UNGA Res. 2535 (XXIV): Reiterating Past Resolutions on UNRWA; Affirming Inalienable Rights of People of Palestine

The main tenets inherited from the Ottoman and the British eras are abolished along with the land categories: miri (private usufruct State land) becomes freehold property while metruke (land that is...

An Australian working on an Israeli kibbutz sets fire to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, causing extensive damage.

Following the setting of fire to the al-Aqsa Mosque, the Security Council expresses its grief "at the extensive damage caused by arson to the Holy Al Aqsa Mosque," recognizes "that any act of...

Brokered by President Gamal Abdel Nasser, an agreement regulating Lebanese-Palestinian relations is signed in Cairo by Yasir Arafat and Emile Boustani, the commander of the Lebanese army.

US Secretary of State William Rogers announces his proposals (the Rogers Plan ) for a Middle East settlement.

This military order entitles Israel to declare vast areas of the West Bank as "nature reserves" on which severe restrictions are imposed with regards to construction and grazing.

Fighting breaks out between Jordanian security forces and the Palestinian groups in the streets of Amman, resulting in about 300 deaths.

Israeli minister without portfolio Shimon Peres outlines a plan for Palestinian refugee camps within Israel's control, calling for resettling the refugees permanently outside of their camps if they...

Israeli agents fire a grenade launcher at a room in Wadi Haddad 's apartment in Beirut from an apartment across the street; Haddad and his family are in another room and are unharmed.

Israeli forces try to assassinate George Habash, a founding member of the PFLP, by firing rockets at a house in Bsaba village.