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Biographies

Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

Events

Event
Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Prelude to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916
Event
The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces
23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916
Event
Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
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Appointment of the King-Crane Commission
20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919
Event
French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
Event
Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
Event
White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration
3 June 1922
Event
Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference
15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939
Event
UN General Assembly Session on Palestine
28 April 1947 - 9 May 1947
Event
Israel and Syria Sign a Disengagement Agreement
31 May 1974
Event
Negotiations for Sinai II Fail
7 March 1975 - 22 March 1975
Event
Sinai II Agreement Reached
20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975
Event
Failed Attempt to Open a PLO Information Office in Washington
19 November 1976

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
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Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem
11 December 1917
Document
Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
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Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975

Highlights

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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism