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OUP CORRECTED PROOF - FINAL, 12/9/2014, SPi xxii Chronology 9 November 1989 12 March 1990 20 June 1990 2 August 1990 17 January 1991 30 April 1991 26 August 1991 18 October 1991 30 October 1991 16 December 1991 26 December 1991 23 June 1992 January 1993 20 August 1993 9 September 1993 13 September 1993 14 September 1993 11 October 1993 5 November 1993 25 February 1994 18 March 1994 29 April 1994 4 May 1994 18 May 1994 1 July 1994 25 July 1994 29 August 1994 Fall of the Berlin Wall. The Arab League decides to return its headquarters to Cairo. President G.H. Bush suspends dialogue with the PLO. Iraq invades Kuwait. The US launches Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait. The Lebanese parliament orders the disbanding of all militias by this date. Hezbollah remains active and the South Lebanon Army (SLA) refuses to disband. The Lebanese parliament grants an amnesty for all crimes committed during the civil war, 1975-90. Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference. The US letters of assurance to the Palestinians and Israelis. The Middle East Peace Conference opens in Madrid. Face-to-face bilateral talks for the first time between Israeli and Arab delegations, as well as with a joint Palestinian-Jordanian delegation. UN General Assembly Resolution 46/86 (Zionism-Racism). Formal dissolution of the USSR. Israeli Labor Party wins the elections. Yitzhak Rabin becomes Prime Minister. Secret Israeli-PLO talks begin in Oslo, and develop into full-scale official negotiations in May that year. Secret signing of the Oslo Accords in Oslo by Israeli Foreign Minister Peres, Palestinian Chief Negotiator Qorei and Norwegian Foreign Minister Holst. Israel and the PLO exchange letters of recognition. Signature of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self- Government Agreements in Washington. Israel-Jordan Common Agenda. Letter from Israel's Foreign Minister Peres to Norway's Foreign Minister Holst on the Status of East Jerusalem. Establishment of the AHLC. An Israeli opens fire at the Ibrahimi Mosque or Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, killing 29 Palestinians. UN Security Council Resolution 904 on the Hebron Massacre. Protocol on Economic Relations between the State of Israel and the PLO (Paris Protocol). Gaza-Jericho Agreement. The IDF withdraws from Gaza city and Jericho. Yasir Arafat arrives in Gaza. Washington Declaration (Jordan-Israel peace talks). Agreement on Preparatory Transfer of Power and Responsibilities. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023154