4 Palestinians killed.
Just before Arafat meets with Clinton in
Washington, Israel assassinates senior Fatah cmdr. Hussayn Ubayyat
in Bayt Sahur, tracking him by helicopter and shelling his car, also killing
2 Palestinian bystanders, wounding his aide and at least 6 bystanders. After
their mtg., neither Arafat nor Clinton express hope that Israeli-Palestinian
clashes will end soon; the U.S. does not condemn the Israeli attack. (ADM,
BDL, LAW, MM, REU 11/9; JT 11/9, AFP, al-Quds 11/10, 11/11, AYM,
al-Quds 11/12 in WNC 11/13; MA [Internet], MM, NYT, WP, WT, YA 11/10; AYM,
HJ 11/13 in WNC 11/16; MM 11/15; MEI 11/24)
Israeli-Palestinian clashes continue throughout the day.
In addition to the fatalities fr. the Ubayyat assassination, a 4th
Palestinian is shot dead by the IDF. In nr. Rafah, the IDF bulldozes
100s of dunams of agricultural land, demolishes 2 Palestinian homes, evacuates a
3d to create a new IDF outpost. The IDF also clears lands around the main road
of Nazlit Issa village nr. Tulkarm, demolishes several greenhouses nr. Jinin.
Jewish settlers set fire to 100 dunams of Palestinian crops outside
Qalqilya, attack Palestinians and Palestinian property in Hebron and around
Jinin. IDF heavy machine gun fire is reported around Hebron, Jinin, Nablus. (ADM
11/9; NYT, WP, WT 11/10)
Qatar shuts the Israeli trade mission in Doha.
(MM, SA, TT 11/9, IRNA, SA 11/10, HJ, IRNA 11/11 in WNC 11/13; MM, NYT 11/10;
WJW 11/16; JP 11/17; JP, MEI 11/24)
More than 1,000 Palestinians hold an anti-Israeli
demonstration in Wihdat camp in Jordan. In the U.S., a rally in
support of the Palestinians is held in New York. (AFP [Internet] 11/10)
1 Palestinian killed. 1 Israeli killed.
A Palestinian is shot dead by IDF troops in Gaza. The IDF
raids a Palestinian home in the PA-controlled section of Hebron, detaining 1
Palestinian, injuring 3, causing serious property damage; temporarily occupies a
Palestinian home nr. Netzarim settlement. (WT 11/9; NYT, WT 11/10; PCHR 11/15)
AMB gunmen
fire on a Jewish settler vehicle nr. Jinin, killing 1 settler.
1 Palestinian killed. 1 Israeli killed.
The IDF assasinates Islamic Jihad military leader Iyad Sawalha
in a predawn raid of his home in Jenin. In retaliation, Islamic Jihad
detonates a roadside bomb nr. an IDF convoy in Gaza, killing 1 IDF soldier (a
bedouin tracker), wounding a 2d. The IDF also conducts arrest raids
in Dura, Nablus, al-Qarara; fires on residential areas of Khan Yunis, Nablus;
bulldozes 19 dunams of land s. of Khan Yunis. (JPI, LAW 11/9; GS, NYT, WP, WT
11/10; LAW, PCHR 11/13; B’Tselem press release 11/14)
2 Palestinians killed.
The IDF conducts overnight arrest raids, house searches in Aida r.c.
2 Palestinians die of injuries received on 10/26, 11/4. (VOI,
VOP, YA 11/9 in WNC 11/11; DS, GS, PM 11/10; PCHR 11/13)
Palestinians in the territories, activists around the world (including
Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France,
Germany, Holland, Italy, Jordan, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the U.K.,
the U.S.) observe a day of protest against the separation wall.
3 Palestinians killed.
The IDF fatally shoots 2 Palestinians who enter a closed
military zone nr. the Israeli border fence east of Gaza City; fires on
stone-throwing youths and market areas in Nablus, killing a 14-yr.-old
Palestinian; fires on stone-throwing Palestinians in Jenin; blows up a
Palestinian home nr. Nablus; bulldozes 20 d. in Dayr al-Balah; conducts
arrest raids in Beitunia, Jenin (also sealing 4 offices of Islamic charities).
Jewish settlers fr. Ma'ale Shomron nr. Qalqilya uproot 10s of
Palestinian olive trees, bar local Palestinian residents fr. harvesting their
groves; IDF soldiers observe but do not intervene. (JP, VOP, YA 11/9 in
WNC 11/11; WP 11/10; VOI 11/10 in WNC 11/12; PRCS 11/11)
Palestinians fire a Qassam rocket into s. Israel, fire 2
mortars into Jewish settlements in s. Gaza, causing light damage but no
injuries.
Arafat reportedly slips deeper into a coma, possibly suffering a
stroke, and is put on life support. In light of Israel's refusal to allow
his burial in Jerusalem, the PA requests that he be buried in Ramallah after
lying in state in Cairo. Doctors still do not know the cause of Arafat's
illness, though they have completely ruled out malignancy, poisoning. (AP, BBC,
MM, REU 11/9; AFP, JAZ, JT, VOI, VOP 11/9 in WNC 11/11; Financial Times,
NYT, PR, WP, WT 11/10)
2 Palestinians killed.
The IDF fatally shoots a Palestinian, wounds a 2d inside Gaza,
alleging they were planting a roadside bomb nr. the Qarni crossing; fatally
shoots a Palestinian in `Issawiyya who allegedly attempts to run down a
soldier with his car. Late in the evening, the IDF launches arrest raids,
house searches in Aida r.c. and nr. Bethlehem, Nablus, Qalqilya, Tulkarm; fires
on residential areas of Jenin r.c. Israeli border police arrest 76
Palestinians, 3 Jordanians in a crackdown on illegal workers entering Jerusalem.
Jewish settlers throw stones at Palestinian vehicles outside Qalqilya.
(IMEMC 11/9; IMEMC, PCHR 11/10; PCHR 11/17)
Israel says that the death of 19 Palestinians in Bayt Hanun on 11/8 was
caused by a faulty artillery radar system. Palestinians fire 6 rockets fr. Gaza
into Israel, lightly injuring 2 Israelis. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts
arrest raids, house searches in Abu Dis and Hebron, nr. Bethlehem and Qalqilya.
(NYT, WP, WT 11/10; OCHA 11/15; PCHR 11/16)
French DM Michele Alliot-Marie says that French forces in s. Lebanon came
within seconds of firing on IDF F-16s that repeatedly dived on their positions a
wk. ago. The IDF says the incident is under investigation. UNIFIL reported 14
Israeli violations of the cease-fire last wk., including near daily overflights
of Lebanon, including 3 mock air raids over the French troops’ headquarters in
the south. (WP 11/10)
In Jabaliya, a roadside bomb explodes outside the home of a PFLP cmdr., injuring
his bodyguard; internal Palestinian rivalries are suspected to be the cause.
2 Palestinians killed.
IDF troops
on the n. Gaza border fatally shoot 2 Palestinian children (ages 14, 15) who stray nr. the border fence. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols in Jenin town and
r.c, and nearby Tubas, firing on residential areas, causing no injuries. (PCHR
11/15)
Defense Minister Ehud Barak urged the Israeli Cabinet to consider the use of counter-fire in response to Qassam rockets fired at Israel. (Haaretz, IMEMC)
Israeli forces arrested three students from the Al-Quds Open University while they participated in a solidarity march in Hebron aimed at ending the closure of the Old City. Palestinian dignitaries participating in the march were also harassed as they made their way to the city centre and were not allowed to enter the Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi (Tomb of the Patriarchs). (Ma'an News Agency)
Israeli forces arrested four Palestinians in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm. Two others were arrested near Bethlehem; 1 in the area of Jenin; 11 in the area of Ramallah; and 12 in the Bethlehem area. (IMEMC, Ma'an News Agency)
In spite of a formal protest by the US Government in July 2008, scores of Israeli soldiers and police evicted the Al-Kurd family from their home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem in which they had lived for the past 52 years, on the basis of the High Court of Israel ruling saying that the family did not own the plot of land on which the house was built. The area was then declared a "closed military zone". One section of the home was already inhabited by a settler family based on a court decision handed down four years ago, in conjunction with the implementation of the E-1 plan for Jerusalem. According to Fawziyeh Al-Kurd, the police broke into her home at 4 a.m., put her in handcuffs and dragged her and her husband, Mohammad, out of their house. Eight international activists who were camping in their garden were arrested during the operation and subsequently released. They were expected to be deported and denied future entry into Israel. (IMEMC, Ma'an News Agency, Ynetnews)
The Israeli Central Court in Tel Aviv sentenced to a one-year prison term an Israeli border guard, Tomer Avraha, who had killed a Palestinian worker, Eyad Abu Raeyya, from Tarqumiya village near Hebron. Mr. Abu Raeyya was one of three undocumented Palestinian workers who were arrested at a construction site in Jaffa. They were handcuffed and blindfolded before being punched, clubbed and kicked by the police. Tomer Avraha shot and killed Abu Raeyya, later claiming that the bullet was fired by mistake due to the "heat of the moment." (IMEMC)
The Quartet met in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, and called on the international community to put its full weight behind Israel and the Palestinians in their efforts to resolve their long-running conflict. The two sides reported that current negotiations were "substantial and promising." PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the Quartet that they had succeeded in securing a solid negotiating structure for continued progress. Outlining the key guiding principles, they said that negotiations must remain continuous, uninterrupted, direct and bilateral, and that nothing would be considered agreed until everything was agreed, adding that they needed to reach a comprehensive agreement addressing all the issues, rather than announcing an agreement on selected items in isolation. The Quartet issued a statement in which it reiterated its commitment to supporting the parties and called on all states to adhere to these same commitments … [and] lend their diplomatic and political support to that end, including by encouraging and recognizing progress to date." The same day, Ms. Livni stated that "we recognize the need to establish a Palestinian State, provided that it will not be a terror State," while Mr. Abbas emphasized the need to reactivate the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002, adding that "peace negotiations with Israel will continue until February 2009 in order to inject a momentum to the peace process." (Haaretz, IMEMC, WAFA, www.un.org)
A Qassam rocket fired from northern Gaza landed around 11 p.m. in an open field in the area of the western Negev. No injuries or damage were reported. (Ynetnews)
Senior Hamas officials indicated that there was currently no room to implement a long-term ceasefire with Israel, since "there was no one to talk to about this proposal on the other [Israeli] side." (Haaretz, IMEMC, The Jerusalem Post)
It was reported that the Gaza Strip was experiencing partial electricity blackouts since the power supply had been reduced by 33 per cent owing to the cut-off of fuel shipments to the Gaza City power plant from Israel, its sole provider. Shipments of fuel, transmitted mainly through the Nahal Oz crossing, had been stopped after all border crossings into Gaza were closed on the orders of the Israeli Defense Minister in response to the firing of rockets from the Gaza Strip. It was estimated that the Gaza City electricity plant, which supplied up to 40 per cent of the Strip's needs, would run out of fuel the following day if shipments were not resumed, causing a blackout in the whole territory, including its hospitals. Palestinian officials estimated that some 750,000 to 800,000 persons would be affected and described the policy as collective punishment. The closure of the crossings had been maintained after a rocket was fired into southern Israel the previous day. Israeli military spokesman Peter Lerner indicated that the crossings would open only for humanitarian reasons and that journalists would be allowed to leave but not to enter. (AP, AFP, BBC, Haaretz, IMEMC, The Jerusalem Post, Ma'an News Agency, Xinhua, Ynetnews)