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Biographies

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

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

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1926 - 23 January 1984

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Events

Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association

Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley

March 1909 - July 1909

Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Territorial Issues and Prelude to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans

14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916

Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Continuation of Zionist-British Confrontation

16 April 1947 - 26 April 1947

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 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 in Gaza

Israeli Operation Against Qibya

14 October 1953

Sharon's Pacification of Gaza

August 1970 - December 1971

Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo

23 September 1981 - 24 September 1981

Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Cairo

11 November 1981 - 12 November 1981

Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War

Reagan's "Talking Points" to Begin on Palestinian Issue

Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue

1 September 1982

Israel Rejects the Reagan Plan

2 September 1982

16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Resumption of Diplomatic Activity

30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988

Start of US-PLO Dialogue

14 December 1988

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998

The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session

12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000

Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif

28 September 2000

Start of the Second Intifada

29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000

Israeli Idea of Security Fence (Separation Wall) Begins to Take Shape

26 December 2000 - 3 January 2001

Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak

6 February 2001

Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks

7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001

Intense then Moderate Resurgence of Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

8 February 2001 - 7 March 2001

Operation Bronze and Escalation

7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001

The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan

11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001

US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation

12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001

President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State

2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001

Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?

16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001

An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey

17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002

US Response to the Israeli Invasion

4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002

Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

Israeli Leaders Push for an American War Against Iraq

16 October 2002 - 9 February 2003

The Likud Wins the Elections for the Knesset

28 January 2003

With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"

4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003

Abbas and Sharon Meet in Jerusalem

17 May 2003 - 29 May 2003

Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet

Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire

4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003

The Geneva "Private" Initiative

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003

Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan

18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004

Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan

12 January 2004 - 2 February 2004

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

2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004

Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders

14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004

Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan

Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan

Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan

15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA

24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004

Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan

Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map

2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004

Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh

8 February 2005

Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination

15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim

21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005

After a Massive Stroke, Sharon Is Replaced by Ehud Olmert as Acting PM

Olmert's Separation Plan

5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Establish a Limited Foothold in Southern Lebanon

19 July 2006 - 29 July 2006

July War: Israel Attempts to Create a Special Security Zone

2 August 2006 - 10 August 2006

Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes

18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006

Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference

20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007

Israel Approves Settlement Expansion

2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011

UNGA Res. 67/19: According Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN

29 November 2012

UNGA Res. ES-10/20 Calls for the Protection of the Palestinian Civilian Population

Historical Texts

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

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

27 February 1920

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)

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

Resolutions of the Jericho Conference on Palestinian-Jordanian Unity (in Arabic)

1 December 1948

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

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

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

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

18 October 1975

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

Thirteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

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

Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)

25 January 2008

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

Twentieth Arab Summit: The Damascus Declaration (in Arabic)

29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008

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

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

10 October 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

Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

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

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

PLO Central Council, 29th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

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

28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018

Highlights

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip

A Site of Continual Displacement

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens