The PFLP publicly announces its formation

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: Palestine National Council; PLO. Action: The PNC held its third session in Gaza from 20 to 24 May. Result: The PLO continued developing its representative and policy-making...

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

Organizations/movement: Fatah; Jordanian army. Action: Palestinian fighters and Jordanian troops confronted an Israeli incursion at Karameh in Jordan. Result: Israel destroyed the guerrilla base but...

Organizations/movement: Palestine National Council; PLO; guerrilla factions. Action: The fourth PNC convened in Cairo and adopted a revised National Charter. Result: Armed organizations gained control...

Organizations/movement: Fatah. Action: Fatah advocated equal citizenship irrespective of religion or language. Result: The proposal entered its political programme. Impact / interpretation: It offered...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian literary movement. Action: Kanafani published a novel centred on a refugee mother and her community. Result: The work placed ordinary refugee experience within...