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Biographies

Freih Abu Middein

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

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

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

1923 - 12 May 2004

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Events

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Yasir Arafat Assumes Prominence within Fatah

Attempted Assassination of Anis Sayigh in Beirut

11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973

Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome

Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination

31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983

A Palestine Affairs Center, under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington

1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994

Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait

3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991

20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

17 October 1991

US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington

Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem

17 August 1995 - 31 August 1995

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

10 December 1998

Palestinian Popular Congress to Confirm Nullification Articles of National Charter, Gaza

14 December 1998

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

27 April 1999 - 29 April 1999

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 February 2000 - 3 February 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000

Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David

3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000

Israel Closes Orient House and Other Jerusalem Institutions

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

8 March 2003 - 9 March 2003

Ahmad Qurai' Is Appointed PM: A Nine-Week Ministerial Crisis

7 September 2003 - 12 November 2003

Smooth and Constitutional Transition in PLO and PA Leadership

11 November 2004 - 1 December 2004

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Parties and Factions Sign a Code of Conduct

17 October 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Fatah's Confused Preparation

25 November 2005 - 28 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

PA New Legislature and Consultations to Form a New Cabinet

18 February 2006 - 16 March 2006

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

20 June 2007 - 21 June 2007

Israeli Supreme Court Endorses Economic Sanction Against Gaza

30 January 2008

War on Gaza, Day 13

Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009

Palestinian Legislative and Presidential Elections Postponed

12 November 2009

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 December 2009 - 16 December 2009

Palestinian Municipal Elections Announced and Delayed

8 February 2010 - 12 February 2011

Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan

28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011

Impact of Democracy Drive in the Arab World on Palestinian Official Politics

14 February 2011 - 27 April 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

Fatah and Hamas Sign an Agreement on an Implementation Timetable in Cairo

Local Elections in the West Bank Are Announced

10 July 2012 - 5 August 2012

Hamas and Fatah Exchange Reconciliation Gestures

22 November 2012 - 7 February 2013

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014

Palestinians in the West Bank Boycott Israeli Dairy and Processed Food Products

9 February 2015 - 2 March 2015

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015

Attempts at Holding Palestinian Municipal Elections

21 June 2016 - 31 January 2017

Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements

22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016

Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

4 December 2016

Municipal Elections in the West Bank

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

14 January 2018 - 6 February 2018

Amendment by the Knesset of Its Code of Ethics to Allow Restricting Palestinian Members' Travel Abroad

22 January 2018 - 13 March 2018

23rd Palestine National Council Convenes in Ramallah

30 April 2018 - 3 May 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

28 October 2018 - 30 October 2018

EU Anti-Palestinian Clause

Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill

1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020

Israel Raids and Closes Offices of Human Rights Organizations in the West Bank

28 February 2021 - 15 September 2021

Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Organizations as Terrorist Organizations

22 October 2021 - 17 November 2021

Historical Texts

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

Communiqué: Formation of the Arab Independence Party; the Party Bylaws (in Arabic)

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

Arab Summit Resolutions, Anshas (in Arabic)

Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)

Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)

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

5 November 1963

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

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

Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (in Arabic)

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

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Statement (in Arabic)

12 January 1973

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

18 October 1975

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1988: Concluding Statement (in Arabic)

7 June 1988 - 9 June 1988

Hamas’s Memorandum on Restructuring the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)

22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996

Seventeenth Arab Summit: The Algiers Declaration (in Arabic)

22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005

Eighteenth Arab Summit: The Khartoum Declaration (in Arabic)

28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006

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

PLO Central Council, Statement (in Arabic)

The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)

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

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

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

10 October 2009

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

20 December 2011

The Doha Declaration on Palestinian Reconciliation (in Arabic)

6 February 2012

Statement Issued after a PLO-Hamas Meeting to End Division and Implement the National Reconciliation Agreement (in Arabic)

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

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

Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

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

21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017

Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)

13 December 2017

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

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2019: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

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

3 September 2020

Highlights

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 Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

Israel’s Apartheid Regime

Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians

Palestinian Women in the Labor Market

A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian Communist Movement

The Israeli Military

The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

Balata Refugee Camp

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests