A Palestinian National Council meets in Gaza

Organizations/movement: Arab Liberation Army (ALA); Arab League Military Committee. Action: An Arab League-sponsored volunteer army organized forces for the Palestine war. Result: An additional...

Organizations/movement: Jaysh al-Jihad al-Muqaddas. Action: Al-Husseini counterattacked at al-Qastal after unsuccessfully seeking supplies in Damascus. Result: He died in battle. Impact /...

Organizations/movement: National Liberation League in Palestine. Action: After the mid-May expansion of the war, the league campaigned for Palestinians to stay in their homeland. Result: An...

Organizations/movement: Arab Liberation Army; Ajnadin Battalion. Action: Captain Issa sent a report to ALA commander al-Qawuqji, documenting his battalion’s experience during the fighting. Result: A...

Organizations/movement: All-Palestine Government; Arab Higher Committee; Arab League. Action: Leaders established a government claiming Palestinian national representation with Arab League backing....

Organizations/movement: Arab Development Society (ADS). Action: Alami brought refugee families to cultivate land near Jericho. Result: Water development supported agricultural production. Impact /...

Organizations/movement: Emerging Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM). Action: Habash and colleagues developed networks and organizing during 1951–1952, building on student activism and the shock of the...

Organizations/movement: Palestine Refugee Committees in Lebanon; UN Conciliation Commission for Palestine. Action: Tannous submitted a memorandum insisting on repatriation, compensation and release of...

Organizations/movement: Iqrit displaced villagers. Action: Residents challenged their exclusion from their village and obtained a Supreme Court ruling favourable to return. Result: The legal gain...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian Student Union in Cairo. Action: Arafat began a period of leadership in the Palestinian Student Union while studying in Cairo. Result: The union provided a forum for...