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Biographies

Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Asma Tubi
1905 - 1983
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Qudsia Khourshid
5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966

Events

Event
Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe
1881 - 1884
Event
First Wave of Jewish Immigration to Palestine
1882 - 1903
Event
Publication of The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl
February 1896
Event
6th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
23 August 1903 - 28 August 1903
Event
Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
Event
General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
Event
The Ottomans Sign the Armistice of Mudros; Istanbul Is Occupied
30 October 1918 - 13 November 1918
Event
The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It
19 August 1920
Event
Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
Event
Tension Over al-Buraq/ Western Wall
23 September 1928 - 30 October 1928
Event
Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem
1 November 1928
Event
White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928
Event
al-Buraq / Western Wall: Palestinians Rise up in Protest against Zionist Provocations
15 August 1929 - 29 August 1929
Event
The British Form a Commission of Inquiry on Disturbances at al-Buraq / Western Wall
13 September 1929
Event
1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
26 October 1929
Event
League of Nations Council Approves the Appointment of an International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
14 January 1930 - 15 May 1930
Event
Shaw Commission Report on al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances
12 March 1930
Event
Report of the International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
Event
Enactment of the Palestine Order in Council Related to al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 May 1931
Event
The Palestine Archeological Museum Opens Its Doors in Jerusalem
13 January 1938
Event
Establishment of Hanita Settlement in Western Galilee
21 March 1938
Event
The Eastern Women's Congress in Defense of Palestine Is Held in Cairo
15 October 1938 - 18 October 1938
Event
Stern Gang Calls for Alliance with Axis
October 1939
Event
Killing of Avraham Stern
February 1942
Event
Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
Event
Stern Gang Assassinates Lord Moyne in Cairo
6 November 1944
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
Event
Organized Irgun and Lehi Anti-British Attacks
24 November 1945 - 19 January 1946
Event
Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
Event
Stern Gang Letter Bombs Against Officials in London
5 June 1947
Event
Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan
29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947
Event
Arab League Meeting on Palestine in Aley, Lebanon
7 October 1947 - 15 October 1947
Event
Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan
6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947
Event
Zionist Attacks
15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948
Event
Palestinian Operations
11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948
Event
Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
Event
Massacre in Deir Yasin
9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948
Event
Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee
28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948
Event
Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee
13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948
Event
West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government
16 May 1948 - 24 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
End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel
8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948
Event
Israel Declares Jerusalem Occupied City
2 August 1948
Event
UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem
17 September 1948
Event
Israel's Provisional Council Enacts Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance
23 September 1948
Event
Jordan Amends the Parliamentary Election Law
13 December 1949
Event
The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
Event
Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955
Event
Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
Event
France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956
Event
Escalation Across Jordanian-Israeli Lines
10 September 1956 - 26 September 1956
Event
Israel's Strike Against Syria
31 January 1960 - 15 February 1960
Event
June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
Event
Israel Razes Maghribi Quarter in Jerusalem Old City and Expels its Inhabitants
11 June 1967
Event
The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem
27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967
Event
Israel Land Requisition in Old City of Jerusalem
18 April 1968
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Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem
27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969
Event
Absentees' Property (Compensation) Law, 5733-1973
27 June 1973
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Sinai I Agreement
18 January 1974 - 3 March 1974
Event
9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
Event
Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis
6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982
Event
Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis
6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982
Event
The “Creeping” Cease-fire
10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982
Event
Start of Israel-PLO Economic Talks in Paris
November 1993
Event
Tunnel Opened by Israel in Old City, Jerusalem; Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
24 September 1996 - 28 September 1996
Event
SC Res. 1073: Calling for the Reversal of all Acts (Opening of Western Wall Tunnel) Aggravating the Situation
28 September 1996
Event
Resumption of Peace Talks; the Clinton "Proposals"
19 December 2000 - 23 December 2000
Event
Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance
3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002
Event
US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
Event
George W. Bush's Major Speech on US Policy for the Middle East
24 June 2002
Event
The PLO Approves the Road Map
3 May 2003 - 11 May 2003
Event
Palestinian Peace Gestures
1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004
Event
Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003
Event
Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step
8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005
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Olmert's Separation Plan
5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues
15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006
Event
Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces
2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007
Event
War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet
3 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: US-Israel MOU on Arms Smuggling into Gaza
16 January 2009
Event
Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza
13 March 2009
Event
US Makes Incredible Offer to Israel in Exchange for a Two-Month Partial Settlement Freeze
29 September 2010 - 12 December 2010
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
Provocative Israeli Decision Related to Haram al-Sharif
26 June 2016 - 5 July 2016
Event
UNESCWA and the Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Event
UN SG Antonio Guterres Distances Himself from ESCWA Report; Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf Resigns
16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017
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President Trump's Visit to Israel
22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017
Event
President Trump Announces the Official US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
Event
Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco
10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Historical Texts

Document
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
Document
Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative
16 September 1922
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Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem
19 November 1928
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Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929
12 March 1930
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Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development (The Hope-Simpson Report)
22 August 1930
Document
Report “to Determine the Rights and Claims of Moslems and Jews in Connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem”
1 December 1930
Document
Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
Document
National Bloc Party: Bylaws
4 October 1935
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 303
9 December 1949
Document
Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan
24 April 1950
Document
Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement
4 February 1969
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
UNSC Resolution 694
24 May 1991
Document
Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See
10 November 1997
Document
UNGA Resolution 52/250
13 July 1998
Document
President Bill Clinton Proposals for a Final Settlement
23 December 2000
Document
PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
Document
The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)
27 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States Regarding Prevention of the Supply of Arms and Related Materiel to Terrorist Groups
16 January 2009
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
UNGA Resolution 67/19
29 November 2012
Document
UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid
15 March 2017
Document
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017

Historical Media

Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
8 May 1916
Document
Jemal Pasha Reviews His Troops
1917
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Grand Serai in Ruins
4 January 1948
Document
Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Zionist Operations Against the British Mandate Authorities
1944 - 1947

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
UNRWA
From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)
After the Nakba
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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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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Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp
Syria
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Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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The Village of al-Araqib
Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
Highlight
The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question
Solidarity of the Colonized
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry