Timeline in 1984

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
29 Nov 1984: end of 17th meeting of the Palestine National Council   >>start date
22 Nov 1984: start of 17th meeting of the Palestine National Council   >>end date
21 Nov 1984: start of Operation Moses   >>end date
07 Nov 1984: end of Pik Botha visits Israel   >>start date
05 Nov 1984: start of Pik Botha visits Israel   >>end date

31 Oct 1984: Twinning of Ariel and Bisho

27 Aug 1984: Ariel Sharon claims that Jordan belongs to Israel and will, one day, be settled by Jews
01 Aug 1984: A group of Jewish terrorists prepared to blow up the Al Aqsa mosque

23 Jul 1984: 1984 Israeli general election

   May 1984: Mondale campaign returns campaign contributions to Arab-Americans

26 Apr 1984: Gush Emunim terrorists caught attaching bombs to five Arab buses in East Jerusalem
17 Apr 1984: London policewoman killed by gunfire from Libyan embassy
13 Apr 1984: Bus 300 (Kav 300) incident

29 Mar 1984: The Archaeological Department digs a tunnel near the western part of Al-Aqsa Mosque

07 Feb 1984: Release of edited version of Karp Report

27 Jan 1984: Jewish terrorists attempt to blow up Islamic sites on Al-Haram Ash-Sharif
24 Jan 1984: Ariel Sharon loses libel suit against TIME magazine over Sabra and Shatila
18 Jan 1984: Murder of AUB president, Malcolm Kerr
   Jan 1984: Yona Avrushmi is arrested and charged with killing Emil Gruenzweig


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