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Events

Event
The Ottomans Enter World War I; the Sinai-Palestine Front
1 November 1914 - 4 February 1915
Event
First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall
28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917
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Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem
31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917
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Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
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President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan
27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965
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Civil Aviation in the Conflict
23 July 1968 - 29 August 1969
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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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Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards
15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973
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Kilometer 101 Talks
11 November 1973
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Arab Oil Embargo Is Lifted
8 March 1974
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Arab Sanctions Against Egypt
27 March 1979 - 31 March 1979
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Agreement on Withdrawal of Palestinian Forces from Beirut Reached and Implemented
20 August 1982 - 2 September 1982
Event
PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
Event
Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
Event
Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation
27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984
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Israeli Planes Attack PLO Headquarters in Tunis; Arafat Narrowly Escapes
25 September 1985 - 1 October 1985
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Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
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Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis
16 April 1988
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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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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis
31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989
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Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)
14 January 1991
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Arafat's Decree N° 1: Pre-1967 Laws in West Bank and Gaza Are still in Force
20 May 1994
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PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza
9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000
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Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising
30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000
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Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171
18 December 2000
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Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
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Deepest Israeli Incursion in the Gaza Strip
24 January 2003 - 27 January 2003
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Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza
15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
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Assassination of Yusuf Abu Hin in Gaza City
1 May 2003
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Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy
1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003
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Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Interview on Gaza-Centered Disengagement Plan
2 February 2004 - 13 March 2004
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Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US
25 March 2004
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In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza
2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004
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Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death
12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004
Event
Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step
8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005
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Palestinian Truce Commitment at Risk
18 June 2005 - 21 July 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls
25 January 2006
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Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
Event
Israel Retaliates Against Shalit's Capture: Operation Summer Rains
28 June 2006 - 8 July 2006
Event
New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza
11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006
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Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City
12 July 2006
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Israel's Operation Summer Rains Against Gaza Continues
15 August 2006 - 9 September 2006
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Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: Demonstrations and Violence
28 August 2006 - 23 October 2006
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Gaza Escalation Followed by a Negotiated Cease-Fire
20 November 2006 - 26 November 2006
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Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume
24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007
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Ongoing Military Confrontation: Israel Declares Gaza a "Hostile Territory"
16 August 2007 - 3 November 2007
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Relentless Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation in Gaza
15 January 2008 - 22 January 2008
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Israel Launches Operation Hot Winter in Gaza
28 February 2008 - 3 March 2008
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Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen
18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1
27 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 2
28 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 3
29 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 4
30 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 5
31 December 2008
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War on Gaza, Day 7
2 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet
3 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 9: Start of Phase 2
4 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones
5 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 13
8 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 14
9 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 15: Intensification of Israeli Attacks
10 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 16
11 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 18
13 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 19: Hamas Cease-Fire Offer
14 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
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War on Gaza, Day 21
16 January 2009
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War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises
4 May 2009
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Fatah Sixth General Conference Is Held in Bethlehem
4 August 2009 - 8 August 2009
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Cross-Border Violence, Gaza
20 September 2009 - 3 October 2009
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Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries
17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011
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Impact of the Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Popular Politics
2 February 2011 - 15 March 2011
Event
Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures
22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013
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The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2
9 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3
10 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5
11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10
16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
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Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City
19 August 2014
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Three Rounds of Hamas-Fatah Talks in Doha Come to Naught
7 February 2016 - 18 June 2016
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Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax
15 December 2016
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Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division
12 October 2017
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Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
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30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
31 March 2019
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Assassination of Hamed al-Khoudary in Gaza City
5 May 2019
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca
30 May 2019
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Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza City
12 November 2019
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Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel
15 September 2020
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 2
11 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3
12 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4
13 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6
15 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7
16 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8
17 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 9
18 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 10
19 May 2021
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12
21 May 2021
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Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended
22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023
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Israel Targets Islamic Jihad, Launches Operation Breaking Dawn; Hamas Does not Participate in the Fighting
2 August 2022 - 8 August 2022
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Assassination of Tayseer al-Ja'bari in Gaza and Khaled Mansour in Rafah
5 August 2022 - 6 August 2022
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31st Arab Summit Meets in Algiers
1 November 2022 - 2 November 2022

Historical Texts

Document
1st Palestinian National Congress: Report to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)
February 1919
Document
Communiqué: Formation of the Arab Independence Party; the Party Bylaws (in Arabic)
2 August 1932
Document
Arab Summit Resolutions, Anshas (in Arabic)
29 May 1946
Document
Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)
1 October 1948
Document
President Bourguiba's Speech on the Palestine Question (in Arabic)
3 March 1965
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Statement of the General Congress to Defend Arab Lands in Israel (in Arabic)
18 October 1975
Document
Admission of Palestine as Full Member in Arab League (in Arabic)
9 September 1976
Document
Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement (in Arabic)
18 February 1985
Document
PLO Executive Committee on Israel’s Peace Initiative (in Arabic)
15 May 1989
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1990: Statement (in Arabic)
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
Document
PLO Central Council, 12th Session (in Arabic)
12 October 1993
Document
Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996
Document
PLO Central Council, 17th Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)
9 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
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
Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)
10 October 2009
Document
PLO Central Council, 23rd Session: Communiqué (in Arabic)
16 December 2009
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
PLO Central Council, 27th Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)
5 March 2015
Document
Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015
Document
Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
29 November 2016 - 4 December 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
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, 31st Session: Resolutions (in Arabic)
9 February 2022

Biographies

Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019

Highlights

Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988
Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood
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Demography and the Palestine Question (II)
1948-2048
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Urban Palestine
Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations
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The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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IX. First Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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X. Oslo Process: Towards Failure
1993-2000
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
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Japan and the Palestine Question
A Policy still Subordinate to the US
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Canada and the Palestine Question
Israel First, Palestinians Second
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance