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Biographies

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Constantine Zurayk

18 April 1909 - 12 August 2000

Rajeh al-Salfiti

1921 - 27 May 1990

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Yahya al-Sinwar

19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024

Historical Texts

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Palin Commission Report

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

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

The Hope Simpson Report

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine

16 February 1948

UNGA Resolution 1125 (XI)

2 February 1957

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

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

30 November 1977

Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)

17 September 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 1st Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 2nd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement

27 January 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal For an Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire and Resumption of Negotiations

The Mitchell Report

Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/1199

14 December 2001

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2004/240

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/878

10 November 2006

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

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

28 February 2019

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid

1 February 2022

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC

UNGA Resolution 77/247

30 December 2022

Historical Media

Army music in front of the Fast Hotel

The Palestinian Islamic Nation Conference Party

Events

Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem

26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948

Iron Fist Policy in the Occupied Territories

29 July 1985 - 4 August 1985

Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit

11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000

Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape

26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

Assassination of Hussam Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Izzeddin Sheikh Khalil in Damascus

26 September 2004

Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron

17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004

Assassination of Muhammad Shaykh Khalil and Nasr Barhum in Gaza City

25 September 2005

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2

15 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 5

18 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 6

19 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 7

20 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: A Balance Sheet

22 November 2012

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2

Palestinian Car Ramming: A New Palestinian Weapon?

6 March 2015 - 14 May 2015

Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire

11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018

PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds

17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

Towards a Unity Intifada

23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

The May 2021 Gaza War

10 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers; Palestinians Added to Population Registry

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Israeli Policy of Evicting Palestinian Families in East Jerusalem

19 January 2022 - 10 May 2022

PLO Central Council Holds, in Ramallah, its First Meeting in 4 Years

6 February 2022 - 9 February 2022

Israeli Settlers Incite Against Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah

12 February 2022 - 24 February 2022

Hussein al-Sheikh Appointed Secretary-General of the PLO Executive Committee

Israeli Settlers and Forces Attack Palestinians During Annual Flag Day March

Highlights

Lebanon War, 1982

A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

XIII. A Growingly Intractable Deadlock

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917

Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Brazil and the Palestine Question

Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Places

al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya

Balad al-Shaykh

Khirbat al-Zababida

Kirad al-Ghannama

al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta