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Table 1 Palestine conflict and political timeline 1967–2014

From: Maternal and child access to care and intensity of conflict in the occupied Palestinian territory: a pseudo-longitudinal analysis (2000–2014)

1967

The West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip come under Israeli military occupation

1987

The first Palestinian Intifada (uprising) begins, and lasts till 1993

1993

Oslo Accords, establishment of Interim Palestinian Authority in charge of administration and health care

1994

Palestinian Ministry of Health established

2000

Interim political solution collapses. Beginning of second Palestinian Intifada (uprising)

2002

Israeli incursions into the West Bank and ransacking of several educational, cultural, and administrative institutions including the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

2004

Gaza Strip-Egypt border constructed. Egypt controls south of the Strip

2005

Israel dismantles settlements in the Gaza Strip but control over external perimeter of the Strip and siege conditions remain

2006–08

Democratic election of Hamas to majority in the Palestinian National Authority. Boycott of the elected government by several foreign countries, Israel withholds tax revenues which form 75% of oPt revenues. Two Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip

2007

Hamas takes over the Gaza Strip

Nov 08-Jan 09

Israel Invasion of the Gaza Strip

2012

Israeli military operations in oPt

2014

Israel-Gaza conflict

2014

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

2014

Compromise Hamas Fatah government unity. Israel-Gaza conflict