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Biographies

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Events

8th Zionist Congress Is Held in the Hague

14 July 1907 - 21 July 1907

Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul

28 October 1913

Appointment of the King-Crane Commission

20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919

19th Zionist Congress Meets in Lucerne

20 August 1935 - 4 September 1935

Outbreak of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

15 April 1936 - 30 April 1936

Formation of the Arab National League (ANL) in New York

August 1937 - May 1941

Wave of Irgun Attacks against Palestinians

2 June 1939 - 1 August 1939

Five-year Limit on Jewish Immigration Extended

Stern Gang and Irgun Start Operations Against British

January 1944 - March 1944

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks

17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government

16 May 1948 - 24 May 1948

Abandoned Areas Ordinance

Absentee Property Law, 5710-1950

Military Order No. 321 Concerning Land Law (Acquisition for Public Purposes)

Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees

Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US

14 October 2003

UNGA Res. ES-10/13: Demands that Israel Stop and Reverse Construction of Wall inside OPT

21 October 2003

Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan

First Round of Municipal Elections

23 December 2004 - 27 January 2005

Major Construction Plan in Ma'ale Adumim

21 March 2005 - 6 April 2005

Second Round of Municipal Elections

Third Round of Municipal Elections

29 September 2005

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Bush's Statement on Palestinian Statehood, Jerusalem

10 January 2008

President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute

31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015

Tension Escalates at Haram al-Sharif

2 August 2015 - 28 September 2015

Israel Pursues its Confiscation of Palestinian Land in the West Bank

10 March 2016 - 21 April 2016

The Knesset Adopts the "Anti-Terror" (Counter-Terrorism) Law

Trump Signs the 6-Month Waiver Delaying the Application of the Jerusalem Embassy Act

Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem

18 December 2017

The Knesset Passes Legislation that Allows to Revoke Permanent Residency from East Jerusalemites

The Knesset Passes Legislation Withholding Bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli Forces

The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit

14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018

PA Asks the ICC to Investigate Israeli Settlement Policies

PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA

26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019

Israel Prevents Palestine Cup Final

3 July 2019 - 25 September 2019

US Congress Amends ATCA to Resume Funding for PA Security Forces

20 December 2019

Historical Media

Arab Revolt in Aqaba

Land in Jewish Possession (1944)

31 December 1944

Historical Texts

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

27 February 1920

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria (in Arabic)

Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)

Statement of the Executive Committee of the 4th Palestinian National Congress Rejecting the British Mandate (in Arabic)

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

Statement of the Arab National Conference (in Arabic)

13 December 1931

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

The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Arab Summit Resolutions, Anshas (in Arabic)

Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)

Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance No. 33, 5708-1948

23 September 1948

Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)

Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)

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

Lebanon’s Department for Palestinian Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)

Speech of Ahmad al-Shuqairi, Head of the Palestine Delegation, before the UN Special Political Committee (in Arabic)

5 November 1963

Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)

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

Palestine National Council, 2nd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

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

Palestinian Popular Congress, Statement (in Arabic)

6 April 1972 - 10 April 1972

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

18 October 1975

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466

29 January 1988

Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780

Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1990: Statement (in Arabic)

28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990

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

Reorganization of Lebanon’s Department for Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)

14 October 2000

Thirteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

List of Jobs and Professions Restricted to Lebanese Citizens (in Arabic)

14 December 2005

Nineteenth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007

Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)

PLO Central Council, Statement (in Arabic)

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

PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)

23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008

Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)

Egypt's View on Ending Palestinian Division (in Arabic)

9 September 2009

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

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

10 October 2009

Twenty-Second Arab Summit: The Sirte Declaration (in Arabic)

Provision on Palestinian Workers in Amended Lebanese Social Security Law (in Arabic)

Implementation Mechanisms of the Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Minutes of Palestinian Factions' Meeting (in Arabic)

20 December 2011

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

PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

Twenty-Sixth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 March 2015 - 29 March 2015

Closing Statement of the Popular Conference for the Palestinians Abroad (in Arabic)

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Statement Issued Following the Meeting of the Palestinian National Action Factions (in Arabic)

21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2018/516

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

Meeting of Palestinian Organizations' Secretaries-General: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

3 September 2020

Highlights

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

III. Late Mandate

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Arab Labor in Mandate Palestine

The Emergence of a Working Class

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Stages of a Forced Displacement

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come