3 Palestinians killed.
Israeli-Palestinian clashes continue, leaving 2
Palestinians dead; a 3d Palestinian dies of injuries received
earlier. The IDF searches homes in villages around Bethlehem, arrests 3
Palestinians; directs tank, heavy machine gun fire at residential areas of
Aqabat Jabir camp, Jericho, Salfit. Jewish settlers assault Palestinians,
damage property in Hebron, nr. Jinin. (LAW 11/6; ADM, IDF Radio [Internet], NYT,
WP 11/7)
With Shas support, Barak survives 5
no-confidence motions in the Knesset. (AFP [Internet] 11/6)
Israel leaks reports that the U.S. has raised the
idea of posting international observers as a buffer in the West Bank, Gaza.
Barak denounces the proposal. Clinton states the U.S. will not
endorse it if Israelis are opposed. Ben-Ami says he has already met with
Albright, Holbrooke to coordinate steps to block the proposal in
the UN. (MM 11/6; NYT, WP, WT 11/7; AYM 11/7 in WNC 11/8; NYT, WP 11/8; MEI
11/10)
IDF troops capture a man armed with knives sneeking into
the Israeli occupied Golan Heights fr. Syria. (NYT 11/7)
In Tehran, 1,000 Iranian students attend a rally in
solidarity with the Palestinian people. A much smaller rally is held in
Baltimore. (IRNA 11/6 in WNC 11/7)
5 Palestinians killed. 1 Israeli killed.
In an apparent assassination, a car explodes in Jinin, killing 2 AMB mbrs.
wanted by Israel. The IDF reportedly executes 3 Palestinians
following a clash in Tal nr. Nablus that leaves 1 IDF soldier dead.
(Palestinian Red Crescent Society press release, PMC 11/6; NYT, PMC, WP, WT
11/7; MENA 11/7 in WNC 11/8; HP, PCHR, WP 11/8) (see Peace Monitor)
The Knesset revokes the parliamentary immunity of Israeli Arab MK
Azmi Bishara, clearing the way for his prosecution on charges of encouraging
violence, supporting a "terrorist organization" (Hizballah) for making
statements against Israel's occupation of s. Lebanon, organizing illegal trips
to Syria for Israeli Arabs to visit relatives. This marks the 1st time that an
MK's immunity has been revoked for making political statements. (HP, WP 11/8;
NYT 11/10; MM 11/13, 11/14; WJW 11/15; JP 11/16; HA 11/17)
1 Palestinian killed. 2 Israelis killed.
The IDF conducts arrest raids, house-to-house searches in Dayr al-Balah, Silat al-Dahir.
2 junior IDF cmdrs. are sentenced to 28 days in jail for authorizing the
use of Palestinians as human shields. Protesting the verdict, another IDF
officer says that similar events have taken place in the past “and now soldiers
are being tried for what once was permissible.” (HA, LAW, PCHR 11/6; JP, MM,
NYT, WP 11/7)
The Israeli FMin. reports that Jewish settlers received $27.6
m. in income tax benefits in 2001. The government’s tax discount for settlers in
the West Bank was 7%, in Gaza 10%. The average tax benefit per settler was
$1,369 in the West Bank, $1,895 in Gaza. (HA 11/7; PR 11/13)
A Hamas gunman opens fire in Gush Katif settlement in Gaza, killing
2 Jewish settlers, injuring 1 before being shot dead.
4 Palestinians killed.
The IDF fires on residential areas of Nablus, killing a Palestinian
woman inside her home; fires on a taxi circumventing a roadblock, killing 1
Palestinian passenger; fires flechette shells, live ammunition at
Palestinians who approach the Israeli border nr. Khan Yunis, killing 2
Palestinians, wounding 6 (2 dead, 4 wounded are apparently fr. the same
family); demolishes 3 Palestinian homes nr. Jenin; conducts arrest raids
in the Hebron area, Nablus, Qalqilya; shells residential areas of Khan Yunis,
nr. Tulkarm. (HA, JTA 11/6; WP 11/8; PCHR 11/13)
The PSF reports that it has in custody 2 Palestinians who
have confessed to obtaining the explosives used in the 10/15 bombing of a U.S.
convoy in Gaza.
6 Palestinians killed.
The IDF fatally shoots a 14-yr.-old Palestinian boy in Jenin
who allegedly throws a Molotov cocktail at troops; fatally shoots 2 Islamic
Jihad mbrs. who attempt to infiltrate Neve Dekalim; fatally shoots a
Palestinian who opens fire on troops nr. Tulkarm; conducts rare arrest
raids, house searches in Jericho; also conducts arrest raids, house searches in
Birzeit, Jenin town and r.c. and nr. Hebron; fires on residential areas of Khan
Yunis, hitting a hospital, wounding a patient; sends 40 tanks into Rafah,
bulldozes at least 10 Palestinian homes, fires on residential areas. In
Qalqilya, 2 Palestinian militants are killed, 1 is wounded when their car
explodes. Jewish settlers rampage through Palestinian sections of Hebron,
stone and vandalize Palestinian homes and cars, harass a group of Palestinian
schoolgirls. (AFP, XIN 11/6; VOI, VOP, YA 11/6, VOP 11/7 in WNC 11/9; NYT, PRCS,
WP 11/7; PRCS 11/11)
Qurai` goes to Gaza to chair a mtg. of all Palestinian factions,
PA security forces, Gaza Fatah leaders to urge them to seek a
pledge of unity during the current leadership crisis, an agmt. to halt all
attacks on Israeli civilians, to ensure that the IDF has no excuse to stage
major raids; holds private mtg. with Hamas leaders, who say they will
exercise restraint toward Israel but will not guarantee a cease-fire. (VOP 11/6,
XIN 11/7 in WNC 11/9; HA, NYT, WT 11/7; MM, NYT 11/8)
The IDF conducts arrest raids in al-Til, Tubas and nr. Hebron,
Qalqilya; begins work on a new section of the separation wall southwest
of Hebron. 10 armed Jewish settlers fr. Hebron storm a Palestinian law
office in the city, search and set fire to files, causing serious damage. (IMEMC
11/6; PCHR 11/10)
4 Palestinians killed.
As Operation Autumn Clouds continues, a female Palestinian suicide bomber,
claiming retaliation for a 6/9/06 IDF attack on the Bayt Lahiya beach that
killed 8 Palestinians, detonates a device nr. IDF troops in Bayt Hanun nr. the
site of a mosque where the IDF killed 2 Palestinian women on 11/3, lightly
wounding 2 IDF soldiers. The IDF conducts at least 2 air strikes on Jabaliya,
killing at least 2 armed Palestinians, 1 Palestinian schoolboy, wounding several
students on their way to school; fatally shoots 1 armed Palestinian in clashes
in Bayt Lahiya. Late in the evening, the IDF begins withdrawing troops fr. Bayt
Hanun but does not say whether it is ending operations there; Olmert vowed on
11/5 not to halt operations until Palestinian rocket fire, which has increased
since the troops entered, is significantly reduced. In the West Bank, the IDF
conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Hebron, nr. Ramallah, and in
Aida r.c. nr. Bethlehem, ‘Ayn Bayt al-Ma’ nr. Nablus, Bayt Jala. (NYT, WP, WT
11/7; PCHR 11/9)
Lebanese political factions reopen a wk. of national dialogue to discuss
Hizballah’s demand to form a new national unity government. (NYT, WT 11/6; WT
11/11) (see 10/31)
In Gaza, the IDF sends troops into
Wadi al-Silqa, raiding and searching homes, detaining 50 Palestinians for
questioning, demolishing 3 Palestinian homes, damaging 4 others, bulldozing 80 d. of agricultural land, before withdrawing late in the evening. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Hebron and Jenin (firing on
stone-throwing Palestinian youths who confront them, wounding 1), in Balata r.c. (demolishing the home of a wanted Palestinian), Qalqilya. (OCHA 11/7; PCHR 11/8)
In central Gaza, unidentified gunmen ambush, attempt to kidnap the al-Maghazi r.c. municipal
dir., who escapes. Also in al-Maghazi, local leaders of Fatah al-Yasir, Hamas, the PRCs hold a demonstration to protest the upcoming Annapolis peace
talks. In Hebron, the PSF orders classes at the Palestine Polytechnic University suspended, surrounds the campus to prevent recent tensions btwn. the Hamas-dominated
student council and a Fatah-affiliated student group fr. erupting into
violence.
Israeli troops opened fire on British, American and Italian volunteers helping to harvest olives in the Gaza Strip near the border with Israel. No injuries were reported. (Ma'an News Agency)
The Israeli military detained eight Palestinians in Bethlehem, Ramallah and Hebron. (IMEMC)
The Israeli military said it had launched an investigation after Channel 10 television had aired a video showing soldiers humiliating a bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoner. (AP)
Israeli forces stopped at gunpoint Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Aqel and Tunisian Ambassador Ahmad Habbas from entering the Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi Mosque (the Tomb of the Patriarchs) during their visit to the Hebron area with a delegation, the diplomats said. (Ma'an News Agency)
An Israeli military judge said he would not pursue harsher charges against two Israeli soldiers in the case of a point-blank shooting of a handcuffed Palestinian protestor in Bi'lin. A coalition of Israeli human rights groups had sought tougher charges against those responsible. (Ma'an News Agency)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said upon arriving in Israel: "It is our expectation that the Annapolis process has laid the groundwork which should make possible the establishment of a Palestinian State when the political circumstances permit." Ms. Rice added, "I think that whatever happens by the end of the year, you've got a firm foundation for quickly moving this forward to conclusion." She is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Olmert and PA President Abbas, along with their Chief Negotiators, before visiting Jenin. She will then travel to Sharm el-Sheikh for the Quartet meeting. (AP)
Gaza militants fired two Qassam rockets at the western Negev. No injuries were reported. (Haaretz)
"We will not extend this lull as long as the occupation does not commit itself to all its articles, mainly the lifting of the siege and the opening of the crossings," said Abu Obaida, spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas. Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai told Israel Army Radio: "We hope the truce can again be applied, we believe in this truce and it looks like things are calming down." (AFP, Xinhua)
Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing on the border with the Gaza Strip for the third day in a row, MENA news agency reported. Official sources said that more than 1,000 Palestinians stranded on both sides were expected to use the crossing. (Xinhua)