Ariel Sharon visits al-Haram al-Sharif

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.

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...

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.

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meet in Taba for final-status talks; negotiations end without a final agreement.

Security Council affirms a vision of Israel and Palestine living side by side, a diplomatic milestone amid the uprising.