Israel-Palestinian Peace Negotiations:
The "Sharon Plan" - Gaza Disengagement

(December 2003 - September 2005)

Israel-Palestinian Negotiations: Table of Contents | History & Overview | Oslo Accords

Reference

• Text of Sharon's Disengagement Plan
• Compensation for Jews Evacuated in Disengagement

Timeline of Events

2003:

• Sharon First Describes “Disengagement Plan” (December 18, 2003)

2004:

• PM Sharon's Letter to President Bush Outlining Disengagement Plan (April 14, 2004)
• President Bush's Response Letter to PM Sharon (April 14, 2004)
• Bush-Sharon Press Conference on Disengagement Plan (April 14, 2004)
  • Statement by President Bush on Israel-Palestinian Peace Process (April 14, 2004)
• Weissglas Letter to Rice Confirming U.S.-Israel Understandings (April 18, 2004)
• Sharon Speech to Knesset on U.S. Visit & Disengagement Plan (April 22, 2004)
• Sharon's Four-Stage Disengagement Plan Presented to Knesset (May 28, 2004)
• Cabinet Resolution Regarding Disengagement Plan (June 6, 2004)
• Timetable for Evacuating Settlements Under Sharon Plan (June 10, 2004)
• Sharon Addresses Knesset on Disengagement Plan (October 26, 2004)
• Knesset Approves Disengagement Plan (October 26, 2004)

2005:

• Knesset Approves Disengagement Implementation Law (February 16, 2005)
• Sharon Signs Order Implementing Disengagement Plan (February 20, 2005)
• Order Prohibiting Relocation to Settlements Scheduled for Evacuation (March 20, 2005)
• Knesset Rejects Referendum On Disengagement (March 28, 2005)
• Sharon Briefs Cabinet on Meeting with Bush (April 17, 2005)
• Disengagement Authority Approves Resettlement Loans (June 1, 2005)
• G8 Statement on Israeli Disengagement Plan (June 9, 2005)
• Egypt Agrees To Police Philadelphia Route After Disengagement (August 2, 2005)
• IDF Annoucement Requiring Israeli Residents to Leave Gaza (August 15, 2005)
• Bush Applauds Israeli Disengagement in Speech (August 27, 2005)
• Israeli-Egyptian Agreement on Gaza Border With Egypt (September 1, 2005)
• Israel Transfers Gush Katif Hothouses to Palestinians (September 7, 2005)
• Israel Completes Evacuation of Gaza (September 12, 2005)
• Completion of IDF Redeployment in Northern West Bank (September 20, 2005)
• Rules on Entry of Israeli Citizens into Gaza Strip (September 21, 2005)
• Israel, Gaza Relations After Disengagement (September 21, 2005)
• Israel Provides $25 Million for Gaza Redevelopment Project (December 22, 2005)