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MK Barakeh, AP photographer hurt at anti-wall rally
International Middle East Media Center 4/28/2005
Israeli Arab MK Mohammed Barakeh (Hadash) was lightly hurt Thursday by a stun grenade thrown by police officers at an anti-wall protest in the village of Bilien, near the West bank city of Ramallah. Thousands of Palestinians, Israeli and international......more..
Security sources: IDF proposes building separation wall in Hebron
Ha''aretz 4/28/2005
The Israel Defense Forces is proposing building a wall to divide Israeli and Palestinian-controlled sections of the West Bank city of Hebron, security officials said Thursday. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject......more..
MK Barakeh hurt by stun grenade at anti-separation fence rally
Ha''aretz 4/28/2005
MK Mohammed Barakeh (Hadash) was among 10 left-wing activists and a press photographer who were lightly hurt Thursday when security forces dispersed a demonstration against the separation fence close to the West Bank village on Bal''in. An estimated 1,000 Israeli......more..
Years of delays at Gaza airport
BBC 4/15/2005
It is everything you might expect of a modern Middle Eastern airport. The architecture is in the Arab style - slim pillars rise to a string of high arches along the front. The sign on the roof declares proudly, Gaza International......more..
Israel plans wall to divide Hebron
AlJazeera 4/28/2005
The Israeli occupation army is contemplating the construction of a huge barrier in the heart of the southern West Bank town of Hebron. An Israeli newspaper on Thursday quoted unnamed security sources as saying that the army was proposing a......more..
Knesset member: I was beaten by police
YNetNews 4/28/2005
More than 250 demonstrators, including Israeli citizens, protest West Bank barrier near Ramallah; several injured after police use tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowd -- Clashes broke out Thursday between security forces and more than 250 Palestinian demonstrators and......more..
Palestinians fear for Jerusalem''s future
BBC 4/28/2005
Despite Israel''s promise to pull settlers out of Gaza, senior Palestinians are concerned its plans for Jerusalem are ruining any chance of a two-state solution. From my terrace in an old stone house in this ancient city, I can see......more..
The disengagement deal
By Meron Rapoport, Ha''aretz 4/28/2005
A strange quiet fell over the country. Three and a half months before the disengagement, it seems as if only the newspapers are managing to get excited and create headlines around it - Nitzanim dunes, Palmahim dunes, sharpshooters, demolished synagogues. Every......more..
Sharon''s 92 Percent Solution: How the Misperceptions Roll On
By Kathleen Christison, Palestine Chronicle 4/22/2005
i>"Far from leaving the Palestinians alone to make a life for themselves in a few Bantustans comprising 60 percent of the West Bank, Sharon''s long term intent is to make life so miserable for the Palestinians that those left......more..
Budrus: “A model of resisting the Wall”
By Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 4/21/2005
The Israeli Separation Wall… one of its main aims is to separate Palestinian people from their land. In Ramallah, the Wall divides the villages into two Ghettos; nine in the first and six in the second.Currently the Israeli army is......more..
Dozens of Dunams annexed near Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 4/27/2005
Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers annexed dozens of Dunams in Beit Sorik and Al-Jab’a, north west of Jerusalem, in order to erect a new section of the Separation Wall in the area. Khaled al-Azza, director of the land defense committee at......more..
Putin arrives in Israel
YNetNews 4/27/2005
Russian leader lands in Israel after visiting Egypt - makes unexpected stop at Western Wall; offers to host Mideast peace conference in Moscow; Sources at Prime Minister''s Office say Israel would only accept American involvement -- TEL AVIV - Russian President Vladimir Putin......more..
Siege Mentality in Hebron
By Donald Macintyre, Palestine Media Center/The Independent 4/27/2005
The Independent, 4/21/2005 For 20 years a house in the biblical city of Hebron has been at the centre of a vicious campaign by Jewish settlers to oust its Arab owners. Now, protected by a concrete wall......more..
182 Dunams annexed near Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 4/26/2005
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers annexed 182 Dunams near Beit Sorik and Al-Jo’ba, north west of Jerusalem. Walid Khaled Al-Azza, director of the Wall Resistance department in the Ministry of Local Government, said that the annexed lands belong to Ismail Abu......more..
Wall section in northern Bethlehem started
International Middle East Media Center 4/26/2005
Tuesday morning, Israeli bulldozers started erecting a section of the separation wall near the Electricity Company in the northern neighborhood of Bethlehem. A local source in Bethlehem reported that the bulldozers placed huge concrete blocks near the main road which......more..
Commission on Human Rights concludes Sixty-First Session after adopting, 86 resolutions, 16 decisions, 4 statements by Chairman
ReliefWeb/UNHCR 4/22/2005
53-Member Body Establishes Mandates for 5 Independent Experts, Including on Minorities, Sudan, Transnational Corporations -- Concerning the question of Palestine, the Commission expressed grave concern about the continuing construction, contrary to international law, by Israel of the wall inside the......more..
IDF’s prepares for ‘Day After’
YNetNews 4/26/2005
IDF has begun preparing for the day after the disengagement. Senior IDF official told Ynet preparations’ focus on troops’ downsizing and technological means that are able to identify tunnel mining and distant targets -- A senior IDF official told Ynet the......more..
Russian Pres. Putin set to arrive in Israel for historical visit
Ha''aretz 4/27/2005
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to arrive in Israel Wednesday night for an unprecedented state visit by a Russian - or Soviet - head of state. Government sources say the visit is important by virtue of it taking place, and is......more..
Settlements, Wall force Israeli created realities
By Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 4/25/2005
Palestinian experts: Israel is trying to force new realities on the ground by expanding the settlements and erecting the Separation wall in the West Bank. -- Hawwa’ “Eve” Cultural center in Nablus conducted a seminar on Sunday and invited Palestinian experts......more..
Dozens detained in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 4/25/2005
Monday morning, Israeli soldiers detained dozens of students and staff of Hebron University, in Hebron and interrogated them. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers erected a military checkpoint at the entrance of the university and on several roads leading......more..
Palestinian negotiators urge Israel to open Gaza Strip gates
Daily Star 4/26/2005
Abbas asserts control of security services with new top level staff -- Palestinian negotiators said Sunday they want Israel to throw open the gates to the Gaza Strip after its planned withdrawal from the fenced-in territory this summer, and suggested international......more..
Bekaa residents look forward to Lebanese control
Daily Star 4/26/2005
We''ve had enough of foreign armies'' -- BEKAA VALLEY: As the last Syrian soldiers trickle out of Lebanon after 29 years of domination, residents of the Bekaa Valley are looking ahead to a new era of Lebanese self-reliance and control of......more..
Six injured west of Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 4/22/2005
Friday evening, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in the village of Bal’in, west of Ramallah. A local source in the village reported that soldiers attacked dozens of residents who marched towards a construction site, while......more..
The Forgotten Villages of Salfit
International Womens'' Peace Service 4/21/2005
After almost three years in Hares, there remained a few small villages in the Salfit region that we’d never gotten around to exploring... that is, until recently. Recently, IWPS has been visiting the families living in the areas, two of......more..
''No food, no soldiers''
YNetNews 4/22/2005
Dozens of soldiers in basic training flee base after claiming they had not received enough food for three days -- Dozens of soldiers in basic training fled their southern IDF base Thursday, after claiming to not have received enough food for......more..
WSJ: Discount Bank transferred money used for suspected terrorists
Globes 4/21/2005
The Wall Street Journal”: The suspects also used the services of Arab Bank, which is being sued by families of victims of terror in the US. -- “The Wall Street Journal” lists Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) among a group of......more..
Soldiers attack a procession near Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 4/21/2005
Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful procession against the Wall and land annexations in the village of Safa, near Ramallah. A local source in Ramallah reported that soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition and gas bombs at the protestors......more..
Fateh Affirms on Palestinian Strategy on Peace process
WAFA 4/21/2005
RAMALLAH, April 21, 2005, (WAFA)- Fateh Movement Central Committee confirmed Wednesday its Palestinian strategy on the peace process and the support of all efforts to activate this process. . In its meeting in Ramallah chaired by President Mahmoud Abbas, the Central......more..
Taking the Israeli option
By Danny Rubinstein, Ha''aretz 4/21/2005
Life in the Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem has been getting harder recently. Poor services, a severe housing crunch and rents that are among the highest in Israel - approximately $700 a month for a small two-bedroom apartment. Residents now have......more..
IDF soldier moderately hurt in attack near Gaza Strip fence
Ha''aretz 4/21/2005
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was moderately wounded Thursday when his jeep was hit by an explosives device near the Gaza Strip security fence on Thursday. The device was fired from the Palestinian side of the fence at a jeep......more..
3 soldiers wounded in Gaza blast
YNetNews 4/21/2005
Growing violence in Gaza: explosive device targets IDF jeep traveling near security fence in northern Gaza Strip Thursday. Three soldiers wounded in blast, one of them suffers moderate wounds -- GAZA - Three soldiers were wounded Thursday afternoon after an explosive device......more..
Weekly report on human rights violations
Electronic Intifada/PCHR 4/21/2005
Report, PCHR --Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have launched more attacks on Palestinian civilians and property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). IOF extra-judicially killed a Palestinian in Balata refugee camp near Nablus. This week, human rights violations perpetrated by IOF......more..
Report: French police probe transfer of $7m from PA to Suha Arafat
Ha''aretz 4/21/2005
The Wall Street Journal reported predawn on Thursday that French police were probing a transfer of 4 million dollars from the Palestinian Authority''s Tunisian bank account to the private account of Suha Arafat, the widow of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat......more..
The battle for the `fingernails''
Editorial, Ha''aretz 4/19/2005
While all the attention is focused on the highly publicized evacuation of the settlers from Gush Katif, the real battle for Israel''s borders is taking place in the West Bank. It could be years before the eastern border with the......more..
Palestinian Grassroots Resistance Confronts Occupation Confiscation Head-On
StopTheWall.org 4/18/2005
On Friday 16th of April, Abboud villagers received fresh confiscation orders for 6000 dunums of their land by Occupation Forces. It will continue the project of the Apartheid Wall in the western areas of Ramallah, reaching Bil’in and Saffa to......more..
Ten Civilians Wounded and Arrested as Israeli Forces Tend to Expropriate 6000 Dunums
International Press Center 4/16/2005
RAMALLAH, Palestine, April 16, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation forces wounded five civilians and arrested two others during an anti-Apartheid Wall demonstration in Ramallah province, while three more were arrested in Bethlehem, coincidently with the intentions to expropriate thousands of......more..
An Interview with Israeli Activist Jonathan Pollak
Electronic Intifada 4/18/2005
Jonathan Pollak is an Israeli activist who grew up in Tel Aviv and lives in Jaffa. He has been involved in nonviolent direct action in the West Bank for the last two-and-a-half years, participating in more than 200 protests with......more..
Horsemanship in Gaza: Palestinian dreams and Israeli obstacles
Electronic Intifada 4/18/2005
GAZA, 14 April 2005, (WAFA) — The neighing of horses and the chirping of sparrows break the silence covering the Palestine Horsemanship Club (PHC) along the Gaza shore. Broken tiles cover the roof of the winter hall while cracks mark the......more..
IDF Sources: Ariel area ''wide open'' to terrorists because wall on hold
Ha''aretz 4/19/2005
Israel has halted the construction of the separation fence in the area of Ariel in the northern West Bank, and defense establishment sources are warning that the area is "wide open" to infiltration by terrorists. The halt is a result......more..
Al-Walaja Villagers Pledge Steadfastness to Lands
StopTheWall.org 4/9/2005
Palestinians from the village of Al-Walaja, set to see their lands, livelihoods and futures decimated by the Apartheid Wall, gathered to mark the finale of Land Week and assert their resistance to the colonization project of the Occupation Forces. Around......more
LAND CONFISCATIONS GATHER PACE IN HEBRON
StopTheWall.org 4/10/2005
The Wall Prepares to Swallow the Land of Sammu and Dhahriya -- Occupation Forces have issued confiscation orders in the villages of Sammu and Dhahriya in the far south of Hebron district, in order to carry out the latest phase of......more
Five residents injured, two internationals arrested near Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 4/16/2005
Israeli soldiers attacked on Friday afternoon a peaceful protest against the Separation wall in Bal’in, west of Ramallah; five residents were injured and two international peace activists arrested. A local source in the village stated that residents and international peace......more
More land grab near Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 4/16/2005
The Israeli army decided on Friday evening to grab 6000 Dunams which belongs to residents of Aboud, west of Ramallah. An Israeli military source reported that the lands will be used to erect the section of the Separation wall in......more
Razing Homes for the Wall: Israel’s Demolition Campaign in the Western Bethlehem District
Palestinian Ministry of Information 4/4/2005
Negotiations Affairs Department - Palestinian Monitoring Group -- Summary: On 20 February 2005, the Israeli cabinet approved a revised route of the Wall that will include, among others, the Israeli settlement bloc of Etzion, covering some 71 square kilometres of Occupied Palestinian......more
The settlement tic
By Doron Rosenblum, Ha''aretz 4/15/2005
The summit meeting this week between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and United States President George W. Bush was reminiscent at moments of the "Seinfeld" episode in which the friends evince exaggerated "political correctness" toward one of their acquaintances who has......more
IDF to probe infiltration of Fatah gunman from Syria
Ha''aretz 4/15/2005
The Israel Defense Forces will investigate how a Fatah militant managed to infiltrate into a military base on the Golan Heights from Syria on Friday morning. The man was captured after a shootout with IDF troops, security sources said. In......more
Israelis seize armed man in Golan
AlJazeera 4/15/2005
An armed man who infiltrated into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria has been captured after a shootout with Israeli troops. The armed man, who came from a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, on Friday penetrated a border fence. He......more
More land grab near Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 4/11/2005
Head of the Israeli ‘Civil Administration Department’ in Qalqilia area, informed dozens of residents of Jayyous, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, that the army intends to grab more of their lands in order to erect a road......more
Behind The Smoke Screen Of The Gaza Pullout
By Tanya Reinhart, ZNet 4/14/2005
Translated from Hebrew by Mark Marshall -- Sharon travelled to the USA as a hero of peace, as if he had already evacuated Gaza and only the follow-up remained to be worked out. What has completely disappeared from the public agenda......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the OccupiedPalestinian Territories, 07 - 13 Apr. 2005
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 4/14/2005
3 Palestinian children were killed by IOF / 16 Palestinian civilians, mostly children, were wounded by IOF./ Construction of the “annexation wall” in the West Bank has continued; large areas of Palestinian land were confiscated in Hebron, Bethlehem and Ramallah./ IOF......more
Rice: Israel provided ''no new revelation'' on Iran''s nukes
Ha''aretz 4/14/2005
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon provided no new information on Iran''s nuclear capacity during his meetings with President George W. Bush this week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Thursday. The United......more
Lebanese turn away from civil war
BBC 4/14/2005
Political tension has mounted in Lebanon since the killing in February of the former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri who did much to rebuild the country after its 15-year civil war. Humphrey Hawksley has been in Lebanon to assess the......more
U.S. sets deadline for EU-Iran nuclear talks
Daily Star 4/15/2005
Rice says stabilizing region is Washington''s top challenge -- WASHINGTON: The United States is giving European efforts to rein in Iran''s nuclear program a few more months before considering tougher measures, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in comments published......more
Anti-Caterpillar Activities Continue
WAFA 4/13/2005
IRLAM, April 13, 2005, (WAFA)- Workers of Caterpillar - Perkins site in Irlam, Greater Manchester- were so surprised yesterday with a set-in protesting exporting bulldozers and heavy machine to the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). The protesters carried a yellow banner with......more
Anti-wall, anti-Caterpillar protest in Beilin
International Middle East Media Center 4/13/2005
Israeli soldiers used Wednesday force to disperse a peaceful protest against the separation wall in the village of Beilin near the West bank city of Ramallah. According to local sources, soldiers pushed protesters, who gathered near the wall construction site......more
Land Seizure Continues in WB
WAFA 4/13/2005
HEBRON, April, 13, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) issued seizure orders in the villages of Sammu and Dhahriya in the West Bank city of Hebron, to carry out the latest phase of the Apartheid Wall. Stop the Wall Site......more
Wadi Qana – History, Pollution, and Resistance
International Womens'' Peace Service 4/4/2005
House Article No. 74 -- More than 30 women from the Salfit area gathered in Wadi Qana on March 30, 2005, Palestinian Land Day, to celebrate their land and protest its destruction by Israel’s impending Wall and pollution from settlements. Land......more
Four villagers shot by Wall security guards in Deir Ballut
International Womens'' Peace Service 4/6/2005
Date of incident: April 6, 2005Time: 8amSummary: Four villagers shot by Wall security guards in Deir Ballut Place: Deir Ballut, on land near Wall construction Witness/es: Marwan, and others working on the land at the time of the shooting......more
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 11-12 April 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 4/12/2005
RAMALLAH & EL BIREH:Wall Construction: Wall construction continues in Budrus, Midya, Ni’lin, Deir Qaddis, Bil’in, Saffa, Beit Liqya, and Beituniya. Flying Checkpoints/Detention: (i) At 10:20, the Israeli army set up a flying checkpoint atthe entrance to the village......more
Karami quits again
AlJazeera 4/13/2005
Lebanon''s pro-Syrian prime minister Umar Karami has quit, abandoning efforts to form a government. Karami said he had hit a wall in trying to form a cabinet, whose main task would be to supervise the elections which the United States......more
Palestinians, activists protest garbage dump
Ha''aretz 4/12/2005
Several hundred protesters demonstrated yesterday in the West Bank village of Dir Saraf against a garbage dump set up by local settlements and a private Israeli company. Reports of the dump, established in a large quarry next to the village......more
Who has the time to hear of hunger in the Gaza Strip?
By Akiva Eldar, Ha''aretz 4/13/2005
Almost at the exact time that someone in the prime minister''s entourage briefed reporters that Sharon had plans to tell President Bush that Abu Mazen "isn''t lifting a finger against terror" and that the cease-fire "has collapsed," Military Intelligence research......more
31 Jews, 8 Palestinians held as Temple Mount rally ends quietly
Ha''aretz 4/11/2005
The Revava movement''s demonstration in Jerusalem ended relatively quietly yesterday after the right-wing group failed to achieve its goal of entering the Temple Mount compound. Only a few dozen demonstrators showed up at the Western Wall plaza. Fears of a......more
Deir Yassin Remembered
Deir Yassin Remembered 4/8/2005
Early in the morning of April 9, 1948, commandos of the Irgun (headed by Menachem Begin) and the Stern Gang attacked Deir Yassin, a village with about 750 Palestinian residents. The village lay outside of the area to be assigned......more
AS IF
Gush Shalom 4/7/2005
Sharon seems to obey the Supreme Court of Israel. The path of the Separation Wall seems to have been moved to the vicinity of the Green Line. But now it becomes clear that he is building more walls, under the......more
US Peace Organization to Hold Peaceful Event to Coincide with Sharon''s Visit to USA
WAFA 4/8/2005
CRAWFORD, TEXAS, April 8, 2005 (WAFA)- The Crawford Peace House recently announced a two-day event to coincide with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon''s visit to the United States on April 11. The event is designed to revisit and recite Israeli-U.N......more
5 Civilians Wounded by IOF in Ramallah
WAFA 4/8/2005
RAMALLAH, April 8, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot and wounded five Palestinian civilians in the village of Bil''en, west of Ramallah, witnesses said. They told WAFA that Israeli soldiers opened fire and rubber- coated metal bullets at a......more
Ten injured in Salfit
International Middle East Media Center 4/8/2005
Friday afternoon, at least 10 residents were injured after Israeli soldiers fired at peaceful protest against the Wall in Deir Ballout, near Salfit. A local source in the village said that hundreds of residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested......more
Israel will add more concrete than fence around Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 4/7/2005
As only 20 percent of the wall around Jerusalem is a cement wall, Israeli Security officials have decided to raise the "cement wall" portion to 30 percent claiming that this is the only way to prevent Palestinians from damaging it......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Mar.- 06 Apr. 2005
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 4/6/2005
7 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were wounded by IOF. / IOF conducted a series of incursions into Palestinian areas. / Houses were raided and a number of Palestinian civilians were arrested. / Construction of the “Annexation Wall” in the West Bank has......more
IOF Attacks Peaceful Demonstration in WB, Wounds at Least 9
WAFA 4/7/2005
RAMALLAH, April 7, 2005, (WAFA) -Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded Wednesday at least nine citizens, including Israeli activists in a peaceful demonstration protesting the devastation caused by the Apartheid Wall against their land in Bil''in village in the West Bank......more
4 Palestinian Family Members Wounded in Nablus
WAFA 4/7/2005
NABLUS, April 7, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded four Palestinian Family members while planting their land near the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank(WB) city of Nablus, witnesses said. They told WAFA that Abdullah family from Deir......more
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report,4 - 5 April 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 4/6/2005
JENIN: Wall Construction: Land levelling for Wall construction continues in Jalbun towards Al Mutilla, Raba, Al Mughayyir, Bardala and ‘Ein al Beida, and towards the Jordan River. / Wall Gates: Passage through the Wall gates is restricted to civilians granted special......more
Israeli Forces Wound Five Civilians and Arrest Four Others in West Bank
International Press Center 4/6/2005
SALFEET, Palestine, April 6, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces shot and wounded five civilians in the town of Marda and Salfeet and arrested four others throughout the West Bank, while a house in Beir Nabala was demolished and another......more
Three Palestinians wounded by guards'' gunfire at fence work site
Ha''aretz 4/6/2005
Three Palestinians were wounded on Wednesday morning, one of them seriously, when Israeli security guards opened fire on rioters at a separation fence work site northwest of Ramallah in the West Bank. The other two Palestinians were lightly wounded. The......more
More wall, less fence
YNetNews 4/6/2005
Some sections of West Bank security fence to be turned into a wall, after Palestinians damage barrier in Jerusalem area, senior IDF officer says -- JERUSALEM - Security officials have decided to turn some sections of the West Bank security fence in......more
Israel aims to end decades-long reliance on Palestinian laborers
Ha''aretz 4/6/2005
The government wants to bar all Palestinian laborers from the country by 2008, a plan that Palestinian officials warn will spell disaster for their already battered economy. The World Bank encourages an end to Palestinian dependence on Israel, but says......more
Israeli hurt in Gaza gun attack
BBC 4/5/2005
Palestinian gunmen have shot and wounded an Israeli in a Gaza Strip settlement, military officials said. The Israeli was reported to have been working on a security fence around the Jewish settlement of Morag near the town of Rafah at......more
Soldiers attack a procession west of Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 4/3/2005
Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful procession against the Wall in the village of Bal’in, west of Ramallah. A local source in the village stated that dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested against the Wall in......more
Jerusalem Conference Calls to Revitalize the Capacities to Protect the City
International Press Center 4/3/2005
GAZA, Palestine, April 3, 2005 (IPC+Agencies) ---The National Conference For Defense Of Jerusalem accused yesterday the Israeli occupation forces of having blatantly slammed the international legitimate resolutions and ICJ ruling deciding the illegality of the apartheid wall- land grab......more
Palestinians and Internationals Against the Wall in Jerusalem
International Press Center 4/3/2005
GAZA, April 3, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Palestinians and internationals condemned yesterday the Israeli Apartheid Wall and the occupation of Palestinian territories, during a demonstration held in occupied East Jerusalem. Following the First Inter-religious Dialogue Symposium in Jerusalem, dozens of civilians......more
''Hebron a strategic asset’
YNetNews 4/4/2005
Prime Minister Sharon stresses importance of West Bank town, says he plans to mend fences with settlers -- JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he plans to invest great efforts in a bid to mend fences with settlers. In a Knesset......more
PCHR Calls for Convening Conference on Israel''s Violations in OPT
WAFA 4/1/2005
GAZA, April 1, 2005 (WAFA)- Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) called Thursday upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to convene a conference to take effective steps to ensure Israel''s respect of the Convention in the......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the OccupiedPalestinian Territories, 24- 30 Mar. 2005
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 3/31/2005
12 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children and 2 brothers, 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 in Jerusalem, Qalqilya and Bethlehem. / Israeli......more
IOF Wounds 2 Children in Khanyounis
WAFA 4/1/2005
KHANYOUNIS, April 1, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot and wounded two children in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khanyounis, witnesses said. The said that Hassan al-Attal 13, and Fadi al-Attal 15 were shot and wounded by Israeli......more
Fact Sheet: The Apartheid Wall (PDF)
MIFTAH 4/1/2005
The Apartheid Wall, a massive land grab which is causing the forced expulsion of Palestinians, is tearing apart the West Bank and isolating hundreds of thousands into ghettos. The Wall is today the most evident expression of Israel’s Apartheid nature......more
Photos: Transforming Palestinian Land
MIFTAH 4/1/2005
Palestine:the most contested land in the world – land embedded with religion and history. The illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian land has resulted not only in the destruction of the earth itself, but also the livelihood of a people dependent......more
`Allah'' found etched in wall of Temple Mount
Ha''aretz 4/1/2005
The word "Allah," written in Arabic, was found etched on the southern corner of the Temple Mount''s eastern wall yesterday morning. Members of the committee for the prevention of damage to Temple Mount antiquities, who found the graffiti, said it......more
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report 29-30 March 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 3/31/2005
RAMALLAH & EL BIREH: Wall Construction: Wall construction continues in Budrus, Midya, Ni’lin, Deir Qaddis, Bil’in, Saffa, Beit Liqya, and Beituniya. Flying Checkpoints/Physical Assault: (i) At 10:05, the Israeli army set up a flying checkpoint on the overpass to......more
Qurei ; Israel Changes Facts On The Ground By The Occupying Power
International Press Center 3/31/2005
GAZA, Palestine, March 31,2005 (IPC+WFA)--The Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei met on Wednesday with Minister of Foreign Affairs Ignacio Walker Prieto of Chile in Rammallah based council of ministers and discussed situation after Sharm Al Sheikh standings and Israeli......more
P.A to return to The Hague
International Middle East Media Center 3/31/2005
The Palestinian Authority said that it is preparing a campaign and an international case against the Separation wall in Jerusalem and the “security fences” in the Gaza Strip. The London based Arab newspaper, Al-Qudds Al-Arabi, reported that the P.A is......more
Palestinians want to return to The Hague
YNetNews 3/31/2005
PA reportedly plans international campaign to pressure Israel into abandoning security fence -- TEL AVIV - The Palestinian Authority has prepared an international case to gather support against Israeli building in the West Bank and Gaza Strip , and against the completion of......more
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