HIST 294 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Electromagnetic Spectrum, Second Intifada, George W. Bush
2 Dec 2016
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President george w bush in a speech on june 24, 2002, in which he called for an independent palestinian state living side by side with israel in peace. The 2nd intifada, which started in september 2000, showed an escalation of violence. March 2002, in response to a wave of suicide attacks culminating in the passover massacre, israel launched a major military operation in the west bank: operation. Virtually the complete palestinian public administration was destroyed by the israeli army. Phase 1 (to be finished as early as may 2003): an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to end armed activity and all acts of violence against israelis anywhere; palestinian political-institutional reform; palestinian elections; israel withdrawal to the positions of. Freeze on settlement expansion and dismantling of settlement outposts built since 2001. Phase 2: (june-december 2003): international conference to support palestinian economic recovery and launch a process, leading to establishment of an independent palestinian state with provisional borders.
