1987
Infifada
Popular committees organise strikes demonstrations and local resistance during the First Intifada
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Browse historical events and people recorded at West Bank in Palestine. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Popular committees organise strikes demonstrations and local resistance during the First Intifada
Popular committees organise strikes demonstrations and local resistance during the First Intifada
Hamas charter calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and its replacement with a Palestinian Islamic state in the area that is now Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip
Hamas charter calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and its replacement with a Palestinian Islamic state in the area that is now Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip
Emerges as a public Palestinian voice explaining the uprising to international audiences.
The Unified National Leadership issues leaflets calling for strikes protests and coordinated resistance
The uprising continues despite exhaustion arrests and economic hardship
The uprising continues despite exhaustion arrests and economic hardship
The Declaration of Principles backs Palestinian limited self-Government in the West Bank
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 Authori
Palestinian security organisations begin operating under the new self rule framework
Palestinian Authority responsibilities expand in major West Bank cities under Oslo Two
Palestinian civil powers expand in Area B while Israel retains overriding security authority
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
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. An agreement calls for self-rule for all Arab cities and villages in the West Bank
Oslo Two provides for elections to a Palestinian Council during the interim period
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
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
Begins preparing security coordination arrangements connected to Palestinian self-rule in West Bank areas.
Arafat is elected President of the Palestinian Authority in elections provided for by the Oslo framework
Palestinian protests and clashes create one of the first major security crises after Oslo Two
The Wye River Memorandum emphasises Palestinian action against militant groups and continued security coordination
Demonstrations riots shootings and Israeli military responses mark the beginning of the Second Intifada
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