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As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Freih Abu Middein

1875 - 9 February 1949

1880 - 16 June 1946

1882 - 22 April 1942

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Rafiq al-Tamimi

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

1907 - 27 July 2006

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

1917 - 12 December 2003

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

1926 - 23 January 1984

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22

10 January 1920

Palin Commission Report

Amery Memorandum on The Western Wall in Jerusalem

19 November 1928

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

UNGA Resolution 194 (III)

11 December 1948

UNGA Resolution 303

9 December 1949

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

UNSC Resolution 95

1 September 1951

UNGA Resolution 513 (VI)

26 January 1952

Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA

15 December 1956

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Lyndon B. Johnson: Statement on Principles for Peace in the Middle East

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations

The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199

Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241

UNGA Resolution ES-10/2

UNGA Resolution ES-10/3

UNGA Resolution ES-10/6

9 February 1999

The “Moratinos Non-Paper” on the Outcome of the Taba Talks (21-27 January 2001)

27 January 2001

Draft of UNSC Resolution 2001/270

The Mitchell Report

Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

National Conciliation Document

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Report of the UNHِQ Board of Inquiry Into Incidents Affecting UNRWA Schools during the 2014 Gaza War

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

Events

Palestine Gendarmerie Is Established

1 July 1921 - 24 April 1922

Establishment of the Reform Party

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Series of Zionist Attacks

2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948

Transjordan and Great Britain Agree on Jordanian Military Intervention in Palestine

7 February 1948

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

End of First Truce: Israeli Operation Dekel

8 July 1948 - 18 July 1948

SC Res. 95: Calling on Egypt to End Restrictions on Commercial Shipping through Suez Canal

1 September 1951

After Mounting Egyptian-Israel Tension Around Gaza, a Turning Point for Egypt and Opportunities for Israel

28 February 1955 - 3 April 1955

Fatah Is Founded

Fatah Opens Its First Office in Algeria

23 September 1963

Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut

Hussein Bashir Abu al-Khayr Is Assassinated in Nicosia

24 January 1973

Israeli Operation in Beirut Against Palestinian Leaders

Assassination of Zaid Muqsi in Athens

Sinai II Agreement Reached

20 August 1975 - 4 September 1975

Assassination Attempt of PLO Senior Leadership in Beirut

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

Majid Abu Sharar Is Assassinated in Rome

Assassination Attempt of Israeli Ambassador in London

Ma'moun Meraish Is Assassinated in Athens

Munther Abu Ghazaleh Assassinated in Athens

21 October 1986

Solidarity of Israel's Palestinians with the Intifada

21 December 1987

Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis

US-PLO Official Meeting Takes Place in Carthage, Tunisia

The US Administration Suspends Dialogue with the PLO

Assassination of Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) and Hayel Abdel Hamid (Abu al-Hol)

14 January 1991

Israel Deports Four Palestinians from Gaza to South Lebanon

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

Start of Israel-PLO Economic Talks in Paris

The Beilin-Abu Mazen Document

31 October 1995

Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement to Be Constructed

26 February 1997

Palestinian Response to Har Homa/Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Project

27 February 1997 - 10 April 1997

Draft SC Res. S/1997/199 to Call on Israel to Refrain from Settlement Activities (Jabal Abu Ghunaym) Vetoed by US

Palestinian-Israeli Talks Deadlocked

10 March 1997 - 30 July 1997

Draft SC Res. S/1997/241 to Demand that Israel Cease Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement Vetoed by US

UNGA ES-10/2: Condemning Israel's Construction of Jabal Abu Ghunaym Settlement

French-Palestinian Agreement on Status of French Institutions Under Palestinian Authority

12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997

Feverish Settlement Activities After Wye Memorandum

26 October 1998 - 15 November 1998

Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine

30 September 1999

George Habash Retires as S-G of PFLP

27 April 2000 - 28 April 2000

Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round

30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000

The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks

2 September 2000

Assassination of Yusif Abu Sawi in al-Khader

12 December 2000

Assassination of Hani Abu Bakra in Khan Yunis

14 December 2000

Draft SC Res. S/2001/270 Calling for Cessation of Settlement Activities and Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by US

Assassination of Walid Bisharat, Sameh Abu Huneish, and Muhammad Bisharat in Qabatya

Assassination of Imad Abu Sunayna in Hebron

Assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa in al-Bireh

Fallout of Abu Ali Mustafa's Assassination

28 August 2001 - 10 September 2001

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi and its Immediate Aftermath

17 October 2001 - 25 October 2001

Assassination of Ayman Abu Halawa in Nablus

22 October 2001

Assassination of Yasir Asida and Fahmi Abu Eisheh in Tulkarm

2 November 2001

Assassination of Mahmoud Abu Hanud near Nablus

23 November 2001

With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level

26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001

Assassination of Nazih Abu al-Siba' in Jenin

16 February 2002

Assassination of Muhannad Abu Halaweh and Fawzi Murrar in Ramallah

Assassination of Yusuf Abu Hin in Gaza City

Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy

1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003

Assassination of Titu Masud and Suhayl Abu Nahal in Gaza City

Assassination of Muhammad Daghmash and Rawi Abu Kumayl in Gaza City

Assassination of Ismail Abu Shanab in Gaza City

21 August 2003 - 25 August 2003

Assassination Attempt of Hamas Leadership, Including Ahmad Yasin, in Gaza City

6 September 2003

Assassination of Yasir Abu Aysh, Hussein Abu Aysh and Majdi Khatib in Rafah

2 February 2004

Assassination of Nadir Abu Layl and Hashim Abu Hamdan in Nablus

Assassination of Ra'fat Abu Assi and Hazim Irhayim in Gaza City

Assassination of Amr Abu Sitta in Rafah

Assassination of Mahmud Abu Khalifa, Amjad Abu al-Hayja, and Yamin Abu al-Hayja in Jenin

13 September 2004

Assassination of Khaled Abu Silmiyya in Gaza City

19 September 2004

Assassination Attempt of Muhammad Abu Nusayra in Khan Yunis

27 September 2004

Assassination of Imad Yahia Khalil Bader and Saqer Awni Saqer in Khan Yunis Refugee Camp

Assassination of Majdi Mar'i, Fadi al-Sarwan, and Jihad Abu Salhieh in Nablus

1 November 2004

Assassination of Sabir Abu Assi, Assim Abu Ras, Amjad Arafat, and Adil Haniyeh in Gaza City

Assassination of Rawad Fathi Farahat and Nafez Abu Hussein in Gaza City

24 September 2005

Assassination of Hassan Madhun and Fawzi Abu Qara’ in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

1 November 2005

Assassination of Husam Abu Nada, Muhammad Jiha, Rashad Rahim, and Hamdan Mahana in Gaza City

14 December 2005

Palestinian Legislative Elections: Registered Party Slates

18 December 2005

Assassination of Said Abdul Fattah Abu al-Jedian in Beit Lahiya

Palestinian Legislative Elections Results: Hamas's Victory

26 January 2006 - 29 January 2006

Assassination of Atiya Abu Shari’a and Suhail Bakr in Gaza City

7 February 2006

Assassination of Sami Abu Shari’a and Mahmud Ajjur in Gaza City

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Israel Steps up Military Actions in Gaza

29 May 2006 - 15 June 2006

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government

15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007

Assassination of Fadi Abdul Qader Abu Mustafa in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Ziad Malaisha and Ibrahim Abed in Kafr Dan

Settlement Expansion in Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa

4 December 2007

Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Bad Start

12 December 2007 - 27 December 2007

The Quartet Expresses "Concern" over Jabal Abu Ghunaym/ Har Homa Expansion

17 December 2007

Assassination of Majid Harazin, Jihad Dahir, Karim Dahdouh, Na'el Tafesh, Ayman al-'Aileh and Ammar Abu-al-Said in Gaza City

17 December 2007

Assassination of Raed Abu al-Ful in Beit Lahiya

17 January 2008

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

Assassination of Ibrahim Abu Olba in Beit Lahiya

Assassination of Tareq Abu Ghali in Nablus

War on Gaza, Day 7

War on Gaza, Day 20

15 January 2009

Palestine National Council Special Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

26 August 2009 - 27 August 2009

Escalation in Israel's Settlement Activity

26 September 2010 - 8 November 2010

The PLO Considers Internationalization as an Alternative to Negotiations

16 October 2010

Israel Approves Settlement Expansion

2 March 2011 - 11 August 2011

Assassination of Muhammad Abu Mu‘ammar in Rafah

Israel Settlement Activity Taken up Again in Earnest

27 September 2011 - 1 November 2011

Assassination of Ahmad Shaykh Khalil, Muhammad Ashur, Bassem Abu al-Ata, Hassan al-Khadari, and Abd al-Karim Shatat in Rafah

29 October 2011

Israel’s Settlement Activity

6 June 2012 - 13 August 2012

Assassination of Anis Abu al-Anin in Rafah

19 September 2012

Assassination of Ahmad Abu Jalal near al-Maghazi Refugee Camp

16 November 2012

Palestinians' Hunger Strikes in Israeli Prisons

19 February 2013 - 22 April 2013

With or Without Negotiations, Israel Continues its Settlement Activities

30 May 2013 - 11 August 2013

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails

14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

Ziad Abu Ain Dies After Being Struck by Israeli Soldiers During a Peaceful Demonstration

10 December 2014 - 11 December 2014

Palestinian Leadership Debates End of Security Coordination with Israel

10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014

Settlement Construction

30 January 2015

Palestinian Militants Build and Rebuild “Gate of Jerusalem” Tent Camp in Abu Dis

3 February 2015 - 27 March 2015

Continued Israeli Settlement Activity and Destruction of Palestinian Infrastructure

27 July 2016 - 7 December 2016

Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul

25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017

UN Human Rights Council Establishes Commission into Israel’s Attacks on the Great March of Return Protesters

Israeli Supreme Court Approves Demolition of East Jerusalem Neighborhood

16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019

UNRWA Financial Situation Worsened after Misconduct Allegations

29 July 2019 - 13 December 2019

Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza City

12 November 2019

Gaza-Israel Exchange of Fire after Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata

12 November 2019 - 15 November 2019

US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019

Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine

9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Historical Media

Oath of Allegiance

The Haganah Starts Its Offensive

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Balata Refugee Camp

VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival

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

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

UNRWA's Education System

A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Palestinian Labor in Israel

A Fluctuating Market Subject to Israel’s Interests

XI. The Al-Aqsa Intifada and the End of an Era in Palestinian Politics

The May 2021 Gaza War

Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

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

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

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

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Husseiniyeh (Gathering) Refugee Camp

Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

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

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks

Places

Dayr Abu Salama

Ghuwayr Abu Shusha

Khirbat Umm Sabuna