10 November 1965
Siege of West Bank
A land mine near Hebron kills 3 Israeli policemen, Israel retaliates with a strike against West Bank villagers and runs into Jordanian troops in Samu
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Browse historical events and people recorded at West Bank in Israel. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
A land mine near Hebron kills 3 Israeli policemen, Israel retaliates with a strike against West Bank villagers and runs into Jordanian troops in Samu
Israel captures the West Bank during the Six Day War
Israel captures the West Bank during the Six Day War
Israel promises to withdraw gradually from Sinai and to establish some form of autonomous Palestinian territory on the West Bank
Israel promises to withdraw gradually from Sinai and to establish some form of autonomous Palestinian territory on the West Bank
Directs Israeli security responses as demonstrations and strikes spread during the First Intifada.
Israel uses military force arrests curfews and deportations to suppress the First Intifada
Israel uses military force arrests curfews and deportations to suppress the First Intifada
Approves deportations and emergency measures against Palestinian activists during the uprising.
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
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
Oslo Two creates Area A under Palestinian civil and security control in major Palestinian cities
Oslo Two creates Area B with Palestinian civil authority and Israeli security authority
Oslo Two leaves Area C under full Israeli control pending further negotiations
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
Israelis and Palestinians agree on transferring the West Bank to Arabs
Israel and the PLO initial an agreement for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank following US mediation
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
Israel begins a West Bank pullback and freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
The Wye River Memorandum links further Israeli redeployment to Palestinian security actions
Israel expands targeted raids arrests and closures in response to attacks
Israel begins building the West Bank separation barrier during the Second Intifada
Israel begins building the West Bank separation barrier during the Second Intifada
Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield after a wave of suicide bombings
Orders a large West Bank operation after suicide bombings inside Israel.
Israel conducts operation Defensive Wall in the West Bank, following a large number of Palestinian suicide attacks on civilian targets
Israel conducts operation Defensive Wall in the West Bank, following a large number of Palestinian suicide attacks on civilian targets
Approves construction of the West Bank separation barrier during the Second Intifada.
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