Emile Habibi publishes The Pessoptimist

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...

Organizations/movement: Black September organization. Action: Gunmen killed two Israeli team members and seized nine others at the Olympic Village. Result: All eleven Israeli team members died...

Organizations/movement: PLO Research Center. Action: Darwish moved to Beirut and worked at the Research Center. Result: A leading poet became part of the movement’s intellectual institutions. Impact /...

Organizations/movement: Islamic Center (al-Mujamma‘ al-Islami); Muslim Brotherhood. Action: Yasin established an institution offering religious, social, cultural, health and sporting services. Result:...

Organizations/movement: Palestine National Front; PLO. Action: The front called for coordinated defence of land, economy, culture, prisoners and mass organizations. Result: Its programme linked...

Organizations/movement: Palestine National Council; PLO. Action: The PNC proposed establishing national authority on any liberated part of Palestinian territory. Result: The interim programme...

Organizations/movement: PLO; Arab League summit. Action: Arab leaders recognized the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. Result: The movement gained regional backing...

Organizations/movement: PLO; UN General Assembly. Action: Arafat presented the Palestinian national case in a General Assembly address. Result: The PLO gained a major international platform. Impact...

Organizations/movement: UN General Assembly; PLO. Action: Resolution 3236 reaffirmed self-determination, national independence, sovereignty and return. Result: Palestinian rights were expressly framed...

Organizations/movement: PLO; UN General Assembly. Action: Resolution 3237 invited the PLO to participate as an observer. Result: The organization acquired an ongoing place in UN deliberations....