page_title: History of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
section_title: 2005 to present
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict / The conflict / 2005 to present
caption_attribution_description: English: ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Nov. 27, 2008) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Omert, left President George W. Bush, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas address representatives from more than 50 counties and international organizations at the Annapolis Conference in the Naval Academy's Memorial Hall. Attendees included "the Quartet," made up of the United Nations, European Union, Russia and the United States; members of the Arab League Follow-on Committee, the Group of Eight major industrialized nations, permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, and other key international officials. U.S. Navy photo by Gin Kai (Released) العربية: أنابوليس، ماريلاند (27 تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2008)، صورة من مؤتمر أنابوليس للسلام في الشرق الأوسط الذي عقد في 27 نوفمبر/ تشرين الثاني من 2007، إذ ترك رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي إيهود أولمرت، الرئيس جورج دبليو بوش والرئيس الفلسطيني محمود عباس ليخاطبا ممثلين من أكثر من 50 إقليم ومنظمة دولية في مؤتمر أنابوليس في القاعة التذكارية للأكاديمية البحرية. وكان من بين الحضور "اللجنة الرباعية" المكونة من الأمم المتحدة والاتحاد الأوروبي وروسيا والولايات المتحدة، بالإضافة لأعضاء لجنة المتابعة التابعة لجامعة الدول العربية، ومجموعة الدول الصناعية الثماني الكبرى، والأعضاء الدائمين في مجلس الأمن التابع للأمم المتحدة، وغيرهم من المسؤولين الدوليين الرئيسيين. قام جين كاي بالتقاط هذه الصورة للبحرية الأمريكية.
context_page_description: The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict began with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.
  This conflict came from the intercommunal violence in Mandatory Palestine between Israelis and Arabs from 1920 and erupted into full-scale hostilities in the 1947–48 civil war. The conflict continues to the present day on various levels.
context_section_description: Following the November 2004 death of long-time Fatah party PLO leader Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat, Fatah member Mahmoud Abbas was elected President of the Palestinian National Authority in January 2005. One key allegation which emerged against the Palestinian Authority after Arafat's death was that over the years Arafat and Fatah officials had received billions of dollars in aid from foreign nations and organizations and had never used this money to develop Palestinian society. It was alleged that the money was used for Arafat's personal expenses. These allegations gradually grew in prominence, which increased Palestinian popular support for the group Hamas, which was often perceived by the Palestinian society as being more efficient and honest, primarily because it had built various institutions and social services. Hamas also stated clearly that it did not recognize Israel's right to exist and did not accept the Oslo peace process nor any other peace process with Israel. in addition, Hamas has openly stated through the years that it has encouraged and organized acts of terrorism against Israelis over the years.
  The strengthening of the Hamas organization amongst the Palestinians, the gradual disintegration of the Palestinian Authority and the Fatah organization, and the Israeli disengagement plan and especially the death of Yasser Arafat led to the policy change of the Hamas movement in early 2005 which started putting greater emphasis to its political characteristics of the organization.
  In November 2007, the Annapolis Conference was held. The conference marked the first time a two-state solution was articulated as the mutually agreed-upon outline for addressing the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The conference ended with the issuing of a joint statement from all parties.
caption: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, US President George Bush and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Annapolis Conference
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