Explore 3 historical events and records for Palestine in 1973.
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Black September gunmen seized the Saudi Arabian embassy in Khartoum during a diplomatic reception and took several foreign diplomats hostage. A later United States intelligence assessment attributed foreknowledge and approval of the operation to Yasser Arafat, although the episode remains politically contested.
The gunmen who seized the Saudi embassy surrendered to Sudanese authorities after two American diplomats and a Belgian diplomat were murdered. A United States intelligence memorandum reported that Yasser Arafat had directed the militants to release the surviving hostages and surrender.
The PLO closes Black September down in the fall of 1973
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