Permanent year factsheet

Palestine in 2003

Historical records for Palestine in 2003, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

10Records
8Events
4Named people
4Places
4Categories

Historical records

March

March 2003Constitution of PalestineMahmoud Abbas

Government / Government of Palestine

Serves as the first Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority from March to October

March 2003Prime Minister of PalestineMahmoud Abbas

Government / Government of Palestine

Serves as the first Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority from March to October

April

30 April 2003Road Map for PeaceMahmoud Abbas

Ramallah · Government / Palestinian Authority

Receives the Quartet Road Map as the first Palestinian Prime Minister.

April 2003InfifadaMahmoud Abbas

Ramallah · Government / Palestinian Authority

Mahmoud Abbas becomes Palestinian Prime Minister amid pressure for reform during the uprising

June

4 June 2003Aqaba SummitMahmoud Abbas

Aqaba · Government / Palestinian Authority

Meets Bush and Sharon and commits to ending armed attacks.

8 June 2003Bombing of Erez CheckpointAbdel Aziz al- Rantissi

Gaza Strip · Politics / Hamas

Rantissi is responsible for directing the Hamas-led attack in which four Israeli soldiers are killed at the Erez Checkpoint in the Gaza Strip

September

6 September 2003HamasAhmed Ismail Hassan Yassin

Gaza City · Politics / Hamas

Yassin further promised that Hamas would teach Israel an "unforgettable lesson" as a result of the assassination attempt. An Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-16 fired several missiles on a building in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip, Yassin was in the building at the time but survived

September 2003Resignation of Mahmoud AbbasMahmoud Abbas

Ramallah · Government / Palestinian Authority

Abbas resigns as Prime Minister after disputes over authority and security powers

October

October 2003Resignation of Mahmoud AbbasMahmoud Abbas

Government / Government of Palestine

Resigns citing lack of support from Israel and the United States as well as "internal incitement" against his Government

Other Events

2003Constitution of PalestineYasser Arafat

Politics / PLO

The office of Prime Minister is created by Parliament to curb Arafats authority

Names involved

Abdel Aziz al- RantissiAhmed Ismail Hassan YassinMahmoud AbbasYasser Arafat

Places involved

AqabaGaza CityGaza StripRamallah

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.