Sept. 25, 1970:
King Hussein and Arafat agree to a 14-point cease-fire under Nasser’s mediation, officially ending the war. The agreement is signed on 27 Sept. in Cairo.

Feb. 28-March 5, 1971:
The PNC holds its 8th session in Cairo; decides – in light of the fighting with the Jordanian army - to establish a Unified General Command of the forces of the Palestinian revolution and appoints Yasser Arafat as its Commander. Also votes to expand PNC to 150 members and its life span to three years.

April 5, 1972:
In a speech at the inaugural session of the Palestinian Popular Congress in Cairo, Yasser Arafat says that the Palestinian revolution has passed through many conspiracies, most recently "American conspiracies implemented through the agency of the Hashemite regime."