Understand Palestine.
One topic at a time.
Choose where to begin. Every lesson brings its visuals, explanations, speakers and sources together.
Jadual Sesi & Topik Pembentang.
Hari Ini & Esok.
Atur cara rasmi Training of Palestine Specialists (TOPS 2026). Pilih sesi untuk membaca nota rujukan pembentang atau terus catat nota anda semasa ceramah berlangsung.
A small geography.
Many layers of meaning.
Select a place for context. This orientation map shows selected locations; inspect the maps below inside this guide to examine specific historical arrangements.
Gaza and the West Bank are geographically separate. Palestinian communities also live in Israel and throughout the diaspora.
Four maps. Four different questions.
Compare the meaning of each map before comparing its coloured areas. These views measure different political and legal arrangements.
Follow the line.
See what changed.
Fourteen illustrated milestones across five chapters. Read the sequence together, then expand a turning point to understand its consequences and the distinctions that matter.
Follow the line from top to bottom. Milestones are ordered; distances do not represent elapsed time.
Remember questions.
Not just dates.
These are reading frameworks: ways to follow recurring issues across time. The arrows connect questions, rather than claiming that one event made the next inevitable.
Keep institutions distinct.
Representation, administration, armed groups and humanitarian services play different roles.
- PLO
- Palestinian national representative organization and Oslo negotiating party.
- Palestinian Authority
- Interim self-government institution created through the Oslo process.
- Hamas
- Palestinian political and armed movement; took control of Gaza in 2007.
- UNRWA
- UN agency providing services to eligible Palestine refugees; it is not a government.
Build the foundations.
Then follow a question.
Work through the six stages at your own pace. Save progress in this browser and return to a topic whenever new evidence appears.
Learn the terrain.
Inspect the evidence.
Sourced modules connect history, society, institutions, law and current realities. Any live humanitarian figure is dated and linked to its report.
PREPARE BY PERSON OR BY TOPICSpeakers & likely study topics
Speakers & likely study topics
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Know exactly
what a term means.
Language shapes the argument. Use these short definitions as starting points, then follow their sources and the linked modules.
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Learn from people
doing the work.
This collection began with ten Malaysian and Palestinian scholars, organizers and advocates. Their documented work gives you distinct lenses; it is not a claim that any one voice represents all Palestinians.
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Can you explain it
without your notes?
Answer first, reveal the model response, and follow the linked source for anything you cannot explain confidently.
Follow the trail
back to the source.
UN, court, humanitarian, UNESCO and World Bank records anchor the learning modules. Published work and organizational pages establish the profiles; advocacy sources are labeled.
Palestine Specialist is an independent learning aid. It separates official records, reported conditions, speaker analysis and advocacy positions. The people collection originated in research for MyCARE's TOPS 2026 event, but the core library is organized by topic for continuing study. Profiles describe documented public work; proposed reading paths are editorial suggestions. Legal cases are distinguished from final judgments, and current statistics are tied to report dates. Last editorial review: 7 October 2026.