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Israeli Army bulldozes farms in Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
On Tuesday night, the Israeli Army bulldozed on Tuesday night lands in the area of Sahel Beddu, in the southwest part of Jerusalem, in preparation for continuing the construction of the Wall there. Israeli Troops stopped farmers from going to......more..

Deceive, Divide, and Devour: The Uses and Meanings of ‘Disengagement''
By James Brooks, Palestine Media Center 8/17/2005
i>As Akiva Eldar reported in Ha’aretz August 5, “Abu Mazen’s last visit to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon convinced him that at best, Sharon doesn’t care whether Hamas gains control of the Gaza Strip.” Many theories have been advanced......more..

Villages in Salfit District Join Forces to Protest Apartheid Wall
StopTheWall.org 8/12/2005
Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the village of Azzun in a large protest organized by the Salfit District general committee against the construction of the Apartheid Wall. Protestors joined forces to send out a clear message that the Apartheid project......more..

North Gaza villagers between a rock and a hard place
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 8/17/2005
The noise of semi-trailers and army vehicles could be heard all night, Issa al-Ghul reported Tuesday by phone from Siyafa, a village in the northern Gaza Strip that has the misfortune of being located between the two settlements of Dugit......more..

Palestinians under withdrawal curfew
AlJazeera 8/17/2005
Palestinian communities living near Jewish settlements are bracing themselves for a month-long Israeli-imposed closure set to start on Tuesday. Residents of the Maani area of Dair al-Balah, adjacent to the colony of Kfarm Darom in the central Gaza Strip, were......more..

Disengagement and ethnic cleansing
By Daphna Baram, The Guardian 8/16/2005
i>Israel''s pullout from Gaza is openly justified by demography - in other words, the need to maintain a Jewish majorityIsrael has been building up to this for a long time. Those of Gaza''s 8,000 settlers who have not......more..

Azzoun burns
International Solidarity Movement 8/13/2005
Over 500 villagers from Azzoun demonstrated Friday, August 12, to protest the second stage of the construction of the Apartheid Wall which will confiscate 1200 dunums (about 300 acres) of land on the eastern side of their village. The demonstrators......more..

Israeli Bulldozers Razes Land in Jerusalem, Colonizers Continue Attacks
WAFA 8/15/2005
JERUSALEM, August 15, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli bulldozers razed vast areas of agricultural land in occupied Jerusalem for the sake of the Apartheid Wall. Witnesses said that Israeli bulldozers, backed by armoured vehicles, uprooted trees and razed land in the two......more..

Meanwhile, Israel grabs the rest of Jerusalem
By Hind Khoury, Palestine Monitor/International Herald Tribune 8/11/2005
JERUSALEM After more than 38 years of its oppressive military occupation of the Gaza Strip, Israel will soon begin evacuating the few thousand settlers who have been denying freedom to more than a million Palestinians there. Israel has marketed the......more..

Women in Black Visit Bil''''in, Protest Against Wall
WAFA 8/15/2005
RAMALLAH, August 15, 2005 (WAFA)- More than 450 women from Women in Black International Organization visited Bil''''in village in Ramallah to touch the impact of the Apartheid Wall on the villagers. As the peaceful demonstration started, Israeli Occupation Forces......more..

Seizing the initiative
By Munther Younes, Electronic Intifada 8/15/2005
n the history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israel, being the decidedly stronger party, has dictated the agenda and taken the initiative at every stage. It is Israel''s acceptance or rejection of initiatives, proposals, and resolutions that have mattered; Palestinian acceptance......more..

Thousands of police patrol Jerusalem ahead of Tisha B''Av
Ha''aretz 8/14/2005
Police have limited the age of Muslim worshippers at a Jerusalem mosque compound and positioned thousands of officers throughout the Old City for fear that clashes between Jews and Muslims will erupt later Saturday, a police spokesman said.Thousands of observant......more..

IOF Wounds Pacifists, Children and Reporter
WAFA 8/12/2005
RAMALLAH, August 12, 2005, (WAFA) - Four Pacifists were wounded and thirty five arrested by IFO in the village of Bil''in while two youngsters and a journalist were wounded near Tulkarem. Anti Wall Public Committee sources said that four Palestinian and......more..

Soldier joins Bil’in protest
International Solidarity Movement 8/12/2005
A wall moves through Bil’in -- A woman who showed up in her military uniform along with protesters in Bil’in was quickly arrested by soldiers and transferred to IDF investigators for questioning. About 100 or so peace activsits carried their own......more..

Out of Gaza, Into Jerusalem: Israel’s Threat to the Two-State Solution
By Palestinian Ministry of State for, Palestine Media Center 8/11/2005
i>“Perhaps most significantly, current [Israeli] policies in and around the city [of Jerusalem] will vastly complicate, and perhaps doom, future attempts to resolve the conflict by both preventing the establishment of a viable Palestinian capital in Arab East Jerusalem......more..

Minister Khouri Calls for Ending Israeli Policy in Jerusalem
WAFA 8/12/2005
JERUSALEM, August 12, 2005, (WAFA)- State Minister, Hind Khouri, called Friday on the international community to break its silence and to end the Israeli anti international law practices in the occupied East Jerusalem. During her meeting with foreign Consuls in......more..

8 Pacifists Wounded, 1 Critically, in Qalqilia
WAFA 8/12/2005
QALQILIA, August 12, 2005, (WAFA)- At least, eight foreign and Palestinian pacifists were shot and wounded, one critically, by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the village of Azoun, in the West Bank, witnesses said. They told WAFA that Israeli soldiers......more..

Female IDF soldier arrested at protest against West Bank fence in Bil''in
Ha''aretz 8/12/2005
Security forces on Friday afternoon arrested twelve people during a protest against the construction of the West Bank separation fence in the village of Bil''in. The detainees included nine Israelis and three foreigners. One of the detainees was Yonatan Polak......more..

Israelis use wife’s arrest to pressure detainee
International Middle East Media Center 8/11/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested Haya Mohammad Hoshiyya, 25, in an attempt to put psychological pressure on her detained husband, the Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Thursday. Ayed Kahleed Hoshiyya, 33, the husband of Haya, was arrested recently......more..

Israeli army injures five Palestinians at non-violent demonstration
International Womens'' Peace Service 8/11/2005
Human Rights Report No. 210 / Date of incident: August 1st, 2005 / Place: Kufr Hares, Salfit District / Witness/es: Palestinian, Israeli, and international demonstrators / Description of Incidents: At 10:00 AM on August 1st, approximately 70 demonstrators gathered in the center......more..

State to give back confiscated GPO card to journalist
Ha''aretz 8/12/2005
The Government Advertising Bureau announced Thursday it would return the GPO card of journalist and director of documentary films Yishai Carmeli-Polak after confiscating it more than a month ago. Carmeli-Polak has been documenting for a long time demonstrations against the......more..

Soldiers delay ambulance near Qalqilia, patient dies
International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2005
Israeli soldiers based at the Separation Wall Gate in Kafer Qaddoum village, near Qalqilia, delayed an ambulance transferring and old man to hospital after sustaining a heart attack, the man died while soldiers where conducting their “security routine checkups”. Resident......more..

Several residents injured in Bil’in
International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2005
200 protesters from the village of Bel’in, West of Ramallah, international and Israeli peace activists protested on Wednesday ear the construction site of the Separation wall in the village. Troops fired rubber coated bullets and tear gas against protestors, ten......more..

Last major anti-disengagement protest set for Rabin Square tonight
Ha''aretz 8/11/2005
Police are bracing for a 50,000-strong turnout at tonight''s right-wing demonstration at Tel Aviv''s Rabin Square. The police believe 50,000 protesters will attend the rally, while settlement leaders expect 100,000-150,000. The rally, the last major protest scheduled by......more..

Settler supporters rally in Jerusalem
AlJazeera 8/11/2005
Tens of thousands of rightist Israelis opposed to quitting the occupied Gaza Strip have flocked to the wailing wall, Judaism''s holiest prayer site, begging for divine help to stop a plan that has passed political and legal hurdles. Top sages......more..

Dozens of olive trees uprooted near Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 8/7/2005
Israeli military bulldozers uprooted dozens of olive trees west of Beit Surik village, northwest of Jerusalem, in preparationfor construction of the Separation Wall in the area. Dozens of residents attempting to reach their farmlands clashed with soldiers while the military......more..

Bel’in, a test field for new Israeli weapons
International Middle East Media Center 8/9/2005
Israeli and International leftist peace activists accused the Israeli army of using the West Bank village of Bel’in, and the protestors against the Separation Wall as a “test field” for its new weapons for dispersing protests. The Israeli military industries......more..

Settlers place landmines around Moragh settlement
International Middle East Media Center 8/9/2005
Several Palestinian residents reported seeing settlers from Moragh settlement placed dozens of landmines around Moragh settlement, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to stop the army from implementing the Gaza pullout, and harm the Palestinian......more..

Pal. Factions See the Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza is an Outcome of the Intifada
International Press Center 8/9/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August 9, 2005 (IPC+Agencies)--The national and Islamic factions stressed that Sharon''s unilateral plan is the product of the Palestinian uprising (Intifada), resistance and the steadfastness of the Palestinian people. The Palestinian factions deemed his misleading plan......more..

Israeli Orders to Seize Palestinian Lands
WAFA 8/9/2005
HEBRON, August 9, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces handed on Tuesday military orders to citizens of Bany Na''eem town in Hebron city aimed at seizing 120 Dunams of their lands. Farmers told WAFA that Israeli soldiers put signals around the......more..

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities: Israeli Measures Restrict Palestinian Tourism
WAFA 8/8/2005
BETHLEHEM, August 8, 2005, (WAFA)- Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Issa al-Bandak, said that the Israeli practices hurt the Palestinian tourism in the occupied Palestinian Territories. In an exclusive interview with WAFA al-Bandak affirmed that Israel has been procrastinating the......more..

Qurei: Israeli Dangerous Projects behind Scene of Withdrawal
WAFA 8/8/2005
JENIN, August 8, 2005, (WAFA)- Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei warned, on Monday of Israeli "dangerous projects" behind the scene of the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank. During seperate meetings with the chiefs of security apparatuses and heads......more..

Israeli Occupation Goes Berserk on oPt
International Press Center 8/6/2005
PALESTINE, August 6, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)--The Israeli occupation forces invaded on Saturday the village of al-Mighraqa south of Gaza city, extended the arrest of 24 prisoners in the Israeli jails, wounding three in Hebron and five others in a......more..

Checkpoints destroy Palestinian economy
International Solidarity Movement 8/6/2005
Street theatre and demonstration in Deir Ballut, by Sarita, August 4 -- Deir Ballut villagers were joined today by 30 International and Israeli activists in a demonstration against the military check point blocking the entrance to their village. Deir Ballut, southwest......more..

Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 6-7 August 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 8/8/2005
JERUSALEM: Closure: Israeli troops positioned at checkpoints set up at the entrances to the city of Jerusalem continue to prevent civilians from other districts from entering the city. Checkpoints: The Israeli army continues to intensify its restrictions at Qalandiya and......more..

Onus on Gaza
By Mustafa Barghouti, Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 8/4/2005
i>Factionalism equals disintegration, and internecine strife is precisely what Sharon wantsThe Palestinian reaction to the Gaza crisis has been a panicked scramble for cosmetic solutions rather than an attempt to confront real challenges. There is no denying......more..

Five injured, 17 arrested in Anti-wall protest in West Bank
International Middle East Media Center 8/5/2005
At least five civilians have been injured in an anti-wall protest organized by the resident of Bil''in village near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, Eyewitnesses a Palestinian source reported. The source also said that at least 17......more..

Anata and Shaufat Refugee Camp Encircled, their land stolen
Palestine Monitor 8/3/2005
Israeli Wall Continues to Devastate East Jerusalem Communities -- Israel is surrounding Anata and the Shaufat Refugee Camp, two communities in the western part of East Jerusalem, with concrete Walls on all sides. The Wall''s route will isolate the communities both......more..

Kafr Thulth and Azzun Lands Stolen for Settlement Annexation via the Apartheid Wall
StopTheWall.org 8/4/2005
In order to annex the settlement blocs of what is called the “Ariel Finger” in northwest West Bank, more Palestinian lands have been seized through the path of the Apartheid Wall. Since August 2nd, Occupation bulldozers have uprooted 240 dunums......more..

Art prankster sprays Israeli wall
BBC 8/5/2005
Secretive "guerrilla" artist Banksy has decorated Israel''s controversial West Bank barrier with satirical images of life on the other side. The nine paintings were created on the Palestinian side of the barrier. One depicts a hole in the wall with......more..

9th of July: Awareness Raising on the Apartheid Wall in Palestine to pave the ground for effective solidarity
StopTheWall.org 7/29/2005
Because of permanent campaigns of disinformation and because of the control of Apartheid Israel over worldwide media, people often don’t know much about the Occupation in Palestine. Thus, every chance should be seized by activists to inform the society they......more..

Surprise surprise - they shoot for only one reason
A-Infos 7/30/2005
Like the other Friday noons of the last few months, tear gas and shock grenades - was the lot of few hundreds demonstrators who came for a nonviolent protest against the building of the separation fence on the lands of the......more..

Palestinians, Israelis & International to Participate in Anti-Wall Demonstration in Bil''in
WAFA 8/4/2005
RAMALLAH, August 4, 2005 (WAFA)- Villagers from Bil''in, along with Israelis and internationals, will participate in a nonviolent demonstration against the Apartheid Wall and newly constructed Israeli colony in Bil''in this Friday. In a press release, IISM Media Group said......more..

''Jerusalem is closer than ever''
YNetNews 8/4/2005
PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia pledges to continue struggle until Jerusalem becomes capital of Palestinian state; promises to follow Arafat''s path until Palestinian flags are placed above walls of Jerusalem -- Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza and the Jenin area in the......more..

UN Experts mark anniversary of ICJ "Wall Opinion"
Electronic Intifada/UNCHR 8/4/2005
Report, UNCHR -- The eight undersigned Special Procedures mandate holders of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights issued this appeal shortly after the one-year anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion ("Wall opinion"), concerning the Legal Consequences......more..

Settlement expansion, closures in West Bank
Alternative Information Center 8/4/2005
On Thursday Israel’s Housing Ministry proposed the building of 72 more housing units in the settlement of Betar Ilit in the West Bank. In the past year many proposals have been approved for further expansion of Israeli settlements in East......more..

Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 2 - 3 August 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 8/3/2005
TULKAREM: Closure of Main Road: The Israeli army continues to close the iron gate set up on the junction to the settlement of ‘Einav along the Tulkarem-Nablus road, preventing civilian vehicles from crossing. Wall Gates: Passage through the Wall gates......more..

Arab MKs express outrage
YNetNews 8/4/2005
Israeli Arab Members of Knesset say Shfaram shooting attack caused by ''anti-Arab incitement''; condemnations for attack flood in from across the political spectrum -- Arab Knesset Members have claimed that the shooting attack in Shfaram is an expression of "what many......more..

Defense spending rose to 25% of all gov’t spending in July
Globes 8/4/2005
Ministry of Defense spending rose steadily, due to heavy expenditures for the disengagement plan.-- The Ministry of Defense spent NIS 3.68 billion in July 2005, 25.3% of total spending by government ministries, and 22.5% of the gross budget for the......more..

Israeli Bulldozers Destroy 241 Dunams of Arable Lands
WAFA 8/3/2005
QALQILIYA, August 3, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation bulldozers destroyed today 241 Dunams of arable lands in the West Bank (WB) city of Qalqiliya. Head of Kufr Thulth Rural Council, Hussein al-Saifi told WAFA that Israeli bulldozers uprooted the trees of......more..

Israeli Seizure of Palestinian Land Continues
WAFA 8/3/2005
HEBRON, August 3, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) decided on Wednesday to seize vast areas of Palestinian-owned agricultural land in the West Bank, local sources said. Popular Committee to Defend Land told WAFA that IOF issued several orders ruling......more..

Annexing Justice
By Remi Kanazi, Palestine Chronicle 7/29/2005
Keeping out Palestinian neighborhoods and ensuring a Jewish plurality is a tactical ploy to redraw the borders.."After 38 years of unwarranted occupation, the Palestinian people deserve to live peacefully in the remaining 22 percent of historic Palestine. The expansion......more..

Update on the Marda Five
International Womens'' Peace Service 8/3/2005
On Tuesday, July 5th, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Marda and captured seven boys and young men. The arrests followed a series of clashes between village youth and Israeli armed forces, who were destroying village land to clear a......more..

Israel''s Unilateral "Disengagement"
By Diana Buttu, Arabic Media Internet Network 7/31/2005
The] formula for the parameters of unilateral solution are:To maximize the number of Jews; minimize the number of Palestinians; not to withdraw to the 1967 border and not to divide Jerusalem.” – Ehud Olmert, Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Frequently Asked......more..

J''lem police chief: Arabs will benefit from fence crossings
Ha''aretz 8/4/2005
The crossings to be built in Jerusalem as part of the separation fence will actually improve the lives of Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the capital''s police chief Ilan Franco has claimed. During a High Court of Justice hearing yesterday on......more..

Jerusalem fence to take at least 5 months to build
Ha''aretz 8/3/2005
Construction of the separation fence in the "Jerusalem envelope" will not be completed before the disengagement plan is implemented, despite the fact that the project has been designated a top priority, officials responsible for the construction of the fence said......more..

PPS: Prisoner''s Life at Negev Israeli Jail Deteriorating
WAFA 8/2/2005
JERUSALEM, August 2, 2005, (WAFA)-Palestinian Prisoners'' Society (PPS) stated that prisoners'' life in Negev Israeli prison are deteriorating. In a statement faxed to WAFA PPS said that the health condition of 650 prisoners is worsening."At least 30 prisoners......more..

Israeli Bulldozers Uproot Trees South Gaza
WAFA 8/2/2005
ALSHOKEH, August 2, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli bulldozers razed on Tuesday vast areas of agricultural land and uprooted tens of trees in Alshokeh, at the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, witnesses and local sources said. Eyewitness, Khaled Hussein, said that......more..

Palestinians Give the Israeli military a ‘Gift House’
International Solidarity Movement 7/30/2005
They Receive Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas in Return in Bilin -- Today’s demonstration in Bil’in sent a message to world. “Even though settlers are being removed from Gaza, many new settlements are being built in the West Bank.” The 27......more..

Abdullah Abu-Rahme released
International Solidarity Movement 8/2/2005
Abdullah Abu-Rahme was released from the jail in Ofer Military Base on Monday, Aug.1, at 2.30 pm. Abdullah was arrested July 17 during a nonviolent demonstration against the wall in his home village of Bil’in. In a previous hearing......more..

The next battlefield
By Danny Rubinstein, Palestine Monitor/Ha''aretz 8/2/2005
The Housing Ministry''s plan to build a particularly splendid synagogue topped with a golden dome close to Herod''s Gate in Jerusalem''s Old City does not appear to be very practical. According to the plan, the synagogue''s dome will tower above......more..

What business is it of Chirac?
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 8/3/2005
A European journalist was asked to write about the wall being built around Anata, which will transform it into an enclosed ghetto within Jerusalem. Sorry, she said, the paper''s editors are only interested in the disengagement. It has it all......more..

Economic Occupation
Editorial, MIFTAH 7/30/2005
Get to the land through disintegration of the economy, repress hope and starve the spirit; call it a ‘peace process.’The world watches breathlessly for Israel to heroically disengage from Gaza, successfully painting the Palestinian people with the brush of......more..

Report: Israel''s moves to tighten hold on Jerusalem risk ''explosion''
Ha''aretz 8/2/2005
Israel''s moves to cement its hold on Jerusalem could drive Palestinians in the holy city to violence and damage prospects for a comprehensive peace deal, a leading think tank said on Tuesday. In a new report, the International Crisis Group......more..

Blast rips through PA chief justice''s Gaza home; no one hurt
Ha''aretz 8/3/2005
A bomb exploded early Wednesday at the Gaza home of the Palestinian Authority''s chief justice, Zuhair al-Surani, causing no casualties, security officials said, in what appeared to be the latest incident of lawlessness in the Palestinian territories.There was no immediate......more..

3 Residents Wounded, Several Arrested In a Peaceful Protest against the Wall in Bilin
International Press Center 7/30/2005
GAZA, Palestine, 30,July, 2005 (IPC+Agencies)--Three residents were injured, several international activists arrested as the Israeli occupation soldiers attacked and fired at a peaceful march to the stolen land for building the apartheid Wall in Bel''in village, the......more..

Vigil at Ofer Military Base for Peace Activist Abdullah Abu Rahme
International Solidarity Movement 7/30/2005
On Sunday, July 31st, Israeli, Palestinian and international peace activists will hold a vigil at the Ofer Military Base at 3 PM to protest the imprisonment of Abdullah Abu Rahme. Abdullah, a leader of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the......more..

Erekat Criticizes Israeli Government Plan to Erect a Three-Line-Fence around Gaza Strip
International Press Center 7/31/2005
PALESTINE, July 31, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies) ---Saeb Erakat, Chief Palestinian negotiator considered the Israeli erection of the three lines fence around Gaza Strip as dangerous since it will turn Gaza Strip into a big prison. "Who he wants peace and......more..

Israel plans triple-fencing of Gaza after pullout
Reuters 7/28/2005
URIM, Israel (Reuters) - Israel is rushing to complete a three-layer-deep barrier of fences and walls on its border with Gaza to keep Palestinian infiltrators out after it pulls out of the territory, military officials said on Thursday. The army insists......more..

WFP Weekly Emergency Report on Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)
Palestine Media Center 8/1/2005
WFP Emergency Report No. 31 of 2005 Source: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Date: 29 Jul 2005 -- (a) Internal Palestinian clashes limited internal movement and WFP field visits within the Gaza strip. Disengagement protest actions, resumption of clashes between......more..

Israel Plans Gaza Fence, Mulls Ground Offensive
Islam Online 7/29/2005
GAZA, July 29, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Israel is mulling a three-layer-deep barrier of fences and walls to ring the Gaza Strip after its military pullout, as plans were drawn up by the occupation army for a massive ground offensive......more..

Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 29 - 30 July 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 7/31/2005
JENIN: Closure of Main Road: At 12:55, the Israeli army closed the entrance to the village of Zububa, preventing civilians and international peace activists from entering the village to hold a peaceful demonstration against Wall construction. The entrance to......more..

Palestinian Refugees in Shu`fat Defend Their Presence in Jerusalem
StopTheWall.org 7/27/2005
Palestinians in Shu`fat Refugee Camp, northeast Jerusalem, have mobilized a long-term campaign against the Zionist plan to expel them from their city of Jerusalem through the Apartheid Wall. A protest tent was inaugurated today as a centralized site of local......more..

House Demolitions and Tighter Occupation Control Bolster Palestinian Expulsion of the Southern Ghettos of Hebron and Bethlehem
StopTheWall.org 7/28/2005
Old City, Hebron: Occupation Forces have intensified their efforts to control and, ultimately, expel the Palestinian population from Hebron’s old city. The entrances to Akabba, the Shibli mosque, Al-Eskafia shopping area, and the main market of Shaloody have recently been......more..

Action Alert! Seven Days Of Non-Violent Actions Along The "Ariel Loop" Of The Annexation Barrier
International Womens'' Peace Service 8/1/2005
Place: Salfit District, West Bank / Date: Saturday, July 30th – Thursday, August 5th, 2005 / Villagers affected by the "Ariel Loop" of the Annexation Barrier, joined by Israeli activists and internationals from the International Women''s Peace Service and International Solidarity Movement, will......more..

IDF develops ''sand bullets''
YNetNews 7/31/2005
Non-lethal sand bullets will replace rubber-coated steel pellets, ''Scream'' machine used to disorient and cause nausea -- The IDF said Sunday it is changing riot control methods, replacing its sometimes lethal rubber-coated steel pellets with compressed sand bullets. Rubber bullets have......more..

Palestinian attorney-general''s home hit
AlJazeera 8/2/2005
A large explosion has ripped through the front of the house of the Palestinian Authority attorney-general in Gaza City, damaging the building but causing no injuries. The front wall outside the house collapsed and the gate was mangled and charred......more..

Tear gas injures Palestinian protesters
AlJazeera 8/2/2005
Israeli soldiers have injured five Palestinian villagers after firing tear gas at the group protesting against a settlement road project threatening their land. Palestinians from the village of Kfar Harrs, along with foreign and Israeli activists, were marching towards a......more..

Building to resist
By Maureen Clare Murphy, Electronic Intifada 7/30/2005
Salim Shawamreh describes July 9, 1998, as "the blackest day of my life. ... I was sitting with my family and eating lunch when my house was surrounded by Israeli soldiers. I was given fifteen minutes to take my possessions and......more..

Palestinian killed in Gaza blast; PA: man mishandled explosives
Ha''aretz 8/2/2005
A Palestinian was killed in a blast in the southern Gaza Strip before dawn on Tuesday, Israel Radio said. Palestinians said the man was in uniform, and said the man had mishandled explosives while at work, causing the blast. Also......more..

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