Chronology of Middle East political events (2011‑2014) with no new investigative leads

OUP CORRECTED PROOF - FINAL, 12/9/2014, SPi XXvViii Chronology 23 September 2011 31 October 2011 6 February 2012 20 June 2012 14 November 2012 21 November 2012 29 November 2012 4 December 2012 22 January 2013 13 April 2013 6 June 2013 20 June 2013 30 June 2013 3 July 2013 30 July 2013 19 September 2013 16 January 2014 23 April 2014 24 April 2014 2 June 2014 3 June 2014 8 June 2014 12 June 2014 2 July 2014 7 July 2014 26 August 2014 President Abbas’s speech to the UN General Assembly on UN membership. Palestine becomes a member of UNESCO. In Doha, Palestinian Authority President Abbas and Hamas leader Meshal sign another reconciliation agreement after the failure to implement the Cairo deal. Mohamed Morsi is sworn in as President of Egypt. Israel launches Operation ‘Pillar of Defense’ in Gaza. Gaza War II: Israel and Hamas unilateral cease-fire. President Abbas’s speech to the UN General Assembly on Palestine’s status at the United Nations. UN General Assembly Resolution 67/19: Status of Palestine in the United Nations. Likud Party leader Netanyahu wins parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigns. Rami Hamdallah is sworn in as Palestinian Prime Minister. Rami Hamdallah resigns from his post. Massive demonstrations in Egypt against President Morsi. Egyptian Army removes President Morsi from power. Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington facilitated by President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry. Rami Hamdallah forms a new Palestinian Government. Opening in The Hague of the trial of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). Fatah and Hamas announce in Gaza a new reconciliation agreement calling for the formation of a national unity Government and the holding of elections. The Israeli Cabinet suspends peace talks with the Palestinians in protest to the Gaza agreement. Palestinian unity government headed by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah is sworn in. Bashar al-Assad is re-elected President of Syria in an election whose legitimacy was widely contested. Field Marshall Abdel Fattah a-Sissi is sworn in as President of the Arab Republic of Egypt following presidential elections held 26-28 May. Three Israeli teenagers were abducted in the West Bank. The IDF found their bodies on 30 June in the vicinity of Hebron. In retaliation, Israel launched attacks against targets of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. A Palestinian teenager was abducted and killed in Jerusalem by a group of Israelis. This triggered a series of violent clashes. Israel launches operation ‘Protective Edge’ against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in retaliation to rocket attacks. A ceasefire, brokered by Egypt, was reached to end hostilities between Palestinian factions and Israel in Gaza. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023160