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Histoire de État de Palestine — Chronologie
Dates clés de l'histoire de État de Palestine, d'après le Factbook Magna et l'Encyclopédie universelle.
1948After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Transjordan (later renamed Jordan) captured the West Bank and annexed it in 1950; Israel then captured it in the Six-Day War in 1967.
1993Under the Oslo Accords -- a series of agreements that were signed between 1993 and 1999 -- Israel transferred to the newly created Palestinian Authority (PA) security and civilian responsibility for the many Palestinian-populated areas of the West Bank, as well as the Gaza Strip.
2000In 2000, a violent intifada , or uprising, began across the Palestinian territories, and in 2001, negotiations for a permanent agreement between the PLO and Israel on final status issues stalled.
2006The PA last held national elections in 2006, when the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) won a majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC).
2007Fatah, the dominant Palestinian political faction in the West Bank, and HAMAS failed to maintain a unity government, leading to violent clashes between their respective supporters and to HAMAS's violent seizure of all PA military and governmental institutions in the Gaza Strip in 2007.
2012Languages: Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood) Religions: Muslim 80-85% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12-14%, Christian 1-2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox), other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1% (2012 est.) Urban population: 77.6% of total population (2023).
2018In 2018, the Palestinian Constitutional Court dissolved the PLC.
2022Industries: small-scale manufacturing, quarrying, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs Agriculture: tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, poultry, milk, potatoes, sheep milk, eggplants, gourds Electricity access: 100% (2022 est.).
2023Generation mix — fossil fuels: 66.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.); solar: 33.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) Energy use: 14.991 million Btu/person (2023 est.).
2024GDP (purchasing power parity): $20.339 billion (2024 est.).
2024GDP per capita (PPP): $3,800 (2024 est.).
