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2000: Second intifada  A Palestinian policeman outside the
government building after it was set on fire in 2006 during
Palestinian factional rivalry A Palestinian policeman during the
uprising   After the Oslo agreement, Yasser Arafat returned to
Palestinian territory, the Palestinian Authority was established
and Israeli withdrawals began. However, the agreement was
denounced by hardline Israelis and Palestinians as a sell-out
and it did not take hold.  Opposition to the agreement was led
on the Palestinian side by the Islamic militant group Hamas and
the deadly phenonenom of the suicide bomber emerged, in which
dozens of Israeli civilians were killed. Israeli counter-strikes
killed many Palestinians.  President Bill Clinton got Yasser
Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak together at Camp
David in 2000 but the final-status issues of Jerusalem and the
future of Palestinian refugees broke the talks.  By 2000, a
second intifada was being open