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Historical Media

Looking Toward Marj Ibn Amir

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Land Transfers Regulations - Zones A & B

Mahane Yehuda Explosion

22 November 1968

Events

Acre under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani Challenges Direct Ottoman Rule

Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association

Ottoman Consolidated Regulations on Jewish Residence and Land Purchase in Palestine

29 November 1900 - 28 January 1901

Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company

7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903

Foundation of Tel Aviv

The Arab Congress Meets in Paris

17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913

The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant

10 January 1920

4th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

29 May 1921 - 4 June 1921

6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa

4th Palestinian Delegation to London

1 April 1930 - 23 May 1930

The British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall Submits its Report

1 December 1930

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

Formation of a British-Arab Committee on Hussein-McMahon Correspondence at the London Round Table Conference

15 February 1939 - 16 March 1939

MacDonald White Paper of 1939: Limited Concessions to Palestinians

17 May 1939 - 23 May 1939

Land Transfers Regulations

20 February 1940

Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement

5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946

Stern Gang Letter Bombs Against Officials in London

UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

17 September 1948

Israel Conducts its First Population Census

8 November 1948 - 1 February 1949

London Conference on Suez

16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956

New Lebanese Social Security Law Implicitly Excludes Palestinian Refugees from its Benefits

26 September 1963

Israeli-Jordanian Battle at al-Samu' after a Fatah Operation

11 November 1966 - 13 November 1966

Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property

Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon

5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975

Municipal Elections Are Held in the West Bank

Menachem Begin: "Territories Are Not Occupied"

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Are Held in London

25 October 1979 - 26 October 1979

Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London

Encirclement of Beirut

11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982

17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Achille Lauro Hijacked

7 October 1985 - 11 October 1985

Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement

2nd Visit of US Secretary George Shultz to the Region; Statement to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

25 February 1988 - 26 February 1988

Intifada Statistics

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area Is Signed in Cairo

Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

25 February 1996 - 4 March 1996

Lebanese MPs challenge the Constitutionality of Equating Immovable Property Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees with their Resettlement

President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State

2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001

London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority

After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence

27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005

Operation Blue Skies and Continuing Escalation

22 December 2005 - 23 January 2006

Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains

28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006

Assassination of Sameh Saleh Farwana in Gaza City

Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa

4 December 2007

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

War on Gaza, Day 7

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

War on Gaza, Day 13

Western Powers Adopt a Program of Action Against Weapons Smuggling into Gaza

US-Israel Disagreement Over the Settlements Freeze

26 June 2009 - 28 July 2009

US Resolve on Settlement Freeze Peters Out

19 August 2009 - 22 September 2009

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10

16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 26-28: Fighting Continues

2 August 2014 - 4 August 2014

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

In Retaliation to Palestinian Attacks, Yatta and Hebron Towns Are Collectively Targeted

8 June 2016 - 11 August 2016

Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11

Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

1865 - 3 March 1948

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

1910 - 26 February 1971

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1936 - 3 August 1978

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

1941 - 5 February 2023

1942 - 6 August 2019

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22

10 January 1920

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

The Hope Simpson Report

Report of the British - International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall

1 December 1930

Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931

The Murison Commission Report

Peel Commission Report

Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Pact of the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

The Grady-Morrison Plan

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account

8 November 1948

Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement

24 February 1949

Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report

22 September 1949

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset

20 November 1977

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Legal Personality Agreement Between Israel and the Holy See

10 November 1997

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing In Connection with the Gaza Disengagement

15 November 2005

Summary Final Report - The Winograd Commission of Inquiry

30 January 2008

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria, 5777-2017

6 February 2017

UNESCWA Report on Israeli Apartheid

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan

7 September 2017

Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance

26 December 2018

Highlights

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Balata Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh Refugee (Gathering) Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Negotiating Palestine after the Nakba

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

The Judaization of the Galilee

A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

The Bosnians of Palestine

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

The Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography