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Biographies

Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019

Events

Event
Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)
1917 - 1921
Event
Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem
8 May 1921
Event
Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council
20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922
Event
Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem
8 November 1923
Event
Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem
1 November 1928
Event
White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928
Event
1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
Event
John Hope Simpson Sent to Palestine to Investigate Questions of Immigration, Land Settlement and Development
2 May 1930
Event
Hope Simpson Report Is Published
22 August 1930 - 20 October 1930
Event
White Paper (Passfield) of 1930 Is Published
20 October 1930
Event
Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme
19 July 1931 - April 1932
Event
Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931
Event
Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened
11 December 1931
Event
Protection of Cultivators Ordinance, No. 37
31 August 1933
Event
The Arab Higher Committee is Formed
25 April 1936
Event
Arab Higher Committee Is Banned
October 1937 - November 1937
Event
Appointment of the Palestine Partition (Woodhead) Commission
4 January 1938
Event
The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem
13 January 1938
Event
British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy
November 1938 - May 1939
Event
London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
Event
Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee
12 June 1946
Event
Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza
22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948
Event
UNRWA Signs Agreement with Jordan as Refugee Host Country
14 March 1951 - 20 August 1951
Event
The US and Jordan River Waters
25 June 1954 - 6 July 1954
Event
US Withdraws Aswan Funding
19 July 1956
Event
Appointment of Special Representative of the UNCCP
24 August 1961
Event
Proposals Announced by Joseph Johnson, Special Representative of the UNCCP
31 August 1962
Event
Israeli and Arab Responses to Joseph Johnson's Proposals
5 October 1962 - 17 October 1962
Event
Israel Prepares for War with US Consent
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967
Event
June War, 6th Day
10 June 1967
Event
US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Event
Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination
25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986
Event
President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991
Event
Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage
20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993
Event
Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000
Event
Assassination of Ibrahim Makadama in Gaza City
8 March 2003
Event
Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map
2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004
Event
US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze
26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009
Event
22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte
27 March 2010
Event
John Kerry Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy for Resumption of Negotiations
4 March 2013 - 8 May 2013
Event
Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative
29 April 2013
Event
Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds
23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013
Event
Terms of Talk Resumption as Sponsored by Kerry
28 July 2013
Event
Launch of Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Direct Negotiations in Washington
29 July 2013 - 30 July 2013
Event
Israeli-Palestinian Direct Talks Take Place in Jerusalem
14 August 2013 - 2 September 2013
Event
Israeli-Palestinian Talks Accelerate for Nothing
25 September 2013 - 23 October 2013
Event
Israel's Settlement Expansion Disrupts the Palestinian Negotiation Team
31 October 2013 - 13 November 2013
Event
Aim of Talks Is No Longer a Comprehensive Agreement but a Framework Agreement
14 November 2013 - 31 January 2014
Event
Abbas Meeting with Kerry in Paris Ends in Total Failure
19 February 2014 - 21 February 2014
Event
Kerry Prepares Another Working Draft Framework for Negotiations
15 March 2014
Event
Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners
17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014
Event
25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Event
Settlement Announcement in the Midst of a Crisis Regarding the Negotiations
1 April 2014
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War: The Intermittent Cease-Fires (Phase III)
31 July 2014 - 26 August 2014
Event
The PLO Strives for a Security Council Resolution Specifying a Timetable for Ending the Occupation
26 September 2014 - 28 November 2014
Event
Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel
10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014
Event
Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
Event
The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
Event
Palestinians Thwart the Setting Up of Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016
Event
Kerry's "Farewell" Speech on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
28 December 2016
Event
Opening of the “Apartheid Road”
10 January 2019
Event
Israel Prevents Palestine Cup Final
3 July 2019 - 25 September 2019

Historical Media

Document
Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa
14 December 1920
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Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London
April 1930
Document
Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931
16 December 1931
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Document
Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938

Historical Texts

Document
The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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
Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
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
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016

Highlights

Highlight
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Palestinian Photographers Before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Kerry-Sponsored Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations
2013 - 2014

Places

Place
al-Muzayri'a
Place
'Atlit
Place
'Ayn Karim
Place
Kafr Saba
Place
Khirbat 'Iribbin
Place
Masil al-Jizl
Place
Qaqun