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Events

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A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities
28 May 1740
Event
With the Ottoman-Russian Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, Capitulations Turn into Bilateral Treaties
21 July 1774
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International Intervention Against Egyptian Rule in the Levant
1839 - 1841
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A New Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places Causes Confusion; Holy Places as a Trigger of the Crimean War
21 March 1852 - 4 October 1853
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Founding Principles of Ottoman Reform: The Tanzimat Stage II
18 February 1856
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Toward the Treaty of Paris Ending the Crimean War and Strengthening the European Influence on the Ottoman Empire
25 February 1856 - 30 March 1856
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Treaty of Berlin Confirms the Status Quo Related to the Christian Sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem
13 July 1878
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Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
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Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul
30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911
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Outbreak of World War I
1 August 1914 - 4 August 1914
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The Ottomans Abrogate the Capitulations
9 September 1914
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The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front
1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces
23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916
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The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published
8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917
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Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society
21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930
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The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
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Anglo-American Conference Meets in London and Proposes the Morrison-Grady Federal Plan
24 July 1946
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Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement
5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946
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Round Table Conference on Palestine Held in London
10 September 1946 - 3 October 1946
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22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946
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Majority of UNSCOP Members Recommend Partition
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947
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The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
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UNGA Res. 42/230: Requesting Arbitration with Host Country Concerning Application of Headquarters Agreement (on PLO Mission)
23 March 1988
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A US Federal Court Refuses to Order the Closure of the PLO UN Mission
29 June 1988
Event
Multilateral Talks
11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992
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Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171
18 December 2000
Event
Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions
27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
Event
International Responses to Palestinian Unity Efforts
2 February 2007 - 19 February 2007
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SC Res. 1850: Expressing Support for the Annapolis Negotiations and the Quartet Principles of January 2006
16 December 2008
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War on Gaza: Calls for Active Diplomacy
4 January 2009 - 5 January 2009
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Israeli and International Reactions to Announcement of Palestinian Unity Government
2 June 2014 - 3 June 2014
Event
Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again
2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025
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Tony Blair Resigns as Quartet Representative; Quartet Office Redefined
27 May 2015 - 11 June 2015
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France Hosts a Ministerial Meeting as First Stage of its Peace Initiative
3 June 2016
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The PLO Executive Committee Decides to Boycott the Quartet
3 July 2016 - 10 July 2016
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Palestinian Prisoner Khalil Awawdeh Suspends 172-Day Hunger Strike
31 August 2022 - 28 September 2022

Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Constantine Zurayk
18 April 1909 - 12 August 2000
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Qasim al-Rimawi
11 January 1918 - 29 April 1982
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Document
Balfour Declaration
2 November 1917
Document
Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Shaw Commission Report
12 March 1930
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Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
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Arab Constitutional Proposals at London Roundtable Conference
30 September 1946
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UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan
3 September 1947
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UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan
3 September 1947
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UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority
3 September 1947
Document
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948
23 September 1948
Document
Israel Law of Return and its Amendments
5 July 1950
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
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Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
Document
Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement
6 September 1969
Document
Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
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UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
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UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
Document
UNSC Resolution 904
18 March 1994
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394
17 May 1995
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Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241
21 March 1997
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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UNSC Resolution 1397
12 March 2002
Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385
20 December 2002
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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UNGA Resolution 58/292
6 May 2004
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Statement by Middle East Quartet on the Palestinian Legislative Elections
30 January 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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Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
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UNSC Resolution 2334
23 December 2016
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Mahmoud Abbas’s Op-Ed in The Guardian: Britain Must Atone for the Balfour Declaration – and 100 years of Suffering
1 November 2017
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Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
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ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine
5 February 2021
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HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021
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Framework for Cooperation between UNRWA and the USA, 2021-2022
14 July 2021
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Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022

Historical Media

Document
UNSCOP Minority Proposal: Federal State Plan
15 June 1947 - 3 September 1947

Highlights

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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Palestinian Photographers Before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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The Palestine Communist Party
1919–1948
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
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The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
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The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
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The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem
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Japan and the Palestine Question
A Policy still Subordinate to the US
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Zarqa Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Brazil and the Palestine Question
Competing Solidarities, Fluctuating Policies