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Events

Event
Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine
October 1831 - 1834
Event
Establishment of Foreign Archeological Institutes in Jerusalem
1890 - 1919
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
Foundation of Tel Aviv
11 April 1909
Event
International Zionist Conference Meets in London
July 1920
Event
Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa
4 January 1932
Event
Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
Event
Increase in Jewish Immigration from Germany
1933 - 1935
Event
The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem
13 January 1938
Event
Arab National Fund Reestablished
August 1943
Event
Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
Event
UNGA Res. 212 (III): Establishment of a Special Fund for Palestine refugees
19 November 1948
Event
Development Authority (Transfer of Property) Law, 5710-1950
9 August 1950
Event
UNRWA Signs Agreement with Jordan as Refugee Host Country
14 March 1951 - 20 August 1951
Event
23rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
14 August 1951 - 30 August 1951
Event
Covenant between Zionist Organization and Israel
26 July 1954
Event
US Withdraws Aswan Funding
19 July 1956
Event
Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
Event
Basic Law: Israel Lands
19 July 1960
Event
Israel Land Administration Law, 5720-1960
25 July 1960
Event
1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Event
31st Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem
6 December 1987 - 10 December 1987
Event
US Voices Dissatisfaction with Israel
23 February 1990 - 3 March 1990
Event
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance Amended to Repeal Prohibition of Contact with PLO
19 January 1993
Event
Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage
20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993
Event
Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage
20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Initialed and Approved
20 August 1993 - 30 August 1993
Event
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres's Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem
11 October 1993
Event
Status of Orient House in Jerusalem
29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994
Event
The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
Event
Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000
Event
The Knesset Enacts the Prevention of Funding of Terrorism Law, 2005
29 December 2004
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions
27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006
Event
US-Israel Plan to Destabilize a Hamas-Led PA
17 February 2006 - 19 February 2006
Event
A “Temporary International Mechanism” to Channel Funds Through Abbas’s Office
9 May 2006 - 27 July 2006
Event
Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM
17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
Event
Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened
5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks: Palestinian Stocktaking
1 January 2009
Event
Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh
2 March 2009
Event
Israel Land Administration Law
3 August 2009
Event
Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund
12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010
Event
Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites
21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010
Event
The Mavi Marmara Incident
30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010
Event
An Amendment to the Lebanese Social Security Law Grants Palestinian Refugees Right to End-of-Service and Occupational Emergency Compensations
24 August 2010
Event
The Knesset passes the Law on Disclosure Requirements for Recipients of Support from a Foreign State Entity
2 March 2011
Event
The Knesset Passes the "Nakba Law"
22 March 2011
Event
US Legislation Against Palestinian Full UN Membership
23 December 2011
Event
Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts
22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012
Event
Visit of Qatar’s Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza
23 October 2012
Event
24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
Event
With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities
30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013
Event
25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Event
International Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction
12 October 2014
Event
US Legislation Against Palestinian Recourse to International Criminal Court
18 December 2015
Event
The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law
15 June 2016
Event
The Knesset adopts the NGO “Funding Transparency” Law
11 July 2016
Event
Israel Names the Palestine National Fund a Terrorist Organization for Assisting Prisoners' Families
16 March 2017
Event
President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem
23 May 2017
Event
Israeli Moves Against the BDS Movement
29 December 2017 - 7 January 2018
Event
Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad
22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018
Event
International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis
15 March 2018
Event
Knesset Passes Law to Deduct Funds from the PA Tax Revenue
2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018
Event
Talks for a Long-Term Gaza Cease-Fire
7 August 2018 - 10 November 2018
Event
US Cuts Aid to Palestinians
24 August 2018 - 14 September 2018
Event
Qatar's Assistance to Gaza
9 October 2018 - 8 November 2018
Event
PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations
15 November 2018
Event
UNRWA Says International Community Almost Covers Budget Deficit
19 November 2018
Event
Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue
17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019
Event
30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
31 March 2019
Event
Assassination of Hamed al-Khoudary in Gaza City
5 May 2019
Event
UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations
29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019
Event
The PA and Israel Agree that the PA Can Collect Fuel Taxes
22 August 2019
Event
PA Starts Receiving Part of Tax Revenue from Israel Despite Deduction
3 October 2019 - 29 December 2019
Event
US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces
20 December 2019
Event
Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020
Event
EU Anti-Palestinian Clause
12 June 2020
Event
PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds
17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020
Event
Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank
25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021
Event
US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding
7 April 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War: A Balance Sheet
21 May 2021
Event
Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements
5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021
Event
Jewish National Fund Begins Forestation Project in the Naqab to Displace Palestinians
10 January 2022 - 15 January 2022
Event
PLO Central Council Holds, in Ramallah, its First Meeting in 4 Years
6 February 2022 - 9 February 2022
Event
EU Unfreezes Funding for the PA, al-Haq, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
14 June 2022 - 30 June 2022
Event
European Countries Find Israeli Evidence Against Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Insufficient
12 July 2022 - 18 August 2022
Event
President Biden Meets with President Abbas in Bethlehem; No Joint Statement
15 July 2022

Biographies

Biography
Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
1842 - 1906
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Rim Banna
6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
Document
The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
Document
National Fund: Establishment of Company to Save the Lands of Palestine (in Arabic)
11 October 1932
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
Document
The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
Document
Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
14 March 1951
Document
UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)
26 January 1952
Document
UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
Document
Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)
2 June 1964
Document
UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Document
Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions
1 September 1967
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
Document
UNGA Resolution 2452 (XXIII)
19 December 1968
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UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)
10 December 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)
8 December 1970
Document
UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)
6 December 1971
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
30 July 1980
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 1st Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
Document
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
Shimon Peres's Letter Concerning Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem
11 October 1993
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups
16 January 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State
16 May 2011
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
Document
Framework for Cooperation between UNRWA and the USA, 2021-2022
14 July 2021
Document
Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC
9 May 2022
Document
US-Israel Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership
14 July 2022
Document
UNGA Resolution 77/247
30 December 2022

Historical Media

Document
Land in Jewish Possession, 1944
31 December 1944

Highlights

Highlight
World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
Highlight
Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
Highlight
Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
Highlight
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
Highlight
Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
Palestinians in Sweden
Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses
Highlight
The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
Highlight
Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
Highlight
Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
Highlight
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
Highlight
Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
Highlight
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
Highlight
Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
Highlight
The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest
Highlight
Japan and the Palestine Question
A Policy still Subordinate to the US
Highlight
Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
Highlight
Jerash Refugee Camp (Gaza Camp)
Jordan
Highlight
Zarqa Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
The Great March of Return
Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown
Highlight
XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
Highlight
Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993

Places

Place
'Amqa
Place
al-'Ubaydiyya
Place
al-Birwa
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al-Dalhamiyya
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al-Maghar
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al-Manshiyya
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al-Manshiyya
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al-Samra
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al-Sanbariyya
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al-Sumayriyya
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al-Tantura
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al-Tira
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'Aqqur
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'Arab Suqrir
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'Artuf
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Barqusya
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Bayt Dajan
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Bayt Mahsir
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Bayt Jiz
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Biyar 'Adas
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Daliyat al-Rawha'
Place
Dayr 'Amr
Place
Dayr Abu Salama
Place
Dayr al-Hawa
Place
Fajja
Place
Ghabat Kafr Sur
Place
'Islin
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al-Jaladiyya
Place
Julis
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Khubbayza
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Lubya
Place
Ma'lul
Place
Miska
Place
Qaqun
Place
Qira
Place
Saffuriyya
Place
Saris
Place
Sataf
Place
Tall al-Safi
Place
Wadi al-Hawarith
Place
Zakariyya
Place
Zayta
Place
Abu Shusha
Place
al-Zib
Place
Deir Yasin
Place
Qumya
Place
Khirbat al-Zawiya