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Israel to build checkpoint, divide West Bank into 3 sections
International Middle East Media Center 10/30/2005
includes map] Israeli army is carrying a plan which aims to divide the West Bank into three isolated parts, with roadblocks, settlement constructions and the separation Wall dividing them. Israel started to construct a huge checkpiont near south of Nablus......more..

Bil’in Prisoner Solidarity Demonstration Report
International Solidarity Movement 10/29/2005
Based on a report by IMEMC -- Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber coated bullets at a non-violent protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday. The protest started midday Friday......more..

APPEAL: Ongoing Crisis in Gaza Demands World Attention Israel’s Wanton Attacks Must Stop
Editorial, Palestine Monitor 10/30/2005
Since the Israeli settlers withdrew and the army redeployed from the Gaza Strip, the Strip has been subjected to constant attacks and unbearable collective punishments imposed by the Israeli army and aimed primarily at innocent civilians.The attacks are carried out......more..

Four More Arrests in Bil’in; Further Arrests Resisted by Villagers
International Solidarity Movement 10/29/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded Bil’in last night for the fourth time in six days. A group of about 20 Border Police arrived in jeeps and arrested four non-violent Palestinian activists who they accused of damaging the fence, including an expectant father......more..

Updated: “Through Our Hands, the Apartheid Wall Will Fall!”
StopTheWall.org 10/31/2005
List of Planned Activities for the 3rd National and International Week Against the Apartheid Wall, November 9-16 -- The 9th – 16th& of November 2005 marks the 3rd National and International Week against the Apartheid Wall called for by the Palestinian......more..

Sharon to Knesset: Separation fence will be first priority
Ha''aretz 10/31/2005
Sharon postpones vote on new appointments -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the Knesset on Monday afternoon that the construction of the separation fence between Israel and the West Bank will continue without any budgetary or political hindrance. Knesset members approved......more..

Wide participation in the Olive Harvest Festival
Electronic Intifada/YMCA 10/31/2005
Every year at the beginning of October, the annual olive harvest begins in Palestine. The survival of tens of thousands of Palestinian families is more dependant than ever on their ability to harvest their olives and market the oil they......more..

If you play it, they will come
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 10/27/2005
How to plan the door, fence and roof was solved in a dream: literally. Architect Khaldun Bshara from the Riwaq Center for Architectural Conservation had been working for a month on a plan to renovate a stone building in Ramallah''s......more..

Soldiers attack peaceful procession in Bil’in
International Middle East Media Center 10/28/2005
Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber coated bullets at a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near the Wets Bank city of Ramallah, several residents were injured. The protest took off on Friday afternoon after dozens......more..

The Yellow Brick Road-Map
By Graham Usher, MIFTAH/Middle-East International Online 10/28/2005
Writing in the Wall Street Journal on 20 October, Mahmud Abbas was typically candid as to why George Bush occupies such a central place in the Palestinian president’s strategy.The “climate of peace needs the help of the United States and......more..

Bil''in, The struggle still continues - Friday demonstration
A-Infos 10/28/2005
This Friday demo has as background the three army night invasion for arresting people who participate in the weekly Fridays demonstrations. At the first night invasion they arrested nine villagers for the bogus claim that they damaged the fence. On......more..

Construction Beginning on the Segregation Wall in Aboud
By Father Firas Aridah, Palestine Monitor 10/20/2005
i>Message from Father Firas Aridah, Parish Priest of Aboud - includes mapAboud and the Settlements: Aboud is a picturesque little village that lies to the northwest of Ramallah. Almost 2,500 people live in Aboud. Half of them are......more..

Olive Picking 2005 - Day 6
Joint Advocacy Initiative 10/26/2005
The Wall near Rachael''s Tomb: For the forth day, some participants started their day early in the morning by standing in vigil at the site of the construction of the Israeli Separation Wall near Rachael''s Tomb. The participants were shocked......more..

Faq on Israel’s Roads and Tunnels Plan
By PLO - Negotiations Affairs Department, Palestine Monitor 10/24/2005
Frequently Asked Questions -- 1. What is Israel’s Roads and Tunnels Plan? Israel is currently building two separate transportation networks in the occupied West Bank: one for Palestinians, the other for Israeli settlers. “The Roads and Tunnels Plan” refers to the......more..

“Through Our Hands, the Apartheid Wall Will Fall!”
StopTheWall.org 10/20/2005
List of Planned Activities for the 3rd National and International Week Against the Apartheid Wall, November 9-16 -- Updated October 17 -- The 9th – 16th& of November 2005 marks the 3rd National and International Week against the Apartheid Wall called for......more..

IDF officials slam lax fence security
YNetNews 10/27/2005
Army officials say lax security at West Bank fence crossings could be easily utilized by terrorists -- West Bank security fence crossings have become a regular infiltration route, largely due to lax security measures “similar to those employed at shopping malls......more..

Iron dealers vandalize IDF monument
YNetNews 10/28/2005
IDF monument vandalized during holiday, plaques, letters removed, apparently by iron dealers who deal in the material. This is a painful, criminal act, IDF official say -- An IDF monument to fallen soldiers was vandalized during the holidays by unidentified offenders......more..

Barrier under fire for security failings
The Guardian 10/27/2005
Israeli commentators have united in criticising the government for the failure of the security barrier to protect Israel from suicide bombers after three years of construction and expenditure of almost £1bn. Three suicide attacks in Israel this year have happened......more..

The Wall and the psychological impact on children
By Adri Nieuwhof, The Guardian 10/24/2005
On 26 September 2005, the Palestinian Counseling Centre (the PCC) announced the results of a survey on the psychological implications of the construction of the wall on people from five villages in the Qalqilya district. In 2003, the PCC conducted......more..

Worldwide Activism for the 3rd National and International Week Against Apartheid Wall, November 9-16
WAFA 10/21/2005
RAMALLAH, October 21, 2005 (WAFA)- The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign will launch on 9 - 16 of November 2005, worldwide activism campaign to mark the 3rd National and International Week against the Apartheid Wall. The activities are called for by......more..

ISRAELI’S WALL DIVIDES PALESTINE
International Solidarity Movement 10/20/2005
Bil’in villagers continued creative resistance -- Tomorrow, Friday, October 14, 2005, Palestinian villagers from Bil’in will hold their weekly nonviolent protest against Israel’s planned annexation wall, currently under construction on Bil’in’s land. Joined by Israeli activists and internationals activists from the......more..

Robots used against peaceful protest in Bil’in
International Middle East Media Center 10/21/2005
Residents and peace activists in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, invented a new way in countering a Robot which the army started using against them during the weekly peaceful protests against the Separation Wall. This Robot approaches the protestors and......more..

Marisol''s Blog: Occupation continues and olives are harvested
International Womens'' Peace Service 10/18/2005
These last few weeks have been kinda rough, there were resistance activities against soldiers, so israeli military has been doing collective punishment by closing roads, closing villages..... Over 40 people have been killed just since September. Last night I spent......more..

Protesters say army using bean bags as weapon
Ha''aretz 10/21/2005
A previously unknown weapon is being used to combat protesters against the separation fence, according to a report last week by Palestinian, Israeli and foreign demonstrators at Bil''in, where demonstrations take place regularly. According to the report, a protester, Haysam......more..

Settlers: Ready to leave now
YNetNews 10/21/2005
Settlers left outside the security fence route say they are willing to leave now if offered compensations. The government must decide on our matter, they say -- The residents of the Ofarim settlement are willing to leave their houses promptly and......more..

Conning history
By Azmi Bishara, Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 10/20/2005
i>The real meaning of Bush-speak.Ever since the US began its march against the region beneath the banner of democracy its neo- conservative standard bearers have been unflagging in their insistence that democracy and freedom are universally applicable......more..

Egypt denies building fence around bombed Sinai Peninsula resort
Ha''aretz 10/19/2005
CAIRO - The Egyptian authorities on Wednesday denied building a fence around the Red Sea resort town of Sharm al-Sheikh, where bombs killed 67 people in July. Fifteen Israelis were among the 32 killed in multiple terror attacks further north on......more..

Did teacher assault IDF officer?
YNetNews 10/19/2005
Resident of West Bank settlement of Yitzhar detained on suspicion he hurled stones at IDF Personnel Directorate Head Elazar Stern last week -- Police arrested a teacher from the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar Wednesday on suspicion of attacking IDF Personnel......more..

Undercover Israeli troops provoked stone-throwing
Palestine Monitor 10/18/2005
Israeli army admits the practice is common -- An IDF spokesman admitted to the Haaretz newspaper that undercover Israeli troops disguised as Palestinians had thrown stones at Israeli soldiers during the weekly protest demonstrations against the Apartheid Wall in the village......more..

Three Israeli border policemen injured in Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005
The Israeli Radio reported, on Tuesday evening, that three border policemen were injured south of Jerusalem after a Palestinian group hurled a bomb at their jeep. The incident took place near a section of the Separation wall, south of Jerusalem......more..

The Impact of Israel’s Separation Wall On Palestinian Mental Health: A Study in the Qalqilya District
Palestine Monitor/ Palestinian Counseling Center 10/17/2005
The Palestinian Counseling Center (PCC) held on Monday, September 26, 2005, a press conference in the city of Jerusalem where it announced the results of a survey conducted on the psychological implications of the construction of Israel''s Annexation and Expansion......more..

Jaba’ pays with its land to build a new checkpoint “terminal”
StopTheWall.org 10/10/2005
Jaba’ village, in the southwestern Bethlehem district, received a new confiscation order that will contribute to the apartheid system of Walls and Jewish-only roads that is being built on Palestinian land. The Occupation forces have ordered the confiscation of 110......more..

Oct 14 - Nov 15: ISM USA Speaking Tour on the Palestinian/Israeli struggle against the separation fence
A-Infos 10/17/2005
From October 14 – November 15, 2005, Palestinian Ayed Morrar from Budrus and Israeli Jonathan Pollak of the Anarchists Against The Wall initiative will be touring the United States speaking about Nonviolent Resistance in Palestine. The tour will visit New York......more..

Jerusalem, 2nd Street performance against the annexation wall
A-Infos 10/17/2005
The 2nd street performance on Saturday night, the 8th of October was a success, a group of activists gathered in Emek Refaim St. in Jerusalem, protesting the construction of the separation wall which is being currently being built on seized......more..

Fence to protect Red Sea resort
BBC 10/18/2005
Egypt has started to build a security fence around the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to try to stop attacks on the town, security officials say. The officials said the fence would stretch for 20km (12 miles) and force......more..

1000 Dunams annexed to a West Bank settlement
International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005
A Palestinian organization which monitors settlement activities reported on Monday that the Israeli Authorities annexed 1000 Dunams of Palestinian orchards to Rotem settlement in Wadi All Maleh area, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. The settlement is constructed......more..

Court won''t let Temple Mount group lay ''cornerstone'' of Third Temple
Ha''aretz 10/16/2005
The High Court of Justice on Sunday rejected a request by the Temple Mount Faithful to place what the organization said was the cornerstone of the Third Temple next to the Western Wall, Israel Radio reported. The court also rejected......more..

Olive harvest begins under the shadow of restrictions on movement
B''tselem 10/11/2005
This year''s olive harvest season in the West Bank has begun. The harvest comes in the wake of extensive damage to the groves during the construction of the Separation Barrier, and strict restrictions on movement imposed on Palestinian farmers trying......more..

Palestinian Leaders Attempt to Solve Rafah Impasse
MIFTAH 10/15/2005
Israeli and Palestinian officials tried to narrow differences over how to operate the Gaza-Egypt border, while Israel''s defense minister was to head to Egypt later this month for talks on the issue. Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres and chief Palestinian......more..

Extra-Judicial Execution in Jenin
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/17/2005
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) committed another extra-judicial execution crime yesterday evening . The victim was Nehad Khaled Abu Ghanem, 33 years old from the village of Barqeen, west of Jenin. He died after sustaining several gunshot wounds in the upper body......more..

Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 14 - 15 October 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 10/16/2005
JENIN: Checkpoint: The Israeli army continues to intensify its restrictions at Tayasir checkpoint east of the town of Tubas and to impede civilian access. Wall Gates: Passage through the Wall gates is restricted to civilians granted special Israeli permits. Flying......more..

Police probe two suspects in attack on senior IDF officer at Western Wall
Ha''aretz 10/17/2005
Police on Sunday began investigating two suspects in last Friday evening''s attack on Israel Defense Forces Personnel Directorate chief Major General Elazar Stern by Jewish worshippers at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem. Police took testimony from witnesses who were......more..

High Court permits building of separation barrier north of Jerusalem
Ha''aretz 10/17/2005
The High Court of Justice on Sunday accepted a state petition to cancel a temporary injunction preventing the building of the separation barrier through the neighborhood of Dahiyat al-Barid near the town of A-Ram, located north of Jerusalem. Nine justices......more..

Palestinians hurl pipe bomb at Border Police near J''lem fence
Ha''aretz 10/18/2005
Palestinians hurled a pipe bomb at Border Policemen patrolling near the separation fence in southern Jerusalem, Israel Radio reported before dawn on Tuesday. According to the report, three policemen were lightly wounded in the attack and were treated on the......more..

Wailing Wall mob stones general who oversaw expulsions
The Guardian 10/17/2005
Fury at insistence soldiers must evict Gaza settlers - Police step in; Sharon denounces act of violence -- Scores of worshippers at Judaism''s holiest site stoned a senior Israeli army officer as he arrived to pray, because of his leading role in......more..

Israel redraws the roadmap, building quietly and quickly
The Guardian 10/18/2005
Settler population grows as Sharon grabs more West Bank land than he returned in Gaza -- At the northern edge of Jerusalem, on the main road to the Palestinian city of Ramallah, three towering concrete walls are converging around a rapidly......more..

Settlers attack a Pal. Family near Salfit
International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that settlers of the illegal “Al Qana” settlement outpost, west of the West Bank city of Salfit, attacked a Palestinian family and forced them out pf their land. Resident Sami Yousef Raddad said that......more..

3 residents injured, 4 internationals arrested in Bil’in
International Middle East Media Center 10/15/2005
Three Palestinian residents were injured and four international peace activists were arrested in Bil’in village, near Ramallah, during the weekly protest against the Separation Wall. Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, Abdullah Abu Rahma, stated that residents Eyad......more..

Churches Address Divestment in Israel
Palestine Chronicle 10/12/2005
Church delegates from five Christian denominations discussed their church’s positions on Israel’s military occupation of the Palestinian Occupied Territories and divestment. At the Chicago Sabeel Conference, James M. Wall moderated the panel discussion. He is a United Methodist clergyman and......more..

Bil''in residents: Undercover troops provoked stone-throwing
Ha''aretz 10/14/2005
Prison Service troops disguised as Arabs incited Palestinian youths to throwing stones at Israel Defense Forces troops during a weekly demonstration against the separation fence in the West Bank village of Bil''in, village residents said on Friday. The residents said......more..

Undercover troops "help quell protest"
YNetNews 10/14/2005
Left-wing activists claim Israeli soldiers disguised as Arabs served as provocateurs during anti-security fence demonstration -- Israeli soldiers disguised as Arabs threw stones at IDF troops during a demonstration against the West Bank security fence in the village of Bil''in, left-wing......more..

Return to unity
By Nayef Hawatmeh, Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 10/14/2005
i>The Palestinian Intifada brought to light the flaws of the Oslo years as well as the machinations of the State of Israel. A revived Palestine Liberation Organisation is the way to address both.Five years have passed since......more..

Worshippers at Western Wall attack IDF General
Ha''aretz 10/15/2005
Dozens of Jewish worshippers attacked head of the Israel Defense Forces Manpower Branch Major General Elazar Stern at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem on Friday night. Stern was in civilian dress when he came to pray at the Western......more..

Israeli Wall runs straight through the Playground
Palestine Monitor/The Times 10/7/2005
Anata - Palestinian children returned to their school after the weekend to find that a 24ft concrete wall had been built through the playground, leaving the classrooms on one side and the football pitch and volleyball court on the other. The......more..

MOJA: Jerusalem Hospitals in Need for International Support
WAFA 10/11/2005
OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM, October 11, 2005, (WAFA)- Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs (MOJA) said that the Israel''''s Apartheid Wall, harms the health sector and the health services for Palestinian citizens in the occupied East Jerusalem. In a report on the......more..

The Beautiful Life Without Arafat
By Gideon Levy, MIFTAH/Ha''aretz 10/12/2005
Time flies when you''re having fun, as the saying goes. Next month marks one year since the death of Yasser Arafat, and the masses will not fill the squares in Ramallah in memorial assemblies; Bill Clinton and other world leaders......more..

Bil''in, The joint Friday demonstration continue
A-Infos 10/8/2005
In spite of the stricter blocking of the roads to Bil''in, the Israelis of the Anarchists Against The Wall initiative, and the increased numbers of the wider coalition against the fence and others who join us, succeed to arrive at......more..

A View from Jerusalem: Challenges for Palestinian Health Care
By Sonia Nettnin, Media Monitors Network 10/9/2005
At the Chicago Sabeel Conference Dr. Tawfiq Nasser spoke about the restrictions of Palestinian access to health care caused by Israel’s wall and military occupation.Nasser is the CEO/Director-General for Augusta Victoria Hospital, the second largest hospital situated on the......more..

I00 Palestinian Houses Destroyed in Jerusalem in 2005
WAFA 10/9/2005
JERUSALEM, October 9, 2005, (WAFA)- At least 100 Palestinian houses were demolished by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the occupied East Jerusalem during the year 2005, local sources revealed. The Arab Studies Society said in a press release that the......more..

Sources: IDF kills 3 Palestinians crawling along Gaza border
Ha''aretz 10/10/2005
Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot dead three Palestinians near the Israel-Gaza frontier on Monday, Palestinian medics and military sources said, while internal violence in Gaza intensified as militants and policemen engaged in a gunfight. The border incident coincided with warnings......more..

With no secular leadership, Palestinians turn to Islam
By Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Daily Star 10/11/2005
Five years ago, this present intifada was sparked by a highly provocative intrusion by Ariel Sharon, then Israeli opposition leader, into the Al-Aqsa Mosque. That Jerusalem should have been the source of five years of heavy fighting seems almost impossible......more..

Letter From Wadi Fukin
By Ben White, Palestine Chronicle 10/3/2005
I ask Ata how sustainable he thinks village life will be in, say, five or ten years time, if the route of the Wall is completed as planned.."History is a tangible presence in Wadi Fukin, from the Aramaic origins......more..

As UN Official Visits Bil''''in, Israeli Oppression Continues
WAFA 10/7/2005
RAMALLAH, October 7, 2005 (WAFA)- Hina Jilani, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Human Rights Defenders visited on Friday Bil''''in village, in Ramallah, to see the suffering of its citizens due to the construction of the Apartheid Wall......more..

Fallen City
By Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Palestine Media Center/Bitter Lemons 10/6/2005
Five years ago, this present intifada was sparked by a highly provocative intrusion by Ariel Sharon, then Israeli opposition leader, into the Aqsa Mosque. That Jerusalem should have been the source of five years of heavy fighting seems almost impossible......more..

Stealing Palestinian History
By Kevin Chamberlain, This Week in Palestine 10/1/2005
While the world’s media has been concentrating on the hardships suffered by the Palestinian people as a result of the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, considerably less publicity has been given to the systematic destruction of Palestine’s......more..

Flags for Freedom
International Solidarity Movement 10/7/2005
Bil’in villagers continue resistance -- Today, just after noon-day prayers, a large group of Palestinians from Bil’in marched alongside around forty Israeli activists and eight internationals from the International Solidarity Movement to protest Israel’s annexation wall currently under construction on Bil’in......more..

Soldiers attack a peaceful procession against the Wall in Bil’in
International Middle East Media Center 10/7/2005
The Media Office of the International Solidarity movement reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, and distributed leaflets in front of the village’s mosque warning the residents that all protests against the Separation Wall are considered “illegal......more..

First Friday prayers of Ramadan pass quietly in Jerusalem
Ha''aretz 10/7/2005
The first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan passed quietly in Jerusalem, Israel Radio reported, as some 2,500 police officers deployed in and around the capital''s Old City. Police officers were stationed in the alleyways of the......more..

Abbas: Many Demands to be Asked in my Meeting with Sharon
WAFA 10/6/2005
GAZA, October 6, 2005 (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that there will be many demands to be asked during his expected meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Asked, by reporters, about his demands for the upcoming......more..

Apartheid Wall, not only Affecting Palestinians in Jerusalem, but also Jews
WAFA 10/6/2005
TEL AVIV, October 6, 2005 (WAFA)- A recent study conducted by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies said the Apartheid Wall, which cuts off tens of thousands of Palestinians and their neighbourhoods from Jerusalem, is not only having a negative......more..

Israeli colony seizes school grounds
AlJazeera 10/6/2005
Palestinian schoolboys in a Jerusalem suburb have lost their football pitch and volleyball court to a giant cement wall Israel has built through their playground - allegedly to stop attacks. Pupils returned to class after the weekend to find the latest......more..

IOF to Seize more Palestinian Land in WB
WAFA 10/5/2005
HEBRON, October 5, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), sent on Wednesday "notifications" to citizens in two Hebron villages, informing them that the IOF will seize their lands. Local sources told WAFA that the IOF will seize 110 donums of......more..

Study: Separation wall negatively impacts J''lem residents and status
Ha''aretz 10/6/2005
The separation wall, which cuts off tens of thousands of Palestinians and their neighborhoods from Jerusalem, is not only having a negative impact on the lives of East Jerusalem residents, but is also harming the city''s Jewish inhabitants and its......more..

Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 3 - 4 October 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 10/5/2005
JERUSALEM:Closure: The Israeli army continues to intensify its restrictions at checkpoints located at the entrances to the city of Jerusalem and has set up several checkpoints in the old city of Jerusalem and around Al Aqsa Mosque compound. Checkpoint......more..

JCDHR calls on Israel to end its violations to the international law
International Middle East Media Center 10/4/2005
The Jerusalem Center for Democracy and Human Rights (JCDHR) called on Israel to end its violations to the International Law and human rights, and to stop the construction of the Separation Wall in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The JCDHR......more..

Protest targets persecution of Palestinians in Jerusalem and detention of thousands of political prisoners!
StopTheWall.org 9/27/2005
Hundreds of protestors staged a powerful demonstration at al-Manara square, Ramallah, demanding the release of Palestinian political prisoners and in particular the recent detainees from Jerusalem. Palestinian prisoners Dr. Ahmad Maslamani, Naser Abukhdair and Rasem A’bedat have been jailed for......more..

Churches speak out on economic pressure as a tool for peace
Electronic Intifada 10/2/2005
During the first week of January 2004, Israeli minister of Justice Yosef Lapid warned his country about an international boycott. He told Israeli radio: "There is a very serious risk the World Court (International Court of Justice in the Hague......more..

Behind the Wall
International Solidarity Movement 10/1/2005
This Friday the 30th of September, the villagers of Bil’in successfully managed to harvest some of this year’s crop of olives, despite the attempts to prevent them by the Israeli military. The Wall is currently being built through many of......more..

IOF Prevents Bil''in Villagers, Internationals from Reaching Olive Orchards Behind Wall
WAFA 9/30/2005
RAMALLAH, September 30, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented tens of Bil''in villagers in Ramallah from reaching their olive orchards, WAFA reporter said. He added that the villagers, accompanied by international peace activists, headed to their orchards to pick......more..

Sowing fear in Gaza
YNetNews 9/30/2005
Air Force ensures that as long as rocket attacks persist, Gaza residents won''t be sleeping at night -- The name of the game is fear. The fear of shattered glass emptied top floors, while high-rise offices were closed down. Gaza’s frightened......more..

One down, many to go
By Mustafa Barghouti, Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 10/1/2005
i>Ending the occupation of Gaza is but one of a list of legal and legitimate Palestinian demands that the international community must supportIt was a unique, moving moment when, as day broke on 12 September, following the......more..
     
           
           
   

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