Birzeit University reopens after extended closure

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...

The Palestinian American Women’s Association was established in Los Angeles, contributing to community organisation and Palestinian diaspora solidarity.

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...

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.

Women participated in protests beginning on 9 December 1987 and expanded neighborhood organising in education, health, food storage and community self-reliance. Women’s committees had roots in earlier...

Mass protests spread in Gaza and the West Bank; during the uprising popular committees, labour and student networks and women’s groups organised strikes, education and mutual aid. These structures...