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Biographies

Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Events

Event
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
Event
The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front
1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915
Event
Start of the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
Event
The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine
9 January 1917
Event
First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall
28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917
Event
Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects
30 June 1953
Event
Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955
Event
The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
Event
Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
Event
Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai
7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957
Event
US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Event
Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva
21 December 1973
Event
US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
Event
Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai
23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008
Event
The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza
11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014
Event
Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt
31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

Historical Texts

Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
June 1967 War
1966 - 1967

Highlights

Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
Highlight
VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
Highlight
The United Kingdom and the Palestine Question Before 1917
Ideological and Colonialist Path to Conquest
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Periods

Period
VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement
Period
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

Places

Place
al-Nabi Rubin