Madrid Peace Conference opens

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.

The Gulf crisis changed the diplomatic environment and severely affected PLO regional relations and finances.

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...

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.

Secret Israeli-PLO talks in Norway opened a parallel channel to the formal negotiations.

Ten Palestinian organizations meeting in Damascus reject the emerging Israeli-Palestinian agreement. Opposition within the Palestinian national movement reveals competing strategies for liberation and...