Palestinians
Ethnonational group of the Levant
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| May 28 2025 |
Riyad Mansour
During a UN Security Council meeting, Mansour emotionally broke down while recounting the number of children killed in Gaza, banging the table and expressing his distress by saying 'This is unbearable, how could anyone?'
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| May 17 2025 |
Ali Kazak
Ali Kazak passed away while recovering from heart surgery.
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| 2025 | Samah Sabawi's book 'Cactus Pear for My Beloved' (2024) was shortlisted for the Douglas Stewart Prize for Nonfiction in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards |
| April 2025 | Abbas condemned Hamas as 'sons of dogs', blaming them for justifying Israel's assault on Gaza and demanding they release hostages, disarm, and cede territory. |
| 2025 | Awarded a Master of Philosophy with distinction from Trinity College Dublin. |
| 2025 |
The Book of Disappearance
The novel's English translation was longlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize, recognizing its significant literary merit and bringing global attention to the work.
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| 2025 | Samah Sabawi's work 'Cactus Pear For My Beloved' (2024) was longlisted for the Stella Prize |
| March 2025 | Abbas announces the upcoming legislative election and creates a new vice presidential post, signaling potential political transition. |
| 2024 |
The Message
Oprah Daily selected 'The Message' as one of the 28 best books of Fall 2024, highlighting its exploration of language, oppressive systems, and political possibilities.
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| 2024 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
The book was translated into Portuguese by Rogerio W. Galindo and published in Brazil.
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| 2024 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
The book was translated into German by Lucien Leitess and published with an epilogue.
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| 2024 | Awarded the Minimum Prize from Fondazione Pistoletto in Italy. |
| 2024 | Served as a Herb Alpert Award Panelist in the Visual Arts in the USA |
| 2024 | Zaher Jabarin succeeded al-Arouri as Hamas's leader in the West Bank following his assassination. |
| 2024 | Released his feature film 'To a Land Unknown'. |
| 2024 |
I Shall Not Hate
Tal Barda adapted the book into a documentary film titled 'I Shall Not Hate'.
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| 2024 |
Palestinian Australians
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced plans to criminalize doxing following the 'Z600 breach', which leaked names of 600 individuals in the creative industries who were involved in coordinated attacks against Palestine supporters.
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| 2024 | Penguin published 'A Cactus Pear For My Beloved', a book about her family's life in Palestine and her parents' migration to Australia. |
| 2024 | Abbas reached an all-time low approval rating of 29%, with 59% of Palestinians disapproving of him. |
| 2024 | Her artwork is included in the Venice Biennale, a prestigious international art exhibition. |
| 2024 | Samia Halaby was originally scheduled to have her first retrospective exhibition in the United States at Indiana University Bloomington's Eskenazi Museum of Art, which was ultimately cancelled. |
| 2024 |
Palestinian Americans
Exit polls revealed that between 50-63 percent of US Muslim voters supported Harris, with many voters expressing dissatisfaction with Democrats' stance on the Gaza conflict.
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| 2024 |
Palestinian Americans
In the 2024 election, Trump won 42% of votes in Dearborn, a significant shift from the 2020 election where Biden had overwhelming support, highlighting a major political realignment among Arab and Muslim voters.
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| 2024 |
Palestinian Americans
Palestinian and Arab American groups in Michigan pressured Vice President Kamala Harris to break from President Biden's pro-Israel policy and seek an end to the fighting in Gaza during the presidential election campaign.
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| 2024 |
Palestinian Americans
Ta-Nehisi Coates publishes 'The Message', featuring the Palestinian community in southwest suburban Chicago, including an interview with a Deir Yasin Massacre survivor in Orland Park.
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| December 5 2024 | Concluded his management period with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. |
| November 29 2024 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
US President Joe Biden was photographed holding 'The Hundred Years' War on Palestine' while leaving Nantucket Bookworks on Black Friday, which subsequently generated significant media attention.
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| November 28 2024 | At age 89, Mahmoud Abbas nominates Rawhi Fattouh as his temporary successor in response to growing calls for him to quit, with the intention of holding elections in the future. |
| November 15 2024 |
Tarek Loubani
After having previous charges dropped, Loubani again covered Fragiskatos' office with ketchup and was subsequently charged by London Police for a second incident at the MP's constituency office.
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| October 2024 |
Palestinian Americans
Rashid Khalidi retired from his position as Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University.
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| October 2024 | Becomes acting leader of Hamas again in October following additional assassinations by Israel. |
| October 1 2024 |
The Message
Publication of 'The Message' by Random House under the One World imprint, a book described as part memoir, part travelogue, and part writing primer.
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| September 2024 |
Riyad Mansour
Riyad Mansour was given a new seat at the UN General Assembly following a vote.
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| September 2024 |
Palestinian Australians
Renegade Activists group organized protests drawing attention to the challenges faced by Palestinian Australians, criticizing Australia's perceived complicity in the Gaza conflict and advocating for more compassionate refugee policies.
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| September 30 2024 |
The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates was interviewed by Tony Dokoupil on CBS Mornings, where Dokoupil challenged the book's chapter on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and suggested the book 'reads like the work of an extremist'.
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| September 17 2024 | Volunteered at the American University of Beirut Medical Center to provide medical assistance after a coordinated Israeli attack in Lebanon and Syria. |
| September 3 2024 | The U.S. Department of Justice publicly announced criminal charges against Mashal, alleging he orchestrated the 7 October attack on Israel, with charges including conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist organization and conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals. |
| August 2024 | Mashal publicly called for the resumption of suicide bombings against Israel. |
| August 12 2024 |
Palestinian Australians
By this date, Australia had granted 2,922 visas to individuals from Palestinian territories, with only about 1,300 successfully arriving in the country.
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| July 2024 | Serves as acting leader of Hamas from July after previous leaders were assassinated by Israel. |
| June 1 2024 | Began managing Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, expanding his management to an Iraqi football team. |
| May 24 2024 | Ended his tenure with Al Sadd. |
| May 14 2024 | The Potsdam Administrative Court ruled that the travel restrictions against him were unlawful. |
| May 4 2024 | Denied entry to France due to a Schengen-Area-wide entry ban, but joined a symposium via video link. |
| April 2024 | Begins serving as Rector of the University of Glasgow. |
| April 2024 | Denied entry to Germany while en route to speak at the Palestine Congress conference in Berlin. |
| March 26 2024 | Elected Rector of the University of Glasgow, winning 80% of the vote. |
| February 2024 | Abbas calls the Al-Rashid humanitarian aid incident an 'ugly massacre' perpetrated by the 'Israeli occupation army'. |
| February 2024 | U.S. Department of Justice filed criminal charges against Mashal under seal, relating to alleged involvement in terrorist activities. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Samah Sabawi, Samia Halaby, Mahdi Fleifel, Palestinian Australians, Ali Kazak, Saleh al-Arouri, The Message (Coates book), Wesam Rizik, Khaled Mashal, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, Riyad Mansour, Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Mahmoud Abbas, The Book of Disappearance, Palestinian Americans, Tarek Loubani, Palestinians in Lebanon, Montasser AlDe'emeh, Emily Jacir & I Shall Not Hate, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.