1986 in Palestine
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Events in the year 1986 in Palestine.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 8 January: Minor rioting breaks out in East Jerusalem due to a visit to the Temple Mount by members of the Knesset's Interior Committee to investigate complaints of illegal construction.[1][2]
- 13 January: 17 Palestinians are arrested in the West Bank in connection to the 1985 West Bank land fraud case.[3]
February
- 19 February: King Hussein of Jordan declares the failure of the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement signed in 1985. In his declaration, Hussein accuses the PLO of breaking their promise to recognise United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 and United Nations Security Council Resolution 338.[4][5][6]
March
- 2 March: Mayor of Nablus Zafer al-Masri is assassinated by Palestinian extremists.[7]
- 14 March: The body of Sergeant David Manos, an Israeli soldier who disappeared in Israel in late 1984, is discovered in the West Bank.[8] Four Palestinians from Deir Ballut would later be charged with his kidnapping and murder.[9]
- 30 March: Land Day demonstrations are held across the occupied Palestinian territories.[10]
April
- Former Mayor of Gaza City Rashad al-Shawwa meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to propose a new peace initiative using a Gaza First approach which would see the Gaza Strip be granted autonomy under Egyptian rule.[11][12]
May
- 23 May: Meron Benvenisti's West Bank Data Base Project publishes a report warning that conditions in the Gaza Strip were significantly deteroriating.[13][14]
June
- 5 June: The nineteenth anniversary of the Six-Day War is marked. The anniversary would see a spate of attacks by Palestinian terrorists on Israeli civilians.[15]
July
- 24 July: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine carries out a terrorist attack against Israeli tourists visiting the West Bank town of Jericho, injuring thirteen.[16]
- 25 July: American Vice-President George H.W. Bush arrives in Israeli for an official visit, during which he would meet with a group of Palestinian moderates.[17] Following the visit, Bush would announce additional aid for Palestinian development, to be used under a Jordanian-led programme, a move that the PLO denounces.[18]
August
September
- 9 September: Palestinian newspaper Al Fajr publishes the results of an opinion poll overseen by An-Najah University, Meron Benvenisti, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Newsday. The poll finds that 78% would prefer the establishment of a "democratic Palestinian state in all of Palestine" as the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict compared to 17% supporting a two-state solution, with 88% saying that the 1978 Coastal road massacre was justified.[19] The An-Najah University professor who led the poll would subsequently have his visa revoked for engaging in non-academic activity.[20]
- 16 September: The Cairo Amman Bank announces its intention to open a branch in Nablus, the first Arab bank to resume operations in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.[21]
- 27 September: First of the 1986 Ashkelon stabbings. Over the next month and a half, a group of Palestinian terrorists would carry three separate stabbing attacks against Israeli civilians from Ashkelon while they were visiting the Gaza Strip to shop.[22][23][24][25]
- 28 September: The Israeli government appoints Abdel Majid E-Zir as Mayor of Hebron, Halil Mussa Halil as Mayor of Ramallah, and Hassan A-Tawil as Mayor of Al-Bireh.[26]
October
- 15 October: A Palestinian terrorist attack in Jerusalem kills one Israeli, Dov Porat, and injures sixty-nine.[27]
- 22 October: The Israeli Hadassah Medical Organization establishes a liaison office with the Israeli Civil Administration to improve healthcare in the occupied Palestinian territories.[28] The same day, the Israeli government appoints Tahir Hijazi as Mayor of Anabta.[29]
November
- 2 November: Balfour Day is marked by demonstrations across the occupied territories.[30]
- 3 November: Controversy is sparked after the Israeli government orders Palestinian Akram Haniyah deported for "hostile activity" and Fatah militancy.[31]
- 15 November: Killing of Eliahu Amedi. Three Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members murder Israeli yeshiva student Eliahu Amedi in Jerusalem.[32][33]
December
- 4 December: December 1986 Birzeit University protests. A significant wave of rioting and violence breaks out across the occupied Palestinian territories following the deaths of two Birzeit University students in a riot at the university.[34][35]
Deaths
- 22 November - Anwar Nuseibeh[36]
See also
- 1986 in Israel
- 1986 in Jordan
References
- ^ "Special Unit Set Up to Investigate the Clash on the Temple Mount". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. January 10, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ Friedman, Thomas L. (January 15, 1986). "NEW INCIDENT ON TEMPLE MOUNT". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "17 West Banks Arabs Arrested in Connection with Land Sales Fraud". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. January 15, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Hussein Mideast Peace Effort Fails : Arafat Stymied Talks by Not Recognizing Israel, King Says". The Los Angeles Times. February 19, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ Miller, Judith (March 3, 1986). "PALESTINIANS IN OCCUPIED REGIONS STUNNED BY HUSSEIN-ARAFAT BREAK". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ Kifner, John (July 14, 1987). "HUSSEIN-ARAFAT SPLIT: NEITHER WINS". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ Smith, William E. (March 17, 1986). "Middle East Grief and Anger in Nablus". Time Magazine. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Remains of Missing IDF Soldier Found". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. March 17, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Four Arabs Indicted for Kidnap-murder of Israeli Soldier". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. May 21, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "ISRAELI TROOPS KILL PALESTINIAN AND WOUND 3 DURING PROTESTS". The New York Times. April 1, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Former Gaza Mayor Reportedly Holding Secret Talks to Implement Autonomy Plan for Gaza". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. June 30, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ Friedman, Thomas L. (May 23, 1986). "MUBARAK AND HUSSEIN DISCUSS GAZA". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Israel's Gaza Strip Policies Scored". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. May 27, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Gaza strip deteriorating; violence foreseen". UPI. May 23, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Terrorist Gang Captured After Week of Assaults and Bombings". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. June 12, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Grenade Injures 13 Israelis in Jericho". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. July 25, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ Fisher, Dan (July 30, 1986). "Palestinians Tell Bush Their Mideast Views in a 'Spirited' Meeting". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "P.L.O. DENOUNCES PLANS TO DEVELOP WEST BANK UNDER OCCUPATION". The New York Times. August 11, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ Friedman, Thomas L. (September 9, 1986). "POLL IN WEST BANK FINDS PALESTINIANS STRONGLY FAVOR ARAFAT". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "ISRAELIS EXPELLING A U.S. PROFESSOR". The New York Times. November 21, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Jordan Takes Steps to Strengthen Its Ties with West Bank Arabs". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. September 16, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Violence Erupts at Funeral of Ashkelon Resident Stabbed in Gaza". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. September 30, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ Frankel, Glenn (October 9, 1986). "Stabbings in Gaza Embitter Israelis". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Israeli Soldiers Kill Arab Driver in Gaza; Third Israeli Jew Stabbed". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 14, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Terrorist Gang Captured". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. December 26, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "U.S. Welcomes Appointment by Israel of Arab Mayors in West Bank Cities". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. September 30, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Carnage in Jerusalem". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. October 17, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "New Hadassah Unit to Strengthen Cooperation with Arab Doctors and Medical Facilities on the West Bank". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. October 22, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Policy of Appointing Arab Mayors in Major West Bank Towns is Completed". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. October 24, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "News Brief". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 3, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Arab Editor Ordered Deported to Jordan". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 6, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Hope for Calm After Nine Days of Violence in Jerusalem Following the Stabbing of a Yeshiva Student". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 25, 1986. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "The Aftermath of a Stabbing". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 19, 1986. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Two West Bank University Students Killed by Israeli Soldiers and Police in the Act of Quelling a Riot". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. December 5, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
- ^ "PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE ERUPTS ON WEST BANK". The Chicago Tribune. December 7, 1986. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Anwar Nusseibeh Dead at 73". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 24, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.