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Biographies

Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Events

Event
The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire
24 November 1881
Event
Herzl Correspondence with Jerusalem Mayor
19 March 1899
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Young Turk Revolution
23 July 1908
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Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
Event
12th Zionist Congress Is Held in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)
1 September 1921 - 14 September 1921
Event
Appointment of the Peel Commission
18 May 1936
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Memorandum of Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Event
General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission
11 October 1936
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Peel Commission Investigates the Cause of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
11 November 1936 - 24 January 1937
Event
Palestinians Reject Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Event
20th Zionist Congress Meets in Zürich
3 August 1937 - 16 August 1937
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Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan
8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937
Event
Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission
4 January 1938
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Partition (Woodhead) Commission Report Is Published
9 November 1938
Event
Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement
5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946
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Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
Event
2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
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General Assembly Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
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27th Zionist Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
9 June 1968 - 19 June 1968
Event
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Event
SC Res. 672: Condemns Israel's Acts of Violence and Requests the SG to Submit Report on Mission Sent to Region
12 October 1990
Event
Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel
30 December 1993
Event
Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
Event
President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State
2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001
Event
An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002
Event
Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
Event
SC Res. 1405: Welcoming SG Initiative to Send Fact-Finding Team to Jenin Refugee Camp
19 April 2002
Event
International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007
Event
19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Event
Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative
29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007
Event
The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"
7 January 2008
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
Event
Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan
25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009
Event
Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze
25 November 2009
Event
24th Arab Summit Meets in Doha
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
Event
Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
Event
Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza
7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014
Event
French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC
30 December 2014
Event
France Plans to Resume its Peace Initiative
29 January 2016 - 16 February 2016
Event
France Hosts a Ministerial Meeting as First Stage of its Peace Initiative
3 June 2016
Event
28th Arab Summit Meets at the Dead Sea
29 March 2017
Event
A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon
20 July 2017
Event
Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements
5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021

Historical Media

Document
Arrival in Palestine of Sir Hebert Samuel, High Commissioner
7 July 1920
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Welcoming Guerrillas
1936
Document
Peel Commission and Partition
11 November 1936
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Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission
11 January 1937
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Arab Revolt 1936 - Arab Higher Committee
12 January 1937

Historical Texts

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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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Biltmore Conference Declaration
11 May 1942
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
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UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
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Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
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Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
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Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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UNGA Resolution 38/58
13 December 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
Document
UNSC Resolution 672
12 October 1990
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration
25 March 1999
Document
UNSC Resolution 1322
7 October 2000
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/7
20 October 2000
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UNSC Resolution 1397
12 March 2002
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
UNSC Resolution 1405
19 April 2002
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A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
UNSC Resolution 1515
19 November 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/14
12 December 2003
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President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon
14 April 2004
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Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections
30 January 2006
Document
UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
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President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
UNSC Resolution 1850
16 December 2008
Document
UNSC Resolution 1860
8 January 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
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HRC Resolution S-21/1
23 July 2014
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916
30 December 2014
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
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Middle East Peace initiative: Joint Communiqué
3 June 2016
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration
15 January 2017
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
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Twenty-Ninth Arab Summit (The Jerusalem Summit): Dhahran Declaration
15 April 2018
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516
1 June 2018
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/20
13 June 2018
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Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Egypt and Jordan (The Munich Group)
11 January 2021

Highlights

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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017