The fifth PNC articulates a democratic political programme

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...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian women protesters. Action: Women held a hunger strike in Jerusalem from 26 to 28 January. Result: Their collective protest became a documented episode of popular...

Organizations/movement: Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Action: A progressive wing announced a separate organization after disputes within the PFLP. Result: The group later...

Organizations/movement: PLO; Lebanese authorities. Action: The delegations agreed on camp committees, civil rights and regulation of armed activity. Result: An arrangement acknowledged Palestinian...

Organizations/movement: PLO factions; Jordanian army. Action: Armed confrontation escalated between Palestinian factions and the Jordanian state. Result: Heavy fighting undermined the factions’...

Organizations/movement: PFLP foreign operations branch. Action: The branch hijacked civilian airliners during 6–9 September and later destroyed evacuated aircraft in Jordan. Result: The PLO central...

Organizations/movement: PLO factions. Action: After the Jordan conflict, armed organizations shifted their principal bases to Lebanon. Result: By summer 1971 their armed presence in Jordan had been...