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Biographies

Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Mustafa al-Dabbagh
1897 - 1 October 1989
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Events

Event
Limited British Advances; Stabilization of the Military Front
21 December 1917 - 21 April 1918
Event
Establishment of the Reform Party
18 June 1935
Event
Massacre in Deir Yasin
9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948
Event
Basic Law for the Gaza Strip
25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958
Event
Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation
1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976
Event
Israel Invades Along the Central Axis
6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982
Event
Palestinians Hijack an Israeli Bus Toward Gaza
12 April 1984
Event
Grave Escalation from Both Sides
9 January 2002 - 21 February 2002
Event
Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
Event
Assassination of Trad Jamal, Ibrahim Dayri, and Ammar Hassan near Deir al-Balah
3 March 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004
Event
Israel Launches Operation Eastern Step
8 January 2005 - 17 January 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls
25 January 2006
Event
Israeli Operations Resume
3 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
Event
New Israeli Pattern of Battering Gaza
11 July 2006 - 15 August 2006
Event
Assassination of Mubarak Hasanat in Deir al-Balah
23 October 2007
Event
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1
27 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 14
9 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 17
12 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 18
13 January 2009
Event
Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire
27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009
Event
Assassination of Muhammad al-Dayah, Abdullah Lubbad, and Isma‘il Lubbad in Deir al-Balah
2 April 2011
Event
Assassination of Khaled al-Shaer in Deir al-Balah
16 November 2012
Event
Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem
2 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3
10 July 2014
Event
Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata
12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019

Historical Texts

Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account
8 November 1948
Document
Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement
24 February 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre
14 June 1949
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War
27 April 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015

Highlights

Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
The October 2000 Events in Israel
The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
Land Day, 30 March 1976
A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel
Highlight
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Nakba
Stages of a Forced Displacement
Highlight
Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
Fawwar Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Rashidiyya Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon

Places

Place
Deir Yasin