A period of low-intensity conflict between Israeli security forces and Palestinian civilians, along with cases of civil disobedience and other forms of nonviolent conflict.

Reference map showing Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip in 1988.

Reference map showing Israeli settlements in the West Bank in 1988.

Reference map of Jewish neighborhoods located within Palestinian-majority areas of East Jerusalem as of 1988.

A letter from US Secretary of State George Shultz to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, dated 4 March 1988, in which he sets out his vision for Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli negotiations based on UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338.

An international arbitration aimed at resolving a dispute between Egypt and Israel as to the exact route of the border between them, that was concluded on 29 September 1988.

A set of resolutions adopted by the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, chaired by PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, on 15 November 1988 in Algiers, Algeria.

A statement made by PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat on 14 December 1988 at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

A set of three resolutions concerning the question of Palestine adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 December 1988.

A peace plan proposed on 14 May 1989 by Israel's national unity government, a grand coalition formed in 1988 that included the two major Israeli parties, Likud and Labor.

A ten-point initiative proposed by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on 11 September 1989.

A five-point document submitted to Israeli and Egyptian representatives by US Secretary of State James Baker on 1 November 1989, recognizing that Egypt would coordinate its position with the Palestinians.

Reference map showing Israeli settlements in the West Bank in 1990.

A resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 6 December 1990 by a vote of 144 For, 2 Against (Israel and the United States), 13 Absent.