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Biographies
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Abd al-Latif Salah
1884 - 8 November 1952
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Kamal Adwan
9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Historical Texts
Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
UNSC Resolution 50
29 May 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
Document
UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
Document
Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan
7 August 1981
Document
President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 1982
Document
Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
Document
Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
Document
President George Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress on the Middle East
6 March 1991
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
UNSC Resolution 1073
28 September 1996
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
UNSC Resolution 1397
12 March 2002
Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
Document
Mecca Accord
8 February 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Events
Event
General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission
11 October 1936
Event
London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
Event
Saudi Arabia Opens a Consulate-General in Jerusalem
5 April 1941 - 29 April 1941
Event
Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet
14 February 1945
Event
Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
Event
Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948
Event
UNGA 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN
11 May 1949
Event
The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
Event
Black September Operation in Khartoum
1 March 1973 - 4 March 1973
Event
Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle
17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973
Event
Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon
16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976
Event
Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
Event
Fahd Plan Is Announced
7 August 1981
Event
The 12th Arab Summit Meeting in Fez Adopts the "Fez Initiative"
6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Amman
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
Event
Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait
3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991
Event
President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
Event
An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002
Event
14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
Event
US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
Event
Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
Event
On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
Event
Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
Event
19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Event
Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative
29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting
24 April 2008
Event
Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008
Event
The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
Event
President Trump's Visit to Israel
22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017
Event
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt Sever Economic and Diplomatic Ties with Qatar
5 June 2017
Event
Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East
15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018
Event
Warsaw Conference
13 February 2019 - 14 February 2019
Event
Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue
17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca
30 May 2019
Event
Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine
9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020
Highlights
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
Highlight
The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
Highlight
XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted
2006-2017
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
Highlight
The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
Highlight
Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
Highlight
Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
Highlight
Palestinians in El Salvador
A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora
Highlight
IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Places
Place
al-Damun
Place
Bayt Tima
Place
Bayt 'Affa
Place
Hatta
Place
Kawkaba
Place
Miska
Historical Media
Document
The Call of the Land
1976
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