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Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

1902 - 27 August 1984

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

1910 - 26 February 1971

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

1923 - 12 May 2004

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1936 - 3 August 1978

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

1941 - 5 February 2023

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

1962 - 31 July 2024

Charts

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Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth

1860 - 1948

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Fertility Rate

1962 - 2018

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (2)

2000

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (1)

2000 - 2010

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (1)

2015 - 2048

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (2)

2015 - 2048

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Projections of Population (3)

2015 - 2048

Historical Texts

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel

30 November 1977

Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 September 1982

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

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

28 February 2019

Events

Saudi Arabia Opens a Consulate-General in Jerusalem

5 April 1941 - 29 April 1941

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

24 February 1955

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal

27 September 1955

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

London Conference on Suez

16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956

Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres

22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956

Fatah Is Founded

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic"

15 December 1959

1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria

12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967

Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria

15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967

Israel Prepares for War with US Consent

2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967

June War, 5th Day

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country

3 November 1969

Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

Abdel Nasser Dies of a Sudden Heart Attack; Anwar al-Sadat Succeeds Him

28 September 1970

Black September Hijack Operation

Israeli Operation in Beirut Against Palestinian Leaders

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus

15 December 1979

Fahd Plan Is Announced

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)

14 January 1991

Palestinian Authority Crackdown Against Hamas

3 August 1999 - 26 August 1999

Assassination Attempt of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City

Assassination of Aziz Shami in Gaza City

7 February 2004

Appointment of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi Head of Hamas in Gaza

Assassination of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, Is Ousted by the Military

The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba

21 February 2016

Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Israel Begins Public Normalization Push

20 January 2019

The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11

Highlights

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The Algerians 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

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry