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Events relating to israel
Yasser Arafat and the PLO move to Tunisia, after being driven out of Lebanon by Israel
Hezbollah emerges in Lebanon as an Iranian-sponsored resistance movement against the Israeli occupation of the southern part of the country
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef founds Shas, an ultra-Orthodox political party in Israel, and remains its spiritual leader until his death in 2013
An Intifada begins against Israeli occupation of Palestinian land
Hamas (acronym in Arabic for 'Movement for Islamic Resistance') is founded in the occupied territories to lead armed resistance against Israel
Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO, declares that the organization renounces 'terrorism in all its forms'
Yitzhak Rabin returns as prime minister of Israel after the Labour party wins a general election
The Oslo Accords, brokered by the Norwegian government between the PLO and Israel, are seen as a breakthrough in the Middle East crisis
Meeting in Washington, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat accept the Oslo Accords, promising autonomy for Palestine within five years
Israel recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the representative body of the Palestinian people
Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin share the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to solve the Israel-Palestine problem
The Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Hussein, the king of Jordan, sign a historic peace agreement
Yitzhak Rabin, after addressing a mass rally for peace in Tel Aviv, is killed by an Israeli assassin
Yasser Arafat is elected president of the new Palestinian National Authority
Benjamin Netanyahu leads the Likud party to victory in an Israeli election overshadowed by Palestinian suicide bombers
Ehud Barak becomes prime minister after leading the Labour party to election victory in Israel
Israel completes the withdrawal of its troops from southern Lebanon
A visit by Ariel Sharon to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem sparks off a new intifada
Ariel Sharon is elected prime minister of Israel on the platform of taking a tough line with the PLO
Palestinian president Yasser Arafat dies in a hospital near Paris
Mahmoud Abbas is elected president of the Palestinian Authority, following the death of Yasser Arafat
Israel uses force to remove settlers who refuse to leave Gaza in accordance with Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad causes international outrage by describing Israel as a blot that should be 'wiped off the map'
The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, resigns from his party (Likud) with the intention of forming a new one (Kadima)
Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffers a massive stroke which leaves him in a coma
