1989 in Palestine

none October 2024 1989 Events in the year 1989 in Palestine. Incumbents President of Palestine – Yasser Arafat (starting 2 April) Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization – Yasser Arafat Events 2 January – Rwanda recognizes the State of Palestine.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 4 February – Ethiopia and Iran recognizes the State of Palestine. 8 March – PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat visits Pakistan and lays the cornerstone for a Palestinian embassy in Islamabad.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-09-me-1438-story.html Arafat Lays Cornerstone for Embassy in Pakistan 9 March 1989 Los Angeles Times https://web.archive.org/web/20241008183703/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-09-me-1438-story.html 8 October 2024 Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat on Wednesday [8 March 1989] laid the cornerstone of a Palestinian embassy in Pakistan’s capital. 21 March – 1989 Tel Aviv stabbing attack: A knife-wielding Palestinian Arab attacks Israeli civilians at random in Tel Aviv, killing two and wounding a third. 2 April – 1989 Palestinian presidential election: The Central Council of the Palestine National Council, the governing body of the PLO, elects Yasser Arafat as President of Palestine.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-03-mn-666-story.html PLO Gives Arafat New Title: President Ross Michael 3 April 1989 Los Angeles Times https://web.archive.org/web/20210306055009/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-03-mn-666-story.html 6 March 2021 The PLO Executive Committee, meeting throughout the night, voted Sunday [2 April 1989] morning in Tunis to elect PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat president... 1989 Palestinian presidential inauguration: Yasser Arafat assumes office as the first president of the State of Palestine, the same day he was elected. 10 April – Lone gunman wearing an Israeli army-issue uniform shot down four Arabs outside Jerusalem's Old City with a sub-machine gun. Sicarii claims responsibility for the shooting. 3 May – Hamas; Kidnapping and murder of Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon. 12 May – Benin, Equatorial Guinea, and Kenya recognizes the State of Palestine. 19 May – First Intifada: The Palestinian leader Ahmed Yassin, the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas, was arrested by Israel. Yassin was later on sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in attacks against Israelis.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24530816.html?dids=24530816:24530816&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+22%2C+1989&author=Chicago+Tribune+wires.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Israel+holds+200+Moslem+activists%3B+Shamir+threatens+to+step+down&pqatl=google Israel holds 200 Moslem activists; Shamir threatens to step down 2017-07-05 2012-11-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20121105082540/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24530816.html?dids=24530816:24530816&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+22,+1989&author=Chicago+Tribune+wires.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Israel+holds+200+Moslem+activists%3B+Shamir+threatens+to+step+down&pqatl=google dead 6 July – Tel Aviv Jerusalem bus 405 attack: The first Palestinian Arab suicide attack is carried out inside Israel's borders on a crowded Egged bus when a Palestinian Islamic Jihad member seizes the steering wheel from the driver and pulls the bus over a steep precipice into a ravine in the area of Qiryat Ye'arim. 16 passengers are killed. 21 August – Vanuatu recognizes the State of Palestine. 4 September – The Philippines recognizes the State of Palestine. 86 countries recognized the State of Palestine by the end of 1989 which is now counted as 89 countries due to the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 1992 dissolution of Czechoslovakia. 21 September – Palestinian president Yasser Arafat holds a press conference with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, after having a meeting with him, where he endorses open talks with Israel, urges citizens to resist the most recent crackdown on Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and answers and debates with Israeli journalists.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-22-mn-685-story.html Arafat, Israel Reporters Debate Plan for Talks on Palestinian Issues Murphy Kim 22 September 1989 Los Angeles Times https://web.archive.org/web/20241008184300/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-22-mn-685-story.html 8 October 2024 Yasser Arafat, in an unusual direct appeal to the Israeli public, said Thursday [21 September 1989] that he endorses “open talks” with Israel... Births 1 September – Mohammed Assaf, Palestinian pop singer and winner of the 2nd season of Arab idol.Admin 2021-09-01 Mohammed Assaf debuts his Madame Tussauds wax figure on Ain Dubai https://www.esquireme.com/culture/music/54816-mohammed-assaf-debuts-his-madame-tussauds-wax-figure-on-ain-dubai 2026-06-10 Esquire Middle East en-US See also 1989 in Israel References 1989 in the State of Palestine 1989 in Palestine 1989 in Palestine Category:Years of the 20th century in Palestine Palestine