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Biographies

Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Historical Texts

Document
1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
3 February 1919
Document
Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)
15 May 1920
Document
Communiqué: Formation of the Arab Independence Party; the Party Bylaws (in Arabic)
2 August 1932
Document
Resolutions of the Jericho Conference on Palestinian-Jordanian Unity (in Arabic)
1 December 1948
Document
Lebanon’s Department for Palestinian Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
31 March 1959
Document
Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Document
Second Arab Summit: Statement (in Arabic)
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
Document
Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996
Document
Reorganization of Lebanon’s Department for Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
14 October 2000
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement (in Arabic)
18 July 2007
Document
PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)
23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)
7 August 2009
Document
Egypt's View on Ending Palestinian Division (in Arabic)
9 September 2009
Document
Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)
10 October 2009
Document
Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)
20 December 2011
Document
Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Document
Statement Issued after a PLO-Hamas Meeting to End Division and Implement the National Reconciliation Agreement (in Arabic)
23 April 2014
Document
Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
Document
Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
11 January 2017
Document
Statement Issued Following the Meeting of the Palestinian National Action Factions (in Arabic)
21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017
Document
PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)
28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018

Events

Event
Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet
15 May 1920
Event
Establishment of the Istiqlal Party
2 August 1932
Event
Arab National Fund Reestablished
August 1943
Event
Israeli Operation in Gaza
28 August 1953
Event
Israeli Operation Against Qibya
14 October 1953
Event
Sharon's Pacification of Gaza
August 1970 - December 1971
Event
Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War
25 May 1982
Event
The War of the (Palestinian) Camps in Lebanon
19 May 1985 - 7 April 1987
Event
Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum
26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998
Event
Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif
28 September 2000
Event
Start of the Second Intifada
29 September 2000 - 4 October 2000
Event
Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising
30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000
Event
Ariel Sharon Is Elected Prime Minister of Israel; Intifada Casualties Under Ehud Barak
6 February 2001
Event
Israel and the US Put Effective End to Peace Talks
7 February 2001 - 8 February 2001
Event
Intense then Moderate Resurgence of Palestinian-Israeli Clashes
8 February 2001 - 7 March 2001
Event
Operation Bronze and Escalation
7 March 2001 - 16 May 2001
Event
The Tenet Cease-Fire Plan
11 June 2001 - 20 June 2001
Event
US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001
Event
President Bush Publicly Endorses the Creation of a Palestinian State
2 October 2001 - 15 October 2001
Event
Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?
16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001
Event
An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002
Event
US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
Event
Israeli and International Pressures for a PA Reform
7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002
Event
Israeli Leaders Push for an American War Against Iraq
16 October 2002 - 9 February 2003
Event
The Likud Wins the Elections for the Knesset
28 January 2003
Event
With US Blessing, Ambivalent Israeli Acceptance of the "Steps Set out in the Road Map"
4 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Event
Abbas and Sharon Meet in Jerusalem
17 May 2003 - 29 May 2003
Event
Aqaba Summit: Bush, Abdullah, Abbas, and Sharon Meet
4 June 2003
Event
Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire
4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003
Event
The Geneva "Private" Initiative
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Event
Sharon's Speech on Unilateral Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003
Event
Timing New Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Speech on Disengagement Plan
18 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
Event
Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
12 January 2004 - 2 February 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004
Event
Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
Event
Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
Event
Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan
14 April 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
An Egyptian Security Plan for the PA
24 May 2004 - 6 July 2004
Event
Israeli Cabinet Ambiguously Endorses Sharon's Disengagement Plan
6 June 2004
Event
Settlement Activity in Spite of Road Map
2 August 2004 - 23 August 2004
Event
Abbas-Sharon Summit in Sharm al-Shaykh
8 February 2005
Event
Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination
15 February 2005 - 30 April 2005
Event
Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo
15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005
Event
Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim
21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005
Event
After a Massive Stroke, Sharon Is Replaced by Ehud Olmert as Acting PM
4 January 2006
Event
Olmert's Separation Plan
5 March 2006 - 9 March 2006
Event
Olmert's Convergence Plan Put Aside; Settlement Activity Resumes
18 August 2006 - 21 September 2006
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Palestinian and Israeli Teams to Prepare Annapolis International Conference
20 September 2007 - 25 November 2007
Event
Israel Prevents US Congresswomen from Visiting the West Bank and Israel
15 August 2019 - 16 August 2019

Historical Media

Document
Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party
1932
Document
Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938

Highlights

Highlight
VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
Highlight
Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria