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