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Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Events

Event
Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
Event
Yasir Arafat and Khalil al-Wazir Confer with Premier Chou-En-Lai in China
17 March 1964
Event
Yasir Arafat Assumes Prominence within Fatah
14 April 1968
Event
5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969
Event
PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
Event
Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
Event
Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly
13 November 1974
Event
Assassination Attempt of PLO Senior Leadership in Beirut
1 October 1975
Event
Several Israeli Attempts to Assassinate Yasir Arafat During Invasion of Lebanon
15 June 1982 - 30 August 1982
Event
PLO Debates Withdrawal
16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982
Event
PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan
29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982
Event
Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented
20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982
Event
PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
Event
Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983
Event
Scission within Fatah
18 May 1983 - 15 September 1983
Event
Reactions to Fatah Scission in Occupied Territories
26 June 1983 - 9 November 1983
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983
Event
Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo
16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983
Event
Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks
26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984
Event
Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
Event
17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Event
Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985
Event
PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
18 February 1985
Event
Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus
25 March 1985
Event
The PLO, the US, and Resolution 242
15 May 1985
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Event
Israeli Planes Attack PLO Headquarters in Tunis; Arafat Narrowly Escapes
25 September 1985 - 1 October 1985
Event
Arafat's "Cairo Declaration" on Terrorism
7 November 1985
Event
Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination
25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986
Event
Non-Armed Intifada
3 January 1988 - 13 February 1988
Event
Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva
13 December 1988 - 14 December 1988
Event
Start of US-PLO Dialogue
14 December 1988
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989
Event
Yasir Arafat Makes First Official Visit to Paris
2 May 1989 - 4 May 1989
Event
Draft SC S/21326 to Dispatch a SC Commission to Palestinian Territory to Recommend Ways of Protecting Civilians Vetoed by US
31 May 1990
Event
Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)
14 January 1991
Event
Arafat Survives a Plane Crash in Libya
7 April 1992 - 8 April 1992
Event
Bilateral Negotiation Round Delayed
11 January 1993
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Initialed and Approved
20 August 1993 - 30 August 1993
Event
Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO
9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting in Tunis Prepares the Implementation of the DOP
10 October 1993 - 12 October 1993
Event
Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba
13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993
Event
Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994
Event
Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994
Event
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo
4 May 1994
Event
Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force
20 May 1994
Event
Arafat Arrives in Gaza and Jericho
1 July 1994 - 5 July 1994
Event
Rabin, Peres, and Arafat Are Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
9 December 1994
Event
Settlement Activity Around Jerusalem
19 January 1995 - 1 February 1995
Event
Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections
20 January 1996
Event
First Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting
4 September 1996
Event
Clinton - Netanyahu - Arafat - Hussein Meeting in Washington
1 October 1996 - 2 October 1996
Event
Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment
16 January 1997
Event
Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
Event
US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations
5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998
Event
Further Redeployment Talks Intensify
3 September 1998 - 28 September 1998
Event
Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
10 December 1998
Event
President Clinton's Visit to Gaza
14 December 1998
Event
Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza
14 December 1998
Event
To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
Event
Clinton's Letter of Assurance to Arafat as a "Compensation" for Not Declaring a State
26 April 1999
Event
With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume
11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999
Event
Official Resumption of Final Status Talks
13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999
Event
Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine
30 September 1999
Event
Setting Up Israeli-Palestinian Back Channel
1 December 1999 - 5 May 2000
Event
Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date
8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000
Event
Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
Event
FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds
7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000
Event
Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round
30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000
Event
Andrews and Bolling Rounds of Negotiation
13 June 2000 - 17 June 2000
Event
Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David
3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000
Event
Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit
11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000
Event
Attempts to Revive Final Status Talks
16 August 2000 - 28 September 2000
Event
US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
Event
Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
Event
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
Event
Assassination of Hussein Ubayyat in Beit Sahur, Before a Clinton-Arafat Meeting in Washington
9 November 2000
Event
Israeli and Palestinian Response to the Clinton Proposals
28 December 2000 - 3 January 2001
Event
Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
Event
New Threshold Crossed with Suicide Bombing and Warplanes
18 May 2001 - 4 June 2001
Event
The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan
11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001
Event
US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001
Event
President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State
2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001
Event
Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
Event
Assassination of Yasir Asida and Fahmi Abu Eisheh in Tulkarm
2 November 2001
Event
Timid Diplomatic Efforts
2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001
Event
With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level
26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001
Event
Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?
16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001
Event
Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated
3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002
Event
Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
Event
14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
Event
Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound
29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002
Event
Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity
1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002
Event
US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
Event
Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
Event
Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Raids West Bank Towns and Shells Arafat's Headquarters
5 June 2002 - 17 June 2002
Event
Assassination of Yasir Rizq and Ameer Kuffe in Rafah
24 June 2002
Event
Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories
18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002
Event
SC Res. 1435: Concern over Reoccupation of Arafat's Headquarters in Ramallah and Call for Israeli Withdrawal
24 September 2002
Event
Arafat Accepts the Creation of a Prime Minister Position
9 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003
Event
The PLC Discusses and Approves Amendments to the Basic Law Creating the Post of Prime Minister
10 March 2003 - 18 March 2003
Event
Mahmoud Abbas Forms the Palestinian Government
19 March 2003 - 29 April 2003
Event
Assassination of Yasir Taha in Gaza City
12 June 2003
Event
No Let Up in Confrontation
19 August 2003 - 20 August 2003
Event
Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire
4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003
Event
Mahmoud Abbas Resigns as Prime Minister
6 September 2003
Event
Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis
7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003
Event
Draft SC Res. S/2003/891 Against any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety Vetoed by US
16 September 2003
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/12: Demands Israel to Desist from any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety
19 September 2003
Event
Palestinian Peace Gestures
1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004
Event
Assassination of Yasir Abu Aysh, Hussein Abu Aysh and Majdi Khatib in Rafah
2 February 2004
Event
Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza
2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004
Event
An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA
24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004
Event
The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
Event
Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death
12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004
Event
Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron
17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004
Event
17th Arab Summit Meets in Algiers
22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005
Event
Assassination of Sabir Abu Assi, Assim Abu Ras, Amjad Arafat, and Adil Haniyeh in Gaza City
15 July 2005
Event
The PLO Central Council Meets in Ramallah
23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008
Event
Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons
19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013

Historical Texts

Document
Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
Document
Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution
29 October 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Document
Cairo Declaration on the PLO and Terrorism as read by PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat
7 November 1985
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
Press Conference Statement of Yasir Arafat Clarifying His Speech Before the UN General Assembly
14 December 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326
31 May 1990
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
Document
Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
Israel’s Gaza Redeployment, 2005
Exacerbating the Siege and Targeting the Land of the West Bank
Highlight
XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
Israel's Nation-State Law, 2018
Enshrining Discrimination
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
Highlight
VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
Highlight
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance

Periods

Period
XI. Second Intifada and the Post-Arafat Era