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Biographies

Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Qudsia Khourshid
5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Events

Event
Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party
27 March 1935
Event
Jordan and Israel Sign Agreement on Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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SC Res. 54: Ordering Parties to Desist from Military Action; Instructing Mediator to Continue Efforts for Jerusalem Demilitarization
15 July 1948
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Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City
2 August 1948
Event
SC Res. 61: Calling for Withdrawal of Forces and Establishment of Permanent Truce Lines and Demilitarized Zones
4 November 1948
Event
Syria-Israel Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
Event
Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja
23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955
Event
Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents
17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956
Event
Israeli-Syrian Aerial Battle
7 April 1967 - 21 April 1967
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PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Israeli's Security Demands
28 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
Event
US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
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Kerry Draws Up a Working Draft Framework for Negotiations
17 February 2014
Event
No Effective Resumption of Gaza Postwar Talks in Cairo
23 September 2014
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The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
Event
Trump Administration Presents Peace Plan
28 January 2020

Historical Texts

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Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Jordan-Israel Agreement: For the Demilitarization of Mount Scopus Area
7 July 1948
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UNSC Resolution 54
15 July 1948
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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UNSC Resolution 61
4 November 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
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UNSC Resolution 111
19 January 1956
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UNSC Resolution 171
9 April 1962
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
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UNSC Resolution 242
22 November 1967
Document
Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations
3 November 1969
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Document
Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East
1 October 1977
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
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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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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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009

Highlights

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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans