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Hafiz al-Sa’id

1859 - 21 July 1921

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

1880 - 16 June 1946

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Rafiq al-Tamimi

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Anwar Nusseibeh

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1925 - 10 April 1973

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Balfour Declaration

2 November 1917

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22

10 January 1920

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Palin Commission Report

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

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Shaw Commission Report

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

The Murison Commission Report

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

The Grady-Morrison Plan

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine

Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)

16 September 1948

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account

8 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 212 (III)

19 November 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

First Arab Summit: Statement

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Fatah First Military Communiqué

Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East

Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions

1 September 1967

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

9 December 1969

UNGA Resolution 2535 (XXIV)

10 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

UNGA Resolution 2649 (XXV)

30 November 1970

UNGA Resolution 2672 (XXV)

8 December 1970

Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

UNGA Resolution 2792 (XXVI)

6 December 1971

Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement

Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)

Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution

29 October 1974

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3236 (XXIX)

22 November 1974

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3379 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940

23 January 1976

The Koenig Memorandum

Eighth Arab Summit: Statement

25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

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

30 November 1977

Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel

8 December 1977

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

17 September 1978

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

The Venice Declaration

Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem

Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué

25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan

Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land

1 September 1982

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 September 1982

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

UNGA Resolution 38/58

13 December 1983

Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement

11 February 1985

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué

7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985

Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat

7 November 1985

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

The Shultz Negotiations Plan

UNGA Resolution 42/230

King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

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

13 December 1988

Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly

14 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1

6 November 1989

Note by the S.C. President: On the International Conference for Peace in the Middle East

20 December 1990

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: Memorandum to U.S. Secretary James Baker

Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians

18 October 1991

U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)

13 September 1993

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

UNSC Resolution 904

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question

21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996

UNSC Resolution 1073

28 September 1996

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

UNGA Resolution ES-10/7

20 October 2000

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué

21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000

President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement

23 December 2000

PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

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

The Durban Declaration

8 September 2001

The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

UNGA Resolution 58/292

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process

17 October 2005

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections

30 January 2006

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

National Conciliation Document

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2006/508

UNSC Resolution 1701

UNGA Resolution ES-10/16

30 November 2006

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

10 January 2008

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

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

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program

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

25 September 2009

Statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2010/9

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

Mahmoud Abbas's Op-Ed in the New York Times: The Long Overdue Palestinian State

President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy

UNGA Resolution 67/19

29 November 2012

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

HRC Resolution S-21/1

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2014/916

30 December 2014

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

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process

18 January 2016

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

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

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas to End Palestinian Division

12 October 2017

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

1 November 2017

Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

6 December 2017

Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People

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

28 February 2019

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

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

Abraham Accords: Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations, Announced by the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain

15 September 2020

Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

Events

Foundation of Tel Aviv

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant

10 January 1920

4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921

British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police

May 1936 - September 1936

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

Church Leaders in Palestine Denounce Partition

Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"

January 1949 - December 1956

Led by George Habash, Arab Nationalist Activists on the Way to Structure Their Movement

1 January 1951 - 30 November 1952

The Knesset Adopts the Law of State Education

2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO

5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964

4th Arab Summit Convenes in Khartoum

29 August 1967 - 1 September 1967

First Communiqué of Fatah to the World Press in English and Arabic

4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969

UNGA 2535 (XXIV): Reiterating Past Resolutions on UNRWA; Affirming Inalienable Rights of People of Palestine

10 December 1969

UNGA 2649 (XXV): Condemning Denial of Right to Self-Determination to Peoples of South Africa and Palestine

30 November 1970

The US and Palestinian Rights

25 February 1971

Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle

17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973

UNGA 3236 (XXIX): Recognizing Palestinian Inalienable Rights and Palestinian People as Principal Party for Establishing Peace

22 November 1974

UNGA 3375 (XXX): Calling for Inviting PLO to any UN Efforts on the Middle East on Equal Footing with Other Parties

10 November 1975

UNGA 3376 (XXX): Establishing a Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

10 November 1975

Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon

16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976

13th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories Express their Dissatisfaction with Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem

8 December 1977

A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington

9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords

5 November 1978

Venice Declaration

Fahd Plan Is Announced

Palestinian Writers in Occupied Territories Affirm Commitment to Palestine Cause

Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon

15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982

Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement

UNGA 43/177: The PLO to Be Designated as Palestine in the UN System; Territorial Scope

15 December 1988

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad

28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990

A New Constitutional Law Rejects Palestinians' Resettlement in Lebanon

21 September 1990

Statement S/22027 by SC President on Palestinian Legitimate Political Rights and International Conference

20 December 1990

US Letters of Assurances to Parties to Upcoming Peace Conference

15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991

The Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Reject the Palestinian-Israeli Accord, Damascus

2 September 1993

President Clinton's Visit to Gaza

14 December 1998

Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State

Petition of the Twenty Denouncing the Palestinian Authority

27 November 1999 - 29 November 1999

13th Arab Summit Meets in Amman

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban

31 August 2001 - 8 September 2001

The 9-11 Attacks on the US

11 September 2001

George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East

15th Arab Summit Meets in Sharm al-Shaykh

The Geneva "Private" Initiative

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

18th Arab Summit Meets in Khartoum

28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

21st Arab Summit Meets in Doha

Fayyad's Speech at Al-Quds University on Setting the Goal for Statehood in Two Years

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund

12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010

22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte

Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics

2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011

Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations

17 February 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10

16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction

20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 32-42: Three Days of Fighting Followed by Eight Days of Truce

8 August 2014 - 18 August 2014

The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet

3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon

30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis

Mass Demolitions in Sur Bahir

Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan

28 January 2020

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel

15 September 2020

Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank

25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021

Meetings Resume between PA and Israeli Ministers

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Historical Media

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Highlights

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Marka Refugee Camp

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

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

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 Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

The Judaization of the Galilee

A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

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

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

The Algerians of Palestine

The Bosnians of Palestine

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

I. Ottoman Rule

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity