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Hafiz al-Sa’id

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

1885 - 19 December 1953

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

1925 - 10 April 1973

1926 - 23 January 1984

1928 - 1 September 2020

1929 - 2 June 2016

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1934 - 14 September 2021

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)

14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001

1939 - 19 August 2014

1941 - 5 February 2023

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

9 February 1963

Events

Creation of Underground Bar Giora Group

29 September 1907

Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley

March 1909 - July 1909

Palestinians Clash with Settlers of Sejera Colony

3 April 1909 - 12 April 1909

Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan

Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa

Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially

Establishment of the National Bloc Party

Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force

12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935

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

August 1937 - May 1941

Pledge to Buy US Armament for the Haganah

An Irgun Attack on British

Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem

26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948

Pro-Jordanian Jericho Conference

1 December 1948 - 28 December 1948

Israeli Attack on Syria (Operation Olive Leaves)

10 December 1955 - 11 December 1955

President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan

27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965

2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

June War, 1st Day

Settlement Attempt in Hebron

12 April 1968 - 16 June 1968

Ali Hassan Salameh Is Killed in Beirut

22 January 1979

7th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo

18 December 1979 - 19 December 1979

4th Negotiation Round, Washington

24 February 1992 - 4 March 1992

Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage

20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993

Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO

9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba

13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999

Arafat Arrives in Gaza and Jericho

1 July 1994 - 5 July 1994

Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed

The Knesset Adopts the Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

Further Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities

Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)

28 September 1995

Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed

15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998

End of the Oslo Five-Year Interim Period

Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

Israel Closes all West Bank District Coordination Offices

3 December 2002 - 11 January 2003

Assassination of Muhammad Daghmash and Rawi Abu Kumayl in Gaza City

Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh

8 February 2005

Disengagement: Evacuation of Settlers

8 August 2005 - 22 August 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls

25 January 2006

Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail

14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

The Battle of Nahr el-Bared

20 May 2007 - 2 September 2007

Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume

24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

Palestinian-Israeli Clashes in Acre

8 October 2008 - 13 October 2008

War on Gaza: Parallel Israeli and Hamas Cease-Fires; Balance Sheet

18 January 2009

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

Clashes in East Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque

27 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

A Serious Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence in Gaza

9 March 2012 - 13 March 2012

Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration

10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014

Israeli Police Acts Against Palestinians in the Negev

14 January 2015 - 27 January 2015

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

A Day of Escalation in the West Bank

Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank

10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016

Continued Violation of the Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif

With Trump as President, Huge Settlement Growth in 2017

31 December 2017

Botched Undercover Israeli Operation in Gaza Sparks Exchange of Fire

11 November 2018 - 13 November 2018

Settlement Construction in 2018 Remains High

31 December 2018

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

Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration

31 December 2019

Evyatar Outpost Resettled; Palestinian Protesters Killed or Injured

3 May 2021 - 31 December 2021

Israel Demolishes Parts of al-Yusufiya Cemetery to Make Space for Biblical Park

17 October 2021 - 29 October 2021

Israel Declares 22,000 Dunams of Land Near Jericho a “Nature Reserve”

A Balance Sheet for Bennett-Lapid Government Actions in the West Bank

Historical Texts

Palin Commission Report

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

Churchill White Paper

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

The Hope Simpson Report

The Murison Commission Report

National Bloc Party: Bylaws

Peel Commission Report

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Biltmore Conference Declaration

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

Pact of the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

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

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

The Grady-Morrison Plan

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Resolutions of the Jericho Conference on Palestinian-Jordanian Unity (in Arabic)

1 December 1948

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

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

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

The Koenig Memorandum

Begin's Autonomy Plan

28 December 1977

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

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

31 January 1982

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Wye River Memorandum

23 October 1998

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles

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

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

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

25 September 2009

Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

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

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

Historical Media

Importation of a Military Industry

Grand Serai in Ruins

Highlights

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

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

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

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 Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Palestine Communist Party

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Marka Refugee Camp

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

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

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

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Resolution 242, 22 November 1967

Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

Japan and the Palestine Question

A Policy still Subordinate to the US

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Places

'Arab al-'Arida