1987 in Palestine

none April 2025 1987 Events in the year 1987 in Palestine. Incumbents Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization – Yasser Arafat Events January 3 January: An-Najah National University is closed by order of the Israeli authorities for almost three weeks on allegations that disturbances were being planned on campus.1989 Israel https://www.jstor.org/stable/23605627 Mandel Ralph 10 October 2025 American Jewish Year Book 20 January: Israeli Minister of Defence Yitzhak Rabin holds a meeting with the chairs of several universities in the West Bank warning them against becoming sources of unrest.1 April 1987 Palestinian Universities under Occupation, November 1986-January 1987 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2536794 Johnson Penny 9 December 2024 Journal of Palestine Studies 22 January: Birzeit University student elections are held. The leftist-nationalist bloc wins 41.5% of the vote, the Islamist bloc 34%, and the Marxist bloc 24.5%. February 9 February: The February 1987 Palestinian unrest begins after a Palestinian riot clashes with Israeli forces.24 February 1987 Anti-Israel Violence Persists Throughout the Territories https://www.jta.org/archive/anti-israel-violence-persists-throughout-the-territories 10 January 2025 Jewish Telegraphic Agency 10 February: An-Najah National University is closed by order of the Israeli authorities for a month. 16 February: Roger Heacock, an American professor at Birzeit University, is arrested by the Israeli authorities and charged with having led a women's demonstration in Ramallah against the War of the Camps.Summer 1987 Palestinian Universities under Occupation, February-April 1987 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2536724 Johnson Penny 20 November 2025 Journal of Palestine Studies The same day, the Israeli-Palestinian Alternative Information Center is controversially raided by the Israeli authorities, with all staff placed under arrest. March 15 March: Former American president Jimmy Carter begins a visit to the Middle East to press for peace talks. During the visit, Carter accuses the Israeli government of failing to uphold the Camp David Accords for Palestinian autonomy and warns that the American government has "lost the initiative" in the region.20 March 1987 Carter criticizes Israel https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/20/Carter-criticizes-Israel/5372543214800/ Kirolos Wadie 2 January 2025 UPI28 March 1987 Carter calls for U.S. to deal with PLO https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/28/Carter-calls-for-US-to-deal-with-PLO/1279543906000/ Hagey Steve 2 January 2025 UPI 25 March: The 1987 Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike begins.7 April 1987 Marchers in East Jerusalem Back Inmates' Hunger Strike https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/07/world/marchers-in-east-jerusalem-back-inmates-hunger-strike.html 3 January 2025 The New York Times10 April 1987 Palestinian jail strike turns political. Prison protests spawn wider action against Israeli occupation https://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0410/ofood.html Curtius Mary 10 October 2025 The Christian Science Monitor 31 March: Land Day is marked by demonstrations across the occupied Palestinian territories and by some Arab citizens of Israel.31 March 1987 Land Day Observed Peacefully by Israeli Arabs; Sporadic Violence Marks Day in West Bank and Gaza https://www.jta.org/archive/land-day-observed-peacefully-by-israeli-arabs-sporadic-violence-marks-day-in-west-bank-and-gaza 2 January 2025 Jewish Telegraphic Agency April 11 April: A Palestinian terrorist firebombs an Israeli family's car in the West Bank, murdering Ofra Moses and her five-year-old son Tal.7 July 1987 5-year-old Fire-bombing Victim Dies, Buried Next to Mother's Grave https://www.jta.org/archive/5-year-old-fire-bombing-victim-dies-buried-next-to-mothers-grave 3 January 2025 Jewish Telegraphic Agency In response, settlers riot through the Palestinian town of Qalqilya.16 April 1987 Rampage after West Bank attack https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/263199268 Greenberg Joel 3 January 2025 The Jerusalem Post International Edition 13 April: A demonstration by students at Birzeit University clashes with Israeli forces, resulting in the death of student Musa Hanafi and the closure of the university for four months, the longest forced closure in the university's history at that point.1987 Battlefield tactics at Birzeit University : a draft report on army actions at Birzeit University on April 13 https://fada.birzeit.edu/handle/20.500.11889/8164 31 December 2024 Birzeit University15 April 1987 Trouble feared after shooting https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19870415.2.81.7 3 January 2025 The Press 15 April: The Temple Mount Faithful organise a march on the Temple Mount and the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, leading to a standoff between the group and Palestinians protestors.15 April 1987 Jewish militants march on holy site https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/04/15/Jewish-militants-march-on-holy-site/8595545457600/ 3 January 2025 UPI17 April 1987 The Situation in the West Bank https://www.jta.org/archive/the-situation-in-the-west-bank 2 January 2025 Jewish Telegraphic Agency The same day, a settler in Kiryat Arba shoots and injures a Palesetinian student from Hebron University after an argument broke out between the two and the settler mistook a Quran the student was holding for a grenade.17 April 1987 Arab shot when guard mistakes Koran for grenade https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/04/17/Arab-shot-when-guard-mistakes-Koran-for-grenade/9194545630400/ 3 January 2025 UPI 20 April: The Palestine National Council begins a week-long meeting in Algiers to try and reconcile the schisms between the different PLO factions.20 April 1987 UPI CONTEXT: The splintered PLO https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/04/20/UPI-CONTEXT-The-splintered-PLO/7680545889600/ 3 January 2025 UPI21 April 1987 Palestinians in Israel hail PLO unity https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/04/21/Palestinians-in-Israel-hail-PLO-unity/1967545976000/ Meixler Louis 3 January 2025 UPI 21 April: After incidents of Palestinian stone-throwing at the cars of Israeli settlers, the Israeli military erects a security fence around the Dheisheh refugee camp.23 April 1987 Territories brace for more trouble https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/263199564 Greenberg Joel 3 January 2025 The Jerusalem Post International Edition May 1 May: An Ethiopian Israeli is stabbed by a Palestinian in Hebron, sustaining light injuries.4 May 1987 Youth Stabbed in Hebron https://www.jta.org/archive/youth-stabbed-in-hebron 20 November 2025 Jewish Telegraphic Agency In response, Gush Emunim figure Daniella Weiss leads another settler riot through the Palestinian town of Qalqilya. 14 May: Birzeit University student council leader and prominent Fatah youth activist Marwan Barghouti as well as former An-Najah National University student council leader Khalil Ashour are deported from the occupied territories.https://www.palquest.org/en/overallchronology?sideid=4878 17 May: Six Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists escape from Israeli custody in the Gaza Strip in a high-profile prison break.5 October 2021 Terror Breakout https://mishpacha.com/terror-breakout/ Sabag Yaakov 4 August 2025 Mishpacha June 6 June: The 1987 Dheisheh attack, led by Daniella Weiss, occurs after an Israeli settler is injured in a Palestinian stone-throwing incident.8 June 1987 There's No Future https://time.com/archive/6709404/theres-no-future/ 6 January 2025 Time Magazine19 June 1987 Israeli violence at refugee camp could be shape of things to come https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/jweekly/1987/06/19/article/43/?e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1 Litani Yehuda 6 January 2025 The Jerusalem Post13 August 1987 West Bank pogroms https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/263173182 Frankel Jonathan 6 January 2025 The Jerusalem Post International Edition July 4 July: The first of the Amirav-Husseini peace meetings is held. the peace meeting would collapse in early September following Husseini's arrest by the Israeli authorities (his third arrest in 1987).1 April 2020 The Road Not Taken: The Amirav-Husayni Peace Initiative of 1987 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26933140 Lehrs Lior 18 June 2025 Middle East Journal August 2 August: Murder of Ron Tal. Israeli soldier Ron Tal is murdered in the Gaza Strip by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists.4 August 1987 Israel Cracking Down on Gaza Strip After IDF Officer is Killed There https://www.jta.org/archive/israel-cracking-down-on-gaza-strip-after-idf-officer-is-killed-there 1 August 2025 Jewish Telegraphic Agency 31 August: An-Najah National University suspends classes for two months due to clashes between members of the Islamist student bloc and members of the nationalist student bloc. September 5 September: Four Israeli warplanes bomb three PLO guerrilla bases on the outskirts of the Palestinian refugee camp Ain al-Hilweh in Lebanon. Up to 41 people were reported killed in the incident. An IDF spokesman stated that the targets bombed were being used by terrorist cells that were planning raids against Israeli targets.The Telegraph-Herald - Google News Archive SearchIsraeli Warplanes Attack In Lebanon New York Times 19 September: Hebron University is ordered closed until early October by the Israeli authorities following a student demonstration on the anniversary of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre. 21 September: Prominent philosopher Sari Nusseibeh is attacked by extremist students at Birzeit University for his role in the Amirav-Husseini peace meetings. 24 September: Israeli reservist Alexander Arad is murdered by a Palestinian near the Megiddo Junction in Israel. October 8 October: During a shootout that took place between Israeli security forces and four armed Islamic Jihad guerrillas in the Gaza Strip, all four guerrillas were killed, as well as one Shin Bet officer. The incident sparks unrest among Palestinians.Archives: Chicago Tribune 28 October: Bethlehem University students demonstrate following a midnight Israeli raid on the Dheisheh refugee camp where all men between the ages of 18 and 30 were rounded up. In the Israeli military's move to disperse the demonstration, student Ishaq Abu Surur dies. The Israeli authorities subsequently order the university closed for three months.Winter 1988 Palestinian Universities under Occupation, August-October 1987 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2536868 Johnson Penny 20 November 2025 Journal of Palestine Studies November 8 November: The 1987 Arab League summit begins in Amman, during which Palestinians are left feeling humiliated and forgotten by the Arab League. 10 November: 16-year-old Palestinian Intisar al-Attara dies in an incident in the Gaza Strip involving Israeli settlers. The death, as well as the subsequent release from custody of the settlers involved without charges, sparks unrest among Palestinians.9 December 2014 Gaza in the early days of the First Intifada https://www.newarab.com/analysis/gaza-early-days-first-intifada Zakout Jamal 27 May 2025 The New Arab 16 November: Abdul Aziz Awda, a lecturer at the Islamic University of Gaza and founder of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group, is ordered deported, sparking unrest in Gaza.Spring 1988 Palestinian Universities under Occupation, November 1987-January 1988 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2537464 Johnson Penny 20 November 2025 Journal of Palestine Studies December 6 December: Israeli businessman Shlomo Takal is stabbed to death at the main shopping square in Gaza City.Los Angeles Times: ArchivesLodi News-Sentinel 8 December: Israeli truck driver collides with two taxis carrying workers returning from work in Israel. Four Palestinians from the refugee camp Jabalia in the Gaza Strip are killed in the incident. A rumor which spread among Palestinians that the crash was deliberate and made in retaliation for the murder of an Israeli businessman in Gaza City two days earlier, sparked the First Intifada the next day.The Day 9 December: First Intifada begins: violence, riots, general strikes, and civil disobedience campaigns by Palestinians spread across the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli forces respond with tear gas, plastic bullets, and live ammunition.http://www.stanford.edu/group/sjir/3.1.03_shang.html The Palestinian Intifada as Bargaining Signal April 11, 2025 October 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121024101204/http://www.stanford.edu/group/sjir/3.1.03_shang.html dead 10 December: Hamas is founded by Palestinian Islamic scholar Ahmed Yassin after the outbreak of the First Intifada. 11 December: The Israeli military begins an operation to break the de facto control of Fatah's youth wing over the Balata Camp, fueling the spread of the First Intifada into the West Bank.17 January 1988 Mixture of Boy Scouts, Street Gangs : Palestinian Youths Take Leaders' Roles in Unrest https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-17-mn-36769-story.html Fisher Dan 11 August 2025 THe Los Angeles Times21 December 1987 Middle East: It's Not Just Terrorists https://time.com/archive/6711152/middle-east-its-not-just-terrorists/ 11 August 2025 Time Magazine1 January 1988 The 'Uprising' Fires Palestinian Pride https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/01/world/the-uprising-fires-palestinian-pride.html Kifner John 11 August 2025 The New York Times 15 December: Israeli politician Ariel Sharon controversially moves into a flat in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, fueling the spread of the First Intifada into East Jerusalem.31 December 1987 In Jerusalem, Sharon Apartment Creates a Stir https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/31/world/in-jerusalem-sharon-apartment-creates-a-stir.html Friedman Thomas L. 25 July 2025 The New York Times 22 December: Israeli Minister of Defence Yitzhak Rabin tours the Gaza Strip after his return from a ten-day trip to the United States, which he had refused to cut short to respond to the growing unrest in the occupied territories.23 December 1987 Fractious Israeli Leaders Are Circling the Wagons https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/23/world/fractious-israeli-leaders-are-circling-the-wagons.html Kifner John 4 August 2025 The New York Times 27 December: The Israeli military begins a process of expedited trials of the hundreds of Palestinians who had been arrested since the start of the First Intifada.11 January 1988 Middle East Trials and Errors https://time.com/archive/6711266/middle-east-trials-and-errors/ Doemer William R. 11 August 2025 Time Magazine29 December 1987 GAZA COURT DISPENSES SWIFT JUSTICE https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/12/29/gaza-court-dispenses-swift-justice/341d7ad9-84b6-484a-ae40-13e1e1d3a230/ Frankel Glenn 11 August 2025 The Washington Post In response, Palestinian lawyers announce a widespread boycott of the Israeli justice system.31 December 1987 Arab Lawyers Boycott the Israeli Military Trials https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/31/world/arab-lawyers-boycott-the-israeli-military-trials.html Kifner John 11 August 2025 The New York Times Deaths 29 August – Naji al-Ali, a Palestinian cartoonist, noted for the political criticism of Israel in his works. (born 1938) See also 1987 in Israel References External links 1987 in Palestine Category:Years of the 20th century in Palestine Palestine