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Biographies

Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Wasif Jawhariyyeh
1897 - 1973
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Historical Texts

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Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
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The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
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Council of the League of Nations: Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate: Approving the Memorandum by the British Representative
16 September 1922
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Peel Commission Report
July 1937
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
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The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
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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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Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
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First Arab Summit: Statement
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
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Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release
1 January 1968
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Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution
5 March 1971
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Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program
12 December 1973
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Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
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The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
29 April 1994
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The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Wye River Memorandum
23 October 1998
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UNGA Resolution ES-10/6
9 February 1999
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Declaration of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union On the Middle East Peace Process: The Berlin Declaration
25 March 1999
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Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum
4 September 1999
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Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
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Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law
4 March 2002
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Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law
18 March 2003
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The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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UNSC Resolution 1701
11 August 2006
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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President Barack Obama's Address to the State Department Reframing U.S. Middle East Policy
19 May 2011
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
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Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
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B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid
12 January 2021

Events

Event
Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
Event
Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
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Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front
21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918
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British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan
21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918
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Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City
26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918
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General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
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San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
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French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
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The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
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Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan
2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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White Paper (Churchill) of 1922 Clarifies the Terms of the Balfour Declaration
3 June 1922
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The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine
24 July 1922
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League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922
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British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria
7 March 1923
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British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
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Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
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Establishment of the Zionist Revisionist Movement
1925
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion
15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936
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Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine
7 July 1937
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London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
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League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence
18 April 1946
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Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan and Establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
25 May 1946
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UN General Assembly Session on Palestine
28 April 1947 - 9 May 1947
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Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee
28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948
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Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders
15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948
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Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
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The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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Palestinians in Israel Protest the Nationality law
14 July 1952
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Israel's Construction of the "National Water Carrier"
2 September 1953
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Arab League and Jordan River Waters
15 February 1954
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The US and Jordan River Waters
25 June 1954 - 6 July 1954
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1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
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Israel Starts Diverting the Jordan River
May 1964 - August 1964
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2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
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Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations
14 July 1966
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10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972
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October War, 2nd Day
7 October 1973
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Assassination Attempt of PLO Senior Leadership in Beirut
1 October 1975
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Fatah Commando Operation and Israel's "Litani Operation"
11 March 1978 - 18 March 1978
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Palestinians Hijack an Israeli Bus Toward Gaza
12 April 1984
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The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
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Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister
29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996
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Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
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Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum
26 October 1998
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Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum
26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998
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Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only
30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999
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Israel Releases the First Group of Prisoners Pursuant to Oral Understandings at Wye River
19 November 1998 - 20 November 1998
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Inauguration of LVGR, the Gaza International Airport
20 November 1998 - 24 November 1998
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
10 December 1998
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President Clinton's Visit to Gaza
14 December 1998
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Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza
14 December 1998
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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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With Barak as Prime Minister, Negotiations on Wye Implementation Resume
11 July 1999 - 3 September 1999
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Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)
4 September 1999
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Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)
10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000
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Official Resumption of Final Status Talks
13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999
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Official Colonization Activity and (Very) Partial Removal of Settler Outposts
10 October 1999 - 10 November 1999
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Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date
8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000
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Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories
17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000
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Intense then Moderate Resurgence of Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
8 February 2001 - 7 March 2001
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Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal for a Cease-Fire and a Resumption of Talks
16 April 2001 - 27 April 2001
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Assassination of Muhannad Abu Halaweh and Fawzi Murrar in Ramallah
5 March 2002
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Assassination of Yasir Rizq and Ameer Kuffe in Rafah
24 June 2002
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Assassination of Khalil Marshud in Balata Refugee Camp
14 June 2004
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Assassination of Said Abdul Fattah Abu al-Jedian in Beit Lahiya
2 January 2006
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The Knesset Adopts the “Criminal Procedure Law (Detainee Suspected of Security Offence) (Temporary Order)”, 2006
27 June 2006
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Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers
12 July 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone
2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006
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SC Res. 1701: Calling for a Cessation of Hostilities to End Israel's War on Lebanon
11 August 2006
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July War: Israel Attempts a Ground Offensive in Southern Lebanon
11 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
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Two Spates of Clashes Across Gaza Border
16 March 2011 - 10 April 2011
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The Knesset Passes Israeli Prisons Law (Amendment No. 40) (Meetings with Lawyers)
3 August 2011
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Hamas's Khalid Mishal Visits the Gaza Strip
8 December 2012
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Palestinians in West Bank Mobilize in Support of Gaza
8 July 2014 - 22 August 2014
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Palestinian Car Ramming: A New Palestinian Weapon?
6 March 2015 - 14 May 2015
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Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers
8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017
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Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018
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Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017
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Hamas New Charter
1 May 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich's "Decisive Plan" for the Complete Land of Israel
7 September 2017
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Leading Human Rights Groups Deem Israel an Apartheid State
12 January 2021 - 27 April 2021

Historical Media

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Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
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Continuing Exodus: Jordan River
February 1968
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Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012

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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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968
A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance
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Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Jaramana Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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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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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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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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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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Palestinians in Germany
From Melancholia to Anger
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
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Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority
1993-2000
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front