Middle East crisis

In the final days of President Clinton's last presidential term, the BBC looks back at the key events of the current crisis, and the efforts being made to secure a peace agreement.

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January 4 2001

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat heads for Cairo

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat flies to Cairo for talks with Arab ministers on President Clinton's latest Middle East peace proposals.The meeting comes a day after Mr Arafat gave conditional acceptance to a US plan to restart Middle East peace talk. The BBC's Caroline Hawley reports.

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January 2 2001

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in the US

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat flies into Washington-but initial talks with President Clinton on American peace plans for the Middle East come to an end without any sign of a breakthrough. The BBC's John Simpson analyses the day's events.

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October 17 2000

President Clinton at Sharm el-Sheik

President Clinton presided over the Sharm el-Sheik agreement in which the Israelis and Palestinians agreed to call for an end to the violence. The BBC's Mike Williams reflects on how difficult it would be for the killing to be stopped.

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October 12 2000

Palestinian lynch mob storm Ramallah police station

Israel declares a 'government of national unity' after a day in which two of its soldiers were brutally murdered by a Palestinian lynch mob - and its helicopters took vicious revenge on the town and inhabitants of Ramallah. From there, the BBC's Ben Brown reports.

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October 2 2000

Muhammad al-Durrah and his father cower behind a concrete wall

A French cameraman captures shocking footage of a Palestinian boy being shot by Israeli soldiers while his father desperately tries to shield him from the attack. Israel later expressed sorrow at the death but accused the Palestinians of making "cynical use" of children in clashes with Israeli troops.

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September 28 2000

Ariel Sharon makes his fateful visit to Jerusalem

In what was to become the spark that ignited the current violence, the hard-line Israeli opposition leader, Ariel Sharon, visited Jerusalem's holiest site, the compound around Al-Aqsa mosque. The BBC's Hilary Andersson sent this report.

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