News Highlights: Apr 4th – Ariel Sharon pledges to expand settlement construction that will link Maale Adumim to Jerusalem, a move that will completely cut East Jerusalem off from the West Bank and to Palestinians. Leading Palestinian militant groups do not agree with Mahmoud Abbas’ call for disarmament; Abbas shuffles security services and appoints new …
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Mar 29
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News Highlights: Mar 29th – Btselem, the Israeli human rights group, issues report about Gazaentitled “One Big Prison”; report details violations of rights resultingfrom Israeli restrictions on movement of people and goods. Conflict escalating between Israeli officers and settlers; one officer saidhe is more afraid of Jewish settlers than Palestinians. March 29th – Limerick City …
Mar 22
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News Highlights: Israeli troops target village of Budrus after villagers successfully force changes in route of apartheid wall; March 20th – soldiers even remove women and children in the middle of night during a raid and photograph them. Israel withdraws from Tulkarem and will “avoid” entering the town;surrounding villages remain under Israeli control. March 18th …
Mar 15
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News Highlights: 5000 Palestinians demonstrate in Ramallah to protest UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s visit and UN lack of action on the apartheid wall, despite the ruling of the International Court of Justice. Protestors noted that a recent UN report regarded the wall as a matter of compensation and humanitarian aid and that Annan refused to …
Mar 08
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News Highlights: Israeli undercover police beat four Palestinian boys from Beit Surik who were participating in protest against the apartheid wall. Jordanian foreign minister meets with Israeli officials, including Ariel Sharon, and establishes joint economic committee; Egypt and Jordan have just sent new ambassadors. Israeli attorney Talia Sasson to release report on Israeli outposts, saying …
Mar 01
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News Highlights: Britain put pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to attend the conference in London on March 1st, Palestinian officials were concerned about the content of the meeting. Israel refused to attend the conference, but had already vetoed wording in the final declaration. The Guardian newspaper reported that Tony Blair had assured Ariel Sharon …
Feb 22
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News Highlights: For the third day running, villagers near Ramallah protest the construction of the apartheid wall on their land; blueprints for a new Israeli settlement in the area are affecting the route of the barrier. Israeli cabinet approves removal of Jewish settlers from Gaza; however, at the same time, they also approve final route …
Feb 15
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News Highlights: Israeli soldiers and settlers kill 4 Palestinians within 24 hours, two of them children. 13-year-old Sabri Rajub shot dead in Hebron’s Old Quarter on Feb. 14th, and 15-year-old Ala Hani killed the next day by settlers in Beitunia. Israel may hand over Jericho soon; Israeli officials state any further withdrawals from Palestinian cities …
Feb 08
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News Highlights: Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon meet in Sharm Al Sheikh and agree to ceasefire, but not in a formal written document; Palestinian group Hamas still evaluating the summit. Egyptian students and journalists stage protests against summit and against normalization with Israel. Israeli forces to withdraw from five Palestinian cities within three weeks, according …
Feb 01
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News Highlights: Jan. 31st – Israeli soldiers kill 10-year-old Palestinian girl in a playground at a U.N. school. Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon to hold summit next week, but some Palestinian officials warn that bilateral cooperation must lead to a final settlement. Jan. 30th – Israeli border police plan to demolish Arab neighbourhood in Jerusalem …