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Ottoman Conquest of the Levant

24 August 1516 - 12 January 1517

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

20 May 1604 - 17 April 1607

Greek Orthodox Backlash against Provision on Jerusalem's Holy Sites in Capitulation of 1604

A Capitulation Granted to France Reaffirms Latin Rights in Jerusalem's Holy Sites

5 June 1673 - 20 April 1690

A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities

A Riot Against the Franciscans in the Holy Sepulchre Leads to a Firman More Favorable to the Greek Orthodox

The Territory Under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani's Control: Economic and Social Dimension

With the Ottoman-Russian Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, Capitulations Turn into Bilateral Treaties

Ottoman Firman Confirms Status Quo in Jerusalem and Bethlehem Christian Holy Places

8 February 1852

Formal Entry of General Allenby into Jerusalem

11 December 1917

Church Leaders in Palestine Denounce Partition

Hunger Strike of Palestinian Women in Jerusalem

26 January 1969 - 28 January 1969

Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel

30 December 1993

The Holy See and Israel Sign an Agreement Complementing their 1993 Fundamental Agreement

10 November 1997

Vatican-PLO Agreement

15 February 2000

Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity

1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002

Possible Sale of Properties Belonging to Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Old City Revealed

18 March 2005 - 24 May 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct

17 October 2005

Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine

26 June 2015 - 2 January 2016

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest

25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018

Israeli Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Settler Organization’s Claim to Three Buildings in the Old City of Jerusalem

Israeli Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Properties Owned by the Greek Orthodox Church in East Jerusalem

26 March 2022 - 8 June 2022

Biographies

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Jurji Habib Hanania

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

1880 - 16 June 1946

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

1925 - 10 April 1973

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

1936 - 29 August 1987

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

8 February 1852

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

Palin Commission Report

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Israel

30 December 1993

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization

15 February 2000

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

17 October 2005

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

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

Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid

1 February 2022

Mahmoud Abbas’s Statement Before Joe Biden

Joe Biden’s Statement Before Mahmoud Abbas

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

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 Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Talbieh Refugee Camp

France and the Palestine Question Before 1948

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

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

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

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Brazil and the Palestine Question

Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies

Historical Media

Old City of Jerusalem from the Church of the Savior

Places

al-Masmiyya al-Saghira

Ghuwayr Abu Shusha

al-Jammasin al-Gharbi

al-Jammasin al-Sharqi

Khirbat al-Tannur

Kirad al-Baqqara