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Biographies

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1936 - 3 August 1978

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

Palin Commission Report

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions

28 November 1973

Joint US-USSR Communiqué on Reconvening the Geneva Conference on the Middle East

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

Charts

Document

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”, 1932, 1951 and 2015

1932 - 2015

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Jewish Immigration

1948 - 2013

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Fertility Rate

1962 - 2018

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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market - Female Labor Force Participation

1969 - 1993

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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market - Female and Male Participation

1996 - 2016

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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market - Unemployment Rates

1996 - 2016

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Demography and the Palestine Question (II) - Palestinians in the Diaspora (1)

2000 - 2010

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Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities", 2015

2015

Events

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Israel Conducts a Census of Palestinians in Newly Occupied Territories

10 September 1967 - 25 September 1967

Israel Conducts a Census of Palestinians in East-Jerusalem

27 September 1967

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Amman

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released

25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997

Toward a Protracted Confrontation

10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

Assassination of Ibrahim Makadama in Gaza City

Khalid Mishal Reelected Head of Hamas

1 April 2013 - 2 April 2013

Settlement Plans Continue and Weigh Heavily on Negotiations

13 March 2014 - 20 March 2014

Yahya Sinwar Elected Head of Gaza's Hamas Political Bureau

13 February 2017

Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau

Assassination Attempt on PA PM Hamdallah and Intel Chief Faraj in Bayt Hanun

13 March 2018 - 19 March 2018

Assassination Attempt of Akram al-Ajouri in Damascus

12 November 2019

PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones

15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

Ismail Haniyeh Presents Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause

3 November 2021

Highlights

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas