Iraq invades Kuwait

At its Algiers session, the Palestine National Council issued a political communiqué recognising the First Intifada and participation of trade unions, students, workers, farmers, women and popular...

The Palestine National Council proclaimed the State of Palestine in Algiers and asserted Palestinian self-determination. The declaration was a political and diplomatic act, not the achievement of...

The UN General Assembly met in Geneva to hear the PLO chairman following US refusal to grant him a visa.

Washington announced dialogue with the PLO after Arafat reaffirmed positions on recognition and political violence.

The US suspended its dialogue following a failed Palestinian Liberation Front attack attempt.

Birzeit University records Israeli forces entering Alhambra Palace in Ramallah, where classes were being held during the university closure, and confiscating student identity cards. This illustrates...

The conference initiated direct Arab-Israeli talks including a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation.

Birzeit University reopened after a lengthy closure that the institution dates from October 1988; during restrictions, teachers and students used off-campus study groups.

Labor’s victory under Yitzhak Rabin altered the diplomatic setting for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Israel expelled more than 400 Palestinians to southern Lebanon, prompting international condemnation.