1995 in the Palestinian territories

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Events in the year 1995 in Palestine .

Incumbents

• President of Palestine – Yasser Arafat
• President of the Palestinian National Authority – Yasser Arafat
• Government of Palestine – 1st Government of Palestine

Events

• 22 January – Beit Lid massacre: 19 Israelis, mostly soldiers, are killed and 62 others are injured when two Palestinian suicide bombers detonated themselves at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claim responsibility. ^[1]
• 15 February – South Africa recognizes the State of Palestine. ^[2]
• 9 April – Kfar Darom bus attack ^[3]
• 24 July – Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing ^[4]
• 21 August – Ramat Eshkol bus bombing ^[5]
• 24 September – The first signatures of the Oslo II Accord is signed in Taba, Egypt by Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. ^[6]
• 28 September – The Oslo II Accord is officially signed at a public ceremony in Washington, DC by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and witnessed by US President Bill Clinton, which includes provision for the transfer of control of Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilya, Ramallah, Tulkarm and some 450 villages to the Palestinian Authority. ^[6]
• 26 October – Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
• 1 November – Kyrgyzstan recognizes the State of Palestine. 100 countries recognized the State of Palestine by the end of 1995. ^[2]
• 12 December – The city of Nablus passes from Israeli to Palestinian Authority control.
• 21 December – The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian Authority control.

Deaths

• 26 October – Fathi Shaqaqi, 44, Palestinian physician, militant leader and the founder and Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

See also

• 1995 in Israel

References

1. "Bus stop bombers kill 19 in Israel – News" . The Independent. UK. January 23, 1995. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
2. "Identical letters dated 2 April 2024 from the Permanent Representatives of Mauritania, Saudi Arabia and Uganda to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council". United Nations. April 9, 2024. Archived from the original on May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
3. Fletcher, Elaine Ruth (April 10, 1995). "Terror deals a blow to Mideast peace. U.S. student dies after attack on bus". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
4. 1992-1995: A chronology of events, Edward F. Mickolus and Susan L. Simmons, p.845
5. Schmemann, Serge (August 22, 1995). "Bus Bombing Kills Five in Jerusalem; 100 Are Wounded". The New York Times.
6. The Israeli–Palestinian Interim Agreement – Main Points. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 28 September 1995