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Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Event
Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul
30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911
Event
Land Transfers Regulations
20 February 1940
Event
Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
Event
Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
Event
US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Event
PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan
29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982
Event
War on Gaza, Day 14
9 January 2009
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Assassination of Ramez Harb in Gaza City
19 November 2012
Event
The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016

Historical Texts

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Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem
11 December 1917
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
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Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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National Bloc Party: Bylaws
4 October 1935
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Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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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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London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
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Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
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The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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The Haganah: Plan Gimmel (Plan C): Section on Countermeasures
May 1946
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
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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
14 March 1951
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Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
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Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
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Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions
4 June 1970
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Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
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Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
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Speech by Jordan’s King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
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Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
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Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria
31 May 1974
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
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Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration
12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977
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Israel-U.S. Working Paper on the Resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference
5 October 1977
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza
31 January 1982
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President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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The London Agreement
11 April 1987
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
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Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker
5 November 1989
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PLO “Assumptions” with Regard to Baker's Five Points
1 December 1989
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Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
17 March 1992
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
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The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994
26 December 1994
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
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Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 February 2000
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President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
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Palestinian and Israeli Positions on Refugees
22 January 2001 - 23 January 2001
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The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
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Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 35
15 May 2002
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Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/15
2 August 2004
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 39
30 June 2008
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas
4 May 2011
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Understanding Regarding Ceasefire in Gaza Strip
21 November 2012
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Basic Law: The Knesset Amendment No. 46
14 March 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Basic Law: Israel - the Nation-State of the Jewish People
19 July 2018
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021

Historical Media

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Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa
14 December 1920
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Land in Jewish Possession (1944)
31 December 1944
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Land in Jewish Possession (1947)
30 June 1947

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 Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestinian Photographers Before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
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Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Places

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Abil al-Qamh
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al-Bira
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al-Birwa
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al-Ghazzawiyya
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al-Haram
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al-Kabri
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al-Khayriyya
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al-Kunayyisa
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al-Manshiyya
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al-Nabi Rubin
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al-Nahr
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al-Nuqayb
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al-Qubab
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al-Qubayba
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al-Samiriyya
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al-Sanbariyya
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al-Tall
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al-Tantura
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Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda'
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al-Zib
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'Artuf
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'Atlit
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'Ayn Ghazal
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'Ayn Karim
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Bayt Dajan
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Bayt 'Itab
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al-Burayj
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Farwana
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Hittin
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Ijlil al-Qibliyya
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'Iraq al-Manshiyya
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Isdud
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Jahula
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Jarisha
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Kabara
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Kafr 'Ana
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Kafr Saba
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Kawkab al-Hawa
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Khirbat al-Shuna
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Khirbat al-Tannur
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Lifta
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Madahil
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Majdal Yaba
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Mirun
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Nitaf
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Qira
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Qisarya
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Sa'sa'
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Sarafand al-Kharab
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Tall al-Safi
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Taytaba
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Yazur
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Yibna
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Abu Shusha
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Khan al-Duwayr
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Wadi 'Ara