UNRWA begins operations for Palestine refugees

The 1948 war and mass displacement transformed Lebanon into a long-term host country for Palestinian refugees. Refugee communities preserved claims to return and established social and political...

Resolution 194 (III) addressed refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with neighbours, and compensation. Palestinian refugee organisations subsequently invoked paragraph 11 in...

The UN General Assembly created UNRWA to provide relief and works for Palestine refugees. In Lebanon, the agency became central to education, health and relief. Palestinian refugees continued to...

At the opening of the first Palestinian National Council meeting in Jerusalem, Ahmad Shuqayri proclaimed the Palestine Liberation Organization. The institution provided a national political...

Israeli commandos raided Beirut airport and destroyed civilian aircraft. Israel described the raid as retaliation for attacks on its civil aviation; Lebanon rejected responsibility for the earlier...

The Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 262, condemning Israel’s premeditated military action against Beirut civil international airport and stating Lebanon was entitled to appropriate...

Lebanese army commander Emile Bustani and PLO leader Yasser Arafat reached the Cairo Agreement under Egyptian auspices. The text provided for local Palestinian camp committees, certain rights to work,...

Jordanian forces attacked Palestinian armed organisations in September 1970. After their defeat and expulsion from Jordan, PLO networks consolidated operations and institutions in Lebanon. Result:...