The Cairo Agreement regulates the Palestinian presence in Lebanon

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: Palestine National Council; PLO. Action: The Cairo session adopted a political statement proposing a democratic society for Palestinians of different religions. Result: The...

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 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...

Organizations/movement: Birzeit College. Action: The college expanded to bachelor’s programmes in arts and sciences. Result: A local institution developed university-level education under...

Organizations/movement: Family Revival Society; Committee for Social Research and Heritage. Action: Khalil established a committee to collect and study Palestinian popular heritage. Result: Research...