Israel deports hundreds of Palestinians to Lebanon

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...

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.

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...

The two sides exchanged letters of mutual recognition ahead of the Oslo signing.

Israel and the PLO exchange letters of mutual recognition. The PLO recognizes Israel and renounces terrorism; Israel recognizes the PLO as representative of the Palestinian people, without recognizing...

Israel and the PLO signed an interim agreement in Washington, deferring major final-status questions.