The third Palestine National Council meets in Gaza

Organizations/movement: Fatah; Chinese government. Action: The two leaders visited China to obtain political support for the Palestinian movement. Result: Chinese leaders agreed to support the...

Organizations/movement: First Palestine National Congress; Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Action: Appointed delegates met from 28 May to 2 June and established the PLO, approving a charter...

Organizations/movement: Fatah; al-Asifa. Action: The command issued a statement claiming operations inside Israel on the preceding night. Result: Fatah publicly announced its armed campaign. Impact...

Organizations/movement: General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW); PLO. Action: Women established a national union linked to the PLO framework. Result: An organized platform connected women’s social...

The founding congress of the General Union of Palestinian Women opened in Jerusalem, bringing together women’s organisations and activists in a national framework; the congress ran until 20 July.

Organizations/movement: Palestinian citizens’ anti-military-rule movement; parliamentary opposition. Action: After years of opposition, Israel formally ended the military-government apparatus...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian literary movement. Action: After the June war, Tuqan re-entered public life in occupied Nablus through poetry and journalism. Result: Her writing increasingly...

Organizations/movement: Fatah. Action: Arafat entered the occupied West Bank in late August to organize clandestine resistance. Result: Fatah attempted to establish an internal base after the Arab...

Organizations/movement: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Action: Several commando groups merged and announced the PFLP. Result: A new coalition emerged from Arab nationalist...

Organizations/movement: PLO photography and film unit. Action: Filmmakers established a unit and displayed photographs documenting the Karameh battle. Result: Documentary work became part of the...