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Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Aref al-Dajani
1860 - 13 April 1930
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
Leila Shahid
13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026
Biography
Rim Banna
6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

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Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
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The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22
10 January 1920
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San Remo Conference Resolutions: Syria, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Palestine Mandates
25 April 1920
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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The Hope Simpson Report
22 August 1930
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MacDonald's Letter to Weizmann
13 February 1931
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
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Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1946
22 March 1946
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Assembly of the League of Nations Resolution on Mandates
18 April 1946
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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
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Statement by the Council of the Arab League on the Anglo-American Committee's Report on Palestine
12 June 1946
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The Grady-Morrison Plan
24 July 1946
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UNSCOP Recommendations Approved Unanimously or by Substantial Majority
3 September 1947
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UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
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UN Palestine Commission Report on Security in Palestine
16 February 1948
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Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
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Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
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Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization
17 July 1968
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Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Israel Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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Statement by Palestinian Institutions in the Occupied Territories on Sadat’s Visit to Israel
8 December 1977
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Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 January 1980
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Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué
15 November 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 1st Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
12 March 1991
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Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 4th Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker
26 April 1991
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Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1996: Resolution on the Palestine Question
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
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President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process
18 January 2016
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Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020
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ICC Decision on its Jurisdiction in Palestine
5 February 2021
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Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to HRC
9 May 2022
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UNGA Resolution 77/247
30 December 2022

Events

Event
The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant
10 January 1920
Event
The Palestine Commission Submits First Reports to Security Council
29 January 1948 - 16 February 1948
Event
Individual Return of Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees; Israel Launches "War on Infiltration"
January 1949 - December 1956
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The Intifada and Israel's Response: Another Stage in the Confrontation
11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988
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July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah
14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006
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Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM
17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
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Fayyad's Speech at Al-Quds University on Setting the Goal for Statehood in Two Years
22 June 2009
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Israeli Government "Legalizes" Three Jewish Settlement Outposts
22 April 2012 - 24 April 2012

Highlights

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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community
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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Palestinian Emigration (II)
1967-present
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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The Great March of Return
Peaceful Demonstrations, Bloody Crackdown
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993

Periods

Period
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

Places

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al-Dawayima
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al-Dawwara
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al-Khisas
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al-Qudayriyya
Place
al-Shaykh Muwannis
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'Ayn Karim
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Bayt Jirja
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Dayr al-Hawa
Place
Hunin
Place
'Iraq al-Manshiyya
Place
Jubb Yusuf
Place
Khirbat al-Buwayra
Place
Lazzaza
Place
Marus
Place
Salama
Place
Sarafand al-Kharab
Place
al-Zanghariyya
Place
Zikrin
Place
al-Khalisa
Place
Bayt Jibrin