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Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

1859 - 21 July 1921

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

1882 - 22 April 1942

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

1939 - 19 August 2014

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Events

Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine

Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan

21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan

2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921

Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home

14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922

British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria

British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah

25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923

Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate

20 February 1928

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Establishment of the Istiqlal Party

Establishment of the Reform Party

Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine

British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy

November 1938 - May 1939

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

Arab National Fund Reestablished

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN

Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan and Establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government

16 May 1948 - 24 May 1948

Pro-Jordanian Amman Conference

Arab Responses to Formation of the All-Palestine Government

5 October 1948 - 14 October 1948

Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis

30 January 1949

The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis

31 January 1949

Jordan's Early Measure to "Jordanize" Arab Palestinians

14 February 1949

Jordan Amends the Parliamentary Election Law

13 December 1949

Dissolution of the Jordanian Parliament

Assassination of King Abdullah

20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952

Fatah Is Founded

Attempted Assassination of Anis Sayigh in Beirut

A PLF Operation in Nahariya

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus

15 December 1979

Fahd Plan Is Announced

King Hussein Dies; Eldest Son Is Crowned King Abdullah II

17 February 1999

Sharm al-Shaykh Summit

16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000

Assassination of Amer Hudairy in Tulkarm

14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative

27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002

Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet

Assassination of Khadir al-Husary in Gaza City

1 September 2003

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

Assassination of Shadi Suhail Muhanna and Muhammad Ahmad Kandeel in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

27 October 2005

Assassination of Said Abdul Fattah Abu al-Jedian in Beit Lahiya

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative

28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007

Assassination of Fadi Abdul Qader Abu Mustafa in Khan Yunis

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side

21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

Assassination of Muhammad Abu Mu‘ammar in Rafah

Assassination of Muhammad al-Dayah, Abdullah Lubbad, and Isma‘il Lubbad in Deir al-Balah

Assassination of Abdullah al-Talbani in Jabaliya

27 December 2011

Assassination of Abdallah Makawi in Rafah

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

Assassination of Haytham al-Mis-hal near Rafah

Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners

17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014

Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?

22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015

The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba

21 February 2016

Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

Historical Media

Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill at Government House Reception

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Arab Higher Committee Members

Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission

11 January 1937

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Arab Demonstration at Yatta

18 December 1938

London Conference

Historical Texts

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 September 1982

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

The Mitchell Report

UNSC Resolution 1397

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

Mecca Agreement

8 February 2007

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration

Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

12 February 2020

Abraham Accords: Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations, Announced by the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain

15 September 2020

Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel

15 September 2020

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Beddawi 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

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Places