| 2005 | 26-Jul | |
| | Israel tightens security in settlements located in Gaza, permitting only residents and their families access to and from the settlements in an effort to maintain security prior to the Gaza disengagement. |
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| 25-Jul | |
| | Israeli troops raid the Balatah Camp in the city of Nablus and arrest two Palestinians |
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| 24-Jul | |
| | Palestinian gunmen kill two Israelis who were part of an Israeli convoy traveling between Israeli settlements in Gaza. One gunman is killed and two Israeli soldiers are wounded. |
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| 21-Jul | |
| | A 12-year-old Palestinian boy is stabbed to death in Nablus. The stabbing was originally thought to have been committed by Israeli settlers, but a Palestinian man later confessed. A Palestinian rocket aimed at an Israeli settlement in Gaza strikes a Gaza refugee camp, killing a ten year-old boy and wounding another 12-year-old child. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice begins three days of meetings with Palestinian and Israeli leaders to discuss the Gaza disengagement. |
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| 20-Jul | |
| | Fatah and Hamas agree to halt violent confrontations. Israeli protestors continue to clash with Israeli police in Kfar Maimon over Israel's withdrawal from Gaza. Hamas militants fire shots at the home of a Palestinian police chief on Gaza. |
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| 19-Jul | |
| | Two Palestinian gunmen are killed by Israeli troops in Jenin. Israeli protestors continue their demonstrations against the scheduled withdrawal of Israeli settlements and military from Gaza. |
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| 16-Jul | |
| | Palestinian security forces and members of Hamas in Gaza exchange gunfire, killing two and injuring 25. |
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| 15-Jul | |
| | Israeli missiles strike three sites: a pro-Hamas charity in Gaza city, a cemetery in Khan Younis, and a refugee camp. Later in the day, an Israeli air strike hits a van carrying members of Hamas; four were killed. |
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| 14-Jul | |
| | Israeli helicopters fire upon targets in Gaza after a Palestinian rocket killed an Israeli woman. The rocket attack sparked internal fighting between Palestinian security forces and militant factions. Two Palestinian bystanders are killed in the gun battles. |
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| 13-Jul | |
| | Israel seals off all Israeli settlements in Gaza in an attempt to prevent resistance from right-wing groups which was generated by Israel's disengagement from Gaza. Member of Islamic Jihad sets off suicide bomb outside a shopping center in the Israeli town of Netanya, killing three including himself and injuring 50. More than 100 Israeli troops raid Tulkarim, killing one Palestinian policeman and injuring another. In Nablus, Muhammed Saswat Assi of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is killed by Israeli troops (Al Jazeera). |
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| 12-Jul | |
| | A Palestinian suicide bomber kills four Israeli women in Netanya. Four Israeli soldiers are also injured when a bomb detonated in Khan Yunus, an Israeli settlement in Gaza (Al Jazeera). |
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| 10-Jul | |
| | The G8 nations pledges a 3 billion dollar aid package for the Palestinian Authority at the G8 summit, which was held in Gleneagles, Scotland. The Israeli Cabinet decides to continue construction of the "security barrier" around Jerusalem. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas requests all Arab nations hosting Palestinian refugees to grant them citizenship and insisting that this does not compromise the refugees' right of return. |
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| 9-Jul | |
| | Marwan Kanafani, Palestinian Parliament member, resigns. |
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| 8-Jul | |
| | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud in Beirut. Following the meeting, Abbas announces that he will abide by any decision that the Lebanese government reaches regarding the disarmament of Palestinians in Lebanese refugee camps. |
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| 7-Jul | |
| | Israeli police forces storm a hotel located in the Gush Katif settlement in Gaza. 150 protesters are forcibly removed from the hotel after an Israeli government official closes the settlement to prevent an influx of protestors before the Gaza disengagement begins in August. Israeli Soldiers enter the village of Amateen near the West Bank city of Qalqilia to bulldoze farmland in order to expand construction of the Israeli Wall. Syrian President Bashar Assad meets with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and Damascus-based leaders of Islamic Jihad and Hamas in an effort to boost Palestinian national unity. |
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| 6-Jul | |
| | Palestinian and Israeli officials reach an agreement "in principle" regarding Palestinian passage between the West Bank and Gaza; Israeli military will provided an escort for scheduled convoys between the two regions. Prime Minister Ahmed Qurai' meets with Romanian Foreign Minister Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu in Ramallah. 18 Palestinian homes in the Beit Furik village (located near Nablus) are destroyed by Israel. |
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| 5-Jul | |
| | Hamas rejects Mahmoud Abbas's offer to join the Palestinian Cabinet, which was aimed at unifying the Palestinian government in order to consolidate control over the Gaza Strip after withdrawl of the Israeli military. Sheikh Ra'ed Salah is not permitted to enter Jerusalem by Israeli military in a judicial subcommittee decision made last week. Salah is scheduled to be released from prison on 18 July 2005. A Palestinian commission clears the former head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, Patriarch Irineos I, of charges the he sold land to Jewish investors. |
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| 4-Jul | |
| | Israeli and Palestinian officers meet to discuss the transfer of security control for the West Bank town of Bethlehem to the Palestinian Authority. 1,000 unemployed Palestinians demonstrate in Ramallah in front of Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurai's offices demanding the Palestinian Authority work to combat poverty in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. |
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| 30-Jun | |
| | Israeli police and soldiers raid a seaside hotel in southern Gaza to remove 150 right-wing Israelis who were protesting Israel's disengagement from Gaza (New York Times). |
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| 27-Jun | |
| | An Israeli soldier, Taysir al-Heib, is convicted of manslaughter in the 11 April 2003 death of a British activist, Tom Hurndall, who was shot in the head helping Palestinian children flee from the Israeli military. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice puts pressure on Israel to stop expanding settlement construction in the West Bank, saying that Washington "would not accept" continued expansion of Israeli settlements. |
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| 25-Jun | |
| | Israeli military abandoned 3 Palestinian school buildings in Hebron which had been used as observations posts since 2000. |
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| 24-Jun | |
| | The Palestinian Authority announces that it will absorb approximately 700 members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade into the Palestinian security forces in an attempt to "keep the streets free of armed elements." (Arab News). |
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| 23-Jun | |
| | Israeli soldiers attack a British activist and arrest seven citizens in Hebron. |
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| 22-Jun | |
| | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meet in Jerusalem to discuss the Gaza disengagement plan. The outcome of the bilateral summit is characterized as "disappointing," and no major issues regarding the disengagement are resolved. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurai' escapes shots fired by Palestinian gunmen in Balata. |
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| 20-Jun | |
| | A Palestinian and an Israeli soldier are killed in Southern Gaza. An Israeli settler is killed south of the West Bank city of Tulkarm as violence flares up, straining the ceasefire that has been in effect since February. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice arrives in the Middle East to meet with Palestinian and Israeli officials to discuss expediting the Gaza disengagement. She announced that the homes of the Israeli settlers in Gaza will be demolished. |
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| 18-Jun | |
| | The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) issued a new election law proposed by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for determining a later date for the ?Election? poll originally set for July 17. |
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| 16-Jun | |
| | New York City activists gather at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where a Caterpillar executive is scheduled to speak, tp protest the use of Caterpillar equipment to demolish Palestinian homes. Israel arrests six members of Islamic Jihad in the West Bank city of Jenin. In a joint Palestinian-Israeli meeting, Israel lays out a timetable for Israel's withdrawal from Gaza. |
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| 15-Jun | |
| | A joint Palestinian-Israeli committee meet for the first time to coordinate the Israeli disengagement from Gaza. |
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| 14-Jun | |
| | Five Palestinians are detained while trying to cross the Belarusian-Ukrainian border illegally. |
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| 13-Jun | |
| | Palestinian militants engage in shootout with Palestinian security forces and kidnap a senior Palestinian official. |
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| 12-Jun | |
| | (where?) Four convicted murders are executed on a presidential order, the first executions since 2001. |
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| 10-Jun | |
| | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with militant and political factions in Gaza in an attempt to preserve the ceasefire with Israel which has been threatened by recent Israeli and Palestinian attacks. |
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| 9-Jun | |
| | Israel's Supreme Court rules that Sharon's Gaza disengagement plan is constitutional and does not violate the human rights of Israeli settlers'. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw refuses to remove Hamas from a "terror blacklist" until all arms had been relinquished by the group. This announcement comes after meetings took place between Hamas leaders and British and European officials. |
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| 8-Jun | |
| | Islamic Jihad fires rockets at the Ganei Tal settlement in Gaza, killing one Palestinian farmer and one Chinese worker. Hamas shells Israeli targets in Gaza and nearby areas. Hamas engages in dialogue with British and European officials. |
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| 7-Jun | |
| | Israeli police clash with Palestinians outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque. |
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| 4-Jun | |
| | President Mahmoud Abbas announces that the legislative elections scheduled for 17 July 2005 will be delayed. Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) spoke out in condemnation of the President's decision, which is seen as being a tactic to consolidate the President's Fatah Partys. |
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| 3-Jun | |
| | NATO grants the Palestinian delegation, which is participating in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, a monitoring seat in parliament. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is released from a hospital in Amman, Jordan following a minor heart surgery. |
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| 30-May | |
| | Palestinian election officials order new elections in the Gaza Strip municipalities of Rafah, Beit Lahia and the Bureij refugee camp following an ongoing dispute between Fatah and Hamas factions. Israel's cabinet approves the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners. The Palestinian Authority argues that many Palestinians are still being held in Israeli jails. |
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| 27-May | |
| | In an emergency meeting of the Association of University Teachers, the group votes to end its boycott of Bar Ilan and Haifia Universities in Israel. The boycott had been in place since 23 April after allegations that the schools restrict academic freedom of staff members that are critical of the Israeli government. |
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| 26-May | |
| | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House for the first time as American pledges 50 million dollars in direct aid to develop Gaza after the Israeli withdrawal. |
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| 19-May | |
| | Israeli troops fires a missile into the Gaza Strip seriously injuring a member of Hamas. Members of Hamas fire mortars into Jewish settlements in retaliation. |
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| 16-May | |
| | Japan pledges $100 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority at a meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. |
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| 10-May | |
| | A clash breaks out as Israeli police barr hundreds of Palestinian youth from reaching a disputed holy site which houses the Al Aqsa Mosque. Palestinian protesters throwing stones injure seven Israeli police officers. |
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| 6-May | |
| | Hamas is victorious after municipal elections in 23 of the 84 districts in the West Bank and Gaza. Israel announces that it will not oppose the delivery of two Russian transport helicopters for the Palestinian National Administration. |
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| 5-May | |
| | Palestinian municipal elections are held in 84 districts across the West Bank and Gaza. |
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| 4-May | |
| | Shaul Mofaz, the Israeli Defense Minister, announces a freeze on the handover of West Bank towns to Palestinian security forces, citing the failure of the Palestinian Authority to honor their pledges to disarm militants. |
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| 3-May | |
| | Palestinian security forces in Beit Lahiya arrest three members of Hamas who purportedly were intending to launch missiles on the town of Sderot in Gaza. Palestinian police release member of a Hamas rocket squad following the intervention of Egyptian and Hamas leaders. |
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| 1-May | |
| | James Wolfensohn, the outgoing head of the World Bank and newly appointed special envoy of the Middle East Quartet, holds his first talks with Palestinians leaders. Palestinian security forces are forced to stop bulldozing cross-border smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza after Israeli troops open fire on them. |
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| 29-Apr | |
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