Safe Passage Protocol agreed

Israeli agents attempted to assassinate Hamas political leader Khaled Mashal in Jordan; the affair sharpened tensions in regional and Palestinian politics.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed the Wye River Memorandum to advance interim redeployment and security provisions; implementation remained contested.

The European Council issued a declaration on the Middle East peace process, including Palestinian self-determination and the prospect of Palestinian statehood.

A conference of parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention addressed application of humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Israel and the PLO agreed on a timetable for outstanding interim commitments and renewed permanent-status negotiations, without resolving core occupation-related issues.

Israel transferred an additional portion of West Bank territory to Palestinian administration under earlier interim arrangements; territorial control remained fragmented.

The US-sponsored Camp David summit concluded without a permanent-status agreement on Jerusalem, refugees, borders, settlements and security; competing accounts of responsibility require careful...

Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visited the Jerusalem holy compound with heavy security, amid existing tensions over occupation and negotiations; protests and confrontations followed.

Large-scale Palestinian demonstrations and confrontations spread after the visit to al-Haram al-Sharif; the uprising developed amid accumulated grievances about occupation and the stalled peace...

Security Council resolution 1322 deplored provocation at al-Haram al-Sharif and excessive use of force against Palestinians amid the early Second Intifada.