Arafat leads the Palestinian Student Union in Cairo

Organizations/movement: Palestinian National Council of 1948; All-Palestine Government. Action: Delegates convened in Gaza, endorsed the government and asserted Palestinian independence. Result: The...

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: Arab Development Society (ADS). Action: Alami opened a vocational training centre for orphaned and disadvantaged refugees. Result: It provided education and livelihood...

Organizations/movement: Gaza refugee protest movement; communists; Islamists; Supreme National Committee. Action: Following an Israeli raid, protesters mobilized across Gaza against relocating refugee...

Organizations/movement: Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO). Action: A Palestinian refugee advocacy office opened in New York. Result: An institutional platform for presenting the refugee question...

Organizations/movement: Gaza nationalist, communist and Islamist networks. Action: During the 1956–1957 occupation, Abd al-Shafi acted as an intermediary among different political currents opposing...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian citizens’ opposition; Israeli Communist Party. Action: Toubi published a document on the killing of civilians at Kafr Qasim, contributing to efforts to expose the...