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May 9 – Two Israeli teens, one also a U.S. citizen, were found bludgeoned to death in a rocky cave in the barren Judean desert.
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May 6 – The United States criticized Israeli incursions into Palestinian-run territory as "a serious
escalation" that complicates peace efforts.
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May 5 – Pope John Paul II brought prayers for Middle East peace and interfaith tolerance during a visit to Syria. But the region's deep schisms were evident in blunt words from
Syria's president directed at Jews.
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April 27 – As Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres made plans for meetings in Cairo and Washington to discuss an Egyptian-Jordanian proposal for reviving long-dormant peace talks, officials played down chances for peace.
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April 17 – Israeli soldiers for the first time reoccupied territory in the Gaza Strip ceded to Palestinian authorities under the 1993 Oslo peace accords.
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April 14 – For the first time since Ariel Sharon took office, Israeli planes struck targets in southern
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March 28 – In the third bomb attack in two days, at least three people, including a possible suicide bomber, were killed in an explosion at a gas station in central Israel.
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March 20 – In his first visit to the region as secretary of state, Colin Powell called for an end to the clashes between Israelis and Palestinians.
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March 7 – Ariel Sharon is sworn in as prime minister of Israel.
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March 4 – A Palestinian suicide bomber killed himself and three Israelis at a busy intersection in the coastal resort town of Netanya.
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March 1 – Israeli military and civilian officials, concluding that the violent situation is no longer tenable, say they are discussing the possibility of reoccupying territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
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Feb. 26 – Israel's Labor Party agrees to join an alliance government led by Ariel Sharon.
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Feb. 20 – Barak withdraws from a deal he had sealed to forge a new Israeli government in alliance with Ariel Sharon and says he will not accept the defense minister post.
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Feb. 13 – Israeli helicopter gunships kill a member of Arafat's security force. Israel claims the man was a leader of Hezbollah
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Feb. 6 – In elections for prime minister, Likud leader Ariel Sharon defeats incumbent Barak by a landslide, winning 61 percent of the Israeli vote.
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Jan. 27 – Negotiators concluded what they called one of their most "profound" rounds of peace talks ever, but the two sides remained deadlocked.
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Jan. 8 – Tens of thousands of Israelis massed
in the heart of Jerusalem to protest any plans to divide the historic city between Jews and Palestinians.
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Jan. 7 – Clinton outlined the details
of "a fair agreement" and announced that his senior Mideast envoy, Dennis Ross, would travel to the region to restart peace talks.
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Jan. 3 – Arafat accepts Clinton's general outline for an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. American mediators plan to meet separately with negotiators from each side to refine understandings of Clinton's "parameters."
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Jan. 2 – At meetings in Washington, Clinton presses Arafat to accept his compromise plan as a basis for continuing talks with Israel. Violence continued following a Jan. 1 car bomb attack in Netanya.
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Dec. 17 – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators head to Washington after agreeing to talks to try to revive the peace process.
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Dec. 13 – Israel's parliament gives preliminary approval to a bill that would allow Netanyahu to run in the elections.
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Dec. 10 – Despite legal obstacles, former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Natanyahu announces plans to unseat Barak in upcoming elections.
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Dec. 9 – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak announces he will resign to seek another term. Elections would be held 60 days after his resignation goes into effect.
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Dec. 8 – Violence swept the West Bank and Jerusalem, killing seven Palestinians and three Israelis and dashing hopes for a lasting calm.
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Nov. 28 – Facing overwhelming defeat in parliament, Barak agreed to hold new elections as early as next spring. Israelis and Palestinians exchange more gunfire.
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Nov. 26 – Israeli warplanes and helicopters attack southern Lebanon for the first time in six months after a roadside bomb killed an Israeli soldier.
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Nov. 24 – In a telephone call set up by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Barak and Arafat agree to resume some cooperation on security issues.
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Nov. 22 – Israeli soldiers opened fire on two cars in the Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians whom the army described as militants. Later, a car bomb exploded during rush hour in the Israeli town of Hadera, leaving two Israelis dead.
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Nov. 20 – In retaliation for the bombing of a school bus carrying Israeli children in Gaza, Israeli helicopter gunships launched antitank missiles at Palestinian Authority offices.
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Nov. 12 – Barak meets with Clinton and calls for Arafat to make public statements to quell the violence. Leah Rabin, wife of former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, dies.
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Nov. 10 – Arafat expresses his support to the Security Council for unarmed U.N. observers in the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem.
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Nov. 9 – A missile fired by an Israeli army helicopter killed a senior militia commander in a targeted slaying. Arafat arrived in Washington and met with Clinton.
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Nov. 8 – As Arafat headed to Washington for a meeting with Clinton, violence claimed seven more lives.
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Nov. 4 – Barak and Arafat agree to hold separate talks with President Clinton in Washington.
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Nov. 2 – Ahead of a cease-fire announcement, a car bomb set off near a crowded market in Jerusalem kills two Israelis, including the daughter of a prominent Israeli politician.
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Nov. 1 – Three Israeli soldiers and six Palestinians are killed as Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat meet to broker a truce.
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Oct. 30 – Israeli combat helicopters fire missiles at the headquarters of key Palestinian political parties and security agencies, striking directly at the apparatus of Yasser Arafat's control. Barak makes a political deal that ensured he can remain in power for at least another four weeks.
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Oct. 29 – Tensions heighten as Palestinians hint at intensifing the uprising with terrorist attacks.
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Oct. 25 – Negotiators for both sides suggest that the Oslo Peace Process has outlived its usefulness.
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Oct. 22 – Barak formally suspends the peace process; two more Palestinians are killed in the violence.
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Oct. 21 – Arab leaders meeting in Cairo disavow militancy in favor of pressuring Israel for a peace deal. Clashes continue, leaving more Palestinians dead or wounded.
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Oct. 20 – Barak threatens to suspend seven years of peacemaking after the
bloodiest day of clashes in two weeks leaves 10 Palestinians
dead. Arafat arrives in Cairo for an Arab summit, looking for a joint condemnation of Israel.
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Oct. 19 – Israeli troops seeking to rescue stranded settlers wage a deadly battle with Palestinian gunmen on a rocky West Bank hill. One settler bleeds to deathand a Palestinian is killed early in the battle.
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Oct. 18 – Scattered street confrontations and exchanges of gunfire flare in several West Bank towns, injuring more than 30 Palestinians. A roadside bomb explodes near a passing Israeli convoy in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Oct. 17 – Clinton announces that both sides have agreed to halt violence, set up an inquiry into its causes and explore a return to peace negotiations.
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Oct. 16 – Arafat joins Barak, Clinton and Jordan’s King Abdullah for talks in
a bid to end the violence.
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Oct. 15 – Hezbollah says it has captured an Israeli colonel. The West Bank and Gaza Strip are relatively calm.
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Oct. 14 – Barak and Arafat agree to attend summit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. Clinton says he will attend, with Mubarak, Annan and EU foreign policy representative Javier Solana. Clashes in West Bank and Gaza Strip are isolated.
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Oct. 13 – Israeli security forces and Palestinians fight in sporadic clashes.
Annan intensifies peace efforts.
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Oct. 12 – Israeli helicopters fire missiles at targets in two
Palestinian-ruled cities after a mob kills two Israeli reserve soldiers.
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Oct. 11 – Kofi Annan scrambles to get agreement on a cease-fire while violence ebbs slightly, though three Palestinians are killed
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Oct. 10 – Barak postpones his threat for an escalation of violence if Palestinians did not adhere to the cease-fire.
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Oct. 9 – U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan arrives in the region for talks
with Barak and Arafat.
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Oct. 7 – The U.N. Security Council adopts a resolution condemning Israel’s use of force against the Palestinians. The United States abstains. Barak says the Palestinians must end their wave of protests within two days or
Israel will consider the peace process dead. He extends the ultimatum when it expires. The Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah seizes three Israeli soldiers in a disputed border area.
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Oct. 6 – Palestinians declare a "Day of Rage" as nine Palestinians are killed in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem.
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Oct. 5 – Arafat attends talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Albright in Egypt, but Barak sees no point in going because of Arafat’s refusal to sign the agreement in Paris.
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Oct. 4 – Arafat and Barak hold three-way talks in Paris with Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright. Arafat declines to sign an accord because of a failure to agree on terms for an international inquiry or fact-finding mission about the violence.
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Oct. 1 – Clashes erupt between Israeli Arabs and Jews in Umm el Fahm and Arab-populated towns in northern Israel. Clashes erupt between Israeli Arabs and Jews in Umm el Fahm and Arab-populated towns in northern Israel.
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Sept. 30 – Clashes erupt in the Gaza Strip and West Bank as Israeli troops fire on rioting Palestinians. Twelve die in the violence.
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Sept. 29 – Stone-throwing Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces, who
open fire with rubber-coated bullets in the al-Aqsa mosque compound in
Jerusalem’s walled Old City. Several Palestinians die.
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Sept. 28 – A visit by right-wing Israeli leader Ariel Sharon to a site in
Jerusalem sacred to Jews and Muslims sparks clashes between Palestinian
protesters and Israeli security forces. Dozens are wounded.
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Sept. 27 – An Israeli soldier is killed by a roadside bomb in Palestinian-ruled
Gaza.
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Sept. 13 – Israelis and Palestinians fail to meet an agreed deadline for
reaching a peace deal.
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Sept. 10 – The 129-member Palestinian parliament decides to delay the planned
declaration of a Palestinian state, saying this will allow more time to
reach a peace deal.
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Sept. 6 – Clinton fails to end the impasse between Barak and Arafat during
separate meetings with the leaders at the U.N. Millennium Summit.
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July 29 – Arafat starts a world tour intended to gain support for the Palestinian position. Arab states support his refusal to make concessions over Jerusalem, but many Western leaders urge him not to declare a Palestinian state before reaching a deal with Israel.
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July 25 – The summit ends without a deal after 15 days. The fate of Jerusalem
and Palestinian refugees are the main obstacles.
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July 11 – President Clinton launches Camp David peace summit with Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
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