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Biographies

Biography
Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
1842 - 1906
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Tawfiq Zayyad
7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Leila Shahid
13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
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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Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
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Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
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Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
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Bevin's Statement on Formation of an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
13 November 1945
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Truman’s Statement on US Efforts for Palestine
4 October 1946
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UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
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Progress Report of the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte)
16 September 1948
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Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
14 March 1951
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Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970
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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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Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
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The Regional Committee of the Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel Statement On the Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors
3 June 1980
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Sadat’s Letter to Begin Following Israel’s Enactment of Basic Law on Jerusalem
3 August 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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Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
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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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Secretary-General Report A/39/130 - S/16409
13 March 1984
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The Shultz Negotiations Plan
4 March 1988
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King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
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Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
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Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
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Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
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Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
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Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
5 October 1999
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Letter of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
12 March 2002
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President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East
24 June 2002
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Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council
27 March 2006
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President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
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Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
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President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World
4 June 2009
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Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
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Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
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Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
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Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
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Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's Decisive Plan
7 September 2017
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Statement by President Donald Trump On Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
6 December 2017
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Palestinian Prime Minister's Letter to Secretary of State on No Longer Accepting US Assistance
26 December 2018
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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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Statement of ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda On Opening an Investigation into War Crimes in Palestine
20 December 2019

Events

Event
Establishment of Palestinian Newspaper al-Karmel in Haifa
December 1908
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Zionist Leadership Decides to Proclaim Jewish State on 16 May
12 April 1948
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Al-Aqsa Mosque Is Set on Fire
21 August 1969
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PFLP Hijack Operations
6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970
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Palestinian Operations in Northern Israel
11 April 1974
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Palestinian Operations from South Lebanon
5 March 1975 - 20 November 1975
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Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon
10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981
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The Intifada and Israel's Response: Another Stage in the Confrontation
11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988
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July War: The Cease-Fire
12 August 2006 - 14 August 2006
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War on Gaza: Israel Announces a Unilateral Cease-Fire
17 January 2009
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 1
8 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2
9 July 2014
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Arab Parties in Israel Form a Joint List For the Knesset Elections
22 January 2015
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11
20 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12
21 May 2021
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Bennett-Lapid Government Takes Office in Israel
13 June 2021
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Jewish National Fund Begins Forestation Project in the Naqab to Displace Palestinians
10 January 2022 - 15 January 2022

Highlights

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Palestinian Youth in Conflict
A Childhood Denied
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948
An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Japan and the Palestine Question
A Policy still Subordinate to the US
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance

Places

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al-'Abbasiyya
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al-Batani al-Gharbi
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al-Birwa
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al-Dalhamiyya
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al-Dawwara
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al-Ghubayya al-Tahta
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al-Husayniyya
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al-Kabri
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al-Kunayyisa
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al-Lajjun
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al-Mansi
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al-Nabi Rubin
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al-Nuqayb
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al-Qubab
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al-Sanbariyya
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al-Sarafand
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al-Sumayriyya
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al-Tantura
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al-Tira
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al-Tira
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'Arab al-Zubayd
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'Ayn al-Zaytun
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'Ayn Karim
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Balad al-Shaykh
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Barbara
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Bashshit
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Baysamun
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Biriyya
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Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
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Hunin
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'Innaba
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'Iraq al-Manshiyya
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Jaba'
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Kafr Bir'im
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Kawkab al-Hawa
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al-Khayma
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Khirbat al-Jawfa
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Khirbat al-Zababida
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Khirbat Jiddin
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Khubbayza
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Khulda
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Kuwaykat
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Ma'lul
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Majdal Yaba
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Masil al-Jizl
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Qadas
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Qannir
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Qaqun
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Qira
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Qisarya
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Qumya
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Saffuriyya
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Salbit
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Samakh
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al-Shajara
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Simsim
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Suba
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Umm 'Ajra
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Wadi 'Ara
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Wadi al-Hawarith
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Wadi Qabbani
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Zarnuqa
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Zayta
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al-'Abisiyya
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Abu Shusha
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al-'Imara
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al-Zib
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Danna