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Biographies

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

1885 - 19 December 1953

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

1929 - 2 June 2016

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

9 February 1963

Events

Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley

March 1909 - July 1909

Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front

21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan

Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem

26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948

Pro-Jordanian Jericho Conference

1 December 1948 - 28 December 1948

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

Norwegian Secret Channel, Official Stage

20 May 1993 - 20 August 1993

Mutual Recognition Between Israel and the PLO

9 September 1993 - 10 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington

13 September 1993

Start of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations, Taba

13 October 1993 - 8 December 1993

Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994

Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations

31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994

PLO-Israel Protocol on Economic Relations Is Signed in Paris

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999

Arafat Arrives in Gaza and Jericho

1 July 1994 - 5 July 1994

Early Empowerment Accord Is Signed

The Knesset Adopts the Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)

28 September 1995

Ceremonious Start of Permanent Status Negotiations, Taba

5 May 1996 - 7 May 1996

End of the Oslo Five-Year Interim Period

Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound

29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002

Israel Closes all West Bank District Coordination Offices

3 December 2002 - 11 January 2003

Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh

8 February 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls

25 January 2006

Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail

14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006

To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

For the Third Time, Israel Links the Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

6 January 2014 - 22 January 2014

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank

10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016

The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank

22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019

Historical Texts

Palin Commission Report

The Murison Commission Report

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Resolutions of the Jericho Conference on Palestinian-Jordanian Unity (in Arabic)

1 December 1948

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

The Knesset Law Concerning the Implementation of the Agreement on Gaza and Jericho Areas (Restrictions of Activity) 1994

26 December 1994

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Report of the Middle East Quartet

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

Marka Refugee Camp

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The European Union and the Palestine Question

From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions

Baqa‘a Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps