Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Historical eventSeptember 302000

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.

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When
Saturday, September 30 200026 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 2000s
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At a glance

Dates: From 1948-05-14.

Place: Palestine.

Type: armed conflict, ethnic conflict, and political conflict.

Deaths reported: 44664.

What came before

Part of: Arab–Israeli conflict and Israel–Palestine relations.

Who was involved

Involved: Israel Defense Forces, All-Palestine Protectorate, Palestine Liberation Organization, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Palestinian National Authority.

Timeline

Follows: Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine.

What happened

History Main article: History of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict For a chronological guide, see Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . Further information: Military operations of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict March 1899 correspondence between Yousef al-Khalidi , mayor of Jerusalem and author of the letter on the left, and Theodore Herzl , founder of the Zionist Organization and author of the letter on the right.

Israel and the Palestinians are engaged in an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the former territory of Mandatory Palestine. Key aspects of the conflict have included Palestinian refugees, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, the permit regime in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian freedom of movement, and the Palestinian right of return.

September 30 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1998ICANN
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  3. 2000Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah
  4. 2000Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  5. 2005Jyllands-Posten
  6. 2005Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
  7. 2009Moment magnitude scale
  8. 20092009 Sumatra earthquakes
  9. 2016Van Gogh Museum
  10. 2016Hurricane Matthew
  11. 2019Martín Vizcarra

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