The first step on the road map was the appointment of the first-ever Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The United States and Israel demanded that Arafat be neutralized or sidelined in the road map process claiming that he had not done enough to stop Palestinian attacks against Israelis while in charge. The United States refused to release the road map until a Palestinian prime minister was in place. Abbas was appointed on March 19 2003 clearing the way for the release of the road map's details on April 30 2003.

On May 27 2003 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stated that the "occupation" of Palestinian territories was "a terrible thing for Israel and for the Palestinians" and "can't continue endlessly." Sharon's phraseology prompted shock from many in Israel leading to a clarification that by "occupation" Sharon meant control of millions of Palestinian lives rather than actual physical occupation of land. The Prime Minister's Cabinet approved the road map with 14 reservations.4

President Bush visited the Middle East from June 24 2003 for two summits in an attempt to push the road map as part of a seven-day overseas trip through Europe and Russia. On June 2 Israel freed about 100 Palestinian prisoners before the first summit in Egypt as a sign of goodwill. The list consisted largely of administrative detainees who were due to be released. Subsequent prisoner releases involved members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad but the government insisted that those slated for release did not have Israeli "blood on their hands."citation needed In Egypt on June 3 President Bush met with the leaders of Egypt Saudi Arabia Jordan and Bahrain and with Prime Minister Abbas. The Arab leaders announced their support for the road map and promised to work on cutting off funding to terrorist groups. On June 4 Bush headed to Jordan to meet directly with Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas. Halt in implementation After Bush left the region the Palestinians launched a series of terror attacks against Israelis. This threatened to derail the road map plan. On June 5 2003 the bodies of two Israelis were found near Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem beaten and stabbed to death. On June 8 2003 Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi directed an attack that killed four Israeli soldiers at the Erez Checkpoint in the Gaza Strip. On June 10 2003 Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a car in Gaza in a failed attempt to assassinate Rantissi; two Palestinians were killed. The next day a Palestinian suicide bomber killed 17 passengers and bystanders on an Israeli bus. On June 15 Israeli forces entered Gaza killing a Palestinian5 In the following few days Israel continued its targeting of Hamas leaders with new helicopter attacks. The hudna On June 29 2003 a tentative cease-fire ("hudna" in Arabic) was reached between the Palestinian Authority and four major Palestinian groups. Islamic Jihad and Hamas announced a joint three-month cease-fire while Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction declared a six-month truce. The cease-fire was later joined by the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. One condition of maintaining the truce was a demand for the release of prisoners from Israeli jails which was not part of the road map process. Despite this Israel withdrew troops from the northern Gaza Strip and was discussing the transfer of territory to Palestinian control. This coincided with a visit to the region by United States National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. On July 1 2003 in Jerusalem Sharon and Abbas held a first-ever ceremonial opening to peace talks televised live in both Arabic and Hebrew. Both leaders said the violence had gone on too long and that they were committed to the U.S.-led road map for peace. On July 2 Israeli troops pulled out of Bethlehem and transferred control to Palestinian security forces. The plan required that Palestinian police take over from withdrawing Israeli forces and stop any anti-Israeli militant attacks. At the same time the U.S. announced a $30 million aid package to the Palestinian Authority to help rebuild infrastructure destroyed by Israeli incursions. The hudna quickly collapsed. In an IDF operation to arrest Hamas bombmakers gunfight broke out in which an Israeli soldier and two alleged Hamas militants were killed. Hamas responded with a suicide bombing on August 12 killing one Israeli civilian. Fatah claimed responsibility for a second suicide bombing on August 12 killing another Israeli citizen. Despite this de facto violation of the hudna Hamas stated that the cease-fire would continue. Hostilities then escalated: the Israeli army killed Islamic Jihad's Muhammad Seeder on August 14; the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre by Hamas and Islamic Jihad on August 19 killed 23 and wounded 136 people ; and Israeli forces killed Hamas' Isma'il Abu-Shanab on August 21. After the killing of the two high-ranking leaders Hamas eventually called off the hudna.6 In November 2003 the United Nations Security Council endorsed the road map in Resolution 1515 which called for an end to all violence including "terrorism provocation incitement and destruction". By the end of 2003 the Palestinian Authority had not prevented Palestinian terrorism and Israel had neither withdrawn from Palestinian areas occupied since September 28 2000 nor frozen settlement expansion. Thus the requirements of Phase I of the road map were not fulfilled and the road map has not continued further. It is thus currently effectively in limbo. On February 13 2004 the United States government decided that it would endorse Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan for a unilateral withdrawal of most Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip adding that "...negotiations were impossible because of Palestinian recalcitrance."7 Continuation of the road map On April 14 2004 President George W. Bush wrote a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon seeming to herald two significant changes or increased specifications to longstanding but ambiguous U.S. policy which had most recently been embodied in the road map. For the first time during the road map process Bush indicated his expectations as to the outcome of the final status negotiations. The letter was widely seen as a triumph for Sharon 1 since Bush's expectations seemed to favor Israel on two highly contentious issues. Regarding final borders the letter stated: "In light of new realities on the ground including already existing major Israeli population centers it is unrealistic that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949 and all previous efforts to negotiate a two-state solution have reached the same conclusion. It is realistic to expect that any final status agreement will only be achieved on the basis of mutually agreed changes that reflect these realities...". Second regarding the Palestinian refugees' right of return Bush also stated: "It seems clear that an agreed just fair and realistic framework for a solution to the Palestinian refugee issue as part of any final status agreement will need to be found through the establishment of a Palestinian state and the settling of Palestinian refugees there rather than Israel." 2 On May 8 2004 in an interview with Egypt's Al-Ahram newspaper President George W. Bush clarified the current situation regarding the road map stating: Well 2005 may be hard since 2005 is right around the corner. I readily concede the date has slipped some primarily because violence sprung up. When I laid out the date of 2005 I believe it was around the time I went to Aqaba Jordan. It was a very meaningful moment where former Prime Minister Abu Mazen myself Prime Minister Sharon and His Majesty the King of Jordan stood up and pledged to work together. But we hit a bump in the road -- violence as well as Abu Mazen being replaced which changed the dynamic. I don't want to make any excuses but nevertheless I think the timetable of 2005 isn't as realistic as it was two years ago. Nevertheless I do think we ought to push hard as fast as possible to get a state in place. And I repeat to you sir that part of my frustrations were alleviated with the Quartet making the statement it made the other day -- the Quartet being the EU Russia United Nations and the United States working together. I think we can get the World Bank involved. But there is a certain sense of responsibility that falls upon the Palestinians reform-minded Palestinians to step up and say yes we accept these institutions necessary for a peaceful state to emerge. 8 On July 18 2004 United States President George W. Bush stated that the establishment of a Palestinian state by the end of 2005 was unlikely due to instability and violence in the Palestinian Authority. (Le Figaro) In November 2004 Yasser Arafat died at age 75 in a French hospital. Arafat's powers were divided among his officials with Mahmoud Abbas elected head of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Rawhi Fattuh sworn in as acting president of the Palestinian Authority.9 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the death could be a turning point for peace if the Palestinians "ceased terrorism" and waged a "war on terror". The White House simply described the death as a "significant moment in Palestinian history" and offered condolences. On 8 February 2005 the leaders of Israel Egypt Jordan and the Palestinian Authority came together at Sharm el-Sheikh for a summit meeting at which they declared their continuing support for the road map. In his May 26 2005 joint press conference with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the Rose Garden President Bush said: Any final status agreement must be reached between the two parties and changes to the 1949 Armistice lines must be mutually agreed to. A viable two-state solution must ensure contiguity of the West Bank and a state of scattered territories will not work. There must also be meaningful linkages between the West Bank and Gaza. This is the position of the United States today it will be the position of the United States at the time of final status negotiations.10 This statement was widely seen as a triumph for Abbas as many commentators view it as contradictory to his April 14 2004 letter.11 The Bush administration has made no attempts to clarify any perceived discrepancies between the two statements. In August 2005 the Israelis started their planned disengagement from the Gaza Strip removing all of its settlements from this area and from a portion of the West Bank. This was widely endorsed around the world and the process although unilateral on Israel's part was co-ordinated with the Palestinian Authority. In early January 2006 Sharon suffered a major stroke and did not awake from an induced coma.12 With Sharon in a serious condition in hospital his powers were transferred to his deputy Finance Minister Ehud Olmert.13 On March 28 Knesset elections were held and Olmert's party Kadima won the most seats. On April 14 2006 Sharon was declared permanently incapacitated and Olmert was named interim Prime Minister becoming Prime Minister on May 4. On 4 June 2006 Ehud Olmert announced he would meet Mahmoud Abbas to resume talks on the Road map. Olmert and Abbas joined breakfast with King Abdullah II of Jordan on 22 June 2006 in Petra.14 They pledged to meet again in coming weeks.15 On 22 June Hamas accepted parts of the prisoners' document which called for an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 borders and the creation of a Palestinian state. On 27 June 2006 Hamas and Fatah both accepted the document fully.16 2006: hostilities resume In January 2006 the Islamic militant group Hamas won a surprise victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections. The preliminary results gave Hamas 76 of the 132 seats in the chamber with the ruling Fatah party trailing with 43.17 Both Israel and the U.S. announced that they would not deal with Hamas. In Israel Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated "Israel will not conduct any negotiation with a Palestinian government if it includes any members of an armed terror organization that calls for Israel's destruction." Bush said the U.S would not deal with Hamas until it renounced its call to destroy Israel. But Hamas co-founder Mahmoud Zahhar refused to renounce violence. "We are not playing terrorism or violence. We are under occupation" he told BBC World TV.17 In mid-2006 the 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict started between Hamas and the Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza strip. Not long after clashes with Hezbollah in Lebanon precipitated the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war. This conflict had a profound impact on the Middle-East crisis surrounding Israel. Controversial armament shipments from the USA were "rushed" to Israel18 inducing Arab resentment.19 The crisis caused many analysts to declare the road map dead or at least severely strained. In October 2006 it was revealed in a Haaretz expose that rampant construction of settlements was ongoing in the West Bank contrary to Israeli promises to the United States to halt settlement construction.20 According to the report many of these settlements were built on private Palestinian property including properties previously guaranteed by Israel. The report was allegedly kept secret in order to avoid a political crisis with the US. As of mid-June 2007 a Palestinian civil conflict was unfolding as Hamas had taken control of the Gaza Strip from the Fatah-led forces while Fatah controlled most of the West Bank. In June 2008 Hamas and Israel agreed to a cease-fire which somewhat held until November 2008. On December 27 2008 the Gaza War began. On January 21 2009 Israeli troops completed their pullout from the Gaza Strip 2009 Israeli elections In January 2009 prior to the February 2009 Israeli elections the then election front-runner and leader of Israel's right-wing Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu informed Middle East envoy Tony Blair that he would continue the policy of the Israeli governments of Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert by allowing "natural" growth of settlements in the West Bank in contravention of the Road Map but not building new ones21 Hillary Clinton said that Israel was in breach of the road map with its plans to demolish 80 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem that Israel claims were built illegally.22 2009 President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu debate on settlement freeze In June 2009 Netanyahu announced Israel's acceptance of the Road Map while simultaneously rejecting a settlement freeze which is a main Israeli requirement under the Road Map 23 In rejecting President Obama's call for a settlement freeze Netanyahu also claimed that settlement expansion so called "natural growth" was needed to allow settlers to raise families by moving to new larger houses rather than move to existing houses either elsewhere in the Occupied Territories or in Israel itself.24 In June 2009 the construction of 300 new houses in the West Bank was announced by Defense Minister Ehud Barak.25 Most of these "new" houses were already built or in the process of completion. The Defense Minister's permit for construction was just another layer on top of those already given earlier.26 In November 2009 Netanyahu announced a 10-month settlement freeze27 that excluded East Jerusalem public buildings and projects already under way.28 In September 2010 Netanyahu confirmed that this partial settlement freeze would not be extended beyond September 26 and Israel would resume its previous stance of rejecting its settlement freeze Road Map obligation. Netanyau "vowed to ensure" that the Palestinians would comply with their respective Road Map commitments and refrain from acts of violence such as firing missiles at Israel.29 2010 Iran's support of Hamas undermined with a boycott exchange This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this section if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (September 2010) This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2010) This section may contain material not appropriate for an encyclopedia. Please discuss this issue on the talk page. (September 2010) On May 17 2010 Israel shipped 16000 tons of necessaries and supplies on over 675 trucks to Gaza upon the announcement that the UN Quartet agreed to expand the sanctions against Iran due to the latter's unsatisfactory agreement to ship enriched uranium for temporary storage in Turkey. This is part of the confidence-building efforts supporting Abbas's Fatah party and undermining Iran's support of Hamas while simultaneously building Israel's confidence that the Quartet will stop's Iran's quest for nuclear weapons. Anticipating statehood and an end to the Hudna with an inability to control Arab violence and continued Jihad Abbas requested NATO troops be stationed to separate Israeli and Palestinian populations to "protect the new Palestinian State" from retaliatory IDF defensive incursions but specified that no Jewish soldiers be a part of that force. Statistical background Although the Oslo accords stipulate no settlement ban Israel refrained from building any new settlements but continued building in existing settlements at a pace which fell far short of the Shamir government's 1991-92 level. Construction of Housing Units Before Oslo: 1991-92 14320 units. After Oslo: 1994-95 3850 units; 1996-1997 3570 units 30 The Palestinians built throughout area C administered by Israel without permit31 which according to Peace Now is due to the extreme difficulty Palestinians face in obtaining building permits for Area C. (Under the 1993 Oslo Accords 59% of the West Bank was allocated to Israeli control and denoted as Area C.32) Only 91 of 1624 Palestinian requests permits were approved by Israeli authorities in 2001-2008. Peace Now also said the army demolished 33 percent of the 4993 cases of illegal Palestinian construction against which it issued demolition orders. By contrast 7 percent of the 2900 cases of illegal settler construction that drew demolition orders were torn down the group said.33 Further in other areas such as East Jerusalem the UN in May 2009 noted that "only 13 percent of East Jerusalem land is currently zoned by the Israeli authorities for Palestinian construction and much of that is already built up" 34 While the settlers constitute 17% of the residents of the West Bank (300000 out of a total population of 1.8 million) the built up areas in the settlements occupy just 1.7% of the West Bank; and if they continue to build solely at the rate of their natural growth (9000 births per year) they will consume over the next decade a total of just one-half of one per cent in an area already delineated as their "municipal boundaries.".35 The amount of land allocated to Israeli settlements will exceed this figure if the current level of immigration is maintained in addition to "natural growth". Settler immigration to the West Bank accounted for between a third and half of the population growth in each year between 1999 and 2007 save 2005 when numbers were skewed by Israel's withdrawal of 8500 settlers from the Gaza Strip.36 However the total population increase has been 9000 per year including immigration.37 Further Israel is enclosing some main Israeli settlements with a West Bank Barrier. According to the current route 8.5 percent of the West Bank territory and 27520 Palestinians are on the "Israeli" side of the barrier. Another 3.4 percent of the area (with 247800 inhabitants) is completely or partially surrounded by the barrier38 In addition Amnesty International argue that in addition to the stated area of West Bank settlements there is a further impact on the Palestinian population as "bypass roads and related infrastructure and discriminatory allocation of other vital resources including water have had a devastating impact on the fundamental rights of the local Palestinian population including their rights to an adequate standard of living housing health education and work and freedom of movement within the Occupied Territories." 39 Total population in the settlements of the West Bank (excluding East Jerusalem):37 2005: 258988 2006: 268400 2007: 276462 2008: 285800 See also One State Solution Elon Peace Plan Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties Paris Peace Conference 1919 Faisal-Weizmann Agreement (1919) 1949 Armistice Agreements Camp David Accords (1978) Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty (1979) Madrid Conference of 1991 Oslo Accords (1993) Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace (1994) Camp David 2000 Summit Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Projects working for peace among Israelis and Arabs List of Middle East peace proposals International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict Sharm el-Sheikh Summit of 2005 References Roadmap For Peace in the Middle East:Israeli/Palestinian Reciprocal Action Quartet Support'U.S.Department of State Bureau of Public Affairs16/7/2003 Powell visit highlights problems 12/05/2003 Israeli Response to the Road Map on May 25 2003 Israel's road map reservations Haaretz 27/05/2003 Agreements met with violence http://www.counterpunch.org/avnery08252003.html Weisman Steven R. 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