UN Security Council resolution 605

Women participated in protests beginning on 9 December 1987 and expanded neighborhood organising in education, health, food storage and community self-reliance. Women’s committees had roots in earlier...

Mass protests spread in Gaza and the West Bank; during the uprising popular committees, labour and student networks and women’s groups organised strikes, education and mutual aid. These structures...

The Islamic Resistance Movement emerged as a distinct organization during the uprising, drawing on Muslim Brotherhood networks.

The General Assembly affirmed protections for the PLO observer mission under the UN Headquarters Agreement.

Palestinian communities inside Israel mobilized in solidarity with protesters in the occupied territories.

Strikes, boycotts and organized civil disobedience became major components of the First Intifada.

The Security Council called on Israel to refrain from deporting Palestinian civilians from occupied territories.

The UNLU coordinated popular resistance through communiqués and links to Palestinian political factions.

Birzeit University describes a closure beginning 8 January 1988 during a broader wave of school and university closures; its chronology also lists a subsequent extended closure beginning 1 October...

Palestinian leaders presented demands concerning occupation practices and civil and political rights.