Chronology xxv 29 March 2002 Israel launches operation Defense Shield, placing Arafat under siege in his Ramallah compound, the Mugata. 30 March 2002 Security Council Resolution 1402. 10 April 2002 European Parliament votes to suspend Euro-Israeli association agreement. 12 April 2002 The Battle of Jenin. 19 April 2002 UN Security Council Resolution 1405 on Jenin. 29 May 2002 Basic Palestinian Law. 24 June 2002 President G.W. Bush’s Rose Garden speech. 27 July 2002 Ayalon-Nusseibeh Statement of Principles. 31 July 2002 Report of the UN Secretary-General prepared pursuant to UN General Assembly Resolution ES-10/10 (Jenin Report). 17 January 2003 Outcomes of London Conference on Palestinian Reform. 19 March 2003 US and UK invasion of Iraq. 19 March 2003 Yasir Arafat appoints Mahmoud Abbas as the first Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority. 30 April 2003 Performance-Based Road Map to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. 25 May 2003 Israel’s response to Road Map. 4 June 2003 A summit is convened by President Bush in Aqaba, Jordan with Prime Ministers Sharon and Abbas, hosted by King Abdullah II. 29 June 2003 Palestinian cease-fire statements. 6 September 2003 Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas resigns. 11 September 2003 The Israeli cabinet approves removal of Yasir Arafat from the West Bank. 5 October 2003 Ahmed Qorei appointed Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority. 21 October 2003 UN General Assembly Resolution ES-10/13 (Barrier). 19 November 2003 UN Security Council Resolution 1515 (Quartet’s Road-Map). 24 November 2003 Report of the UNSG pursuant to Resolution ES-10/13 (Barrier). 1 December 2003 The Geneva Accord: A Model Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement. 8 December 2003 UN General Assembly Resolution ES-10/14 (Barrier). 18 December 2003 Prime Minister Sharon’s address at the Fourth Herzliyah Conference. 14 April 2004 Exchange of letters between Prime Minister Sharon and President Bush. 18 April 2004 T