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July 9 - Resistance To Go Global: Call To End Occupation and Israeli Apartheid NOW!
StopTheWall.org 6/25/2005
Call for Action, The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, June 25th, 2005 -- July 9th looks set for a global day of action spanning the globe. Events across every continent, taking up the popular calls from Palestine, are being planned now......more..
Three Civilians Wounded and One Arrested in West Bank
International Press Center 6/29/2005
BETHLEHEM, Palestine, June 29, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation forces arrested a civilian from Bethlehem province while three others were wounded in a peaceful demonstration against the Apartheid Wall in Hebron. Local sources in the village of Dar Salah, east......more..
ISM: IOF Prevents Villagers Feeding Livestock in WB
WAFA 6/29/2005
RAMALLAH, June 29, 2005,(WAFA)-International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented villagers from feeding livestock south of the Jenin refugee camp of the West Bank (WB). In a press release on Tuesday, (ISM ) said that......more..
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 27 - 28 June 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 6/28/2005
RAMALLAH & EL BIREH -- Wall Construction: Wall construction continues in the areas of Al Midya to Budrus, Al Midya to Ni’lin, Bil’in to Saffa, in the village of Beit Liqya, and in the town of Beituniya. Flying Checkpoint: At 19:10......more..
Nothing more than an internal Zionist spat
Ha''aretz 6/29/2005
The closer the date of the disengagement, the clearer the extent of "the historic event of epic dimensions" being staged by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his helpers, with the enthusiastic participation of supporters and opponents of the disengagement: This......more..
Fighter killed south of the Gaza Strip
International Middle East Media Center 6/29/2005
A Palestinian resistance fighter was killed Tuesday night in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Israeli soldiers shot the fighter as he approached the settlement of Morag, according to an Israeli military source. Another fighter escaped unharmed. “Soldiers opened......more..
Soldier dies in Hezbollah attack on Har Dov
Ha''aretz 6/30/2005
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed and three others were lightly wounded Wednesday in clashes with Hezbollah in the Har Dov area along the northern border. It appears that at least one Hezbollah militant was killed in the confrontation......more..
American Girl Writes from Jayyous: - 75% of Land Trapped behind Israel''s ?Apartheid Wall.
WAFA 6/28/2005
JAYYOUS) WEST BANK, June 28,2005, (WAFA)-Jayyous village in the West Bank is considered the breadbasket of the West Bank. Now, all six water wells in Jayyous and 75% of Jayyous land are trapped behind Israel''s ?Apartheid Wall. Margaree Little......more..
Olive trees uprooted near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 6/28/2005
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers uprooted dozens of olive trees in the village of Mnezel, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. Ahmad al-Hreiny, one the of landowners said that soldiers uprooted 70 trees in Wadi al-Lift area, the trees......more..
Palestinian Medics: Israel Uses New Dangerous Weapon against Citizens
WAFA 6/28/2005
AL-BIREH, June 28, 2005, (WAFA) - Palestinian medics said Monday that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has been using, during the last few days, new weapons against the citizens protesting against the construction of the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank......more..
Jerusalemite Deportees Warn of Israeli Transfer Policy
WAFA 6/28/2005
AMMAN, June 28, 2005 (WAFA) Jerusalemite deportees warned Tuesday of the Israeli "transfer" policy against the Jerusalemites through its arbitrary practices. Following meetings organized by the Jerusalemite Deportees committee in Amman, the Jerusalemite deportees said the Israeli tight practices, expanding......more..
IOF Wounds 3 Citizens in Hebron
WAFA 6/28/2005
HEBRON, June 28, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded on Tuesday three citizens in the West Bank (WB) city of Hebron, sources said. Eyewitnesses told WAFA that Israeli soldiers attacked a demonstration rally, protesting Israeli construction of the Apartheid......more..
Apartheid Wall Foundations Dismantled in Bil’in: The Resistance Continues
StopTheWall.org 6/24/2005
Clashes ensued for several hours in Bili''n on Friday June 24th as Occupation Forces attacked Palestinians confronting the Apartheid Wall with an array of sound bombs, rubber bullets and tear gas. Later a section of the Wall path foundations - built......more..
Silwan Most Threatened with Judaization
WAFA 6/28/2005
JERUSALEM, June 28, 2005 (WAFA)- Stop the Wall Campaign has remarked that Silwan is one of the Jerusalem neighborhoods most threatened with Judaization, with continuous colonizer attacks and occupation of its houses. Stop the Wall said that Israeli colonies in......more..
Bil''in, The daily struggle continues - reports on Wednesday and Friday actions
A-Infos 6/25/2005
The persistent struggle against the fence at Bil''in collect momentum. Friday action showed another sample of creativity. See the pictures at: https://israel.indymedia.org/newswire/display/3362/index.php The village committee of struggle against the fence who persist in nonviolent struggle......more..
Snipers with children in their sights
By Chris McGreal, The Guardian 6/28/2005
Palestinian civilians have been killed by the army with impunity -- It was the shooting of Asma Mughayar that swept away any lingering doubts I had about how it is the Israeli army kills so many Palestinian children and civilians.Asma, 16......more..
Life in Khan Yunis
By Laila M. El-Haddad, Electronic Intifada 6/28/2005
It''s interesting to read the news from this perspective. I mean, when you are the news, or when you are living the news that is being reported, and while all the while you write the news.On Monday I visited the......more..
IOF Wounds 3 Citizens including a British Activist
WAFA 6/27/2005
HEBRON, June 27, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded on Monday three citizens and a British activists in the West Bank (WB) city of Hebron, sources said. Eyewitnesses told WAFA that Israeli soldiers attacked a demonstration rally, protesting Israeli......more..
National Boycott Campaign against Israel Strengthens in Norway
WAFA 6/27/2005
OSLO, June 27, 2005 (WAFA)- Fellesutvalget for Palestine (Norwegian platform of NGOs and solidarity groups for Palestine) called for popular boycotts and sanctions against Israel, as the only tools to ensure the implementation of the the Internatinal Court of Justice......more..
Abbas Asks Israel to Withdaraw to 1967 Bordres, Describes Talks With Sharon ''Harsh"
International Press Center 6/26/2005
PALESTINE,June 26,2005 (IPC+WAFA)---The President Mahmoud Abbas asserted that PNA will crack down the lawlessness and the anarchy in the Palestinian street in wise and decisive way to allow the citizen to live secure". His excellency also assrted......more..
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 24 - 25 June 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 6/27/2005
JERUSALEM: Closure: The Israeli army intensified its restrictions at checkpoints located at the entrances to the city of Jerusalem and set up several checkpoints in the old city of Jerusalem and in the area surrounding Al Aqsa Mosque compound, forcing......more..
The Separation Barrier surrounding a-Ram
B''tselem 6/27/2005
On the 22nd of June 2005, Israel’s High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction ordering the government to cease construction on the wall south of a-Ram village, located northeast of Jerusalem, until arguments for a petition against it may......more..
Shots from Syria
YNetNews 6/27/2005
Attack on IDF unit breaks silence on normally quiet Golan Heights -- GOLAN HEIGHTS - IDF soldiers in the Golan Heights were fired upon from Syrian territory Monday. No injuries or damage were reported. The soldiers were fixing a fence along near......more..
16 Wounded, 13 others Arrested in WB
WAFA 6/24/2005
TULKAREM, June 24, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) attacked on Friday in Ramallah city a peaceful demonstration protesting the construction of the Apartheid Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). WAFA correspondent revealed that Israeli soldiers attacked the demonstration......more..
Campaign Against the Apartheid Wall on First anniversary of ICJ ruling
WAFA 6/24/2005
RAMALLAH, June 24, 2005, (WAFA)- The Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign called on solidarity groups and organizations the world over to mobilize on July 9 against the Apartheid Wall. In a press release issued Friday, under the slogans of "The......more..
Imprisoned From Birth
By Matthew Cassel, Palestine Chronicle 6/24/2005
Israel’s reasoning behind the Apartheid Wall goes something like this: the collective punishment of all Palestinians is necessary in order to protect Israel. Israel has painted this picture well, thanks to powerful lobbies throughout the world and a compliant western......more..
Israeli land seizures undercut hopes for peace
By Abu Murad Manasra, Electronic Intifada 6/24/2005
WADI FOQUIN -- Many foreigners I meet believe that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is on the path to being resolved. They are familiar with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas'' recent upbeat visit to the White House and Israel''s planned withdrawal from the......more..
ISM: Bil''in Villagers Caged in by the Wall
WAFA 6/23/2005
RAMALLAH, June 23, 2005 (WAFA)- International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said the villagers of Bil''in placed a large metal cage on the route of the illegal Annexation Wall that is being built on their land. In a daily report issued Wednesday......more..
Protest against the Block off an Arab School in Israel
WAFA 6/23/2005
MISKA, June 23, 2005, (WAFA)- The displaced Palestinian citizens from the village of Miska will organize a protest act against the Israeli decision to close the Miska village School house. In a mass invitation for solidarity the citizens said they......more..
Palestine-Israel, Bil''in, The joint Friday demonstration of Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals
A-infos 6/18/2005
The "traditional" Friday demonstration in Bil''in (for the last three months) started as usual from the center of the village (near the Mosque) after the Friday noon ceremony, on the road to the route of the fence. Many of us......more..
Palestine-Israel, Hirbet Imnezil, a new front in the joint struggle... and Bil''in
A-infos 6/23/2005
I arrived at Hirbet Imnezil on Sunday, with few other from the Anarchist against the fence group. We joined the first demonstration there against the fence. Being there the first activity of this kind was apparent. Especially the encounter with......more..
Youth injured near Salfit
International Middle East Media Center 6/23/2005
Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers fired at a group of residents who protested who protested against the bulldozing of their farmlands in order to erect the Separation Wall, on the village of Marda, near the West Bank of Salfit. A local......more..
High-tech crossings aim to ease way of life
Ha''aretz 6/24/2005
Israel plans to spend NIS 1.5 billion to build 34 high-tech crossings in the separation fence, with the goal of easing life for the Palestinian population and thereby reducing support for terrorist organizations. "If we manage to separate the Palestinian......more..
Israel to seal off Gaza with underwater wall
The Guardian 6/18/2005
Palestinians express concern at navy''s plan to keep out bombers by installing a huge barrier stretching from the beach into the sea -- The Israeli navy is to build an underwater security barrier around the Gaza Strip to prevent Palestinians getting......more..
Fighting the wall with gravestones in Bil''in
International Middle East Media Center 6/18/2005
Name: Palestinian victim of the Wall / Birthplace: Bil''in / DOB: Eternity / Date of Death: The day the Apartheid Wall is completed / Killer: The Occupation / Cause of Death: Construction of the Apartheid Wall -- With these remarks inscribed on gravestones, residents of Bil''in......more..
Army attacks a peaceful procession in Marda
International Middle East Media Center 6/21/2005
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful procession against the Wall in the village of Marda, near the West Bank city of Salfit. A local source in the village reported that soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at the......more..
3 internationals, 3 Israelis and 1 Palestinian detained in Bel’in
International Middle East Media Center 6/22/2005
Israeli soldiers detained 6 Israeli and international peace activists, and one Palestinian, in the village of Bel’in, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, during a procession against the Separation Wall. The protestors headed towards a construction site while......more..
Israeli Forces Seize Several Houses and Arrest Seven Peace Activists in West Bank
International Press Center 6/22/2005
TULKAREM, Palestine, June 22, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces intensified their military operations in different areas of Tulkarem province, seizing a number of houses and raiding others, while arresting several peace activists protesting the construction of the Apartheid Wall......more..
Marda Villagers Under Attack as Resistance to Occupation and Apartheid Wall Steps Up
StopTheWall.org 6/21/2005
Several villagers were injured on Tuesday 21st July, as resistance to the Apartheid Wall and Occupation continued in Marda. Occupation Forces attacked Palestinians attempting to reach their confiscated lands, and fired tear gas canisters into houses and at demonstrators. Villagers......more..
IOF Arrests International Peace Activists in Ramallah
WAFA 6/22/2005
RAMALLAH, June 22, 2005, (WAFA)- Seven foreign and Israeli peace activists were arrested by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) while others suffer suffocation after inhaling tear gas near Ramallah, in the West Bank(WB), witnesses said. They told WAFA reporter that......more..
"Wall in Head Number 4", Palestinian Statue to be Presented in Germany
WAFA 6/22/2005
KUFR KANNA, June 22, 2005, (WAFA)- German Ministry of Culture and Arts invited on Wednesday a Palestinian artist from Israel to participate in an international workshop for sculptural arts under the title "Stones at Borders" in Osnabrueck city on coming......more..
In Marda: Demonstration Against the Wall
International Womens'' Peace Service 6/22/2005
Tuesday morning, June 21st approximately 100 Palestinians from the village of Marda demonstrated in protest of the construction of the Annexation Wall on their land. Israelis, internationals, and Palestinians, including a small group of women, gathered in the center of......more..
The Quiet Occupation
By Ran HaCohen, Palestine Chronicle 6/17/2005
ANTIWAR.COM) - What is the first picture the term "occupation" raises in our mind? Probably some kind of extreme violence among civilians: lethal fire in the middle of town, terrified kids in pajamas watching heavily armed soldiers searching a house, a......more..
Fighting Words / The maverick
By Danny Rubinstein, Ha''aretz 6/17/2005
n August 1988, Yasser Arafat stood before the Palestinian parliament. He was about to present his new cabinet, and had prepared the list of ministers in secrecy. He looked a bit flustered; his hands shook and he fumbled with his......more..
West Bank villagers lead creative nonviolent demos
Middle East Times 6/21/2005
Bil’in, WEST BANK --As the evening of last June 9 approached, the people of Bil''in, as well as foreign and Israeli supporters, prepared for a confrontation planned for after Friday prayers: handcuffs for demonstrators, to undermine allegations by soldiers that......more..
Observer of Palestine: Israel Continues to Violate International Law
WAFA 6/21/2005
NEW YORK, June 21, 2005 (WAFA)- Chargée d''Affaires of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, Somaia S. Barghouti said that Israel had continued with its illegal colonies activities and construction of the Apartheid Wall in grave......more..
Trees Uprooted for the Apartheid Wall in south Hebron District; Resistance Continues in Bil’in
StopTheWall.org 6/17/2005
Occupation bulldozers entered the village of Imneizil in the far south of Hebron district on Friday, to begin the destruction of land for the route of the Apartheid Wall. So far around 400 dunums of fertile land has been destroyed......more..
Trees Uprooted for the Apartheid Wall in south Hebron District; Resistance Continues in Bil’in
StopTheWall.org 6/17/2005
Occupation bulldozers entered the village of Imneizil in the far south of Hebron district on Friday, to begin the destruction of land for the route of the Apartheid Wall. So far around 400 dunums of fertile land has been destroyed......more..
Marda Villagers Under Attack as Resistance to Occupation and Apartheid Wall Steps Up
StopTheWall.org 6/21/2005
Several villagers were injured on Tuesday 21st July, as resistance to the Apartheid Wall and Occupation continued in Marda. Occupation Forces attacked Palestinians attempting to reach their confiscated lands, and fired tear gas canisters into houses and at demonstrators. Villagers......more..
High Court rejects petition against fence in Jerusalem
Ha''aretz 6/22/2005
The section of the West Bank separation fence located within the Jerusalem municipal boundaries has political, not just security, significance, the State Prosecution told the High Court of Justice yesterday. It was the first time since the High Court began......more..
‘Jerusalem fence has political aim’
YNetNews 6/21/2005
Security fence being built north of capital has political in addition to security dimensions, State Prosecutor tells court -- JERUSALEM – The section of the West Bank security fence being built north of Jerusalem has political aims in addition to security objectives......more..
Haifa, peaceful town with a silent pain
By Adri Nieuwhof and Jeff Handmaker, Electronic Intifada 6/21/2005
At first sight, Haifa seems a quiet and flourishing city in comparison to what we saw on our previous visits to Ramallah, Hebron and Jerusalem. There are no checkpoints with barbed wire at the entrance of the city, no 25......more..
Army to bulldoze hundreds of Dunams near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 6/17/2005
Friday morning,Israeli military bulldozers started uprooting hundreds of trees which belong to residents of Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. The bulldozing, which was initiated three days ago,is being carried out in order to construct......more..
Ramallah, Tel Aviv, New York: Three Cities Against the Wall Collaborative Art Show
A-Infos 6/18/2005
Art has the possibility to unite different cultures into harmony and to create new options for individuals, in order to live and work together for justice, equality and peace. Three Cities Against the Wall is an exhibition protesting the Separation......more..
Reform and the rentier state
By Azmi Bishara, Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 6/17/2005
i>Washington, Arab regimes, opposition, reform: a Gordian knotThe democratic transformation of Latin America and Eastern Europe came about when the ruling elites of those countries found it impossible to perpetuate their rule through the usual means and......more..
Halliburton to build new $30 mln Guantanamo jail
Reuters UK 6/17/2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Halliburton Co. (HAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) unit will build a new $30 million (16.5 million pound) detention facility and security fence at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States is holding about......more..
Six settler women arrested in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 6/16/2005
Wednesday at night, the Israeli police arrested six settler women after writing graffiti against the Palestinians on walls adjacent to Keryat Arba’ settlement, east of the Hebron. The police reported that the six settler women are between 20 and 25......more..
“The Wall and the Occupation is taking every part of our life away from us, not just my land.”
StopTheWall.org 6/14/2005
The Apartheid Wall is threatening to make Hussein Diab a refugee for the second time in his life. In 1948 his family was forced to flee their home and become refugees, ending up in the village of Al Burj in......more..
Sidewalk in Seattle: Education Workshops take to the streets
StopTheWall.org 6/14/2005
Palestine solidarity activists in Seattle are using innovative street theatre and art displays to raise awareness about the Occupation of Palestine. The monthly “Sidewalk Education” events aim to highlight the plight of the Palestinian people and the six million Palestinian......more..
Resistance Goes Global – Join the Campaign at the G8
StopTheWall.org 6/15/2005
The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign as part of "The Wall Must Fall" project will join the protests in the streets of Edinburgh at the forthcoming G8 summit, calling for an end for international support and complicity in Israeli Apartheid......more..
Call for Action On the One Year Anniversary of the ICJ
StopTheWall.org 6/16/2005
As the Apartheid Wall continues to imprison the Palestinian people in ghettos and to steal and raze their land, the 9th of July will see massive popular resistance to the Apartheid Wall staged by the Campaign’s popular committees across Palestine......more..
Villagers of Marda Continue To Resist Settler Bypass Road
StopTheWall.org 6/16/2005
Thirty villagers were injured today during clashes with Occupation Forces in Marda, in the east of Salfit district. Villagers were demonstrating against the theft of their lands by the Apartheid Wall and the Jewish-only bypass road system that together will......more..
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied PalestinianTerritory, 09 - 15 June 2005
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 6/16/2005
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Impose a Total Siege on theOccupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) for the celebration of a Jewish Holiday but Continue Incursions: A Palestinian civilian died after the IOF positioned at an iron gate on the Annexation Wall obstructed......more..
History''s Greatest Reoccuring Hoax: Colonization "For Security Reasons"
By Rima Merriman, Electronic Intifada 6/16/2005
In Gaza and north of the West Bank, the Israelis are taking down what should never have been put up in the first place (their illegal settlements), all the while muttering, "they haven''t made us do it; we are doing......more..
Peace protestor Sam tells of violence in Palestine
The Courier/Leamington Spa Today 6/14/2005
Peace protestor Sam Grafton this week told of how violence broke out at a march in Palestinian. The 24-year-old, of Willes Road, Leamington, was part of a demonstration in the West Bank town of Bi''lin. He claims he tried......more..
SIS: 18th Week of Ceasefire Rife with Israeli Violations
International Press Center 6/15/2005
GAZA, Palestine, June 15, 2005 (IPC) - - A weekly report issued by the State Information Service (SIS) asserted that Israeli occupation forces continued their violation of the declared ceasefire, for the 18th consecutive week. The report, compiled by SIS'' Palestinian National......more..
Israeli democracy / Bil''in and Ramadin to demonstrate against Annexation Barrier this Friday
International Solidarity Movement 6/14/2005
Israeli democracy: In a true example of Israeli democracy Sam from Britian was arrested today for holding a Palestinian flag in Jerusalem. He was released with a caution not to disturb the peace a few hours later. /Bil''in and Ramadin......more..
Heroes on the Faultline of the Global Apartheid
By Nick Dearden, CounterPunch 6/10/2005
i>In April 2005, Glasgow indie-band Belle & Sebastian agreed to visit Israel and Occupied Palestine to witness the effects of over 4 years of Intifada and 30 years of Occupation. While they are used to taking on social justice causes......more..
Israelis will use U.S. Tax Dollars on Illegal Border
Electronic Intifada/CNI 6/15/2005
Press Release, Council for the National Interest -- A document recently published by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs entitled "Israeli Assistance Steps and Humanitarian Measures Towards the Palestinians," reveals that the $50 million their congressional agents in Washington scrounged from......more..
Police detain peace activist for waving Palestinian flag in Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 6/14/2005
The Israeli Supreme Court rejected an appeal submitted by the residents of Bil’in and Kharbata, west of Ramallah, in the West Bank demanding cease to the construction of the separation wall on their villages. The judges panel headed by Judge......more..
Settlers poison a horse in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 6/14/2005
Tuesday afternoon, settlers of Keryat Arba’ settlement in Hebron, poisoned an “Arabic Horse” which belongs to Da’na family, near the settlement. Nasser Sa’id Da’na said that settlers poisoned the horse while it was herding near the home, which is adjacent......more..
3 arrested, 5 wounded at nonviolent protest against Wall in Salfit
International Womens'' Peace Service 6/10/2005
One hundred Palestinian villagers and thirteen internationals marched through Salfit this morning, Thursday June 9, on the way to the land that is being uprooted to make way for the “Ariel loop” of the Annexation Wall. As we walked through......more..
Week of Palestinian nonviolent resistance met with Israeli military violence
International Womens'' Peace Service 6/13/2005
Marda village, Salfit region, West Bank - Saturday, 11 June 2005 -- Twenty kilometers east of the Green Line, the settlement of Ariel (population 20,000) looms above a village one tenth its size. Marda was one of the four villages named in......more..
Israeli army shoots live bullets at children in Marda
International Womens'' Peace Service 6/13/2005
As villagers in Marda tried to make their way to their fields to pray the Friday midday prayers on their land, accompanied by media, internationals, and Israeli peace activists, tear gas clouded the skies. Four bulldozers that had been uprooting......more..
Update on Yonatan Pollak / Children of Bil''in to Protest at Supreme court Tuesday
International Solidarity Movement 6/14/2005
Yonatan Pollak, an activist from "Anarchists Against Walls", was brought in front of a judge Saturday 11 of June night after being in detention since Thursday. The judge confirmed Yonatan''s 3 months ban from the West Bank. Under the advice......more..
A death sentence to this valley
Ha''aretz 6/15/2005
The green organizations fought for years to save the Refaim Valley, which meanders its way to Jerusalem from the south. They persuaded the planners of a major road to route it through tunnels below the valley, and succeeded in fending......more..
Palestinian children protest against fence
YNetNews 6/14/2005
Demonstration held in front of Supreme Court in Jerusalem to protest land expropriation in framework of security fence construction work --- JERUSALEM - Dozens of Palestinian children were brought Tuesday to stage a protest against the West Bank security fence in front......more..
Photostory: Gate Bethlehem
By M. El Fassed-Vermeer, Electronic Intifada 6/14/2005
Surrounded by Israel’s Wall on two sides and with many restricted roads and roadblocks, Bethlehem has become a prison. Photos of the wall in Bethlehem......more..
You have to imagine what it feels like
By Professor David Shulman, Electronic Intifada 6/11/2005
Writing from Al Bustan, Silwan, occupied Palestine -- June 8, 2005, Al Bustan, Silwan - We are in the city of David, literally--the oldest part of Jerusalem, below the Temple Mount, not far from the Siloam Tunnel carved in the living......more..
MK Aryeh Eldad: Sa-Nur will be the Stalingrad of Samaria
Ha''aretz 6/11/2005
Thousands attended an assembly Tuesday to mark the absorption of 20 new families in the northern West Bank settlement of Sa-Nur, which is slated for evacuation. Twelve families on Tuesday joined eight others that had moved to the settlement in......more..
Halutz: We won''t let troops be sitting ducks if extremists open fire
Ha''aretz 6/15/2005
The defense establishment addressed Tuesday, for the first time, a question its senior officials have until now preferred to avoid: How will police officers and soldiers behave if pullout opponents open fire on them? -- The new Israel Defense Forces chief......more..
Tension mounts in the Negev detention
International Middle East Media Center 6/10/2005
Prison administration in the Negev detention camp rejected to allow representatives of the detainees to visit the new sections of the detention in order to meet with the detainees who were moved there. The tents in the new sections are......more..
Tension mounts in the Negev detention
International Middle East Media Center 6/10/2005
Prison administration in the Negev detention camp rejected to allow representatives of the detainees to visit the new sections of the detention in order to meet with the detainees who were moved there. The tents in the new sections are......more..
Anti-wall protesters'' new weapon
International Middle East Media Center 6/11/2005
Protesters against the separation wall in the village of Belein, near Ramallah, responded Friday to army tear gas by throwing balloons filed with chicken urine “poo missiles” at soldiers. “It was amusing to see balloons exploding in the face of......more..
Anti-wall protesters'' new weapon
International Middle East Media Center 6/11/2005
Protesters against the separation wall in the village of Belein, near Ramallah, responded Friday to army tear gas by throwing balloons filed with chicken urine “poo missiles” at soldiers. “It was amusing to see balloons exploding in the face of......more..
Arab Information Ministers Condemn Israeli Policies Against Palestinian People
International Press Center 6/9/2005
GAZA, June 9, 2005 (IPC) - - The council of Arab Information Ministers agreed today on supporting the Palestinian people and condemning the Israeli practices against it, including the construction of the Apartheid Wall and illegal settlement expansion. The council of ministers......more..
IOF Attacks Peaceful Demonstration of Handicapped, Arrests 4 in WB
WAFA 6/9/2005
RAMALLAH, June 9, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) attacked a peaceful demonstration in Bil''in village of the West Bank(WB), in protest against the Apartheid Wall, witnesses said. They told WAFA that a peaceful march organizes Yesterday evening by......more..
IOF Assaults Peaceful Rally, Arrests 12, Including Internationals in WB
WAFA 6/9/2005
SALFEET, June 9, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded Thursday several citizens and arrested twelve others, including foreign activists, in several West Bank cities, witnesses said. Witnesses revealed that Israeli soldiers assaulted a peaceful rally in Salfeet protesting the......more..
Gaza children’s centres set alight
ReliefWeb/Christian Aid 6/10/2005
Two centres for children and teenagers in the Gaza Strip have been severely damaged in an arson attack, Christian Aid has learned. Three masked and armed attackers broke into two buildings run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA......more..
Gaza children’s centres set alight
ReliefWeb/Christian Aid 6/10/2005
Two centres for children and teenagers in the Gaza Strip have been severely damaged in an arson attack, Christian Aid has learned. Three masked and armed attackers broke into two buildings run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA......more..
IOF Wounds Scores, Arrests international Pacifist
WAFA 6/10/2005
SALFEET, June 10, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded Friday a number of citizens and arrested an international peace activist in the West Bank city of Slafeet, WAFA reporter said. He reported that Israeli soldiers hurled tear gas canisters......more..
IOF Wounds Scores, Arrests international Pacifist
WAFA 6/10/2005
SALFEET, June 10, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded Friday a number of citizens and arrested an international peace activist in the West Bank city of Slafeet, WAFA reporter said. He reported that Israeli soldiers hurled tear gas canisters......more..
Twilight Zone / Till we meet again
By Gideon Levy, Ha''aretz 6/9/2005
Only rarely do columnists become the subjects of their own column. That was the case, for example, when Israel Defense Forces soldiers fired at our car in August, 2002. For a moment we became the subjects of our column, against......more..
The Scream
YNetNews 6/10/2005
New IDF weapon designed to leave victims dizzy, nauseous, could be used on Gaza settlers -- Israel is considering using an unusual new weapon against settlers who resist this summer''s Gaza Strip evacuation — a device that emits penetrating bursts of sound......more..
The Scream
YNetNews 6/10/2005
New IDF weapon designed to leave victims dizzy, nauseous, could be used on Gaza settlers -- Israel is considering using an unusual new weapon against settlers who resist this summer''s Gaza Strip evacuation — a device that emits penetrating bursts of sound......more..
Protesters resort to chicken poo
YNetNews 6/10/2005
Anti-fence demonstrators say they targeted security forces with manure-filled balloons -- BIL’IN – Doomsday weapon? Soldiers and police called to the Palestinian village of Bil’in to disperse a protest against the West Bank security fence were surprised to encounter a new obstacle......more..
Protesters resort to chicken poo
YNetNews 6/10/2005
Anti-fence demonstrators say they targeted security forces with manure-filled balloons -- BIL’IN – Doomsday weapon? Soldiers and police called to the Palestinian village of Bil’in to disperse a protest against the West Bank security fence were surprised to encounter a new obstacle......more..
‘I was beaten for not licking his boot’
YNetNews 6/9/2005
Bila’in villagers say that an IDF unit broke into Palestinian home and beat youth because he refused to lick soldier’s boots and speak in Hebrew -- Palestinian villagers fighting the erection of Israel’s security fence have accused IDF soldiers of harassment......more..
Qassam rockets fired at Sderot
YNetNews 6/9/2005
No injuries reported after 2 rockets land near southern town; earlier, rocket landed in southern Gaza -- SDEROT – Two Qassam rockets landed in an open area near the southern town of Sderot Thursday afternoon. No injuries or damages were reported in......more..
38th Naksa Day Marked with Mass Demonstration in Bil’in
StopTheWall.org 6/3/2005
With photos -- Large demonstrations against the Apartheid Wall in the village of Bil’in marked the 38th anniversary of Al Naksa - the Occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 1967. Around a thousand protesters from villages throughout the......more..
Hebron settlers damage, burn a store in old city
International Middle East Media Center 6/8/2005
Settlers of the Abraham Abino settlement outpost in Hebron damaged a wall of a store in Hakoret al-Kayyal area in the old city and set it on fire. Imad Hamdan, assistant director of the Hebron Reconstruction Committee said that the......more..
Army invades Marda, imposes curfew
International Middle East Media Center 6/8/2005
Wednesday morning, the WAFA news agency reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Marda, near the West Bank city of Salfit, and imposed curfew, barring the resident from leaving their homes. Nasfat al-Khafsh, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against......more..
Physically challenged residents protest in Bil’in
International Middle East Media Center 6/9/2005
Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protest against the Wall in Bil’in organized by physically challenged residents from several West Bank areas. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers attacked the peacefully protesting handicapped residents and fired gas bombs......more..
Marda Villagers Shut Down Settler Road Calling for End to Occupation
StopTheWall.org 6/4/2005
Over 200 villagers from Marda shut down one of the main settler-bypass roads in the West Bank for several hours, as they stepped up their resistance to the Occupation and its apartheid infrastructure. Clashes broke out as Palestinians marched on......more..
The Apartheid Wall Steals 2300 Dunum from the Bilin''s Lands
International Press Center 6/7/2005
PALESTINE, June 7, 2005 (IPC) ---The Occupation bulldozers entered the village of Bil''in, west of Rammallah, in February to bulldoze and steal the village land for the construction the apartheid wall and have since met with intense daily resistance from......more..
IPC: 250 Citizens Arrested during Last Month in West Bank
WAFA 6/7/2005
GAZA, June, 7, 2005, (WAFA)-Information Prisoners Center (IPC) said that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 250 citizens during last May in different parts of the West Bank (WB). In its monthly report on Monday, IPC stated that the IOF......more..
IPSC Protests against Israeli Occupation in OPT
WAFA 6/7/2005
DUBLIN, June, 7, 2005, (WAFA)-Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and Movement against the Apartheid Wall organized protests against the Israeli occupation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories(OPT), which began its 39th year this week. The IPSC website reported that on......more..
Israeli army kills Islamic Jihad leader
AlJazeera 6/8/2005
Israeli soldiers have killed a top Islamic Jihad member in a West Bank gun battle. Morwah Kamil, 25, head of the Islamic Jihad armed wing in Jenin, was killed in a gun battle that erupted after Israeli troops entered the......more..
Soldiers ambush, kidnap anti-wall organizer
International Middle East Media Center 6/5/2005
A Palestinian source reported Saturday that soldiers ambushed and detained a leading member in the Belien''s village anti-wall committee. Eyewitnesses said that soldiers blocked on Friday the way of a service car near the town of Beitunia, near the West......more..
Army fires at a protest against the Wall near Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 6/6/2005
Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers fired at dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists, while protesting against the Separation Wall, and land grab in Beit Sroik, north west of Jerusalem. The protestors attempted to stop the military bulldozers from uprooting......more..
Twenty injured in Salfit
International Middle East Media Center 6/6/2005
A medical source in the West Bank city of Salfit reported that twenty residents suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the army, during clashes which erupted in Marda village after military bulldozers uprooted farmlands in order to construct the Separation......more..
Israeli Occupation Paces the Construction of Wall in Marda and Bait Surik
International Press Center 6/5/2005
PALESTINE, June5,2005 (IPC+WAFA)--Dozens of Palestinian residents of Bait Surik village, northwest of Jerusalem, have been wounded in a protest against Israel''s decision to re-start the leveling acts for continuing the building of the apartheid wall. WAFA New Agency......more..
20 Injured in a Protest Against the Wall in Beit Sourik
International Press Center 6/6/2005
PALESTINE, June6,2005 (IPC+WAFA)--For the second day in row, the Israeli bulldozer are continuing the leveling acts in Marda village of Salfeet district as the villagers remained steadfastness and protested against the robbery of their lands for expansion the......more..
Has demolition of `illegal'' house ruptured Haifa''s coexistence myth?
Ha''aretz 6/6/2005
A large yellow bulldozer rammed into the wall of the Bushkars'' home in Haifa yesterday. The tile roof collapsed and half an hour later, no trace remained of the little one-story house. Thus ended the short battle between police and......more..
Defense Ministry vows to reconsider Gaza double fence
Ha''aretz 6/6/2005
The idea to double fence the Gaza Strip will be reconsidered, Defense Ministry director general Amos Yaron promised yesterday. According to the original plans for defending the western Negev after the Gaza pullout, the Israel Defense Forces planned to erect......more..
IDF to beef up Har Dov security
Ha''aretz 6/7/2005
The Israel Defense Forces is planning to invest millions of shekels in beefing up security installations along the northeastern border in the Har Dov area. The decision comes in the wake of continued attacks by Hezbollah in the region. Deputy......more..
Jerusalem orders Palestinian homes to be razed
The Guardian 6/4/2005
Jerusalem''s city council has ordered one of the largest mass demolitions in the city''s recent history, with plans to raze the homes of about 1,000 Palestinians in a neighbourhood claimed by Jewish settlers. The council says about 90 buildings served......more..
Palestinians consumed by ''culture of the prison''
By Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star 6/6/2005
Political analyst Abdel-Hadi is concerned population may look to Jordan -- BEIRUT: The Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem are likely to focus heavily on local issues and services in the years ahead, as their major population centers remain......more..
Celebrating Jerusalem
YNetNews 6/5/2005
As capital marks 38 years of reunification, government will try to keep young people, families from leaving; Arabs hang black flags -- JERUSALEM - Thousands of Israelis are expected to visit the capital during Jerusalem Day for the calmest holiday the city......more..
Bil''in: The joint struggle continues
A-infos 6/3/2005
Bil''in is a small village. Consist of few hundred families - 1700 inhabitants only. But, for the last three months developed strong ties with the Israeli anarchists against the wall and very persistent in nearly daily struggle against the fence. Some......more..
Israeli road signs get activist makeover
Electronic Intifada/AlJazeera 6/5/2005
Israelis driving along Highway 505 in the West Bank have been greeted with an unexpected sight. Signs that usually guide them to settlements instead on Saturday reminded them of the illegality of the construction on confiscated West Bank land. A......more..
IOF Assaults Anti-Wall Protest in Bal''een Village
WAFA 6/3/2005
RAMALLAH, June 3, 2005 (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) assaulted Friday a peaceful march protesting the construction of the Apartheid Wall in Bal''een village, west of Ramallh, witnesses said. Israeli Members of Knesset (MK), Palestinian Ministers, MPs, Israeli and international......more..
Israeli Apartheid
By Jamal Juma, Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 6/2/2005
On the World Bank, international aid and the Bantustanisation of Palestine -- As US President George W Bush had his first White House meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas -- a summit giving Bush a platform for his phony $200 million "aid......more..
20 injured, 2 arrested, one Israeli soldier wounded in Anti-Wall protest Print E-mail
International Middle East Media Center 6/3/2005
At least one thousand Palestinians joined by International and Israeli peace activists demonstrated against the construction of the wall in Bil''in village west of Ramallah in the West Bank. The demonstration started after the Friday prayer from the village mosque......more..
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the OccupiedPalestinian Territories, May- 01 June 2005
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 6/2/2005
Two Palestinians were killed by the IOF in the West Bank. / A number of Palestinian civilians, including a child, were injured by IOF. / IOF conducted 17 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. / Houses were raided and 15 Palestinian......more..
Knesset member hurt in anti-fence rally
YNetNews 6/3/2005
Arab Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi, senior PA official, sustain light injuries during clashes between security forces, protesters during anti-West Bank security fence demonstration; IDF troop loses sight in left eye -- Arab Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi (Hadash – Ta’al) and senior Palestinian......more..
The process of transfer continues: The Jerusalem Municipality plans to demolish 88 houses in Silwan, East Jerusalem
By Jeff Halper, Electronic Intifada 6/3/2005
The Municipality of Jerusalem intends to demolish an entire East Jerusalem neighborhood. 88 homes housing 1000 residents in the el Bustan area of Silwan village in East ,Jerusalem close to the walls of the Old City. The reason, (according to......more..
IDF disperses riot with sound technology
YNetNews 6/3/2005
Clubs and stun grenades also used -- Military officials say new weapon uses voice frequencies; troops use weapon for first time during violent anti-West Bank separation barrier rally -- The IDF unveiled Friday a new crowd-dispersal tactic, emitting painful bursts of sound......more..
Rally staged against Israeli barrier
AlJazeera 6/3/2005
Residents of a Palestinian village have staged a protest against the separation barrier being built by Israel in the West Bank. Israeli occupation troops confronted the protesters on Friday. The two sides clashed when the demonstrators tried to advance towards......more..
Procession against the Wall in Salfit
International Middle East Media Center 6/2/2005
Dozens of residents, international and Israeli peace activists protested against the Separation Wall, and around Ariel settlement, in the West Bank city of Salfit. The Popular Committee Against the Wall, in Salfit, organized the protest in participation with hundreds of......more..
Council of Ministers Invited to Convene in Bal''een Village
International Press Center 6/2/2005
RAMALLAH, Palestine, June 2, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - The Popular Committee to Resist the Apartheid Wall in the village of Bal''een, near Ramallah, called on the Council of Ministers to convene at the village as a sign of protest against the......more..
Jewish Settlers Take Over Empty Gaza Hotel
Yahoo! News 5/31/2005
PALM BEACH HOTEL, Gaza Strip - Jewish settlers led by well-known extremists have taken over an abandoned beachfront hotel in the Gaza Strip and plan to move in hundreds of people opposed to Israel''s withdrawal this summer. The settlers spruced up......more..
Nonviolent direct action in Bilin - Israeli soldiers tear down the fence!
Electronic Intifada 6/2/2005
Report, International Solidarity Movement -- The villagers of Bil''in, joined by Israeli and International activists, built a mock security fence in the bulldozers'' path to the construction site of the annexation barrier on their land. The villagers'' fence was constructed on......more..
British Activist arrested in Bil''in, released
International Middle East Media Center 5/31/2005
Israeli authorities released the British peace activist who was arrested in Bilin protest earlier this morning after questioning her, IMEMC correspondent reported. Esther Cohen said, she was released from the police station with no conditions Tuesday afternoon. The protestors in......more..
"Walking Coffins", the new way in Bil''in to resist the Wall
International Middle East Media Center 5/28/2005
Residents of the Palestinian village of Bil''in organized an anti-wall demonstration on Friday. After the noon prayer at the village mosque, at least 300 of the villagers marched at the construction site, which has become a line of almost daily......more..
Settler shoots, lightly wounds Palestinian man in West Bank
Ha''aretz 6/1/2005
A West Bank settler shot and wounded a Palestinian man Tuesday evening near the settlement of Itamar located to thesouth of Nablus. The Palestinian was lightly wounded in the leg. Police said the settler spotted the Palestinian lighting a campfire......more..
Army invades three villages near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 5/31/2005
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Doura, Bani Neim, and Yatta, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and conducted military searches. Yousef al-Masry, a resident of Doura said that soldiers broke into his home, searched it, and......more..
Army bulldozes the entrance of a village near Bethlehem
International Middle East Media Center 5/31/2005
Monday afternoon, Israeli soldiers bulldozed the main entrance of al-Nu’man village, east of Bethlehem in order to construct the Separation Wall section which will surround the village from all directions. Jamal Dar’awy, head of al-Nu’man village council, said that soldiers......more..
Israeli Occupation Suppresses a Non-Violent Anti Wall in Bil''in
International Press Center 5/31/2005
PALESTINE, May31, 2005 (IPC+WAFA) ---The Israeli occupation forces arrested Tuesday morning Scores international and local non violent protestors, who took part in the demonstration organized by the residents of the West Bank village of Bil''in, West of Ramallah, making......more..
Non-Violent Action against Apartheid Wall in Salfit and Bil''in Villages
WAFA 5/31/2005
RAMALLAH, May,31, 2005, (WAFA)-Palestine News Network website said that the International solidarity Movement (ISM) will organize three demonstrations protesting the construction of the Apartheid Wall in Salfit and Big''in villages in the West Bank (WB). In a statement......more..
IOF Wounds Citizen, Arrests 4 International Activists
WAFA 5/31/2005
RAMALLAH, May 31,2005, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded today one citizen and arrested 4 others peace activists protesting the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank (WB). Coordinator of Anti Apartheid Wall, Abdulla Abu Rahma told WAFA that Omar Hisham......more..
Israel Plans to Build 7 Terminals Instead of Checkpoints in the West Bank, 2 in the Strip run by "Smart Cards"
International Press Center 6/1/2005
GAZA, Palestine, June1,2005 (IPC+Agencies)---The Israeli government decided to replace the military checkpoints in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to crossing point along the route of the Apartheid Wall alongside the construction of new terminals and crossing points......more..
The weariness from Jerusalem
By Meron Benvenisti, Ha''aretz 6/1/2005
The cognoscenti and celebrities of Jerusalem have been extremely busy in anticipation of "Jerusalem Day," which falls next week. Producers, journalists, researchers, demogogues, rabbis and those who predict the messiah will come are all preparing for their great moment, the......more..
One Hand Clapping: Applauding Tolerance and Pluralism in Israeli Academia
By Sharif Hamadeh, Electronic Intifada 5/31/2005
International support for Israel turns on the uncritical acceptance of the Jewish state as bravely fulfilling the obligations of a Western-style democracy in an otherwise hostile region. In reality, this is simply a PR-friendly re-branding of an old Herzlian notion......more..
Anti-Muslim graffiti in Hebron
YNetNews 6/1/2005
Mayor: insulting to all Muslims, Israeli government must act to prevent escalation -- HEBRON – Residents here awoke Wednesday morning to find graffiti denouncing Muslims and the Prophet Muhammed scrawled on a wall outside the Jewish city of Kiriat Arba. One resident......more..
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