Key intifada moments

Tempers have been at the boiling point for a year

BBC News Online looks back at a year-long uprising that has left some 800 people dead.

28 September, 2000:
Ariel Sharon, then the leader of the opposition, visits the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary), sparking clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces. Dozens of Palestinians are wounded in the worst violence in years at the site, which is holy to both Jews and Muslims.

The next day, Palestinian worshippers at the site throw stones on Jewish worshippers below, prompting an armed response from Israeli security forces. More than 80 people are killed within two weeks as the intifada, or uprising, explodes.

Mohammed al-Durrah has been hailed as a martyr

30 September:
The death of a 12-year-old Palestinian, Mohammed al-Durrah, is caught on video and broadcast around the world. The boy is shot dead in the Gaza Strip during a lengthy clash between Israelis and Palestinians as he cowers behind his father for protection. The Israeli army later admits it is "probably" responsible for his death.

12 October:
Two Israeli army reservists are lynched by a mob in the West Bank town of Ramallah after taking a wrong turn into the town. A photograph of a Palestinian man showing their blood on his hands is widely broadcast.

16-17 October:
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, US President Bill Clinton meet for talks at the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh to try to halt the violence.

An agreement fails to put an end to clashes on the ground. A commission, chaired by former US Senator George Mitchell, is established to report on the causes of the violence and recommend measures to end it.

The death toll climbs past 100.

20 January, 2001:
Mr Clinton, who has been intensely involved in the Middle East peace process, steps down as president. His successor, George W Bush, appears less willing for the US to play an active role in the region.

Sharon won by a landslide

6 February:
Mr Sharon is elected prime minister of Israel, defeating Mr Barak by a landslide after the Labour leader called a snap election. In the following weeks, he builds a national unity government including his own right-wing Likud party, the centre-left Labour party, and a number of religious and nationalist parties.

21 May:
The Mitchell Commission releases its report and calls for an "immediate and unconditional" end to the violence.

Among its other recommendations are:

• Disengagement of forces on both sides
• Resumption of security co-operation
• A clear statement by the Palestinian Authority calling for an end to violence
• A freeze on all Israeli settlement building.

It does not back the Palestinian call for international observers to monitor the conflict, a measure rejected by Israel. Both sides say they accept the report, but do not act on its recommendations.

2 June:
A suicide bomber kills 21 Israelis, mostly teenagers waiting outside a nightclub in Tel Aviv, in the single deadliest suicide attack against Israel.

14 August:
Israel sends troops and tanks into the West Bank city of Jenin. It is the first Israeli incursion into an area handed over to full Palestinian control in 1994 under the Oslo accords.

Mustafa is the highest ranking Palestinian killed

27 August:
Israeli forces kill Abu Ali Mustafa, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a faction of Mr Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organisation.

Mustafa is the highest-ranking leader to be killed by Israel under a policy that it calls "targeted killings". Palestinians and human rights organisations condemn the policy as assassination and say Israel has killed up to 40 Palestinians in such strikes.

26 September:
Under intense pressure from the US, Mr Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres meet in the Gaza Strip to discuss a ceasefire.

More than 600 Palestinians and 170 Israelis have been killed in the violence of the last 12 months.