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Biographies

1865 - 3 March 1948

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

1923 - 12 May 2004

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1936 - 29 August 1987

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Events

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce

24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation

1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976

Israel Invades Along the Central Axis

6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982

Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis

6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982

The “Creeping” Cease-fire

10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

Operation of Israeli Occupation Forces Against Ayn al-Hilwa

16 May 1984 - 18 May 1984

Israeli Army Withdraws from Saida Region

16 February 1985

Munther Abu Ghazaleh Assassinated in Athens

21 October 1986

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising

30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000

Assassination of Imad Abu Sunayna in Hebron

On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans

15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

Palestinian Mass Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2012 - 14 May 2012

Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israeli Settlement Expansion

31 January 2014 - 7 February 2014

Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit

14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018

Great March of Return Anniversary and Land Day

29 March 2019 - 30 March 2019

Highlights

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

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

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Places