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As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

1882 - 22 April 1942

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 21 May 1985

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

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

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

1926 - 23 January 1984

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Events

Establishment of the Rawdat al-Ma'arif al-Wataniyya al-'Uthmaniyya al-Islamiyya in Jerusalem

Establishment of Muslim-Christian Societies: Towards National Representation in Palestine

8 May 1918 - December 1918

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa

13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920

5th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Nablus

20 August 1922 - 1 September 1922

Palestinians Boycott Elections

February 1923 - March 1923

6th Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jaffa

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

7th Palestinian National Congress Meets in Jerusalem

20 June 1928 - 27 June 1928

Death of Musa Kazim Husseini

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

Establishment of the National Bloc Party

Revival of the Legislative Council Idea

December 1935 - March 1936

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Formation of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Front in Opposition to the Palestine Arab Party

British to Terminate Palestine Mandate

26 September 1947

1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965

3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

5th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 February 1969 - 4 February 1969

6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969

1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970

11th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

6 January 1973 - 12 January 1973

Palestine National Front Is Established in the Occupied Territories

Palestinian Rejection Front

10 October 1974

13th Palestine National Council Meets in Cairo

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Reject the Camp David Autonomy Plan

16 October 1978 - 4 November 1978

15th Palestine National Council Is Held in Damascus

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank

16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982

16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

3 August 1983 - 7 August 1983

Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities

2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984

Fatah-Democratic Alliance Precarious Reconciliation

27 June 1984 - 2 September 1984

17th Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestinian National Salvation Front Is Formed in Damascus

Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration

6 September 1986

Closure of Palestinian Universities

18th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers: Restoration of Unity

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Unified National Leadership of the Uprising

The Intifada and the Israeli Response in Another Stage in the Confrontation

11 March 1988 - 29 March 1988

19th Palestine National Council Meets in Algiers and Proclaims the Palestinian State

12 November 1988 - 15 November 1988

UNGA 43/177: The PLO to Be Designated as Palestine in the UN System

15 December 1988

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Tunis

31 March 1989 - 2 April 1989

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

Multilateral Talks

29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992

The Mirage of the 5-Year Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

4 May 1994 - 3 May 1999

21st Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

22 April 1996 - 24 April 1996

Israel's Position on Further Redeployment and on Palestinian Obligations

23 November 1997 - 14 January 1998

Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed

15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998

Several Palestinian Organizations Publicly Oppose Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

10 December 1998

President Clinton's Visit to Gaza

14 December 1998

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

14 December 1998

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

2 July 2000 - 3 July 2000

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Gaza

9 September 2000 - 10 September 2000

Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected

1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005

Palestinian Dialogue Conference Held in Cairo

15 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions

27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006

The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document

10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006

Palestinian Factions Agree on the National Conciliation Document

Intra-Palestinian Dynamics: The False Hopes of National Unity Talks

25 August 2006 - 23 September 2006

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009

Egypt's Efforts for Palestinian Reconciliation Fail Once More

9 September 2009 - 25 October 2009

The Mavi Marmara Incident

30 May 2010 - 5 June 2010

Abbas and Mishal Sign in Cairo a Record of Understandings Related to the 2009 National Conciliation Draft Agreement

4 May 2011 - 17 May 2011

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings in Cairo

20 December 2011 - 22 December 2011

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

Toward Another Hamas-Fatah Agreement in Cairo

27 April 2013 - 14 May 2013

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

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

Palestinian Reconciliation Meetings Renewed in Doha, Beirut and Moscow, with No Results

5 January 2017 - 17 January 2017

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

100-Year Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

1 November 2017 - 2 November 2017

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

18 December 2017

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

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill

1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020

Historical Texts

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

27 February 1920

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria (in Arabic)

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

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

National Defense Party: Objectives (in Arabic)

2 December 1934

Establishment of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration (in Arabic)

Provisional Bylaws of All-Palestine Government (in Arabic)

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

Basic Law of the Palestinian National Fund (in Arabic)

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

Bylaws of the Executive Committee of the PLO (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

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

12 January 1973

Sixth Arab Summit: Statement (in Arabic)

28 November 1973

Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement (in Arabic)

18 February 1985

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)

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

Thirteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

27 March 2001 - 28 March 2001

Fifteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

Sixteenth Arab Summit: Final Statement (in Arabic)

22 May 2004 - 23 May 2004

Palestinian Dialogue Conference (in Arabic)

Seventeenth Arab Summit: The Algiers Declaration (in Arabic)

22 March 2005 - 23 March 2005

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

14 December 2005

Eighteenth Arab Summit: The Khartoum Declaration (in Arabic)

28 March 2006 - 29 March 2006

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)

The Palestine Announcement in Lebanon (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

Twenty-First Arab Summit: The Doha Declaration (in Arabic)

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

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

The Doha Declaration on Palestinian Reconciliation (in Arabic)

6 February 2012

Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration

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

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

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

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

Statement of the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine National Council (in Arabic)

11 January 2017

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

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

Twenty-Eighth Arab Summit: The Amman Declaration (in Arabic)

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

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

3 September 2020

Historical Media

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

Sixth Palestinian National Congress, Jaffa

Arab Higher Committee Members

Arab Demonstration at Yatta

18 December 1938

Highlights

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Israel’s Appropriation of Palestinian Property

Cooking Up Laws for the Sake of Land Grab

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Incubators of Resistance

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Battle of al-Karama, 21 March 1968

A Triggering Moment For the Palestinian Resistance

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

The Palestinian Communist Movement

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Bosnians of Palestine

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

Palestine and International Justice

The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Declaration of Independence, 15 November 1988

Historic Undertakings For the Sake of Statehood

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes