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Biographies

Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani
1888 - 20 January 1954
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Izzat Tannous
27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978

Events

Event
Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt
1882
Event
Palestinians Reject Arab Agency Scheme
12 October 1923
Event
15th Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
30 August 1927 - 11 September 1927
Event
16th Zionist Congress Is Held in Zurich
28 July 1929 - 11 August 1929
Event
Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme
19 July 1931 - April 1932
Event
Charles Tegart's Means of Control
3 December 1937
Event
Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet
14 February 1945
Event
Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement
5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946
Event
22nd Zionist Congress Is Held in Basel
9 December 1946 - 24 December 1946
Event
Palestinians and Zionists on UNSCOP Partition Plan
29 September 1947 - 3 October 1947
Event
SC Res. 43: Calling for an Immediate Truce in Palestine
1 April 1948
Event
SC Res. 46: Calling upon All Parties to Cease Military Activities in Palestine
17 April 1948
Event
UNGA 302 (IV): Establishment of Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
8 December 1949
Event
UNGA 393 (V): Economic Reintegration of Refugees in the Middle East
2 December 1950
Event
SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal
1 September 1951
Event
UNGA 513 (VI): UNRWA to Carry Refugee Relief and Reintegration for 3 Years
26 January 1952
Event
Israel and the Lavon Affair
July 1954 - 17 February 1955
Event
Egypt Detains Israeli Freighter
28 September 1954
Event
Exchange of Notes between Lebanon and UNRWA
26 November 1954
Event
Egypt Blocks Greek Freighter
25 May 1956
Event
Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
Event
London Conference on Suez
16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956
Event
Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez
26 August 1956
Event
Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
Event
Israel Invades Egypt
29 October 1956
Event
The 1956 War - The Tripartite Aggression
29 October 1956 - 12 March 1957
Event
Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Sinai
7 November 1956 - 8 November 1956
Event
Israel Addresses the Future of Gaza
10 November 1956 - 3 February 1957
Event
The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) Deploys in Sinai
12 November 1956 - 12 March 1957
Event
UNRWA Director Issues Special Report on Situation in Gaza Strip
15 December 1956
Event
Lebanon Establishes the Department of Palestinian Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Interior
31 March 1959
Event
A Lebanese Decree, Implicitly Applicable to Palestinian Refugees, Regulates Work of Foreigners
18 September 1964
Event
June War, 2nd Day
6 June 1967
Event
June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
Event
General Assembly Resolution 2252 (ES-V)
4 July 1967
Event
Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank
14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967
Event
Egypt's War of Attrition
8 March 1969 - 7 August 1970
Event
UNGA 2535 (XXIV): Reiterating Past Resolutions on UNRWA; Affirming Inalienable Rights of People of Palestine
10 December 1969
Event
Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970
Event
UNGA 2672 (XXV): People of Palestine Entitled to Equal Rights and Self-determination; Calling upon Israel for Return of Displaced in 1967
8 December 1970
Event
President Sadat Suggests Partial Israeli Withdrawal from Suez Canal
4 February 1971
Event
UNGA 2792 (XXVI): Deploring Israel's Operations in the Gaza Strip
6 December 1971
Event
Black September Hijack Operation
8 May 1972
Event
October War, 1st Day
6 October 1973
Event
October War, 2nd Day
7 October 1973
Event
October War, 3rd Day
8 October 1973
Event
October War, From the 6th to 10th Day
11 October 1973 - 14 October 1973
Event
Israeli Army Crosses the Suez Canal Westwards
15 October 1973 - 22 October 1973
Event
Kilometer 101 Talks
11 November 1973
Event
Sinai I Agreement
18 January 1974 - 3 March 1974
Event
Intifada Statistics
30 July 1991
Event
The Stockholm Back Channel - 2nd Session
18 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
Event
Lebanon's Constitutional Council Upholds the Prohibition of Real Estate Acquisition by Palestinian Refugees
10 May 2001
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/15: Demands that Israel Complies with ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Wall; Requests SG to Establish Register of Damage
20 July 2004
Event
The Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Is Established
25 November 2005
Event
UNGA Res. ES-10/17: Establishing the Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the OPT
15 December 2006
Event
Donors' Conference in Paris Supports Abbas's PA; PEGASE to Replace TIM
17 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
Event
Seal on Gaza Borders Tightened
5 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 12
7 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 13
8 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 20
15 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises
4 May 2009
Event
Goldstone Report on the War on Gaza
15 September 2009 - 25 September 2009
Event
22nd Arab Summit Meets in Sirte
27 March 2010
Event
25th Arab Summit Meets in Kuwait
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 9 and 10
16 July 2014 - 17 July 2014
Event
President Abbas Signs Acceptance of the ICC Jurisdiction and Accession to the ICC Rome Statute
31 December 2014 - 7 January 2015
Event
Settlers Set Fire to Two Palestinian Family Homes in Duma, West Bank
31 July 2015 - 9 August 2015
Event
Abbas Outlines Six Potential Legal Steps in Speech at the UNGA
30 September 2015
Event
Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018
Event
Palestinian Prisoners in Israel End Hunger Strike
27 May 2017
Event
A Unified Lebanese Vision on Issues of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon
20 July 2017
Event
Palestinian Diplomatic Activity after US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
6 December 2017 - 20 December 2017
Event
Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Jerusalem
13 December 2017
Event
Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem
18 December 2017
Event
Trump Administration Defunds the UNRWA
16 January 2018 - 25 January 2018
Event
International Community Alleviates Some of the UNRWA's Financial Crisis
15 March 2018
Event
International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
Event
The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit
14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018
Event
PA Asks the ICC to Investigate Israeli Settlement Policies
22 May 2018
Event
PA President Abbas Signs Accession Papers for 11 International Organizations
15 November 2018
Event
UNRWA Says International Community Almost Covers Budget Deficit
19 November 2018
Event
PM Hamdallah Rejects any US Assistance Related to ATCA
26 December 2018 - 1 February 2019
Event
30th Arab Summit Meets in Tunis
31 March 2019
Event
Israeli Bombing Resumes Against Gaza
1 May 2019 - 5 May 2019
Event
UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations
29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019

Historical Texts

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
The Palestinian Arab Reform Party: Objectives (in Arabic)
18 June 1935
Document
Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)
1 October 1948
Document
Lebanon’s Department for Palestinian Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
31 March 1959
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: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Document
Palestine National Council, 2nd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
Document
Third Arab Summit: Political Statement (in Arabic)
13 September 1965 - 18 September 1965
Document
Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Statement (in Arabic)
28 November 1973
Document
Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement (in Arabic)
18 February 1985
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
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1990: Statement (in Arabic)
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
Document
Palestine National Council, 21st Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
22 April 1996 - 25 April 1996
Document
List of Transitional Issues Not Implemented by the Israeli Side, According to the PA Negotiations Affairs Department (in Arabic)
9 February 2000
Document
Reorganization of Lebanon’s Department for Refugee Affairs (in Arabic)
14 October 2000
Document
Thirteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)
27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001
Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
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
Seventeenth Arab Summit: The Algiers Declaration (in Arabic)
22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005
Document
Eighteenth Arab Summit: The Khartoum Declaration (in Arabic)
28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006
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
The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (in Arabic)
7 January 2008
Document
Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)
25 January 2008
Document
Twentieth Arab Summit: The Damascus Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 2008 - 30 March 2008
Document
PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)
23 November 2008 - 24 November 2008
Document
Twenty-First Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)
30 March 2009
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
Twenty-Second Arab Summit: The Sirte Declaration (in Arabic)
27 March 2010
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
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, 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
Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
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
Document
Meeting of Palestinian Organizations' Secretaries-General: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)
3 September 2020

Historical Media

Document
Attack on Jewish Agency Headquarters
11 March 1948

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Present Absentees in Israel
Exiled in Their Own Homeland
Highlight
Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property
Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front