2 June: The new Palestinian unity government was sworn in.
12 June: Three settler youth are kidnapped in the West Bank, triggering Israel’s search “Operation Brother’s Keeper”.
30 June: After the settler’s bodies are found, Israeli extremists kidnap and kill a Palestinian boy which triggers rocket fire from Gaza.
8 July: Israel launches “Operation Protective Edge” on Gaza, which lasted until 26 Aug., and left over 2,100 Palestinians killed and half a million displaced.
31 Dec.: Abbas signs the Rome Statute as a step to join the ICC.
– The UNSC Security Council rejects a resolution demanding an end to the Israeli occupation within three years by a vote of 8:2, and 5 abstentions.