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Events relating to palestine
The Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Hussein, the king of Jordan, sign a historic peace agreement
Yitzhak Rabin, after addressing a mass rally for peace in Tel Aviv, is killed by an Israeli assassin
Yasser Arafat is elected president of the new Palestinian National Authority
Benjamin Netanyahu leads the Likud party to victory in an Israeli election overshadowed by Palestinian suicide bombers
Ehud Barak becomes prime minister after leading the Labour party to election victory in Israel
Israel completes the withdrawal of its troops from southern Lebanon
A visit by Ariel Sharon to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem sparks off a new intifada
Ariel Sharon is elected prime minister of Israel on the platform of taking a tough line with the PLO
Palestinian president Yasser Arafat dies in a hospital near Paris
Mahmoud Abbas is elected president of the Palestinian Authority, following the death of Yasser Arafat
Israel uses force to remove settlers who refuse to leave Gaza in accordance with Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan
The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, resigns from his party (Likud) with the intention of forming a new one (Kadima)
Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffers a massive stroke which leaves him in a coma
Hamas, defined in many countries as a terrorist organization, wins the majority of seats in elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council
Kadima, the party founded by Ariel Sharon, wins the most seats in the Israeli elections
Ehud Olmert, Sharon's successor as leader of Kadima, becomes Israel's prime minister at the head of a coalition government
Hamas militants take hostage an Israeli corporal, provoking a new Israeli military campaign against Gaza
Hezbollah takes two Israeli soldiers hostage, provoking the renewal of air and rocket warfare on the Israel-Lebanon border
A UN-sponsored cease-fire comes into effect in the conflict between Israeli and Hezbollah forces in south Lebanon
Israel begins an intense series of airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip, in response to rockets launched by Hamas
Israel escalates its war against Hamas by launching a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip
Israel completes a military withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, nearly three weeks after launching its invasion of the territory
Hamas releases the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for 1027 Palestinian and Israeli-Arab prisoners held in Israel
UNESCO admits Palestine as a member after a vote with a large majority in favour
The UN General Assembly, defying Israel, grants Palestine the status of a non-member observer state
