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Biographies

Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Events

Event
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
Event
World War I, the Ottomans Enter the War
1 August 1914 - February 1915
Event
Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
Event
The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine
9 January 1917
Event
First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall
28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917
Event
Operation Horev Against Egyptian Forces
22 December 1948 - 6 January 1949
Event
Egypt-UNRWA Agreement on Plans for Refugee Resettlement Projects
30 June 1953
Event
Palestinians in Gaza Rise Up Against Resettlement Projects
1 March 1955 - 6 March 1955
Event
Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
Event
Israel Invades Egypt
29 October 1956
Event
The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
Event
Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
Event
The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) Deploys in Sinai
12 November 1956 - 12 March 1957
Event
Israel Withdraws from Gaza and Sinai
7 March 1957 - 12 March 1957
Event
Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria
15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967
Event
June War, 1st Day
5 June 1967
Event
June War
5 June 1967 - 10 June 1967
Event
June War, 2nd Day
6 June 1967
Event
US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Principles for Peace in the Middle East
19 June 1967
Event
Sharon's Pacification of Gaza
August 1970 - December 1971
Event
Libyan Civilian Aircraft Is Shot Down Over the Sinai
21 February 1973
Event
October War, 1st Day
6 October 1973
Event
October War
6 October 1973 - 27 October 1973
Event
Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva
21 December 1973
Event
Sinai I Agreement
18 January 1974 - 3 March 1974
Event
Negotiations for Sinai II Fail
7 March 1975 - 22 March 1975
Event
Sinai II Agreement Reached
20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975
Event
US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Reconvening of the Geneva Conference
1 September 1975
Event
Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo
11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981
Event
Last Stage of Israeli Withdrawal from the Sinai
25 April 1982
Event
Gaza Palestinians Break Out into Sinai
23 January 2008 - 3 February 2008
Event
The Case of Hamas-Appointed Civil Servants in Gaza
11 September 2014 - 18 December 2014
Event
Hamas's Military Wing Outlawed in Egypt
31 January 2015 - 28 February 2015

Historical Texts

Document
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
Document
Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)
17 September 1978
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
The Venice Declaration
13 June 1980
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991

Highlights

Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
Resolution 242, 22 November 1967
Ambiguous Parameters for a Middle East Settlement
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
1956 War
1955 - 1957
Thematic Chronology
June 1967 War
1966 - 1967

Periods

Period
VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
Period
VI. Rise of the Palestinian National Movement