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(Winter 2006), Pp. 208-228 Stable Chronology Author(s): Michele K. Esposito Source: Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Winter 2006), pp. 208-228 Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the Institute for Palestine Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/jps.2006.35.2.208 . Accessed: 06/03/2015 14:59 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. University of California Press and Institute for Palestine Studies are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Palestine Studies. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 66.134.128.11 on Fri, 6 Mar 2015 14:59:49 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions CHRONOLOGY 16 AUGUST–15 NOVEMBER 2005 COMPILED BY MICHELE K. ESPOSITO This section is part eighty-four of a chronology begun in JPS 13, no. 3 (Spring 1984). Chronology dates reflect Eastern Standard Time (EST). For a more comprehensive overview of events related to the al-Aqsa intifada and of regional and international developments related to the peace process, see the Quarterly Update on Conflict and Diplomacy in this issue. 16 AUGUST 17 AUGUST At midnight local time, the grace period Before dawn the IDF moves troops into runs out for Jewish settlers in Gaza to Gaza en masse to begin the forcible evacu- withdraw voluntarily in compliance with ation of Jewish settlers and disengage- Israeli PM Ariel Sharon’s disengage- ment protesters who have not yet left, ment plan; at least 50% of the estimated begins demolishing settler homes in n. 8,500 settlers have already left, including Gaza. By the end of the day, evacuations all settlers fr. Dugit (est. 1990, pop. 70, of Bedolah (est. 1986, pop. 220, size 1,456 size 245 dunams [d.; 4 d. = 1 acre].), d., hrs. to evac. 6), Ganei Tal (est. 1979, pop. Nisanit (est. 1980, pop. 1,100, size 1,610 d.), 350, size 2,050 d., hrs. to evac. 11), Kerem Pe’at Sadeh (est. 1989, pop. 110, size 935 Atzmona (est. 2001, pop. 24, hrs. to evac. d.), Rafiah Yam (est. 1984, pop. 130, size 6), Morag (est. 1972, pop. 220, size 1,300 d., 574 d.), Shalev (est. 2001, pop. 50). Gaza hrs. to evac. 7), Tal Katifa (est. 1992, pop. 60, and the n. West Bank remain closed military size 183 d., hrs. to evac. 5) are completed; zones to Israelis for the duration of disen- most residents of Gadid leave voluntarily. gagement (see 6/30, 8/15). Israel Defense Settlers in Atzmona agree to evacuate vol- Forces (IDF) soldiers prepare to forcibly untarily by 8/21, those in Netzarim by 8/22. remove the settlers who remain and the es- Settlers who have not arranged their evacu- timated 5,000 disengagement protesters ation with the government will be housed (mostly West Bank settler youth) who snuck temporarily in hotels, mobile homes: e.g., into the Strip. Meanwhile in Gaza, the IDF more than half of Morag’s settlers take searches Palestinian homes nr. Bayt Lahiya, in up temporary residence in the West Bank Wadi al-Silqa; occupies a Palestinian home in settlement of Ofra; Israel’s Jerusalem mu- Dayr al-Balah as an observation post. Jewish nicipality temporarily houses 1,000 Neve settlers fr. Gaza’s Gush Katif bloc, burn ani- Dekalim settlers who have left voluntarily mal food storage bins in al-Mawasi. In Khan in a Jerusalem hotel. Generally there is lit- Yunis, 1,000s of Hamas supporters rally tle strong resistance; the IDF optimistically to celebrate the pending disengagement. says it hopes that the evacuations could be In the West Bank, the IDF detains, beats completed within days instead of wks., as a 16-yr.-old Palestinian who throws stones earlier estimated. During the day, some scuf- at troops outside Tulkarm; conducts arrest fles btwn. soldiers, settlers are reported; in raids, house searches in villages around He- some areas settlers set fire to tires and in bron and in Qabatya nr. Jenin; demolishes garbage bins to prevent soldiers fr. entering an animal farm outside Hebron for construc- settlements; at least 2 settlers set fire to their tion of the separation wall; occupies 1 homes before leaving. In Morag, a female Palestinian home nr. Hebron, 1 nr. Tulkarm IDF soldier is stabbed with a syringe, lightly as observation posts. Jewish settlers fr. injured by a disengagement protester. (In the West Bank settlement of Homesh (to be total, 13 Israeli soldiers and police are evacuated under disengagement) occupy, lightly injured during the day.) Gaza set- vandalize 2 Palestinian homes nearby; the tlers and protesters also attack Palestinians: IDF removes them. (BBC, IMEMC, XIN 8/16; some 200 Kefar Darom settlers rampage PR 8/17; PCHR 8/18) through nearby Palestinian areas, set fire to Journal of Palestine Studies Vol. XXXV, No. 2 (Winter 2006), pp. 208–228, ISSN: 0377-919X, electronic ISSN: 1533-8614. C 2006 by the Institute for Palestine Studies. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press’s Rights and Permissions website, at http://www.ucpress.edu/journals/rights.htm. This content downloaded from 66.134.128.11 on Fri, 6 Mar 2015 14:59:49 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions CHRONOLOGY 209 a Palestinian house; 20 Neve Dekalim set- drawal. During the day, the evacuations of tlers march through al-Mawasi, spread nails Gan Or (est. 1983, pop. 350, size 1,692 d., on roads to damage Palestinian cars, try to hrs. to evac. 5), Kefar Darom (est. 1989, pop. provoke Palestinian residents (the IDF inter- 490, size 276 d., hrs. to evac. 12), Kefar Yam venes, removes the settlers); other Jewish (est. 1983, pop. 15, hrs. to evac. 3), Netzer settlers fire on Palestinian homes, vandalize Hazani (est. 1973, pop. 460, size 250 d., hrs. Palestinian greenhouses in the same area. to evac. 5), Neve Dekalim (est. 1983, pop. The IDF also demolishes a Palestinian 2,700, size 1,443 d., hrs. to evac. 35), Shirat home, conducts arrest raids in al-Mawasi. Hayam (est. 2001, pop. 40, hrs. to evac. 5) Meanwhile, Palestinians in Khan Yunis be- settlements are completed. An increasing gin returning to their homes on the edge number of settlers set fire to their homes of town facing the settlements, which they and to greenhouses as they leave to prevent had fled since the start of the intifada in them fr. being turned over to Palestinians. 9/00 because of IDF gunfire. Islamic Jihad For the 1st time, 1 armed resident in Kefar mbrs. in some 50 boats, carrying banners Yam, 4 armed disengagement protesters and weapons, hold a seaborne victory pa- in Shirat Hayam threaten to shoot IDF sol- rade off Gaza to celebrate disengagement. diers if they follow orders to remove settlers, Some disengagement protests in Israel turn but only if soldiers fire first; the incidents violent: a disengagement protester tosses defuse without violence. Some Shirat Hayam a grenade at an IDF checkpoint in s. Israel, residents also throw rocks at Palestinians in wounding 5 IDF soldiers;afemale set- Mawasi as they evacuate. In Kefar Darom, tler fr. Keddumim in the West Bank sets 65 resident families agree to leave, but as fire to herself during a demonstration in Ne- many as 2,000 outside protesters refuse, tivot, is seriously injured. In the West Bank, a many of them barricading themselves in- Jewish settler fr. Shvut Rachel steals a gun side and on the roof of a synagogue; for the fr. an Israeli security guard at the industrial 1st time during the disengagement, the IDF area of Shilo settlement, fires on Palestinian uses water cannons against protesters and 2 workers, killing 4 Palestinians, wounding IDF soldiers refuse to obey their orders, are 1. Sharon denounces the attack as “Jewish removed by fellow soldiers; 58 Israelis are in- terror”; Palestinian Authority (PA) PM jured in clearing the synagogue, including at Mahmud Abbas calls on Palestinian factions least 3 IDF soldiers, 27 border police (1 seri- to maintain calm, refrain fr. retaliation. At ously when he falls accidentally); protesters Sanur (to be evacuated under disengage- throw paint thinner at IDF Southern Com- ment), 600 Jewish settlers hold an antidis- mand chief Maj. Gen. Dan Harel, several engagement rally. The IDF conducts arrest soldiers. In Neve Dekalim, some 1,500 dis- raids, house searches in and around Hebron engagement protesters hole up in 2 syna- and in Nur al-Shams refugee camp (r.c.), gogues, refusing to leave even after residents Tulkarm. Also in Hebron, 4 bedouin chil- have voluntarily evacuated, but are eventu- dren herding goats are injured when they ally extracted. Jewish settlers in s. Gaza accidentally trigger an unexploded IDF phos- spread nails along the coastal road in al- phorus shell; the IDF says it uses the shells Mawasi to prevent movement of Palestinian only in training. A 9-yr.-old Palestinian vehicles. Meanwhile, Palestinians fire a dies of injuries received when she acciden- rocket at Netzarim (still inhabited), lightly tally triggered unexploded IDF ordnance nr. injuring an IDF soldier; 2 mortars at Ga- Karmil. (Arutz 7, BBC, HA, IMEMC, NYT, did settlement (still inhabited), 3 mortars REU, USA Today, WP, WT, YA 8/17; Voice at Morag (evacuated) causing no damage of Israel, VOP 8/17 in WNC 8/18; BBC, or injuries.
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