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1859 - 21 July 1921

1875 - 9 February 1949

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

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

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

Rajeh al-Salfiti

1921 - 27 May 1990

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1934 - 14 September 2021

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)

14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001

1939 - 19 August 2014

1941 - 5 February 2023

1942 - 6 August 2019

13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Yahya al-Sinwar

19 October 1962 - 17 October 2024

9 February 1963

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

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

Palin Commission Report

Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

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

The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order

20 December 1921

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

The Hope Simpson Report

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

1 December 1930

MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann

13 February 1931

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

The Murison Commission Report

The Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937

Peel Commission Report

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

MacDonald White Paper

Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Bevin's Statement on Formation of an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

13 November 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

The Haganah: Plan Gimmel (Plan C): Section on Countermeasures

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan

3 September 1947

UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan

3 September 1947

UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority

3 September 1947

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UN Palestine Commission First Report

29 January 1948

UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine

16 February 1948

Text of Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section

The Palestine Act, 1948

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

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

UNSC Resolution 298

25 September 1971

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

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

The Koenig Memorandum

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

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

28 January 1980

Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel

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

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

7 February 1983

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 9

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

Secretary of State George Shultz: A Statement for Palestinians

26 February 1988

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

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

13 December 1988

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

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

The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)

27 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/14

12 December 2003

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

17 October 2005

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39

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

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

25 September 2009

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46

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

28 February 2019

Framework for Cooperation between UNRWA and the USA, 2021-2022

Events

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

Palestine Gendarmerie Is Established

1 July 1921 - 24 April 1922

The Palestine Gendarmerie Is Disbanded and the Palestine Police Reorganized

Criminal Code Ordinance of 1936

Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan

Arab Delegations Put Forward Constitutional Proposals to the London Round Table Conference on Palestine

30 September 1946

Zionist Attacks

15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948

Israel's Law and Administration Ordinance

Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem

Israeli Intelligence Report on the Depopulation of Palestine until 31 May 1948

Basic Law for the Gaza Strip

25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958

Palestinians Reorganize

11 December 1967 - 19 January 1968

Civil Aviation in the Conflict

23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969

PDFLP Splits off from PFLP

22 February 1969

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in South Lebanon and Jordan Valley

22 May 1970 - 29 May 1970

Assassination Attempt of Wadi Haddad in Beirut

Assassination Attempt of George Habash in Bsaba Village

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

The PFLP Announces It Has Abandoned the Tactic of Hijacking Planes

Japanese Red Army at Lod Airport

Assassination of Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut

Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut

Muhammad al-Aswad Is Killed in Gaza

Basil al-Kubaisi Assassinated in Paris

Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel

Palestinian Rejection Front

10 October 1974

Plane Hijacked to Entebbe

27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976

Wadi Haddad Dies in Berlin, East Germany

A PLF Operation in Nahariya

Kahan Report on the Sabra and Shatila Massacre

7 February 1983 - 10 February 1983

Palestinian Internal Polarization

27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984

Palestinians Hijack an Israeli Bus Toward Gaza

Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation

27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984

Attempted Assassination of Zaki Hillo in Madrid

Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus

Prisoner Exchange between Israel and the PFLP-GC

Assassination of Zafir al-Masri

2 March 1986 - 3 March 1986

Two Palestinian Newspapers Banned in Jerusalem

Palestinian Hang-Glider Operation

25 November 1987

Unified National Leadership of the Uprising

Israeli Raid on Palestinian Base South of Beirut; Ahmad Jibril Is Targeted

9 December 1988

Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon

A Coalition of 10 Palestinian Organizations Opposed to Negotiations Is Formed in Damascus

16 September 1992

Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa), PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine

30 September 1999

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000

George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP

27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000

The Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs in Lebanon Is Reorganized

14 October 2000

Assassination of Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa) in al-Bireh

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

Assassination of Jihad Jibril in Beirut

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza

15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003

Assassination of Nidal Salameh in Khan Yunis

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004

The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control

7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct

17 October 2005

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

Israeli Operations Resume

3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006

Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail

14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006

The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document

10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006

Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month

1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans

9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008

Palestinian National Unity Talks Resume in Cairo

25 February 2009 - 18 May 2009

Israel-Hamas Token Preliminary Prisoner Deal

2 October 2009 - 3 October 2009

The Palestinian Unity Government Still Does not Administer Gaza

11 January 2015 - 19 April 2015

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

A Third Intifada or a Temporary Outburst?

2 October 2015 - 31 January 2016

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings Renewed in Doha, Beirut and Moscow, with No Results

5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017

Municipal Elections in the West Bank

23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah

30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018

Israel Raids and Closes Offices of Human Rights Organizations in the West Bank

28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021

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

29 August 2021 - 28 December 2021

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Salah Hammouri is Placed in Administrative Detention Before Being Deported from Palestine to France

10 March 2022 - 18 December 2022

EU Unfreezes Funding for the PA, al-Haq, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

14 June 2022 - 30 June 2022

Historical Media

Laying Siege to Jaffa's Old City

Mahane Yehuda Explosion

22 November 1968

Highlights

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

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 Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Photographers Before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinian Communist Movement

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The Israeli Military

The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Balata Refugee Camp

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

The Bosnians of Palestine

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Zarqa Refugee Camp

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Aida Refugee Camp

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Places

'Arab al-Fuqara'

Bayyarat Hannun

Ghabat Kafr Sur

Khirbat al-'Umur

Khirbat al-Jawfa

Khirbat Umm Burj