| 1999 |
| 17 May | Ehud Barak is elected Prime Minister of Israel, gaining 56.1% of the vote. Labor wins 27 seats, Likud 19, Shas 17, Meretz 10, Shinui 6. Benjamin Netanyahu announces temporary retirement from politics. |
| 20 May | Prime Minister-elect Barak announces he will seek IDF withdrawal from Lebanon within a year. |
| 28 May | Defense Minister Arens approves plans to extend Ma'aleh Adumim boundaries. The US denounces this move. |
| 31 May | SLA troops begin withdrawal from the Jezzin area in the security zone in Lebanon. |
| 8 June | Israel calls on Iran to release 13 Iranian Jews accused of spying for Israel. |
| 24 June | After Hizbullah fires rockets into Israel, the IDF strikes bridges and power stations near and in Beirut. Hizbullah fires 36 rockets into Israel killing two civilians. |
| 29 June | The IDF is told by Defense Minister Arens to ignore the April 1996 arrangements concerning Israel's participation in the Israel-Lebanon monitoring group, saying Hizbullah's attack voided the agreement. |
| 2 July | Barak phones Arafat to suggest an early meeting. |
| 5 July | An Israeli military delegation holds talks with Croatian officials in Zagreb. |
| 6 July | Barak presents his government to the Knesset, wins a vote of confidence by 75 votes. David Levy is appointed Foreign Minister while Barak will also serve as Defense Minister. |
| 8 July | Barak re-instructs the IDF to abide by the April 1999 understandings with Lebanon. |
| 9 July | Barak holds talks with President Mubarak in Alexandria. |
| 11 July | Barak and Arafat meet at Erez crossing point. |
| 13 July | Barak and Jordan's King Abdullah hold talks in Akaba: Barak promises to abide by all agreements with the PA. The Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group meets for the first time since June. |
| 14 July | Turkey's President Demirel visits Israel, and holds talks with President Weizman and PM Barak. |
| 15 July | Barak holds talks with President Clinton in the White House. Later the Clintons and Baraks have a private dinner at Camp David. Barak sets a target deadline of 15 months to achieve a compromise framework for a Middle East peace. |
| 16 July | Barak meets with Secretaries Albright and Cohen and senior officials, and later with Jewish leaders in New York. |
| 19 July | Barak and Clinton hold a second round of talks. They agree to create a Strategic Policy Planning Group. |
| 20 July | Barak holds talks with Secretary Albright and asks Congressional leaders not to push for speedy implementation of the Jerusalem Embassy Act. |
| 22 July | Barak holds talks in Jerusalem with Spanish Premier Aznar, and says that Israel is prepared to restart talks with Syria from the point they left off in March 1996. |
| 23 July | King Hassan II of Morocco dies and is succeeded by his son King Mohammed VI. Barak attends his funeral in Rabat on 25 July. During the funeral, he exchanges words with Algeria's President Bouteflika, and the leaders of Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE and Yemen. |
| 26 July | King Abdullah of Jordan briefs Barak by phone of his talks in Syria with President Assad. |
| 27 July | Barak and Arafat meet at Erez to discuss the Wye agreement implementation.
Israel and the Republic of Georgia sign a Memorandum of Understanding on defense cooperation. Israel and Uganda sign an agreement to expand economic ties. |
| 29 July | PA-Israel Committee to examine the Wye agreement implementation timetable holds its first meeting. Israel asks for delay in implementing the Wye FRDs.
Barak and Mubarak hold talks on the peace process in Alexandria. |
| 2 August | Barak meets Russia's President Yeltsin in Moscow, and urges Russia to halt transfer of military technology to Iraq and Iran. |
| 4 August | Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Yannous Kranidiotis holds talks in Jerusalem with Foreign Minister Levy. |
| 5 August | Nawaf Massalha is appointed Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel. |
| 6 August | Barak asks Secretary Albright to delay her scheduled visit to the Middle East until the Wye implementation dispute is resolved. |
| 8 August | Israel's cabinet says implementation of the Wye agreement will begin on 1 September. |
| 9 August | Barak meets with PA Chief Negotiator Mahmud Abbas who says the PA agrees to delay the FRD second stage to 1 October. |
| 10 August | Foreign Minister Levy holds talks in Amman with King Abdullah. |
| 12 August | Cyprus pardons two Israelis accused of spying and sends them back to Israel. |
| 14 August | Talks continue in Jerusalem with the PA on the Wye agreement FDR timetable. |
| 17 August | Israel sends a large mission to Turkey to help in the rescue efforts following a massive earthquake. |
| 2 September | Secretary Albright meets Barak in Jerusalem. |
| 4 September | Barak and Arafat sign the second Wye Accord in Sharm el-Sheikh. Secretary Albright, President Mubarak and King Abdullah also sign as witnesses. |
| 5 September | The Cabinet approves the Wye II Accord by 21 to 2. |
| 8 September | The Knesset approves the Wye II Accords by 54-23. |
| 9 September | Israel releases 199 of 350 Palestinian prisoners in the framework of the Wye II Accords. |
| 10 September | Israel transfers 7% of the West Bank land from Area C to Area B. |
| 13 September | Israel and the PA mark the sixth anniversary of Oslo I in Erez in the presence of FM Levy, Mahmud Abbas and EU, US and Russian representatives. |
| 15 September | PA hands over to Israel the names of 30,000 policemen. |
| 16 September | Arafat and Barak hold talks in Israel. |
| 21 September | Barak meets German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Berlin. |
| 22 September | Barak meets in Paris with President Chirac. The next day, he meets with Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. |
| 27 September | FM Levy meets with Secretary Albright in New York. |
| 29 September | FM Levy addresses the United Nations General Assembly. |
| 5 October | Israel and the PA sign the Gaza -West Bank Safe Passage Protocol. |
| 7 October | French FM Vedrine holds talks in Jerusalem with PM Barak and FM Levy. |
| 10 October | FM Levy holds talks in Luxembourg with European Foreign Ministers. |
| The cabinet approves removal of 42 settlements built since the October 1998 Wye accord. |
| 12 October | Barak orders dismantling of 15 of 42 unauthorized settlements built since October 1998. Eleven are to remain; in 16, no new buildings are to be allowed. |
| 14 October | Israel and Greece sign a Memorandum of Understanding on defense cooperation and arms production. |
| 15 October | Israel releases additional 151 Palestinian prisoners. |
| 18 October | Former South African President Nelson Mandela holds talks in Jerusalem with Israel's leaders. |
| 25 October | Israel opens the safe passage road from Gaza to the West Bank.
PM Barak holds talks in Ankara with President Demirel and senior Turkish officials. |
| 26 October | British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook holds talks in Jerusalem with PM Barak and FM Levy.
Ambassador Oded Eran is appointed to head Israel's negotiating team on final status talks with the PA. |
| 28 October | Israel and Mauritania raise their missions to embassies. |
| 1 November | President Clinton holds talks in Oslo with Barak and Arafat on Final Status Negotiations. Barak and Arafat also have a private meeting. Clinton meets with both the next day. |
| 7 November | Three pipe bombs explode in Netanya injuring 27 Israelis. |
| 8 November | Israel and the PA start talks on FAPs (Framework Agreement on Final Status).
Barak meets in Paris with Prime Minister Jospin. |
| 9 November | Barak and Arafat meet in Paris while attending the 21st Socialist International Congress.
Barak also meets with President Mubarak in Paris. |
| 11 November | Arafat refuses to sign the map for the next FRD. |
| 14 November | Barak and Arafat meet but fail to reach an understanding on the next
FRD. Israel decides to delay the second stage of the Wye II FRD. |
| 17 November | In Istanbul, Clinton holds talks with Barak on the Syria-Israel track.
The next day Barak and Levy meet with Secretary Albright and Egypt's Foreign Minister Moussa. |
| 22 November | PA and Israeli teams hold their fifth round of FAPs talk. |
| 25 November | Li Peng, Chairman of China's National People's Congress, starts a six-day visit to Israel. |
| 29 November | Israel and the PA hold a sixth round of talks on FAPS. |
| 1 December | FM Levy starts a two-day visit to Moscow, he meets President Putin and senior officials. |
| 3 December | The PA cancels the next FAPS round of talks. |
| 8 December | Secretary Albright holds talks in Jerusalm with Barak and Levy.
Israel and Syria agree to resume negotiations the following week in Washington, D.C. Clinton and Barak tell that Arafat the Israel-Syria talks will not affect current Israel-PA negotiations. |
| 13 December | Barak tells the cabinet that an Israel-Syria agreement is possible within a few weeks.
Addressing the Knesset, Barak says Israel may have to pay a "heavy territorial price" for peace with Syria. He wins a vote of confidence 47 for, 31 against, 24 abstentions and 18 absent. |
| 15 December | Israel and Syria resume talks in Washington, D.C. Barak, Clinton and Syrian FM Shara hold an opening ceremony at the White House. |
| 16 December | Israel-Syria talks end in Washington, D.C. They will resume near Washington in early January. |
| 20 December | Another round of FAPS talks is held in Ramallah. |
| 21 December | Barak meets with Arafat in Ramallah. |
| 26 December | Italian PM D'Alena meets with PM Barak in Jerusalem. Israel releases five Hizbullah members as a goodwill gesture before the talks with Syria. |
| 2000 |
| 3-10 January | Israel and Syria hold negotiations in Shepherdstown, near Washington D.C., with the active participation of President Clinton. |
| 5 January | Israel transfers to the PA 3% of land from Area C to Area B and 2% from Area B to PA-controlled Area A. |
| 10 January | The Israel-Syria talks end after the US proposes a draft agreement. |
| 12 January | Israel and Jordan renew their bilateral trade agreement.
In Rabat on a four-day visit, FM Levy meets with King Mohammad VI and senior officials. |
| 17 January | The US announces freezing of the Israel-Syria talks due to fundamental differences.
PM Barak meets with Arafat seeking an extension to the 15 February FAPS deadline. Arafat refuses.
EU delegation meets with PM Barak.
Jordanian PM Khatib meets with FM Levy in Tel Aviv.
A pipe bomb explodes in Hadera, 22 are injured.
An Israeli Defense Ministry mission starts talks in Cyprus. |
| 19 January | Syria says it will not resume talks with Israel unless Israel pledges to withdraw to the 5 June 1967 lines. |
| 25 January | Israel cancels plans to send experts to Washington, D.C. to discuss a working paper on Syria. |
| 30 January | PM Barak meets with President Mubarak in Cairo. FAPS talks resume in Eilat. |
| 31 January | Hizbullah attacks an IDF post in Lebanon killing three soldiers. |
| 1 February | The Multilateral Steering Committee meets in Moscow. |
| 3 February | PM Barak and Arafat meet at Erez on FAPS talks. |
| 6 February |
PM Barak meets with King Abdullah in Amman.
Turkey and Israel start a four-day meeting of their Joint Economic Committee. |
| 7 February | Israeli planes attack targets in the Beka Valley in response to Hizbullah attacks.
Tunisian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Tahar Sioud meets with FM Levy in Tel Aviv. |
| 8-11 February | Israeli planes attack Hizbullah targets in southern Lebanon.
Israel leaves the Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group meeting. |
| 21 February | Special US Envoy Dennis Ross holds talks in Israel on the stalled negotiations. |
| 24 February | French PM Jospin holds talks with PM Barak in Jerusalem. After he condemns Hizbullah attacks on Israel, he is reprimanded by President Chirac. |
| 29 February | Egyptian senior official Osama el-Baz holds talks in Israel with PM Barak and FM Levy. |
| 5 March | Cabinet approves unilateral IDF withdrawal from Lebanon no later than July 2000. |
| 7 March | Another Barak-Arafat meeting on FRD implementation. |
| 8 March | PM Barak and Arafat meet with Special Envoy Ross in Ramallah. |
| 9 March | PM Barak and Arafat meet with President Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh in advance of Israel-PA talks to be held in Washington, D.C. |
| 14 March | Israel begins the deployment of the Arrow 2 missile system. |
| 21 March | Israeli and PA negotiators meet at Bolling Air Force Base near Washington, D.C. Israel hands over 6.1% of Area B to Area A. The PA now controls 18.2% of the West Bank (Area A), and partially controls 21.8% (Area B). |
| 21-26 March | Visit to Israel of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. |
| 26 March | President Clinton meets President Assad in Geneva; he later admits that the Israel-Syrian differences cannot be bridged. |
| 28 March | Israel-PA FAPS talks end in Bolling Air Force Base. No progress is achieved. |
| 3 April | US Defense Secretary Cohen holds talks in Israel. US demands that Israel cancel the Phalcon deal with China. |
| 4 April | FM Levy meets UN Secretary-General Annan, telling him that Israel will withdraw from Lebanon by July 2000. |
| 6 April | Israel and the PA resume FAPS talks in Bolling Air Force Base. No agreement is reached. |
| 11 April | PM Barak and President Clinton hold talks in the White House on FAPS, withdrawal from Lebanon and the Phalcon deal with China. |
| 12 April | Israel reiterates its plans to withdraw from Lebanon by July. |
| 16 April | FM Levy holds talks in Paris. |
| 23 April | King Abdullah of Jordan meets with PM Barak in Eilat. |
| 24 April | Israel is given full membership in the UN regional group Western European and Other Groups. |
| 30 April | PA-Israel FAPS talks resume in Eilat. On 2 May, Israel presents maps which are rejected by the PA. |
| 5 May | The IAF carries out air strikes on infrastructure targets in Beirut and other targets in Lebanon. |
| 7 May | PM Barak and Arafat meet in Ramallah. Barak says that Israel will shortly cede three West Bank villages near Jerusalem to Palestinian control. |
| 12 May | Israel and Jordan sign an agreement to proceed with plans for the construction of the Akaba-Eilat airport. |
| 14 May | It is revealed that back channel talks between Israel and the PA took place in Stockholm. Israel was represented by Internal Security Minister Ben-Ami. |
| 15 May | The cabinet, and later the Knesset, approve the transfer of Abu Dis, Izariyah and Sawarah al-Sharquiya to Area A. |
| 18 May | The Stockholm talks are resumed. |
| 21 May | Following attacks on Israeli civilians near Jericho, Israel suspends the Stockholm talks and postpones transfer of the three villages near Jerusalem to the PA.
The IDF begins withdrawal from southern Lebanon. |
| 23 May | The IDF completes its withdrawal from southern Lebanon. |
| 1 June | President Clinton and PM Barak meet in Lisbon. Clinton says FAPS is within reach. |
| 4 June | Another FAPS round is held. |
| 5 June | Secretary Albright and Envoy Ross hold talks in Israel and Gaza with PM Barak and Arafat to prepare for a Clinton-Barak-Arafat summit. |
| 6 June | Secretary Albright announces an Arafat-Clinton meeting on 14 June.
Israel-PA teams to resume talks in Washington, D.C. on 12 June to prepare for a summit at the end of June. |
| 7 June | The Knesset adopts by 61-48, 11 absent, a preliminary motion to dissolve itself. |
| 10 June | President Assad of Syria dies; he is succeeded by his son Beshar. |
| 13 June | Israel and PA teams resume talks on FAPS and interim issues. |
| 16 June | UN Secretary-General Annan certifies that Israel completed its withdrawal from Lebanon. This certification is endorsed on 18 June by the Security Council. |
| 21 June | Three Meretz ministers resign from the cabinet. |
| 26 June | The government survives a no-confidence motion in the Knesset by 57-32. |
| 27 June | Secretary Albright arrives in Israel for talks with PM Barak and Arafat on the three-way summit which Israel supports. |
| 5 July | President Clinton announces that a Camp David summit will start on 11 July.
Barak meets with PM Blair in London and President Chirac in Paris. |
| 9 July | On the eve of the Camp David summit, the NRP, Shas and Yisrael Ba'aliyah quit Barak's government. FM Levy says that he will not attend the summit. |
| 10 July | On his way to Camp David, Barak holds talks with President Mubarak in Cairo.
President Ezer Weizman resigns his office. |
| 12 July | Israel cancels the Phalcon deal with China. |
| 11-25 July | Clinton, Barak and Arafat hold a summit meeting at Camp David. |
| 25 July | The Camp David meeting ends in failure. President Clinton and PM Barak blame Arafat for the failure; Clinton says that Barak was much more flexible. |
| 28 July | In a television interview on Israel TV, President Clinton praises PM Barak for showing courage during the failed Camp David summit. |
| 31 July | The government survives two no-confidence motions in the Knesset, 50-50 with 8 abstentions 12 absent and 53-48.
Moshe Katsav is elected Israel's eighth president. |
| 2 August | FM Levy resigns. On 10 August Internal Security Minister Shlomo
Ben-Ami is appointed Acting Foreign Minister. |
| 3 August | PM Barak meets with President Mubarak in Alexandria. |
| 5 August | UNIFIL completes its deployment along the Blue Line. |
| August | Acting FM Ben-Ami briefs Spanish officials in Madrid on the Peace Process. |
| 16 August | Prime Minister Barak holds talks in Amman with King Abdullah.
Senior Israeli and PA negotiators hold talks. |
| 18 August | US Special Envoy Dennis Ross meets PM Barak and Saeb Erekat. |
| 22 August | King Abdullah holds talks with Arafat in Ramallah and with PM Barak in Tel Aviv. |
| 24 August | Minister Ben-Ami meets President Mubarak in Alexandria. |
| 28 August | Minister Ben-Ami holds talks in Paris with FM Vedrine. |
| 29 August | Minister Ben-Ami meets British Foreign Secretary Cook in London. |
| 30 August | Minister Ben-Ami meets German Foreign Minister Fischer. |
| 31 August | Israeli and US negotiators open talks on Strategic MOU. |
| 1 September | CIA Director Tenet meets PM Barak in Israel. |
| 4 September | Minister Ben-Ami meets King Mohammed VI in Rabat. |
| 6 September | President Clinton meets in New York separately with PM Barak and Arafat.
PM Barak addresses the Millenium UN Assembly. |
| 10 September | The PLO Central Committee votes to postpone plans to declare Palestinian statehood. |
| 12 September | Minister Ben-Ami holds talks in New York with Secretary Albright. |
| 13 September | Minister Ben-Ami holds talks in Washington, D.C. with senior officials, and the next day with Secretary Albright. |
| 19 September | PM Barak calls for a "time out" in Israel-PA informal talks.
Minister Ben-Ami meets with President Chirac in Paris. |
| 25 September | PM Barak and Arafat meet at Barak's home, later they announce Israeli and PA teams will meet in Washington, D.C. |
| 26 September | Israeli and PA peace talks teams start talks in Washington, D.C. |
| 28 September | Likud leader Ariel Sharon visits Temple Mount with heavy security. |
| 29 September | Clashes erupt between Palestinians and Israeli security forces. |
| 1 October | Serious clashes in the West Bank and Gaza spread to a number of Israeli cities. 13 Israeli Arabs are killed. |
| 2 October | In an effort to stem the violence, Secretary Albright announces she will meet PM Barak and Arafat in Paris on 4 October. |
| 4 October | PM Barak and Arafat meet in Paris with Secretary Albright. President Chirac of France and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan are also involved in the 12-hour talks that fail as Arafat refuses to sign a document unless Israel agrees to an international inquiry. |
| 7 October | Three Israeli soldiers are kidnapped by Hizbullah on the Israel-Lebanon line. |
| 9 October | UN Secretary-General Annan and Russia FM Ivanov hold talks with PM Barak in Tel Aviv. They continue their efforts for three more days. |
| 12 October | Two Israeli reservist soldiers who strayed into Ramallah are captured and lynched by a Palestinian mob. Israeli helicopters attack Palestinian targets in Gaza and Ramallah. |
| 13 October | Oman closes its trade office in Tel Aviv. Morocco recalls its envoy from Israel. |
| 16 October | The Sharm el-Sheikh summit is attended by PM Barak, Arafat, President Clinton, President Mubarak, King Abdullah, and EU. |
| 17 October | PM Barak and Arafat reach oral understanding on ending the uprising. President Clinton decided to appoint an international inquiry commission (later headed by Senator Mitchell). |
| 18 October | Israeli, PA and US security officials meet to discuss ways to implement the Sharm el-Sheikh agreements. |
| 22 October | PM Barak suspends the peace process. Gilo comes under fire from the Bethlehem area. |
| In the wake of an Arab League summit decisions, Tunisia demands Israel close its trade office in Tunis. |
| 29 October | Talks between PM Barak and Likud leader Sharon on forming a national emergency government, fail. |
| 30 October | Israel fires missiles at Force 17 and Fatah offices in Nablus, Khan Yunis and El-Bireh. |
| 1 November | Minister Ben-Ami meets Secretary Albright in Washington, D.C, and says that the situation is no longer an uprising but a military confrontation. |
| 2 November | After an early morning meeting between Arafat and Peres, they agree to end the violence, but Arafat fails to issue a call on PA radio and television. Shlomo Ben-Ami is appointed Foreign Minister. |
| 5 November | FM Ben-Ami meets UN Secretary-General Annan in New York. |
| 7 November | The US names the Mitchell Commission members. |
| 9 November | Qatar orders the Israel trade mission in Doha to close. |
| 12 November | PM Barak meets with President Clinton in Washington, D.C. |
| 19 November | Palestinians attack a school bus near Kfar Darom killing two adults and wounding nine children. Israel shells targets in Gaza City. |
| 21 November | Egypt recalls its ambassador from Israel. |
| 22 November | In a car bomb explosion in Hadera, two Israelis are killed, and 60 are wounded. |
| 24 November | Through the intervention of Russian President Putin, Israeli and PA security officials meet. |
| 25 November | Arafat meets Israeli Tourism Minister Shahak in Gaza. |
| 27 November | George W. Bush is declared President of the United States. |
| 28 November | PM Barak announces in the Knesset his readiness to hold new elections in the Spring of 2001. Likud leader Sharon says he will challenge Barak for the premiership. |
| 3 December | Israel says it will cooperate fully with the Mitchell Commission. |
| 9 December | PM Barak announces that he will resign on 10 December and call elections for the office of prime minister within two months.
Former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, not a Knesset member, cannot run against him unless the Knesset dissolves itself, which it does not. |
| 11 December | Members of the Mitchell Commission meet with PM Barak in Jerusalem. |
| December | FM Ben-Ami and Arafat meet in Erez to see if peace talks can be resumed. They meet again the next day. |
| 18 December | Israeli and PA negotiating teams hold preliminary separate talks with the US peace team near Washington, D.C.
A Security Council draft resolution to deploy UN observers in the West Bank and Gaza fails to pass. |
| 19 December | The Knesset decides not to dissolve itself, but to allow Netanyahu to run. He decides not to run. |
| 20 December | Israeli and PA teams meet at the White House with Secretary Albright and agree to begin direct talks near Washington, D.C. with her participation. |
| 22 December | President Clinton presents the Israeli and PA negotiating teams with a peace plan and demands acceptance by Barak and Arafat within five days. |
| 25 December | Barak says he is prepared to accept the Clinton plan with no reservations as long as the PA does the same. |
| 27 December | Arafat says he cannot accept the Clinton plan without additional clarifications. |
| 28 December | President Clinton says he will not agree to further talks unless Arafat accepts his plan. |
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| 2001 |
| 1 January | A car bomb explodes in Netanya wounding 40 Israelis.
Israel tightens the closure of the Palestinian areas. |
| 6 January | CIA Director Tenet holds talks on security issues with Israeli and PA officials. |
| 9 January | Arafat and Minister Shahak meet for talks on security. |
| 11 January | Israel-PA talks on FAPS resume at Erez. |
| 13 January | Arafat and Peres hold talks in Gaza on ending the violence. |
| 16 January | Israel-PA talks resume at Erez after a series of meetings between Arafat and Minsiter Shahak, and FM Ben-Ami and Palestinian negotiator Erekat. |
| 20 January | Israel accepts Arafat's offer to embark on intensive talks in Taba starting 21 January. |
| 21-27 January | Israeli and PA negotiators meet in Taba to try and reach a comprehensive final status agreement. |
| 27 January | Israel and the PA end talks in Taba saying that they made progress but cannot reach an agreement prior to the February 6 elections in Israel. |
| 28 January | Following a fiery speech by Arafat in Davos, Barak suspends talks with the PA. |
| 6 February | Ariel Sharon is elected Prime Minister of Israel by a majority of 62.4%. Barak resigns as head of the Labor Party and from the Knesset. |