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A Religious Component Related to Jerusalem and Other Elements Are Added to a Capitulation Granted to France

20 May 1604 - 17 April 1607

A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities

International Intervention Against Egyptian Rule in the Levant

A New Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places Causes Confusion; Holy Places as a Trigger of the Crimean War

21 March 1852 - 4 October 1853

Founding Principles of Ottoman Reform: The Tanzimat Stage II

18 February 1856

Toward the Treaty of Paris Ending the Crimean War and Strengthening the European Influence on the Ottoman Empire

25 February 1856 - 30 March 1856

Treaty of Berlin Confirms the Status Quo Related to the Christian Sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire

24 November 1881

Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line

31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892

France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements

2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901

Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company in Jaffa

7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903

Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague

14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907

Young Turk Revolution

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

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

The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front

1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915

The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces

23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916

The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson

General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant

23 October 1918

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

The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It

Signing of a Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries

23 December 1920

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall

19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially

Start of General Strike and Armed Resistance

7 May 1936 - 31 May 1936

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

London Conference on Suez

16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956

Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property

The Knesset Issues Amendment 16 to the Planning and Building Law, 1965

12 February 1981

Further Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

Report of the Panel of Inquiry on the Mavi Marmara Incident (Palmer Commission)

2 September 2011

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products

9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015

Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire

16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015

Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst

4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest

25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018

Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure

19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019

Israeli Bombing Resumes Against Gaza

1 May 2019 - 5 May 2019

The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank

22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

Facebook Censors Palestinians

24 May 2021 - 15 October 2021

Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements

5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021

Biographies

Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1860 - 13 April 1930

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Jurji Habib Hanania

1868 - October 1930

1878 - 29 June 1950

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

1902 - 27 August 1984

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 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

Anwar Nusseibeh

1913 - 22 November 1986

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

1926 - 23 January 1984

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

1928 - 1 September 2020

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Sykes-Picot Agreement

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

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Shaw Commission Report

The Hope Simpson Report

National Fund: Establishment of Company to Save the Lands of Palestine (in Arabic)

11 October 1932

The Murison Commission Report

Peel Commission Report

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report

9 November 1938

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

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

Text of Plan Dalet (Plan D): General Section

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

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

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

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

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

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

31 January 1982

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

7 February 1983

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

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

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

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

17 October 2005

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

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

Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid

1 February 2022

Historical Media

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

2 November 1932

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

Land in Jewish Possession, 1944

31 December 1944

Highlights

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

Palestinian Photographers Before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

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

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

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

The Palestine Communist Party

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

I. Ottoman Rule

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

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

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

The Bosnians of Palestine

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

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

Turkey and the Palestine Question

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

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

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

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

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

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

Stages of a Forced Displacement

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Brazil and the Palestine Question

Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Places

Khirbat al-Muntar