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Map of Israel's planned "security fence", adapted for clarity from Gush Shalom map. Gush Shalom notes: The Israeli government did not publish full, official maps of the wall. The path of the Eastern wall was compiled by the Land Research Center and the Palestinian Hydrology Group, based on expropriation orders issued to Palestinian land owners.

 

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Child girl injured in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 2/27/2005 Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a 14-year-old girl in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The Israeli army claimed... 3 soldiers attempted to kill 2 Israeli Arabs International Middle East Media Center 2/27/2005 Two Israeli arabs from the city of Sakhnin filed a complain at Misgaf police station on Saturday night, saying that three armed Israeli soldiers... Extremist threatens Arab politician YNetNews 2/28/2005 Far right activist Baruch Marzel sends hostile letter following Mohammad Barakeh’s vote in favor of settler evacuation bill -- Right-wing threats: Far right activist Baruch... Israel: Tel Aviv blast killed soldiers AlJazeera 3/1/2005 The Israeli press has said three of the five people killed in the bomb attack in Tel Aviv on Friday were members of an... 1000 Dunams annexed near Jerusalem International Middle East Media Center 2/28/2005 Israeli soldiers handed Jaba’ village council, north east of Jerusalem, military orders to annex 1000 Dunams of family farmlands in erect to erect the... New IDF weapon: More bark than bite Ha''aretz 2/28/2005 The Israel Defense Forces has developed - perhaps belatedly - a cannon shell that reproduces the sound of a live shell when fired but does not... Scars of massacre still fresh in Hebron By Khalid Amayreh, AlJazeera 2/27/2005 It happened shortly after dawn on 25 February 1994, when an American Jewish immigrant named Baruch Goldstein left his home at the settlement of... Army'' road slashes through Arab land Ha''aretz 2/28/2005 A new road to Tel Romeida - the six-family Jewish settlement neighborhood in Hebron - is being paved through Palestinian-owned property in the city and involves... Background / State funded, yet private Ha''aretz 2/28/2005 Given the nature of Himnuta''s operations, yesterday''s revelations come as no surprise: Though it is run as a division of the Jewish National Fund... Family opposes bid to exhume body of Oct. 2000 victim Ha''aretz 3/1/2005 Acre Magistrate''s Court Judge Ronit Yitzhaki will rule in 60 days on a request to appoint a police investigator to exhume the body of... Israel Plans Air Force ''Umbrella'' After Gaza Withdrawal International Press Center 2/28/2005 GAZA, February 26, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli military officials said that Israel is thinking of having an air force umbrella over Gaza Strip following... Ring suspected of trading in stolen Palestinian land Ha''aretz 2/28/2005 Police are investigating suspicions that the former CEO of Himnuta, a subsidiary of the Jewish National Fund, purchased stolen Palestinian lands in exchange for... Israel Plans to Electronically Fence Al Aqsa Mosque International Press Center 2/27/2005 GAZA, February 27, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Palestinian sources in Jerusalem revealed that Israeli occupation authorities intends to surround the holy Al Aqsa Mosque with... PNIC: 3993 Palestinians Killed and More than 44000 Others Wounded in Four Years International Press Center 2/27/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February 27, 2005 (IPC) - - Since the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising (Intifada) in September 2000, through January 2005, 3993 Palestinians have been... Youth Dies of Wounds in Qalqiliya International Press Center 2/27/2005 QALQILYA, Palestine, February 27, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Medical sources in Qalqilya province declared early this morning that a 16-year-old young boy died of... Hamas: Israeli tactics threaten peace AlJazeera 3/1/2005 The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned that a fragile ceasefire with Israel could collapse if Israel continued to ignore Palestinian concerns, including the... Israeli Forces Conclude Advanced Stages of Apartheid Wall in Jerusalem International Press Center 2/28/2005 JERUSALEM, February 28, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation forces concluded yesterday the construction of advanced stages in the Apartheid Wall around the city of... Uzi Dayan says PM bears blame for Tel Aviv attack Ha''aretz 3/1/2005 Former deputy chief of staff Major General (Res.) Uzi Dayan, who currently heads the Public Council for a Security Fence, placed indirect responsibility for... Israeli Troops Renew Aggression Across oPt International Press Center 2/28/2005 WEST BANK, Palestine, February 28, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-- Israeli occupation troops renewed over the past 24 hours the aggression, they have been launching since... IDF destroys bomb-laden car near Jenin Ha''aretz 3/1/2005 Israeli troops in the area between Jenin and Tul Karm yesterday found and destroyed a booby-trapped car believed to have been assembled by the... Two guards hurt in West Bank shooting Ha''aretz 2/28/2005 Two civilian security guards were wounded Monday night in a shooting attack while patrolling in a security vehicle in the community of Kfar Oranim-Menorah... Bomber''s family shunned by whole town The Guardian 3/1/2005 Scores of chairs lined the rooms and corridors, and jugs of coffee and water and trays of figs were ready to welcome men paying... Jewish settler runs over two Palestinian children near Qalqilia Palestinian Information Center 2/24/2005 Qalqilia - A Jewish settler last night ran over two Palestinian children at the northern entrance to Azun village east of Qalqilia city. Local sources... Aqsa foundation emphasizes support to director of Aqsa Mosque against false Israeli charges Palestinian Information Center 2/25/2005 Nablus - The Aqsa foundation on Thursday sent a message of solidarity to Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, director and preacher (Khatib) of the holy Aqsa Mosque... Israeli Settlements (Updated MIFTAH 2/25/2005 According to a 2004 Foundation for Middle East Peace report, the total settler population in the West Bank and Gaza (including east Jerusalem) is... Another witness in the case of 13-year-old Gaza girl death International Middle East Media Center 2/25/2005 The Israeli soldier who witnessed the killing of 13-year-old Gaza girl Iman Al-Hamas couple of months ago testified on Thursday that the officer... Shkedi: “Army to monitor the skies of Gaza after withdrawal International Middle East Media Center 2/25/2005 Israeli chief of staff of the air force, Eliezer Shkedi said that when Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip next summer, its apaches, unmanned... Israel ''to build more West Bank homes The Guardian 2/25/2005 Israel plans to build more than 6,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, an Israeli newspaper has reported, in a move... Gush Shalom: “Sharon is planning to erect settlements in the WB International Middle East Media Center 2/25/2005 The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, said that the Israeli government is continuing its planes and polices to erect settlements in the West Bank... News Briefs, February 25, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/25/2005 Army imposes curfew over an area near Jericho / Village invaded, south of Tulkarem / Several homes shelled in Khan Younis / Six arrested in Nablus overnight... Child killed in the southern Gaza Strip International Middle East Media Center 2/25/2005 Friday afternoon, a Palestinian medical source reported that Israeli soldiers killed a 16-year-old child in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza... Evacuation and Construction: “new plan to expand settlements International Middle East Media Center 2/25/2005 Kerin Kayemit (The Permanent Israeli Fund) has prepared a plan to expand Israeli settlements in the West Bank ; the plan includes building 6391 new... Is Hizbullah behind attack YNetNews 2/26/2005 Security officials estimate Lebanese terror group involved in Tel Aviv attack, an assessment shared by Palestinian Authority officials -- TEL AVIV - Hizbullah terrorists may have... Bomb kills clubbers in Tel Aviv BBC 2/25/2005 A suicide bomber has killed four and injured around 30 outside a popular seafront night club in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The... IDF kills Palestinian trying to break through fence Ha''aretz 2/25/2005 Israel Defense Forces troops shot and wounded a Palestinian man who attempted to break through the Gaza Strip security fence at the Sufa checkpoint... Peace Now’s Settlements Watch Report: Gaza Settlement Construction Continues Arabic Media Internet Network 2/23/2005 The Israeli Peace Now movement’s Settlements Watch project February 23, issued a report on settlement construction in the Gaza Strip from August through December... Report: Israel to expand settlements AlJazeera 2/25/2005 Israel plans to build more than 6000 homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank this year, an Israeli newspaper has said. The reported... Abbas pledges to track down those responsible for TA attack Ha''aretz 2/26/2005 After an emergency meeting with his security officials, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday pledged to track down those responsible for Friday''s suicide... Four people killed in suicide bombing in TA Ha''aretz 2/25/2005 At least four people were killed and 50 others were wounded Friday night, when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a discotheque on... Gaza ‘out,’ West Bank ‘in YNetNews 2/25/2005 Government plans to build thousands of new homes in West Bank settlements, retroactively approve 120 illegal outposts, Yediot Ahronot reports -- TEL AVIV - The government... Video: Fatalities in Tel Avi club bombing BBC 2/25/2005 A suicide bomber has killed four and injured around 30 at a night club in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, police say. According... Israel denies W Bank homes plan BBC 2/25/2005 Israel has denied a report that it is planning to build more than 6,000 new homes in settlements in the West Bank this year.Yediot... APN Attacks Plan for 6,000+ New Settlement Houses, Authorization for 120 Illegal Outposts Americans for Peace Now 2/25/2005 Washington, D.C.—Americans for Peace Now (APN) February 25, denounced an Israeli government plan to substantially boost settlement construction in the West Bank, while... Tel Aviv bomb rocks peace process The Guardian 2/25/2005 Four killed in suicide blast claimed by Islamic Jihad --Tentative hopes of reviving the Middle East peace process were jolted last night when a... Anti-pullout pamphlet: PM bringing a holocaust on Israel Ha''aretz 2/24/2005 Thousands of anti-disengagement activists who attended a Jerusalem rally led by prominent rabbis in Jerusalem on Thursday, received a pamphlet accusing Prime Minister Ariel... Sharon''s Government Funds Demolition in East Jerusalem International Press Center 2/24/2005 JERUSALEM, February 24, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - The director of Al Quds Center for Social and Economic Rights in Jerusalem, Ziyad Al Hammouri, denounced the... Israeli Troops Open Heavy Fire in Rafah International Press Center 2/24/2005 RAFAH, Palestine, February 24, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)--The Israeli occupation troops opened early on Wednesday four tank shells on Palestinian-owned houses in the Al-Salam... News Briefs, February 24, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/24/2005 Military checkpoint east of Tubas / Settlers and soldiers uproot trees north of Hebron / Military checkpoint erected east of Qalqilia / Two brothers arrested in Jericho... IDF soldier sentenced to 4 months YNetNews 2/24/2005 Soldier fired at Palestinian vehicle, killing one occupant, and lied to investigators -- An Israel Defense Forces soldier who opened fire at a vehicle in... Police prepare for worst YNetNews 2/24/2005 Police are preparing for possibility of settlers opposing evacuation by using dogs, blocking main intersections and firing from the rooftops -- According to one of... Cabinet has declared war on God YNetNews 2/24/2005 Stickers handed out at disengagement rally accuse Sharon of Holocaust; protest held just days after Sharon signs Gaza evacuation orders -- JERUSALEM - Thousands of anti-disengagement... Yeshiva moving to settlement slated for evacuation Ha''aretz 2/25/2005 The Nir Yeshiva in Kiryat Arba will soon move to Sa-Nur, one of the four northern West Bank settlements that are slated to be... Annexation wall; isolated and surrounded areas International Middle East Media Center 2/23/2005 The annexation wall which Israel started to erect in the summer of 2002 created isolated and surrounded areas, which became surrounding by the wall... News Briefs, February 23, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/23/2005 Army detains dozens of residents near Qalandia refugee camp / Three residents severely clubbed near Tulkarem / Resident injured near Nablus / Resident arrested near Al-Aqsa Mosque... Peace Now: Construction in the Gaza Strip Settlements Growing International Press Center 2/23/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February 23,2005 (IPC+Agencies)---Information compiled by the Israeli peace now movement "Gush Shalom" from an aerial survey indicates that a considerable... Israeli Violations of Cease- Fire Understanding by the Last 24 Hours International Press Center 2/23/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February 23,2005 (IPC+WAFA)---The Israeli occupation forces continued today and yesterday night its breaches of the cease fire understandings, clinched at... Israel ready to react to Hizbullah Daily Star 2/23/2005 JERUSALEM: Israel is ready to react to any attempt by the Lebanese resistance group Hizbullah to open up a new battle front on the... New Apartheid Wall construction in two villages near Ramallah - New Israeli measures to isolate and annex East Jerusalem Palestine Monitor 2/23/2005 Three days ago Israel began building a new section of its illegal Apartheid Wall in the Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Saffa west of... Israeli Troops Wound Several Residents International Press Center 2/22/2005 RAMALLAH, Palestine, February 22, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-- Ten Palestinian residents from the West Bank village of Bal''een, west of the Ramallah City, were shot... Erez Crossing, Gaza roads still closed Rafah Today 2/21/2005 with photos] The Israeli Occupation Forces delivered 15 bodies of Palestinians killed during the past few months in the ongoing Intifada. Numbers of ambulances... Four injured as IOF randomly shells Rafah Rafah Today 2/21/2005 Four Palestinians were injured at the Rafah Refugee Camp during random shelling in the middle of the Camp in Rafah. Palestinian medical sources at... Israeli senior officer: “The Palestinians uncovered and demolished seven tunnels International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2005 An Israeli senior military officer said that the Palestinian authority uncovered and demolished over the last few weeks seven arm-smuggling tunnels in the Gaza... P. A security officer killed north of Gaza International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2005 Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian security source reported that unknown armed men assassinated a Palestinian security officer in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of the... Israeli MI: Palestinian resistance planning attacks in case cease-fire fails International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2005 Palestinian resistance groups are planning strategic attacks in case the cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian Authority breaks down. The Israeli Military Intelligence research... News Briefs, February 22, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2005 Military checkpoint erected south of Bethlehem / Soldiers attack a peaceful protest in Hebron / Detainee in administrative detention since 2001 / Seven residents of Bethlehem sentenced... Israeli Police want NIS 61 million to counter Haram Al-Sharif threats International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2005 The Israeli police is demanding an additional NIS 61 million to counter increasingly grave threats of an attack by Jewish extremists on Haram Al... 4,000 police officers to keep rightists out of Gaza Ha''aretz 2/22/2005 The police force will deploy 4,000 officers around the Gaza Strip ahead of the planned evacuation to prevent anti-pullout activists from entering the settlements... 20 hurt in anti-wall protest near Ramallah International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2005 Israeli High Court ordered Tuesday a freeze to the construction of the separation wall near the village of Safa, west of the West Bank... Mitsna: "There was a pogrom in Maghar Come And See/Haaretz 2/19/2005 Amram Mitsna, former leader of the Labor Party and mayor of Haifa writes about Maghar: "The rumor alone was ample pretext for the assault... News Briefs, February 20 - 21, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/21/2005 Soldiers attack, beat a youth near Nablus/ Detainee from Hebron sentenced to 13 consecutive years / Resident of Bethlehem sentenced to eleven consecutive years / Two... Army: Explosive charges planted everywhere in Gaza International Middle East Media Center 2/20/2005 Israeli army source said Saturday that Palestinian resistance groups has developed a new combat strategy, and are ordering operatives to plant explosive charges almost... 5 Settlers arrested for assaulting Palestinians, soldiers International Middle East Media Center 2/20/2005 Israeli police arrested Saturday night 5 settlers, including a minor, suspected of physically assaulting Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in the old city of Hebron... Army kills two Palestinians in Rafah International Middle East Media Center 2/20/2005 Israel soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza strip, injured two others, and arrested one resident.The Israeli army claimed... A Nablus Boy Dies of Wounds, a Rafah Resident Killed International Press Center 2/20/2005 NABLUS, Palestine, February20, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)--Mohammad Al-Aboud,16 years-old, from the West Bank City of Nablus died yesterday night at the occupied Jerusalem-based... Two suspected smugglers killed near Rafah Jerusalem Post 2/21/2005 Israeli security forces failed to find weapons or bombs in the area where the two Palestinians were killed. -- Soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians... Palestinians wounded by IDF in separation fence protest Ha''aretz 2/21/2005 Ten Palestinians were wounded on Monday in clashes with Israel Defense Forces troops during a demonstration against the separation fence east of Modi''in. Several... Israel to Annex 7% of West Bank, 2 Colony Blocs Palestine Media Center 2/21/2005 Palestinian Expert Tufakji: New Wall Route Creates 3-colony Extensions -- Israel’s cabinet is expected on Sunday to endorse a change to the route of... Vandals foul water supply of Palestinian village near Yitzhar Ha''aretz 2/21/2005 The Madama village''s spring was deliberately contaminated and its water supply system was sabotaged 10 days ago, village council head Ayed Kamal said yesterday... Analysis: Legal implications of new route Jerusalem Post 2/20/2005 As this is being written, the precise route of the separation fence south and east of Jerusalem has not been officially revealed, but the... Pe''at Sadeh settlers: Compensation too low Ha''aretz 2/21/2005 Residents of the Pe''at Sadeh settlement in Gush Katif, who have recently come to an agreement with the Disengagement Administration to evacuate their homes... Pullout protesters to block major roads Ha''aretz 2/20/2005 Anti-disengagement headquarters throughout the country are to begin blocking major roads and intersections this week, and will gradually expand the exercise until the disengagement... Hilltop youth'' already in Gaza Jerusalem Post 2/21/2005 More than 500 "hilltop youth" have changed their identification cards to declare that they live in the Gaza Strip and have already moved there... Separation fence budget to be determined shortly Globes 2/21/2005 The Ministries of Finance and Defense have agreed to allocate NIS 5.8 billion for the separation fence. -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Minister of Finance... IOF Escalates Terror in Gaza Strip & West Bank WAFA 2/18/2005 GAZA, February 18, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli occupation Forces (IOF) wounded a child sentenced several citizens to imprisonment terms, arrested internationals, and delivered military orders... Two International peace activists, two residents arrested near Hebron International Middle East Media Center 2/18/2005 Thursday afternoon, Israeli soldiers arrested two International peace activists and two residents during clashes which erupted after settlers and soldiers attempted to bar the... Extreme right wing groups in Israel escalate threats against Al-Aqsa mosque International Middle East Media Center 2/18/2005 The Israeli media revealed on Thursday that the Israeli security received lately several warnings that extremist right wing Jewish groups are planning to cary... Palestinians, International peace activists complain of settlers attacks International Middle East Media Center 2/18/2005 An Israeli military source reported that dozens of residents in Nablus and Hebron , and international peace activists complained of the continuous attacks and harassments... News Briefs, February 17 - 18, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/18/2005 Procession in solidarity with the detainees in Gaza / Resident of Bethlehem receives harsh sentences / Procession in Ramallah in support to the detainees / Four residents... Israeli Plots Target Identity of Al-Quds Village Islam Online 2/11/2005 NABLUS, February 11 (IslamOnline.net) – “I was born here in 1924 and my father was buried in the village’s cemetery only 6 months before people... The killing continues in Rafah Rafah Today 2/17/2005 with photos] Despite all the optimistic media reports and the omnipresent photos of Sharon and Abbas shaking hands, the killing continues in Rafah. The... Settler said arrested for attacking Palestinian with a club Ha''aretz 2/19/2005 A settler in the West Bank was arrested Friday for allegedly attacking a Palestinian in the Hebron area, Israel Radio reported. The Palestinian man... Israel to end punitive demolitions AlJazeera 2/18/2005 The Israeli occupation army will stop its punitive policy of destroying Palestinian homes after a recommendation by a military panel, but it will not... Soldiers bar residents from crossing to their lands behind the Wall International Middle East Media Center 2/17/2005 Israeli soldiers based at Tzofim checkpoint, east of Qalqilia, barred dozens of residents from reaching their family farmlands located behind the annexation wall, north... Israel Plans New West Bank Settlement After Gaza Withdrawal Palestine Chronicle 2/17/2005 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel intends to build a new settlement in the West Bank that could take in settlers uprooted from Gaza, officials said on... A Child and 2 Peace Activists Wounded by Israeli Settlers International Press Center 2/17/2005 HEBRON, Palestine, February17,2005 (IPC+WAFA)-- A mob of armed Israeli settlers attacked on Wednesday a number of Palestinians and international peace activists in separate... Mofaz halts demolition of homes belonging to terrorists Ha''aretz 2/18/2005 Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz on Thursday evening adopted the recommendation made by a military committee to end the policy of demolishing houses belonging to... Settlers Carry Out a Series of Attacks on Palestinians in West Bank International Press Center 2/17/2005 HEBRON, Palestine, February 17, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - A group of Israeli settlers perpetrated a series of attacks against civilians and international peace activists in... IDF panel recommends ending punitive house demolitions for terrorists'' families Ha''aretz 2/17/2005 A military committee appointed by Chief of Staff Moshe Ya''alon to examine the policy of house demolitions has recommended stopping them. The interim conclusions... News Briefs, February 16, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/16/2005 Settler rams a child with his car near Tubas / Settlers burn residents'' cars near Nablus / Resident arrested in Bethlehem... Three Palestinians Killed By Israeli Occupation In The West Bank International Press Center 2/16/2005 WEST BANK, Palestine, Febraury16, 2005 (IPC+WAFA) ---Three Palestinians were shot dead Tuesday, including a 15-year-old boy....At the same time, the Israeli... Anti-pullout protestors cause considerable damage in prison International Middle East Media Center 2/16/2005 The Israeli police released 33 out of 50 Israeli protestors, who were arrested on Tuesday during a violent anti-disengagement in Jerusalem. The Israeli police... The Mysterious File of Mideast Assassinations Islam Online 2/16/2005 CAIRO, February 16 (IslamOnline.net) – The grisly assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Al-Hariri opened a new chapter in a bloody book of political... UN envoy: IDF has destroyed 4,170 houses Jerusalem Post 2/17/2005 John Dugard, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the territories, told the Knesset Law Committee that the army has destroyed 4,170 Palestinian... Abbas okays ''collaborator'' executions Jerusalem Post 2/16/2005 In the first decision of its kind since he succeeded Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has ratified death sentences against three Palestinians... IDF panel recommends ending policy of house demolitions Ha''aretz 2/17/2005 A military committee appointed by Chief of Staff Moshe Ya''alon to examine the policy of house demolitions has recommended stopping them. The interim conclusions... Israel provokes Palestinian resistance groups in Nablus, kills two Electronic Intifada 2/16/2005 Ray Smith writing from Nablus, occupied Palestine -- Since the announcement of the hudna ("cease-fire"), Nablus hasn''t seen anything like a hudna. Almost every night... Senior ILA official admits using non-approved chemicals to spray Bedouin crops Ha''aretz 2/16/2005 The Israel Lands Administration has been spraying fields cultivated by Bedouin farmers in the Negev with chemicals that have not been approved by the... Yesterday: Three Palestinians killed in West Bank Ha''aretz 2/16/2005 Three Palestinians were shot dead yesterday, including a 15-year-old boy. The incidents raised concerns over a renewal of tension in the territories that... Police plan to charge 33 anti-pullout protesters Ha''aretz 2/16/2005 The police said yesterday they will raise their alert level to Operation Level C today and reinforce their presence at sensitive locations around the... Two armed Palestinians killed by IDF troops in West Bank Ha''aretz 2/16/2005 15-year-old Palestinian boy killed in West Bank during anti-fence protest, apparently by civilians -- Three Palestinians were shot dead Tuesday, including a 15-year-old... PNIC: Sharm Summit Followed by 290 Israeli Violations International Press Center 2/15/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February 15, 2005 (IPC Exclusive)--Following the Israeli-Palestinian Sharm El-Sheikh summit that came out with a joint ceasefire declaration in February8, 2005... Israel to Erect a Radar-equipped Wire in West Bank International Press Center 2/15/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February 15, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)--The Israeli occupation authorities have been recently planning to erect an electronic radar-equipped wire to the north... Israeli Troops Storm Nablus International Press Center 2/15/2005 Nablus, Palestine, February 15,2005 (IPC+WAFA)--Israeli occupation troops stormed early on Wednesday dawn the West Bank city of Nablus and broke into several... Nirit residents ask court to nix adjacent West Bank settlement Jerusalem Post 2/15/2005 The High Court of Justice has heard a request for a show-cause order by residents of Nirit, one of the "seven star" communities built... Israel Seizes Palestinian Groundwater WAFA 2/15/2005 Tulkarem, February 15, 2005, (WAFA)- Deputy Chairman of Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), Fadel Kawash, said that Israel controlled 900 million cubic meters of the... Israel Delays Withdrawal from Jericho, Release of Detainees Palestine Media Center 2/15/2005 IOF Shoot Dead in Cold Blood 16-year Old Palestinian Unarmed Boy -- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot dead in cold blood an unarmed Palestinian... Israeli Forces Attack Peaceful Congregation in Hebron International Press Center 2/15/2005 HEBRON, Palestine, February 15, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces attacked a peaceful congregation of civilians and international peace activists, who were protesting the... Former border policemen convicted Jerusalem Post 2/15/2005 A Tel Aviv Magistrate''s Court judge on Monday convicted two former border policemen of assaulting Palestinians caught in Jaffa without a permit. The illegal... Israel Kills Palestinian, Violates Fragile Ceasefire Islam Online 2/14/2005 AL-KHALIL, West Bank, February 14 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Israeli occupation troops gunned down on Monday, February 14, a young Palestinian in the southern West... Israeli troops kill two Palestinians AlJazeera 2/16/2005 Two Palestinians have been shot and killed by Israeli troops near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. An Israeli army spokeswoman said the two... Court releases far-right protesters Jerusalem Post 2/15/2005 The Jerusalem Magistrate''s court on Tuesday released 33 Israeli far-right activists who were arrested by police a day earlier for taking part in a... Ten policemen injured as settlers take protests to the streets, not just the squares Ha''aretz 2/15/2005 Ten police officers were lightly hurt last evening in clashes with right-wing activists, as anti-disengagement protesters snarled traffic at points around the country. Meanwhile... Israel to Build New Settlement, US Concerned Islam Online 2/15/2005 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, February 15 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Israel intends to build a new settlement in the West Bank that could take in settlers uprooted... PNIC Report Masses Israeli Violations until December 2004 International Press Center 2/14/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February 14, 2005 (IPC) -- The death toll of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) who have been killed by... Israeli Troops Continue Attacks In OPT Despite Cease Fire International Press Center 2/14/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February 14, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)--Despite ongoing understandings between the Israeli and Palestinian sides on a ceasefire, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have... Child killed in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 2/14/2005 A local source in Hebron told IMEMC correspond ant that soldiers shot dead a 15-year-old child in the southern West Bank city of... Palestinian Cops Can''t Stop Militants Washington Post 2/14/2005 KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Palestinian policemen, who have been given the task of restraining militants, say they can''t or won''t do the job. Interviewed... IOF Turns 2 Houses into Military Barracks, Besieges Security Post in WB WAFA 2/12/2005 SALFEET, February 12, 2005, (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) broke early Saturday into the West Bank (WB) city of Salfeet and besieged a Palestinian... IOF Kills Child in Hebron WAFA 2/14/2005 HEBRON, February 14, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed Monday a child, sentenced five citizens to severe imprisonment terms and arrested three others... Israeli ministers receive Jewish threats AlJazeera 2/14/2005 Israeli security services are stepping up protection of public officials after death threats against cabinet ministers by Jews opposed to a planned pullout from... Jewish settlers protest Gaza withdrawal AlJazeera 2/15/2005 Thousands of Israelis opposed to the country''s planned withdrawal from Gaza have staged demonstrations blocking traffic on major motorways, burning tyres and clashing with... News Briefs, February 12 - 14, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/14/2005 Three detainees sentenced to 13, 18 and 19 life terms / Five detainees from Bethlehem, including two children, highly sentenced / Settlers attack residents in Hebron... Israel fears Jewish terror The Guardian 2/15/2005 Israel''s security minister has recommended the arrest of a prominent Jewish extremist and warned of many more possible detentions amid a stream of threats... Seven held after settlers run amok at Gush Katif junction Ha''aretz 2/13/2005 Police arrested seven settlers who rioted and tried to block the Gush Katif junction to Palestinian traffic on Friday morning during a protest against... Pullout foes changing addresses to get into Gush Katif Ha''aretz 2/14/2005 Dozens of anti-disengagement activists from the right recently have changed their addresses on their ID cards to Gush Katif settlements, in order to get... Analysis / Hamas in Damascus ordered shelling Ha''aretz 2/13/2005 The mortar shelling and the firing of Qassam rockets on Thursday on Gush Katif was carried out by three Palestinian groups, not only Hamas... News Briefs, February 11, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/11/2005 PFLP member arrested north of Ramallah/ Resistance detonates an explosive charge near a military jeep in Nablus... Army officer: Settlers tried to run me over International Middle East Media Center 2/11/2005 An Israel army officer said Friday that settlers attempted to run him down with a car overnight near the West Bank settlement of Itamar... Itamar settlers agree to remove caravan Jerusalem Post 2/11/2005 Overnight Friday, settlers from Itamar, near Nablus in the West Bank, placed an illegal caravan at the nearby Gidonim outpost, reportedly in response to... Citizen Dies of Wounds in Rafah WAFA 2/10/2005 RAFAH, February 10, 2005 (WAFA)- Citizen died Thursday of wounds he sustained yesterday when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire at him in the... Armed men killed three in Gaza Prison International Middle East Media Center 2/11/2005 Around 50 armed men forcefully entered the Gaza Central Prison and killed three prisoners, Palestinain security soruce reported on Thursday. The source described the... Gush Katif settlers attack Palestinians, attempt to close Al-Matahin checkpoint International Middle East Media Center 2/12/2005 Friday evening, an Israeli military source reported that soldiers arrested six settlers who hurled stones at the Palestinian residents and attempted to close Al-Matahin... Israelis vow action against Arab Bank AlJazeera 2/9/2005 Lawyers representing victims of bombings in Israel at a US court have threatened further action against the Jordan-based Arab Bank, following the closure of... Settlers block major Gaza route Jerusalem Post 2/11/2005 Dozens of Gush Katif residents blocked the Tancher Route in the Gaza Strip on Friday to Palestinian traffic to protest the mortar shell and... Video: Palestinians mourn man killed by Israeli troops BBC 2/11/2005 Video clip: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has sacked the chief of Palestinian forces after militants violated a truce with Israel. Militant group Hamas said... News Briefs, February 9 - 10, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/10/2005 Resident arrested in Nablus / Two arrested near Jerusalem / Army erects military checkpoints near Tubas / Ten arrested in Al-Mawasi / Army closes Ramallah and Al-Biereh / Villages... Gaza death mars truce as Israel to lift roadblocks ReliefWeb 2/10/2005 JERUSALEM, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Israel said on Wednesday it would soon readmit thousands of Palestinian workers and lift some West Bank roadblocks after agreeing... More mortars fired in Gaza as Abbas orders forces to stop attacks ReliefWeb 2/10/2005 GAZA CITY, Feb 10 (AFP) - Three more mortar shells were fired by Palestinian militants at a settlement in the Gaza Strip Thursday in another... Violence and scepticism follow ceasefire The Guardian 2/9/2005 Street violence and media hostility today underlined the obstacles to peace in the Middle East, a day after Israeli and Palestinian leaders declared a... Israeli Troops Arrest Residents International Press Center 2/9/2005 PALESTINE, February9, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-- Israeli occupation troops stormed on Wednesday morning the northern West Bank town of Tubas and blockaded a Palestinian house... Abbas orders PA forces to end mortar firing International Middle East Media Center 2/10/2005 Palestinians fire mortars at Gaza settlements -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday afternoon ordered PA security forces to end mortar fire on Gaza Strip... Army arrests a resident, claim he is planning a bombing in Jerusalem bus International Middle East Media Center 2/10/2005 An Israeli military source claimed on Thursday afternoon that soldiers arrested a Palestinian resident who was planning a suicide bus bombing in the French... Hamas man is killed in `work accident Ha''aretz 2/10/2005 A Hamas militant was killed and two hurt in an incident in Khan Yunis yesterday. IDF sources said the man may have been killed... Army to annex lands south of Hebron International Middle East Media Center 2/8/2005 Israeli soldiers handed residents form the village of Yatta , east of Hebron , military orders to annex family farmlands in the areas of Tal Al-Tawani... Israeli army invades Nablus International Middle East Media Center 2/8/2005 Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers, supported by two tanks and a number of Jeeps invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and detained residents... News Briefs, February 8 , 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/8/2005 1000 Palestinian laborers to be allowed to work in Israel / Military checkpoint erected east of Qalqilia/ Two female detainees released from Al-Ramleh detention / Army... Mara''ba: Qalqilia Lands Threatened by Israeli Settlement International Press Center 2/8/2005 QALQILIA, Palestine, February 8, 2005 (IPC Exclusive)Coordinator of the Palestinian national committee for confronting settlement and the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank... Israeli Forces Besiege Nablus International Press Center 2/8/2005 NABLUS, Palestine, February 8, 2005 (IPC) - - Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression against the Palestinian people and besieged the city of Nablus, in addition... Two arrested in Nablus International Middle East Media Center 2/5/2005 Saturday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested two residents from Nablus and Balata refugee camp after invading the city and breaking into dozens of homes... 1000 Dunams to erect a wall around Ariel settlement International Middle East Media Center 2/5/2005 The Israeli authorities decided to erect a wall around Ariel settlement, the biggest settlement in the West Bank , inhibited by 18.000 settlers. Residents of... News Briefs, Feruary 5 - 7, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/7/2005 Two arrested east of Tubas / Detainee from Nablus sentenced to 33 months / Girl arrested near Jenin / Carni crossing to remain crossing until after the... Karni checkpoint reopened after fatal attack Ha''aretz 2/8/2005 Israel reopened the Karni checkpoint between Israel and Gaza on Monday to cargo and humanitarian aid after it was closed for the last three... Palestinians free attack suspects BBC 2/5/2005 Palestinian officials briefly held three key members of a group which had claimed responsibility for an attack on Israeli soldiers, before freeing them. The... Palestinian sentenced to 20 years for “attempting to avenge the assassination of Yassin International Middle East Media Center 2/8/2005 The Israeli central court in Ten Aviv sentenced of Monday a Palestinian to twenty years after convicting him of attacking three Israelis with an... IDF kills two men in Gaza no-go zone Ha''aretz 2/6/2005 IDF soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians who approached a security fence in an off-limits military zone in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday... News from Gaza Rafah Today 2/2/2005 with photos] Khan Younis: "Israel doesn’t want peace. All they want is to swallow the land and to kill the Palestinians," said an old... Defense officials disagree on approach to PA Ha''aretz 2/6/2005 The disagreement between Shin Bet head Avi Dichter and Chief of Staff Moshe Ya''alon on how best Israel can act to bolster new Palestinian... Two Gazans Wounded, a Jeep Crushes a Hebron Boy International Press Center 2/6/2005 KHAN YOUNIS, Palestine, February 6, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces shot and wounded three civilians in different parts of Gaza Strip and the... Despite Calm in oPt , Israeli Troops Go on Rampage International Press Center 2/7/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February 7, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)-Despite of the full calm from the Palestinian party, the Israeli occupation forces restlessly continued its onslaught... Palestinian killed in Gaza; teen found with bomb belt Ha''aretz 2/4/2005 Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were lightly wounded and an armed Palestinian was killed in an attack yesterday at the Gush Katif junction in... Ministry of Health: IOF Kills 73 Citizens in January MIFTAH/WAFA 2/4/2005 The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that 73 Palestinian citizens were killed including 249 wounded by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the Occupied Palestinian... News Briefs, February 4 , 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/4/2005 Israeli soldiers annex hundreds of Dunams in the northern Plains / Army fires at homes in Dir Al-Balah / Main roads and crossings still closed in... Two Palestinians killed by IDF fire in northern Gaza Strip Ha''aretz 2/5/2005 Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Friday shot and killed two Palestinians who approached a security fence in a off-limits military zone in the northern... Two Palestinians killed in Beit Hanoun International Middle East Media Center 2/4/2005 Friday at night, Israeli soldiers killed two residents close to Kibbutz Nier Am, near Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip. Army claims that... Four IDF soldiers wounded in Hebron attack Ha''aretz 2/4/2005 Four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded last night when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on their jeep near the settlement of Eshkolot, southwest of... Rafah Today: When schoolgirls see and feel the death of their classmate Rafah Today 2/2/2005 with photos] When schoolgirls see and feel the death of their classmate, the classmate of Noran Deeb whom was killed inside the school...Elderly... News Briefs, February 2- 3 , 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/3/2005 Curfew imposed over Abu Dis and Al-Ezareyya near Jerusalem / Child arrested near Nablus / Army invades the village of Ithna, near Hebron / Army erects a... Resident killed, three soldiers injured in the Gaza Strip International Middle East Media Center 2/3/2005 Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a resident in the Gaza Strip, after claiming that he hurled a grenade at a military post near Orhan... A Citizen Dies of His Wound in North Gaza International Press Center 2/3/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February3,2005 (IPC+WAFA)---A Palestinian citizen died of his wounds he sustained last month in Beitlahia, as the Israeli occupation forces stormed... Background/ Who wants to kill Israel-PA truce: List of suspects Ha''aretz 2/2/2005 a partial list - Ed.] A cease-fire, by its very nature, is a creature of mistrust. If either side''s confidence in the other... IDF: Settlers still building in outposts Ha''aretz 2/2/2005 The settlers are proceeding with construction in illegal outposts in the West Bank, even those earmarked for evacuation, according to the Israel Defense Forces... Six Israelis hurt in shooting attacks in Gaza, W. Bank Ha''aretz 2/4/2005 Six IDF soldiers were wounded in separate incidents in Gaza and the West Bank on Thursday. Four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded Thursday... Yesha still undecided about hunger strike Ha''aretz 2/3/2005 The leaders of the Yesha Council of settlements are still deliberating whether to stage a hunger strike as part of their campaign for a... Tel Aviv court charges Danish citizen with spying for Hezbollah Ha''aretz 2/3/2005 Tel Aviv District Court yesterday charged a Danish citizen of Lebanese descent with spying for Hezbollah. Iyad al-Shua, 39, faces charges of trying to... IDF, Shin Bet fear right-wing campaign targeting religious officers is out of control Ha''aretz 2/3/2005 The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet are increasingly concerned by a series of harassment acts by extreme right-wing activists aimed at religious officers... Killing of Palestinian girl shatters family By Laila El-Haddad, Electronic Intifada/Al Jazeera 2/3/2005 Ten-year-old Nuran Iyad Dib went to school as ecstatic as any schoolgirl should be. But this crisp winter day was special: she would receive... Palestinian fighter killed in Gaza AlJazeera 2/4/2005 A Palestinian resistance fighter has been shot dead by Israeli occupation forces after wounding two soldiers in the Gaza Strip. An Israeli military source... Factions Could Resume Resistance as Israel Rampages International Press Center 2/1/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February1,2005 (IPC+Agencies)---The killing of a 10 -year -old UNRWA school girl in Rafah refugee camp on Monday and the continuation... PNIC Report: 936 Killed, 5964 Wounded Within 2004 International Press Center 2/1/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February 1, 2005 (IPC) ---The death toll among the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) by the Israeli occupation troops... Resistance to continue attacks if army continues incursions International Middle East Media Center 2/1/2005 Eight Palestinian resistance groups warned Monday night they would resume attacks against Israel in light of “the ongoing policy of army incursions into Palestinian... UNRWA: Israeli Troops Killed a Palestinian School Girl International Press Center 2/1/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February 1, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-- The United Nations Agency for Work and Relief of the Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), accused on Monday the... IDF: `Axis of evil'' seeks to prevent calm in territories Ha''aretz 2/2/2005 The "axis of evil," which includes Hezbollah, Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is determined to prevent Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas from achieving... 2 Citizens Arrested, Dozens Detained, Arable Land Devastated WAFA 2/1/2005 QALQILIYA, February 1, 2005, (WAFA) - Two citizens were arrested early Tuesday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Qalqiliya city town of Azzoun, witnesses said... News Briefs, February 1, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 2/1/2005 Seven homemade shells fired at Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip / Army bulldozers family farmlands near Hebron / Army breaks into dozens of homes in... IDF: Gaza girl killed by Palestinian fire Ha''aretz 2/1/2005 The fragile quiet that has reigned in Gaza for nearly two weeks was threatened yesterday for the first time, when a 10-year-old Palestinian... Reshef''s urban warfare breakthrough Globes 1/27/2005 Aryt, IMI, ITL develop smart munitions for M203 grenade launchers, with a multimillion dollar sales potential. -- Aryt Industries (TASE: ARYT), controlled by chairman Shmuel...

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Sharon: If PA fails to move, we will International Middle East Media Center 2/27/2005 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Sunday warned halting the peace process unless the Palestinian Authority moves swiftly against Islamic Jihad and other "militants" -- Israel... Israel to reconsider its decision to release Palestinian detainees International Middle East Media Center 2/28/2005 Israeli justice minister Tzipi Livni, informed the Palestinian Authority (PA) said Israel is opposing a meeting of the joint Palestinian-Israeli committee to discuss releasing... Report: Mossad agent in NZ was involved in botched ''98 operation Ha''aretz 2/27/2005 One of the two alleged Mossad agents who served a prison sentence in New Zealand following a botched operation was involved in another failed... We must not let this opportunity slip away, says Abbas The Independent 2/28/2005 Mahmoud Abbas interviewed on eve of Palestinian summit in London -- Attacks such as the suicide bombing on Friday that killed four Israelis in Tel... Delegates to recommend security role for America The Independent 3/1/2005 The document to be adopted by the Palestinian conference today provides for establishment of a US-led security group which will give the Americans a... Israel halts transfer of WB cities, will not retaliate militarily International Middle East Media Center 2/27/2005 Israel will exert pressure on Syria and the Palestinian Authority, but will refrain from launching "major military action" in retaliation to Friday night''s bombing... Jordan''s Abdullah may visit in coming weeks Ha''aretz 2/28/2005 Jordan''s King Abdullah is considering extending a trip to the Palestinian Authority planned for the coming weeks and making a visit to Israel. Jordanian... Weird Australian `spy'' case casts shadow on Katsav trip International Press Center 2/28/2005 President Moshe Katsav had great expectations for his upcoming state visit this week to Australia - the first visit Down Under by an Israeli president... Blair hopes parley will take him beyond Iraq Ha''aretz 3/1/2005 U.K. PM Blair hopes that when he stands alongside Arab and Palestinian leaders at his London conference, it will convey the message that having... World Bank: Arab Countries Fail To Meet Its Pledges to Support PNA International Press Center 2/28/2005 GAZA, Palestine, February 28, 2005 (IPC+Agencies)--The Minister of Planning Dr. Ghassan Al Khatib stated yesterday that a tangible positive developments happened to... Kofi Annan may visit Israel this month Ha''aretz 3/1/2005 NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan may visit Israel soon. -- At a meeting yesterday at his UN office, which was attended by... Israel launches diplomatic, PR offensive against Syria, PA Ha''aretz 2/28/2005 The cabinet yesterday launched a major diplomatic and public relations offensive against both Syria and the Palestinian Authority in response to Friday''s suicide bombing... Israel insists Syria to blame for Tel Aviv suicide attack Daily Star 3/1/2005 Troops discover car packed with explosives in northern West Bank -- JERUSALEM: Israel insisted Monday that Syria was to blame for a Tel Aviv suicide...