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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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Two Female settlers apprehended, stealing olives International Middle East Media Center 11/30/2004 Israeli newspaper online Haaretz said police arrested two female settlers while stealing olives from a Palestinian olive grove near the village of Sinjil north... IDF tracker indicted for alleged contact with Hezbollah Ha''aretz 11/30/2004 The court of the Israel Defense Forces Northern Command filed an indictment Tuesday against a Bedouin IDF tracker suspected of making contact with Hezbollah... Senior Fatah Official Shot Dead in Nablus New York Times 11/30/2004 NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -- Gunmen shot and killed a senior official from the mainstream Palestinian Fatah party Tuesday in the Balata refugee camp, party... MOH: Israeli Troops Kill 53 Palestinians and Wound 314 others in a Month International Press Center 11/29/2004 GAZA, Palestine, November 29, 2004 (IPC)-- The Israeli occupation troops killed 53 Palestinian citizens and wounded 314 others during the period from October 28,2004... Two Palestinian Citizens Including a Doctor Shot Dead by Israeli Troops in Rafah International Press Center 11/29/2004 RAFAH, Palestine, November 29, 2004 (IPC)-The Israeli occupation troops shot and killed on Sunday night two Palestinian citizens, including a local doctor, in... Death Toll in Gaza Rises to Five as Settler Runs Over Two Pupils in Nablus International Press Center 11/30/2004 RAFAH, Palestine, November 30, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - The death toll in Gaza Strip soared yesterday night to five as a third civilian was found... News Briefs, November 30, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/30/2004 Ramallah raided, one activist arrested / Charitable society searched in Hebron / Two brothers arrested in Hebron / Settler woman lightly wounded near Jerusalem / Qassam shell lands... Hamas activist sentenced to 67 life terms International Middle East Media Center 12/1/2004 Ofer military court sentenced, on Tuesday, Abdullah Al-Barghouthi, a leader of Al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, to 67 life terms after charging... Israelis shoot Gaza child AlJazeera 11/28/2004 Israeli forces have shot and seriously wounded a four-year-old Palestinian child in Rafah, in southern Gaza, eyewitnesses and medical sources said. Palestinian medical sources... Bomb kills university lecturer in Gaza Ha''aretz 11/28/2004 lecturer was killed and two students were wounded when a bomb went off in Al-Azhar University in Gaza City yesterday morning, Palestinian sources reported... News Briefs, November 29, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/29/2004 Resident killed in Rafah / One arrested in Hebron / Bodrus raided, several homes searched / Gaza tunnel collapses, trapping soldiers/ Residential building leveled in Jerusalem/ Bethlehem... World in Pictures: Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Gaza Islam Online 11/28/2004 Israeli occupation troops killed two Palestinians and wounded two others in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, November 28, 2004, Palestinian medical sources said... Hamas leader signals group has halted attacks on Israelis The Independent 11/29/2004 A senior Hamas leader indicated today that the militant group is halting attacks on Israelis while the Palestinians prepare to choose a new leader... IDF officer killed in tunnel collapse in southern Gaza Ha''aretz 11/30/2004 An Israel Defense Forces officer was killed on Monday and another officer lightly injured when a tunnel dug by Palestinians collapsed under the Philadelphi... Palestinian refugees shot dead AlJazeera 11/29/2004 Israeli occupation soldiers have killed a Palestinian doctor and teenager and wounded five other men and women in the southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian medical... Five School Children Wounded and Citizens Arrested by Israeli Troops International Press Center 11/24/2004 HEBRON, Palestine, November 24, 2004 (IPC+ Agencies)-- Five Palestinian students have been shot and wounded and several other citizens have been arrested on Wednesday... ''Hilltop youth’ begin invading the Gaza Strip Maariv 11/26/2004 Growing number of radical right wing youth, who live on hilltops in the territories, arrive in Gaza ahead of expected pullout. A growing number... News Briefs, November 25-26, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/26/2004 One resident arrested near Ramallah / Home leveled in Khan Younis, fields bulldozed / Military procedures intensified in Qalqilia / Army claims exploding a weapon smuggling tunnel... Troops not censured for mistaken killing of 3 Egyptians Ha''aretz 11/25/2004 An inquiry into the killing last week of three Egyptian policemen by an Israel Defense Forces tank near the Girit outpost in Rafah, has... Palestinian-Canadian found guilty of planning attacks in North America Ha''aretz 11/25/2004 A Gaza-born Canadian citizen pleaded guilty yesterday to planning attacks on Israelis in North America and was sentenced by a military court to four... Disengagement Might Threaten Israel''s Exploitation of WB Water International Middle East Media Center 11/26/2004 Israeli Sources warned that the intended withdrawal from areas in the northern West Bank could threaten Israel''s ability to control the northwestern WB aquifer... Civilian Killed and 27 Others Wounded Throughout oPt International Press Center 11/26/2004 RAFAH, Palestine, November 25, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces killed a civilian early this morning and arrested seven others in the city of... IDF kills two senior Hamas men in Hebron raid Ha''aretz 11/26/2004 Israeli forces killed two senior members of Hamas''s military wing in Hebron yesterday; a third wanted man was wounded and gave himself up. All... Water dispute may boil over during pullout Ha''aretz 11/26/2004 see also: Disengagement Might Threaten Israel''s Exploitation of WB Water - Ed.] The... IDF dismantles `outpost'' in Neveh Dekalim Ha''aretz 11/26/2004 The Israel Defense Forces yesterday evacuated an illegal outpost set up by settlers in Gush Katif, near Neveh Dekalim, in the Gaza Strip. Later... Two Palestinians Killed and Third Wounded in Hebron International Press Center 11/25/2004 HEBRON, Palestine, November 25, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces killed two Palestinians and wounded a third when Israeli bulldozers tore down an eight-storey... Israeli officer: I was right to shoot 13-year-old child The Guardian 11/24/2004 Radio exchange contradicts army version of Gaza killing-- An Israeli army officer who repeatedly shot a 13-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza dismissed a... Rafah Today: "By our souls, by our blood, we will support you, Abu Ammar” Rafah Today 11/18/2004 Walking through the refugee camps throughout the Gaza Strip, you''d never know it was actually the first day of Eid al Fitr, the three-day... Israelis fired on girl ''having identified her as a 10-year-old'', military tape shows The Independent 11/24/2004 Israeli soldiers continued firing at a Palestinian girl killed in Gaza last month well after she had been identified as a frightened child, a... News Briefs, November 23, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/23/2004 Soldiers raid Bethlehem, break into two homes / Tens of residents withheld near Salfit / Three arrested in Beit Reema, south of Salfit / Two arrested near... Father and Son Wounded in Khan Younis, Several Civilians Arrested in West Bank International Press Center 11/23/2004 KHAN YOUNIS, Palestine, November 23, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces shot and wounded a father and his son in the city of Khan... Land mine awareness program targets teachers Daily Star 11/23/2004 SIDON: The National De-mining Office (NDO) under the supervision of the Lebanese Army is cooperating with a Norwegian group to raise public awareness about... Four Palestinians Killed in the West Bank Miftah 11/22/2004 Four Palestinians were killed in two separate incidents in the West Bank, Sunday, November 21. Three of the victims were killed by Israeli Special... Eman''s Family Rejects Autopsy of their Daughter by Israeli Military International Press Center 11/20/2004 RAFAH, Palestine, November 20, 2004 (IPC+ Al - Ayyam) -- The family of Eman El Hemss, 13 years-old Palestinian girl, who was killed in cold blood... IDF kills five Palestinians in clashes, roundup of militants Ha''aretz 11/22/2004 Five Palestinians were killed yesterday in clashes with security forces in Ramallah and the Gaza Strip. Of these, three were Fatah militants killed in... News Briefs, November 22, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/22/2004 A failed assassination attempt in the Gaza Strip / One resident held in Salfit / Soldiers raid Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis / Soldiers raid Al-Qarara, north... Givati commander indicted for shooting 13-year-old girl Ha''aretz 11/22/2004 An indictment was handed down in the Southern Command''s Military Court Monday against Captain R., a Givati company commander accused of illegally using his... Israeli troops kill Two Teens in Nablus, Wound other Citizens in Rafah International Press Center 11/22/2004 PALESTINE, November 21,2004 (IPC+ Agencies)--Israeli occupation troops killed on Saturday night two Palestinian teens in the West Bank City of Nablus and wounded... Israeli Troops Kill a Palestinian Citizen Near Deir Elbalah International Press Center 11/21/2004 DEIR ELBALAH, Palestine, November 21, 2004 (IPC)--Mohammad Khalil Shehada,20, from the Gaza Strip refugee camp of Nusairat, was shot dead by Israeli... Israel trial over slain Gaza girl BBC 11/22/2004 An Israeli military court has charged an army officer with illegally using his weapon when he allegedly shot a Palestinian girl who was already... Photostory: Hebrew University to displace Palestinian families Electronic Intifada 11/22/2004 On Sunday, November 21 at 7:15AM, bulldozers and armed security guards hired by Hebrew University Properties, Ltd. arrived at the home of Al-Helou... Man jailed over Ramallah lynching BBC 11/22/2004 A Palestinian man who waved blood-stained hands at a cheering mob has been jailed for life for killing an Israeli soldier four years ago... Israeli officer indicted in girl''s shooting AlJazeera 11/22/2004 An Israeli military court has indicted an army officer accused by his own soldiers of emptying his weapon into a Palestinian schoolgirl who was... News Briefs, November 19, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/19/2004 Soldiers shell west Khan Younis refugee camp / Village raided east of Jerusalem, one resident arrested / Father and his daughter arrested in Yatta / One resident... Known by their Tattoos, Fast Shooting, Russian Snipers in Israel''s Army International Middle East Media Center 11/19/2004 Israeli sources revealed information about Russian Snipers recruited to the Israeli Army to join the army''s military operations in the West Bank and Gaza... West Bank olive harvest clashes BBC 11/17/2004 Israeli forces have clashed with Jewish settlers who were trying to stop Palestinian farmers harvesting olives in the West Bank.Police have arrested at least... Ya''alon orders probe of claims soldiers abused bodies Ha''aretz 11/19/2004 Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Moshe Ya''alon ordered Military Police on Friday to investigate claims that soldiers abused the bodies of... Probe: Killing of 3 Egyptians due to poor unit coordination Ha''aretz 11/19/2004 Probe: Troops erred in communication -- According to the army, an IDF observation point had spotted three suspected terrorists and directed a tank in their... Army to unify six infantry battalions Ha''aretz 11/19/2004 The Israel Defense Forces recently approved a reorganization that would put six infantry battalions operating in the West Bank and Gaza under a single... Palestinians: Officer killed by IDF tank fire in Gaza Ha''aretz 11/19/2004 A Palestinian officer was killed by Israel Defense Forces fire east of the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Friday evening, Palestinian... Israeli Forces Arrest Civilians as Settlers Attack Them International Press Center 11/18/2004 HEBRON, Palestine, November 18, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces arrested a number of civilians in different parts of the West Bank as armed... Occupation troops capture three Palestinians on charges of Hamas affiliation Palestinian Information Center 11/18/2004 Jenin - Zionist terrorist forces at dawn today rounded up three Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp claiming they were Hamas Movement activists. Eyewitnesses said... News Briefs, November 18, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/18/2004 Thee rescued under a tunnel after it collapsed over them in Rafah / Prominent Hamas activist wounded near Rafah / Al-Qudwa will be allowed to view... PFLP military wing attacks Zionist foot patrol Palestinian Information Center 11/18/2004 Khan Younis - The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, military wing of the PFLP, today declared responsibility for ambushing a Zionist foot patrol to the west... Soldiers ''played'' with body News24.com 11/18/2004 Jerusalem - The Israeli army is looking into allegations that combat soldiers desecrated the body of a Palestinian in Gaza and posed for a picture... Call to exhume Gaza girl''s body BBC 11/18/2004 The Israeli military is seeking to exhume the body a 13-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in October. Iman al-Hams was shot... Platoon commander suspected of verifying death of girl fails polygraph Maariv 11/18/2004 Captain R’ answered untruthfully to the two central questions of the case. Will be charged with illegal use of a firearm and obstruction of... What constitutes a legitimate target? AlJazeera 11/18/2004 If, as the saying goes, truth is the first casualty of war, the second victim - in modern warfare at least - must be the distinction... Gaza''s blocked arteries BBC 11/18/2004 It is a public holiday in Gaza - with Eid and the period of official mourning for Yasser Arafat - so there is no better time... 3 Palestinians rescued from Gaza arms-smuggling tunnel, arrested Ha''aretz 11/18/2004 Three Palestinians were rescued by Palestinian Authority policemen Thursday evening from a collapsed tunnel through which they were attempting to smuggle weapons a few... PM apologizes after IDF mistakenly kills 3 Egyptian troops Ha''aretz 11/18/2004 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon apologized to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday after an Israel Defense Forces tank crew mistakenly fired on and killed... Israeli soldiers kill three Egyptian policemen The Guardian 11/18/2004 Israel today apologised and launched an investigation after its troops mistakenly killed three Egyptian policemen in the Gaza strip. The incident, which happened early... Palestinian who gave Iraqi money to bombers'' families jailed Ha''aretz 11/17/2004 A military court last week sentenced the Palestinian leader of the Arab Liberation Front to eight years in prison for receiving funds from Iraq... News Briefs, November 17, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/18/2004 One activist arrested in Ramallah / Huge military force raids Ramallah / Tens of residents withheld west of Jerusalem / NIS 2.8 Million Approved for Settlement Construction... Wide searches carried out in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 11/17/2004 A local source in Hebron said that soldiers conducted wide searches in the villages of Yatta and Al-Thaheriyya, south of Hebron, in the West... Settlers attack Palestinian olive harvesters, clash with IDF Ha''aretz 11/17/2004 Dozens of West Bank settlers from Itamar attacked Palestinian olive harvesters and clashed with Israeli security forces in the village of Awarta near Nablus... NIS 2.8m approved for West Bank settlement construction Ha''aretz 11/17/2004 The Knesset Finance Committee approved on Wednesday the transfer of NIS 2.4 million for the constructions of public buildings in the Gush Etzion settlement... Hizbullah Disclaims Attack, Palestinians Fear Air Offensive on Camps An Nahar 11/17/2004 Hizbullah has emphatically disclaimed direct or indirect involvement in the latest rocket attack from south Lebanon on northern Israel, saying "we have no information... Public Calls Ring out for Israeli Attacks with 1-Ton Bombs on Lebanese Cities An Nahar 11/17/2004 Israel has lodged a complaint against Lebanon over the harmless firing of two Katyusha rockets into northern Israel and said the Beirut government would... Israel probes soldiers'' misconduct AlJazeera 11/18/2004 The Israeli army has launched an inquiry into allegations that soldiers posed for photographs alongside bodies of several Palestinians killed in the occupied territories... Officer cleared of negligence in Jenin deaths Ha''aretz 11/17/2004 Head of the IDF Central Command Brigadier General Moshe (Chico) Tamir was recently acquitted of criminal negligence relating to the death of four Palestinian... News Briefs, November 16, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/16/2004 Three shells fired at a settlement north of the Gaza Strip / Army special units arrest an activist in Bethlehem / Fatah activist turn him self... Attacks raise fears of more violence in South Lebanon Daily Star 11/16/2004 Israel blames Beirut for rocket salvos -- BEIRUT: Fears of an upsurge in violence along the Lebanon-Israeli border following Yasser Arafat''s death hardened after the... Qassam Brigades attack occupation targets on Monday and Tuesday Palestinian Information Center 11/16/2004 Gaza – Statements issued by the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, reported a number of attacks on Zionist occupation targets in the Gaza... Five Palestinians wounded by Zionist occupation in Gaza, West Bank Palestinian Information Center 11/16/2004 Occupied Jerusalem – Two Palestinians were wounded Tuesday morning when Zionist occupation forces shelled and opened indiscriminate fire at Palestinian homes in the Brazil refugee... Rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon AlJazeera 11/16/2004 Two rockets were fired towards Israel from inside Lebanon, one landing in the sea and the other in an Israeli town just across the... IDF worried about cellular phone spies Ha''aretz 11/15/2004 Israeli military intelligence has identified a new security threat: advanced cellular telephones. The Israel Defense Forces'' weekly newspaper, Bamahane, reported in its current edition... Brig. Gen. Aviv Kohavi named new IDF Gaza chief Maariv 11/15/2004 Will replace Brig. Gen. Shmuel Zakai, who was discharged after failing a lie-detector test on press leaks. Kohavi considered one of top IDF commanders... IDF chief: Palestinian police arms permit won''t be renewed Ha''aretz 11/15/2004 Chief of Staff Moshe Ya''alon yesterday denied reports that the Israel Defense Forces has been permitting Palestinian security forces to carry arms on a... News Briefs, November 15, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/15/2004 Two Katyusha missiles fired from the Lebanese areas / Nablus resident possible candidate for presidential elections / Two arrested near Bir Shiva road / Youth arrested north... Lebanese sources confirm two Katyushas fired at Israel Ha''aretz 11/16/2004 Lebanese security sources on Monday confirmed that two Katyusha rockets were fired at Israel from inside Lebanese territory, saying that one landed in the... Israel army pulls back from Jenin BBC 11/15/2004 Nine Palestinians were killed in the Israeli operation, Jenin doctors say -- The Israeli army says its troops have withdrawn from the West Bank town... Defense officials: Closure on the territories to remain in effect Ha''aretz 11/13/2004 The closure on the Palestinian territories declared in the wake of Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat''s death will remain in place at least until... Rafah: Thirteen year-old Boy Killed as Demolition Continues Rafah Today 11/13/2004 A Palestinian man is weeping few minutes after he brought the body of his son who was killed by the Israeli snipers during the... Occupation Forces Continue Uprooting Olive Trees, Imprisoning Marda StopTheWall.org 11/13/2004 Occupation Forces entered the village of Marda, in the Salfit District, on Wednesday, October 26, imposing curfew on the village and preventing the residents... Mystery lingers over cause of Arafat''s death Daily Star 11/13/2004 Physician says poison ''highest'' likelihood -- What did Yasser Arafat die of? With the body of the late Palestinian leader now buried in his West... Hizb Allah: Our drones can hit Israel AlJazeera 11/13/2004 The chief of Hizb Allah said the Shia Muslim movement has in its possession drones that can carry explosives to strike targets deep inside... Nasrallah Warns: We Can and Will Bomb Israel from the Air An Nahar 11/13/2004 Hizbullah''s Secretary General on Friday said fighters who earlier in the week sent an unmanned reconnaissance drone into northern Israel are capable of bombing... Four Palestinian militants killed in Gaza Ha''aretz 11/11/2004 Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot dead three armed Palestinians who attempted to infiltrate the central Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim on Thursday morning. Nine... IDF kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza Ha''aretz 11/11/2004 Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot and killed two armed Palestinians in the Gaza Strip yesterday after the militants opened fire on the troops. A... Report: Iran admits supplying Hezbollah with eight drones Ha''aretz 11/11/2004 Iran has admitted that it supplied Hezbollah with the drone that penetrated Israeli airspace on Sunday, according to a report yesterday in a London-based... Full closure imposed on territories Maariv 11/11/2004 IDF, Israel Police, Prison Service declare heightened alert out of concern riots would erupt following death of PA chief. -- Israel has imposed a full... Iran Trains Hizbullah in Electronic Warfare, Graduates 30 Fighter Pilots An Nahar 11/11/2004 Hizbullah''s spy plane that flew over northern Israel and returned undetected to south Lebanon''s coast was one of eight Iranian-made drones delivered to the... News Briefs, November 9, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/9/2004 Resident shot dead in Nablus / Arabynet: “head of religious court head to Paris to announce Arafat dead” / Army hands bodies of two activists killed... Israel''s informants fail to infiltrate Hamas Middle East Online 11/3/2004 Israeli intelligence is struggling to get to grips with highly sophisticated Hamas in West Bank bastion. -- The city is under Israeli control and informants... Iranians had key role in Hezbollah drone launch Ha''aretz 11/9/2004 Iranian experts on unmanned airborne vehicles (drones) from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards took part in the launch from Lebanon of a Hezbollah drone that... Palestinians shot by Israeli troops Al-Jazeera 11/9/2004 Israeli troops say they have shot two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip near the Israeli border. The condition of the men was not immediately... 9 Palestinians killed in Gaza, West Bank Ha''aretz 11/7/2004 Nine Palestinians were killed over the weekend in the territories. Six were killed yesterday in various parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip... Soldier killed, two injured by friendly fire near Tul Karm Ha''aretz 11/8/2004 Corporal Tom Dekel, 20, of Eilat, was killed by friendly fire on Saturday night in a shooting incident in the village of Ilar, near... Five Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces in Less than 24 Hours International Press Center 11/7/2004 TULKAREM, Palestine, November 7, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces killed five Palestinians in less than 24 hours throughout the occupied Palestinian territories, including... Four Civilians Killed in Jenin, a Child Wounded Seriously in Rafah International Press Center 11/8/2004 JENIN, Palestine, November 8, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces killed four civilians in the city of Jenin while another child was wounded critically... Israel admits Hizb Allah drone flight Al-Jazeera 11/8/2004 Israel has admitted that an unmanned spy plane launched by the Lebanese resistance group Hizb Allah flew over its northern territory on Sunday. The... Israeli covert team kills Palestinians Al-Jazeera 11/7/2004 Israeli soldiers have killed four Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin, according to Palestinian security sources. The Israeli military had no immediate... News Briefs, November 8, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/8/2004 Army attacks Olive Pickers near Hebron / Two shot wounded in Nablus / Homes shelled west of Khan Younis / Curfew imposed over Jenin refugee camp for... Security forces arrest IDF scout over ties with Hezbollah Ha''aretz 11/8/2004 Security forces recently arrested a professional soldier in the Israel Defense Forces who is suspected of plotting to spy for Hezbollah, according to information... Five Palestinians killed in Gaza Miftah 11/5/2004 Five Palestinians were killed in separate Israeli raids on Gaza, Palestinian sources confirmed. The latest victims were two children killed by a tank shell... Three Palestinians killed in Gaza Middle East Online 11/5/2004 Israeli troops fire tank shell on three Palestinians suspected of carrying explosive device near Al-Burej refugee camp. -- GAZA CITY - Three Palestinians were killed by... News Briefs, November 5, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/5/2004 Palestinian man shot wounded in Taibeh / Army claims safely detonating an explosive charge in Gaza / P. A security center shelled, east of Gaza / Strict... Five killed, five wounded, 10 homes leveled, in the Gaza Strip International Middle East Media Center 11/5/2004 A Palestinian medical source in the Gaza Strip said that soldiers shot dead two children from Al-Qarara, east of Khan Younis, and shot wounded... Egypt charges 5 with carrying out terror acts in Sinai Ha''aretz 11/5/2004 CAIRO, Egypt - Five Egyptians arrested in connection with last month''s Sinai bombings have been charged with committing terrorist acts and premeditated murder, officials at... After a while, the settlements will annex the state Ha''aretz 11/4/2004 Residents of Nirit, a small communal settlement situated practically on the Green Line in the eastern Sharon, were following the U.S. presidential election with... Children killed in Gaza explosion BBC 11/5/2004 Two Palestinian children have been killed in an explosion in south Gaza. Hospital sources said seven-year-old Ahmed al-Smari and his eight-year-old cousin, Mohammed, died... Two Palestinian children said killed by IDF tank fire in Gaza Ha''aretz 11/5/2004 Palestinians reported on Friday morning that two children, aged 8 and 10, were killed by a tank shell fired at their house in the... Palestinian gunmen attack PA forces at Gaza prison Ha''aretz 11/4/2004 Palestinian militants engaged in a gunfight Thursday with Palestinian security forces at Gaza''s central prison in a display of rage at the killing of... Two Palestinians killed, four soldiers wounded Ha''aretz 11/4/2004 Two Palestinians were killed and four Israel Defense Forces soldiers wounded in separate incidents in the territories yesterday. Yesterday morning, soldiers searching for arms... News Briefs, November 4, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/4/2004 Zaki: “Israeli is lying about the condition of Arafat” / Al-Qassam Brigades shells a settlement in Kh. Younis / Resistance fires at a military patrol near... Army raids Jenin, one resident shot dead International Middle East Media Center 11/4/2004 On Wednesday at night, special army unit shot dead one resident in Jenin, north of the north in Sabah Al-Kheir area after reading it... IDF limiting security coordinators at some W.Bank settlements Ha''aretz 11/4/2004 The Israel Defense Forces decided recently to restrict the activities of security coordinators at West Bank settlements. The decision came following a series of... Civilian Killed in Jenin and 18 Buildings Demolished in Rafah International Press Center 11/4/2004 JENIN, Palestine, November 4, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces killed a civilian in the city of Jenin and demolished 11 houses and 7... November 3, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/3/2004 One resident held south of Bethlehem / Military Apaches shell homes in Beit Hanoun / One resident shot dead in Jenin / Curfew imposed over Al-Khader / Five... Rafah crossing closure enters fourth day ReliefWeb 11/3/2004 GAZA, Nov 3, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- General security administration in Gaza said Wednesday that the Israeli army continued its closure on Rafah crossing... One killed, 3 wounded, 16 homes leveled in Rafah International Middle East Media Center 11/3/2004 A Palestinian security source said that soldiers killed one youth, wounded three others and leveled fifteen homes, in a wide-scaled operation in Rafah, in... Authorities find Katyusha rocket fired at western Galilee last week by Palestinian group Ha''aretz 11/3/2004 Authorities in the western Galilee found a Katyusha rocket Wednesday that had landed in the area last week. The rocket was the first fired... Press Review: ''The situation is deteriorating'' The Guardian 11/3/2004 International press review -- ''The suicide bomb in Tel Aviv marks a departure... Palestinian killed in Rafah raid Al-Jazeera 11/3/2004 Israeli occupation troops have shot and killed a Palestinian taxi driver as he drove near an Israeli army post in a southern Gaza refugee... IDF kills 2 Palestinians; 5 soldiers wounded in Gaza Ha''aretz 11/3/2004 Palestinian sources say Israel Defense Forces troops shot and killed a Palestinian man on Wednesday in Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza. The army... Israel razes Nablus homes Al-Jazeera 11/2/2004 Israeli occupation troops have demolished homes and detained several Palestinians in the al-Askar refugee camp in Nablus on the West Bank. Among the homes... Israeli Troops Arrest Two Palestinian Teen Sisters International Press Center 11/2/2004 NABLUS, Palestine, November 1, 2004 (IPC Exclusive) -- Israeli occupation troops arrested two Palestinian teen sisters from the West Bank village of Aseera Alqebliya, south... News Briefs, November 2, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/2/2004 Shabak to Outlaw the Islamic movement / Army shells areas in the northern Gaza Strip / Fisherman held in Gaza / Three residents abducted in Tubas / Army... Two children shot wounded in Jenin International Middle East Media Center 11/2/2004 On Tuesday evening, soldiers raided several neighborhoods in Jenin and topped a number of homes in the city causing several damages and fired at... Israeli Troops Assassinate Three Resistance Members, Demolish Three Houses International Press Center 11/2/2004 NABLUS, Palestine, November2, 2004 (IPC+ Agencies)-- An Israeli undercover special force assassinated extra judicially on Monday night three Palestinian resistance members in the West... Carmel Market loses its long-standing immunity Ha''aretz 11/2/2004 Chaos and confusion reigned in the moments after the large explosion yesterday in Tel Aviv''s Carmel Market. Guavas and avocados lay scattered on the... Israel Digs Extra Tank Foxholes Along S. Lebanon An Nahar 11/2/2004 Engineering corps units are buttressing the forward lines of the Israeli army along south Lebanon''s borders, sparking a state of alert by Hizbullah fighters... Israel razes teen bomber''s home BBC 11/2/2004 Israeli troops have destroyed the homes of a teenage Palestinian suicide bomber and his alleged handlers near Nablus.Security has been stepped up in Tel... Security services arrest 16 members of Bethlehem terror cell Ha''aretz 11/2/2004 The Shin Bet security services and the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday they have in recent weeks arrested 16 residents of Bethlehem who are... IDF kills boy, 12, in Jenin clashes Ha''aretz 10/31/2004 Israeli soldiers shot dead a 12-year-old Palestinian boy yesterday during confrontations with protesters in a refugee camp in the West Bank town of... Bomber''s mother expresses shock Al-Jazeera 11/1/2004 The Palestinian mother of the bomber who blew himself up in a crowded Tel Aviv marketplace is questioning why her teenage son was selected... Israeli seriously injured by mortars; 3 Palestinians killed Ha''aretz 10/31/2004 A 19-year-old resident of Kfar Darom was seriously injured yesterday when Palestinian militants fired a barrage of mortar shells at Gaza Strip settlements... 165 Palestinians, including 50 civilians, killed in October Ha''aretz 11/1/2004 The Israel Defense Forces killed 165 Palestinians in the territories in October, including 159 in the Gaza Strip. October was the deadliest month for... News Briefs, November 1, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 11/1/2004 Shell fired at homes in Dir Al-Balah / Corrupted food to detainees in Al-Maskobiyya prison / One youth shot wounded north of Qalqilia / Three activists assassinated... One child shot dead, two others wounded, in Askar refugee camp International Middle East Media Center 11/1/2004 The Israeli army initiated a military operation in Askar refugee camp, near Nablus, and killed a12 years old child, after the bombing which was... Israeli Forces Demolish 13 Houses in Rafah, Tightly Besiege Jerusalem International Press Center 10/30/2004 RAFAH, Palestine, October 30, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces demolished 13 houses in the city of Rafah and stormed a neighborhood in Beit... Two Children Killed in Less than 24 Hours in Jenin International Press Center 10/30/2004 JENIN, Palestine, October 30, 2004 (IPC) - - Israeli occupation forces killed two children in less than 24 hours, during a fresh incursion into the city... Egypt: Sinai bombings not linked to Al-Qaida Ha''aretz 11/1/2004 An inquiry into the Red Sea resort attacks targeting Israeli tourists did not indicate the bombers were linked to Al-Qaida or part of a... Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid Al-Jazeera 11/1/2004 Israeli occupation troops have killed four Palestinians during a raid on the West Bank city of Nablus. Witnesses and medics said three Palestinians, including... Israeli Troops Rampage Throughout Palestinian Territories International Press Center 10/30/2004 PALESTINE, October30, 2004 (IPC+ Agencies) Israeli occupying forces (IOF) continued Saturday rampage across different parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, causing the... Report From Rafah Rafah Today 10/27/2004 Under continuing air cover of Apache shelling and unmanned drones, the tanks and armored forces of the Israeli army withdrew Wednesday morning from the... Al-Aqsa Intifada timeline BBC 9/29/2004 The second Palestinian intifada or uprising broke out at the end of September 2000 and is named after the Jerusalem mosque complex where the... Israeli Troops Kill a Resident in Jenin, Close Roads in Gaza Strip International Press Center 10/31/2004 JENIN, Palestine, October 31, 2004 (IPC+ Agencies)-- The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) shot and wounded on Sunday morning a Palestinian resident and wounded another... October …A Bloody Month for Palestinians Palestine Media Center 11/1/2004 Israeli Soldiers Kill More Than 200 Palestinians Since Sept. 29 -- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot dead two Palestinians on Sunday evening, claiming they were... Israeli Bullets Deprive a Palestinian Child of Talking International Press Center 11/1/2004 TULKAREM, Palestine, November1, 2004 (IPC Exclusive)-Ahmad Abu Fada, a 10-years old boy from the West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarem, could not... Israeli Troops Kill a Resident in Gaza Strip , Arrest others in West Bank International Press Center 11/1/2004 DEIR ELBALAH, Palestine, Novemebr1, 2004 (IPC+ Agencies)-Mohammad Khalil Alqayed,22, from the Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, was shot dead by the... Four dead in Tel Aviv blast The Guardian 11/1/2004 A Palestinian with five kilos of explosives strapped to his body today blew himself up in a crowded outdoor market in Tel Aviv, killing...

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Donor countries won''t fund Israeli-planned separate roads for Palestinians Ha''aretz 11/30/2004 The Palestinian Authority has asked the donor countries to turn down an Israeli request for them to finance the paving and upgrading of alternative... EU urges Arab world to back reviving Mideast peace drive Miftah 11/30/2004 The European Union used regional talks attended by the Israelis and Palestinians to urge its Arab partners to engage in the Middle East peace... Geneva Initiative Co-authors Mark One-Year Anniversary by Call to Kick off Negotiations Palestine Media Center 11/30/2004 One year after the launch of the unofficial Geneva Initiative for peace in the Middle East, the authors of the peace blueprint called for... General Assembly debates question of Palestine (1/2) Electronic Intifada 11/30/2004 Report, UNGA/DPI -- As tributes once more rang out in the General Assembly this afternoon in memory of the late Yasser Arafat, acknowledging his... Holland Blacklists Hizbullah Hoping EU will Follow Suit An Nahar 11/30/2004 The Netherlands has agreed to outlaw Hizbullah, adding it hoped its European Union partners will follow suit. Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot announced the... Annan Optimistic New Palestinian Leader Will Join Israel and the Quartet to Turn Roadmap into Reality Dar Al-Hayat 11/30/2004 Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed optimism that a new Palestinian leader will join Israel''s prime minister and the international parties that drafted the Roadmap to... UN envoy urges Israel not to reject Assad''s offer of talks Ha''aretz 12/1/2004 United Nations special envoy to the Middle East Terje Roed-Larsen on Tuesday urged Knesset members not to reject Syrian President Bashar Assad''s offer to... EU urges Mideast cooperation for Palestinian vote Daily Star 12/1/2004 Officials cautiously optimistic for renewed peace effort -- Two days of talks in The Hague between the European Union, Israel and its Arab neighbors ended... Egyptians Say Assad Ready for Talks with Israel Dar Al-Hayat 11/30/2004 Syrian President Bashar Al Assad is ready to restart stalled peace talks with Israel, an Egyptian official said Tuesday after Assad met his Egyptian... PLO Rejects Interim Settlement, Urges Statehood Talks Palestine Media Center 11/29/2004 Abbas, Qurei Plan ‘Single Legitimate Palestinian Armed Force’ -- PLO Chairman and the leading candidate for the presidency of the Palestine National Authority (PNA) Mahmud... Sharon: European deal won''t stop Iran''s nuclear plans Ha''aretz 11/29/2004 Iran has agreed to what Western diplomats hope is a comprehensive suspension of all activities that could yield fuel for nuclear weapons, half a... Sharon, Abbas tell Newsweek they may meet Ha''aretz 11/29/2004 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestine Liberation Organization leader Mahmoud Abbas each told Newsweek in separate interviews published yesterday that they are prepared to... Hamas leader says would consider 10-year truce Ha''aretz 11/29/2004 Senior Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yusef told Israel Radio that the militant Islamic organization is interested in joining a national unity government with the... FM Shalom meets Shaath, hails new ''door of opportunity'' Ha''aretz 11/29/2004 Israel''s foreign minister met his Palestinian counterpart on Monday for the first time since the death of Yasser Arafat and hailed new chances for... PA''s Abbas rules out interim deal with Israel Ha''aretz 11/29/2004 The Palestinians will not accept an interim settlement with Israel, Palestine Liberation Organization chief Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab League during a visit to... Abbas: Jordan to Help Revive Peace Talks International Middle East Media Center 11/29/2004 Leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Monday that Jordan has promised its support to help revive the stalled Middle East... UN marks day of solidarity with Palestinian people United Nations News 11/29/2004 29 November 2004 – The United Nations today observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with Secretary-General Kofi Annan urging the international... Larsen cautiously optimistic about Mideast peace process Middle East Online 11/26/2004 UN envoy hopes ''unique momentum'' to revitalise Mideast peace process does not evaporate. -- BEIRUT - Recent events have created a "unique momentum" to revive the... Israeli, Palestinian ministers meet as EU pushes peace Daily Star 11/30/2004 Dutch FM mulls Israel''s request to outlaw Hizbullah -- THE HAGUE: The Israeli and Palestinian foreign ministers held their first meeting in months here Monday... Egypt offers to mediate between Israel, Syria on peace talks Ha''aretz 11/29/2004 Egypt is willing to mediate between Israel and Syria on a possible resumption of peace talks without preconditions, the Egyptian presidency said Monday. Last... Palestinian leaders to visit Syria before elections Daily Star 11/30/2004 King Abdullah to lobby for palestinian state during US trip -- The Palestinian leadership said Monday it would make a landmark visit to Syria next... Iraq political party seeks relations with Israel Ha''aretz 11/26/2004 A new Iraqi political party calling for the establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel will compete in the upcoming elections in Iraq.Mithal al-Alusi, an... US wants funds from Gulf states to rebuild Gaza Maariv 11/26/2004 Contacts have recently been launched following Gulf nations’ high revenues from recent hike in oil prices. -- US officials are trying to raise funds from... Katsav: We will stop building the wall if cease-fire is reached International Middle East Media Center 11/26/2004 In a statement he gave to the Israeli newspaper Ma''ariv, the Israeli President Moshe Katsav, said, he suggests stopping building the West Bank wall... Diplomats probe post-Arafat world BBC 11/24/2004 Top diplomats are streaming to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. These include the British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. He follows the American Secretary... Bush emissary to visit for talks with PM, PA Ha''aretz 11/25/2004 President George Bush''s deputy national security adviser, Steven Hadley, is expected to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority in 10 days'' time. Hadley will... Egyptian Parliament blasts Israel Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 11/25/2004 Parliamentarians expressed outrage -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon''s apology to President Hosni Mubarak after an Israeli tank crew killed three Egyptian policemen on the... Straw praises ''positive'' Israeli attitude The Independent 11/25/2004 An upbeat Jack Straw praised Israel yesterday for its "very positive" attitude to the forthcoming Palestinian presidential election and suggested both sides could be... Syria Offers Talks Resumption, Israel Snubs Islam Online 11/25/2004 DAMASCUS, November 25 (IslamOnlinen.net & News Agencies) - Syria’s offer to resume peace negotiations with Israel for a peaceful settlement was immediately snubbed by Tel Aviv... Israel offers UK key peace role BBC 11/24/2004 Mr Straw said solving the dispute was his highest priority -- The UK can play a key role in helping Israel and the Palestinians achieve... ''It''s a farce'' Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 11/25/2004 The families of the three victims tell Gihan Shahine of their anger at both Israel and the Egyptian government -- The winding, unpaved roads and... PM: Egypt must do more to fight arms smuggling Ha''aretz 11/26/2004 Egypt must prevent the smuggling of arms and ammunition from Sinai to the Gaza Strip from deep within Egyptian territory and not only at... Solana denies holding secret talks with Hamas The Independent 11/26/2004 The EU''s foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, yesterday retracted an admission that he had held secret meetings with Hamas, which was put on Europe''s... Israel urged to heed Syrian offer for peace talks Daily Star 11/26/2004 Israel should take up a Syrian offer to renew peace talks, Israeli President Moshe Katsav said Thursday, rejecting claims by Israeli officials that the... The Telegraph: MKs, Palestinian officials to meet in U.K. Ha''aretz 11/26/2004 British newspaper the Telegraph said on Friday that MK Omri Sharon (Likud) will lead a group of Israeli officials set to arrive in the... Blair may visit Israel to revive peace process The Guardian 11/25/2004 Downing St irritated as Shalom announces plans -- The Israeli foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, announced prematurely yesterday that Tony Blair was planning a state visit... Israel rebuffs Straw''s road map pleas The Guardian 11/25/2004 The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, pressed Israel to re-embrace the road map to peace on a visit to Jerusalem yesterday. But although diplomats said... Abbas pledge to end violence The Guardian 11/26/2004 Mahmoud Abbas, who has emerged as the principal Palestinian leader following the death of Yasser Arafat, yesterday said he intends to bring a complete... US renews Israel oil deal AlJazeera 11/24/2004 US officials say they have renewed an agreement to supply Israel with oil in the case of a blockade. The agreement was initially signed... Quartet insists Israel must ease restrictions for elections Daily Star 11/24/2004 Group promises key support in polls -- Members of the "Quartet" of Middle East peace mediators urged Israel on Tuesday to ease restrictions on Palestinians... Ereikat: We will declare the Palestinian State in 2005 International Middle East Media Center 11/23/2004 The Palestinian Minister of Negotiations Affairs, Dr. Saeb Ereikat said after the meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State Collin Powell in Jericho on... PM nixes Russian proposal that Israel make goodwill gestures Ha''aretz 11/23/2004 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom rejected Tuesday a proposal by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Israel dismantle West Bank... Middle East quartet sees new hope AlJazeera 11/23/2004 The Middle East diplomatic quartet has met for talks on the sidelines of the international conference on Iraq being held in Egypt. "We are... Reality TV works on Israel''s image BBC 11/23/2004 An Israeli TV station is to start broadcasting a novel kind of reality show this week in a quest for a new media-friendly Israeli... Arafat file shows no poisons found The Guardian 11/23/2004 The precise cause of Yasser Arafat''s death remained unclear yesterday, after his nephew collected the late Palestinian leader''s medical records from France yesterday in... Powell wins poll assurance from Sharon The Guardian 11/23/2004 Talks on day Abbas made Fatah chief -- Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, won an assurance from Israel yesterday that it would ease... Abbas backs Palestinian refugees AlJazeera 11/23/2004 Interim Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has told parliament that he will follow in Yasir Arafat''s footsteps and demand that Israel recognise the right of... Japan to offer aid for Palestinian presidential election: report ReliefWeb 11/19/2004 TOKYO, Nov 19 (AFP) - The Japanese government plans to contribute money to the Palestinian presidential election to be held in January, following the death... Acting on four draft resolutions, Palestinian Rights Committee urges General Assembly to demand end to Israel''s settlement activities in occupied lands ReliefWeb 11/19/2004 Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 282nd Meeting (AM) - In First Formal Meeting Since Yasser Arafat''s Death, Member Delegations Pay Tribute... Abed Rabbo: US, Quartet Credibility on Trial Palestine Media Center 11/20/2004 Palestinian Elections Should Be Part of a Process -- Yaser Abed Rabbo, a member of the PLO Executive Committee and co-author of the unofficial Geneva... Egyptian FM delays trip to Israel, over Israel''s killing of three policemen International Middle East Media Center 11/22/2004 The Associated Press reported on Saturday that the Egypt