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About

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Biographies

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Events

Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

Syria-Israel Armistice Agreement

Egypt and Syria Unite and Form the United Arab Republic

1 February 1958 - 28 September 1961

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip

The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States

11 September 1965

Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established

The “Creeping” Cease-fire

10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

The Madrid Peace Conference

30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991

Assassination of Iyad Batat in Bayt Awa

13 December 1999

Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative

Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative

29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1

27 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

International Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction

12 October 2014

Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt

31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015

The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership

1 November 2016

Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine

9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel

15 September 2020

Historical Texts

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

Highlights

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Balata Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Marka Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Places

al-Batani al-Gharbi

al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya

al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya

al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya

Khirbat Bayt Lid

Bayt Umm al-Mays

Bayyarat Hannun

Ghabat Kafr Sur

'Iraq al-Manshiyya

Khirbat al-Tannur

Khirbat Bayt Far

Khirbat Ism Allah

Khirbat Umm Burj

Sarafand al-Kharab