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Biographies

1868 - October 1930

1878 - 29 June 1950

1880 - 16 June 1946

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

1917 - 12 December 2003

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

1941 - 5 February 2023

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Events

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

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Assassination of Omar Saadeh and Taha al-Aruj in Bethlehem

Assassination Attempt of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm

6 September 2001

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA

24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004

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

Assassination of Omar al-Khatib in Gaza City

Israel Refuses an Egyptian-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Offer

30 April 2008 - 12 May 2008

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

14 November 2012

Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel

15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019

Historical Texts

Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem

11 December 1917

Palin Commission Report

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”

1 December 1930

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

The Koenig Memorandum

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

The Mitchell Report

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

UNGA Resolution ES-10/15

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

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

28 February 2019

Highlights

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Jaramana Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity