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Historical Media

Document
Looking Toward Marj Ibn Amir
n.d.

Events

Event
Acre under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani Challenges Direct Ottoman Rule
1746 - 1775
Event
Publication of Zionism by Najib Nassar
October 1911
Event
Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British
January 1944 - March 1944
Event
Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet
14 February 1945
Event
Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism
1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945
Event
Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
Event
Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
Event
Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce
24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948
Event
Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
Event
Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel
11 April 1974
Event
A PLF Operation in Nahariya
22 April 1979
Event
Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus
15 December 1979
Event
Yitzhak Shamir Succeeds Menachem Begin as Prime Minister
2 September 1983
Event
Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement
11 April 1987
Event
US Secretary of State Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
Event
Elections in Israel
1 November 1988
Event
Israel Proposes Elections in the West Bank and Gaza
30 March 1989
Event
Israel's "Peace Initiative"
14 May 1989
Event
Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered
1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990
Event
Israel's National Unity Government Collapses
13 March 1990 - 11 June 1990
Event
President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991
Event
6th Negotiation Round, 1st Stage, Washington
24 August 1992 - 3 September 1992
Event
Multilateral Talks
29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992
Event
Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
Event
Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers
12 July 2006
Event
July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
Event
After the July War: Winograd Commission Interim Report
30 April 2007
Event
War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks
10 January 2009
Event
Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009
Event
Israel Kills Samir Quntar; Hizballah Responds
19 December 2015 - 4 January 2016
Event
Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
4 December 2016

Biographies

Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Khalil Baidas
1875 - 9 February 1949
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Qudsia Khourshid
5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
Document
Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
Document
Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
Document
Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution
29 October 1974
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan
7 August 1981
Document
Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 September 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Document
30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
Document
Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020

Places

Place
al-Samiriyya
Place
al-Sawamir
Place
Yibna

Highlights

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III. Late Mandate
1936-1947
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Meanings of the Nakba
Transformations through Time and Place
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992
Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols