Yasser Arafat1987
Conflicts erupt between Palestinians and the Israeli authorities, the most serious is the First Intifada in 1987 and Gaza becomes a centre of confrontation
Palestine · Politics / PLO. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Conflicts erupt between Palestinians and the Israeli authorities, the most serious is the First Intifada in 1987 and Gaza becomes a centre of confrontation
The Oslo Accords call for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank and affirm the Palestinian right to self-Government within those areas through the creation of the Palestinian Authority. Leaders of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) signed the Oslo Accords calling for Palestinian administration of the Gaza Strip, implemented in May 1994
The Declaration of Principles backs Palestinian limited self-Government in the Gaza Strip
The Palestinian National Authority is created to administer areas handed over to Palestinian rule. Israel & the PLO sign a deal on Palestinian self-rule in Jericho & the Gaza Strip
The PNA, led by Yasser Arafat, chosee Gaza as its first provincial headquarters
Israel and the PLO sign a second peace agreement, establishinng an elected 88-member Palestinian National Council, which holds its inaugural session in Gaza in March 1996
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