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Sharon victories blueprint for Israel''s borders
Daily Star 4/1/2005
Premier fast imposing boundaries that extend beyond 1967 frontiers - Sharon victories blueprint for Israel''s borders -- JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon - in spectacular fashion and with both overt and tacit support from Washington - is fast imposing a blueprint for Israel''s permanent......more
Church land deal enrages Palestinians
BBC 3/31/2005
Inside the walls of Jerusalem''s Old City, there is a battle going on. It involves a secret investor, a man gone into hiding, an embarrassed Patriarch and the future of Jerusalem. The fight centres on a large, ramshackle Palestinian hotel......more
World Council of Churches concerned about Israeli actions in Jerusalem
Electronic Intifada 3/31/2005
Report, WCC -- AN OPEN LETTER ON THE STATUS OF JERUSALEM - From Peter Weiderud, director, Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches is deeply concerned about actions by the Government of Israel......more
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report 28-29 March 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 3/29/2005
SALFIT: Wall Construction: Land levelling for Wall construction continues in the town of Deir Ballut and the village of Az Zawiya near the Green Line. Flying Checkpoint: At 12:00, the Israeli army set up a flying checkpoint between the......more
Work in Constructing Apartheid Wall Continues in WB
WAFA 3/30/2005
JERUSALEM, March, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation bulldozers began non-stop in the implementation of the second and third phases of the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank(WB). Stop the Wall Website revealed on Tuesday that Israeli Occupation bulldozers have been......more
Seizure of Lands in Beit Hanina
WAFA 3/30/2005
DETROIT (USA), March, 30, 2005 (WAFA)- A Palestinian-American family in Metro Detroit, original from the village of Beit Hanina in Jerusalem revealed that the Israeli authorities will seize lands of the family to build part of the Apartheid Wall. In......more
Third Palestinian-European Conference on Israel Apartheid Wall Opens
International Press Center 3/30/2005
VIENNA, March30, 2005 (IPC)-- The third Palestinian-European conference on Israel''s Apartheid Wall, will open in May, 2005 in the Austrian city of Vienna, to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (displacement by Israel if hundreds of thousands of......more
Palestinians also sleep in the day
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 3/31/2005
The Israelis don''t sleep at night, and we, the Palestinians also sleep in the day time."So said an East Jerusalemite Palestinian recently. He was referring to the submission with which the Palestinian public in general and its leadership in......more
Israeli Occupation Grabs Land in Jerusalem and Arrests Eight in Jenin
International Press Center 3/30/2005
WEST BANK, Palestine, March 30,2005 (IPC+WAFA)---The Israeli occupation forces submitted yesterday the residents of Al Jeeb and Al Nabi Samuel villages, North West of the occupied Jerusalem, warrants proclaiming the seizure of vast areas of their lands. The......more
Israel Builds a New Segment of the Wall
International Press Center 3/29/2005
GAZA, Palestine, March 29,2005 (IPC+Agencies)--The Israeli state run-Radio reported today morning that the Israeli occupation force will commence on next Wednesday the construction of a new segment of the Apartheid Wall- land grab- in the southern area with......more
Army to annex lands near Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 3/29/2005
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers handed two residents from the villages of Al-Jeeb, and Nabi Samuel, north of Jerusalem, military orders informing them of intentions to annex their lands. The Arabs48 news website reported that soldiers intend to annex 170.6 Dunams......more
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 27-28 March 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 3/28/2005
QALQILYA: Wall Gates: Passage through the Wall gates is restricted to civilians granted special Israeli permits. Arrest: At 21:25 on 26 March 2005, the Israeli army arrested Nadi Mufid Radhwan, 17 years old, during its raid on the town......more
Hamas leader: calm impossible to maintain if 8000 prisoners stay behind bars
International Middle East Media Center 3/28/2005
Prominent Hamas West Bank leader Sheikh Hassan Yousif said Monday that the existing calm period is impossible to maintain if Israel continues to imprison 8,000 Palestinians, to expand settlements and to build the “apartheid” wall. Yousif called the U.S. Administration......more
Analysis / Sharon, Bush and the settlements
Ha''aretz 3/27/2005
Sharon''s bureau has the impression that the Americans have silently acquiesced to expanded construction in the territories.-- The efforts to expand the "settlement blocs" in the West Bank and to fill sensitive areas between the Green Line and the separation......more
Palestinians'' new IDs to allow easier access
Ha''aretz 3/28/2005
The Civil Administration in the territories has started issuing Palestinians with a new type of magnetic cards that employ biometric identification techniques - face-prints, handprints, eye-prints and fingerprints. The new identity cards, known by their Hebrew acronym, Bazal, are meant to......more
Sharon: We can''t expect an explicit U.S. okay to build freely in the settlements
Ha''aretz 3/28/2005
We can''t expect to receive explicit American agreement to build freely in the settlements," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said at yesterday''s cabinet meeting. The large blocs of settlement in the West Bank "will remain in Israel''s hands and will fall......more
How much is enough?
By Khaled Amayreh, Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 3/24/2005
As Palestinians agree to a general cease-fire Israel announces it will steal yet more land -- While much of the world community is harbouring a modicum of hope for reviving peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians, especially following Palestinian Authority......more
''Fence hinders religious freedom''
YNetNews 3/28/2005
State Department’s 2004 human rights report claims the security fence harms Palestinian religious freedom -- WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department’s annual human rights and democracy report says Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank and Gaza, as well as the route of......more
The third PLO
By Amira Howeidy, Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 3/24/2005
Hamas leader Khaled Meshal explains the significance of the Cairo Declaration -- After handing over Jericho last week, on Tuesday Israel completed its security handover of the West Bank city of Tulkarm to the Palestinians. Yet the fact that Israeli occupation......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 17- 23 Mar. 2005
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 3/24/2005
10 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, were wounded by IOF. / Construction of the “annexation wall” in the West Bank has continued; more areas of Palestinian land were confiscated for this purpose and Bethlehem has been separated from East Jerusalem. / Israeli......more
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 23 - 24 March 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 3/26/2005
RAMALLAH & EL BIREH:Wall Construction: Wall construction continues in Budrus, Midya, Ni’lin, Deir Qaddis, Bil’in, Saffa, Beit Liqya, and Beituniya.Flying Checkpoints: (i) At 11:10, the Israeli army set up a flying checkpoint at the northern entrance to the city......more
Five residents, including two children hurt in Bodrus
International Middle East Media Center 3/25/2005
Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Bodrus , west of the northern West Bank city of Ramallah and injured five residents, including two children. A medical source in Bodrus reported that soldiers fired at dozens of homes in the......more
Israeli Border Police provokes violence in a Palestinian village
International Middle East Media Center 3/26/2005
Palestinian villagers of Belein, a village close to the West Bank city of Ramallah, [have] recorded the voice of an Israeli border police officer, who was speaking through a loudspeaker provoking the village'' youth to come and throw stones. According......more
Half a Million Palestinians Are Victims of the Revised Wall
International Press Center 3/26/2005
GAZA, Palestine, March26,2005(IPC+Agencies)---The Israeli Information Center For Human Rights in the occupied (B''Tselem) reported that the number of the Palestinians damaged by updated rout of the Apartheid Wall -land grab- approved by the Israeli government reached nearly......more
Israeli Soldiers and Settlers Unleash against the Palestinians
International Press Center 3/26/2005
Soldiers also attack citizens in Ramallah, Jenin, Bethlehem, Khan Younis -- WEST BANK, Palestine, March26, 2005 (IPC+WAFA) -- The Israeli occupation force continued on Friday its attacks and violation of cease fire in the West Bank cities and villages, wounding several......more
''Incitement'' may be just another word for writing the truth
Daily Star 3/25/2005
The Israeli demand that the Palestinian Authority halt incitement against Israel in the Palestinian media and school system is well known. It is a justified demand. Ever since the Oslo Accord was signed more than a decade ago, the issue......more
Saudi Arabia and Qatar Call on Israel to Cease its Practice of Imposing Blockades and Closures
WAFA 3/24/2005
GENEVA, March 24, 2005,(WAFA)-Saudi Arabia and Qatar, said that Israel should promptly cease its practice of imposing blockades and closures, as well as its settlement policy and its construction of the Apartheid wall. Saudi Permanent Representative to the......more
IOF Will Seize 224 Donums in Qalqiliya
WAFA 3/24/2005
QALQILIYA, March, 24, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) is intending to seize 224 Donums from the West Bank city of Qalqiliya in favour of construction of the Apartheid Wall, sources said. Head of Kofor Tholoth municipality told WAFA that......more
IOF Sentences 3 to Jail, Arrests 2 Israeli Pacifists
WAFA 3/24/2005
RAMALLAH, March 24, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) sentenced three citizens to prison, arrested two Israeli pacifists and a citizen in the West bank (WB), security sources said. Salem Israeli military court sentenced Sameh Hoshyiah to 16 months in......more
Even fewer at the next demonstration
By Meron Benvenisti, Ha''aretz 3/24/2005
The small number of leftist demonstrators who gathered on Saturday night to show support for the disengagement forced the organizers to come up with excuses. One of those was that it is easier to find demonstrators against something than for......more
Soldiers attack a protest against the Wall near Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 3/24/2005
Thursday afternoon, Israeli soldiers attacked a protest against the Wall in the village of Safa, south west of Ramallah.A local source in the village reported that soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber coated bullets at dozens of residents and Israeli......more
Qurei: “No solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict without Jerusalem”
International Middle East Media Center 3/24/2005
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said that there can be no solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict without Jerusalem, and added that settlements and the separation Wall and buying lands which belongs to the Orthodox church proves that Israel ‘does not......more
Omri Sharon aims to reverse decision to establish new town in north
Ha''aretz 3/24/2005
Likud MK Omri Sharon, who heads the Knesset environmental lobby, said he opposes a proposal to found a new community in a part of the Beit She''an Valley covered by the Gilboa Iris, a rare flower that is found only......more
Tul Karm has been liberated?
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 3/23/2005
Well, have you been liberated?" we asked a Tul Karm resident, aged 52. "So they say," he replied.This is how he describes the situation: "The kids [armed Fatah youngsters] are roaming the streets, shooting in the air and believing their......more
Beit Hanina''s Roads Blocked in Jerusalem
WAFA 3/23/2005
JERUSALEM, March 23, 2005,(WAFA)- According to al-Awda received e-mail, it is said that Israeli Occupation Forces(IOF) blocked the roads that connects the two parts of Beit Hanina together in favour of the Apartheid Wall. In an e-mail received......more
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 21 - 22 March 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 3/23/2005
Jerusalem: Closure: (i) The Israeli army continues to impose strict restrictions at checkpoints set up at the entrances to the city of Jerusalem and dispatched patrols to prevent civilians from other districts from entering the city. (ii) The Israeli army......more
The passionate minority and the silenced majority
Electronic Intifada 3/23/2005
What kind of truths do statistics tell? What version of reality is our media mediating? What kind of democracy do we settle for when the will of the majority is sidelined by the fanaticism of the few?Just days after......more
Soldiers burn Palestinian home in Belein village
International Middle East Media Center 3/22/2005
Israeli Soldiers, who used force to disperse a peaceful anti-wall protest, fully burned a Palestinian home in the village of Belein, west of the city of Ramallah. Home owner, Marzoq Yassin, 29, said that Israeli soldiers smashed the windows of......more
Army invades Dahiat Al-Barid
International Middle East Media Center 3/22/2005
Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Dahiat Al-Barid, north of Jerusalem and started marking the lands to erect the separation wall in the area. Resident Hamdi, Al-Masrawi, said that the news marks cut through the residents'' lands and homes, which threatens......more
Israeli Troops Wound Two Palestinian Boys in West Bank
International Press Center 3/22/2005
BAL''EEN, Palestine, March22, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-- The Israeli occupation troops shot and wounded on Tuesday two Palestinian boys in the West Bank village of Bal''een after having dispersed an anti-Apartheid Wall peaceful demonstration. Local medical sources said that Yasser Yassin......more
IOF Wounds 3 Schoolboys
WAFA 3/20/2005
RAMALLAH, March 20, 2005 (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot and wounded three students as they were leaving school in Ramallah City, WAFA reporter said. He said that Israeli soldiers opened fire at a group of schoolboys, from Bel''een and......more
Children in Bil''een Village: Apartheid Wall Destroys our Dreams
WAFA 3/21/2005
RAMALLAH, March 21, 2005 (WAFA)- Children organized Sunday a peaceful demonstration against the construction of the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank Bil''een village west of Ramallah city, WAFA correspondent said. More than 100 child in Bil''een village, west Ramallah......more
Israel Continues On Rampage and Settlement Expansion
International Press Center 3/21/2005
GAZA, Palestine, March 21,2005 (IPC+Agencies)---The Israeli Occupation Forces continued to violate the ceasefire understanding in Sharm Al Sheikh summit, wounding two schoolboys, a laborer, arresting four children and launching relentless onslaught on Tulkarem city for the third day......more
Bethlehem bloggers online
Electronic Intifada 3/21/2005
A window for you to look in; to see past the walls, barbed wire fences, and the media distortions; to hear from the people in Bethlehem themselves." Palestinians and internationals living in the Bethlehem region have started a weblog. They......more
Jerusalem and Bethlehem divided by separation barrier
ReliefWeb/Christian Aid 3/17/2005
The Israeli government has revealed its plans for the route of the separation barrier it is building around Jerusalem. It will cut East Jerusalem and the largest Israeli settlement in the West Bank off from the rest of the West......more
''If The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict is to be Resolved''
By Michael Jansen, MIFTAH/Jordan Times 3/18/2005
Last Sunday the Israeli Cabinet took two important decisions: it pledged to dismantle 24 of the 105 "illegal outposts" established in the West Bank since the Oslo accords were signed in 1993, and it announced that the West Bank wall......more
Four arrested in the Gaza Strip
International Middle East Media Center 3/18/2005
An Israeli military source reported that soldiers arrested four Palestinian residents near Kissufim checkpoint in the central Gaza Strip. The source claimed that the four residents crossed the ‘security fence’ near Kissufim......more
Who shot Brian Avery?
By Aviva Lori, Ha''aretz 3/18/2005
Two years after he was shot in Jenin, sustaining severe facial injuries, Brian Avery has returned from the United States to demand that the Israel Defense Forces open a criminal investigation into the shooting. The young woman who approached Brian......more
Nonviolent Demonstration Leaves Six Injured
International Womens'' Peace Service 3/16/2005
Villagers from Saffa, a Palestinian village west of Ramallah and 3km east of the Green Line, gathered early on March 16th, 2005 to march through their fields towards the bulldozers leveling their land in preparation for the apartheid wall. This......more
Israel Continues Land Grab as France Views it "Troubling"
International Press Center 3/17/2005
GAZA, Palestine, March 17,2005 (IPC+WAFA)---Dr. Nasser Al Kidwa , the Foreign Affair Minister asserted that it''s unlikely to speak about serious peace and real negotiations as the Israeli government has been continuing the illegal Apartheid Wall-land grab- in the......more
New Scandal: Israeli Forces Used Orders to Demolish Two Houses in Rafah to Demolish 25
International Press Center 3/17/2005
GAZA, March 17, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation forces threatened to demolish four houses in Jenin province, as a new scandal revealed that Israeli troops used orders to demolish two houses in Rafah to demolish 25 others illegally. According to......more
Interfaith cyclists arrive at Western Wall from Rome
Ha''aretz 3/18/2005
Christian and Jewish cyclists arrived at the Western Wall in Jerusalem''s Old City yesterday on a pilgrimage from the Vatican, in an unusual effort to understand each other''s religion. The 10 bikers pedaled on to the stone plaza, a remnant......more
Israeli Soldiers Attack Peaceful Rally Protesting Wall
WAFA 3/16/2005
RAMALLAH, March 16, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF )attacked on Wednesday a peaceful rally in a protest against bulldozering their land in favour of the construction of the Apartheid Wall on Safaa village, west of Ramallah in the West......more
Israel Builds New "Separation Wall" Around Gaza
Islam Online 3/16/2005
GAZA CITY, March 16, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – Israel is planning to build a new separation wall around the Gaza Strip just to grab more Palestinian territories, Palestinian experts warned on Wednesday, March 16. "The wall will be built along the eastern......more
Settlers attack Palestinian house in Hebron
Ha''aretz 3/17/2005
The roof of a Palestinian house in Hebron collapsed yesterday when a group of settlers struck the building''s walls with hammers.The settlers also threw stones, eggs and water bombs at police and Israel Defense Forces troops who were guarding the......more
Protesters blast Kofi Annan for refusing to visit the Wall
Electronic Intifada 3/15/2005
Ramallah, West Bank, 14 March 2005 — While villagers were delayed, and in many instances barred entry at Occupation Checkpoints throughout the West Bank, a huge crowd of over 5,000 thronged the streets of Ramallah to protest at the gates of......more
Israel to complete Jerusalem wall route within six months
International Middle East Media Center 3/14/2005
Israeli deputy Prime Minister Ehud Ulmert said Monday that Maalee Adumim settlement is an integral part of Israel, affirming that it will be included on the Israeli side of the separation wall. Maalee Adumim settlement is built on areas Israel......more
The Interregnum
By James Bennet, MIFTAH/New York Times Magazine 3/15/2005
The day they buried Yasir Arafat in the Ramallah fort that had become his prison, the most remarkable sight was not the thousands who brushed aside Palestinian security to swarm over the walls and bid him an impassioned farewell, some......more
Palestinians demonstrate against Annan''s Ramallah visit
Ha''aretz 3/15/2005
Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated against United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan during his visit in Ramallah yesterday, protesting his refusal to visit the construction sites of the separation barrier in the city. Annan, who came to Israel for today''s opening......more
Using the Holocaust to ward off criticism
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 3/16/2005
The crowd of world leaders visiting the new Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem attests to the strength of Israel''s position in the West.Israel is often criticized in the home country of these leaders, but many Israelis and Jews will......more
Israeli Forces Arrest Several Civilians as Youth Dies of Wounds
International Press Center 3/15/2005
RAMALLAH, Palestine, March 15, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces arrested several civilians from different parts of the West Bank as medical sources declared that a young man died of sounds he sustained from Israeli gunfire in late 2002. In......more
Israel to Annex Shuafat, ‘Maale Adumim’ and Bilal Mosque
Palestine Media Center 3/15/2005
26,000 Palestinian Homes Set for Demolition in Jerusalem -- Israel’s deputy prime minister Ehud Olmert confirmed Palestinian fears that the Israeli government plans to unilaterally annex major colonies it illegally built in occupied east Jerusalem, in addition to a refugee camp......more
IOF Wounds 2, Arrests 3 in West Bank
WAFA 3/15/2005
HEBRON, March 15, 2005 (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded Tuesday two citizens, including a child, and arrested three others in the West Bank (WB), medics and witnesses said. Medics at al-Ahli Hospital, in Hebron, said that the 8-year-old......more
Budrus tears down the Wall!
Electronic Intifada/International Solidarity Movement 3/15/2005
Budrus, Ramallah, 11 March 2005 — In response to an unprovoked military invasion in the West Bank village of Budrus, villagers, who have been struggling against the Wall for more than one year, tore down pieces of the Separation Fence which......more
''Chokepoints''
Jordan Times 3/10/2005
Qalandiya. At about 16:20, as happened before, three soldiers appeared and stationed themselves around the lamppost just outside the checkpoint. One intercepted men, most of them between the ages of 18-40, going north and took their ID cards......more
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report (12 - 13 March 2005)
Palestine Media Center 3/14/2005
PDF) Events: All Districts: Beginning on 11 November 2004, following the official announcement of the death of President Yasser Arafat, the Israeli army continues to impose a total closure on the West Bank, preventing civilians and workers from crossing the......more
World Bank Dispels Concerns Over Checkpoint, Gate Financing
MIFTAH 3/14/2005
Much controversy has arisen since the publication of an article by Emad Mekay entitled “World Bank: Palestinians Should Pay for Israeli Checkpoints,” suggesting the Palestinian National Authority fund the modernization and establishment of illegal Israeli checkpoints along the illegal Separation......more
Israel Walls-in Jerusalem, Double-fences Gaza
Palestine Media Center 3/14/2005
Israel plans to build a “temporary fence” separating occupied Jerusalem from the West Bank by July, and says work on a second “security fence” separating the Jewish state from the Gaza Strip is to begin within weeks. Israel’s outgoing Chief......more
Two Teens Wounded In Gaza, Ongoing Blitz Still unabated in Tulkarem
International Press Center 3/14/2005
GAZA, Palestine, March 14, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)--Two Palestinian teens were wounded today dawn, north of Gaza Strip as the Israeli troops continued its attacks against Tulkarem cities and villages. Dr, Muawia abu hussanien, director of the emergency wards at......more
Good and not-so-good news
Ha''aretz 3/14/2005
The good news is that the Palestinian agenda in the West Bank and Gaza has changed. Instead of dealing day and night with attacks, violence, demolitions and assassinations, they are busy with political issues. Inside Fatah, the ruling party, there......more
Soldier injured at fence demonstration
Ha''aretz 3/13/2005
Israeli and Palestinian protesters threw rocks and clashed with police and Israel Defense Forces troops near Modi''in Friday in a demonstration against the construction of the separation fence in the area. A soldier was lightly wounded by rocks thrown during......more
Jerusalem Barrier to Enclose Settlement
The Guardian 3/15/2005
JERUSALEM (AP) - The final route of Israel''s separation barrier around Jerusalem will encompass large areas claimed by the Palestinians, including their intended capital and the biggest Jewish settlement in the West Bank, Israeli officials confirmed Monday. The route would also......more
Anti Wall Demonstration in Bel''en
International Middle East Media Center 3/11/2005
Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrated against the construction of the separation wall in the village of Bel''en near Jerusalem. The demonstrators stood in front of the bulldozers not allowing them to continue with the construction that is being done on their......more
Palestinians in Europe hold their third conference in London
International Middle East Media Center 3/11/2005
Palestine, land and nation, one undivided unit”; the Palestinian Return center in London, in cooperation with the Palestinian Media Union, and the Palestinians in Exile Committee are slated to hold the “Third Conference for Palestinians In Europe”, which will be......more
Apartheid Wall destroys Beit Surik’s Lands
StopTheWall.org 3/2/2005
Occupation Forces have started destroying lands in Beit Surik village northwest of Jerusalem for the Apartheid Wall. The Occupation bulldozers began razing lands in the northwestern part of the village on the 26th of February next to the settlement of......more
Human rights concerns for the 61st Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights Objective
ReliefWeb/Human Rights Watch 3/10/2005
Every year the Commission on Human Rights adopts several resolutions condemning Israel for abuses against Palestinians. As outlined below, Israel continues to commit serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law which deserve condemnation, notably the dire humanitarian impact......more
A revolution made for TV
By Mary Wakefield, Antiwar.com/The Spectator 3/10/2005
On Tuesday, half a million people were demonstrating in the streets of Beirut, chanting and waving flags. If you only gave the TV a quick glance, you probably assumed that they were protesting against the Syrian presence in Lebanon. In......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 03-09 Mar. 2005
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 3/10/2005
12 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, were injured by IOF. / Construction of the “annexation wall” in the West Bank has continued; more areas of Palestinian land were confiscated for this purpose and Jerusalem has been isolated from the rest of......more
UN Meeting on Question of Palestine discusses responsibility of governments in upholding international law
ReliefWeb/United Nations General Assembly 3/9/2005
GENEVA, 9 March (UN Information Service) - The United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine this morning heard a number of panellists discuss the responsibility of governments and intergovernmental organizations in upholding international law in relation to the implementation......more
World must persuade Israel to tear down barrier on Palestinian land – UN meeting
ReliefWeb 3/10/2005
A United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine has called on the international community to adopt measures to persuade Israel to dismantle a separation barrier it is building on occupied Palestinian territory and to make reparations for all......more
PM Qurei Threatens to Resort to UN to Stop Settlement Activities
International Press Center 3/9/2005
GAZA, March 9, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei threatened on Tuesday to go to the United Nations to stop the Israeli settlement activities and construction of the Apartheid Wall. A statement issued by the Prime Minister''s office......more
Erakat Welcomes Bush''s Call for an Israeli Contribution to a Palestinian State
International Press Center 3/9/2005
GAZA, Palestine, March 9,2005 (IPC+Agencies)--The chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat welcomed on Tuesday the USA President George Bush call for Israel to help the establishment of a viable Palestinian state and urged Israel to freeze settlements and stoppage......more
1,000 dunam of land taken and the mayor is in jail
International Solidarity Movement 3/7/2005
The military court decided yesterday to detain the mayor of Beit Surik until the end of the proceedings against him despite protest from his Israeli neighbors in Mevaseret Zion. Mohammad Kandil was a key player in initiating a joint petition......more
You can trust the Israelis, can''t you?
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 3/10/2005
For the Husan-Nahalin bloc near Bethlehem, the future looks bleak. The separation fence will cut them off from Bethlehem and the "green lung" it provides. Two weeks ago, Omar Awad called in his eldest son Fuad, 15, for a man-to-man......more
No relinquishing Western Wall, poll finds
Ha''aretz 3/10/2005
Ninety-one percent of the Jewish public would be unwilling to give up Israeli control of the Western Wall, 46 percent would agree to joint Israeli-Palestinian control, or sole Palestinian control, with regard to the Temple Mount, according to a poll......more
Protest against the Wall in Ramallah several residents injured
International Middle East Media Center 3/8/2005
Tuesday after noon, dozens of residents protested in the village of Bal’in, west of Ramallah, against the expropriation of lands for the construction of the annexation wall. Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs at the protestors and attempted to bar them......more
A Look at West Bank Town of Tulkarem
Yahoo! News 3/7/2005
Here''s a look at the West Bank town of Tulkarem, the first of five Palestinian towns Israel is expected to hand over to Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) security control. LOCATION: Northern West Bank along the 1949 cease-fire line that......more
The fence will never be completed
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 3/9/2005
i>While engaging in the honey-sweet military jargon of "humanitarian passes," Israel is turning blooming Palestinian territories into wasteland, in a cynical reversal of the ancient lie. While talking incessantly of temporality, the fence is demarcating the border between Israel......more
''Settlement blocs could be lost''
Jerusalem Post 3/9/2005
If the security fence is not built around the settlement blocs soon, Ariel, Ma''aleh Adumim and Gush Etzion could end up outside the country''s final borders, former prime minister Ehud Barak warned on Tuesday. The cabinet decided last month to......more
Israeli-Palestinian cooperation deepens despite West Bank clashes
Daily Star 3/8/2005
Israeli-Palestinian cooperation deepens despite West Bank clashes - JERUSALEM Israeli and Palestinian ministers met Monday in the latest in a series of top-level talks since last month''s landmark peace summit but clashes in the West Bank clouded an informal cease-fire. Amid......more
Dozens injured in Dir Ballout
International Middle East Media Center 3/4/2005
Friday afternoon, dozens of residents, internationals and Israeli peace activists suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the Israeli soldiers during a procession against the annexation wall, west of Dir Ballout, south east of Salfit. Residents of the village and several......more
Three Children Wounded, Two Critically, in Unknown Explosion in Rafah
International Press Center 3/4/2005
RAFAH, Palestine, March 4, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Three children, including a six-month-old baby, were wounded today when an unidentified object went off near them in Canada refugee camp, east of Rafah City, as Israeli forces tightened their grip over the......more
Palestinian Youth Arrested in Demonstration against the Wall in Beit Surik
International Solidarity Movement 3/3/2005
Today in the village of Beit Surik in northwest Jerusalem, Israeli undercover agents beat and arrested five Palestinian youth during a nonviolent demonstration against the Wall. The youth were taken from Beit Surik to Givat Zeev early Thursday afternoon. One......more
Israel renews Wall construction in Salfit district(Friday prayer held in Deir Ballut to protest land
International Solidarity Movement 3/3/2005
Friday prayer held in Deir Ballut to protest land destruction -- On Friday March 4 at 10am, Palestinians in the southwest Salfit district will hold Friday prayers in Deir Ballut to protest the construction of the Wall on their land. The......more
Israel drops plan for Gaza moat
BBC 3/3/2005
Israel has dropped plans to build a moat between Gaza and Egypt in an attempt to hinder weapons smuggling. A barrier including fences and concrete walls above and below ground will be built instead, military officals say. Reports said the......more
Army plans to dig a small Canal on the Palestinian-Egyptian borders
International Middle East Media Center 3/3/2005
An Israeli source revealed that the Israeli commander of Gaza Division, brigadier general Aviv Kikhavi said that the army intends to formulate a new plan to dig a canal at the Philadelphi Rout. The plan is to dig a smaller......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 24 Feb - 02 Mar 2005
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 3/3/2005
3 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were killed by IOF. / Construction of the “annexation wall” in the West Bank has continued; more areas of Palestinian land were confiscated for this purpose and Jerusalem has been isolated from the rest of......more
Israeli Forces Wound Several Civilians in Beit Sureek
International Press Center 3/4/2005
JERUSALEM, Palestine, March 2, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces wounded several civilians during a demonstration against the Apartheid Wall in the village of Beit Sureek, as troops besieged the campus of Al Quds University. Eyewitnesses told WAFA news agency......more
Unilateral Give, Unilateral Take
By Roni Ben Efrat, Electronic Intifada/Challenge magazine 3/3/2005
i>Yasser Arafat, in his day, understood that Israel must not be permitted to separate Gaza from the West Bank. Abu Mazen has let it happen. At Sharm al-Sheikh he agreed to the parting of the two, while getting no......more
"Damming" West Bank farmers
By Atef Saad, Electronic Intifada 3/3/2005
Sixty-two-year-old Shafiqa Massoud is, for all intents and purposes, the head of the household. Hers is a typical peasant family that lives in the Qalqilya area directly up against the Green Line. Her husband, 66-year-old Amin Hindi is unemployed......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 17 - 23 Feb. 2005
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 2/24/2005
A Palestinian civilian died from a previous injury he had sustained by IOF. / Continued shelling of residential areas in the Gaza Strip; 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were seriously injured. / Construction of the “annexation wall” in the West Bank......more
PRCS Weekly Press Release for the period 19-25 February 2005
Palestine Red Crescent Society 2/27/2005
During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights, by restricting freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams. Delay and denial of access and......more
The Fight for Justice - Demonstrating against the Apartheid Wall
International Womens'' Peace Service 2/28/2005
On the 10th of February, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction against the State of Israel and the Commander of the IOF forces in Judea and Samaria against the building of the Apartheid Wall on the land of......more
Citizen Wantonly Assaulted, 4 Others Arrested, Vast Areas of Arable Land Razed
WAFA 3/1/2005
HEBRON, March 1, 2005, (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded early Tuesday a citizen in the West Bank of Hebron city, Palestinian medics said. Iyad Abu Qabita 30, was wounded due to burses allover the body as being severely beaten......more
With the High Court and B''Tselem
By Uzi Benziman, Ha''aretz 3/1/2005
The late Yitzhak Rabin explained his decision to sign the Oslo Accords, among other reasons, because Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization would deal with terrorists "without the High Court and B''Tselem." Now the current prime minister, Ariel Sharon......more
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