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Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Khalil Baidas
1875 - 9 February 1949
Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
1888 - 9 September 1974
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Hisham Sharabi
1927 - 13 January 2005
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Gabi Baramki
3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004

Events

Event
The Tanzimat Are Issued
18 February 1856
Event
Sultan Abd al-Hamid II and the Ottoman Constitution
31 August 1876 - 19 December 1876
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Young Turk Revolution
23 July 1908
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Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley
March 1909 - July 1909
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Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul
July 1909 - March 1915
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Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
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Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine
14 May 1914
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Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
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Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet
15 May 1920
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The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
Event
Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan
2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
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Establishment of the Palestine Arab Workers Society
21 March 1925 - 11 January 1930
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Establishment of the Arab Bank in Jerusalem
21 May 1930 - 14 July 1930
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An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress
13 December 1931
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Establishment of the Istiqlal Party
2 August 1932
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Establishment of the Arab National Fund
September 1932 - 8 August 1935
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Establishment of the National Defense Party
2 December 1934
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Establishment of the National Bloc Party
4 October 1935
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Death of Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam in a Battle with a British Force
12 November 1935 - 21 November 1935
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British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy
November 1938 - May 1939
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Killing of Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad
27 March 1939
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Arab National Fund Reestablished
August 1943
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Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet
14 February 1945
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Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
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Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan and Establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
25 May 1946
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First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense
29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948
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Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
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West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government
16 May 1948 - 24 May 1948
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Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem
16 June 1948
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Responses to Bernadotte's Plan
2 July 1948 - 5 July 1948
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Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza
22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948
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Pro-Jordanian Amman Conference
1 October 1948
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Arab Responses to Formation of the All-Palestine Government
5 October 1948 - 14 October 1948
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Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
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Assassination of King Abdullah
20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952
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The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
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Baghdad Pact
24 February 1955
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Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
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Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
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London Conference on Suez
16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956
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Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
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Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
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Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
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Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq
14 July 1958
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Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic"
15 December 1959
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The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip
5 March 1962
Event
Death of Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi; Ahmad al-Shuqairi as Palestine Delegate to the Arab League
29 June 1963 - 19 September 1963
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1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
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Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria
12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967
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Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria
15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967
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Israel Prepares for War with US Consent
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967
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June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
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Formation of a Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem 
24 July 1967
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Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
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Attempted Assassination of Anis Sayigh in Beirut
19 July 1972
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Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established
September 1972
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The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN
25 February 1975
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SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories
22 March 1979
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A PLF Operation in Nahariya
22 April 1979
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Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus
15 December 1979
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Fahd Plan Is Announced
7 August 1981
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Draft SC Res. S/14985 to Condemn Shooting of Worshippers at Haram al-Sharif, Vetoed by US
20 April 1982
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Encirclement of Beirut
11 June 1982 - 20 June 1982
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Draft SC Res. S/17459 to Call upon Israel to Stop its Repressive Measures, Vetoed by US
13 September 1985
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The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington
15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988
Event
First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
14 December 1987
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The Palestinians' 14 Demands
14 January 1988
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A Palestine Affairs Center, under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington
1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994
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Start of US-PLO Dialogue
14 December 1988
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US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia
22 March 1989
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SC Res. 681: Deploring Israel's Decision to Resume Deportations of Palestinian Civilians
20 December 1990
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SC Res 694: Deploring Israel's Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
24 May 1991
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The Madrid Peace Conference
30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991
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SC Res. 726: Condemning Israel's Decision to Resume Deportation of Palestinian Civilians
6 January 1992
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Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994
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SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron
18 March 1994
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US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington
22 June 1994
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Draft SC S/1995/394 to Condemn Israeli Land Expropriation in Jerusalem Vetoed by the US
17 May 1995
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UNGA ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement
25 April 1997
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UNGA Res. ES-10/6: Recommending Holding a Conference to Enforce the 4th Geneva Convention in the OPT
9 February 1999
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Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms its Applicability to the OPT
15 July 1999
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Palestinian Authority Crackdown Against Hamas
3 August 1999 - 26 August 1999
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FAPS Target Date Extended to 13 May: The Bolling Rounds
7 March 2000 - 20 April 2000
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Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round
30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000
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The Stockholm Back Channel - 1st Session
12 May 2000 - 15 May 2000
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Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
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UNGA Res. ES-10/7: Expresses Concern over Israeli-Palestinian Clashes and Respect for 4th Geneva Convention
20 October 2000
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Conference on the 4th Geneva Convention Affirms Responsibility of all Contracting Parties in Ensuring its Respect
5 December 2001
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14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
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Draft SC Res. S/2002/1385 Demanding Israel's Compliance with 4th Geneva Convention Vetoed by US
20 December 2002
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The Geneva "Private" Initiative
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
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Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
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Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
Event
The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document
10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006
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Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
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Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
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Emergency Cabinet in the West Bank
14 June 2007 - 26 June 2007
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Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
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The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
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Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
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Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington
1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4
17 November 2012
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Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Event
Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, Is Ousted by the Military
3 July 2013
Event
Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners
17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014
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UNHRC Res. A/HRC/RES/S-21/1: Condemning Israel's Assault on Gaza, Dispatching Commission of Inquiry
23 July 2014
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Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
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The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
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Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements
22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016
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Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem
18 December 2017
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Israel Begins Public Normalization Push
20 January 2019
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The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca
30 May 2019

Historical Media

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Young Turks Revolution
July 1908
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Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill at Government House Reception
28 March 1921
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Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London
April 1930
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
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Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission
11 January 1937
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Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad
1938
Document
Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938
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London Conference
February 1939
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Arab League Warnings
June 1946
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Funeral of Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
9 April 1948

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)
15 May 1920
Document
Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Rejecting the British Mandate (in Arabic)
8 July 1922
Document
Statement of the Executive Committee of the 5th Palestinian National Congress on Boycotting the Legislative Council Elections (in Arabic)
1 September 1922
Document
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
Document
Statement of the Arab National Conference (in Arabic)
13 December 1931
Document
Communiqué: Formation of the Arab Independence Party; the Party Bylaws (in Arabic)
2 August 1932
Document
National Fund: Establishment of Company to Save the Lands of Palestine (in Arabic)
11 October 1932
Document
The Palestine Arab Party: Bylaws and Internal Regulations (in Arabic)
24 April 1935
Document
Arab Summit Resolutions, Anshas (in Arabic)
29 May 1946
Document
Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)
10 July 1948
Document
Resolutions of the Jericho Conference on Palestinian-Jordanian Unity (in Arabic)
1 December 1948
Document
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
Document
Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)
5 November 1963
Document
Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Document
President Bourguiba's Speech on the Palestine Question (in Arabic)
3 March 1965
Document
Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
Document
Emergency Arab Summit, 1970: Statement (in Arabic)
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
Document
Palestinian Popular Congress, Statement (in Arabic)
6 April 1972 - 10 April 1972
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1988: Concluding Statement (in Arabic)
7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988
Document
Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
7 April 1990
Document
Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996
Document
Thirteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)
27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001
Document
Fifteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)
1 March 2003
Document
Sixteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)
22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004
Document
Nineteenth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
Document
Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)
21 June 2007
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement (in Arabic)
18 July 2007
Document
Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)
25 January 2008
Document
Yemen's Initiative for the Resumption of Palestinian Internal Dialogue (in Arabic)
19 March 2008
Document
Twentieth Arab Summit: The Damascus Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)
7 August 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-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration
29 March 2012
Document
Twenty-Fourth Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)
26 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
Document
Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Document
PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
Document
Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
Document
Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Report of the Quartet (in Arabic)
3 July 2016
Document
Twenty-Seventh Arab Summit: The Nouakchott Declaration (in Arabic)
25 July 2016
Document
Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)
11 January 2017
Document
Closing Statement of the Popular Conference for the Palestinians Abroad (in Arabic)
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
Document
Twenty-Eighth Arab Summit: The Amman Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 2017
Document
Statement Issued Following the Meeting of the Palestinian National Action Factions (in Arabic)
21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017
Document
Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)
13 December 2017
Document
PLO Central Council, 28th Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
15 January 2018
Document
Palestine National Council, 23rd Session: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
30 April 2018 - 4 May 2018
Document
PLO Central Council, 29th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)
15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
Document
PLO Central Council, 30th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)
28 October 2018 - 29 October 2018

Highlights

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Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
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Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics
2000-2006
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
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Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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The Bosnians of Palestine
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come