World Crisis Chronology
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A
06/04/2018Prime minister resigns
08/15/2021Taliban takes control of government
05/17/2020Power-sharing government formed
02/28/2020Afghan peace agreement
02/18/2020Ghani re-elected
09/29/2014Ghani and Abdullah Sworn In
09/07/2010Kabul Bank Scandal
01/04/2003Loya Jiraga Agrees to New Constitution
09/11/2001September 11th, 2001
07/08/2019Free trade agreement initiated
07/09/2002OUA Becomes African Union
06/11/2019Presidential impeachment proceedings begin
08/02/1993Albania Classes as Least Developed by UN
06/15/2021Ruling coalition retains control of parliament
12/12/2019Former PM elected president
03/11/2019Bouteflika rescinds presidential run
11/19/2023Milei elected president
08/31/2020Government reschedules debt
10/27/2019Fernandez wins presidency
06/20/2021Pashinyan reelected
11/09/2020Nagorno-Karabakh peace agreement
01/14/2019Pashinyan becomes prime minister
05/21/2022Labour Party wins election
05/19/2019Liberals win re-election
12/02/2021Prime minister resigns
10/09/2021Kurz resigns
01/01/2020Kurz forms new coalition
05/19/2019Kurz calls new elections after scandal
11/09/2020Nagorno-Karabakh peace agreement

B
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
01/20/2022Government reelected
11/29/2021Full independence
10/21/2021Mason elected president
05/24/2018BLP dominates elections
08/10/2020Lukashenko declared re-eleted
09/30/2020Governing coalition formed
03/17/2020Temporary government installe
10/27/2019Wilmes named prime minister
12/19/2018Michel resigns
01/13/2023Ruling coalition reelected
04/14/2021Talon reelected
10/19/2018Newly created party wins government
11/10/2019Morales resigns
01/25/2023Kristo government approved
01/25/2023Kristo government approved
01/23/2023Kristo government approved
10/07/2018Serbian ally wins Bosnian Serb presidency
10/25/2019Ruling party re-elected
04/01/2019Masisi appointed president
10/30/2022Da Silva wins presidency
10/28/2018Bolsonaro elected president
09/30/2016Rousseff impeached; Michel Temer assumes presidency
09/14/2016Prosecutors file corruption charges against Lula da Silva
04/18/2016The House of Representatives impeaches Dilma Rousseff
09/07/2014Effects of corruption scandal Operation Car Wash widespread in the government
08/18/2011Corruption accusations affecting Rousseff’s administration
10/31/2010Dilma Rousseff elected president
10/30/2006Lula da Silva wins second term as president
06/04/2005Corruption scandal known as Operation Car Wash impacting government
10/27/2002Lula da Silva elected president
11/13/1998IMF agrees to $41.3 billion bailout for Brazil
09/03/1994Fernando Cardoso elected president
04/02/2023Government reelected
06/22/2022Government falls
12/14/2021New government confirmed
11/19/2021We Continue the Change wins plurality
07/12/2021New governing party claims victory
09/30/2022Another coup replaces government
01/24/2022Kaboré deposed
12/11/2021New prime minister appointed
12/08/2021Government falls
12/08/2021Government falls
11/30/2015Kaboré elected president
05/25/2020Ndayishimiye elected president
08/20/2000Peace accord signed

C
08/22/2023Hun Sen transfers power to son
10/22/2018Biya elected to a seventh term
09/20/2021Ruling party retains government
10/22/2019Liberals retain government
09/11/2019Elections called
04/19/2021Ruling party retains power
01/04/2021Touadéra re-elected
12/27/2020General election
03/01/2016Touadéra elected president
05/09/2024Déby declared president
05/03/2021New government named
04/20/2021Deby is killed
12/19/2021Boric elected president
11/15/2019Referendum scheduled
12/17/2017Sebastián Piñera elected president
03/22/2018US-China trade war
10/24/2017President Xi elevated
06/17/2018Duque elected president
01/16/2024Assoumani reelected
01/23/2020Ruling government re-elected
05/05/2016Assoumani affirmed president
07/06/2018Cook Islands Party to form government
06/14/2018Democratic Party wins parliament
04/03/2022Chaves elected president
07/05/2020Ruling party wins legilsative elections
01/04/2020Milanovic elected president
11/08/2021Governing coalition formed
10/09/2021Opposition wins parliamentary majority
06/27/2018Babis forms new goverment
01/16/2018Government falls

D
01/28/2021Prime minister removed
01/09/2019Tshisekedi declared president amid controversy
11/02/2022Government retains majority
11/26/2016New governing coalition
12/06/2019Governing party retains majority
07/07/2020Opposition wins presidency

E
04/21/2022Ramos-Horta elected president
05/17/2023Parliament dissolved
04/12/2021Lasso elected president
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
01/04/2024Bukele reelected
02/28/2021Bukele retains power
02/04/2019Bukele elected president
11/26/2022Obiang reelected.
08/31/2021Karis elected president
01/25/2021New government formed
01/13/2021Government falls
04/17/2019New government formed
03/25/2022Ceasefire declared
11/04/2020Government invades Tigray
09/12/1974Selassie government overthrown
11/02/1930Selassie becomes emperor
02/24/2022Russia invades Ukraine
12/24/2020Agreement on UK exit from EU
01/29/2020EU approves Brexit
01/23/2020UK exit confirmed
10/17/2019EU and UK agree on Brexit
12/19/2018EU accepts Italian budget
06/29/2018EU summit on migration

F
12/20/2022New ruling coalition
02/11/2024Stubb elected president
04/02/2023Opposition wins election
05/11/2022Government to apply to NATO
06/19/2022Government reelected
04/24/2022Macron reelected

G
09/04/2023Coup leader assumes presidency
08/30/2023Military Coup
08/30/2023Bongo re-elected
02/22/2021Garibashvili elected prime minister
02/18/2021Prime minister resigns
11/21/2020Georgian Dream claims victory in parliament
09/08/2019Gakharia elected prime minister
09/02/2019Prime minister resigns
11/28/2018Zurabishvili elected president
06/13/2018Government falls
09/26/2021Ruling coalition unseated
12/10/2020Akufo-Addo is re-elected
07/07/2019New Democracy wins parliament
06/22/2022NDC wins election
01/14/2024Arevalo inaugurated
08/11/2019Giammattei elected president
02/28/2024New prime minister
09/05/2021Coup deposes Condé
10/24/2020Condé reelected
03/28/2020Constitutional referendum approved
02/05/2020Embalo wins presidency
01/01/2020Embalo elected president
08/02/2020Irfaan Ali becomes president
12/05/2021Barrow reelected

H
07/20/2021Ariel Henry becomes interim prime minister
07/07/2021Moïse assassinated
10/18/2018Protests over corruption
11/29/2016Moïse elected
02/07/2016Martelly resigns
11/30/2021Ruling party ousted
04/28/2019Proposed extradition law sparks protests
08/31/2014China limits democracy in Hong Kong
04/03/2022Fidesz retains government
12/06/2020Orban resigns after parliamentary election

I
02/25/2021India-Pakistan ceasefire
05/23/2019BJP retains power
02/15/2024Subianto elected president
05/21/2019Widodo re-elected
06/18/2021Ebrahim Raisi elected president
01/02/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian
05/08/2019Iran ends some aspects of nuclear agreement
04/08/2019US adds sanctions on Iran
10/13/2022New heads of state
01/02/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian
10/02/2018Abdul Mahdi named prime minister
12/08/2017Iraq declares victory over the Islamic State
06/27/2020Martin becomes taoiseach
01/15/2025Israel and Hamas agree on ceasefire
11/27/2024Ceasefire in Lebanon-Israel conflict
12/22/2022Netanyahu forms new government
11/03/2022Netanyahu coalition wins election
06/20/2022New elections called
06/13/2021New coalition government takes office
12/22/2020New elections called
04/20/2020Agreement on unity government
03/26/2020Gantz elected parliament speaker
09/17/2019Election produces no majority party
10/22/2022Meloni elected prime minister
07/21/2022Draghi resigns again
07/14/2022Draghi resigns
02/12/2021Draghi becomes prime minister
01/26/2021Conte resigns
01/19/2021Conte survives no-confidence vote
12/19/2018EU accepts Italian budget
06/01/2018Five Star/League government accepted
03/05/2018Populist parties lead election results
10/31/2020Ouattara re-elected
07/04/2018Government dissolved

J
09/10/2020Ruling party retains power
09/10/2020Ruling party retains power
10/31/2021Ruling coalition retains majority
09/29/2021Kishida to be prime minister
08/25/2020Abe resigns for health reasons
07/21/2019Abe reelected with reduced majority

K
11/21/2022Tokayev reelected
01/10/2021Ruling Party retains power
06/10/2019Tokayev is elected president
03/19/2019Nazarbeyev resigns
02/21/2019Nazarbeyev fires government
08/15/2022Ruto wins disputed election
06/23/2020Maamau re-elected
11/05/2020Thaci resigns
06/03/2020Avdullah Hoti becomes prime minister
03/26/2020Government falls
02/03/2020Albin Kurti elected prime minister
11/08/2021Government resigns
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
01/10/2021Jasparov is elected president
10/15/2020Jeenbekov resigns
10/06/2020Election annulled

L
11/27/2024Ceasefire in Lebanon-Israel conflict
07/26/2021Prime minister appointed
10/22/2020Hariri again prime minister
04/28/2020Protests intensify
01/21/2020Diab becomes prime minister
10/29/2019Hariri resigns
10/17/2019Protests begin
11/04/2017PM Saad Hariri resigns
05/19/2020Thabane resigns
05/11/2020Government collapses
01/16/2020Thabane agrees to resign
11/17/2023Bokai elected president
12/28/2017George Weah is elected president
02/06/2021Interim prime minister chosen
10/23/2020Ceasefire agreement
12/17/2015Unity government agreement
11/22/2020Skvernelis again prime minister

M
11/27/2023Rajoelina reelected
01/09/2019Rajoelina victory affirmed
06/23/2020Chakwera elected president
02/03/2020Election nullified
05/27/2019Mutharika is re-elected
11/24/2022Anwar named prime minister
08/20/2021Ismail named prime minister
03/01/2020Muhyiddin elected prime minister
02/24/2020Matathir resigns
04/07/2019Nasheed’s party regains control
09/23/2018Solih elected president
02/05/2018State of emergency imposed
02/02/2018Threat of impeachment
11/21/2024New prime minister
05/27/2021Coup leader assumes presidency
05/24/2021Military ousts transitional government
09/22/2020Interim president appointed
08/18/2020Keita deposed in army coup
04/23/2019Cisse appointed prime minster
08/15/2018Keïta re-elected
03/27/2022Labou reelected
01/05/2020Kabua elected president
06/03/2024Sheinbaum elected president
07/01/2018Lopez Obrador elected president
07/14/2021PAS wins elections
12/23/2020Prime minister resigns
06/14/2019Plahotniuc resigns
01/02/2018President Dodon suspended again
10/17/2017President again suspeded
10/17/2017President suspended
11/13/2016Dodon elected president
04/23/2015Bank fraud revelation
02/25/2023Ruling Party Wins in Landslide
02/25/2023Ruling Party Wins in Landslide
02/24/2022Government falls
12/03/2020Opposition forms new government
08/31/2020Opposition wins government
09/22/2021Governing coalition formed
09/09/2021Governing party voted out
10/28/2019Nyusi re-elected
08/01/2021General assumes prime ministership
02/01/2021Military resumes control
11/09/2020Suu Kyi’s party claims election win
10/10/2016Outburst of violence between government and Rohingya Muslim minority

N
12/03/2019Geingob re-elected
02/24/2022Russia invades Ukraine
09/28/2022New president elected
08/27/2019Aingimea elected president
12/25/2022Prachanda again prime minister
07/12/2021Court declares new prime minister
05/25/2021Parliament dissolved
12/20/2020Elections called
12/15/2017Left Alliance gains majority
05/28/2024Prime minister named
11/22/2023Far-right party wins plurality
12/16/2021Rutte returns in new government
03/18/2021Rutte government re-elected
01/15/2021Rutte government falls
10/10/2017Rutte to form government
03/15/2017Parliamentary election
01/25/2023Hipkins appointed prime minister
01/18/2023Ardern to resign
10/17/2020Ardern reelected
10/17/2020Ardern reelected
11/07/2021Ortega reelected
04/18/2018Widespread protests against government
11/06/2016Ortega re-elected
02/23/2021Bazoum elected president
05/08/2017Osinbajo named acting president
05/17/2016First Chibok girl is found.
03/31/2015Muhammadu Buhari is elected president
10/20/2014Nigeria declared free of Ebola.
04/14/2014Chibok girls kidnapped.
04/13/2011Jonathan elected president
10/18/2010Rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria
05/05/2010President Yar’Adua dies
01/12/2010Pres. Yar’Adua undergoing treatment
02/25/2006Rise of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
04/22/2003Obasanjo reelected president
06/08/1998Abacha dies; Gen. Abubakar named president
12/17/1993Abacha takes power
02/02/1993Shonekan appointed head of state
08/27/1985Gen. Babangida takes power
12/31/1983Major Gen. Buhari takes power
02/13/1976Obasanjo takes power
05/30/1967Biafra created
01/15/1966Regional tensions generate a coup
10/01/1960Independence
06/12/2018US-North Korea summit
04/27/2018Panmunjon Declaration
03/08/2018US-North Korea summit announced
07/02/2017ICBM test
02/13/2017Kim Jong-nam assassinated
05/06/2016Seventh Workers’ Party congress
03/02/2016UN increases sanctions
01/05/2016Reported hydrogen bomb test
12/17/2014Sony cyberattack
12/12/2013Jang Song-thaek executed
03/11/2013North Korea ends ceasefire with South Korea
12/18/2011Kim Jong-il dies
12/01/2009Economic crisis
12/11/2008End of nuclear weapons talks
07/09/2005Nuclear weapons talks
07/08/1994Kim Il-sung dies
10/31/2021Prime minister resigns
01/03/2020Zaev resigns
10/18/2019New elections called
05/05/2019Pendarovski wins presidency
01/25/2019New name is approved
05/13/2022Government shut down
01/11/2020Government restored
09/13/2021Labour Party wins parliament
01/17/2019Solberg forms majority government

O
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended

P
03/03/2024Sharif reelected prime minister
02/14/2024Sharif PM in coalition government
02/25/2021Pakistan-India ceasefire
01/15/2025Israel and Hamas agree on ceasefire
05/06/2019Cortizo wins presidency
05/04/2014Varela wins presidency
05/03/2009Martinelli wins presidency
08/09/2022Marape reelected
12/10/2019Bougainville votes for independence
05/29/2019O'Neill resigns
06/18/2018State of emergency imposed
05/01/2023Peña reelected
04/23/2018Benitez elected president
12/07/2022Castillo removed. Boluarte becomes president
07/19/2021Castillo declared president
11/17/2020Sagasti named president
11/15/2020Merino resigns
11/10/2020Merino elected president
11/09/2020Vizcarra ousted
01/26/2020New congress elected
09/30/2019Turmoil in government with competing presidents
03/21/2018Kuczynski resigns
12/21/2017Kucyznski avoids impeachment
05/10/2022Marcos elected president
12/14/2023Tusk becomes prime minister
11/27/2023Morawiecki becomes prime minister
10/15/2023Opposition wins election
07/13/2020Duda re-elected
03/21/2024Democratic Alliance forms government
11/07/2023Costa resigns
01/30/2022New government elected
11/05/2021New election called
01/26/2021Rebelo de Sousa re-elected
07/25/2019Rosselló resigns

Q
02/14/2018Coup attempt fails
06/05/2017Blockade of Qatar
07/08/1997Liberalization
06/27/19951995 coup
09/03/1971Independence

R
11/25/2021New government approved
10/05/2021Government falls
12/18/2020Ruling coalition forms government
12/06/2020Orban resigns after parliamentary election
02/05/2020Government falls
11/04/2019Orban voted prime minister
10/10/2019Government falls
06/21/2018Dragnea convicted of fraud
01/17/2018Dancila becomes prime minister
02/24/2022Russia invades Ukraine
07/02/2020Constitutional referendum approved
01/15/2020Government resigns
07/16/2018Russia-US summit
07/16/2018Russia-US summit
08/28/2019Agreement with Uganda

S
05/24/2021Fiame becomes prime minister in disputed ceremony
04/07/2022Hadi transfers powers
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
10/09/2018Disappearance of journalist leads to international attention
11/04/2017Anti-corruption crackdown
03/24/2024Faye elected president
08/12/2022Sall coalition reelected
03/01/2019Sall re-elected
12/17/2023Government reelected
04/03/2022Vucic reelected
06/21/2020Ruling party gains in parliament
10/25/2020Opposition wins government
06/24/2023Bio reelected
03/07/2022Bio elected president
07/11/2020Ruling party re-elected
03/21/2020Matovič becomes prime minister
11/13/2022Pirc Musar elected president
04/24/2022Government ousted
03/13/2020Jansa leads new government
01/27/2020Snap elections called
01/27/2020Government falls
08/17/2018Marjan Sarec elected prime minister
11/18/2024Opposition wins presidency
05/15/2022President elected
11/21/2017Bihi elected president of Somaliland
06/14/2024New government formed
05/13/2019ANC retains majority in parliament
03/09/2022Yoon Suk-yeal elected president
04/16/2020Moon wins re-election in a landslide
04/27/2018Panmunjon Declaration
06/27/2018Peace agreement signed
10/24/2023New government formed
01/07/2020Sanchez re-elected prime minister
04/28/2019Socialists win plurality
06/01/2018Socialists eject Rajoy and take control of government
07/20/2022Wickremesinghe named interim president
07/09/2022Rajapaksa resigns
05/12/2022Wickremesinghe appointed PM
05/09/2022Prime minister resigns
03/28/2022Government facing economic collapse
11/17/2019Gotabaya Rajapaksa elected president
12/16/2018Widkremesinghe returns to office
11/09/2018Parliament dissolved
10/26/2018Sirisena fires Prime Minister Rajapaska
01/02/2022Prime minister resigns
10/25/2021Military coup
07/07/2019Transitional government agreement
04/11/2019Military takes control
12/19/2018Anti-government protests begin
11/29/2019Bouterse sentenced
07/14/2015Bouterse reelected
09/14/2022Conservatives win government
05/15/2022Government to apply to NATO
07/07/2021Löfven reelected
06/28/2021Löfven resigns
12/08/2024Government falls
12/08/2024Government falls
01/03/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian
12/18/2018US announces withdrawal of troops from Syria
09/04/2018Assault on Idlib
09/26/2016Government attempt to retake Aleppo.
09/09/2016Ceasefire
08/24/2016Turkish troops enter Syria.
08/23/2016Kurdish truce with Syria.
09/30/2015Russia enters war.
09/10/2014US bombing Islamic State in Syria
01/24/2014Geneva peace conference 2014
09/25/2013Islamic State increasing in Syria
08/20/2013Government accused of using chemical weapons
03/18/2011Beginning of unrest in Syria that leads to civil war
05/21/2008Negotiations with Israel about Golan Heights
05/29/2007Bashar al-Assad re-elected
10/28/2005Preliminary UN report on Syrian responsibility for murder of Lebanon’s Rafik Hariri
03/06/2005Syrian intelligence officers begin to leave Lebanon
06/09/2000Hafez al-Assad dies
11/12/1970Hafez al-Assad takes power

T
01/11/2020Tsai re-elected
10/12/2020Rahmon reelected
02/28/2020Afghan peace agreement
03/17/2021Magafuli dies
10/31/2020Magafuli re-elected
10/31/2020Magafuli re-elected
08/16/2024P. Shinawatra elected prime minister
06/05/2019Chan-Ocha elected prime minister
02/22/2020Gnassingbé re-elected
09/12/2019ʻAkilisi Pōhiva dies
06/04/1970Independence
08/11/2020Ruling party retains power
09/29/2021Saied names prime minister
08/24/2021Parliament suspended
07/25/2021Saied dismisses government
10/13/2019Saied elected president
07/25/2019Essebsi dies
05/28/2023Erdogan reelected
10/09/2019Turkey invades Syria
06/24/2018Erdogan re-elected
03/15/2022Serdar Berdymukhamedov elected president
02/26/2024New prime minister

U
01/18/2021Museveni re-elected
08/28/2019Agreement with Rwanda
02/24/2022Russia invades Ukraine
03/04/2020Shmygal elected prime minister
08/29/2019Honcharuk elected prime minister
05/14/2022New president named
05/13/2022President dies
04/07/2022Hadi transfers power
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
01/18/2023Ruling party re-elected
10/24/2022Sunak chosen prime minister
10/20/2022Truss resigns
07/06/2022Johnson resigns
12/24/2020Agreement on UK exit from EU
01/29/2020EU approves Brexit
01/22/2020EU exit passes parliament
12/12/2019Conservatives gain majority
10/29/2019New election called
10/17/2019EU and UK agree on Brexit
05/25/2019May resigns
03/12/2018Skripal poisoning creates international crisis
02/15/2018Notpetya cyberattack
02/24/2022Russia invades Ukraine
12/06/2021Nehemmer elected chancellor
02/13/2021Trump acquitted again
01/13/2021Trump is impeached again
01/06/2021Presidential certification disrupted by Trump supporters
11/07/2020Biden wins disputed election
05/31/2020Protests and rioting across US
02/28/2020Afghan peace agreement
02/05/2020Trump acquitted
01/16/2020Trump impeached
01/02/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian
09/24/2019Impeachment inquiry instituted
12/21/2018Partial government shutdown
12/18/2018US announces withdrawal of troops from Syria
07/16/2018Russia-US summit
02/15/2018Notpetya cyberattack

V
11/04/2022Kalsaku elected prime minister
04/20/2020Loughman elected prime minister
07/28/2024Maduro reelected
11/21/2021Ruling party reelected
12/07/2020Ruling oalition wins legislature
01/05/2020Chaos in National Assembly election
08/18/2017Constitutional assembly assumes the powers of the legislature.
12/06/2015Opposition wins legislature
07/19/2024General Secretary dies
05/22/2024Tô Lâm elected president
02/01/2021Trong re-elected CP leader

W

Y
04/07/2022Hadi transfers powers
04/07/2022Hadi transfers powers
12/04/2017Saleh killed
07/17/2015Hadi government regains Aden
03/26/2015Saudi Arabia increases participation in war
02/06/2015Houthis take control
08/25/2014Houthi rebellion
02/10/2014Federal statehood
02/20/2012Hadi elected president
11/23/2011Saleh gives up power
06/04/2011Saleh leaves for medical treatment
01/24/2011Protests against government
11/05/2009Saudi Arabia joins fight
05/04/2009Separatist fighting
10/12/2000USS Cole attack
08/1993Civil war
05/22/1990North and South Yemen merge
06/17/1978Saleh elected president
11/30/1967South Yemen established
09/27/1962North Yemen established

Z
08/16/2021Hichilema wins presidency

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

01/17/2025
Ceasefire agreement approved by Israeli cabinet despite objections by Orthodox members. It is to go into effect on 1/18.
01/16/2025
IDF continues fighting in Gaza ahead of ceasefire approval.
01/16/2025
Netanyahu says that Hamas has reneged on an aspect of the agreement, without being specific. The agreement will have to be approved by the security cabinet and the full cabinet and Israel's Supreme Court would have 24 hours to permit an appeal.


01/15/2025
Israel and Hamas agree on ceasefire
Israel and Hamas agree on terms of a ceasefire. The three-stage agreement begins with a cessation of hostilities and an exchange of prisoners in Israeli jails and hostages in Hamas hands. Israeli forces would withdraw from central Gaza and allow 600 truckloads of humanitarian aid daily. The second stage would negotiate a permanent end to the fighting. The third stage is more aspirational, calling for the establishment of a government in Gaza, among other things.
01/13/2025
Reports of new advance on ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel.
01/10/2025
Israel continues attacks in the West Bank as well as Gaza itself.
01/06/2025
Hamas says it is ready to release 34 captives. Israel says the names are all on a list given to Hamas in July, minus some who have died, and that Hamas has given no indication of the state of the captives.
12/31/2024
US and Israel intensify attacks on Houthi military emplacements. With the wars in Gaza and Syria pulling back, the Houthis remain the last of the Iran-backed “axis of resistance” still fighting repeatedly in the region.
12/30/2024
Palestinian authority attacking armed groups, including those allied with Hamas, in the West Bank in an attempt to reassert its authority there and to gain favor with the US and other West governments.
12/18/2024
Israel and Hamas said to be closer to an agreement for a ceasefire, although details about which hostages and Palestinian prisoners would be released and when, when and where Israeli troops would withdraw, when and where displaced Palestinians would be allowed to return, and what areas might be under Israeli control or monitoring, among other issues, are still in discussion.
12/16/2024
Knesset approves plan to expand settlements in the West Bank.
12/15/2024
Palestinian authority carries out attacks against militants in the West Bank in an effort to thwart attacks.
12/15/2024
Israel continues heavy bombing in Syria and attacks in Gaza.
12/11/2024
Israel continues bombing of Gaza sites, including schools and hospitals.
11/30/2024
President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas announces a successor, Rawhi Fattouh, to take over if he cannot continue in his post due to poor health. Fattouh is the former speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, current speaker of the Palestinian National Council – the legislative body of the PLO – and a member of Fatah’s Central Committee. Abbas has already picked Mahmoud al-Aloul – deputy chairman of the central committee – to take over Fatah after him. However, Abbas has ensured that his close confidant Hussein al-Sheikh – PLO secretary-general – will succeed him as its head of the PLO. Observers say that the Palestinian Authority is the least-coveted role because it is a limited role, providing services, where the center of real power is the PLO and Fatah.
11/29/2024
IDF continues attacks in Gaza.
11/27/2024
Hezbollah and Israel agree to a ceasefire in Lebanon. Significantly, it is described as a separation of Hezbollah (and implicitly Iran) from Hamas, which puts greater pressure on Hamas to agree to a ceasefire.
11/23/2024
IDF kills 120 in Gaza in the recent 48 hours.
11/20/2024
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza because it does not include a provision on the return of hostages.
11/20/2024
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya, former defense minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif, whom Israel claims to have killed in 7/24.
11/19/2024
Gangs looting aid trucks in areas in Gaza under Israeli control.
11/14/2024
UN special committee says that Israel’s methods of war in Gaza are “consistent with genocide.”
10/27/2024
Egypt proposes a two-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which might allow for a hostage release.
10/27/2024
Knesset bans UNWRA, the UN agency providing aid to Palestinians, which Israel believes aided in the 10/7 attack.
10/20/2024
IDF continues attacks both in Gaza and in Lebanon.
10/14/2024
IDF attacks a hospital in Gaza, killing 20.
10/07/2024
On the anniversary of their attack on Israel, Hamas fires rockets into southern Israel. IDF launches new attacks in Gaza.
10/03/2024
Israel continues bombing Lebanon, attacks a refugee camp in West Bank, and bombs Gaza. World leaders are worried that Israel may retaliate against Iran by bombing nuclear sites, though it seems unlikely. Attacks on the oil industry are more likely.
09/15/2024
Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh submits resignation. King Abdullah II appoints his chief of staff, Jafar Hassan, prime minister with an expressed charge of supporting Palestinians. The war in Gaza has decreased tourism to Jordan, normally 14% of its economy.
09/05/2024
Israel has launched a military operation in the West Bank, saying that Hamas commanders are hiding there.
08/30/2024
The bodies of six dead hostages are recovered in Gaza.
08/28/2024
Israel launches a significant offensive in the West Bank to attack Hamas commanders. It is a “Gaza-style” attack, according to the Israeli foreign minister.
08/24/2024
Amid new efforts at peace talks, and intransigence on both sides, Israel attacks Hezbollah in Lebanon on suspicion of planning a new attack. Hezbollah responds with hundreds of rockets.
08/15/2024
Talks on a ceasefire and hostage release restart, although there is little optimism about an agreement.
07/31/2024
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh is killed in Teheran, Iran, by an assassin. Iran accuses Israel of the killing and vows to revenge it. Israel does not respond.
07/23/2024
Hamas and Fatah sign agreement ending their division, at talks in China.
07/22/2024
IDF orders evacuation from humanitarian zone in southern Gaza after Hamas rocket attacks, as it continues attacks throughout Gaza.
07/19/2024
International Court of Justice rules that Israel’s settlement policies in Palestinian territory violate international law.
07/11/2024
Israel tells residents of Gaza City to leave in advance of more attacks.
07/10/2024
Israel continues constant airstrikes on areas previously said to be safe zones. An attack on a children’s hospital causes more international condemnation.
07/07/2024
Hamas is said to have softened its positions on ceasefire and hostage negotiations.
07/03/2024
IDF returns to attack Khan Yunis, telling residents to evacuate once again. Most Gazans are on the verge of starvation.
06/24/2024
Netanyahu says the most intense phase of the assault against Hamas in Gaza is coming to an end, freeing up forces to move to the Lebanese border. However, he also says that while he is open to a ceasefire agreement, he will not agree to any agreement that requires the end of the campaign.
06/18/2024
Israel suggests that its efforts to destroy Hamas may be nearing an end.
06/11/2024
US announces $400 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza.
06/10/2024
UN Security Council approves US-backed plan for a ceasefire in Gaza. Israel says that it will continue until Hamas has been eliminated. Israel increasingly isolated for its unyielding position.
06/03/2024
US advocates for Gaza ceasefire plan in UN. The US is working hard diplomatically to force Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire.
06/01/2024
Israel says US is misrepresenting the ceasefire plan. The US affirms its description of the plan.
05/31/2024
US announces support for a ceasefire plan in Gaza.
05/29/2024
IDF says it has control of border crossing between Egypt and Gaza.
05/26/2024
Brutal attack on refuge tent camp by IDF kills scores and raises outrage around the world. Netanyahu calls it a “tragic mistake’ and says there will be an investigation. IDF says it killed two high Hamas commanders in the attack.
05/24/2024
International Court of Justice orders Israel to immediately halt its attack on Rafah in Gaza.
05/16/2024
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant saying the country should not be involved in ruling Gaza once the fighting ends. Unusual criticism of Netanyahu’s intransigent stance on keeping Gaza under Israeli rule.
05/13/2024
Fighting in both the north and the south.
05/12/2024
Fierce fighting in northern Gaza, where the IDF says Hamas has regrouped.
05/10/2024
UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to admit Palestine. While the US will probably veto its admission, the vote does allow Palestine additional rights, including to submit proposals and amendments directly, without having to go through another country, as is the case now.
05/09/2024
Netanyahu continues to insist on an invasion of Rafah to root out Hamas terrorists. Hamas says there can be no agreement as long fighting in Rafah continues.
05/08/2024
US says it will hold heavy bombs and other offensive munitions from Israel if Rafah is invaded in a major way.
05/07/2024
Israel says it has seized the border crossing of Rafah.
05/06/2024
IDF conducts “targeted strikes” in eastern Rafah.
05/05/2024
IDF orders civilians in Rafah to evacuate.
05/05/2024
Hamas announces that it has accepted Israel-Egypt ceasefire proposal, but Israel disputes this.
05/03/2024
Turkey halts trade with Israel over war on Gaza.
05/01/2024
Intensifying protests on US college campuses against the war in Gaza have gained worldwide attention and widespread condemnation as anti-Semitic incidents proliferate.
04/30/2024
04/26/2024
Continuous Israeli shelling of eastern section of Rafah.
04/25/2024
Israel and Egypt hold discussion about invasion of Rafah in Gazar, which could displace many Gazans to Egypt.
04/18/2024
IDF deploys ground forces to Gaza border, perhaps in preparation for an attack on Rafah, despite world pressure against it.
04/18/2024
US vetoes Palestinian Authority’s request for full UN membership in a show of support for Israel.
04/11/2024
Hamas reportedly cannot find enough of the hostages to return to Israel.
04/10/2024
IDF attacks in Gaza somewhat reduced, but Netanyahu vows that assault on Rafah will be conducted.
04/09/2024
Three of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s sons are killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.
04/06/2024
US presses Egypt and Qatar to urge Hamas to an agreement on ceasefire/hostages.
04/05/2024
Israel says it will open more routes for aid to Gaza.
04/04/2024
After increasing national and international calls for help for Gazans, US demands that Israel protect civilians in Gaza, which is now facing mass starvation.
04/02/2024
Food aid workers killed in IDF attack, seemingly with knowledge that they were civilian aid workers, causing outrage around the world.
04/01/2024
IDF ends renewed attack on al-Shifra hospital, leaving it in ruins.
04/01/2024
IDF ends renewed attack on al-Shifra hospital, leaving it in ruins.
03/29/2024
Netanyahu resumes negotiations with Hamas through Qataris.
03/22/2024
UN fails to pass US draft resolution supporting an immediate ceasefire in Gaza tied to talks on hostage release. Russia, China, and Algeria voted against it and some criticized it for ambiguous language on the call for a ceasefire.
03/20/2024
Wide areas of Gaza facing starvation.
03/18/2024
Negotiations on a ceasefire coupled with hostage exchange resume after multiple failed attempts.


03/14/2024
New prime minister
Palestinian PM Abbas appoints economic adviser Mohammed Mustafa to be prime minister under pressure to reform the Palestinian Authority government.
03/06/2024
The government of Cyprus, just 230 miles from Gaza, has proposed the establishment of a one-way maritime corridor to provide uninterrupted aid to Palestinian civilians trapped there. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to the island nation later this week to discuss the plan with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides.
03/03/2024
US and Jordanian airplanes drop food aid in Gaza. There is criticism that it is too little too late and by an ally of Israel.
02/29/2024
Hamas and Fatah meet in Moscow.
02/28/2024
More than 100 Gazans are killed by the IDF when they mass by aid trucks. The IDF said some seemed threatening. Some were simply run over.
02/21/2024
World Food Program halts deliveries in Gaza after IDF fires on one of its convoys.
02/20/2024
US vetoes UN resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza because it fails to impose demands on Hamas. Highly criticized, given the humanitarian disaster in Gaza. US proposes a temporary halt to fighting.
02/16/2024
Satellite photos show Egypt building a wall on its border with Gaza near the city of Rafah in advance of Israel’s assault on that city, in order to prevent Gazans from fleeing to Egypt.
02/15/2024
IDF increasing strikes on Rafah, including on its hospital, resulting in multiple deaths. Israel continues to insist that it will attack Rafah on the ground, though there is little opportunity for citizens to leave for safety anywhere else. Worldwide criticism of the plan.
02/11/2024
Israel says it has freed two hostages during raids in Rafah. Concern around the world has grown as the attacks continue after Israel advised Gazans to take refuge in Rafah.
02/09/2024
Israel orders the military to move civilians out of Rafah in order to pursue Hamas militants. There are more than a million people in the area, most of the refugees from elsewhere in Gaza.
02/03/2024
Israel continues widespread bombing in southern Gaza.
02/01/2024
Rumors of Israel and Hamas closer to an agreement to end the fighting and release hostages, but significant differences remain. Netanyahu continues insisting on the release of all hostages before a ceasefire.
01/26/2024
International Court of Justice orders Israel to try to prevent deaths of Palestinian civilians and to allow more aid into the territory.
01/19/2024
Netanyahu publicly rejects the proposal of a Palestinian state.
01/18/2024
US and allies continue attacks on Houthi rocket and drone installations, while the Houthis continue to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea. Combined with recent attacks by Iran on Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan, as well as the continued Israeli attacks on Gaza, there is increasing fear that the war is becoming regional.
01/17/2024
IDF continues attacks in southern Gaza despite having declared that the “intensive phase” of operations had ended. IDF also continues attacking bases in southern Lebanon.
01/12/2024
UN Court of Justice begins hearing on South Africa charge that Israel has committed genocide in Palestine.
01/12/2024
Israel continues significant bombing and ground fighting in southern Gaza but restricts fighting somewhat in the north as fighting in northern Israel against Hezbollah attacks continues.
01/11/2024
US and UK bomb multiple targets in Yemen, primarily sites involving drones and missiles in retaliation for Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.
01/08/2024
On a trip to the Mideast, US Secretary of State says that several Arab nations have expressed interest in helping plan for Gaza in the post war including: Jordran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.
01/07/2024
Israel Defense Minister Gallant submits a report to the war cabinet saying that when the war ends, the “vision for phase three” is that civil administration of Gaza would pass to unnamed “Palestinian players,” while Israel would retain the ability to carry out military activities within the Strip after the war.
01/02/2024
Hamas leader Saleh Arouri killed in missile attack in Beirut. Israel is suspected.
01/01/2024
IDF says it will withdraw several thousand troops from Gaza, citing the blow to the economy from withdrawing thousands of workers. It may also be a response to US urging to restrict the fighting.
12/26/2023
Egypt proposes a ceasefire plan but neither Israel nor Hamas shows any interest or responds.
12/26/2023
US launches air strikes in Iraq on pro-Iran forces who have targeted US forces. The Iraqi government protests.
12/26/2023
Egypt proposes a ceasefire plan but neither Israel nor Hamas shows any interest or responds.
12/26/2023
India sends warships to the Arabian Sea a day after a drone allegedly from Iran strikes a tanker off the coast of India.
12/25/2023
Israeli airstrike kills senior Iran military commander who oversaw arms shipments to Hezbollah.
12/25/2023
Netanyahu vows to intensify war effort.
12/22/2023
Shelling by Hezbollah into northern Israel. Israel responds with air attacks.
12/22/2023
UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for an indefinite pause to allow humanitarian to be delivered. The United States abstained because the resolution did not support Israel’s right to self-defense.
12/21/2023
Israel has not yet found evidence that the al-Shifa hospital was a Hamas headquarters.
12/20/2023
US announces ten-nation coalition to counter Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. The Houthi attacks have been highly popular in Yemen, helping it to recruit new adherents.
12/14/2023
US urges Israel to change their strategy and tactics to reduce civilian deaths in Gaza.
12/13/2023
Biden critical of Israel policy on Gaza, saying Israel is losing world support. Netanyahu responds that Israel will continue until Hamas is eliminated.
12/12/2023
Israel warns of wider war in Lebanon with Hezbollah, which has intensified its rocket attacks on northern Israel.
12/11/2023
Cruise missile claimed to be launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen strikes Norwegian tanker in the Red Sea.
12/09/2023
IDF increases raids on Palestinians in the West Bank.
12/08/2023
US embassy in Baghdad targeted by rockets, causing minor damage and no casualties.
12/05/2023
IDF enters Khan Younis in southern Gaza, formerly Gaza’s second-largest city. Israel has told the tens of thousands of refugees to evacuate Khan Younis, but there is now here for them to go. Israel says it is making surgical attacks in the city looking for Hamas leaders. Palestinians say IDF is shooting anything that moves. Hamas still firing missiles from northern Gaza into Israel, with little effect.
12/05/2023
IDF enters Khan Younis in southern Gaza, formerly Gaza’s second-largest city. Israel has told the tens of thousands of refugees to evacuate Khan Younis, but there is now here for them to go. Israel says it is making surgical attacks in the city looking for Hamas leaders. Palestinians say IDF is shooting anything that moves. Hamas still firing missiles from northern Gaza into Israel, with little effect.
12/04/2023
Israel continues bombing. Calls on Gazans to leave southern Gaza, though they have nowhere to go.
12/01/2023
Israel resumes bombing Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire.
11/30/2023
Pause is extended another day and hostages and prisoners are exchanged as negotiations on a longer agreement continue.
11/29/2023
Pause continued as more hostages are released by Hamas and more Palestinians prisoners released by Israel. Negotiations over a more extended ceasefire are continuing.
11/27/2023
Final day of initial pause in fighting, but Israel and Hamas agree to extend the pause for two more days.
11/26/2023
After brief interruption when Hamas says that Israel is not releasing hostages as agreed (longest in prison first) and allowing agreed amount of aid to enter Gaza, exchange continues. 117 Palestinian prisoners released and 58 Israelis. In addition some Thais who worked on Israeli kibbutz were released by Hamas.
11/24/2023
Israel and Hamas release hostages as agreed.
11/22/2023
Israel says that pause cannot begin until 11/24.
11/21/2023
Agreement reached on pause in fighting and release of 50 hostages, women and children, and release of 150 Palestinians currently held in Israeli jails, also women and children. There is to be no fighting for five days.
11/20/2023
IDF now besieging another hospital known as the Indonesian hospital. Israel says that it has proof of a tunnel underneath the al Shifra hospital and that hostages were taken there.
11/19/2023
Yemen Houthis seize cargo ship in the Red Sea said to be owned by an Israeli.
11/16/2023
Netanyahu announces that they body of a hostage was found near the hospital. Skepticism is mounting that the attack on the hospital was unjustified.
11/16/2023
UN halts aid transport after communications break down in Gaza.
11/15/2023
Israeli military enters Al Shifra hospital. The IDF reports that they found weapons there and evidence of Hamas communication devices on site. However, the military has banned journalists from entering the hospital, so the statements cannot be verified.
11/13/2023
Saudi Arabia leads meeting of Arab nations over the Israel-Hamas war.
11/13/2023
US again attacks Iran-backed military sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US personnel.
11/12/2023
Increasing criticism of Israeli attack on Gaza as the IDF continues attacking hospitals, insisting they are atop Hamas leadership headquarters. Israeli snipers have surrounded one, the Al-Shifra hospital and are firing at anyone near it, trapping hundreds inside. The hospitals have closed, having no fuel and little medicine.
11/09/2023
US forces in Iraq attacked in three places by drones and an explosive device.
11/09/2023
Israel commits to daily four-hour pauses in north Gaza and to announce them three hours in advance.
11/08/2023
US bombs military facility in Syria linked to the Iran Revolutionary Guards in retaliation for multiple attacks on American forces in the region.
11/06/2023
Israeli forces sever Gaza in half. More than 10,000 Palestinians are said to been killed.
11/05/2023
Increasing calls for a humanitarian pause or ceasefire. Netanyahu asserts that there will be no pause until the hostages are all released.
11/02/2023
Israeli forces encircle Gaza City. The US, among others, calls for a humanitarian pause. Increased violence in the West Bank.
11/02/2023
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nazrallah says that Hezbollah will not increase the intensity of its attacks on Israel in support of Hamas unless Israel does so against Lebanon but calls for the war to end.
11/01/2023
Some wounded are allowed to enter Egypt as well as some foreign nationals in Gaza.
10/30/2023
UN General Assembly passes a resolution calling for an immediate “humanitarian truce” in Gaza to allow aid to be delivered. An amendment sponsored by Canada that would have condemned the Hamas 10/7 attack failed to pass.
10/30/2023
Fierce fighting in and bombing of Gaza City.
10/30/2023
Netanyahu rejects calls for a ceasefire.
10/29/2023
Gazans break into aid storage facilities, taking supplies.
10/28/2023
Netanyahu says that the “second stage” of the war has begun. Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinians in the West Bank.
10/27/2023
US says that its forces have attacked two sites in Syria used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Forces and affiliated groups in response to attacks on US personnel in Iraq and Syria.
10/27/2023
Hamas representatives and Iranian foreign minister meet for talks in Russia.
10/27/2023
Israel makes new incursion into Gaza and carries out some of the heaviest bombing of the war. Netanyahu says the ground offensive is coming, without being specific, and that it will be a long and difficult war.
10/26/2023
Israeli troops and tanks make limited incursion into Gaza, but no firm decision has been made as to when and how to mount the main attack. Negotiations about the hostages continue.
10/26/2023
Hamas says that 7000 Gazans have been killed by Israeli bombing. The internet has gone dark.
10/25/2023
Fuel running out in Gaza. Israel says that Hamas in withholding fuel that it has stockpiled in the tunnels and elsewhere. UN aid work is also being curtailed by a lack of fuel.
10/24/2023
US vetoes a UN Security Council resolution that condemned Hamas’s attack on Israel and called for humanitarian access to Palestinians, and release of the hostages. The US vetoes the resolution because it did not mention Israel’s right to self-defense.
10/24/2023
US warns Iran against attacking US troops in the Middle East. This is in the context of the Israel-Hamas conflict. There have been multiple attacks by Iranian allies on US positions.
10/24/2023
Shortages in Gaza now severe, and the lack of fuel is forcing hospitals to shut down all but basic services.
10/23/2023
US and allies pressuring Israel to delay the ground attack on Gaza in order to save some Palestinians, allow more time to negotiate hostage releases, and prevent the war from expanding further.
10/23/2023
Hamas releases two more hostages, two elderly Israeli women.
10/23/2023
There are growing calls for Netanyahu to resign. He is blamed for not acting on intelligence in advance of the Hamas attack, for undercutting Fatah in the West Bank to the advantage of Hamas, and of allowing Qatar to funnel substantial aid to Hamas.
10/23/2023
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank attack Palestinians in the area, killing some and destroying property.
10/22/2023
Israel bombs airports in Damascus and Aleppo to prevent them from being used to widen the war with Hamas.
10/22/2023
Israel relocates some citizens living near the border with Lebanon, as fears of a wider war increase. US orders some diplomatic personnel to leave Iraq.
10/21/2023
Leaders from multiple countries, mostly Arab but also from Europe, Russia, China and the US, meet in Cairo to discuss the Israeli-Hamas war.
10/21/2023
Hamas agrees to release two hostages, an American mother and daughter, to the Red Cross and ultimately the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar.
10/20/2023
Increased attacks by Iranian proxies in the Middle East target US installations. This indicates an intention to foment a wider conflict that would be in line with Hamas’s intentions.
10/20/2023
Rafah border is opened to allow humanitarian aid trucks to pass. No Palestinians or other people are allowed to cross in either direction.
10/19/2023
With Israeli airstrikes continuing, nearly 4000 Gazans have been killed. Human rights experts are calling Israeli actions “crimes against humanity.”
10/18/2023
In the aftermath of the hospital bombing, PLA’s Abbas, Jordan and Lebanon cancel scheduled meeting with US President Biden, a blow to hopes for a regional approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
10/18/2023
Hezbollah increases its rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanon, raising fears of a wider regional war.
10/18/2023
President Biden in Israel. He announces an agreement on aid to Gaza, and a humanitarian corridor to open on the Egyptian border of Gaza.
10/18/2023
US vetoes a UN Security Council resolution condemning all violence in the Israel-Hamas war and calling for a humanitarian pause in the war, saying it is too early to craft a response and criticizing the resolution for not affirming Israel’s right to self-defense.
10/17/2023
Bombing of hospital in Gaza kills hundreds. There is outrage and initial suspicion falls on Israel, although afterwards, evidence tends to point to Islamic Jihad missile that malfunctioned.
10/17/2023
US President Biden announces that an agreement has been made with Egypt to allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza at the Rafah Crossing. However, the area has been bombed and will need to be repaired, which will take a few days. Fuel is not included in the aid.
10/16/2023
US announces that there is an agreement to allow foreigners in Gaza to leave through the Rafah Gate to Egypt and that a humanitarian corridor will be set up into southern Gaza. It also announces that President Biden will visit Israel within the week.
10/16/2023
Hamas offers to free hostages from foreign countries when the conditions are right. Not clear what this means precisely.
10/13/2023
Israel orders civilians in northern Gaza to evacuate. They can only go to southern Gaza if they are able to travel at all. Israel has dropped more than 6000 bombs on Gaza in the last several days.
10/12/2023
Israel says that there will be no fuel, food, or electricity in Gaza until the hostages are released. Hamas has been in contact with other Arab countries about creating a humanitarian corridor from Egypt into Gaza to allow for medical and food aid.
10/11/2023
Israel shells southern Lebanon in response to Hezbollah rocket attacks from there.
10/11/2023
Israel says it has mobilized 300,000 reservists. Power plants in Gaza likely to run out of fuel this day or within another day. Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant promises a ground invasion of Gaza. Hamas is said to have more than 200 hostages, Israelis and people from other countries.
10/11/2023
Netanyahu forms emergency unity government with Benny Gantz, leader of the Israel Resilience Party, which holds six seats in the Knesset. It will last only until the war with Hamas is over. Yair Lapid, who had also called for a unity government, was not included because he demanded that the far-right parties be excluded. Netanyahu’s approval has suffered due to the policy and intelligence failures preceding the Hamas war.
10/11/2023
Photos of children being beheaded by Hamas during the attack engenders widespread condemnation.
10/10/2023
Israel orders siege of Gaza while levelling parts of the territory in the stated effort to destroy Hamas strongholds, which it says are in apartment buildings that it is destroying.
10/09/2023
Hamas continues shelling of Israel.
10/09/2023
Israel says that battles with Hamas in southern Israeli towns have ended.
10/09/2023
Israel announces interdiction of food, fuel, and electricity to Gaza. Continuing bombing of Gaza, including refugee camps, said to have killed more than 500. Israel says it hit 1000 targets in Gaza and will continue even at the cost of Israeli captives in Gaza.
10/09/2023
European Neighborhood Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi says the EU will suspend more than $700 million in development aid to Palestinians then retracts the statement after protests by member states.
10/08/2023
Hezbollah in Lebanon fires rockets at Israel in support of Gaza. Israel returns the fire.
10/08/2023
Israel formally declares war on Gaza. Bombing of Gaza continues and Netanyahu warns that all Hamas strongholds will be razed.
10/08/2023
Attempted incursion into Israel from Lebanon by Gaza-based Islamic Jihad thwarted. The group also says they are holding thirty Israeli captives.


10/07/2023
Hamas attacks Israel
Hamas attacks Israel by land, sea, and air in retaliation for past atrocities notably the attack on the Al-Aqsa mosque in 4/23. More than 5000 thousand missiles are fired at Israeli targets and there is an invasion across several border points with Israel by approximately 1500. At least 100 Israelis are killed and a substantial number are taken prisoner. There is widespread killing of civilians unrelated to any military objective. There is discussion that this attack, supported and equipped by Iran, is intended to rebalance Iran’s regional position, caused in part by the reported normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Iran may also have been behind a recent terrorist bombing in Ankara, Turkey, which caused Turkey to bomb PKK sites in Syria. The attack also took place on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. There is concern in Israeli intelligence at the failure to detect any sign of the preparation for the attack, which must have been substantial.
10/07/2023
Israel bombs Gaza widely, killing at least 200. Netanyahu says Israel is “at war” with Gaza.
07/05/2023
Incursion ends with eleven Palestinians killed and one Israeli soldier.
07/03/2023
Israel begins two-day incursion in Jenin refugee camp in an “extensive counterterrorism effort.” It involves helicopter gunships, more than 150 armored vehicles and 1000 special forces.
06/20/2023
UN criticizes Israel’s use of heavy military equipment, including helicopter gunships, in recent raid on Jenin.
06/20/2023
Palestinians kill four Israeli West Bank settlers. Subsequently, Israeli West Bank settlers riot through Palestinian towns, killing one.
06/19/2023
Israel attacks Jenin refugee camp to arrest two suspects. At least seven Palestinians are killed including children.
06/13/2023
Abbas begins four-day state visit to China. It is his fifth visit, and he is expected to meet with Xi.
05/11/2023
Reciprocal attacks continue.
05/09/2023
Israel attacks kill three leaders of Islamic jihad in Gaza as violence between the two countries continues. Gazan forces will no doubt respond with more attacks.
05/02/2023
Palestinian hunger striker in Israeli custody dies, sparking new conflict. A ceasefire is agreed to quickly.
04/06/2023
Israeli police raid Al-Aqsa mosque again and fire missiles at Gaza in response to Gazan missile attacks.
04/05/2023
Israeli police raid Al-Aqsa mosque, arresting hundreds of Palestinians during Ramadan. Israeli police said in a statement that its forces entered al-Aqsa after “hundreds of rioters and mosque desecrators (had) barricaded themselves” inside. “When the police entered, stones were thrown at them, and fireworks were fired from inside the mosque by a large group of agitators,” according to the statement.
03/22/2023
Jordan parliament votes to expel Israeli ambassador over remarks by religious conservative Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who recently denied the existence of Palestinian culture.
03/19/2023
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meet to try to find a way to reduce tensions.
03/08/2023
General strike in the West Bank in response to Israeli killings.
03/07/2023
Israeli raid in Jenin in the West Bank kills six Palestinians.
02/26/2023
Backed by the Israeli army, Israeli settlers in villages south of Nablus carry out about 300 attacks on Palestinians, burning homes and cars. One person is killed, hundreds injured. The attacks are in revenge for the killing of two Israelis in the area.
01/27/2023
Palestinian kills seven Israelis near a synagogue in East Jerusalem.
01/26/2023
Israel launches air attacks on Gaza after a raid in Jenin to pursue suspected Islamic Jihad militants.
01/03/2023
Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits Temple Mount, which Palestinians see as an intentional provocation. Ben Gvir had to delay the visit with Netanyahu, but went ahead despite that.
12/22/2022
Chile says it will open embassy in Palestinian territories.
12/03/2022
Continuing violence in the West Bank.
11/16/2022
Attacks and reprisals continue in the fighting between Israel and Palestinian Territories, especially in the Ariel settlement.
11/16/2022
Israel deploys remote-controlled, AI-directed guns directed at Palestinian camp and a center of protest in the West Bank.
10/26/2022
Israeli army continues crackdown in Nablus, in the Palestinian Authority, focusing on new militant group, Lion’s Gate, that has been responsible for attacks recently.
10/13/2022
Several days of new fighting between Israeli forces and militants in Gaza.
10/13/2022
Fatah, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (Talal Naji) sign a reconciliation agreement in Algeria. It doesn’t set up a process for a unity government, but does so for a national council and future elections. It recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole representative of the Palestinian people.
08/07/2022
Israel and Islamic Jihad group agree to a ceasefire. At least two commanders have been killed and at least twenty other people arrested.
08/04/2022
Israeli airstrikes kill nine in Gaza, including a senior jihadist commander.
04/26/2022
Palestinian killed during Israeli raid in the West Bank.
04/25/2022
Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, and the UAE meet to discuss tension in Jerusalem and call on Israel and the Palestinian Authority to stop measures that undermine the two-state solution and return to serious negotiations.
04/18/2022
Israel launches air attack on Hamas munitions site. No one is killed and Hamas retaliates, but it is an increase in the level of violence between Hamas and Israel that has grown over recent weeks.
04/14/2022
A series of attacks in Israel by Palestinians and responses in Palestinian territories roil the area.
02/09/2022
Palestinian Central Council (PCC) announced the appointments to the Palestine Liberation Organization. Critics say that Abbas has attempted to cement his control of the organization and determine his successor by appropriating responsibilities that belong to the much larger Palestinian National Council. They say the Central Council does not have the right to executive and legislative leaders of the of the PCC. The controversial Hussein al-Sheikh is appointed to the executive committee and will likely replace late chief negotiator Saeb Erekat as the committee’s secretary-general. He has been criticized for maintaining the security agreement with Israel.
01/25/2022
Fatah government cracking down on opposition in the West Bank. Some observers suggest that Fatah’s declining popularity is making it fearful of opposition groups gaining ground.
12/11/2021
First phase of voting for municipal elections in the West Bank. The second phase, in much more populated areas, will be 3/22/22. Hamas is boycotting the vote, calling for national elections.
12/02/2021
Palestinian Authority having difficulty paying its employees.
11/17/2021
Qatar and Egypt agree to supply Gaza with fuel and building materials.
10/11/2021
International agencies report that 97% of Gaza’s water is polluted and gradually poisoning residents.
09/03/2021
Egypt's Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, King Abdullah II of Jordan and the Palestinian Authority's Mahmoud Abbas meet in Cairo to discuss the peace process and the two-state solution to the conflict with Israel.
09/02/2021
The Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank is becoming increasingly violent and dangerous. Occupants are frustrated with the Israeli presence and the failure of West Bank leadership to ameliorate problems. Jenin was one of the topics discussed by Gantz and Abbas.
08/29/2021
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets with Mahmoud Abbas to discuss security issues. There have been recent exchanges between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in Gaza.
08/01/2021
Ismail Haniya reelected leader of Hamas.
06/30/2021
Protests against ineffective government, sparked by the death of a critic of the Abbas government in custody on 6/24.
06/16/2021
Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza after Palestinians send incendiary balloons into southern Israel.
05/22/2021
Ceasefire holding.
05/20/2021
Israel and Gaza agree to a ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.
05/19/2021
US Pres Biden tells Netanyahu to significantly de-escalate the in Gaza today.
05/17/2021
Despite increasing calls for a ceasefire, Israel vows to continue to attack Gaza by air until its military capabilities are handicapped.
05/13/2021
Israeli attacks on Gaza continue, bombing both Palestinian military and civilian targets. Gaza rocket attacks on Israel continue.
05/12/2021
Israel masses ground forces on the Gaza border.
05/11/2021
Hamas fires rockets at Jerusalem, most of which are intercepted, in response to the attacks at the al-Aqsa mosque. Israeli fighter jets bomb areas of Gaza.
05/10/2021
Israeli security forces again attack Palestinians at the al-Aqsa mosque, wounding more than 300. Twenty Israelis were injured.
05/07/2021
Israeli police attack Muslims at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. They were celebrating the final night of Ramadan, and also protesting the eviction of Palestinians from the Sheik Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem as Israelis take over more of the East Bank. Tensions between Palestinians and Israelis have been increasing for months.
04/30/2021
Fatah postpones elections, citing Israel’s failure to decide whether to allow Palestinians to vote in East Jerusalem in May election. Fatah protests, and most observers believe that Fatah believed it would lose at the polls.
04/02/2021
Saudi foreign minister says that normalizing relations with Israel would be good for the region, but that it would depend on peace negotiations establishing a Palestinian state.
01/15/2021
Abbas announces new elections later this year to heal tensions between Hamas and Fatah.
11/17/2020
The Palestinian Authority resumes diplomatic relations with Israel after Israel provides affirmation that it will abide by previous agreements.
09/25/2020
Hamas and Fatah agree to hold elections within six months.
09/24/2020
Bahrain's King Hamad says the agreement with Israel should encourage resolution of the Palestinian problem and a two-state solution.
09/15/2020
Following recognition of Israel by the UAE and Bahrain, Hamas and Fatah attempt to form a unified political front. Threat from Iran and a US diplomatic push has moved Arab states toward détente with Israel.
07/01/2020
Original target date for Israel to take over parts of the West Bank passes without any action by Israel.
06/15/2020
Hamas leader Salah al-Bardawil calls for Palestinian unity to oppose annexation of parts of the West Bank.
06/02/2020
Israeli settlers object to Netanyahu’s plan to annex parts of the west Bank, saying it will create isolated islands of settlements that are more vulnerable to attack by Palestinians.
05/20/2020
Government ends all agreements with Israel and the US due to Israeli expansion of settlements in the West Bank.
05/05/2020
Palestinian Authority extends stay-at-home order due to COVID-19 pandemic to the end of May.
03/22/2020
Palestinian Territories confirms its first case of COVID-19.
02/24/2020
Netanyahu threatens Gaza leadership with war if attacks continue. Leaders call for a cease-fire.
02/11/2020
Saudi prince condemns US-Israel peace plan.
02/01/2020
Government cuts diplomatic relations with the US and Israel, including security agreement.
01/31/2020
Arab League rejects US-Israeli peace plan.
01/30/2020
Quiet response to US-Israeli plan leaves Palestinians with little leverage for future discussions. They say they will go to the UN to block the plan and may withdraw from the Oslo agreement, including its requirement for security coordination.
01/28/2020
US presents peace plan for Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Written without consultation of the Palestinians, it largely favors Israel and recognizes some aspects that are considered violation of international law. Netanyahu, meeting with Pres Trump, says he will accept and institute the plan if it is accepted. Benny Gantz, speaking separately, says the same. The Palestinians quickly condemn it.
11/14/2019
After Islamic Jihad announces a cease-fire, Israel says it has halted military action.
11/14/2019
Truce breaks down.
11/11/2019
New flare-up of violence between Gaza and Israel. Rockets from Gaza hit Israel and Israel conducts airstrikes on Gaza.
09/09/2019
Netanyahu says he will annex a large part of the West Bank oand the Jordan Valley if reelected. The Arab reaction is relatively muted because this is considered a campaign ploy, and because the Palestinian cause has faded in priority recently.
07/26/2019
Abbas says that the Palestinian Authority will halt executing agreements with Israel. Israel recently destroyed dozens of Palestinian homes in the West Bank. Israel and the Authority are negotiating about payment of taxes. Israel deducts money from the taxes it collects from Palestinians, justifying it by saying that it pays for housing of Palestinian prisoners. As a result, the PA refused to take any of the tax money Israel offered.
06/06/2019
Government suspends pay raises for ministers after anonymous online group reports the raises amidst the economic problems of the Palestinian Authority.
06/06/2019
Government suspends pay raises for ministers after anonymous online group reports the raises amidst the economic problems of the Palestinian Authority.
05/06/2019
Israel and Gaza agree on a cease-fire.
05/04/2019
Six hundred rockets fired from Gaza toward Israel. Israel responds with airstrikes. Israel also says it has stopped a cyber attack by Hamas and destroyed the Hamas cyberspace headquarters. This is perhaps the first time a country has retaliated in the physical world for an attack in the digital world. In 2015, the US killed an Islamic State cyberattack leader with a drone strike.
05/01/2019
Exchange of fire between Israel and Gaza.
04/14/2019
Mohammed Shtayyeh is sworn in as prime minister of the new Palestinian government. Hamas named pm on 3/10. Hamas protest it as a blow to the unity government.
03/26/2019
Hamas announces ceasefire with Israel.
03/26/2019
Renewed fighting between Gaza and Israel.
03/25/2019
More exchanges of rocket attacks between Israel and Gaza.
03/14/2019
After rockets fired at Tel Aviv from Gaza, Israel retaliates with air strikes.
03/10/2019
Abbas appoints senior Fatah official Mohammed Shtayyeh to be prime minister.
03/04/2019
US combines Palestinian mission in Israel with it embassy.
01/29/2019
PM Rami al-Hamdallah and his government resign in a blow to the rconciliation with Hamas. The two sides disagreed over power-sharing and policy to Israel.
01/29/2019
PM Rami al-Hamdallah and his government resign in a blow to the reconciliation with Hamas. The two sides disagreed over power-sharing and policy to Israel.
12/14/2018
Israelis arrest dozens of Palestinians in Gaza raids.
12/13/2018
Two Israelis are killed in drive-by shootings by Palestinians.
12/12/2018
Israeli raids kill three Palestinians suspected of attacks against Israelis.
11/14/2018
Ceasefire holds in Gaza. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigns in protest over the agreement with Hamas, which may force early elections.
11/13/2018
A ceasefire agreement has been reached.
11/12/2018
Palestinians launch hundreds of rockets into Israel, though there is little effect.
11/11/2018
Covert Israeli operation kills several “extremists,” including a Hamas commander, in Palestine.
10/29/2018
The Palestinian Central Council, a group within the PLO, calls for Palestine to suspend recognition of Israel until Israel accepts the 1967 borders of Palestine.
10/27/2018
Israel accuses Iran of ordering recent missile strikes on Israel from Palestinian Territories.
10/25/2018
Israeli newspaper reports that an Egypt-brokered agreement may defuse violence between Israel and Hamas. Israel agrees to allow some materials into Gaza and to extend fishing rights.
10/17/2018
Renewed fighting between Israel and Gaza Strip.
08/31/2018
Germany says it will increase aid to the UN agency that supports Palestinians.
08/25/2018
US cuts aid to Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza.
08/16/2018
Israeli news reports that agreement with Gaza would include a one-year ceasefire. Also, Qatar would join Egypt in paying salaries for Gazan workers and for electricity in the Gaza Strip.
08/16/2018
Israeli news reports that agreement with Gaza would include a one-year ceasefire. Also, Qatar would join Egypt in paying salaries for Gazan workers and for electricity in the Gaza Strip.
08/13/2018
Israel reported to be pursuing peace pact with Hamas in Gaza, in order to concentrate on the greater threat it sees from Iran.
08/10/2018
Continuing protests following the March of Return (which officially ended 5/15), and Israel continues to retaliate against attacks.
08/09/2018
Palestine says that the previous administration in Colombia recognized Palestine as an independent state on 8/3. Israel objects and the Duque administration says it will review the decision.
07/28/2018
King Salman reported to have reassured Abbas and other Arab allies that Saudi Arabia will not endorse any peace plan that does not address Jerusalem or the right of return, such as the plan being developed by Trump advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner with Israel.
07/24/2018
Israel allows some shipments of fuel, medicine, and food to Gaza.
07/17/2018
Israel suspends fuel deliveries to Gaza. However, Mohammed al-Emadi, a Qatari official administering a grant from Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani says that Israel and Hamas are quietly working together to keep fighting at a low level while Gaza projects progress.
07/15/2018
Ceasefire appears to be holding.
07/14/2018
In response to rocket fire from Gaza, Israel launches its largest attack since 2014, shelling military positions in Gaza.
06/13/2018
UN General Assembly condemns Israel for violence in Gaza protests.
06/07/2018
Three Palestinians are killed by Israelis as new protests erupt.
05/30/2018
Hamas declares a ceasefire after exchange of attacks by Gazans and retaliation by Israel. Israel accepts, saying that it will only respond to further attacks.
01/16/2018
Palestinians leaders call for the PLO to renounce its recognition of Israel, first made in 1993.
01/03/2018
Islamic State faction in Sinai declares war on Hamas due to Hamas’ crackdown on Islamist group in Gaza and its failure to prevent US embassy move to Jerusalem.
01/03/2018
Islamic State faction in Sinai declares war on Hamas due to Hamas’ crackdown on Islamist group in Gaza and its failure to prevent US embassy move to Jerusalem.
01/02/2018
Israeli parliament passes law raising number of votes needed to cede territory in Jerusalem to another country.
12/31/2017
Israeli Likud Party passes non-binding resolution urging parliament to annex Jewish settlement territories in the West Bank. They are currently under military jurisdiction; civilian control might allow for more new settlements.
12/21/2017
UN votes 128 to 9 to oppose US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
12/18/2017
Security Council votes 14 -1 to reject Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem, with the US negative vote vetoing the resolution.
12/07/2017
Some violence at Palestinian protests against US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital during “Day of Rage” demonstration.


12/06/2017
US recognizes Jerusalem as capital of Israel
US recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy there. There is almost universal condemnation of the announcement outside of Israel. Though symbolic to some extent, there is a general feeling that it will be a severe hindrance to peace negotiations.
12/06/2017
US recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, breaking decades of practice, and plans to move its embassy there. The action is almost universally condemned outside of Israel. There are protest demonstrations in the Palestinian territories immediately. Pres. Trump reaffirms that the final status of Jerusalem in regard to the Palestinian and Israeli claims to the city can only be decided by the two parties involved. However, others argue that the symbolic affirmation of Israel's current rights in the city, along with its settlement constructions in East Jerusalem, gives weight to Israel's positions on an eventual peace agreement.
11/24/2017
US allows the Palestinian mission in Washington, D.C. to remain open.
11/17/2017
US threatens to close Palestinian office in Washington if it doesn’t move forward on peace. There is a law that the Palestinian mission close if the Palestinians act against Israel in the International Criminal Court.
11/01/2017
Hamas gives control of borders with Egypt and Israel to the Palestinian Authority.
10/30/2017
Israel bombs tunnel in Gaza that was directed at Israel.
06/11/0202
Hamas responds about US-backed ceasefire plan in a positive tone, although it continues to call for all IDF troops to leave Gaza as a first step, among other demands.
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Yahya Sinwar, commander of the 10/7/23 attack on Israel, is killed. Netanyahu promises to continue fighting in Gaza until the hostages are released.
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UN passes a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and hostage exchange. The US does not veto the resolution, abstaining, infuriating Netanyahu, who cancels a diplomatic visit to the US in reprisal. However, afterwards, the US says the resolution is not binding.

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