1986 in Palestine

Events in the year 1986 in Palestine.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

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

December

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "Special Unit Set Up to Investigate the Clash on the Temple Mount". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. January 10, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  2. ^ Friedman, Thomas L. (January 15, 1986). "NEW INCIDENT ON TEMPLE MOUNT". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  3. ^ "17 West Banks Arabs Arrested in Connection with Land Sales Fraud". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. January 15, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Miller, Judith (March 3, 1986). "PALESTINIANS IN OCCUPIED REGIONS STUNNED BY HUSSEIN-ARAFAT BREAK". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  6. ^ Kifner, John (July 14, 1987). "HUSSEIN-ARAFAT SPLIT: NEITHER WINS". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  7. ^ Smith, William E. (March 17, 1986). "Middle East Grief and Anger in Nablus". Time Magazine. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  8. ^ "Remains of Missing IDF Soldier Found". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. March 17, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  9. ^ "Four Arabs Indicted for Kidnap-murder of Israeli Soldier". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. May 21, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  10. ^ "ISRAELI TROOPS KILL PALESTINIAN AND WOUND 3 DURING PROTESTS". The New York Times. April 1, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  11. ^ "Former Gaza Mayor Reportedly Holding Secret Talks to Implement Autonomy Plan for Gaza". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. June 30, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  12. ^ Friedman, Thomas L. (May 23, 1986). "MUBARAK AND HUSSEIN DISCUSS GAZA". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  13. ^ "Israel's Gaza Strip Policies Scored". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. May 27, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  14. ^ "Gaza strip deteriorating; violence foreseen". UPI. May 23, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  15. ^ "Terrorist Gang Captured After Week of Assaults and Bombings". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. June 12, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  16. ^ "Grenade Injures 13 Israelis in Jericho". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. July 25, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  17. ^ Fisher, Dan (July 30, 1986). "Palestinians Tell Bush Their Mideast Views in a 'Spirited' Meeting". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  18. ^ "P.L.O. DENOUNCES PLANS TO DEVELOP WEST BANK UNDER OCCUPATION". The New York Times. August 11, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  19. ^ Friedman, Thomas L. (September 9, 1986). "POLL IN WEST BANK FINDS PALESTINIANS STRONGLY FAVOR ARAFAT". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  20. ^ "ISRAELIS EXPELLING A U.S. PROFESSOR". The New York Times. November 21, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  21. ^ "Jordan Takes Steps to Strengthen Its Ties with West Bank Arabs". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. September 16, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  22. ^ "Violence Erupts at Funeral of Ashkelon Resident Stabbed in Gaza". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. September 30, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  23. ^ Frankel, Glenn (October 9, 1986). "Stabbings in Gaza Embitter Israelis". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  24. ^ "Israeli Soldiers Kill Arab Driver in Gaza; Third Israeli Jew Stabbed". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 14, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  25. ^ "Terrorist Gang Captured". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. December 26, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  26. ^ "U.S. Welcomes Appointment by Israel of Arab Mayors in West Bank Cities". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. September 30, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  27. ^ "Carnage in Jerusalem". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. October 17, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  28. ^ "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.
  29. ^ "Policy of Appointing Arab Mayors in Major West Bank Towns is Completed". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. October 24, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  30. ^ "News Brief". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 3, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  31. ^ "Arab Editor Ordered Deported to Jordan". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 6, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  32. ^ "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.
  33. ^ "The Aftermath of a Stabbing". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 19, 1986. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  34. ^ "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.
  35. ^ "PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE ERUPTS ON WEST BANK". The Chicago Tribune. December 7, 1986. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  36. ^ "Anwar Nusseibeh Dead at 73". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 24, 1986. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
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