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Biographies

Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Samih al-Qasim
1939 - 19 August 2014
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt
18 January 1974
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019

Events

Event
Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
Event
Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society
May 1950
Event
The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
Event
Baghdad Pact
24 February 1955
Event
Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
Event
Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
Event
London Conference on Suez
16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956
Event
Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
Event
Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
Event
Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic"
15 December 1959
Event
1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
Event
Reports on Israeli Plans Against Syria
12 May 1967 - 14 May 1967
Event
Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria
15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967
Event
Israel Prepares for War with US Consent
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967
Event
June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
Event
PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
Event
Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
Event
Abdel Nasser Dies of a Sudden Heart Attack; Anwar al-Sadat Succeeds Him
28 September 1970
Event
Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)
14 January 1991
Event
Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, Is Ousted by the Military
3 July 2013
Event
The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
Event
Abbas Launches Diplomatic Activity at the UN to Get a Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements
22 September 2016 - 22 December 2016
Event
Israel Begins Public Normalization Push
20 January 2019
Event
The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019

Highlights

Highlight
The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba
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The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
Highlight
VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria