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Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

1878 - 29 June 1950

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

Mu‘in al-Madi

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

1902 - 27 August 1984

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

1928 - 1 September 2020

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Events

Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt

Building of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad Line

31 March 1890 - 26 September 1892

Establishment of the Anglo-Palestine Company

7 July 1903 - 24 November 1903

8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague

14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907

Provisional Law Concerning the Right of Certain Corporate Bodies to Own Immovable Property, 22 Rabi' al-awwal 1331

The League of Nations Confirms Britain’s Mandate over Palestine

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

Oil Pipeline Connecting Northern Iraq to Haifa Opens Officially

First Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 23 July 1937

Start of General Strike and Armed Resistance

7 May 1936 - 31 May 1936

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948

SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal

1 September 1951

Israel and the Lavon Affair

July 1954 - 17 February 1955

Egypt Detains Israeli Freighter

28 September 1954

Egypt Blocks Greek Freighter

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

London Conference on Suez

16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956

Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez

Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres

22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956

Israel Invades Egypt

29 October 1956

The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression

29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957

Israel Occupies Gaza

1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957

UNGA 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)

2 November 1956

British and French Troops Invade Canal Zone

5 November 1956

Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai

7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956

The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) Deploys in Sinai

12 November 1956 - 12 March 1957

2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO

5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964

June War, 2nd Day

June War, 5th Day

Military Order No. 59, Concerning State Property

Egypt's War of Attrition

8 March 1969 - 7 August 1970

19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970

President Sadat Suggests Partial Israeli Withdrawal from Suez Canal

4 February 1971

October War, 1st Day

October War, 2nd Day

October War, 3rd Day

October War, 5th Day

10 October 1973

October War, From the 6th to 10th Day

11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973

Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards

15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973

Kilometer 101 Talks

11 November 1973

Sinai I Agreement

18 January 1974 - 3 March 1974

Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Is Signed in Washington, DC

The Knesset Issues Amendment 16 to the Planning and Building Law, 1965

12 February 1981

Israeli Military Pressure on West Beirut

27 June 1982 - 11 July 1982

Start of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

9 December 1987

Resurgence of Intifada, Worsening of Repression

3 May 1989 - 16 May 1989

Renewed Israeli Settlement Activities and Plans in East Jerusalem

25 May 1998 - 21 June 1998

Assassination of Atef Ubayyat in Beit Sahur

18 October 2001

Extending Retaliation to Syrian Territory; Operation Root Canal in Rafah

4 October 2003 - 30 October 2003

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan

2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004

Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza

22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009

Israel Announces Easing of Gaza Blockade

8 June 2010 - 5 July 2010

State of Palestine: Application for Admission to Membership in the United Nations

23 September 2011

Visit of Qatar’s Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza

23 October 2012

Israel Once Again Links the Second-Stage Release of Palestinian Prisoners with Settlement Expansion

29 October 2013 - 3 November 2013

Renewal of Settlement Activity

31 August 2014 - 24 December 2014

Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif

30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014

Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products

9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015

Israel's Policy Toward the Palestinian Outburst

4 October 2015 - 13 October 2015

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Temporarily Closes in Protest

25 February 2018 - 28 February 2018

Airbnb Pressured to End Operations in the West Bank; Reverses Decision After Pressure

19 November 2018 - 9 April 2019

The Israel Electric Corporation Cuts Power in the West Bank

22 September 2019 - 29 December 2019

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

Facebook Censors Palestinians

24 May 2021 - 15 October 2021

Norwegian Wealth Fund and the Pension Fund Divest from Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements

5 July 2021 - 3 September 2021

Historical Texts

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Palin Commission Report

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine

Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922

National Fund: Establishment of Company to Save the Lands of Palestine (in Arabic)

11 October 1932

The Murison Commission Report

Peel Commission Report

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

Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report

9 November 1938

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

20 February 1940

Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt

14 February 1945

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance

Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

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

UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)

2 November 1956

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

9 December 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement

28 November 1973

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)

17 September 1978

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Israeli Model for the Self-Governing Authority

16 January 1980

Israel's Proposals for the Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza

31 January 1982

Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut

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

7 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

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

Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Five-Point Plan of Secretary Baker

5 November 1989

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (Oslo I Accord)

13 September 1993

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area

Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

28 September 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

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

PLO Negotiating Team Reservations Concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

The Mitchell Report

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Palestinian Parties and Factions Code of Conduct during the Legislative Electoral Process

17 October 2005

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

UNSC Resolution 1701

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Address at al-Quds University: Statehood in Two Years

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

25 September 2009

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Scope of Database of Firms Contributing to Israeli Settlement Activities

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

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

12 February 2020

B’Tselem: A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

12 January 2021

Historical Media

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

Land in Jewish Possession (1944)

31 December 1944

Highlights

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

The Palestine Communist Party

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

World Zionist Organization

Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

October 1973 War

A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results

Camp David Accords, 1978-1979

Shattering the Arab Front

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

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

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Palestinians in Israel’s “Mixed Cities”

Manufacturing Ghettoes, Erasing History

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks

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

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

1955 - 1957

Thematic Chronology

The May 2021 Gaza War

2021