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| 1994, Jan. 10 |
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| Israel and the PLO resumed peace talks regarding the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The PLO signed an economic pact with Jordan providing for a Jordanian financial role in developing the Palestinian regions. The Syrian president Hafez al-Assad also endorsed the Israel-PLO accord. On Feb. 9 Israel and the PLO signed accords to further implement Arab self-rule on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank city of Jericho. | 1 |
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| Feb. 24 |
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| An Israeli settler launched a rifle attack in a mosque in Hebron, killing 40 Muslims and wounding 150. | 2 |
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| March 21 |
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| The PLO and Israel agreed to reopen their talks. They set terms for the release of Palestinian prisoners and allowed for Palestinian police in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. | 3 |
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| May 4 |
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| Israel and the PLO ratified an accord implementing some Palestinian self rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. They also signed an economic accord giving these territories some economic autonomy. | 4 |
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| May 18 |
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| Israel totally withdrew from Gaza and Jericho and Palestinian police came in. | 5 |
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| May 20 |
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| Muslim militants killed a group of Israeli soldiers at a Gaza checkpoint. Arafat announced that Israeli laws no longer applied in Jericho or the Gaza Strip. | 6 |
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| June 6 |
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| The peace talks between Israel and Jordan, which had stopped because of the massacre at Hebron, resumed. | 7 |
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| July 1 |
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| Arafat visited the Gaza Strip and Jericho for the first time in 27 years. | 8 |
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| Oct. 14 |
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| Arafat, Rabin, and Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize. | 9 |
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| Nov. 30 |
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| The World Bank and 22 countries met in Belgium and decided to give more than 200 million dollars in economic aid to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). | 10 |
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