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Biographies

Biography
Khalil al-Sakakini
23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Anwar Nuseibeh
1913 - 1986
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Anis Abdullah Sayigh
3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

Events

Event
Establishment of the Jewish Colonization Association
September 1891
Event
Appointment of the King-Crane Commission
20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919
Event
May Day Clashes in Jaffa
1 May 1921 - 7 May 1921
Event
General Strike and Demonstrations in Palestine
8 October 1933 - 3 November 1933
Event
Murison Commission of Inquiry
4 January 1934
Event
Jewish Agency Partition Plan Secures US Endorsement
5 August 1946 - 14 August 1946
Event
Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948
Event
France and Israel Sign Arms Deal and Prepare for War
22 June 1956 - 29 July 1956
Event
Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
Event
Israel and Refugee Camps in Gaza and West Bank
18 February 1970
Event
Mahmoud al-Hamshari Is Assassinated in Paris
8 December 1972 - 9 January 1973
Event
Basil al-Kubaisi Assassinated in Paris
6 April 1973
Event
Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris
28 June 1973
Event
PLO Official Office in Paris
31 October 1975
Event
Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement
11 April 1987
Event
Mass Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel Is Triggered
1 October 1989 - 14 January 1990
Event
Israel's National Unity Government Collapses
13 March 1990 - 11 June 1990
Event
US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference
18 October 1991
Event
Assassination of Atef Bseiso in Paris
8 June 1992
Event
Multilateral Talks
29 October 1992 - 12 November 1992
Event
Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington
13 September 1993
Event
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres's Reassurances on Palestinian Institutions in Jerusalem
11 October 1993
Event
Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994
Event
Final Chapter of Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
31 March 1994 - 1 May 1994
Event
Status of Orient House in Jerusalem
29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994
Event
Redeployment from Hebron Delayed
28 March 1996
Event
Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Elected Prime Minister
29 May 1996 - 18 June 1996
Event
Ambiguous and Weakened Assurances on Further Redeployment
16 January 1997
Event
US Attempts at Easing Tension, but Confrontation Spikes
4 October 2000 - 12 October 2000
Event
US and Palestinian Efforts to Stop Israeli Escalation
12 September 2001 - 16 October 2001
Event
Timid Diplomatic Efforts
2 November 2001 - 19 November 2001
Event
Another Timid Return to Diplomacy: a Peres-Qurai' Draft?
16 December 2001 - 27 December 2001
Event
Arafat's Sudden Illness and Death
12 October 2004 - 12 November 2004
Event
Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron
17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004
Event
Post Disengagement: Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing
15 November 2005 - 23 November 2005
Event
Establishment of Palestinian National Dignity Fund
12 January 2010 - 18 May 2010
Event
To Satisfy Israel, France Backpedals on an Important Component of its Peace Initiative
9 March 2016 - 23 May 2016
Event
France Hosts a Ministerial Meeting as First Stage of its Peace Initiative
3 June 2016
Event
Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East
15 January 2017 - 16 January 2017
Event
UN SG Antonio Guterres Distances Himself from ESCWA Report; Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf Resigns
16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017
Event
International Response to Israeli Attacks on Great March of Return Protesters
30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018
Event
Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East
15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018
Event
Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
15 December 2018

Historical Texts

Document
Proclamation of the Independence of Syria (in Arabic)
8 March 1920
Document
Communiqué: Formation of the Arab Independence Party; the Party Bylaws (in Arabic)
2 August 1932
Document
Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Document
President Bourguiba's Speech on the Palestine Question (in Arabic)
3 March 1965
Document
Palestine National Council, 3rd Session: Political Resolutions (in Arabic)
20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966
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 Jobs and Professions Restricted to Lebanese Citizens (in Arabic)
14 December 2005
Document
Final Statement of the Palestinian National Conference (in Arabic)
25 January 2008
Document
Fatah Sixth General Conference: Political Program (in Arabic)
7 August 2009
Document
Egypt's View on Ending Palestinian Division (in Arabic)
9 September 2009
Document
Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)
25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
Document
PLO Central Council, Resolutions (in Arabic)
26 April 2014 - 27 April 2014
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
Twenty-Eighth Arab Summit: The Amman Declaration (in Arabic)
29 March 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

Highlights

Highlight
The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
Highlight
Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)