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Exact day8 February 2005
Palestine
On 8 February 2005, at a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh convened by Egypt’s president, Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon announced that Palestinians would stop all acts of violence against Israelis and that Israel would cease all its military activities against Palestinians. The encyclopedia of the Institute for Palestine Studies takes this ceasefire as the end of the Second Intifada.
Related
EventThe Second Intifada29 September 2000 – February 2005
Why this connection? ↗Containment does not imply causation.
Linked context in the legacy record
The Security Council welcomed the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 8 February 2005, and the understandings Israel and the Palestinian Authority reached there: that Palestinians would stop all acts of violence against Israelis, and that Israel would cease all its military activities against Palestinians. The same day, the Secretary-General welcomed the two leaders’ “joint announcements to cease violence after four years of death and suffering”, and commended Egypt’s president for organising the summit.
Link to this chapterUnited Nations · section: Opening paragraph
Original-language quotation · enThe Security Council this evening welcomed the Summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, on 8 February, and the resumption of direct talks between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas.Link to this citationUnited Nations · section: Opening paragraphs
Original-language quotation · enPalestinians would stop all acts of violence against Israelis and that Israel would cease all its military activities against PalestiniansLink to this citationUnited Nations · section: The statement
Original-language quotation · entheir joint announcements to cease violence after four years of death and suffering provide an opportunity for the peace process to resumeLink to this citationThe encyclopedia of the Institute for Palestine Studies (Roger Heacock) writes that relations with Israel were stabilised through this ceasefire, which can be considered the end of the al-Aqsa Intifada.
Link to this chapterPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Its end
Original-language quotation · enRelations with Israel were stabilized through the cease-fire of Sharm al-Shaykh signed by Abbas and Sharon in February 2005, which can be considered the end of the al-Aqsa Intifada.Link to this citationSources & evidence
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document · United Nations
The Secretary-General’s statement on the summit, 8 February 2005.
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document · United Nations
The Security Council’s presidential statement on the summit, 8 February 2005.
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article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
Roger Heacock, “Second Intifada (2000–2005)”, Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question (Institute for Palestine Studies).
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8 February 2005 · day
02-08 · occurrence
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EventAbbas and Sharon announce a ceasefire at Sharm el-Sheikh is connected to EventThe Second Intifada
Role: The end of the Second Intifada, as the encyclopedia takes it
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Roger Heacock).
The Second Intifada, 2000-2005 ↗
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “the cease-fire of Sharm al-Shaykh signed by Abbas and Sharon in February 2005, which can be considered the end of the al-Aqsa Intifada”
Evidence version:palquest-second-intifada:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.