Wasfi al-Tal, Jordan's Prime Minister, Is Assassinated by Black September Members in Cairo

US President Nixon says no lasting settlement could be achieved "without addressing the legitimate aspirations of Palestinians," adding that peace requires "a just settlement of their claims.".

Jordan requested a UN Security Council meeting to contest Israeli measures affecting Jerusalem.

The UN Security Council meets at Jordan 's request and passes Security Council Resolution 298, which reiterates previous resolutions on Jerusalem but is weaker than Security Council Resolution 267...

This dated record documents “Ziyad Husseini, Commander of the Popular Liberation Forces in Gaza, Dies.”

Israeli authorities decide to hold municipal elections in the West Bank.

The measure reiterates the latest General Assembly resolution relative to UNRWA and "deplores" Israel's operations in the Gaza Strip, "in which shelters in refugee camps were demolished and about...

The measure unanimously "demands that Israel immediately desist and refrain from any ground and air military action against Lebanon and forthwith withdraw all its military forces from Lebanese...

George Habash, general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, states in a press conference in Beirut that the organization's central committee decided in its 5 November 1970...

The proposed Kingdom would be constituted of two "provinces": Palestine (with Jerusalem as its capital) and Jordan (with Amman as both its capital and the capital of the Kingdom).

Black September militants hijacked a Sabena aircraft and demanded the release of Palestinian prisoners; Israeli forces later stormed the plane.