THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST 2005 |
"Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. "( Zechariah 12: 2-4 )
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Dec.29 -- 2005 :Suicide bombing kills 3 in West Bank
-- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest near an Israeli army vehicle Thursday in the West Bank, killing three people and wounding nine, authorities said
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Dec.05 -- 2005 :Bomber kills 5 at Israeli mall
-- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A suicide bomber killed five people and injured 35 others -- 14 seriously -- in an attack outside a shopping mall in the northern Israeli city of Netanya, police said Monday
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Nov.14 -- 2005 :Rice: Gaza border deal 'in sight' --
Israeli forces kill Hamas leader in Nablus
-- RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- Israeli and Palestinian officials are nearing an agreement to ease restrictions at Gaza's border with Egypt, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Monday after meeting with leaders of both sides. More
Oct. 26 -- 2005 :At least four killed in Israel blast --
Thirty others wounded; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility
-- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- An explosion in the Israeli coastal city of Hadera killed at least four people and wounded 30 others Wednesday, Israel ambulance service officials said.
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Oct. 17 -- 2005 : Terror groups
target Sharon -- Qassam rockets aimed at ranch,
'every Jew' must leave 'Palestine'-- JERUSALEM – Palestinian terror organizations have detailed maps of Jewish neighborhoods and will fire rockets directly at Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's ranch, and at homes in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the West Bank, Mohamed Abdel-Al, spokesman of the Popular Resistance Committees, told WorldNetDaily today in an exclusive interview.
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Sept.26 -- 2005 : Israeli jets target Gaza -- Operations continue after Hamas announces halt to attacks-- GAZA CITY (AP) -- Israeli aircraft attacked suspected weapons factories throughout Gaza Monday, pushing forward with an offensive against Palestinian militants despite a pledge by a top Hamas leader to halt rocket fire against Israel.
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Sept.24 -- 2005 : IAF strike on Gaza cars kills four Hamas members
-- The Israel Defense Forces confirmed it carried out an air strike on two vehicles driving in Gaza City on Saturday. Four Hamas members were killed and nine other people were wounded, Palestinian doctors and Hamas officials said.
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Sept.11 -- 2005 : Israel declares end to Gaza rule
-- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel's Cabinet has voted against demolishing the synagogues in the now-emptied Jewish settlements in Gaza, according to an adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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Aug 28 -- 2005 : Officials: Suicide bomber injures 21 in Israel
-- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Twenty-one people were wounded Sunday, two seriously, in a suicide bombing at a central bus station in the southern Israeli town of Beersheba, Israeli officials said.
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Aug 22 -- 2005 : Israel emptying final Gaza settlement
-- Israeli security forces today began entering Netzarim -- the final Jewish settlement left in Gaza -- as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's pullout from the Palestinian territory entered its final stage, an Israeli spokesman said. Netzarim, in the heart of Gaza, is the 21st settlement to be evacuated. The process of removing the settlers was expected to be completed today.
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Aug 19 -- 2005 : Israeli troops evacuating Gadid --
Gaza pullout will pause for Sabbath
-- GADID, Gaza (CNN) -- Israeli troops on Friday used bulldozers to break through flaming barricades and enter the settlement of Gadid to evacuate residents and protesters, the only evacuation planned before a temporary pause in the Gaza disengagement for the Jewish Sabbath.
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Aug 16 -- 2005 : Israeli forces arrest 50 at Gaza settlement-- NEVEH DEKALIM SETTLEMENT, Gaza (CNN) -- As a midnight deadline to voluntarily leave Gaza approached, Israeli police arrested about 50 protesters Tuesday at the settlement of Neveh Dekalim, Israeli security sources said.
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Aug 15 -- 2005 : Historic Gaza pullout begins
-- Israel officially began its historic pullout from Gaza Sunday night at the stroke of midnight (5 p.m. ET). The Kissufim Crossing was closed as part of the military ceremony marking the beginning of its pullout from Gaza. But the looming possibility of violence from settlers and their ultranationalist supporters on one side, and Palestinian militant groups on the other, threatened to overshadow the optimism that the move could help the peace process.
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Aug 14 -- 2005 : Security alert for Gaza withdrawal --
Palestinians brace for trouble as Jews begin to leave their homes
-- GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Despite complaints about a lack of equipment, Palestinian Authority security forces Saturday were on high alert, stationed outside settlements across Gaza to prevent violence as the withdrawal of Israeli troops and thousands of Jewish settlers begins Sunday at midnight More
Aug 07 -- 2005 : Israel's Netanyahu resigns Cabinet post
-- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resigned from the Cabinet Sunday just minutes before it approved the plan to withdraw all troops and settlements from Gaza, political sources said.
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Aug 04 -- 2005 : Israel soldier lynched after killing four in Gaza pullout row
-- A teenage Israeli soldier shot dead four people in a blazing row over the country's imminent withdrawal from Gaza before being lynched by furious residents of an Arab-Israeli town.
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July 16 -- 2005 : Days of escalating Mideast violence risk splintering truce-- Heavy violence risked splintering a teetering truce as Israeli helicopters again hit Palestinian targets and Islamist militants fired retaliatory rockets, a month before Israel's pullout from Gaza
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July 15 -- 2005 : Israel strikes target Hamas militants --
Palestinian security minister declares state of emergency in Gaza
-- GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Near-simultaneous Israeli airstrikes Friday in Gaza and the West Bank killed seven members of Hamas, Palestinian sources said.
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June 26 -- 2005 : Deadly Palestinian ambush portends collapse of militant ceasfire
-- A deadly Palestinian shooting attack that killed an Israeli youth and a subsequent sweep of arrests by the Israeli army has buffeted an already brittle truce and raised fears of a new cycle of bloodshed.
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June 06 -- 2005 : PA's Abbas blames Israel for unrest on Temple Mount
-- Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of bearing responsibility for violent clashes between police and Arab worshippers on the Temple Mount on Monday.
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May 02 -- 2005 :Palestinian man, Israeli soldier killed in shootout
-- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A Palestinian man and an Israeli soldier were killed early Monday in a shootout during an Israeli military operation near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, a spokeswoman for the Israel Defense Forces said.
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Apr.10 -- 2005 :Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians --
Conflicting reports on what teenagers were doing
-- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinian teenagers who were apparently playing soccer in the Rafah refugee camp Saturday, Palestinian security sources said.
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Apr.09 -- 2005 :Militants Fire Rocket Into Israel Despite Truce-- GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen fired a rocket into Israel on Thursday in the first such incident since January, when Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took power and persuaded militants to accept a ceasefire.
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Feb.25 -- 2005 :Tel Aviv suicide bomb kills 3
-- A suicide bombing outside a nightclub in a popular beachfront area of Tel Aviv has killed three people and injured at least 50, Israeli police say.
The blast marked the end of almost four months without a suicide bombing in Israel.
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Jan.19 -- 2005 :Bomber strikes as Abbas urges end to violence
-- GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Shortly after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Gaza City on Tuesday to encourage Palestinian militants to cease attacks against Israelis, a Hamas-dispatched suicide bomber set off a blast in the area.
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Jan.16 -- 2005 :Israel orders crackdown; PLO calls for end to violence
-- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered the suspension of all contacts with the Palestinian Authority on Friday, following an attack by Palestinian gunmen that killed six Israelis civilians, Israeli officials said.
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Jan.14 -- 2005 :Sharon suspends contacts with Palestinian Authority -- Move follows attack that killed 6 civilians-- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered the suspension of all contacts with the Palestinian Authority on Friday, following an attack by Palestinian gunmen that killed six Israelis civilians, Israeli officials said.
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Jan.14 -- 2005 :Israel: Palestinian gunmen kill 6 Israelis
-- GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Three Palestinian militants blew a hole through a door at the Karni crossing that separates Israel and northern Gaza, stormed into the Israeli side and opened fire in an attack that killed six Israeli civilians and wounded five others, according to an Israel Defense Forces statement.
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Jan.12 -- 2005 : Israeli Choppers Fire Missiles Into Gaza City
-- GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli helicopters fired two missiles at a target south of Gaza City (search) early Wednesday, residents and Palestinian security officials said, and Israeli tanks moved into the city.
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Jan.04 -- 2005 : Clash leaves 7 Palestinians dead --
Israel says tank fired in response to mortar attack
-- GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli tank fire in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya Tuesday morning, Palestinian medical officials said. More
ANTI-ISRAELI NEWSCOVERAGE ?
I received the following email from 'The Temple Institute' the other day: A(nother) case of anti-Israeli newscoverage ?
The New York Times exposed.
You need to look at the attached picture before you read this!
Subject: To the Editor
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 00:15:07 -0500
From: aaronnoach aaronnoach@21stcentury.net
To: letters@nytimes.com
Regarding your picture on page A5 (Sept. 30) of the Israeli soldier and the Palestinian on the Temple Mount - that Palestinian is actually my son , Tuvia Grossman, a Jewish student from Chicago. He, and two of his friends, were pulled from their taxicab while travelling in Jerusalem, by a mob of Palestinian Arabs and were severely beaten and stabbed.
That picture could not have been taken on the Temple Mount because there are no gas stations on the Temple Mount and certainly none with Hebrew lettering, like the one clearly seen behind the Israeli soldier attempting to protect my son from the mob.
Aaron Grossman, M.D.
6737 N Richmond
Chicago, IL 60645
(773) ###-####
Subject: (no subject)
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:54:39 EDT
From: Heshygiss@aol.com
To: letters@nytimes.com
CC: aaronnoach@21stcentury.net, JPeditor@aol.com
Dear Editor,
Even the typically biased and slanted NY Times middle east reporting has hit a new low. Since the Times wishes to convey the belief that the Palestinians are all innocent lambs being tormented by an aggressive oppressor, it can not even conceive that the wounded and injured are NOT Palestinians. The current case in point is very personal to me. In the Saturday's Times on page A6, the picture of the "wounded Palestinian" is, in fact, my nephew, Tuvia Grossman, an AMERICAN Jewish student learning in Israel. His only crime was being Jewish. He was not in "crossfire" but merely the target of Palestinian lambs who stoned his cab, dragged him from the vehicle, smashed his head with stones and stabbed him in the leg. The Israeli soldier, whom you obviously wished to portray as victimizing the poor, wounded Palestinian was actually saving my nephew's life. A casual look at the background of the picture can tell anyone that it's not the Temple Mount at all. I believe that a retraction, in a prominent position in the paper, is necessary and an apology to the parents, forthcoming.
Howard Gissinger
2809 Avenue S
Brooklyn, New York 11229
718-###-####
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