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History
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Get the facts and grasp the history of Palestine
—from the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the ongoing struggle for rights, land, and justice faced by the Palestinian people today.
Palestine’s modern history is shaped by colonial mandates, displacement, and struggle for statehood. In 1917, the Balfour Declaration saw Britain endorse a Jewish homeland in Palestine, igniting deep tensions. In 1948, the Nakba (“catastrophe”) marked the mass displacement of over 700,000 Palestinians during Israel’s creation. These events still define the conflict today.
Photo: The 1917 Balfour Declaration — a turning point in Palestine’s history. Source: Wikipedia.
Photo: Palestinians in Ramallah, from the Matson Photograph Collection, c. early 1900s. Courtesy of The Public Domain Review / Library of Congress.
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The history of Palestine in 15 minutes
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1. Encyclopedia Brittanica
This entry traces the history of Palestine from ancient times to the present, highlighting major eras from early civilizations and Ottoman rule to the British Mandate and the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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2. How the 1917 Balfour Declaration caused the modern Israel-Palestine conflict
This article offers a clear and accessible introduction to the 1917 Balfour Declaration—Britain’s pledge to support a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine
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3. About the Nakba
A short overview of the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic), referring to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
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4. The Nakba did not start or end in 1948
In this long read from Al Jazeera including an extensive 48 minute video, the reader is presented to the key facts and figures on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
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5. Historical summary
This short video from Encyclopaedia Britannica offers a visual summary of Palestine’s modern history. It covers key developments from the British Mandate through the mid-20th century, providing useful context for understanding the region’s political trajectory.
Sources for in-depth knowledge
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Palestine Academy
An educational hub for information and resources, which helps users understand what’s happening in Palestine and how to effectively support the cause online—offering timely guidance on who to follow, what to post, and how to raise awareness as events unfold.
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The Balfour Declaration explained
A clear and accessible explainer on the Balfour Declaration, including a 48-minute video unpacking Britain’s historic pledge—and why it remains central to understanding Palestine’s past and present.
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Palestine Open Maps
Initiated and supported by Visualizing Palestine, a data-driven platform offering infographics and visual narratives about Palestinian history and current issues, here you can explore search and download historical maps and spatial data.
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Verso Books
Verso Books is the largest independent radical publisher in the English-speaking world, producing over 100 titles a year. Among its influential catalogue are several landmark works that explore the history, politics, and struggle for justice in Palestine
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Podcast: Book Club w/ Jeffrey Sachs
Join Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs as he explores history, justice, and development with leading thinkers. In this episode, Sachs unpacks the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict, tracing the historical forces that have shaped it over the past century—offering listeners essential context for understanding the present.
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United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
This Wikipedia article explains the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, a proposal to divide British Mandate Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. It outlines the plan’s background, and the lasting impact it had on the region.
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The Interactice Encylopedia of the Palestine Question
Explore thousands of events, biographies, highlights, places and primary documents, as well as an extensive timeline of the history of Palestine, in the first interactive platform entirely devoted to the Palestine Question.
Debunking 6 History Myths
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Anti-occupation propaganda explanations: https://aijac.org.au/fresh-air/disappearing-palestine-the-maps-that-lie/
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Insightful videos on the history of Palestine
The Nakba was a series of events, centered around 1948, that expelled hundreds of thousands Palestinians from their homeland and killed thousands. The Nakba isn’t the beginning of the story, but it’s a key part of Palestinian history.
In this interview from 2017, Journalist Max Blumenthal sits down with renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappé to talk about his groundbreaking book, Ten Myths About Israel.
This animated video, prepared by the UN Palestinian Rights Committee, provides a historical overview of the Palestine-Israel conflict. It covers key events from the British administration of Palestine after World War I, the 1948 and 1967 wars, the displacement and ongoing struggles of Palestinians, the formation of the PLO, the Oslo Accords, and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
The United States has been Israel’s key ally since the state’s founding in 1948. This 12-minute feature by Al Jazeera provides a concise overview of the historical foundations of their close and enduring relationship.
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