1970 Arab League summit

Meeting of Arab regional organization September 2026 Arab League Summit Arab Summit 1970 (colorized).jpg Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt (center), Hussein of Jordan (right), Yasser Arafat of Palestine (left) United Arab Republic Cairo 1970 09 27 270px The 1970 Arab League summit was held on September 27 in Cairo, then part of the United Arab Republic, as an extraordinary Arab League Summit.Arab League Summit Conferences, 1964–2000 https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/arab-league-summit-conferences-1964-2000 2023-11-30 The Washington Institute en 2018-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20180414010514/http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/arab-league-summit-conferences-19642000 live 2022-10-08 مؤتمر القمة العربي غير العادي الأول بالقاهرة 1970 https://africanews.dz/698-17/ 2023-11-30 Africa news - أفريكا نيوز ar 2023-06-10 Egypt and the Arab League https://nasseryouthmovement.net/egypt-and-the-arab-league 2023-11-30 Nasser Youth Movement en 2024-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20240611131541/https://nasseryouthmovement.net/egypt-and-the-arab-league live Overview The summit came in the aftermath of the bloody events of the Jordanian Civil War, and the clashes between the Palestine Liberation Organization and King Hussein of Jordan. thumb|180px|Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt (left), Faisal of Saudi Arabia (center), Yasser Arafat of Palestine (right) Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser succeeded in getting both King Hussein of Jordan and Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the PLO, to end the bloody battle between Jordanians and the Palestinian fedayeen. The summit concluded its work on September 28, hours before Nasser died. The summit was boycotted by Iraq, Syria, Algeria and Morocco. References 1970 Arab League summit Category:Politics of the Arab–Israeli conflict Category:1970 in Egypt Category:Diplomatic conferences in Egypt Category:1970s diplomatic conferences Category:1970 in international relations Arab League Arab League Category:1970s in Cairo Category:September 1970 in Africa