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Events

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Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine
April 1834 - August 1834
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Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
7 November 1864
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Seven Jewish Colonies Are Established in Palestine in the 1880s
1882 - 1884
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Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
March 1888
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Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
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Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul
July 1909 - March 1915
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Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912
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Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
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Railway Lines in Palestine
1914
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Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine
14 May 1914
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Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front
21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918
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Third Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Completion of the Conquest of Palestine
19 September 1918 - 25 September 1918
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British Conquest of Transjordan Is Achieved
22 September 1918 - 27 September 1918
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General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
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5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus
20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922
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Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine
April 1927
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Powerful Earthquake in Palestine and Transjordan
11 July 1927
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A Conference in Nablus Debates Resorting to Arms
1 August 1931
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General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine
8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933
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Establishment of the National Bloc Party
4 October 1935
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Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
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Pro-Jordanian Jericho Conference
1 December 1948 - 28 December 1948
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General Refugee Congress Meets in Ramallah
17 March 1949
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Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
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June War, 2nd Day
6 June 1967
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June War, 3rd Day
7 June 1967
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Deportation of Bassam Shak'a Reversed After West Bank Mayors Threaten Resignation
11 November 1979 - 5 December 1979
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Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors
2 June 1980 - 3 June 1980
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Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank
16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982
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Reactions to Fatah Scission in Occupied Territories
26 June 1983 - 9 November 1983
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Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities
2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984
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Assassination of Zafir al-Masri
2 March 1986 - 3 March 1986
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Al-Quds, a Nablus-Based Palestinian News Agency, Is Closed for Two Years
25 October 1987
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Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank
November 1995 - December 1995
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To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?
28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999
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Undermining the Talks and Preparing for their Failure: The Settlers and the Israeli Army
15 July 2000 - 8 August 2000
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US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
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Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
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Assassination of Ibrahim Bani Odeh in Nablus
23 November 2000
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Assassination of Anwar Mahmud Hamran in Nablus
11 December 2000
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Assassination of Osama Jawabra in Nablus
24 June 2001
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Assassination of Salah al-Din Darwaza in Nablus
25 July 2001
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Assassination of Jamal Mansour and Jamal Salim in Nablus
31 July 2001
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Assassination of Ahmad Marshud in Nablus
15 October 2001
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Assassination of Ayman Abu Halawa in Nablus
22 October 2001
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Assassination of Abdallah Jarushi in Nablus
31 October 2001
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Assassination of Mahmoud Abu Hanud near Nablus
23 November 2001
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Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
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Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance
3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002
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Assassination of Mahmud Titi in Balata Refugee Camp
22 May 2002
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Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
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Israeli Operation Matter of Time; Siege on Arafat Tightened; Protests All Over Occupied Territories
18 September 2002 - 29 September 2002
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Assassination of Hamed Sidr near Nablus
4 November 2002
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The Cease-Fire: Toward Failure
1 July 2003 - 12 August 2003
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Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
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Assassination of Nadir Abu Layl and Hashim Abu Hamdan in Nablus
2 May 2004
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Operation Full Court Press in Nablus
23 June 2004 - 19 August 2004
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The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
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Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine
18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004
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Assassination of Majdi Mar'i, Fadi al-Sarwan, and Jihad Abu Salhieh in Nablus
1 November 2004
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Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation
25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005
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Fourth Round of Municipal Elections
15 December 2005
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Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls
25 January 2006
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Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
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Israel Launches Operation Southern Arrow
30 March 2006 - 14 May 2006
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Major Israeli Operation in Nablus
19 July 2006 - 21 July 2006
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Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence
28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006
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Israeli Operation Hot Winter in Nablus
25 February 2007 - 7 March 2007
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Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank
3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007
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Both Authorities in West Bank and Gaza Reorganize Security Forces
2 November 2007 - 4 December 2007
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Nablus Remains a Hot Spot
15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008
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Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
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Assassination of Tareq Abu Ghali in Nablus
24 June 2008
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To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank
7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008
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Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
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Israel Approves Settlement Expansion
2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011
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Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israel's Assault on Gaza
16 November 2012 - 21 November 2012
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Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza
8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014
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Settlers Set Fire to Two Palestinian Family Homes in Duma, West Bank
31 July 2015 - 9 August 2015
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With the Haram al-Sharif Tensions, Protests Spread to the Occupied Territories
13 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
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A Day of Escalation in the West Bank
1 October 2015
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Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank
10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016
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Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure
27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016
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Israel Prevents Palestine Cup Final
3 July 2019 - 25 September 2019
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Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel
15 September 2020

Charts

Document
Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Population Growth
1860 - 1948

Biographies

Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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National Bloc Party: Bylaws
4 October 1935
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Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943
1 April 1982
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Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
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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
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002

Historical Media

Document
Fifth Palestinian National Congress, Nablus
22 August 1922
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji
March 1948

Highlights

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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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Demography and the Palestine Question (I)
1850s-1948
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XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Talbieh Refugee Camp
Jordan
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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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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance