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Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

Events

Event
Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line
31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892
Event
Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem
31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917
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Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine
April 1927
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Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem
26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948
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Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders
15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948
Event
Israeli Operation Against Jordan
28 March 1954
Event
June War, 3rd Day
7 June 1967
Event
The Knesset Paves the Way for the Annexation of East Jerusalem
27 June 1967 - 28 June 1967
Event
The Knesset Amends the Municipal Corporations Ordinance to Extend Area of West Jerusalem Municipality
27 June 1967 - 29 June 1967
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Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 December 1977
Event
Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities
2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984
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Closure of Bethlehem University
28 October 1987
Event
Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank
November 1995 - December 1995
Event
Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement to Be Constructed
26 February 1997
Event
Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project
27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997
Event
Suicide Bombings in West Jerusalem: Israeli Reactions and Palestinian Measures
30 July 1997 - 25 September 1997
Event
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
Event
Toward a Protracted Confrontation
10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000
Event
Assassination of Yusif Abu Sawi in al-Khader
12 December 2000
Event
Assassination of Omar Saadeh and Taha al-Aruj in Bethlehem
17 July 2001
Event
Fallout of Abu Ali Mustafa's Assassination
28 August 2001 - 10 September 2001
Event
Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath
17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001
Event
Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?
16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001
Event
Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield
28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002
Event
Invasion of Bethlehem: The Siege of the Church of the Nativity
1 April 2002 - 10 May 2002
Event
Assassination of Walid Sbeih in al-Khader
17 June 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
Event
Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Ubayyat in Beit Jala
13 October 2002
Event
Assassination of Nader Jarawish and Ala Ayyad in Bethlehem
25 March 2003
Event
Assassination of Mahmud Salah in Bethlehem
29 April 2003
Event
Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements
21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003
Event
Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine
18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004
Event
Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh
8 February 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation
25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls
25 January 2006
Event
Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence
28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006
Event
Israel Announces New Settlement Construction Plans
9 March 2008 - 2 April 2008
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Shihada, Ahmad Balbul, Imad Kamel and Issa Marzouk in Bethlehem
12 March 2008
Event
Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem
4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009
Event
Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites
21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010
Event
Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest
27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011
Event
Israeli Settlement Activity Continues, Including Through Expulsion
12 December 2011 - 28 December 2011
Event
US President Barack Obama Visits Israel and Bethlehem and Ramallah
20 March 2013 - 21 March 2013
Event
Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israeli Settlement Expansion
31 January 2014 - 7 February 2014
Event
Tension Mounts with the Kidnapping of Three Israeli Settlers in the Hebron Region
12 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
Event
Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza
8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014
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Renewal of Settlement Activity
31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014
Event
Palestinian Car Ramming: A New Palestinian Weapon?
6 March 2015 - 14 May 2015
Event
Settlement Construction
23 July 2015 - 17 November 2015
Event
With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
Event
A Day of Escalation in the West Bank
1 October 2015
Event
Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure
27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Is Held in Ramallah
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
Event
Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers
8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017
Event
Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination
6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017
Event
President Trump's Visit to Bethlehem
23 May 2017
Event
The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank
22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019
Event
US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements
18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019
Event
COVID-19 Hits Palestine
5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020
Event
Israel Announces Massive Settlement Expansion after Normalization Deals
14 October 2020 - 15 December 2020
Event
Towards a Unity Intifada
23 April 2021 - 10 May 2021

Historical Texts

Document
Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem
11 December 1917
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 303
9 December 1949
Document
Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
UNSC Resolution 1073
28 September 1996
Document
PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement
1 January 2001
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Five Points of Clarification on Political Program
8 August 2009
Document
Report of the Middle East Quartet
1 July 2016

Highlights

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
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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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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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Dheisheh Refugee Camp
West Bank
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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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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps