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Jerusalem Chronology suit in Israeli courts demanding the Jerusalem removal of the checkpoint. The complainants argued that their land falls inside the expanded Jerusalem municipal Chronology borders, while the checkpoint separates (June - September, 2002) them from services and rights they have as Jerusalem ID carriers. June 2 In response, the Israeli court ordered Palestinian eyewitnesses reported that attorneys for the state to submit a the Israeli government began erecting a document outlining changes to be carried fence around 115 dunams of Palestinian out at the checkpoint between 7 May and land in the northern hills of Jabal 10 June. Israeli army officials had argued Al-Mukkaber in East Jerusalem. The land in court that they planned to facilitate is to be used to construct a new settlement passage for Jerusalem residents living project of 200 housing units and a six- beyond the checkpoint and that those story hotel overlooking Jerusalem. Israeli changes had already begun on the ground. authorities ratified the project in 1994. The (PR) same day, Israeli bulldozers also leveled June 10 some 120 dunams belonging to citizens from Al Sawahra Sharkiya, another Israeli police closed down the Jerusalem suburb. Authorities claim that headquarters of the union of chambers of the land belongs to Jews. (Al-Ayyam, PR) commerce in East Jerusalem, claiming that it carries out activities connected to the June 4 Palestinian Authority. During the raid, Residents of East Jerusalem's Essawiyeh police also arrested Legislative Council neighborhood were handed orders from member Ahmad Zghayyar, the head of the the Israeli authorities informing them that union and several employees. They also a piece of land belonging to the Dari and confiscated papers and documents from Dirbass families was to be taken and used the office. Zghayyar was released hours temporarily for "military purposes." Thirty later (Al-Quds). of a total of 170 dunams belonging to the June 12 two families was also to be confiscated. The families expressed fears that the In the name of Jerusalem merchants and land would be permanently expropriated with the authorization of concerned after two years, once this order expires. Jerusalem resident Amal Nashashibi, (PR) Attorney Husam Younis sent a letter to Israeli Mayor Ehud Olmert calling on him June 10 to address the theft of old stones from East Lawyers representing a number of the Jerusalem. The lawyer was particularly 15,000 Jerusalem residents who live in the concerned about stones taken from four quarters of Sameer Amis, Kufr Aqab, sidewalks on Salah Eddin Street during the the "Airport" and the Zghayar municipality's recent renovations. While neighborhood, all falling on the Ramallah the sidewalk has been fixed, the stones side of the Qalandiya checkpoint, filed a have now disappeared. Younis believes 61 Spring.p65 61 13/09/23, 12:33 ã that the stones were sold to West and detonated a bomb in the crowd. The Jerusalem buyers at a high price. Younis, bombing was claimed by Fateh's Al-Aqsa merchant representatives and Amal Martyr's Brigades. (Herald Tribune) Nashashibi have met repeatedly with June 26 Israeli municipality officials, including its legal advisor Shalom Goldstein, asking Groups of European civilians who them to stop the theft of the ancient stones. intended to participate in a human chain Younis says they were told that that the event in Jerusalem were turned back at thieves were Arab, indicating that the Ben Gurion Airport on 26 June by Israeli municipality had full knowledge of the authorities. According to the disappearing stones. (PR) internationals, Israeli airport officials told them, "participating in the human chain is June 18 a non-sufficient reason for entering Hamas' Izzedin Qassem Brigades Israel." The group says it had previously claimed responsibility for a massive obtained official permission for the explosion killing 18, detonated on a bus initiative. While many Italian citizens outside the Israeli settlement of Gilo and were forced to take a flight back to Italy, carried by Mohammed Hazza' Kayed Al- some 15 were made to spend the night in a Ghoul, 24, from Far'a village near Jenin. locked room at the airport. The human Al-Ghoul, killed in the attack, was a chain, organized by the Israeli-Palestinian graduate of the Islamic Religious Studies Peoples' Peace Campaign, is currently on Department in Nablus' Al-Najah hold. European diplomatic sources say the University. The evening of the bombing, Israeli interior ministry has decided to ban the Israeli army invaded the city of Jenin all international citizens from taking part and took up positions around the city and in the event (IPPPP). refugee camp. Israeli troops also entered July 8 the entire town of Nablus in the northern West Bank and began to make arrests and Bilateral meetings were held in occupy buildings in the city. Jerusalem between Israeli foreign minister Some 50 Palestinians published an Shimon Peres and newly appointed appeal in the newspaper Al-Quds in Palestinian finance minister Salam opposition to attacks on Israeli civilians Fayyad. The agenda included the inside Israel proper. The appeal met with Palestinian economy and easing of scathing opposition from Palestinian Palestinian daily life. One day later, new Islamist groups, as well as many Palestinian interior minister Abdel Razzaq individuals who said that the appeal Al-Yehiya and local government minister should have equally condemned Israeli Saeb Erekat met with Peres and other killing of Palestinian civilians. (Ha'aretz) Israeli officials to discuss "broader issues." Erekat said Palestinians demanded an June 19 Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian cities, Seven Israelis were killed when an end to the siege, a release of Palestinian Palestinian man on foot approached a Authority funds and a return to peace hitchhiking post in the East Jerusalem process negotiations. Israel did proceed to settlement neighborhood of French Hill announce plans to release confiscated 62 Spring.p65 62 13/09/23, 12:33 ã Palestinian Authority tax money of a will deal with a specific area including the reported NIS 2 billion or $44 million on private sector, economic transparency, condition that the funds are not used to civil society, local governance, the "finance terror." The funds have been judiciary and the rebuilding and withheld since the start of the Intifada. restructuring of Palestinian Authority (Al-Hayat al-Jadida, Al-Quds) ministries. The committee in charge of the July 9 teams is comprised of the Quartet, the World Bank, the International Monetary Israeli border police padlocked the Fund, Norway and Japan. (Al-Ayyam) offices of Al-Quds University in Jerusalem on 9 July, ordering its staff to go home. August 1 The order came from Israeli Public A Palestinian left an innocuous-looking Security Minister Uzi Landau, who bag on the floor of a cafeteria in claimed that the university was "part of the Jerusalem's Hebrew University and long arm of the Palestinian Authority departed. Moments later, the bomb inside operating against the law" in Jerusalem. exploded, killing seven people and The university's president, Sari Nusseibeh, injuring dozens more. Five of the dead is also the Palestine Liberation were American citizens. The Federal Organization's representative in Jerusalem. Bureau of Investigations has reportedly Eventually, the university was reopened sent agents to Israel to investigate the when Nusseibeh promised not to conduct bombing and to help in capturing the PLO business on school grounds. perpetrator. Hamas claimed the attack in (Ha'aretz, Al-Quds) retaliation for the assassination of its July 10 military leader Salah Shehadeh and 14 other civilians two weeks ago in Gaza. Palestinian sources say that the United (AP) States Consulate in Jerusalem has invited 20 unnamed Palestinian figures to travel to August 4 Washington and meeting with President A young Palestinian man shot and killed George W. Bush. The sources say that an Israeli telephone security guard waiting some of these figures are members of the in a truck near the Old City's Damascus Legislative Council. According to the Gate. The Israeli, the gunman, and a Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv, there have been Palestinian bystander were killed and 14 US-Israeli contacts to formulate a secret others wounded in the incident. (JMCC) list of Palestinians for negotiations and to August 5 push forward internal reforms (KNA). A meeting was reportedly held in July 20 Jerusalem between interior minister Abdel Western diplomatic sources reported that Razzaq Al-Yahyia and Israeli defense several international teams were on their minister Benjamin Ben Eliezer. The way to the Palestinian territories to follow meeting was also attended by Palestinian up on non-security reforms recently intelligence director Amin Al-Hindi and conducted by the Palestinian Authority. Mohammed Dahlan, Arafat's security The first meeting of these teams was to be advisor. Israeli military radio said that Ben held in Jerusalem on 22 July. Each of team Eliezer proposed a security plan 63 Spring.p65 63 13/09/23, 12:33 ã stipulating Israel's withdrawal from second anniversary of Ariel Sharon's Palestinian territories and banning attacks controversial visit to the site was to be on Israelis. The meeting also discussed attended by Israeli ministers and Knesset unifying all Palestinian security services members. (Al-Ayyam) under Al-Yehya's leadership. September 10 (Al-Hayat al-Jadida) Dozens of right wing Israeli settlers took August 25 over a Palestinian home in Jabal Approximately 60,000 people, most of Al-Mukabar, East Jerusalem, claiming it them from inside Israel, rallied in as their own. The settlers from a group Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to called Elad, say they bought the home five protect the mosque and renovate Islamic years ago. When the Palestinian family holy sites. The gathering was organized by brought the incursion to the attention of the Islamic Movement within Israel and the police, they were asked to provide was held at the conclusion of a campaign proof of ownership, and the Israeli courts to raise money for the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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