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Events relating to palestine
English cellist Jacqueline du Pré marries Israeli pianist Daniel Barenboim
At a congress in Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
On the death of Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir succeeds him as leader of a coalition government in Israel
King Hussein of Jordan orders the disarming of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) after violent clashes with his own troops
King Hussein, alarmed at the continuing power of Palestinian guerrillas within Jordan, expels the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), expelled from Jordan, makes a new base in Lebanon
Eleven Israeli athletes are killed by Palestinian 'Black September' terrorists at the Munich Olympic Games
Likud is formed in Israel as an alliance of right-wing parties
Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
A cease-fire brokered by the USA and UN brings the Yom Kippur War to and end after 18 days
Golda Meir resigns and Yitzhak Rabin succeeds her as leader of the Labour party and Israeli prime minister
In a daring raid on Entebbe airport, Israeli troops rescue hostages hijacked on a flight from Tel Aviv to Paris
Likud leader Menachem Begin, at the head of a coalition government, becomes Israel's first non-socialist prime minister
Anwar el-Sadat, the Egyptian president, travels to Jerusalem to propose a peace plan to the Israelis
Anwar el-Sadat and Menachem Begin sign an Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty at Camp David in the USA
Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat share the Nobel Peace Prize
Israeli Minister of Defence Ariel Sharon heads Israel's invasion of Lebanon to expel the PLO
An Intifada begins against Israeli occupation of Palestinian land
Hamas (acronym in Arabic for 'Movement for Islamic Resistance') is founded in the occupied territories to lead armed resistance against Israel
Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO, declares that the organization renounces 'terrorism in all its forms'
Yitzhak Rabin returns as prime minister of Israel after the Labour party wins a general election
The Oslo Accords, brokered by the Norwegian government between the PLO and Israel, are seen as a breakthrough in the Middle East crisis
Meeting in Washington, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat accept the Oslo Accords, promising autonomy for Palestine within five years
Israel recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the representative body of the Palestinian people
Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin share the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to solve the Israel-Palestine problem
