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Events

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A Religious Component Related to Jerusalem and Other Elements Are Added to a Capitulation Granted to France
20 May 1604 - 17 April 1607
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A New Ottoman Capitulation: From Gracious Protection to Extraterritorial Immunities
28 May 1740
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The Territory Under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani's Control: Economic and Social Dimension
1768
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With the Ottoman-Russian Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, Capitulations Turn into Bilateral Treaties
21 July 1774
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Founding Principles of Ottoman Reform: The Tanzimat I
3 November 1839
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A New Ottoman Firman on Christian Holy Places Causes Confusion; Holy Places as a Trigger of the Crimean War
21 March 1852 - 4 October 1853
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Ottoman Law of the Provinces: Administrative Reorganization in Syria and Palestine
7 November 1864
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European Powers Press the Ottomans on Jewish Immigration
2 March 1888 - 4 October 1888
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Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company in Jaffa
7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903
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Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives
June 1909 - 2 November 1909
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The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front
1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915
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Start of the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
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Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)
1917 - 1921
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931
23 July 1931
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Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
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Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially
January 1935
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Arms Shipment to the Haganah
October 1935
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The Arab Higher Committee is Formed
25 April 1936
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Formation of the Arab National League (ANL) in New York
August 1937 - May 1941
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Arab Higher Committee Is Banned
October 1937 - November 1937
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Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa
24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948
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Count Bernadotte's Palestine Plan
28 June 1948
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Egypt Restricts Passage Through Strait of Tiran
11 September 1955
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Egypt Blocks Greek Freighter
25 May 1956
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British and French Troops Invade Canal Zone
5 November 1956
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Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
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October War, From the 6th to 10th Day
11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973
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Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment
16 January 1997
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Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks
10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997
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Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
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Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)
10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000
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Karine A Arms Ship Is Captured and Arafat Is Isolated
3 January 2002 - 11 February 2002
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Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound
29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002
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Assassination of Fuad Lidawi in Gaza City
13 June 2003
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Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
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James Wolfensohn Appointed to Follow Economic-Related Disengagement Matters
14 April 2005 - 20 June 2005
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Israeli Raid on Jericho Jail
14 March 2006 - 18 March 2006
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July War: Israel Launches an Air War Against Hizballah
13 July 2006
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The Mavi Marmara Incident
30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010
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Beirut Port Explosion
4 August 2020 - 7 August 2020
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021

Historical Texts

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Ottoman-French Capitulation, 1673 (in French)
5 June 1673
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Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Franco-British Convention on Mandate Boundaries
23 December 1920
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League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall
1 December 1930
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1946
22 March 1946
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UNSCOP Majority Proposal: Partition Plan
3 September 1947
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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UN Palestine Commission First Report
29 January 1948
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Treaty of Alliance between Great Britain and Transjordan, 1948
15 March 1948
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Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
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Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
12 September 1950
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UNSC Resolution 95
1 September 1951
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Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
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Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
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Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
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Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority
16 January 1980
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Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)
13 September 1993
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
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Palestinian-Israeli Security Implementation Work Plan (Tenet Cease-Fire Plan)
11 June 2001
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Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: Key Principles
14 April 2004
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Agreement on Movement and Access In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement
15 November 2005
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Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
1 February 2022

Biographies

Biography
Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
1842 - 1906
Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Izzeddin al-Qassam
1882 - 20 November 1935
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
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
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
Leila Shahid
13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

Historical Media

Document
Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
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Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
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Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938
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London Conference
February 1939
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Illegal Immigration (I)
1946
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Illegal Immigration (II)
1946

Highlights

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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Palestinian Photographers Before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine
The Emergence of a Working Class
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
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The United States and the Palestine Question Before 1944
From Heavenly Jerusalem to Earthly Jerusalem
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939
A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

Places

Place
al-Nabi Rubin
Place
al-Tantura
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'Ayn Ghazal
Place
Isdud
Place
Qisarya
Place
Yibna