The Palestine Arab Refugee Office opens in New York

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...

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: 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...

Organizations/movement: Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM). Action: Habash announced the movement at a general congress following several years of organizing. Result: A secular pan-Arab framework...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian citizens’ protest movement. Action: Palestinians inside Israel staged a general strike protesting the massacre. Result: A collective public action challenged the...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah). Action: A small Palestinian group developed an independent movement and founding organizational documents in Kuwait. Result: A...