interactive encyclopedia of the palestine question – palquest | search

Sections

About

Use quotation marks “…” to search for an exact phrase.

Biographies

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

1893 - 27 April 1940

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

1917 - 12 December 2003

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

1925 - 10 April 1973

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

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

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1942 - 6 August 2019

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Historical Texts

Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962

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

30 November 1977

Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

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

Historical Media

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Events

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

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

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

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

Israeli Operation in Beirut Against Palestinian Leaders

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

Assassination of Kamal al-Nairab and Imad Hamad in Rafah

PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones

15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

Highlights

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

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

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

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

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

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes