November 15, 1996: PLO police reportedly fire at IDF soldiers in Hebron.
16/11: Would-be Arab bomber killed while preparing a device near
PLO-controlled Jenin.
16/11: Report: Yasser Arafat has asked US to exclude diplomat Dennis Ross
from Hebron talks, saying the PLO has lost confidence in him.
17/11: An additional 15 000 Arab workers are allowed into 'Israel proper'.
17/11: Hebron Jews say they have reliable information the government plans
to evict seven familes from the town's Tel Rumeida area.
17/11: Israeli Defence Minister Yitzhak Mordechai warns of a ''devastating
Israeli attack which could destroy [Assad's] regime' if Syria attacks.
17/11: London's Independent on Sunday reports that German negotiator Bernd
Schmidbauer is in the midst of intense negotiations to obtain the release of
captured IAF navigator Ron Arad.
18/11: Defence Minister Mordechai approves the building of 1 200 houses in
Samaria settlement.
18/11: Israeli officials report Hebron talks have regressed due to PLO
increasing its demands.
18/11: Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak says Egypt won't stay out of an
Israel-Syria war.
18/11: Mordechai repeates invitation to Syria's President Hafez Assad to
return to negotiations.
19/11: Official Syrian newspaper says PM Binyamin Netanyahu is likely to
bring region into conflict through 'idiotic and dangerous policies'.
19/11: Two-day conference of donor countries to the Palestinian Authority
opens in Paris.
19/11: Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger calls on PLO to change
its covenant.
20/11: Hebron talks at standstill, but press reports US 'maintaining a
studied optimism'.
20/11: Knesset committee hears that PLO has slowed down attempts to combat
terror groups.
20/11: Arafat tells French radio station he will declare a Palestinian state
in two years' time; Netanyahu slams statement as 'a grave error'.
21/11: Infrastructure Minister Ariel Sharon says Israeli security cabinet is
being kept in the dark about Hebron redeployment plans.
21/11: After visiting Damascus, US Senator Arlen Specter says Assad is
likely to accept American invitation to a Syria-Israel summit.
22/11: Jordanian weekly Shihan quotes Western diplomatic sources as saying
Israel is planning for an all-out war with Syria.
22/11: Washington Times tells of CIA report that China has sold 400 tons of
ingredients necessary for Iran to manufacture nerve gas.
22/11: IDF predicts an increase in Hizb'Allah activities in southern Lebanon.
24/11: Yediot Ahronot quotes senior IDF source as saying Syria is preparing
military offensive option.
24/11: Palestinians in Gaza Strip blockade the road leading to the Netzarim
Jewish settlement, keeping the community isolated for hours.
25/11: Netanyahu calls on PLO to return to serious talks so that an accord
can be reached on Hebron.
25/11: Israeli government reports that Assad has rejected the idea of a
Syria-Israel summit.
26/11: IDF tanks and troops deploy in Gaza in anticipation of violence over
Hebron impasse.
27/11: Rivalry between Labour Party leader Shimon Peres and would-be
successor Ehud Barak subsides after agreement whereby Peres will remain
leader until December 1997.
27/11: Oslo Accords architect and Norwegian minister Terje Roed Larsen
resigns from his cabinet post following allegations that he mismanaged tens
of thousands of dollars in government funding.
27/11: Ha'aretz reports IDF field commanders are reporting growing tension
with PLO security forces; while Palestinian media call for clashes with
Israel due to 'violations of Oslo Accords'.
28/11: Israel and Niger renew diplomatic ties.
28/11: Report: PA and EU to sign trade agreement.
29/11: Mubarak blames Israel for Hebron deadlock.
30/11: IDF disperses Arabs rioting in Bethlehem to demand release of
imprisoned Arab terrorists.
30/11: Arabs attack, assault Jewish girls in Hebron.
December 1: Ariel Sharon reportedly meets Shimon Peres to discuss possible
formation of a national unity government.
1/12: In response to increasing verbal attacks by Arab states, Netanyahu
says: 'Instead of cursing and threatening, our neighbors would do well to
cooperate toward the advancement of peace.'
2/12: 42% of Jews surveyed believe the conflict between Orthodox and secular
Jews will lead to civil war in Israel.
2/12: Mordechai calls on Egypt's leadership to cease attacks against
Netanyahu government.
2/12: Talks on forming a national unity government forge ahead.
2/12: In Lisbon for OSCE summit, Netanyahu tells reporters the possibility
for renewing talks with the Syrians is being explored.
2/12: French President Jacques Chirac tells Netanyahu in Lisbon Israel must
make 'significant gesture' to Arabs to save peace process.
3/12: PLO policeman kills Arab in Jericho jail.
3/12: Parcel bomb mailed to Jewish newspaper in Paris is discovered and
disarmed before it explodes.
4/12: Amman freezes diplomatic ties with Israel.
4/12: UN votes massively against Israelin annual 'Question of Palestine' debate.
5/12: Madeleine Albright is named to succeed Warren Christopher as US
Secretary of State.
7/12: Hizb'Allah kills Israeli soldier in Lebanon.
9/12: Israel cabinet okays cuts to bring planned cut to 1997 budget to
NIS5.7 billion.
9/12: Egypt's Mubarak calls Netanyahu, Israeli PM asks Egyptian to help end
Hebron impasse.
10/12: IDF Deputy COS: Israel is ready for war.
11/12: Arabs shoot at Israeli settler family, killing mother and 12-year-old
son, wounding father and four children. Killers flee to PA-controlled Ram'Allah.
13/12: In response to the murder, Israeli government offers incentives to
Jews to settle in "territories".
14/12: Arafat calls government move a declaration of war on the Palestinian
Arabs.
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