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2005

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1983 Ariel Sharon is removed from office in the Israeli government following a tribunal into the 1982 killings of hundreds of people in two refugee camps Sabrah and Shatilla.

1999 King Hussein's funeral brought together sworn enemies, including a PLO leader who approached Israel's president, praised him as a man of peace, and shook his hand. The scene involving Nayef Hawatmeh and Ezer Weizman.

2004 An eleven-year old boy and a teenager were among six Palestinians killed by the Israeli Occupation Forces in the Gaza Strip within the last twenty-four hours while another five year old boy was critically wounded and at least 14 bystanders injured.

2005 Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have declared a truce to end four years of Middle East violence. Abbas said the ceasefire, which begins immediately, would lead to a "new era of peace and hope".

2005 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attended a summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Egypt, in the summit Abbas proclaimed a formal end to fighting with Israel after more than four years of bloodshed.

2005 Mid-East leaders announce truce

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