - 4 August 2017

Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron

1 December 2019

Highlights

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Marka Refugee Camp

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Balata Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The Bosnians of Palestine

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance