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Biographies

Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Events

Event
6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903
Event
7th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
27 July 1905 - 2 August 1905
Event
Transfer of Land Ordinance
1 October 1920
Event
Palestinians Reject Arab Agency Scheme
12 October 1923
Event
Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme
19 July 1931 - April 1932
Event
Avner Defense Plan
June 1937
Event
Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan
24 July 1946
Event
Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
Event
Military Order No. 58, Concerning Abandoned Property (Private Property)
23 July 1967
Event
Plane Hijacked to Entebbe
27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976
Event
Palestinian Autonomy Is Discussed at the Sadat-Begin Summit in Aswan
7 January 1980 - 10 January 1980
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
27 March 1980
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Herzliya
1 May 1980 - 7 May 1980
Event
Egypt Decides to Suspend Talks with Israel on Palestinian Autonomy
10 May 1980

Historical Texts

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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Shaw Commission Report
12 March 1930
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The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
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Proposed New Constitution for Palestine
22 December 1935 - 23 December 1935
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
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Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
Document
Truman’s Statement on US Efforts for Palestine
4 October 1946
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
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PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)
8 June 1974
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Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution
29 October 1974
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
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Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1
19 January 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943
1 April 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985
20 April 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185
8 June 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2
25 June 1982
Document
Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
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National Conciliation Document
27 June 2006
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention Declaration
17 December 2014
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019

Highlights

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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Places

Place
Zir'in