Battle of al-Karama, a Turning Point in Palestinian and Pro-Palestinian Mobilization

This military order, complemented a few months later by additional provisions, defines State property as any land belonging to a "hostile State" or any arbitration body connected to it.

The order requires the prior securing of a permit from a military commander: (a) to hold a meeting of 10 persons or more in which speeches are made or discussions take place on political subjects or...

Fatah begins its military operations in the occupied West Bank, three days before an agreed date, as a message to the upcoming Arab Summit, Khartoum.

Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics conducts a population census in East Jerusalem (annexed by Israel on the aftermath of the June War ) similar to the one conducted in the West Bank and the Gaza...

The measure emphasizes "the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every State in the area can live in security," and it...

Fatah Central Committee appoints Yasir Arafat as the official spokesman and representative.

Israel requisitions about 120 dunams near the Western Wall to restore the ancient Jewish Quarter of the Old City.

The Security Council resolution deplores Israel's failure to comply with General Assembly Resolutions 2253 (ES-V) and 2254 (ES-V) and considers "that all legislative and administrative measures and...

In the Baysan Valley region, 34 Jordanian civilians are killed in heavy clashes between Israeli and Jordanian forces.

Fatah adopts a policy statement describing its goal as the establishment of "a free, open, nonsectarian, non racist society in Palestine." It states that it does not fight Jews as members of a...