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Israel says West Bank evacuations complete Israel has evacuated the West Bank settlements of Sanur and Homesh, police said, completing the removal of settlers under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan for withdrawing from some occupied land....
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2005 8:10am PDT
"U.S. Lutherans Condemn Israeli Barrier" The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Veterans for Peace both join the world wide effort.........."Therefore, inspired by the model of the South African struggle against apartheid and the international solidarity which made it effective, and in support for the call by more than 170 Palestinian political parties, unions, associations, coalitions, and organizations for such economic actions..........
More divestment and economic sanction resolutions against the Apartheid Regi...
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 10:57pm PDT
Disengagement: "A donkey, a goat and a cow" Eoin Murray writing from Gaza, occupied Palestine, The Electronic Intifada, 22 August 2005...
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 9:59pm PDT
Palestinians: Settlers vandalize at least eight West Bank villages On the eve of the evacuation of the northern West Bank settlements of Sa-Nur and Homesh, settlers before dawn on Monday vandalized property in at least eight Palestinian villages in the region, Palestinian witnesses said....
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 9:57pm PDT
Gaza wrapped up; West Bank next HOMESH, WEST BANK -- With virtually all Jewish settlers evacuated Monday from the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces began moving early today on two West Bank settlements where commanders fear there will be violent confrontations with anti-withdrawal activists....
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 9:53pm PDT
Hamas claims majority of intifada attacks on settlers, IDF in Gaza Hamas militants, jockeying to take credit for Israel's Gaza Strip pullout, said they were involved in 54 percent of 400 attacks on Israeli targets in Gaza in the past five years....
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 6:59am PDT
Evacuation of settlers hinders Palestinians' access to medical aid 
Report, PCHR, 22 August 2005...
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 6:57am PDT
Thousands of troops en route to northern West Bank settlements As the army sent thousands of soldiers under heavy guard to the northern West Bank ahead of expected resistance to evacuations Tuesday, police arrested 87 right-wing activists en route to the settlements of Sa-Nur and Homesh, and protesters torched an IDF communications position near Homesh early on Monday....
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 6:54am PDT
Army enters last Gaza settlement Israeli forces are evacuating the last inhabited Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip as an eviction operation started five days ago draws to a close.
Netzarim's residents are the last of 8,500 people in 21 settlements in Gaza to be evicted under a pullout plan....
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 6:51am PDT
Israel delays inking Philadelphi deployment deal with Egypt Israel and Egypt have concluded the drafting of an agreement on the deployment of Egyptian border guards in the area of the Philadelphi route in Rafah....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 2:53pm PDT
Settlers throw firebomb at IDF bulldozer in West Bank Settlers threw a firebomb at an Israel Defense Forces vehicle near the Kedumim junction in the West Bank late on Sunday afternoon during a violent demonstration by dozens against the evacuation of settlements....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 2:52pm PDT
CALL TO ACTION: Letters amid "disengagement" Please consider writing letters to the editor of your hometown papers
during this time of disengagement, stressing issues such as the
continued annexation of land being carried out by construction of
Israel's illegal barrier, the continued expansion of settlements
going on in the West Bank and the inequalities that Palestinians
continue to face....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 12:48pm PDT
After Pullout, Gaza Checkpoint Will Still Hinder Access to Outside World GAZA CITY, Aug. 20 -- The Jewish settlers are leaving the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli army is following them out. But neither event is going to make Ayoub Jabda's oranges look any better....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 9:19am PDT
Israeli troops enter Gaza settlements: final phase of removing settlers 
Thousands of troops have poured into four Gaza settlements - the final phase of removing settlers from the coastal strip - and were met by blazing barricades and pleading settlers.
Israel's Cabinet, meanwhile, gave final approval on Sunday to the evacuation of the last seven of 25 Gaza and West Bank settlements marked for dismantling....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 9:14am PDT
Info from The Other Israel about recent events in Israel/Palestine This is from The Other Israel. I, personally speaking, don't necessarily agree or disagree with the perspectives expressed here...
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 4:58pm PDT
Fatah official secures deal for unified Palestinian authority in Lebanon SIDON: Member of Fatah's Central Committee and Minister of Refugees' Affairs in Lebanon Abbas Zaki completed his two-week visit to Lebanon - the first of its kind in decades....
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 11:45am PDT
Abbas sets date for Palestinian legislative polls Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has set 25 January as the date for legislative elections....
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 10:50am PDT
Freedom Summer 2005 Give Voice To The Palestinian Call For Freedom Freedom Summer Palestine 2005 is a Palestinian nonviolent campaign against Israeli occupation. This summer, with the participation of international supporters, Palestinians will continue their long-standing mobilization for nonviolent direct action against the Israeli occupation and draw the world's attention to what is really happening in the Occupied Palestinian Territories....
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 2:35pm PDT
Gaza: Back to basics The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza is less a victory for peace than a defeat for religious Zionism, writes Graham Usher from Kussufim...
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 7:04am PDT
Gaza Evictions Turn Violent, Sharon Outraged GAZA, August19 , 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – The standoff between Israeli forces and radical Jewish settlers took a violent turn Friday, August19 , after acid and dirt bombs were hurled at the troops, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to express "rage" at the Jewish settlers....
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 6:50am PDT
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