1999 in the Palestinian territories

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Events in the year 1999 in the Palestinian territories.

Incumbents

Palestinian National Authority (non-state administrative authority)

Events

  • The Palestinian Central Council decided on 29 April to put off declaring independence until after the Israeli elections, triggering riots in the territories[1]
  • 3,000 Palestinians participated in a "Day of Rage" on 3 June, protesting the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank[2]
  • The Palestinian Authority joined the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States upon its inception on 17 June in Iran
  • PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak signed the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum, an interim peace agreement, on 4 September[3]
  • The Israeli government pre-emptively handed civilian control of 7% of the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority on 10 September, the first transfer of legal authority in 1999, in preparation for peace talks later that week[4]
  • Bilateral negotiations over Palestine's final status are conducted from 13 September-3 October, but no deal was signed due to disputes over Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees, and travel rights between Gaza and the West Bank[5]
  • Unemployment in the West Bank was estimated at 9.6%[6]
  • Unemployment in Gaza was estimated at 17%[6]

Deaths

  • Mohammed Shreiteh, father of eight who allegedly sustained terminal injuries stemming from police beating him a day earlier while he was in custody, died on 10 September in Hebron[7]
  • Mahmoud Mohammed al-Bajjali, father of three who died in prison after serving five years in prison without trial, died on 3 December in Ramallah[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ A Political Chronology of the Middle East. Europa Publications. 2006. p. 186.
  2. ↑ Patrick Cockburn (11 June 1999). "Palestine officers denounce Arafat". The Independent.
  3. ↑ Ahmed Qurie (2008). Beyond Oslo, the Struggle for Palestine: Inside the Middle East Peace Process from Rabin's Death to Camp David. p. 88.
  4. ↑ "Israel hands over more West Bank land to Palestinians". CNN. 10 September 1999.
  5. ↑ Derek Brown (20 September 2001). "Middle East timeline: 1999". The Guardian.
  6. 1 2 Saree Makdisi (2010). Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 157.
  7. 1 2 As'ad Ganim (2002). The Palestinian Regime: A "Partial Democracy". Sussex Academic Press. p. 125.
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