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Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

Freih Abu Middein

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

1893 - 27 April 1940

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

1907 - 27 July 2006

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Constantine Zurayk

18 April 1909 - 12 August 2000

1910 - 26 February 1971

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

1917 - 12 December 2003

Qasim al-Rimawi

11 January 1918 - 29 April 1982

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

1934 - 14 September 2021

9 May 1935 - 10 April 1973

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1938 - 16 December 2020

1939 - 19 August 2014

1941 - 5 February 2023

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

9 February 1963

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Events

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul

July 1909 - March 1915

Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

1st Palestine Arab Women's Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

26 October 1929

Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa

Establishment of the Arab National Fund

September 1932 - 8 August 1935

Creation of the Arab Agricultural Bank

Establishment of the Palestine Arab Party

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

Arab National Congress Convenes in Bludan

8 September 1937 - 9 September 1937

Military Recruitment in Palestine

3 September 1939

Arab National Fund Reestablished

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party

First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense

29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948

Arab Liberation Army Organized

1 January 1948 - 10 January 1948

Palestinian Attacks

14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948

Contingents of ALA Volunteers

21 January 1948 - 28 January 1948

British Break Arab Attacks

6 February 1948 - 10 February 1948

Fawzi al-Qawuqji Enters Palestine

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Fighting Around Jerusalem

12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Arab Gains in Gush Etzion

3 May 1948 - 14 May 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

Operations Shfifon and Kilshon in Jerusalem

14 May 1948 - 28 May 1948

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem

8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948

Israeli Operation Against Jordan

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO) Is Opened in New York

25 June 1955 - 15 January 1962

Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya

4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956

Pressure on Palestinians; Gaza on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis

1 March 2006 - 25 April 2006

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 7

20 November 2012

Warsaw Conference on the Middle East Initiated by the US

13 February 2019 - 14 February 2019

Historical Texts

1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

3 February 1919

Resolutions of the General Palestinian Congress in Damascus (in Arabic)

27 February 1920

Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Ordering its Delegation to Return from London (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

Communiqué: Formation of the Arab Independence Party; the Party Bylaws (in Arabic)

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

11 October 1932

National Defense Party: Objectives (in Arabic)

2 December 1934

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

The Palestinian Arab Reform Party: Objectives (in Arabic)

Arab Summit Resolutions, Anshas (in Arabic)

Addendum to the 1935 Transjordan Defense Regulation (in Arabic)

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

5 November 1963

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Second Arab Summit: Statement (in Arabic)

5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964

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

Third Arab Summit: Political Statement (in Arabic)

13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965

Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

Emergency Arab Summit, 1970: Statement (in Arabic)

21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970

Palestinian Popular Congress, Statement (in Arabic)

6 April 1972 - 10 April 1972

Sixth Arab Summit: Statement (in Arabic)

28 November 1973

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

18 October 1975

Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement (in Arabic)

18 February 1985

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

7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988

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

PLO Central Council, 13th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)

Thirteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

Fifteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

PLO Central Council, 17th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)

Sixteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

Seventeenth Arab Summit: The Algiers Declaration (in Arabic)

22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005

Eighteenth Arab Summit: The Khartoum Declaration (in Arabic)

28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006

Nineteenth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007

Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)

The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)

Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)

25 January 2008

Twentieth Arab Summit: The Damascus Declaration (in Arabic)

29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008

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

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)

PLO Central Council, 23rd Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)

16 December 2009

Twenty-Second Arab Summit: The Sirte Declaration (in Arabic)

Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration

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

Statement Issued after a PLO-Hamas Meeting to End Division and Implement the National Reconciliation Agreement (in Arabic)

PLO Central Council, 27th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)

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)

Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

11 January 2017

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

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Twenty-Eighth Arab Summit: The Amman Declaration (in Arabic)

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

Ismail Haniyeh: Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause (in Arabic)

3 November 2021

PLO Central Council, 31st Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)

9 February 2022

Historical Media

Arab Higher Committee Members

Arab Demonstration at Yatta

18 December 1938

Scenes of Destruction

Fawzi al-Qawuqji

Arab Liberation Army (ALA) Members

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine

A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

III. Late Mandate

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

The Bosnians of Palestine

Palestinians in Chile

A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

The Algerians of Palestine

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Palestinians in El Salvador

A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora

Muslim Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

The Religious-Political Ramifications of Israeli Occupation

XII. Gaza Strip Separated and Assaulted

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance