1991 in Palestine

none October 2024 1991 Events in the year 1991 in Palestine. Incumbents President of Palestine – Yasser Arafat Events 14 January – Salah Khalaf, also known as Abu Iyad, is assassinated.https://books.google.com/books?id=5x5z3CRTPFgC&pg=RA1-PT78 Scripting Middle East Leaders: The Impact of Leadership Perceptions on U.S. and UK Foreign Policy 7. Skewed perceptions: Yasir Arafat in the eyes of American officials, 1969-2004 Quandt William B. William B. Quandt Freedman Lawrence Michaels Jeffrey 2012-12-20 A & C Black 978-1-4411-8572-3 en 101–116 1 July – Eswatini (then Swaziland) recognizes the State of Palestine. 87 countries recognized the State of Palestine by the end of 1991 which is now counted as 90 countries due to the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 1992 dissolution of Czechoslovakia.Identical letters dated 2 April 2024 from the Permanent Representatives of Mauritania, Saudi Arabia and Uganda to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council https://undocs.org/en/A/78/846 9 April 2024 5 May 2024 United Nations 5 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240505115728/https://undocs.org/en/A/78/846 live 18 October – Al-Azhar University – Gaza opens in Gaza City with a two-story building and 725 students enrolled in two faculties.AUG History http://www.alazhar.edu.ps/eng/About/History-Future.html Al-Azhar University Gaza 24 November 2016 30 October-1 November – The Madrid Conference of 1991 takes place over 3 days. Some consider the end of the conference to be the last day of the First Intifada while others consider 13 September 1993, the day the Oslo I Accord was signed, as the last day.https://adst.org/2015/10/the-1991-madrid-peace-conference/ The 1991 Madrid Peace Conference ADST Births 10 March – Bahaa al-Farra, Palestinian Olympic sprinter.Bahaa AL FARRA Profile World Athletics https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14485718 2026-05-31 worldathletics.org 24 June – Hiba Abu Nada,Palestinian poet and writer. (d.2023)2025-08-12 ‘Oxygen is Not for the Dead’: The Life and Legacy of Hiba Abu Nada https://arablit.org/2025/08/12/oxygen-is-not-for-the-dead-the-life-and-legacy-of-hiba-abu-nada/ 2026-05-31 ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY en-US Deaths 14 January – Salah Khalaf, also known as Abu Iyad, 57, Palestinian militant and the deputy chief and head of intelligence for the Palestine Liberation Organization. See also 1991 in Israel References 1991 in Palestine Category:Years of the 20th century in Palestine Palestine