Palestinian American Women’s Association founded

Organizations/movement: Al-Haq. Action: Al-Haq established its fieldwork department and hired its first fieldworker. Result: Directly gathered information became a foundation for its human rights...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC). Action: Agricultural Relief formed in response to the absence of a Palestinian agricultural extension system. Result: A...

Organizations/movement: Palestine National Council; PLO. Action: The council’s final statement reaffirmed independent Palestinian decision-making and the PLO’s institutions. Result: It set out...

Organizations/movement: PLO; Jordanian government. Action: The parties agreed on a joint approach involving withdrawal, self-determination, refugee rights and a proposed confederation. Result: A...

Organizations/movement: UN Security Council; PLO; Tunisian government. Action: After Israel’s 1 October air raid, Tunisia brought the attack before the Security Council. Result: Resolution 573...

Organizations/movement: Birzeit University students; faculty. Action: Students held a protest against a military roadblock affecting access to the university. Result: Israeli forces killed two...

Birzeit University reopened on 13 August 1987 after a four-month Israeli military-ordered closure. Palestinian educational and student organising continued amid repeated disruptions.

An Israeli military vehicle collided with vehicles carrying Palestinian workers, killing four; their deaths triggered widespread anger.

Funeral demonstrations escalated into a popular uprising against Israeli military rule, spreading from Gaza into the West Bank.

The killing of seventeen-year-old Hatem al-Sisi in Jabaliya became an early symbol of the uprising.