Municipalities affirm support for the PLO programme

Organizations/movement: Land-defence committees; Palestinian civic organizations. Action: A general strike and demonstrations opposed land confiscation, with solidarity actions beyond Israel....

Palestinian citizens of Israel organised a general strike and demonstrations against state land expropriations. Six Palestinians were killed in confrontations with Israeli security forces. Land Day...

Palestinians in Israel organised strikes and protests against land expropriation; six Palestinian citizens were killed by Israeli security forces. Land Day became an annual focus of collective...

Organizations/movement: Palestine National Front; municipal electoral lists. Action: Nationalist lists campaigned in municipal council elections. Result: PLO-supporting lists won, giving local leaders...

Organizations/movement: Palestine National Council; PLO. Action: The political declaration stressed military, political and popular forms of struggle and activity inside occupied territory. Result:...

UN General Assembly Resolution 32/40 B requested the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, beginning in 1978.

Organizations/movement: Women’s Work Committee. Action: Women established a committee reflecting a shift toward wider grassroots participation. Result: A new organizing structure joined the women’s...

About thirty women gathered at a Ramallah library to organise community-based political and social work, a landmark in the development of women’s action committees.

Organizations/movement: National Guidance Committee. Action: Mayors and nationalist figures organized in response to the Camp David framework. Result: A coordinating body opposed arrangements that...

The United Nations began its annual 29 November observance promoting awareness of Palestinian rights, following the 1977 General Assembly mandate.