JPS189 15 Chronology 1..41
Chronology 16 MAY–15 AUGUST 2018 COMPILED BY PAUL KAROLYI This is part 139 of a chronology begun in JPS 13, no. 3 (Spring 1984). Chronology dates reflect North American Eastern Standard Time. For a more comprehensive overview of regional and international developments related to Israel and the Palestinians, see the quarterly Update on Conflict and Diplomacy in JPS 48 (1). 16 MAY 2018 approximately 400 grapevines in a Palestinian Along Gaza’sborderfence, unidentified vineyard near Hebron. In East Jerusalem, Palestinians open fire on Israel Defense Israeli forces arrest 4 Palestinians during a Forces (IDF) patrols near Jabaliya refugee raid in Silwan. (WAFA 5/16; HA, JP, TOI, camp causing no injuries. Israeli tanks then YA 5/17; PCHR 5/17; PCHR 5/24) shell several Hamas posts near the border Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales and fence, causing damage. Later, Palestinians fire Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu attend the machinegunsacrosstheborderintoIsrael, inauguration of the new Guatemalan embassy this time causing minor damage to an Israeli in Jerusalem. “My next trip through Latin home near Sderot. The IDF then bombs America goes through Guatemala,” Netanyahu Hamas sites in northern Gaza, including an says. (HA, JP, TOI, YA 5/16) alleged weapons production facility, causing The Egyptian authorities keep the Rafah an unclear amount of damage (see Update). border crossing open for the fourth consecutive Separately, IDF troops violently disperse day, despite their initial plans to keep it closed Palestinians gathering along the border fence today (see Update). (AP 5/18) to protest and throw stones near al-Bureij refugee camp, Gaza City, and Khan Yunis; 4 Palestinians are injured.
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