Chronology of Middle East events (1969‑1978) from House Oversight document

OUP CORRECTED PROOF - FINAL, 12/9/2014, SPi xx Chronology 2 February 1969 8 March 1969 25 September 1969 3 November 1969 9 December 1969 7 August 1970 September 1970 28 September 1970 16 November 1970 12 March 1971 6 October 1973 17 October 1973 22 October 1973 18 January 1974 31 May 1974 26-29 October 1974 28 October 1974 13 November 1974 22 November 1974 13 April 1975 4 September 1975 10 November 1975 May 1976 17 May 1977 9 November 1977 20 November 1977 28 December 1977 14 March 1978 19 March 1978 17 September 1978 2-5 November 1978 Yasir Arafat, leader of the Fatah Party, elected chairman of the PLO. President Nasser denounces the 1967 war cease-fire, marking the begin- ning of the War of Attrition against Israel. Creation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Cairo Agreement. Rogers Plan. War of Attrition cease-fire. ‘Black September’ in Jordan. The PLO is expelled from Jordan. President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies and is replaced by Vice President Anwar al-Sadat. Syria’s Minister of Defense, Hafez al-Assad, leads the “Correctionist Movement’ military coup. Hafez al-Assad is elected President of Syria in a referendum. October or Yom Kippur War. Egypt and Syria attack Israeli forces in the Sinai and the Golan Heights. OAPEC decides on an oil embargo. UN Security Council Resolution 338. First Egyptian-Israeli Disengagement of Forces Agreement. Israel-Syria Separation of Forces Agreement. Arab summit at Rabat declares the PLO the ‘sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people’. Arab League Resolution on Palestine Liberation Organization. PLO Chairman Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva. UN General Assembly Resolutions 3236 and 3237 (PLO). Beginning of the Lebanese Civil War. Second Egyptian-Israel Disengagement of Forces Agreement. UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 (Zionism-Racism). Lebanese President Suleiman Frangieh invites Syrian troops into the country. Menachem Begin’s Likud Party wins Israeli national elections after 29 years of Labor Party dominance. In a speech in Cairo, President Anwar al-Sadat announces his readiness to travel to Israel. Anwar al-Sadat and Menachem Begin speeches to the Knesset in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Begin’s Knesset speech on Home Rule. Operation Litany—Israel invades South Lebanon. UN Security Council Resolutions 425 and 426 (Lebanon). Camp David Accords. Arab League Summit in Baghdad. Egypt suspended from the Organiza- tion. Its headquarters to be moved to Tunis. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023152