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Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Ahmad Ismail Yasin

June 1936 - 22 March 2004

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Historical Texts

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria (in Arabic)

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

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

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

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

Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)

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

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

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

Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (in Arabic)

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

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Statement (in Arabic)

12 January 1973

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

Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

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

List of Transitional Issues Not Implemented by the Israeli Side, According to the PA Negotiations Affairs Department (in Arabic)

9 February 2000

Reorganization of Lebanon’s Department for Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)

14 October 2000

Thirteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

Fifteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

Sixteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

Palestinian Dialogue Conference (in Arabic)

Nineteenth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007

PLO Central Council, Statement (in Arabic)

Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)

25 January 2008

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)

Egypt's View on Ending Palestinian Division (in Arabic)

9 September 2009

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

10 October 2009

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

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

The Doha Declaration on Palestinian Reconciliation (in Arabic)

6 February 2012

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, Resolutions (in Arabic)

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

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

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

28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018

Events

Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force

12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935

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

Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem

26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948

Israel Invades Egypt

29 October 1956

GA Resolutions 1123, 1124, 1125 (XI)

19 January 1957 - 3 February 1957

Israel Refuses Full Withdrawal

3 February 1957

Shaykh Ahmad Yasin's Islamic Center Is Established in Gaza

7 September 1973

October War, 2nd Day

Palestinian Operation Against Settlers in Hebron

2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980

Israel Invades Along the Eastern Axis

6 June 1982 - 12 June 1982

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

Ahmad Yasin Arrested

Israel Deports 415 Palestinians to South Lebanon

13 December 1992 - 17 December 1992

Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released

25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997

Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II Accord)

4 September 1999

Implementation of Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum (Wye II)

10 September 1999 - 20 March 2000

Official Resumption of Final Status Talks

13 September 1999 - 6 December 1999

Failure to Reach a FAPS by 13 February 2000 Target Date

8 December 1999 - 6 February 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000

Failure of Final Status Talks at Camp David Summit

11 July 2000 - 25 July 2000

Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal for a Cease-Fire and a Resumption of Talks

16 April 2001 - 27 April 2001

Palestinian Peace Gestures

1 December 2003 - 7 January 2004

Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US

Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination

15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing

15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005

War on Gaza, Day 16

11 January 2009

War on Gaza, Day 18

13 January 2009

Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction, Sharm al-Shaykh

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington

1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010

Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem

14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010

Israel's Temporary and Partial Settlement Freeze Is not Extended

20 September 2010 - 26 September 2010

Abbas and Mishal Sign the Doha Declaration and Then Agree on its Suspension

5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012

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

23 October 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative

Palestinian Car Ramming: A New Palestinian Weapon?

6 March 2015 - 14 May 2015

Israel Outlaws the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement

16 November 2015 - 28 November 2015

The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound

14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019

PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds

17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War

XIII. With a Growingly Intractable Deadlock, Whither Palestine?

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

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

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The Bosnians of Palestine

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

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

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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

Balata Refugee Camp

Stages of a Forced Displacement

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes