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Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

Jurji Habib Hanania

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

George Antonius

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1927 - 13 January 2005

1929 - 2 June 2016

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth

1860 - 1948

Events

Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)

Palin Commission of Inquiry

12 April 1920 - 1 July 1920

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan

27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965

2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon

28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981

Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon

South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken

21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982

Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon

15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982

PLO Debates Withdrawal

16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982

PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan

29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982

Sabra and Shatila Massacres

16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982

Deportation of Muhammad Dahlan

13 December 1986 - 26 January 1987

Resumption of Diplomatic Activity

30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988

Assassination of Habib Ashur and Imad Yasin in Gaza City

US Announces Resumption of UNRWA Funding and Forces UNRWA to Make Severe Policy Changes

7 April 2021 - 23 September 2021

Historical Texts

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

UNGA Resolution 273 (III)

Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407

UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)

10 November 1975

UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)

10 November 1975

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 September 1982

UNGA Resolution 42/210

17 December 1987

UNGA Resolution 42/229

UNGA Resolution 42/230

UNGA Resolution 43/160

9 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 43/177

15 December 1988

UNGA Resolution 58/292

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24

18 February 2011

HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

Historical Media

Arab League Warnings

Highlights

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art