This day in the History of the 2nd Intifada

June 6 2001

In retaliation for the injury to a settler baby on 6/5, 100s of armed Jewish settlers torch several Palestinian homes in Luban al-Sharqiyya and al-Sawiya nr. Nablus. When Palestinians confront the settlers, IDF troops fire on them with rubber-coated steel bullets, seriously wounding several. 1,000s of settlers rally in Zion Square in Jerusalem to denounce Sharon, to demand he declare war on the Palestinians. Settlers also attack Palestinians, foreign journalists in Hebron; place 5 caravans on Khillat al-`Ayn hill nr. al-Khadir to establish a new settlement. The IDF confiscates 200 dunams of Palestinian land nr. Ramallah, bulldozes 1,000 olive trees in preparation for a new settler bypass road. Israel reopens the Egypt, Jordan border crossings to Palestinians, but not to goods; allows 2,000 Palestinians to return to their jobs in the West Bank, Gaza industrial zones on the borders with Israel. A Palestinian, last seen on 4/4 when he was taken into PSF custody, is found at an IDF checkpoint nr. Bethlehem, claiming to have escaped fr. the PA General Intelligence Service fearing he would be killed. (PMC, REU 6/6; MENA 6/6 in WNC 6/7; HA, HP, NYT, WP 6/7; MENA 6/7 in WNC 6/8; AFP [Internet], MM 6/8)

CIA Dir. Tenet meets with Mubarak in Cairo, with King Abdallah, Burns in Amman before heading to Israel and the PA areas to meet with Israeli, the PA officials. (MM, WP, WT 6/6; MENA 6/6 in WNC 6/7; WP 6/7)

June 6 2002

2 Palestinians killed. 1 Israeli killed.

The IDF continues its attack on the PA's Ramallah compound, flattening 6 buildings (including an intelligence office, jail) leaving 1 Force 17 mbr., 1 PA intelligence officer dead. Troops reportedly are "poised and ready" to capture or kill Arafat, but pull back and out of Ramallah before dawn, after Sharon promises Bush he will not harm the PA leader. The IDF pulls out of Jenin, Nablus in the evening; sends tanks into Beitunia, arrests 6 Palestinians. (AP, MM, WT 6/6; MM, NYT, WP, WT 6/7; al-Quds 6/7 in WNC 6/10)

Mubarak meets with U.S. VP Dick Cheney, Secy. of State Colin Powell, mbrs. of Congress. (MENA 6/6 in WNC 6/7; MENA 6/6, 6/7 in WNC 6/10; MM, WP 6/7)

Rep. Hilliard loses a tight run-off election to a candidate backed with $1.4 m. fr. AIPAC. (AP 6/26; MEI 7/12) (see 6/5)

A Palestinian gunman fatally shoots a Jewish settler driving nr. Shiloh settlement.

June 6 2003

The IDF halts an ambulance nr. Bayt Iba, arrests a Palestinian being transported; bulldozes 2 dunams of land, conducts arrest raids s. of Khan Yunis; fires on stone-throwing Palestinians in Bayt Furik. 1,000s of Hamas supporters rally against the road map after Friday prayers in Gaza City, Rafah. (HA 6/6; YA 6/6 in WNC 6/10; WP 6/7; LAW, PCHR 6/12)

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) fires 3 mortars at a Jewish settlement, 1 mortar at an IDF post in Gaza, causing no injuries.

June 6 2004

2 Palestinians killed.

The IDF blocks all branch roads leading to the main Jerusalem–Ramallah road; fires on stone-throwing Palestinians in Qalandia r.c., fatally shooting a wheelchair-bound Palestinian; fatally shoots a Palestinian in a cemetery nr. Gaza’s Neve Dekalim, suspecting he might attack; fires on residential areas of Khan Yunis (seriously wounding a Palestinian woman inside her home), Rafah r.c.; raids Balata r.c., firing on houses, stone-throwing youths who confront troops, injuring 4; begins work on a new segment of the separation wall around Jerusalem nr. Salfit; conducts arrest raids in Balata r.c., Dayr Ghassana nr. Ramallah, Nablus, Tamun nr. Jenin. Jewish settlers in Hebron raze a 1.5 dunam Palestinian garden nr. the Ibrahimi Mosque/Tomb of the Patriarchs. Jewish settlers fr. Gil’ad nr. Qalqilya fire on a herd of Palestinian sheep, killing several; the IDF arrests 2 Palestinians who confront the settlers in protest. An Israeli court sentences Fatah’s Barghouti to 5 life terms plus 40 yrs. for conspiracy and membership in a “terror” organization (see 5/20). (XIN 6/6; MENA, VOI, VOP 6/6 in WNC 6/8; NYT, WP, WT 6/7; MA, VOI, VOP 6/7 in WNC 6/9; HA 6/8; PR 6/9; PCHR 6/10; MEI 6/11)

Sharon’s cabinet endorses (14-7) his revised Gaza disengagement plan to withdraw fr. all settlements in Gaza, 4 in the West Bank in 4 stages, each requiring cabinet approval. (HA 6/6; al-Quds 6/6, ITAR-TASS 6/7 in WNC 6/10; NYT, WP, WT 6/7; VOI 6/7 in WNC 6/9; PR 6/9; MM 6/10; Forward 6/11)

Palestinians detonate a roadside bomb nr. an IDF patrol in central Gaza, causing no damage or injuries.

June 6 2005

A group of Israelis celebrating Jerusalem Day, marking the 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem, visit the al-Aqsa Mosque compound under Israeli police escort; outraged Palestinians at the site throw stones at Israeli police, Jewish worshipers at the Wailing Wall; the some 3,000 police, deployed to prevent violence on the anniversary, respond with stun grenades; no injuries are reported. The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in Bayt Hanina nr. Jerusalem, Jenin; bulldozes at least 8 d. of agricultural land n. of Qalqilya for construction of the separation wall. (JAZ 6/6; HA 6/7; NYT, WP 6/8; PCHR 6/9)

In response to the al-Aqsa incident, Hamas fires 4 Qassam rockets at the Negev, causing light damage or injuries.

June 6 2006

The IDF sends bulldozers, tanks 200 m into Gaza nr. Bureij r.c. for a 2d day to level land; steps up mock air raids over Gaza; makes an air strike on a PRC training site outside Gaza City and 5 uninhabited sites in n. Gaza, causing no damage or injuries; patrols in Tubas, firing on stone-throwing youths who confront the troops, wounding 2; conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Jenin, nr. Hebron. (MM 6/6; MM, OCHA, WP 6/7; PCHR 6/8)

Palestinians fire 6 rockets fr. Gaza into Sederot, hitting 1 house, lightly wounding 1 Israeli; the IDF shells n. Gaza in response, causing no injuries. A mortar attack by suspected Hamas mbrs. on the PSF headquarters in Gaza City wounds 4 PSF officers and 2 janitors.

June 6 2007

2 Palestinians killed.

The IDF makes 2 air strikes on Palestinians allegedly planting a roadside bomb nr. troops operating in n. Gaza, killing 1 Hamas mbr., wounding another. The IDF also conducts arrest raids in al-Qarara nr. Khan Yunis. IDF UXO injures an 11-yr.-old Palestinian boy in Bayt Lahiya, 4 Palestinian children in Gaza City. In the West Bank, the IDF makes a predawn raid on an apartment building in Hebron searching for 2 Palestinian men who had thrown objects at their patrol, fatally shooting an innocent 75-yr.-old Palestinian man, wounding his 66-yr.-old wife and 6 other relatives; the 2 wanted men were later arrested elsewhere. The IDF also conducts arrest raids in and around Nablus, and in `Aida r.c. nr. Bethlehem, Halhul nr. Hebron, Jenin, Qabatya, Tulkarm. (al-Jazeera 6/6; NYT, PCHR, WT 6/7; OCHA 6/13; PCHR 6/14)

Hamas fires 3 mortars at the IDF post at Erez crossing in response, causing no injuries.

June 6 2008

Presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama did not rule out Palestinian sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem when he told AIPAC that Jerusalem should remain undivided, his campaign told The Jerusalem Post, clarifying that Mr. Obama felt Jerusalem should not be "divided by barbed wire and checkpoints as it was in 1948-1967". Mr. Obama told CNN: "Obviously it is going to be the parties to negotiate a range of these issues, and Jerusalem is part of those negotiations … I think it is smart for us to work through a system in which everybody has access to the extraordinary religious sites in old Jerusalem … Israel has a legitimate claim on that city." Mr. Obama added: "We have to have a contiguous and cohesive Palestinian State that functions effectively." (AFP, The Jerusalem Post, Reuters)

The Christian Peacemaker Teams reported that the IDF had blocked the main road between Tuwani and Yatta, in the southern West Bank. (Ma'an News Agency)

Four Qassam rockets and five mortar shells struck the western Negev. No injuries were reported, but some buildings and cars were damaged. An Israeli soldier was wounded and a Palestinian militant killed in clashes east of Gaza City, an IDF spokesperson said. (Haaretz)

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