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Biographies

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

1880 - 16 June 1946

Raghib al-Nashashibi

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rafiq al-Tamimi

George Antonius

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

1910 - 26 February 1971

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Events

Jerusalem Representation in the First and Second Ottoman Parliaments

19 March 1877 - 14 February 1878

Herzl Correspondence with Jerusalem Mayor

Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives

June 1909 - 2 November 1909

Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament

March 1911 - May 1911

Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa

Establishment of the Reform Party

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Ahmed Bouchiki Assassinated in Lillehammer

Ali Hassan Salameh Is Killed in Beirut

22 January 1979

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit

11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000

On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans

15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002

Assassination of Nidal Salameh in Khan Yunis

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank

14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007

Reactions to West Bank-Gaza Strip Split

17 June 2007 - 20 June 2007

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007

Fayyad's Emergency Government Becomes a de facto Regular Government

5 July 2007 - 14 July 2007

Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference

Fayyad's Speech at Al-Quds University on Setting the Goal for Statehood in Two Years

Salam Fayyad's Government Issues “Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” Plan

25 August 2009 - 24 September 2009

Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund

12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010

Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics

14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011

Israel Approves Settlement Expansion

2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011

Fayyad's Cabinet Reshuffle

Palestinian-Israeli Exchange of Letters for Cooperation on Taxes and Customs

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigns

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

4 December 2016

Historical Media

Yusuf Diya-uddin Pasha al-Khalidi

Arab Higher Committee Members

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Arab League Warnings

Historical Texts

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 58/292

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Balata Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks

The Bosnians of Palestine

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Places

Dayr Abu Salama