MIDDLE EAST
Timeline of Mideast peace process
Sunday, November 25, 2007
A retrospective on past Mideast peace attempts.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Where past Middle East peace talks faltered
By Reuters
The United States will host a peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland this week aimed at relaunching talks on Palestinian statehood after a 7-year break.
Here are some facts about previous efforts to make peace in the Middle East and where they faltered.
SEPT 1993, OSLO ACCORDS
- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin sign deal on limited Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, occupied by Israel since the 1967 war. But they put off talks about core issues of who controls Jerusalem, drawing borders and the possible return of refugees who fled homes after Israel was established in 1948.
- Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) recognises Israel's right to exist and renounces violence. Israeli troops withdraw from some Palestinian areas.
JULY 2000, CAMP DAVID
- U.S. President Bill Clinton attempts to broker deal between Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
- Talks focus on proposals to create a state in just over 90 percent of the West Bank including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, with land swaps for Jewish West Bank settlements.
- Arafat seeks Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem including Muslim holy sites, and right of return for refugees who fled what is now Israel in 1948.
- Talks collapse and second Palestinian Intifada breaks out.
DEC 2000, CLINTON'S PARAMETERS
Seeking to revive the peace process, Clinton asks both sides to accept several principles as basis for talks. These include:
- Palestinian state in Gaza and 94-96 percent of West Bank territory, plus 1-3 percent land swap and a "safe passage" link between the two Palestinian areas.
- Palestinian sovereignty over Jerusalem's Temple Mount, revered by Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, with Israeli sovereignty over adjacent Jewish Western Wall.
- New state of Palestine, not Israel, should be home to refugees but Israel could accept some. Compensation proposed.
JAN 2001, TABA TALKS
- Barak launches last-ditch talks in Egyptian resort ahead of Israeli elections and on basis of Clinton proposals.
- Negotiators fail to broker agreement but say they have "never been closer" to a deal. Two sides vow to seek further talks but Barak is voted out of office.
Here are some facts about previous efforts to make peace in the Middle East and where they faltered.
SEPT 1993, OSLO ACCORDS
- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin sign deal on limited Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, occupied by Israel since the 1967 war. But they put off talks about core issues of who controls Jerusalem, drawing borders and the possible return of refugees who fled homes after Israel was established in 1948.
- Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) recognises Israel's right to exist and renounces violence. Israeli troops withdraw from some Palestinian areas.
JULY 2000, CAMP DAVID
- U.S. President Bill Clinton attempts to broker deal between Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
- Talks focus on proposals to create a state in just over 90 percent of the West Bank including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, with land swaps for Jewish West Bank settlements.
- Arafat seeks Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem including Muslim holy sites, and right of return for refugees who fled what is now Israel in 1948.
- Talks collapse and second Palestinian Intifada breaks out.
DEC 2000, CLINTON'S PARAMETERS
Seeking to revive the peace process, Clinton asks both sides to accept several principles as basis for talks. These include:
- Palestinian state in Gaza and 94-96 percent of West Bank territory, plus 1-3 percent land swap and a "safe passage" link between the two Palestinian areas.
- Palestinian sovereignty over Jerusalem's Temple Mount, revered by Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, with Israeli sovereignty over adjacent Jewish Western Wall.
- New state of Palestine, not Israel, should be home to refugees but Israel could accept some. Compensation proposed.
JAN 2001, TABA TALKS
- Barak launches last-ditch talks in Egyptian resort ahead of Israeli elections and on basis of Clinton proposals.
- Negotiators fail to broker agreement but say they have "never been closer" to a deal. Two sides vow to seek further talks but Barak is voted out of office.
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