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Biographies

Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Rajeh al-Salfiti
1921 - 27 May 1990
Biography
Jamal Bannoura
1938 - 16 December 2020

Events

Event
Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
Event
UNGA Res. 186 (S-2): Appointment of a UN Mediator in Palestine
14 May 1948
Event
SC Res. 49: Calling for a Cease-fire and Maintenance of the Truce in Jerusalem
22 May 1948
Event
First Palestine Truce, Israeli Reinforcements and Destruction of Palestinian Villages
11 June 1948 - 8 July 1948
Event
Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan
28 June 1948
Event
Responses to Bernadotte's Plan
2 July 1948 - 5 July 1948
Event
Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City
2 August 1948
Event
Bernadotte's New Plan
16 September 1948
Event
UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
Event
US in Favor of Bernadotte's New Plan
21 September 1948
Event
Israel's Provisional Council Enacts Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance
23 September 1948
Event
Israel Conducts its First Population Census
8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949
Event
UNGA Res. 194 (III): Establishment of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)
11 December 1948
Event
Israel Enacts the Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance
1 February 1949
Event
The UNGA Ad Hoc Political Committee, Dealing with Israel's Admission Application, Requests Clarifications
4 May 1949 - 9 May 1949
Event
Israel Decides to Issue Temporary Residency Permits for Palestinians Not Included in the Census
October 1949
Event
Lebanon War Casualties
1 September 1982 - 11 October 1982
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Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections
20 January 1996
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Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza
14 December 1998

Charts

Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Figures
1914 - 1947

Historical Texts

Document
Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
Document
Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
Document
The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
Document
UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority
3 September 1947
Document
UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)
14 May 1948
Document
Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
Document
Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
Document
The US Recognizes Israel on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
Document
Ad Hoc Political Committee Resolution on Israel’s Application for UN Membership
4 May 1949
Document
Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
U.S.-Soviet Letter of Invitation to Peace Talks in Madrid
18 October 1991
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
Document
Joe Biden’s Statement Before Mahmoud Abbas
15 July 2022

Highlights

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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Delegitimizing Criticism of Israel
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Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
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The Great March of Return
Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance

Places

Place
al-Bassa
Place
al-Latrun
Place
al-Tira
Place
'Ayn Ghazal
Place
Balad al-Shaykh
Place
Dayr al-Qasi
Place
Ijzim
Place
Jaba'
Place
Qalunya
Place
Wadi al-Hawarith