Israel and the Palestinians are have resumed direct talks in Washington in a bid to resurrect two-decade-old efforts to end the Middle East conflict.
Here is a chronology of events.
1991
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Nov 1: The Madrid Peace Conference sets framework for the peace process.
1993
Sept 13: Israel and the PLO sign Declaration of Principles on autonomy after months of secret negotiations in Oslo.
1994
May 4: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat sign autonomy accord in Cairo.
2000
July 11-25: US president Bill Clinton hosts talks with Arafat and Israeli premier Ehud Barak at Camp David that end in failure over the issues of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees, sparking a new Palestinian uprising, or intifada.
2001
Jan 21: Talks in Taba, Egypt, fail to revive the peace process.
2003
June 4: "Roadmap" for the creation of a Palestinian state by 2005 launched by US president George W. Bush, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian prime minister Mahmud Abbas in Aqaba, Jordan.
2005
Feb 2: Sharon and Abbas -- now Palestinian president -- meet in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, and declare an end to hostilities.
2007
Nov 27: Abbas and Israeli premier Ehud Olmert formally restart negotiations at Annapolis, Maryland.
2008
Dec 27: Israel begins a devastating 22-day military offensive in the Gaza Strip, prompting the Palestinians to suspend talks.
2010
May 9: Indirect talks start.
Aug 20: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton invites Israel and the Palestinians to resume direct negotiations in Washington on September 2.
Sept 2: US President Obama hosts Abbas and Israeli PM Netanyahu in Washington.
