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Rule of West Bank

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

10Records
1978–1995Date range
4Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1978

Menachem Begin17 September 1978

West Bank · Government / Government of Israel

Israel promises to withdraw gradually from Sinai and to establish some form of autonomous Palestinian territory on the West Bank

1993

Yitzhak Rabin13 September 1993

West Bank · Government / Government of Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy, Arafat has control of most of the Gaza Strip and 27% of the West Bank

1994

Yitzhak Rabin24 April 1994

Government / Government of Israel

Israeli and PLO negotiators agreed on an accord to give the Palestinians control of health care, taxation, education and other services in West Bank areas still controlled by Israel

Yitzhak Rabin14 May 1994

West Bank · Government / Government of Israel

The West Bank town of Jericho sees its first full day of Palestinian self-rule following the withdrawal of Israeli troops, an event celebrated by Palestinians

1995

Shimon Peres24 September 1995

West Bank · Government / Government of Israel

Israelis and Palestinians agree on transferring the West Bank to Arabs

Yitzhak Rabin24 September 1995

West Bank · Government / Government of Israel

Israel and the PLO initial an agreement for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank following US mediation

Ezer Weissman24 September 1995

Taba · Government / Government of Israel

Rabin and the PLO under Arafat, sign a pact, Oslo II, in Taba, Egypt, ending nearly three decades of Israeli occupation of West Bank cities

Ezer Weissman24 September 1995

West Bank · Government / Government of Israel

Rabin and the PLO under Arafat, sign a pact, Oslo II, in Taba, Egypt, ending nearly three decades of Israeli occupation of West Bank cities. Israel and the PLO initial an agreement for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank following US mediation

Yitzhak Rabin28 September 1995

West Bank · Government / Government of Israel

The Israeli Parliament approves a pact with Palestine by a slim 61-to-59 margin, Israels religious right has insisted that God gave "Judea" and "Samaria" to the Jewish people 2,000 years ago and Rabin is a traitor for giving it away. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign an accord to transfer much of the West Bank to the control of its Arab residents

Yitzhak Rabin10 October 1995

West Bank · Government / Government of Israel

Israel begins a West Bank pullback and freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners

Names involved

Ezer WeissmanMenachem BeginShimon PeresYitzhak Rabin

Provenance

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