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Biographies

1868 - October 1930

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

1882 - 22 April 1942

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

1893 - 27 April 1940

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

1923 - 12 May 2004

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1936 - 3 August 1978

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

1942 - 6 August 2019

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel

30 November 1977

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

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

28 February 2019

Events

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

24 February 1955

Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal

27 September 1955

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

London Conference on Suez

16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956

Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres

22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic"

15 December 1959

1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River

13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964

Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria

12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967

Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria

15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967

Israel Prepares for War with US Consent

2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967

June War, 5th Day

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country

3 November 1969

Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

Abdel Nasser Dies of a Sudden Heart Attack; Anwar al-Sadat Succeeds Him

28 September 1970

Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)

14 January 1991

New Palestinian Cabinet under Ahmad Qurai'

24 February 2005

Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet

19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank

3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007

Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, Is Ousted by the Military

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

21 February 2016

Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Israel Begins Public Normalization Push

20 January 2019

The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019

PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones

15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11

Highlights

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

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

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The Algerians of Palestine

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry