Editing Road map for peace (section)

==Background==
In March 2002, in response to a wave of [[List of Palestinian suicide attacks#2000s|Palestinian suicide attacks]] as part of the [[Second Intifada]] that culminated in the "[[Passover massacre]]", Israel launched a major military operation in the [[West Bank]], dubbed [[Operation Defensive Shield]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.btselem.org/download/200207_defensive_shield_eng.pdf |title=Operation Defensive Shield: Palestinian Testimonies, Soldiers' Testimonies |date=July 2007 |publisher=[[B'Tselem]]}}</ref> Virtually the entire Palestinian public administration was destroyed by the [[Israeli army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitt.edu/~ttwiss/irtf/palestinlibsdmg.html|title=Damage to Palestinian Libraries and Archives during the Spring of 2002|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224156/http://www.pitt.edu/~ttwiss/irtf/palestinlibsdmg.html|archivedate=3 March 2016|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|date=16 January 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pna.gov.ps/new/repintrod02.pdf |title=Report on the Destruction to Palestinian Governmental Institutions in Ramallah Caused by IDF Forces Between March 29 and April 21, 2002 |access-date=2014-01-05 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030323112115/http://www.pna.gov.ps/new/repintrod02.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2003 |work= Palestinian National Authority|date=22 April 2002}}</ref> Israel re-established its full exclusive military control over the West Bank, including [[Palestinian enclaves|Areas A and B]], which were intended to be handed over to the [[Palestinian Authority]] within the framework of the [[Oslo II Accord]]. The army largely destroyed [[Arafat's Compound]] in [[Ramallah]], containing the main offices of the PA, and placed President [[Yasser Arafat]] under siege.

The United States, European Union, United Nations, and Russia formed the [[Quartet on the Middle East]] and tried to save the peace process with a new plan, against the backdrop of the U.S. [[War on Terror]], which dominated international politics at the time.