West Bank redeployment under interim agreements

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 and the PLO signed a protocol concerning safe passage between the West Bank and Gaza Strip, highlighting the territorial fragmentation Palestinians faced.

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.

Regional and international leaders met at Sharm el-Sheikh in an attempt to halt escalating violence after the outbreak of the Second Intifada.