Permanent year factsheet

Palestine in 1995

Historical records for Palestine in 1995, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

20Records
12Events
7Named people
6Places
2Categories

Historical records

September

24 September 1995Oslo IISaeb Erekat

Taba · Government / Palestinian Authority

Takes part in negotiations over West Bank redeployment, elections and Palestinian Authority powers.

24 September 1995Oslo IIAhmed Qurei

Taba · Government / Palestinian Authority

Helps negotiate the Interim Agreement after his role in the earlier Oslo channel.

28 September 1995Oslo IIMahmoud Abbas

Washington · Government / Palestinian Authority

Supports the agreement as a senior PLO negotiator and advocate of the Oslo process.

28 September 1995Oslo IIYasser Arafat

Washington · Government / Palestinian Authority

Signs the Interim Agreement expanding Palestinian Authority responsibilities.

28 September 1995Oslo IIYasser Arafat

Washington · Government / Palestinian Authority

Signs the Interim Agreement, expanding Palestinian Authority responsibilities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

28 September 1995Oslo IINabil Shaath

Washington · Government / Palestinian Authority

Supports the agreement as a Palestinian Authority minister involved in diplomacy and institution-building.

28 September 1995Oslo TwoYasser Arafat

Washington · Politics / PLO

Arafat signs the Interim Agreement expanding the Oslo framework

28 September 1995Palestinian AuthorityYasser Arafat

Washington · Government / Palestinian Authority

Signs the Interim Agreement expanding Palestinian Authority powers and responsibilities in populated West Bank areas.

September 1995Oslo IIHanan Ashrawi

Ramallah · Government / Palestinian Authority

Critiques and explains the Interim Agreement as Palestinians debate the new institutional framework.

October

October 1995Oslo IIJibril Rajoub

West Bank · Government / Palestinian Authority

Begins preparing security coordination arrangements connected to Palestinian self-rule in West Bank areas.

November

November 1995Rabin AssassinationYasser Arafat

Gaza Strip · Politics / PLO

Arafat condemns Rabin's assassination and continues dealing with the Israeli government

Other Events

1995Area AYasser Arafat

West Bank · Government / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority responsibilities expand in major West Bank cities under Oslo Two

1995Area BYasser Arafat

West Bank · Government / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian civil powers expand in Area B while Israel retains overriding security authority

1995Constitution of PalestineYasser Arafat

West Bank · Politics / PLO

Israel and the PLO sign a second peace agreement, establishinng an elected 88-member Palestinian National Council, which holds its inaugural session in Gaza in March 1996

1995Independence of PalestineYasser Arafat

West Bank · Politics / PLO

Israel and the PLO sign a second peace agreement, establishinng an elected 88-member Palestinian National Council, which holds its inaugural session in Gaza in March 1996. An agreement calls for self-rule for all Arab cities and villages in the West Bank

1995Palestinian CouncilYasser Arafat

West Bank · Government / Palestinian Authority

Oslo Two provides for elections to a Palestinian Council during the interim period

1995PNAYasser Arafat

Gaza · Politics / PLO

The PNA, led by Yasser Arafat, chosee Gaza as its first provincial headquarters. Israel and the PLO sign a second peace agreement extending the Palestinian Authority to most West Bank towns

1995PNAYasser Arafat

West Bank · Politics / PLO

Israel and the PLO sign a second peace agreement, establishinng an elected 88-member Palestinian National Council, which holds its inaugural session in Gaza in March 1996

1995PNCYasser Arafat

West Bank · Politics / PLO

Israel and the PLO sign a second peace agreement, establishinng an elected 88-member Palestinian National Council, which holds its inaugural session in Gaza in March 1996

1995Rule of GazaYasser Arafat

Gaza · Politics / PLO

The PNA, led by Yasser Arafat, chosee Gaza as its first provincial headquarters

Names involved

Ahmed QureiHanan AshrawiJibril RajoubMahmoud AbbasNabil ShaathSaeb ErekatYasser Arafat

Places involved

GazaGaza StripRamallahTabaWashingtonWest Bank

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.