TIMELINE: Middle East peacemaking

(Reuters) - Hamas accepts the establishment of a Palestinian state on land occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war but would not recognize the Jewish state, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Monday.

Meshaal had held talks with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Damascus on Friday in one of the highest profile meetings between the Islamist group and a Western statesman.

Here is a timeline of Middle East peacemaking efforts:

March 26, 1979 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign peace treaty to end 30 years of war.

Dec 1987 - First Palestinian uprising, or Intifada, starts.

Sept 13, 1993 - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin trade historic handshake at Bill Clinton's White House, sealing Oslo Accords outline for limited Palestinian self-rule in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Oct 26, 1994 - Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan sign peace treaty ending 46 years of war.

Nov 4, 1995 - Rabin assassinated by ultra-nationalist Jew.

July 25, 2000 - Camp David peace summit, brokered by Clinton, breaks down after two weeks of talks between Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

Sept 28, 2000 - Second Palestinian Intifada erupts after Israeli opposition leader, Ariel Sharon, visits Jerusalem's Temple Mount, revered by Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif.

Jan 21, 2001 - Barak launches talks at Egyptian Red Sea resort of Taba in last-ditch effort to reach peace with Palestinians before February Israeli election.

-- Talks end without deal and Labour's Barak loses election to right-winger Sharon.

April 30, 2003 - "Road map" for peace drafted by the Middle East Quartet -- the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia.

Nov 11, 2004 - Arafat dies in Paris. Mahmoud Abbas becomes Palestinian president after landslide elections.

Feb 8, 2005 - Sharon and Abbas declare ceasefire at summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Sept 12, 2005 - Israel pulls troops and settlers out of Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation.