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For a more comprehensive overview of events related to the al-Aqsa intifada and of regional and international developments related to the peace process, see the Quarterly Update on Conflict and Diplomacy in this issue.16 MAYThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continues operations in Bayt Hanun (see 5/15...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Palestine studies 2003-10, Vol.33 (1), p.172
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Zusammenfassung:For a more comprehensive overview of events related to the al-Aqsa intifada and of regional and international developments related to the peace process, see the Quarterly Update on Conflict and Diplomacy in this issue.16 MAYThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continues operations in Bayt Hanun (see 5/15), where a roadside bomb explodes nr. anIDF tank, lightly injuring 1 soldier; fatally shoots a mentally disabled Palestinian nr. TheIDF also tightens the closure, curfews onHebron; reinforces troops around Qalqilya, closing the only entrance to the city; issues a confiscation order for 1,700 dunams of land in Nahalin and Husan, w. of Bethlehem, for construction of a new settler bypass road; confiscates a 3-story building, conducts arrest raids in Nahalin; arrests senior PA intelligence official Ahmad Barqawi in Ramallah on suspicion of having himself carried out several attacks on Israelis; delays transportation of a Palestinian heart attack victim to a Jenin hospital, allowing him to die; halts at a road block, beats 2 photojournalists in Bethlehem; demolishes 15 Palestinian homes in Rafah, 2 in Nablus; fires on residential areas of Tal al-Sultan. (HA 6/13)14 JUNEThe IDF opens fire on stone-throwing youths in Askar r.c., killing 1 Palestinian; bars a Palestinian heart attack victim fr. crossing a checkpoint to reach a hospital, allowing him to die; places a curfew on villages northwest of Nablus, patrols streets, firing in the air; fires on stone-throwing youths in Askar r.c., injuring 2; fires on residential areas of Hebron, Tulkarm; fires at Palestinians at a roadblock outside Dayr al-Balah for no apparent reason, causing no injuries; demolishes 7 Palestinian homes and 11 greenhouses, bulldozes 57 dunams of land in Rafah; demolishes3 Palestinian homes, a bird farm, and 3 greenhouses, bulldozes 52 dunams of land in Khan Yunis; conducts arrest raids outside Ramallah. (HA 8/17) (see Quarterly Update)CHRONOLOGY SOURCE ABBREVIATIONSAFP (Agence France-Presse, Paris)AKH (al-Akhbar, Cairo)AP (Associated Press [Internet])AYM (al-Ayyam, Ramallah)BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation World Service [Internet]) DUS (al-Dustur, Amman)HA (HaAretz [Internet], Tel Aviv)HJ (al-Hayat al-Jadida, Ramallah) HP (Hear Palestine [Internet], Washington) ITV (Israel Television Network, Jerusalem) JP (Jerusalem Post [Internet], Jerusalem) JPI (Jerusalem Post International Edition, Jerusalem) JT (Jordan Times, Amman)JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency [Internet]) LAW (Palestinian Society for
ISSN:0377-919X
1533-8614
DOI:10.1525/jps.2003.33.1.172