4 May – The five-year interim period, which was agreed to in the 1993 Oslo I Accord and began with the signing of the Gaza–Jericho Agreement on 4 May 1994, ends without reaching a comprehensive peace agreement.
3 June – 3,000 Palestinians participated in a "Day of Rage"/"Day of Wrath" in protest of the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank at the call of the Palestinian Authority.[2][3] Sociologist Baruch Kimmerling notes the result of the call was ultimately "minimal."[3]
10 September – The Israeli government pre-emptively handed civilian control of 7% of the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority, the first transfer of legal authority in 1999, in preparation for peace talks later that week.[5]
13 September–3 October – Bilateral negotiations over Palestine's final status are conducted but no deal was signed due to disputes over Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees, and travel rights between Gaza and the West Bank.[6]
General trends
Unemployment in the West Bank was estimated at 9.6%.[7]
10 September – Mohammed Shreiteh, father of eight who allegedly sustained terminal injuries stemming from police beating him a day earlier while he was in custody, died in Hebron.[8]
3 December – Mahmoud Mohammed al-Bajjali, father of three who died in prison after serving five years in prison without trial, died in Ramallah.[8]
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