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Establishment of European and American Consulates in Jerusalem

Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe

Establishment of Foreign Archeological Institutes in Jerusalem

Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association in London

Publication of The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

1st Zionist Congress in Basel Calls for a Jewish Home in Palestine

29 August 1897 - 31 August 1897

2nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

28 August 1898 - 31 August 1898

3rd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel

15 August 1899 - 18 August 1899

Palestinian Peasants in Tiberias Score a Rare Success Against Zionist Land Acquisition

8 December 1900 - 11 November 1901

Emerging Palestinian Identity and Arab Nationalism

8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague

14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907

The Zionist Organization Opens an Office in Jaffa

Young Turk Revolution

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul

Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley

March 1909 - July 1909

Foundation of Tel Aviv

Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer

Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul

July 1909 - March 1915

9th Zionist Congress Is Held in Hamburg

26 December 1909 - 30 December 1909

Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris

Provisional Law Concerning the Right of Certain Corporate Bodies to Own Immovable Property, 22 Rabi' al-awwal 1331

The Arab Congress Meets in Paris

17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913

Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul

28 October 1913

Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)

Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine

8 May 1918 - December 1918

1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919

American Jews Petition President Wilson Against Jewish State in Palestine

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society

21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930

Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem

1 November 1928

1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 October 1929

General Conference of Palestine Arab Workers, Haifa

11 January 1930

Hope Simpson Report Is Published

22 August 1930 - 20 October 1930

Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme

19 July 1931 - April 1932

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Formation of the Arab National League (ANL) in New York

August 1937 - May 1941

Support in the United States for a Jewish Army

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Pledge to Buy US Armament for the Haganah

Truman and Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

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

13 November 1945

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Publishes its Report after a Visit to Palestine

6 March 1946 - 20 April 1946

President Truman Supports Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Arab League Meets in Bludan and Reacts to the Recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

8 June 1946 - 12 June 1946

Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan

Truman's Statement after Postponement of Round Table Conference on Palestine

The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved

1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

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

Israel and the Lavon Affair

July 1954 - 17 February 1955

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq

Palestine Arab Delegation (PAD) Office Is Opened in New York

26 June 1961 - 26 June 2001

The General Union of Palestinian Women Is Formed in Jerusalem

June War, 4th Day

Fatah Defines its Political Objective

19 October 1968

5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established

Black September Operation in Khartoum

1 March 1973 - 4 March 1973

Basil al-Kubaisi Assassinated in Paris

American Airlift

14 October 1973 - 14 November 1973

Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards

15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973

American-Soviet Agreement on a Cease-fire

21 October 1973

A Palestine Information Office (PIO) Is Opened in Washington

SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones

Operations Against French and US Contingents in Beirut

23 October 1983

The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington

15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988

31st Zionist Congress Meets in Jerusalem

6 December 1987 - 10 December 1987

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

Another Round of Releasing and Detaining Faisal al-Husseini

9 June 1988 - 29 January 1989

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

17 October 1991

US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations

5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998

Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts

10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999

Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round

30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000

Israeli-Palestinian (Post-Stockholm) Back Channel

1 June 2000 - 3 June 2000

The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks

2 September 2000

Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising

30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000

The Mitchell Committee of Fact-Finding on the Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation

7 November 2000 - 30 December 2000

Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions

Israeli Leaders Push for an American War Against Iraq

16 October 2002 - 9 February 2003

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

The PLO Presents "the Palestine Announcement in Lebanon"

War on Gaza, Day 7

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Israeli Side: The Settlements Issue

18 May 2009 - 1 June 2009

The Palestinian State: Recognition and Upgrade Drive, Mostly in Latin and Central America and Europe

1 December 2010 - 19 January 2012

Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers

23 January 2011

The Knesset Passes the "Admissions Committees Law"

Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine

26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016

37th Zionist Congress, Jerusalem

20 October 2015 - 22 October 2015

Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Donald Trump Is Elected the 45th American President

8 November 2016

Donald Trump Is Officially Inaugurated as the 45th American President

20 January 2017

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

Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel

15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Bennett-Lapid Government Accelerates Colonization in its First Six Months

31 December 2021

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1859 - 21 July 1921

1860 - 13 April 1930

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

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

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Constantine Zurayk

18 April 1909 - 12 August 2000

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

1917 - 12 December 2003

Qasim al-Rimawi

11 January 1918 - 29 April 1982

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

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

1925 - 10 April 1973

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

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

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

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943 - 10 March 2026

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

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

Historical Texts

Basel (Zionist) Program

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

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Palin Commission Report

Churchill White Paper

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Shaw Commission Report

The Hope Simpson 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

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Peel Commission Report

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Biltmore Conference Declaration

Pact of the League of Arab States

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

13 November 1945

US Congress Resolution on Palestine

17 December 1945 - 19 December 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Statement by the Council of the Arab League on the Anglo-American Committee's Report on Palestine

The Grady-Morrison Plan

Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference

30 September 1946

Truman’s Statement on US Efforts for Palestine

UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority

3 September 1947

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

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

8 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 212 (III)

19 November 1948

UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)

8 December 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Israel Law of Return and its Amendments

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

UNGA Resolution 393 (V)

2 December 1950

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

First Arab Summit: Statement

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

UNGA Resolution 2252 (ES-V)

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

9 December 1969

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

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

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

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

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

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

30 November 1977

Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement

20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

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

Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza

31 January 1982

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

1 September 1982

Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal

2 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

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

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

7 November 1985

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

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

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

13 December 1988

Statement by President Reagan on Opening American-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

Egypt's Ten-Point Response to Israel's Election Plan in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East

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

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 3rd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 4th Memorandum to US 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 Israel

18 October 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

PLO Negotiation Affairs Department Assessment of US Policy

20 January 2001

Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees

22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001

The Mitchell Report

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

Israel and the Road Map

23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

UNGA Resolution ES-10/13

27 October 2003

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

Palestinian Authority's Declaration on Institutional Renewal

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

17 October 2005

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

Prisoners’ Document on National Conciliation

National Conciliation Document

President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech

Joint Understanding Between Israel and the PLO Read by President Bush

27 November 2007

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

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

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

25 September 2009

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

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

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Middle East Peace Conference Joint Declaration

15 January 2017

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

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

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

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

6 December 2017

Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance

26 December 2018

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

28 February 2019

Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

12 February 2020

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

Abraham Accords: Treaty of Peace Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada

HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid

1 February 2022

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC

US-Israel Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership

Joe Biden’s Statement Before Mahmoud Abbas

Historical Media

Sykes-Picot Agreement

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

2 November 1932

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

Highlights

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

Lebanon War, 1982

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

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967

A Never-Ending Normalization

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Photographers Before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005

Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Balata Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

I. Ottoman Rule

III. Late Mandate

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

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

Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018

Enshrining Discrimination

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

The Bosnians of Palestine

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

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

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The Algerians of Palestine

The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

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 United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944

From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem

Japan and the Palestine Question

A Policy still Subordinate to the US

Canada and the Palestine Question

Israel First, Palestinians Second

Jerash Refugee Camp (Gaza Camp)

Zarqa Refugee Camp

XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era

The Great March of Return

Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

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

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

Brazil and the Palestine Question

Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Periods

I. Ottoman Rule

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Places

Ghuwayr Abu Shusha

Khirbat al-Muntar

Khirbat Bayt Far

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Foreign Interference in Ottoman Internal Affairs

1569 - 1923