1983
PLO Headquarters
Abbas works with the PLO leadership after its headquarters moves to Tunis
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Tunis in Palestine. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Abbas works with the PLO leadership after its headquarters moves to Tunis
The First Intifada begins and Abbas supports PLO efforts to maintain leadership over Palestinian politics
Moves to keep the PLO politically central as the uprising spreads in occupied territories.
Arafat supports the uprising from exile and seeks to keep the PLO central to Palestinian politics during the First Intifada.
Supports PLO diplomatic work as pressure builds for a negotiated process.
Abbas remains within the PLO leadership during the diplomatic crisis caused by the Gulf War
The PLO attempts to maintain leadership over the uprising from exile
Yasser Arafat marries Suha At-Taweel
Abbas becomes one of the senior PLO figures involved in the Oslo diplomatic process
Arafat approves the PLO negotiating track that produces mutual recognition with Israel
Works with the PLO leadership as mutual recognition letters and the Declaration of Principles prepare the way for interim self-government.
Accepts the Oslo framework under which an interim Palestinian Authority will administer parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
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