UN Security Council resolution 608

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.

Israeli military repression, including beatings, became a focus of international criticism during the uprising.

Hamas publicly clarified its ideological relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Israeli commandos assassinated senior PLO leader Abu Jihad, widely regarded as an important coordinator of the uprising.

King Hussein announced Jordanian administrative and legal disengagement, reinforcing the PLO’s representative role.

The Palestine National Council proclaimed the State of Palestine at its Algiers meeting.