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Biographies

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rafiq al-Tamimi

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

1905 - 21 May 1985

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

1910 - 26 February 1971

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

1926 - 23 January 1984

1928 - 1 September 2020

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

9 February 1963

Historical Media

Yusuf Diya-uddin Pasha al-Khalidi

Arab Higher Committee Members

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Events

Herzl Correspondence with Jerusalem Mayor

Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives

June 1909 - 2 November 1909

Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament

March 1911 - May 1911

Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa

Establishment of the Reform Party

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Civil Aviation in the Conflict

23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969

PFLP Hijack Operations

6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970

Khaled Nazzal Assassinated in Athens

Attempted Assassination of Khalid Mishal in Amman; Ahmad Yasin Released

25 September 1997 - 1 October 1997

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Israeli and International Reactions

27 January 2006 - 5 February 2006

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord

28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007

Fatah-Hamas Infighting Resumes

11 May 2007 - 20 May 2007

Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Apart

14 December 2008 - 21 December 2008

Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

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

5 February 2012 - 23 February 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Hamas's Khalid Mishal Visits the Gaza Strip

8 December 2012

Khalid Mishal Reelected Head of Hamas

1 April 2013 - 2 April 2013

Failed Attempt at Empowering the Palestinian Unity Government in Gaza

7 September 2014 - 9 October 2014

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

Reports About Indirect Israel-Hamas Talks on Long-Term Cease-Fire

16 June 2015 - 16 June 2015

Ismail Haniyeh Elected Head of Hamas Political Bureau

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

Historical Texts

Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)

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

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

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

22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996

Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (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-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

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

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

Highlights

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

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

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

I. Ottoman Rule

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

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

The Bosnians of Palestine