Timeline in
1983
Because the background of events leading to the Zionist settlement
in Palestine is so wide, the geographical
scope of this timeline includes
events outside the immediate theatre of Palestine.
1984
Jan 1984: Yona Avrushmi is arrested and charged with killing Emil Gruenzweig
1983
14 Dec 1983: USS New Jersey bombs villages in the Shouf mountains, Lebanon
24 Nov 1983: Prisoner exchange
23 Oct 1983: Suicide truck attack on US marines in Beirut
23 Oct 1983: 58 French troops killed in attack on Drakkar building in Beirut
16 Oct 1983: Israeli troops kills Shia worshippers in religious procession
Oct 1983: US naval bombardment of Lebanese villages in the Chouf mountains
21 Aug 1983: Mossad murders Mamoun Meraish in Athens
May 1983: Revolt against Arafat
18 Apr 1983: Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut
12 Apr 1983: Ali Safiadin makes sucide attack on Israeli convoy in Deir Qanoun en-Nahr
03 Apr 1983:
end of
Epidemic of Acute Illness in the West Bank (aka Poisoning incident)
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21 Mar 1983:
start of
Epidemic of Acute Illness in the West Bank (aka Poisoning incident)
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22 Feb 1983:
end of
16th meeting of the Palestine National Council
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14 Feb 1983:
start of
16th meeting of the Palestine National Council
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10 Feb 1983: Grenade thrown in Peace Now demonstration killing one person and injuring 9 others
08 Feb 1983: Kahan commission reports findings on massacres in Sabra and Shatila
27 Jan 1983: Meeting of Revolutionary Council of Fateh in Aden
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