14 Feb.: The PA cabinet resigns. President Abbas immediately reappoints Salam Fayyad as Prime Minister, directs him to form a new cabinet.
March: After a new round of meetings and in the midst of the Arab Spring, the Quartet declares it held little hope for the resumption of talks as the differences between the two sides were far too wide.
26 June: President Abbas announces that in the absence of peace talks, Palestinians would pursue their unilateral bid for statehood in Sept.
26 June: President Abbas announces that in the absence of peace talks, Palestinians would pursue their unilateral bid for statehood in September and on 26 Sep., he submitted the formal application to the UNSC.
29 Sep.: Palestinians accept a Quartet proposal to resume talks within a month to arrive at a final agreement by the end of 2012, but demand that Israel stop building settlements.
31 Oct.: UNESCO votes to admit Palestine as its 195th full member. The US stops funding to UNESCO.