Permanent historical factsheet

Rule of Gaza

Israel · Government / Government of Israel. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

9Records
1970–2007Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1970

Golda MeirJune 1970

Gaza · Government / Government of Israel

The Israeli Government passes its initial decision to establish settlements in Gaza

1972

Golda Meir1972

Gaza · Government / Government of Israel

Israel establishes two army posts in Gaza, which later become the communities of Netzarim and Kfar Darom

1987

Yitzhak Shamir1987

Government / Government of Israel

conflicts erupted between Palestinians and the Israeli authorities, the most serious was the First Intifada in 1987 and Gaza became a centre of confrontation

1994

Yitzhak Rabin20 April 1994

Gaza · Government / Government of Israel

Israeli and PLO negotiators wrapped up an agreement transferring civilian Government powers to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Jericho

Yitzhak Rabin29 April 1994

Gaza · Government / Government of Israel

Israel and the PLO sign an agreement in Paris granting Palestinians broad authority to set taxes, control trade and regulate banks under self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho

Yitzhak Rabin4 May 1994

Gaza · Government / Government of Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a historic accord on Palestinian autonomy that grants self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho

Yitzhak Rabin16 May 1994

Gaza · Government / Government of Israel

Israel begins its final withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, shutting down the prison and military headquarters where Israeli soldiers had been in charge since the 1967 Middle East War

Yitzhak Rabin18 May 1994

Gaza · Government / Government of Israel

Israels three decades of occupation in the Gaza Strip end as Israeli troops completed their withdrawal and Palestinian authorities take over

2007

Ehud Olmert19 February 2007

Gaza · Government / Government of Israel

Hamas ousts Fatah from Gaza in bloody coup

Names involved

Ehud OlmertGolda MeirYitzhak RabinYitzhak Shamir

Provenance

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