Israeli–Palestinian peace processEfforts to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Part of a series onthe Israeli–Palestinian conflictIsraeli–Palestinianpeace process Background Israeli–Palestinian conflict Zionism History of Palestine HistoryPeace discourse1948–onwardsCamp David Accords1978Madrid Conference1991Oslo Accords1993 / 95Hebron Protocol1997Wye River Memorandum1998Sharm El Sheikh Memorandum1999Camp David Summit2000The Clinton Parameters2000Taba Summit2001Road Map2003Agreement on Movement and Access2005Annapolis Conference2007Mitchell-led talks2010–11Kerry-led talks2013–14 Primary concerns Final borders Israeli settlements Palestinian enclaves Jewish state Palestinian political violence Palestinian refugees Security concerns Status of Jerusalem Zionist political violence Secondary concerns Israeli West Bank barrier Places of worship Fatah–Hamas conflict Water Electricity International brokers The "Quartet" (United NationsUnited StatesEuropean UnionRussia) Arab League EgyptJordan United KingdomFrance Proposals One-state solution: IsratinElon Peace Plan Two-state solution: Fahd PlanAllon PlanArab Peace InitiativeGeneva InitiativeLieberman PlanIsraeli Peace InitiativePalestinian Prisoners' DocumentTrump Peace PlanA Land for All Three-state solution Israeli unilateral plans: HafradaDisengagementRealignment Others Palestinian Emirates Plan Projects / groups / NGOs Peace-orientated projects Israeli–Palestinian economic peace efforts Valley of Peace Middle East economic integration Alliance for Middle East Peace Peres Center for Peace vte Intermittent discussions are held by various parties and proposals put forward in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through a peace process.
Israeli–Palestinian conflictIsrael and the Palestinians are engaged in an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the former territory of Mandatory Palestine.Jewish stateThe term "Jewish state" has widely been used as a synonym for Israel since its establishment in 1948. Establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine was the goal of Zionism, a nationalist movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century. Theodor Herzl's 1896 book Der Judenstaat ( 'The Jew State' or 'The Jews' State' in German) is often translated into English as The Jewish State. The Zionist Organization used the term 'national home'.
IsraelIsrael, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel's western coast lies on the Mediterranean Sea, its southern tip reaches the Red Sea, and to the east is Earth's lowest point near the Dead Sea.
Mandatory PalestineMandatory Palestine, officially known as Palestine, was a British administrative territory in the region of Palestine between 1920 and 1948. Under the League of Nations mandate system, Britain was entrusted with administrating Palestine on the development of representative institutions and eventual self-government.
PalestiniansArab national group of the LevantEthnic groupPalestinians (Arabic: الفلسطينيون, romanized: al-Filasṭīniyyūn) are an Arabnational group native to the region of Palestine, descended from those who have inhabited the area over the millennia. They represent a highly homogenized community who share a cultural and ethnic identity, and close linguistic and cultural ties with other Levantine Arabs.
IsraelisPeople of Israel Ethnic group Israelis (Hebrew: יִשְׂרְאֵלִים, romanized: Yīśreʾēlīm; Arabic: إسرائيليون, romanized: Isrāʾīliyyūn) are the citizens, nationals, and permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state.
West BankThe West Bank is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up Palestine. A landlocked territory located on the western bank of the Jordan River near the coast of the in West Asia's Levant region, it is bordered by Jordan and the Dead Sea to the east, and by Israel (via the Green Line) to the south, west, and north. Since 1967, the territory has been under Israeli occupation, which is illegal under international law.
Gaza StripAutonomous territory in the Middle EastThe Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the West Bank) that make up the State of Palestine in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Gaza is bordered by Egypt on the southwest, Israel on the east and north, and the to the west. Its capital and largest city is Gaza City.
PalestineCountry in West AsiaPalestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a Southern Levant country in West Asia comprising the Israeli-occupied West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip, collectively known as the occupied Palestinian territories.
Golan HeightsThe Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria, the majority of which has been occupied and administered by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon Mountains with Mount Hermon in the north and Wadi Raqqad (Ruqqad) in the east, with an alternative definition having it stretch further east, up to Wadi 'Allan.
SyriaSyria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwest, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. It is a republic under a provisional government and comprises 14 governorates. Damascus is Syria's capital and largest city.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.