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| | Commanders | Ehud Barak
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Mahmoud Abbas
Ahmed Yasin
Ismail Haniyeh
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Ehud Barak (Hebrew: ×ֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born Ehud Brog on February 12, 1942) is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense and leader of Israels Labor Party. ...
(Hebrew: , also known by his diminutive Arik ×ָרִיק) (born February 27, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and general. ...
Ehud Olmert (‎; Arabic: ‎; pronounced , born 30 September 1945) is the twelfth and current Prime Minister of Israel. ...
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Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: ) (born March 26, 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (ابو مازن), was elected President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on January 9, 2005, and took office on January 15, 2005. ...
Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin (~1937 — March 22, 2004) was the leader of Hamas until he was killed by an Israeli helicopter gunship. ...
Ismail Haniyeh (Arabic: إسماعيل هنية; sometimes transliterated as Ismail Haniya or Ismail Haniyah); born January 1963) is a senior political leader of Hamas and former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. ...
Mohammed Deif (Arabic: Ù…Øمد ضي٠) is a commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. ...
| | Casualties and losses | 1,044 Israelis total:
- 715 Israeli civilians killed by Palestinians;
- 329 Israeli security force personnel killed by Palestinians[1] | 5,296 Palestinians total:
- 4,675 Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces;*
- 44 Palestinians killed by Israeli civilians;
- 577 Palestinians killed by Palestinians[1] | 64 Foreign citizens total:
- 54 Foreign citizens killed by Palestinians;
- 10 Foreign citizens killed by Israeli security forces[1] | | *For the controversial issue of the Palestinian civilian/combatant breakdown, see Casualties. |
 An Israeli bus in Haifa in 2003 after a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated inside, killing 17. A defining tactic of the Intifada, such bombings are widely condemned for their targeting of civilians.
 12-year-old Palestinian Muhammad al-Durrah became an icon of the Palestinian uprising in 2000. The Second Intifada, also known as the al-Aqsa Intifada (Arabic: انتفاضة الأقصى, Intifāḍat El Aqṣa or Intifāḍat Al Aqṣa; Hebrew: אינתיפאדת אל אקצה (or hyphenated אינתיפאדת אל-אקצה), Intifādat El-Aqtzah) refers to the second Palestinian uprising which began in September 2000. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Hebrew Arabic ØَيْÙَا Government City District Haifa Population 266,300 (city) 1,039,000 (metropolitan area) Jurisdiction 63,666 dunams (63. ...
A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...
The Haifa bus 37 massacre was a suicide bombing carried out by Hamas. ...
Jamal and Muhammad Al-Durrah being shot; Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip Image 2; September 30, 2000 This work is copyrighted. ...
Jamal and Muhammad Al-Durrah being shot; Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip Image 2; September 30, 2000 This work is copyrighted. ...
Muhammad al-Durrah and his father Jamal before the shooting on September 30, 2000. ...
The October 2000 events is a term used to describe several days of protests in northern Israel that soon escalated into clashes between Arab citizens of Israel and Israel Police. ...
Most Qassam rockets hit Sderot in Israel This is a list of Qassam rocket attacks where someone has been killed, five or more people have been injured in one attack, or the circumstances of the rocket attack itself were exceptional. ...
Combatants Israel (Israel Defense Forces) Fatah (Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades & Tanzim) Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Palestinian security forces Commanders Aluf Itzhak Eitan (Central commander) Strength Golani Brigade, Nahal Brigade, Paratroopers Brigade, 5th Reserve Infantry Brigade, 408th Reserve Infantry Brigade, Jerusalem Brigade(reserve), Shayetet 13, Armor and Engineering forces. ...
Combatants Israel IDF Fatah (Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Tanzim) Hamas Islamic Jihad Commanders Yedidia Yehuda [1] Mahmoud Tawallbe†Strength 1,000 200-250 Casualties 23 soldiers killed 52 killed (38 armed men, 14 civilians according to IDF; 30 militants, 22 civilians according to HRW) 685 persons arrested (mostly released) The...
Combatants Israel (Israel Defense Forces) Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Fatah and Tanzim Strength Unknown 200 Casualties N/A 9 The Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem occurred during the April/May 2002 Israeli “Operation Defensive Shield†in the West Bank. ...
Operation Determined Path (‎) was a military operation carried out by the Israel Defense Forces, starting June 22, 2002, following Operation Defensive Shield, with the goal of reaching some of the unreached objectives set forth for Defensive Shield, especially in the northern West Bank. ...
Operation Rainbow (In Hebrew, מבצע קשת ×‘×¢× ×Ÿ) is a controversial military operation which began on May 18, 2004 in the Gaza Strip. ...
Combatants Israel Defense Forces Hamas Casualties 5 killed (3 Of them civilians) 104 - 133 killed (42 of them civilians) Operation Days of Penitence (In Hebrew, מבצע ימי תשובה) was the name used by Israel to describe an Israel Defense Forces operation in the northern Gaza Strip, conducted between September 30, 2004 and October...
Combatants Israel Defense Forces (Israeli Security Forces) Hamas Popular Resistance Committees, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Jaish al-Islam Commanders Dan Halutz (Chief of Staff) Yoav Galant (Regional) Khaled Mashal (Leader of Hamas[1])Mohammed Deif (Leader of Hamas military wing) Casualties 1 killed[1] 48 killed (mostly civilians) 200 wounded...
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"Intifada" (also Romanized to Intifadah) is an Arabic word that literally translates into English as "shaking off" and "Al-Aqsa" is the name of a prominent mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem. Most people of the world consider the Intifada to be a war of national liberation against foreign occupation, whereas many Israelis consider it to be a terrorist campaign. Intifada (also Intefadah or Intifadah; from shaking off) is an Arabic term for uprising. It came into common usage in English as the popularized name for two recent Palestinian campaigns directed at Israel. ...
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Palestinian tactics ranged from carrying out mass protests and general strikes, as in the First Intifada, to armed attacks on security forces, mounting suicide bombing attacks, and firing Qassam rockets into Israeli residential areas. Israeli tactics consisted of creating checkpoints, enforcing strict curfews in certain areas, riot control (sometimes shooting stone throwers along with better-armed rioters), returning fire, mounting incursions, constructing the West Bank barrier, demolishing houses, destroying shops without permits, conducting arrests, and implementing targeted attacks upon militant and terrorist leaders (sometimes with collateral damage and civilian casualties). The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ...
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Combatants Israel Unified National Leadership ot the Uprising Commanders Yitzhak Shamir Yasser Arafat Casualties 160 (5 children) 1,162 (241 children) The First Intifada (1987 - 1993) (also intifada and war of the stones) was a mass Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule[1] that began in Jabalia refugee camp and quickly...
A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ...
The remnants of an exploded Qassam rocket that was fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel. ...
The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, transliteration: ; Arabic: دَوْلَةْ اِسْرَائِيل, transliteration: ) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. ...
The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, transliteration: ; Arabic: دَوْلَةْ اِسْرَائِيل, transliteration: ) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. ...
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A curfew can be one of the following: An order by the government for certain persons to return home before a certain time. ...
The barrier route as of July 2006. ...
A Palestinian home after demolition by Israeli security forces House demolition in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a controversial tactic used by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. ...
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) codenamed the events (prior to their outbreak) אירועי גאות ושפל ("Ebb and Tide events"). This name remained an internal codename used by the Israeli Security Forces, but among Israelis at large, the Intifada is generally referred to as al-Aqsa Intifada[citation needed]. Emblem of the IDF The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ...
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It is also called the Oslo War (מלחמת אוסלו) by Israelis who consider it to be the result of concessions made by Israel following the Oslo Accords,[2][3][4] and Arafat's War, after the late Palestinian leader whom some blame for starting it. Both Israelis and Palestinians have blamed each other for the failure of the Oslo peace process. Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. ...
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As of 2008, this Intifada has yet to be officially ended and the Israeli NGO B'Tselem maintains a list of the casualties up to the present time.[1] NGO redirects here. ...
BTselem (Hebrew: , in the image of, as in Genesis 1:27) is an Israeli non-governmental organization (NGO) that describes itself as The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. ...
The death toll, both military and civilian, over the entire period in question (2000-2008) is estimated to be over 5,200 Palestinians and over 1,000 Israelis. To date, 64 foreign citizens have also been killed.[1]
Prior events The Oslo Accords, Israel committed to the phased withdrawal of its forces from parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and affirmed the Palestinian right to self-government within those areas through the creation of a Palestinian Authority. For their part, the Palestine Liberation Organization formally recognized Israel and committed to adopting responsibility for internal security in population centers in the areas evacuated. Palestinian self-rule was to last for a five-year interim period during which a permanent agreement would be negotiated. However, the realities on the ground left both sides deeply disappointed with the Oslo process. Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. ...
Self-governance is an abstract concept that refers to several scales of organization. ...
The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ...
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In the five years immediately following the signing of the Oslo accords, 405 Palestinians were killed and 256 Israelis were killed, which for the latter represented a casualty count higher than that of the previous fifteen years combined (216, 172 of which were killed during the First Intifada). Combatants Israel Unified National Leadership ot the Uprising Commanders Yitzhak Shamir Yasser Arafat Casualties 160 (5 children) 1,162 (241 children) The First Intifada (1987 - 1993) (also intifada and war of the stones) was a mass Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule[1] that began in Jabalia refugee camp and quickly...
In 1995, Shimon Peres took the place of Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by Yigal Amir, a Jewish extremist opposed to the Oslo peace agreement. In the 1996 elections, Israelis elected a right-wing [5] coalition led by the Likud candidate, Benjamin Netanyahu who was followed in 1999 by the Labor Party leader Ehud Barak. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
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Site of the rally before the assassination: Rabin Square and Tel Aviv City Hall during the day. ...
Yigal Amir (‎, born May 23, 1970) is the Israeli assassin of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin. ...
Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a centre-right political party in Israel. ...
(‎, Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu, born October 21, 1949, Tel Aviv) was the 9th Prime Minister of Israel and is Chairman of the Likud Party. ...
The Israeli Labor Party (‎, Mifleget HaAvoda HaYisraelit), generally known in Israel as Avoda (‎) is a center-left political party in Israel. ...
Ehud Barak (Hebrew: ×ֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born Ehud Brog on February 12, 1942) is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense and leader of Israels Labor Party. ...
While Rabin had limited settlement construction at the request of US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright,[5] Netanyahu continued construction within existing Israeli settlements,[6] and put forward plans for the construction of a new neighborhood, Har Homa, in East Jerusalem. However, he fell far short of the Shamir government's 1991-92 level and refrained from building new settlements, although the Oslo agreements stipulated no such ban. [5] Construction of Housing Units Before Oslo: 1991-92 13,960, After Oslo: 1994-95 3,840 1996-1997 3,570. The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. ...
Madeleine Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová, IPA: , on May 15, 1937) was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. ...
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East Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem which was held by Jordan from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War until the Six-Day War in 1967. ...
Barak courted moderate settler opinion, with the aim of marginalizing the more militant wing, securing agreement for the dismantlement of 12 new outposts that had been constructed since the Wye River Agreement of November 1998,[7] but the continued expansion of existing settlements with plans for 3,000 new houses in the West Bank, drew strong condemnation from the Palestinian leadership. Though construction within existing settlements was permitted under the Oslo agreements, Palestinian supporters contend that any continued construction was contrary to its spirit,[5] prejudiced the outcome of final status negotiations, and undermined confidence in Barak's desire for peace.[7] The Palestinians not only built in areas A & B as well as State lands that Israel ceded, but throughout area C administered by Israel.
Some have claimed that Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority (PA) had pre-planned the Intifada.[8] They often quote a speech made in December 2000 by Imad Falouji, the PA Communications Minister at the time, where he explains that the violence had been planned since Arafat's return from the Camp David Summit in July, far in advance of Sharon's visit (view video of the speech). He stated that the Intifada "was carefully planned since the return of (Palestinian President) Yasser Arafat from Camp David negotiations rejecting the U.S. conditions."[9] David Samuels quotes Mamduh Nofal, former military commander of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who supplies more evidence of pre-September 28 military preparations. Nofal recounts that Arafat "told us, Now we are going to the fight, so we must be ready".[10] Not to be confused with Yasir Arafat (cricketer). ...
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The Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David of July 2000 took place between United States President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. ...
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David J. Samuels, a Political Science professor at the University of Minnesota, earned his PhD at the Uuniversity of California at San Diego in 1998. ...
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) (Arabic: الجبهة الديموقراطية لتØرير Ùلسطين, transliterated Al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiya Li-Tahrir Filastin) is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist, secular political and military organization. ...
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Following Israel's pullout from Lebanon in May 2000, the PLO official Farouk Kaddoumi told reporters: "We are optimistic. Hezbollah's resistance can be used as an example for other Arabs seeking to regain their rights."[11] Israeli Security Zone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
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Starting as early as September 13, 2000, members of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement carried out a number of attacks on Israeli military and civilian targets, in violation of Oslo Accords. In addition, the Israeli agency Palestinian Media Watch alleged that the Palestinian official TV broadcasts became increasingly militant during the summer of 2000, as Camp David negotiations faltered.[12] is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. ...
In the Mitchell Report,[13] (the investigatory committee set up to look into the causes behind the breakdown in the peace process), the government of Israel asserted that:
the immediate catalyst for the violence was the breakdown of the Camp David negotiations on 25 July 2000 and the "widespread appreciation in the international community of Palestinian responsibility for the impasse." In this view, Palestinian violence was planned by the PA leadership, and was aimed at "provoking and incurring Palestinian casualties as a means of regaining the diplomatic initiative." The Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David of July 2000 took place between United States President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. ...
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The Palestine Liberation Organization, according to the same report, denied that the Intifada was planned, and asserted that "Camp David represented nothing less than an attempt by Israel to extend the force it exercises on the ground to negotiations."[13] The report also stated: From the perspective of the PLO, Israel responded to the disturbances with excessive and illegal use of deadly force against demonstrators; behavior which, in the PLO’s view, reflected Israel’s contempt for the lives and safety of Palestinians. For Palestinians, the widely seen images of Muhammad al-Durrah in Gaza on September 30, shot as he huddled behind his father, reinforced that perception. Muhammad al-Durrah and his father Jamal before the shooting on September 30, 2000. ...
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2000 On September 27, Sgt. David Biri was killed;[14] some Israeli sources view this as the start of the Intifada.[15] Others view Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount/Al-Haram Al-Sharif mosque on September 28 as the initiating event.[16][17] Finally, others believe it started a day later, due to the introduction of police and military presence the day following Sharon's visit, the day of prayers.[18][19] is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Sharon visits the Temple Mount On September 28, the Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon, with a Likud party delegation, and surrounded by hundreds of Israeli riot police, visited the mosque compound of the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.[20] The compound is the holiest site in Judaism and the third holiest site in Islam. Sharon did no actually go into the al-Aqsa Mosque, and went during normal tourist hours. The Temple Mount is also the holiest site in Judaism, of which the Western Wall is the last remnant of the Jewish Temple. The stated purpose for Sharon's visit of the compound was to assert the right of all Israelis to visit the Temple Mount[21][22]; however, according to Likud spokesman Ofir Akounis, the purpose was to "show that under a Likud government [the Temple Mount] will remain under Israeli sovereignty." [23] In response to accusations by Ariel Sharon of government readiness to concede "Israeli sovereignty" over the site to Palestinians, the Israeli government gave Sharon permission to visit the area. When alerted of his intentions, senior Palestinian figures, such as Yassir Arafat, Saeb Erekat, and Faisal Husseini all asked Sharon to call off his visit. [24] The Palestinians, some 10 days earlier, had just observed their annual memorial day for the Sabra and Shatila massacre, conducted when Sharon was Defense Minister.[24] is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
(Hebrew: , also known by his diminutive Arik ×ָרִיק) (born February 27, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and general. ...
The Temple Mount A reconstruction of Herods Temple in Jerusalem. ...
The Old City of Jerusalem is an approximately one square kilometer area of the modern day Israeli city of Jerusalem. ...
Main article: Religious significance of Jerusalem Jerusalem has been the holiest city in Judaism and the spiritual homeland of the Jewish people since the 10th century BCE.[1] Jerusalem has long been embedded into Jewish religious consciousness. ...
Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem are generally recognized as the three most important cities in Islam according to interpretations of scriptures in the Quran and Hadith. ...
Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (August 4 or August 24, 1929 – November 11, 2004), born Muhammad `Abd ar-Rauf al-Qudwa al-Husayni (Arabic محمد عبد الرؤوف القدوة الحسيني) and also known as Abu `Ammar (ابو عمّار), was co-founder and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (1969–2004...
Saeb Erekat Saeb Erakat (Saib Muhammad Salih Urayqat. ...
Faisal Husseini Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini (Arabic: Ùيصل عبدالقادر الØسيني) (July 17, 1940 - May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician who was considered a possible future leader of the Palestinian people. ...
The Sabra and Shatila massacre (or Sabra and Chatila massacre; Arabic: مذبØØ© صبرا وشاتيلا) was an attack carried out in September 1982 by a Lebanese Forces militia group against Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut. ...
His visit was condemned by the Palestinians as a provocation and an incursion, as were his armed bodyguards that arrived on the scene with him. Critics claim that Sharon knew that the visit could trigger violence, and that the purpose of his visit was political. According to Yossef Bodansky, Yossef Bodansky (born in Israel) is the Director of Research of the International Strategic Studies Association, and the Director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare of the US House of Representatives and a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. ...
Clinton's proposal [...] included explicit guarantees that Jews would have the right to visit and pray in and around the Temple Mount... Once Sharon was convinced that Jews had free access to the Temple Mount, there would be little the Israeli religious and nationalist Right could do to stall the peace process. When Sharon expressed interest in visiting the Temple Mount, Barak ordered GSS chief Ami Ayalon to approach Jibril Rajoub with a special request to facilitate a smooth and friendly visit [...] Rajoub promised it would be smooth as long as Sharon would refrain from entering any of the mosques or praying publicly [...] Just to be on the safe side, Barak personally approached Arafat and once again got assurances that Sharon's visit would be smooth as long as he did not attempt to enter the Holy Mosques [...] A group of Palestinian dignitaries came to protest the visit, as did three Arab Knesset Members. With the dignitaries watching from a safe distance, the Shahab (youth mob) threw rocks and attempted to get past the Israeli security personnel and reach Sharon and his entourage [...] Still, Sharon's deportment was quiet and dignified. He did not pray, did not make any statement, or do anything else that might be interpreted as offensive to the sensitivities of Muslims. Even after he came back near the Wailing Wall under the hail of rocks, he remained calm. "I came here as one who believes in coexistence between Jews and Arabs," Sharon told the waiting reporters. "I believe that we can build and develop together. This was a peaceful visit. Is it an instigation for Israeli Jews to come to the Jewish people's holiest site?"[25] The Temple Mount A reconstruction of Herods Temple in Jerusalem. ...
Ami Ayalon (‎; born 27 June 1945) is an Israeli politician and Knesset member representing the Labor Party. ...
Jibril Rajoub was Yasir Arafats National Security Advisor, a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council. ...
Ehud Barak (Hebrew: ×ֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born Ehud Brog on February 12, 1942) is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense and leader of Israels Labor Party. ...
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Type Unicameral Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik, Kadima since May 4, 2006 Deputy Speaker Majalli Wahabi, Kadima since May 4, 2006 Members 120 Political groups Kadima Labour-Meimad Shas Likud Last elections March 28, 2006 Meeting place Knesset, Jerusalem, Israel Web site www. ...
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Shlomo Ben-Ami, the then acting Israeli foreign minister, has maintained, however, that he received Palestinian assurances that no violence would occur, provided that Ariel Sharon not enter one of the mosques. [26] Shlomo Ben-Ami (born July 17, 1943) is an Israeli diplomat, politician and author. ...
On September 29, 2000, the day after Sharon's visit, following Friday prayers, large riots broke out around the Old City of Jerusalem. After Palestinians on the Temple Mount threw rocks over the Western Wall at Jewish worshipers and tourists below, wounding the district police commander, Israeli police stormed the Temple Mount and fired rubber-coated steel bullets at the rioters, killing four Palestinian youths and wounding as many as 200.[27] Another three Palestinians were killed in the Old City and on the Mount of Olives[28]. By the end of the day, 7 Palestinians lay dead, and some 300 had been wounded [29]. 70 Israeli policemen were also injured in the clashes.[30] [31] is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Old City of Jerusalem is an approximately one square kilometer area of the modern day Israeli city of Jerusalem. ...
The Temple Mount A reconstruction of Herods Temple in Jerusalem. ...
The Western Wall by night. ...
The Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, overlooking the Old City The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, Hebrew: ‎, Har HaZeitim; Arabic: ‎, Jebel ez-Zeitun, Jebel et-Tur, Mount of the Summit) is a mountain ridge to the east of Jerusalem. ...
In the days that followed, demonstrations erupted all over the West Bank and Gaza, as violence escalated. In the first five days, at least 47 Palestinians were shot dead, and 1885 were wounded, as a result of both live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets used by the Israeli police.[32] In the West Bank city of Qalqilyah, a Palestinian police officer working with Israeli police on a joint patrol opened fire and killed his Israeli counterpart Supt. Yosef Tabeja,[33] an Israel Border Police officer. Not to be confused with the Spanish name Garza or the Egyptian town of Giza. ...
Qalqilyah (Arabic قلقيلية ; Standard Hebrew קלקיליה Qalqilya) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. ...
The Israel Border Police (Hebrew: משמר הגבול, Mishmar HaGvul) is the combat branch of the Israeli Police. ...
According to the New York Times, many in the Arab world, including Egyptians, Palestinians, Lebanese and Jordanians, point to Sharon's visit as the beginning of the Second intifada and derailment of the peace process.[34]
October 2000 events -
The 'October 2000 events' refers to several days of disturbances and clashes inside Israel, mostly between Arab citizens and Israel Police. 13 Arab citizens of Israel and a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip were killed by the Police, while a Jewish citizen was killed when his car was hit by a rock on the Tel-Aviv-Haifa freeway. The October 2000 events is a term used to describe several days of protests in northern Israel that soon escalated into clashes between Arab citizens of Israel and Israel Police. ...
Arab citizens of Israel, Arabs of Israel or Arab population of Israel are terms used by Israeli authorities and Israeli Hebrew-speaking media to refer to non-Jewish Arabs who are citizens of the State of Israel. ...
Israeli Police logo The Israel Police (משטרת ישר×ל Mishteret Yisrael) is a civilian force in the State of Israel. ...
Highway 2 (Hebrew: , Kvish 2) is an Israeli highway located on the coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea. ...
A general strike and demonstrations across northern Israel began on October 1 and continued for several days. In some cases, the demonstrations escalated into clashes with the Israeli Police involving rock-throwing, firebombing, and live-fire. Policemen used tear-gas and opened fire with rubber-coated bullets and later live ammunition in some instances, many times in contravention with police protocol governing riot-dispersion, which was directly linked with many of the deaths by the Or Commission. Israeli Police logo The Israel Police (משטרת ישר×ל Mishteret Yisrael) is a civilian force in the State of Israel. ...
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The Or Commission (Hebrew: ועדת ×ור; the full name is ועדת החקירה הממלכתית לבירור ×”×”×ª× ×’×©×•×™×•×ª בין כוחות הביטחון לבין ××–×¨×—×™× ×™×©×¨××œ×™× ×‘×וקטובר 2000) was an Israeli panel of inquiry appointed to investigate the issue of Israeli police treatment of Arabs. ...
On October 8, thousands of Jewish Israelis participated in violent acts in Nazareth and Tel Aviv, some throwing stones at Arabs, destroying Arab property and chanting "Death to Arabs".[35] Hebrew (Natzrat or Natzeret) Arabic الناصرة (an-NÄá¹£ira) Government City District North Population 64,800[1] Metropolitan Area: 185,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 14 200 dunams (14. ...
Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...
Following the riots, there was a high degree of tension between Jewish and Arab citizens and distrust between the Arab citizens and police. An investigation committee, headed by Supreme Court Justice Theodor Or, reviewed the violent riots and found that the police were poorly prepared to handle such riots and charged major officers with bad conduct. The Or Commission reprimanded Prime Minister Ehud Barak and recommended Shlomo Ben-Ami (then the Internal Security Minister) not serve again as Minister of Public Security. The committee also blamed Arab leaders and Knesset members for contributing to inflaming the atmosphere and making the violence more severe. The Or Commission (Hebrew: ועדת ×ור; the full name is ועדת החקירה הממלכתית לבירור ×”×”×ª× ×’×©×•×™×•×ª בין כוחות הביטחון לבין ××–×¨×—×™× ×™×©×¨××œ×™× ×‘×וקטובר 2000) was an Israeli panel of inquiry appointed to investigate the issue of Israeli police treatment of Arabs. ...
Ehud Barak (Hebrew: ×ֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born Ehud Brog on February 12, 1942) is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense and leader of Israels Labor Party. ...
Shlomo Ben-Ami (born July 17, 1943) is an Israeli diplomat, politician and author. ...
Ramallah Lynchings and Israeli Response -
On October 12, two Israeli reservists who entered Ramallah were arrested by the PA police. An agitated Palestinian mob stormed the police station, beat the soldiers to death, and threw their mutilated bodies into the street from a second floor window. The killings were captured on video by an Italian TV crew and broadcast on TV; .[36][37] The brutality of the killings shocked the Israeli public[38] and were condemned by Palestinian leaders. One of the lynchers waving his blood-stained hands from the window On October 12, 2000, two Israeli soldiers (Vadim Nurzhitz and Yossi Avrahami[1]), entered Ramallah and were arrested by the Palestinian Authority police. ...
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Arabic رام الله Founded in 16th century Government City (from 1995) Governorate Ramallah & Al-Bireh Population 23,347 (2006) Jurisdiction 16,344 dunams (16. ...
In response, Israel launched a series of retaliatory air strikes against the Palestinian Authority.
2001 Ariel Sharon, at the time from the Likud party, ran against Ehud Barak from the Labour party. Sharon was elected Israeli Prime Minister in February in the 2001 special election to the Prime Ministership. (Hebrew: , also known by his diminutive Arik ×ָרִיק) (born February 27, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and general. ...
Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a centre-right political party in Israel. ...
Ehud Barak (Hebrew: ×ֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born Ehud Brog on February 12, 1942) is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense and leader of Israels Labor Party. ...
Labour or Labor, (Hebrew: העבודה, ha-`AvÅdÄh) is a political party in Israel. ...
Prime Ministerial elections were held in Israel on 6 February 2001, following the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Barak of the Israeli Labour Party. ...
On May 7, 2001, the IDF naval commandos captured the vessel Santorini, which sailed in international waters towards Palestinian Authority-controlled Gaza. The ship was laden with weaponry. The Israeli investigation that followed alleged that the shipment had been purchased by Ahmed Jibril's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC). The ship's value and that of its cargo was estimated at $10 million. The crew was reportedly planning to unload the cargo of weapons filled barrels — carefully sealed and waterproofed along with their contents — at a prearranged location off the Gaza coast, where the Palestinian Authority would recover them. is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Shayetet 13 ( שייטת 13 ) is the Israeli naval commando elite special forces unit. ...
The Santorini is or was a ship which was captured in 2002 by the Israeli Shayetet 13 (13th Flotilla (Naval Commando Unit)). See http://www. ...
Ahmed Jibril Ahmed Jibril (born 1928) is the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC), part of the left-wing, secular Palestinian rejectionist front, so-called because they reject proposals for a peaceful settlement with Israel. ...
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (الجبهة الشعبية لتØرير Ùلسطين - القيادة العامة) is a left-wing Palestinian nationalist organization, backed by Syria. ...
On June 1, 2001, a Hamas suicide bomber detonated himself in the Tel Aviv coastline Dolphinarium dancing club. Twenty-one Israeli civilians, most of them high school students, were killed. The attack significantly hampered American attempts to negotiate cease-fire. is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Hamas (; acronym: , or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement[1]) is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist[2][3] militant organization and political party. ...
A suicide attack is an attack on a military or civilian target, in which an attacker intends to kill others, knowing that he or she will either certainly or most likely die in the process (see suicide). ...
Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...
The Dolphinarium Massacre was a suicide bombing carried out by a Hamas militant in a discotheque near the dolphinarium in Tel-Aviv, Israel on June 1, 2001. ...
2002 In January, 2002, the IDF Shayetet 13 naval commando captured the Karine A, a large boat carrying weapons from Iran presumably intended to be used by Palestinian militants against Israel. It was discovered that top officials in the Palestinian Authority were involved in the smuggling. Israel claims that Yasser Arafat also was involved, a claim accepted by the Bush Administration. Emblem of the IDF The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ...
Shayetet 13 ( שייטת 13 ) is the Israeli naval commando elite special forces unit. ...
The Karin A (also Karine A) was a 4,000 ton freighter intercepted by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on January 3, 2002 carrying a wide variety of weapons. ...
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George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
A spate of suicide bombings launched against Israel elicited a military response. A suicide bombing dubbed the Passover Massacre (30 Israeli civilians were killed at Park hotel, Netanya) climaxed a bloody month of April 2002 (more than 130 Israelis, mostly civilians, killed in attacks). Israel launched Operation Defensive Shield. The operation led to the apprehension of many members of militant groups, as well as their weaponry and equipment. The Netanya suicide attack (also known as the Netanya bombing and the Passover massacre) was a Palestinian suicide bombing in Park Hotel at Netanya on March 27, 2002. ...
Early morning in Netanya, Israel Netanya (Hebrew: × Ö°×ªÖ·× Ö°×™Ö¸×”, Standard Hebrew NÉ™tanya) is a city in the Center District of Israel and is the capital of the Sharon plain. ...
Combatants Israel (Israel Defense Forces) Fatah (Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades & Tanzim) Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Palestinian security forces Commanders Aluf Itzhak Eitan (Central commander) Strength Golani Brigade, Nahal Brigade, Paratroopers Brigade, 5th Reserve Infantry Brigade, 408th Reserve Infantry Brigade, Jerusalem Brigade(reserve), Shayetet 13, Armor and Engineering forces. ...
The UN estimated that 497 Palestinians were killed and 1,447 wounded during the IDF reoccupation of Palestinian areas between 1 March through 7 May and in the immediate aftermath. An estimated 70-80 Palestinians, including approximately 50 civilians, were killed in Nablus. Four IDF soldiers were killed there.[39] is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Jenin -
 IDF Caterpillar D9 armoured bulldozers have won the battle of Jenin for the Israelis, after they cleared Palestinian explosive traps, razed buildings and were impervious to Palestinian attacks. Between April 2nd and 11th, a siege and fierce fighting took place in Jenin, a Palestinian refugee camp. The Jenin battle became a flashpoint for both sides. During the IDF's operations in the camp, Palestinian sources alleged that a massacre of hundreds people had taken place. In the ensuing controversy, the United Nations issued a report that found no evidence of hundreds of deaths, and criticized both sides for placing Palestinian civilians at risk.[40][41][42] However, based on their own investigations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch charged that IDF personnel in Jenin had committed war crimes. Both human rights organizations called for official inquiries; the IDF disputed the charges. After the battle, most sources, including the Palestinian Authority, placed the Palestinian death toll between 52 and 56.[43] The IDF reported that 23 Israeli soldiers were killed.[44][45][46] The Battle of Jenin took place in April 2002 in Jenins Palestinian refugee camp as part of Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale military operation conducted by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the largest conducted in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. ...
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces (army, air force and navy). ...
The Caterpillar D9 is a large track-type tractor designed and manufactured by Caterpillar Inc. ...
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In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ...
The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ...
Bethlehem In late April 2 to May 10, a stand-off developed between armed Fatah militants and the IDF at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Despite the code of conduct demanding respect for holy sites and Israel's controversial Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel, Section 3: Protection of Holy Places, the stand-off could not be resolved, and after significant delay, IDF snipers killed 7 people inside the church and wounded more than 40 people. The stand-off was resolved by the deportation of 13 Palestinian militants whom the IDF has identified as terrorists to Europe, and the IDF ended its 38 day stand-off with the militants inside the church. is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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View of The Church of the Nativity from Manger Square The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world. ...
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The Jerusalem Law is a common name of Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel passed by the Israeli Knesset on July 30, 1980 (17th Av, 5740). ...
The Jerusalem Law is a common name of Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel passed by the Israeli Knesset on July 30, 1980 (17th Av, 5740). ...
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2003 Following an Israeli intelligence report stating that Yasir Arafat paid $20,000 to al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the United States demanded democratic reforms in the Palestinian Authority, as well the appointment of a prime minister independent of Arafat. On 13 March 2003, following U.S. pressure, Arafat appointed the moderate Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian prime minister. For other uses, see al-Aqsa (disambiguation). ...
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Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: ) (born March 26, 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (ابو مازن), was elected President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on January 9, 2005, and took office on January 15, 2005. ...
Following the appointment of Abbas, the U.S. administration promoted the Road map for peace — the Quartet's plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by disbanding militant organizations, halting settlement activity and establishing a democratic and peaceful Palestinian state. The first phase of the plan demanded that the PA suppress guerrilla and terrorist attacks and confiscate illegal weapons. Unable or unwilling to confront militant organizations and risk civil war, Abbas tried to reach a temporary cease-fire agr
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