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Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Events

8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague

14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907

Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul

28 October 1913

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

Revival of the Legislative Council Idea

December 1935 - March 1936

Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936

Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians

2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939

Five-year Limit on Jewish Immigration Extended

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

British Labour Party Favors Transfer of Palestinians

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

Labor Victory in Great Britain

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government

16 May 1948 - 24 May 1948

Absentee Property Law, 5710-1950

Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes)

SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories

Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US

Draft SC Res. S/17459 to Call upon Israel to Stop its Repressive Measures, Vetoed by US

13 September 1985

The Palestinians' 14 Demands

14 January 1988

SC Res. 681: Deploring Israel's Decision to Resume Deportations of Palestinian Civilians

20 December 1990

SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians

SC Res. 726: Condemning Israel's Decision to Resume Deportation of Palestinian Civilians

SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron

Draft SC S/1995/394 to Condemn Israeli Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Vetoed by the US

Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)

28 September 1995

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Maps the Shape of the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Solution

Israeli Army Redeploys from Areas in the West Bank

November 1995 - December 1995

Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

20 January 1996

Start of the Countdown for the Three-Phase Further Redeployment in the West Bank

Redeployment from Hebron Delayed

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

Protocol on Redeployment in Hebron Signed

6 October 1996 - 16 January 1997

Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment

16 January 1997

UNGA ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement

Israeli Settlement Activities Amid Attempts to Resume Talks

10 September 1997 - 6 November 1997

US Position on Further Redeployment and Palestinian Obligations

5 December 1997 - 3 September 1998

Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed

15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998

Israeli Obstacles to Wye River Implementation; First Stage Redeployment Only

30 October 1998 - 17 May 1999

To Declare a Palestinian State at the End of the Transitional Period?

28 December 1998 - 25 April 1999

UNGA Res. ES-10/6: Recommending Holding a Conference to Enforce the 4th Geneva Convention in the OPT

9 February 1999

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms its Applicability to the OPT

Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)

4 September 1999

UNGA Res. ES-10/7: Expresses Concern over Israeli-Palestinian Clashes and Respect for 4th Geneva Convention

20 October 2000

Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees

Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect

5 December 2001

Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path

18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002

Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US

20 December 2002

Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US

14 October 2003

UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT

21 October 2003

Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan

Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine

18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004

First Round of Municipal Elections

23 December 2004 - 27 January 2005

Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim

21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005

Second Round of Municipal Elections

Third Round of Municipal Elections

29 September 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreement on Movement and Access

15 November 2005

After Ongoing Israeli Military Activities, A Surge in Violence

27 November 2005 - 15 December 2005

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem

10 January 2008

Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More

9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry

President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute

31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015

Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif

2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015

The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee Reactivated

15 January 2017

Trump Signs the 6-Month Waiver Delaying the Application of the Jerusalem Embassy Act

Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem

18 December 2017

The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites

The Knesset Passes Legislation Withholding Bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli Forces

Palestinian Professor of Engineering Fadi al-Batsh Assassinated in Kuala Lumpur

The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit

14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018

PA Asks the ICC to Investigate Israeli Settlement Policies

PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations

15 November 2018

PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA

26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019

Opening of the “Apartheid Road”

10 January 2019

US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces

20 December 2019

Historical Media

Arab Revolt in Aqaba

Land in Jewish Possession (1944)

31 December 1944

Historical Texts

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria (in Arabic)

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Rejecting the British Mandate (in Arabic)

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)

1 September 1922

Arab Executive Committee's Response to High Commissioner's Offer to Form an Arab Agency Similar to the Jewish Agency in Palestine (in Arabic)

12 October 1923

Statement of the Arab National Conference (in Arabic)

13 December 1931

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

11 October 1932

The Palestine Arab Party: Bylaws and Internal Regulations (in Arabic)

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

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

Law Promulgating the Basic Law for the Area under the Supervision of the Egyptian Forces in Palestine No. 255 of 1955 (in Arabic)

25 February 1958

Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)

5 November 1963

Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)

President Bourguiba's Speech on the Palestine Question (in Arabic)

Palestine National Council, 2nd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

Statement of the General Congress to Defend Arab Lands in Israel (in Arabic)

18 October 1975

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1988: Concluding Statement (in Arabic)

7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1990: Statement (in Arabic)

28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990

Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996

Thirteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

Fifteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Sixteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

List of Jobs and Professions Restricted to Lebanese Citizens (in Arabic)

14 December 2005

Nineteenth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007

Yemen's Initiative for the Resumption of Palestinian Internal Dialogue (in Arabic)

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)

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

25 September 2009

Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)

10 October 2009

Provision on Palestinian Workers in Amended Lebanese Social Security Law (in Arabic)

Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)

20 December 2011

Twenty-Fourth Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)

26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013

Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Report of the Quartet (in Arabic)

Twenty-Seventh Arab Summit: The Nouakchott Declaration (in Arabic)

Closing Statement of the Popular Conference for the Palestinians Abroad (in Arabic)

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)

13 December 2017

PLO Central Council, 28th Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

15 January 2018

Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)

28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

III. Late Mandate

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Stages of a Forced Displacement