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Settler escalate resistance; woman set herself on fire, soldier stabbed
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
A woman set herself on fire at a roadblock inside Israel and has burns over 60 percent of her body, Israeli police said. Megan...

Settler escalate resistance; woman set herself on fire, soldier stabbed
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
A woman set herself on fire at a roadblock inside Israel and has burns over 60 percent of her body, Israeli police said. Megan...

Settler escalate resistance; woman set herself on fire, soldier stabbed
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
A woman set herself on fire at a roadblock inside Israel and has burns over 60 percent of her body, Israeli police said. Megan...

Israeli army continues arrests, raids, new checkpoints
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
a href=''http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13335&Itemid=1''>Army invades AL Mawassi area in Khan Younis, one resident...

Israeli army continues arrests, raids, new checkpoints
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
a href=''http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13335&Itemid=1''>Army invades AL Mawassi area in Khan Younis, one resident...

Israeli army continues arrests, raids, new checkpoints
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
a href=''http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13335&Itemid=1''>Army invades AL Mawassi area in Khan Younis, one resident...

Army levels barns and three commercial structures west of Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
Israeli soldiers leveled three barns and water well in Ethna village west of Hebron on Tuesday. Abdul-Rahman Tmeizy, the owner of the farm were...

Army levels barns and three commercial structures west of Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
Israeli soldiers leveled three barns and water well in Ethna village west of Hebron on Tuesday. Abdul-Rahman Tmeizy, the owner of the farm were...

Army levels barns and three commercial structures west of Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
Israeli soldiers leveled three barns and water well in Ethna village west of Hebron on Tuesday. Abdul-Rahman Tmeizy, the owner of the farm were...

Army opens fire on peaceful procession near AL Tufah Checkpoint
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
Israeli army opened fire on peaceful procession, celebrating the Israeli pull out from Gaza, near AL Tufah Checkpoint in Khan Younis in the Gaza...

Army opens fire on peaceful procession near AL Tufah Checkpoint
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
Israeli army opened fire on peaceful procession, celebrating the Israeli pull out from Gaza, near AL Tufah Checkpoint in Khan Younis in the Gaza...

Army opens fire on peaceful procession near AL Tufah Checkpoint
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
Israeli army opened fire on peaceful procession, celebrating the Israeli pull out from Gaza, near AL Tufah Checkpoint in Khan Younis in the Gaza...

Army invades Qabatia village, arrests three
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
The Israeli army invaded Qabatia village, south of the West Bank cityof Jenin, on Wednesday at down and arrested three residents. Troops invaded the...

Army invades Qabatia village, arrests three
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
The Israeli army invaded Qabatia village, south of the West Bank cityof Jenin, on Wednesday at down and arrested three residents. Troops invaded the...

Army invades Qabatia village, arrests three
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
The Israeli army invaded Qabatia village, south of the West Bank cityof Jenin, on Wednesday at down and arrested three residents. Troops invaded the...

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...

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...

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...

Army arrests two Palestinains west of Khan Younis
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Israeli army invaded Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip late Tuesday night, and arrested two Palestinians. Troops invaded the area...

Army arrests two Palestinains west of Khan Younis
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Israeli army invaded Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip late Tuesday night, and arrested two Palestinians. Troops invaded the area...

Army arrests two Palestinains west of Khan Younis
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Israeli army invaded Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip late Tuesday night, and arrested two Palestinians. Troops invaded the area...

Army invades Bethlehem and surrounding villages
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Army invaded Bethlehem and surrounding villages Wednesday at dawn. Troops invaded the area of Eskan AL Jami''a located between Bethlehem city and the near...

Army invades Bethlehem and surrounding villages
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Army invaded Bethlehem and surrounding villages Wednesday at dawn. Troops invaded the area of Eskan AL Jami''a located between Bethlehem city and the near...

Army invades Bethlehem and surrounding villages
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Army invaded Bethlehem and surrounding villages Wednesday at dawn. Troops invaded the area of Eskan AL Jami''a located between Bethlehem city and the near...

Four residents injured, four arrested, near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
A local source in Hebron reported that four residents, including three women, were injured, four others were arrested during an invasion carried out by...

Four residents injured, four arrested, near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
A local source in Hebron reported that four residents, including three women, were injured, four others were arrested during an invasion carried out by...

Four residents injured, four arrested, near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 8/16/2005
A local source in Hebron reported that four residents, including three women, were injured, four others were arrested during an invasion carried out by...

A Horde of Israeli Settlers Attacks al Mawassi Area
International Press Center 8/17/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August 16,2005 (IPC+WAFA)---As the time count down for completing the evacuation of settlements of Gaza Strip, the Jewish settlers attacked...

A Horde of Israeli Settlers Attacks al Mawassi Area
International Press Center 8/17/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August 16,2005 (IPC+WAFA)---As the time count down for completing the evacuation of settlements of Gaza Strip, the Jewish settlers attacked...

A Horde of Israeli Settlers Attacks al Mawassi Area
International Press Center 8/17/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August 16,2005 (IPC+WAFA)---As the time count down for completing the evacuation of settlements of Gaza Strip, the Jewish settlers attacked...

Israeli Occupation storms Qabatyia, Al Mawassi, and Arrests Five
International Press Center 8/17/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August17 ,2005 (IPC)---The Israeli occupation forces invaded today morning Qabatia town, south east Jenin city and arrested three residents, tightened its...

Israeli Occupation storms Qabatyia, Al Mawassi, and Arrests Five
International Press Center 8/17/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August17 ,2005 (IPC)---The Israeli occupation forces invaded today morning Qabatia town, south east Jenin city and arrested three residents, tightened its...

Israeli Occupation storms Qabatyia, Al Mawassi, and Arrests Five
International Press Center 8/17/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August17 ,2005 (IPC)---The Israeli occupation forces invaded today morning Qabatia town, south east Jenin city and arrested three residents, tightened its...

Essential facts and figures on Gaza pullout
ReliefWeb 8/17/2005
JERUSALEM, Aug 17 (AFP) - Israel was poised Wednesday to start forcibly removing Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in its historic pullout operation that...

Essential facts and figures on Gaza pullout
ReliefWeb 8/17/2005
JERUSALEM, Aug 17 (AFP) - Israel was poised Wednesday to start forcibly removing Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in its historic pullout operation that...

Essential facts and figures on Gaza pullout
ReliefWeb 8/17/2005
JERUSALEM, Aug 17 (AFP) - Israel was poised Wednesday to start forcibly removing Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in its historic pullout operation that...

Islamic Jihad: “Israel resumed arrests against our members”
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
The Islamic Jihad movement condemned the arrests carried out by the Israeli army against its members in the West Bank. Ra’ed abu al-Majd, the...

Islamic Jihad: “Israel resumed arrests against our members”
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
The Islamic Jihad movement condemned the arrests carried out by the Israeli army against its members in the West Bank. Ra’ed abu al-Majd, the...

Islamic Jihad: “Israel resumed arrests against our members”
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
The Islamic Jihad movement condemned the arrests carried out by the Israeli army against its members in the West Bank. Ra’ed abu al-Majd, the...

Israeli Order Forbidding Entry of Israelis into Parts of PNA Area B Territory
Palestine Media Center 8/16/2005
IOF SPOKESPERSON''S ANNOUNCMENT -- Entry of Israeli citizens into Area B territory north of Road Num. 5 is forbidden according to a decree by the...

Israeli Order Forbidding Entry of Israelis into Parts of PNA Area B Territory
Palestine Media Center 8/16/2005
IOF SPOKESPERSON''S ANNOUNCMENT -- Entry of Israeli citizens into Area B territory north of Road Num. 5 is forbidden according to a decree by the...

Israeli Order Forbidding Entry of Israelis into Parts of PNA Area B Territory
Palestine Media Center 8/16/2005
IOF SPOKESPERSON''S ANNOUNCMENT -- Entry of Israeli citizens into Area B territory north of Road Num. 5 is forbidden according to a decree by the...

Joyful Palestinians watch Israeli settlers removed
ReliefWeb 8/17/2005
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Gleeful Palestinians cheered and laughed from rooftops and windows on Wednesday as they watched Israeli troops move...

Joyful Palestinians watch Israeli settlers removed
ReliefWeb 8/17/2005
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Gleeful Palestinians cheered and laughed from rooftops and windows on Wednesday as they watched Israeli troops move...

Joyful Palestinians watch Israeli settlers removed
ReliefWeb 8/17/2005
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Gleeful Palestinians cheered and laughed from rooftops and windows on Wednesday as they watched Israeli troops move...

PNIC: 4097 killed people, 760 were children, and 45274 wounded since the beginning of Al-Aqsa uprising
ReliefWeb/PNA 8/13/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August 11, 2005 (IPC) -The number of the killed people since the outbreak of Al-Aqsa uprising on 29-9-2000 and until...

PNIC: 4097 killed people, 760 were children, and 45274 wounded since the beginning of Al-Aqsa uprising
ReliefWeb/PNA 8/13/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August 11, 2005 (IPC) -The number of the killed people since the outbreak of Al-Aqsa uprising on 29-9-2000 and until...

PNIC: 4097 killed people, 760 were children, and 45274 wounded since the beginning of Al-Aqsa uprising
ReliefWeb/PNA 8/13/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August 11, 2005 (IPC) -The number of the killed people since the outbreak of Al-Aqsa uprising on 29-9-2000 and until...

Resident arrested in Hebron, home occupied
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Hebron, completely surrounding the old city and arrested one resident, soldiers also...

Resident arrested in Hebron, home occupied
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Hebron, completely surrounding the old city and arrested one resident, soldiers also...

Resident arrested in Hebron, home occupied
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Hebron, completely surrounding the old city and arrested one resident, soldiers also...

Resistance exchanges fire with the army in Gaza
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Palestinian resistance exchanged fire, on Wednesday evening, with the Israeli army after firing a homemade shell at an Israeli military post south of Gaza...

Resistance exchanges fire with the army in Gaza
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Palestinian resistance exchanged fire, on Wednesday evening, with the Israeli army after firing a homemade shell at an Israeli military post south of Gaza...

Resistance exchanges fire with the army in Gaza
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Palestinian resistance exchanged fire, on Wednesday evening, with the Israeli army after firing a homemade shell at an Israeli military post south of Gaza...

Hamas vows to avenge Shilo terrorist attack
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, vowed to avenge the shooting attack on Wednesday, carried out by a settler in Shilo settlement, killing three Palestinian workers...

Hamas vows to avenge Shilo terrorist attack
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, vowed to avenge the shooting attack on Wednesday, carried out by a settler in Shilo settlement, killing three Palestinian workers...

Hamas vows to avenge Shilo terrorist attack
International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2005
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, vowed to avenge the shooting attack on Wednesday, carried out by a settler in Shilo settlement, killing three Palestinian workers...

IDF rabbi who advocated refusal jailed for four and a half months
Ha''aretz 8/16/2005
An IDF rabbi was demoted to the rank of private and sentenced to four and a half months in military prison on Tuesday for...

IDF rabbi who advocated refusal jailed for four and a half months
Ha''aretz 8/16/2005
An IDF rabbi was demoted to the rank of private and sentenced to four and a half months in military prison on Tuesday for...

IDF rabbi who advocated refusal jailed for four and a half months
Ha''aretz 8/16/2005
An IDF rabbi was demoted to the rank of private and sentenced to four and a half months in military prison on Tuesday for...

Palestinians Celebrate Evacuation of "Death Settlement"
Islam Online 8/16/2005
GAZA CITY, August 16, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – For Palestinians, Neve Dekalim, the largest Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, conjures up images of cold-blood killings...

Palestinians Celebrate Evacuation of "Death Settlement"
Islam Online 8/16/2005
GAZA CITY, August 16, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – For Palestinians, Neve Dekalim, the largest Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, conjures up images of cold-blood killings...

Palestinians Celebrate Evacuation of "Death Settlement"
Islam Online 8/16/2005
GAZA CITY, August 16, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – For Palestinians, Neve Dekalim, the largest Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, conjures up images of cold-blood killings...

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...

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...

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...

''PA and Hamas prepare for struggle over Gush Katif''
Ha''aretz 8/17/2005
U.S. Middle East security coordinator Lieutenant General William Ward met Tuesday with the heads of the Palestinian Authority security forces deployed near settlements. PA...

''PA and Hamas prepare for struggle over Gush Katif''
Ha''aretz 8/17/2005
U.S. Middle East security coordinator Lieutenant General William Ward met Tuesday with the heads of the Palestinian Authority security forces deployed near settlements. PA...

''PA and Hamas prepare for struggle over Gush Katif''
Ha''aretz 8/17/2005
U.S. Middle East security coordinator Lieutenant General William Ward met Tuesday with the heads of the Palestinian Authority security forces deployed near settlements. PA...

Defiance, anger and tears ... then the inevitable farewell to Gaza
The Guardian 8/18/2005
It was to be his last day in Gaza, but Sagi Ifrach planted himself on the roof of the only home he has ever...

Defiance, anger and tears ... then the inevitable farewell to Gaza
The Guardian 8/18/2005
It was to be his last day in Gaza, but Sagi Ifrach planted himself on the roof of the only home he has ever...

Defiance, anger and tears ... then the inevitable farewell to Gaza
The Guardian 8/18/2005
It was to be his last day in Gaza, but Sagi Ifrach planted himself on the roof of the only home he has ever...

IDF: Demolition of settlement houses may start at end of next week
Ha''aretz 8/17/2005
The evacuation of the Gaza Strip is going forward faster than anticipated, such that all settlements could be vacant by early next week and...

IDF: Demolition of settlement houses may start at end of next week
Ha''aretz 8/17/2005
The evacuation of the Gaza Strip is going forward faster than anticipated, such that all settlements could be vacant by early next week and...

IDF: Demolition of settlement houses may start at end of next week
Ha''aretz 8/17/2005
The evacuation of the Gaza Strip is going forward faster than anticipated, such that all settlements could be vacant by early next week and...

Gaza: Teens set Palestinian shed on fire
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Some 300 youngsters residing in Kfar Darom break out of settlement Wednesday, hurl cinderblocks; rioters eventually contained by settlement leaders; Kfar Darom evacuation scheduled...

Gaza: Teens set Palestinian shed on fire
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Some 300 youngsters residing in Kfar Darom break out of settlement Wednesday, hurl cinderblocks; rioters eventually contained by settlement leaders; Kfar Darom evacuation scheduled...

Gaza: Teens set Palestinian shed on fire
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Some 300 youngsters residing in Kfar Darom break out of settlement Wednesday, hurl cinderblocks; rioters eventually contained by settlement leaders; Kfar Darom evacuation scheduled...

Settler kills four Palestinians in West Bank
Ha''aretz 8/17/2005
A West Bank settler on Wednesday shot to death four Palestinians with whom he worked and wounded two others, one of them seriously. The...

Settler kills four Palestinians in West Bank
Ha''aretz 8/17/2005
A West Bank settler on Wednesday shot to death four Palestinians with whom he worked and wounded two others, one of them seriously. The...

Settler kills four Palestinians in West Bank
Ha''aretz 8/17/2005
A West Bank settler on Wednesday shot to death four Palestinians with whom he worked and wounded two others, one of them seriously. The...

IDF: Terror may resume in spring
YNetNews 8/16/2005
Intelligence chief: PA to try to maintain lull in violence following pullout but will not dismantle terror groups, calm to continue as long as...

IDF: Terror may resume in spring
YNetNews 8/16/2005
Intelligence chief: PA to try to maintain lull in violence following pullout but will not dismantle terror groups, calm to continue as long as...

IDF: Terror may resume in spring
YNetNews 8/16/2005
Intelligence chief: PA to try to maintain lull in violence following pullout but will not dismantle terror groups, calm to continue as long as...

Major Palestinian terror attack thwarted
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Security forces find, neutralize bomb belt packed with shrapnel, say Islamic Jihad terror cell planned to carry out suicide attack on Gush Katif -- A...

Major Palestinian terror attack thwarted
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Security forces find, neutralize bomb belt packed with shrapnel, say Islamic Jihad terror cell planned to carry out suicide attack on Gush Katif -- A...

Major Palestinian terror attack thwarted
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Security forces find, neutralize bomb belt packed with shrapnel, say Islamic Jihad terror cell planned to carry out suicide attack on Gush Katif -- A...

Gunman dines with victims before attack
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Shilo terrorist responsible for killing three Palestinians, worked as a driver transporting Palestinians to and from an aluminum factory; Weissgan ate lunch with his...

Gunman dines with victims before attack
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Shilo terrorist responsible for killing three Palestinians, worked as a driver transporting Palestinians to and from an aluminum factory; Weissgan ate lunch with his...

Gunman dines with victims before attack
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Shilo terrorist responsible for killing three Palestinians, worked as a driver transporting Palestinians to and from an aluminum factory; Weissgan ate lunch with his...

Analysis: ''Goldsteinism'' returns with killing of four Palestinians
Ha''aretz 8/18/2005
Goldsteinism" returned Wednesday with the murder of four Palestinian laborers near the settlement of Shiloh in the West Bank. The murder was committed by...

Analysis: ''Goldsteinism'' returns with killing of four Palestinians
Ha''aretz 8/18/2005
Goldsteinism" returned Wednesday with the murder of four Palestinian laborers near the settlement of Shiloh in the West Bank. The murder was committed by...

Analysis: ''Goldsteinism'' returns with killing of four Palestinians
Ha''aretz 8/18/2005
Goldsteinism" returned Wednesday with the murder of four Palestinian laborers near the settlement of Shiloh in the West Bank. The murder was committed by...

Settlements out of bounds for a month
AlJazeera 8/16/2005
Israel will not allow Palestinians to enter the Gaza Strip settlements until a month after they are cleared of all Jewish settlers, Defence Minister...

Settlements out of bounds for a month
AlJazeera 8/16/2005
Israel will not allow Palestinians to enter the Gaza Strip settlements until a month after they are cleared of all Jewish settlers, Defence Minister...

Settlements out of bounds for a month
AlJazeera 8/16/2005
Israel will not allow Palestinians to enter the Gaza Strip settlements until a month after they are cleared of all Jewish settlers, Defence Minister...

IDF poised near Kfar Darom on day two of forceful evacuation
Ha''aretz 8/18/2005
Large military forces were poised to evacuate the Gaza settlement of Kfar Darom, Army Radio reported early Thursday, as the second day of forceful...

IDF poised near Kfar Darom on day two of forceful evacuation
Ha''aretz 8/18/2005
Large military forces were poised to evacuate the Gaza settlement of Kfar Darom, Army Radio reported early Thursday, as the second day of forceful...

IDF poised near Kfar Darom on day two of forceful evacuation
Ha''aretz 8/18/2005
Large military forces were poised to evacuate the Gaza settlement of Kfar Darom, Army Radio reported early Thursday, as the second day of forceful...

Over half of Gaza settlements emptied
AlJazeera 8/18/2005
An Israeli military convoy is on its way to enter Gaza for a second day of forcible evacuations of Jewish settlers after clearing out...

Over half of Gaza settlements emptied
AlJazeera 8/18/2005
An Israeli military convoy is on its way to enter Gaza for a second day of forcible evacuations of Jewish settlers after clearing out...

Over half of Gaza settlements emptied
AlJazeera 8/18/2005
An Israeli military convoy is on its way to enter Gaza for a second day of forcible evacuations of Jewish settlers after clearing out...

IDF increases presence in West Bank
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Following terror attack on Palestinian workers in West bank settlement, IDF increases presence in Judea and Samaria; Jewish gunman kills four Palestinian laborers in...

IDF increases presence in West Bank
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Following terror attack on Palestinian workers in West bank settlement, IDF increases presence in Judea and Samaria; Jewish gunman kills four Palestinian laborers in...

IDF increases presence in West Bank
YNetNews 8/17/2005
Following terror attack on Palestinian workers in West bank settlement, IDF increases presence in Judea and Samaria; Jewish gunman kills four Palestinian laborers in...

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...

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...

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...

Settler kills three Palestinians, rattling Gaza pullout
Daily Star 8/18/2005
Israeli troops dragged settlers screaming and sobbing from homes and synagogues, beginning a forced evacuation of Gaza settlements after nearly four decades of occupation...

Settler kills three Palestinians, rattling Gaza pullout
Daily Star 8/18/2005
Israeli troops dragged settlers screaming and sobbing from homes and synagogues, beginning a forced evacuation of Gaza settlements after nearly four decades of occupation...

Settler kills three Palestinians, rattling Gaza pullout
Daily Star 8/18/2005
Israeli troops dragged settlers screaming and sobbing from homes and synagogues, beginning a forced evacuation of Gaza settlements after nearly four decades of occupation...

Yousef instructs security officers to act to release nabbed Journalist
International Middle East Media Center 8/15/2005
Palestinian Minister of Interior Nasser Yousef instructed the Palestinian security forces to act to find and release the French journalist kidnapped in the Gaza...

''We forced them to leave but they can still seal us off and strangle us economically''
The Guardian 8/14/2005
It was an accident of geography that left the Bashir family living in the middle of a battlefield. Wedged between the Israeli settlement of...

“Operation Defensive Shield” to protect Gaza pullout
By Remi Kanazi, AlJazeera.com 8/15/2005
To protect the anticipated disengagement of the Gaza Strip underway, the unilateral mission which entails the removal of 8500 illegal Jewish settlers from Gaza...

Settlers attack homes in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 8/15/2005
A local source in Hebron reported on Monday afternoon, that settlers attacked several Palestinian homes in al-Shuhada Street, and around the “Jewish Cemetery” area...

IOF Wounds 4 Children, Seizes 2 Houses
WAFA 8/14/2005
HEBRON, August 14, 2005, (WAFA)- Four children were shot and wounded Sunday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the West bank town of Dura...

Unexploded ordnance in Gaza a real threat to kids
ReliefWeb/UNICEF 8/11/2005
RAFAH - Ahmad stares blankly into the air as his mother describes how an innocuous-looking canister exploded in her son''s hands on an otherwise normal...

Israeli Troops Invade Tulkarem, Jenin, Arrest Two Residents
International Press Center 8/14/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August 14, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)-- Israeli occupation forces invaded today dawn Belaa village, east of Tulkarem, Tightened the grip on Jenin and...

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...

Israel Locks down Gaza Strip, North W. Bank and Starts Implementing Disengagement Plan
International Press Center 8/15/2005
GAZA, Palestine, August 15, 2005 (IPC+Agencies) ---At Sunday midnight, the Israeli occupation forces sealed off Gaza Strip and North West Bank and prevented...

IOF Arrests 7 Citizens in WB
WAFA 8/15/2005
TULKAREM, August 15, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Monday seven citizens in the West Bank (WB) cities of Tulkarem and Qalqilya...

''Friendly fire'' hurts 5 IDF troops after gunmen fire on Kfar Darom
Ha''aretz 8/14/2005
An Israel Defense Forces tank crew, responding to a pre-dawn attack in which Palestinian gunmen fired on the isolated Gaza settlement of Kfar Darom...

Extremist settlers attempt to attack al-Aqsa mosque
International Middle East Media Center 8/15/2005
A group of 100 extremist settlers gathered in the “Jewish Quarter” in Jerusalem on Monday evening in an attempt to attack al-Aqsa Mosque. An...

Israeli Soldiers Bully a Student at Checkpoint to Death, Wound Four Children in Hebron
International Press Center 8/15/2005
PALESTINE, August 15, 2005 (IPC)--A resident, from Qulqelia was killed Sunday at an Israeli military checkpoint nearby Beit Ebia town of Nablus, four...

Gaza kids on suicide watch
YNetNews 8/14/2005
Settler leadership scrambles to bring youth under control as fears mount over youths who infiltrated Gush Katif in recent weeks -- In recent nights, various...

Mortar shells hit Gaza enclave despite heavy PA deployment
Ha''aretz 8/15/2005
Despite the deployment of thousands of Palestinian police in an effort to prevent terror attacks during the disengagement, Palestinians fired two mortar shells at...

Some 100 extremists attempt to march on Jerusalem''s Temple Mount
Ha''aretz 8/16/2005
Some 100 far-rightists gathered in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem''s Old City early Monday evening and set out in an attempt to break into...

IDF chief Halutz: 5,000 infiltrators have entered Gaza Strip, most of them legally
Ha''aretz 8/15/2005
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Dan Halutz said yesterday that about 5,000 anti-disengagement activists, most of them teenagers, are in the...

Security forces: Hunt is on for Jewish extremists in West Bank
Ha''aretz 8/16/2005
The security services have been striving in recent days to locate Jewish extremists from the northern West Bank whom they fear will try to...

Palestinian gunmen abduct French television journalist
Daily Star 8/16/2005
Palestinian gunmen abducted a French television journalist, his TV crew said, the latest in a string of kidnappings of foreigners in the Gaza Strip...

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...

President, rabbi clash over pullout
YNetNews 8/14/2005
Sparks fly in meeting meant to bridge gaps, as rabbi accuses president of ignoring tragedy, and Katsav takes exception to comaprisons between destruction of...

Settlers declare independent ‘Gaza state’
YNetNews 8/14/2005
Several dozen people take part in ceremony marking the establishment of ‘Independent Jewish Authority in Gaza Region’; during ceremony, settlers assault London Times reporter...

Video: Hamas chiefs insist fight goes on
BBC 8/13/2005
Hamas leaders have said their armed campaign will continue after Israel''s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. They called the pullout the first step to...

Hamas chiefs insist fight goes on
BBC 8/13/2005
Founders and leaders of Hamas have made a rare public appearance together to assert the Palestinian militant group''s right to continue its armed campaign...

Pullout: On-the-spot reports from Aljazeera
AlJazeera 8/15/2005
The following are extracts from reports by Aljazeera correspondents covering the evacuation of Israel''s settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Shirin Abu Aqla, Neve...

Timeline: Gaza pullout
AlJazeera 8/15/2005
The Israeli government''s disengagement plan involves the evacuation of all 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and another four in the West Bank...

Nonresident infiltrators expected to fight pullout
Ha''aretz 8/16/2005
The army is hoping to finish evacuating the Gaza Strip settlements within 10 days, despite the fact that the thousands of people who infiltrated...

Settlers defiant as Gaza evictions begin
The Guardian 8/15/2005
Israeli troops today began handing out eviction notices in Gaza settlements as the historic process of evicting settlers from Jewish enclaves on Palestinian territory...

Elei Sinai settlers renege on evacuation deal
Ha''aretz 8/16/2005
Residents of the northern Gaza settlement of Elei Sinai burned tires and blocked the entrance to the settlement late Monday night, closing the gates...

1,000 right-wingers march in south toward Gaza
Ha''aretz 8/16/2005
Over one thousand opponents of the disengagement plan on Monday evening staged several simultaneous marches from different points in the south of the country...

Ten arrested south of Jenin
International Middle East Media Center 8/12/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday morning, the villages of Arraba and al-Rama, south of Jenin and arrested ten residents. A Palestinian security source in...

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...

Eight injured east of Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 8/12/2005
A local source in Azzoun village, east of Qalqilia, reported that Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and rounds of live ammunition at hundreds of...

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...

Gaza settlers rebel on pirate radio
Yahoo! News 8/12/2005
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip (AFP) - Tucked away in a warehouse, young Israelis rebel against the imminent pullout from the Gaza Strip by playing folk...

West Bank ''militants'' arrested
BBC 8/12/2005
Israeli soldiers have arrested 10 alleged members of Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad during overnight raids in the northern West Bank. The Palestinians were...

42,000 troops deployed in six `rings'' to carry out pullout
Ha''aretz 8/12/2005
At midnight on Sunday, the Kissufim crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip will be closed to all Israeli civilian traffic, and on August...

Settler-funding a billion dollar question
AlJazeera 8/12/2005
Israel''s illegal effort since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war to fill the West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jews has grown from the scattered actions...

Yesha trying to foil pullout by keeping troops away from Gaza
Ha''aretz 8/12/2005
Yesha Council settler leaders are instructing pullout opponents to drive in convoys to the Kissufim crossing, at the entrance to the Gaza Strip, and...

Armed pullout foes march through West Bank Palestinian villages
Ha''aretz 8/12/2005
Some 25 armed settlers marched Friday through Palestinian villages in the West Bank in an attempt to reach the settlements of Sa-Nur and Homesh...

IOF Continues Aggression against Palestinians
WAFA 8/11/2005
TULKAREM, August 11, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued on Thursday its aggression against the Palestinian people in different areas of the Occupied...

The Murder of Muhammad "Niinu" Al-''Assi
International Middle East Media Center 8/9/2005
This is a rare eyewitness account of one of the hundreds of illegal "targeted murders" by Israel of young Palestinian men, members of the...

Army invades Nour Shams refugee camp, arrests four
International Middle East Media Center 8/11/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem, conducted military searches and arrested four residents. A local source...

Al-Hindi: “Our battle doesn’t end in one round”
International Middle East Media Center 8/11/2005
Dr. Mohammad al-Hindy, one of the political leaders of the Islamic Jihad, said on Thursday that the real battle with the occupation ends after...

Netzarim settlers building new houses days before pullout
Yahoo! News 8/11/2005
NETZARIM SETTLEMENT, Gaza Strip (AFP) - Stone by stone, Yoshua Meshulami defies the scalding sun to build his son a new house. His Gaza Strip...

Yesha Council tells 150,000 protesters to block access to Gaza
Ha''aretz 8/12/2005
Some 150,000 disengagement opponents gathered in Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv yesterday evening to protest against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon''s plan to withdraw...

Israeli Occupation Invades Nablus, Arrests Several In oPt
International Press Center 8/11/2005
PALESTINE, August 11, 2005 (IPC+WAFA) --- Israeli occupation forces invaded Nablus , Tulkarem and Qulqelia cities of the West Bank, wounding a resident and arresting...

Israel''s religious crisis over Gaza plan
BBC 8/11/2005
The decision by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to pull Israeli settlers out of the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank has...

Hamas say they will keep their guns after the disengagement
Ha''aretz 8/12/2005
Hamas militants said on Friday they would not disarm despite Israel''s planned Gaza pullout so they could carry on pressing the Jewish state to...

Settlers want new ''Gaza state''
YNetNews 8/11/2005
Group of settlers plan to declare establishment of ''Gaza Region Jewish Authority'' Sunday; activist says new entity to have own government, parliament, and military...

7 ''radical soldiers'' questioned
YNetNews 8/11/2005
Army increasingly alert in wake of Shfaram attack; soldiers who express extreme sentiments against pullout plan or voice intention to hurt Arabs investigated -- At...

Yesha Council: Block access to Gaza Strip
Ha''aretz 8/12/2005
Some 150,000 disengagement opponents gathered in Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv on Thursday evening to protest against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon''s plan to...

Bedouins: Pullout foes slashed our tires
YNetNews 8/12/2005
Local official: At least 50 cars vandalized in Be''er Sheva. Police: Only 10 people have complained, motive unclear -- A spate of tire puncture attacks...

Thousands rally against Gaza plan
BBC 8/11/2005
Tens of thousands of Israelis have staged a rally in Tel Aviv in protest at plans to pull out of Gaza, six days before...

Israel tightens closure on Gaza
International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2005
The Israeli army is tightening the closure it has imposed on the Gaza Strip in preparation for implementation of the withdrawal of settlers from...

Army invades a village near Jenin, raids a farm
International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Kafr Ra''ai south of the West Bank city of Jenin, with more than ten military vehicles. Troops blocked...

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...

Army invades three Villages to south of Jenin city
International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2005
Palestinian security source reported that army invaded the village of Fahma to the south of Jenin on Wednesday at down and conducted House-to-house searches...

Explosive detonates in Gaza, two injured
International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2005
The Palestinian Ministry of Interior reported on Wednesday evening that two residents were injured when an explosive went off near them in Gaza. A...

Police arrest third suspect in June lynching of Palestinian
Ha''aretz 8/10/2005
Police have arrested a third suspect in the late June lynching of a Palestinian youth in the Muasi area of the southern Gaza Strip...

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...

IOF Wounds 9 Citizens, Arrested 5 in WB
WAFA 8/10/2005
RAMALLAH, August 10, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded on Wednesday nine citizens in the West Bank (WB) city of Ramallah, sources said...

Hurndall killer to be sentenced
BBC 8/11/2005
The Israeli ex-soldier who shot dead UK peace activist Tom Hurndall in the Gaza Strip is due to be sentenced. Ex-sergeant Taysir Hayb was...

5 Citizens, including Child, Wounded in Hebron
WAFA 8/10/2005
HEBRON, August 10, 2005, (WAFA)- Five citizens, including child were wounded by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the West Bank city of Hebron, medics...

IOF Arrests 3 Citizens Including Child
WAFA 8/10/2005
SALFIT, August 10, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested three citizens, including a child, in two separate attacks in the West Bank and...

Army invades Nour Shams refugee camp, arrests four
International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem, conducted military searches and arrested four residents. A local source...

Nine injured near Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2005
Israeli soldiers and settlers attacked on Wednesday dozens of residents of al-Lubban al-Sharqiyya, north west of Ramallah, and fired rounds of live ammunition; nine...

Elderly Man Dies at a Closed Roadblock; Crossing and Checkpoints Closure Timetable during Pullout Set
International Press Center 8/10/2005
PALESTINE, August 10,2005 (IPC+WAFA)--A resident was killed in Qulqelia due to being disallowed access to reach hospital, three residents of Bethlehem and...

Army police arrest soldier for threatening to shoot Sharon
Ha''aretz 8/11/2005
Military police arrested Wednesday night a soldier suspected of threatening to shoot Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The soldier, from the Israel Defense Forces'' Home...

Kfar Darom settlers undeterred by evacuation threat
Middle East Online 8/10/2005
With historic Gaza pullout only a week away, Gaza Strip''s first Jews vow to be the last. -- While most Jewish settlers in the Gaza...

PA: Far right IDF troops may attack
YNetNews 8/10/2005
Palestinian Interior Ministry says rightist IDF soldiers have already purchased traditional Arab clothes, obtained old cars used by many Palestinians in bid to launch...

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...

IDF, police: More Israelis have infiltrated Gaza than expected
Ha''aretz 8/11/2005
Senior Israel Defense Forces and Israel Police officers admitted Wednesday that the number of right-wing activists who have infiltrated Gush Katif has risen significantly...

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...

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...

Soldiers invade Tulkarem, its refugee camp
International Middle East Media Center 8/9/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded Tulkarem refugee camp and the eastern neighborhood of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches of homes; army claims searching for wanted resistance...

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...

Army arrests three brothers in Balata refugee camp
International Middle East Media Center 8/9/2005
The Israeli Army arrested three brothers from Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus at dawn on Tuesday. After invaded the...

Three arrested east of Tubas
International Middle East Media Center 8/9/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday morning, three residents near Tiaseer village, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. According to eyewitness reports, soldiers...

Israeli right-wing demonstrators try to invade al Aqsa mosque
International Middle East Media Center 8/9/2005
A group of Israeli right-wing demonstrators tried on Tuesday morning to invade the al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem under the protection of the Israeli...

History of Israeli Settlements
Yahoo! News 8/9/2005
Associated Press) -- Israel is planning to dismantle all 21 Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in the West Bank, beginning Monday. Here...

Army attacks home of a detainee in al-Ezariyya
International Middle East Media Center 8/9/2005
Israeli soldiers, and special army units, attacked the home of detainee Yacoub abu Romiyya, in al-Ezariyya town, south of Jerusalem. A local source in...

Two brothers arrested in Bethlehem
International Middle East Media Center 8/9/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at night, the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two brothers. A local source in Bethlehem reported that...

Fateh Condemns Killing of Palestinian Child
WAFA 8/9/2005
GAZA, August 9, 2005 (WAFA)- Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fateh), condemned on Tuesday the killing of a child in Nour al-Shams refugee camp in...

Gaza draws outside extremists into fray
Christian Science Monitor 8/8/2005
NETZER HAZANI, GAZA – The M16s were piled like firewood. Every man in the community had set his Israeli army-issue rifle and ammunition on a...

Two settlers hurt in shooting attack near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2005
Two settlers were lightly wounded Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting south of the West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli Police belives attack is...

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...

IOF Arrested 4 Citizens in WB
WAFA 8/9/2005
TUBAS, August 9, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Tuesday four citizens in the West Bank (WB) cities of Hebron and Tubas...

Patient Died at IOF Checkpoint
WAFA 8/9/2005
QALQILYA, August 9, 2005 (WAFA)-A patient suffering a heart attack died after Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) delayed an ambulance admitting him to hospital...

Fake bomb probe takes twist
YNetNews 8/9/2005
Investigators suspect two ultra-Orthodox soldiers who placed dummy devices at bus station in framework of anti-pullout battle also placed fake bombs at court -- The...

Deportation to U.S. for Kach man in crackdown
Ha''aretz 8/10/2005
In rare steps a week before the onset of evacuations, authorities have ordered an Israeli-American Kach activist deported to the United States for 40...

Settlers could lose property when homes demolished
Ha''aretz 8/9/2005
Gaza Strip settlers who refuse to vacate their homes voluntarily before forced evacuations begin on August 17 may lose personal property when their homes...

Palestinian Groom-to-be shot and killed by IDF in Rafah;Jewish Extremists plan another march on Al Aqsa Compound
Palestine Monitor 8/8/2005
Yesterday Mohammad Hamdan Qishta, 21 years old, was shot to death by IDF gunfire as he was walking to a market in a neighborhood...

Gov''t: 40 families of Bedouin collaborators can move to Israel
Ha''aretz 8/9/2005
The security cabinet decided Monday to permit 40 families of Bedouin collaborators with Israel to move here from the south Gaza village of Dahaniyeh...

IDF collects Sa-Nur arms, evicts guest extremists
Ha''aretz 8/10/2005
The defense e