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       December 29, 1994 Israeli Government Chooses Settlements Over Peace
       December 30, 1994 Is the Israeli Government waiting for legal advice or is it playing with time?
       December 30, 1994 Violence in Al Khader
         January 2, 1995 Israeli Government Forbids Press Conference Organized by Land and Water Establishment
         January 3, 1995 Rabin Appeases the Settlers
         January 3, 1995 Clarification of what has been published by Yediot Aharonot related to Land and Water Establishment in Jerusalem
         January 6, 1995 Action Against Settlement Expansion Continues
         January 6, 1995 Land and Water Est. and Al Haq Meet with 28 Consular Officials
         January 9, 1995 Israeli Suppression of Peaceful Anti Settlement Activity Continues
        January 11, 1995 Israeli Military Officers and Settlers Disregard Decisions Made by their Own Court
        January 14, 1995 Statement by Advocate Shawqi Issa from the Land and Water Establishment Support the Land Defense Committees!
        January 17, 1995 Palestinian Landowners Evicted without Notice by Israeli Military Authorities
        January 20, 1995 Meeting between Arafat and Rabin a Disappointment
        January 20, 1995 Israeli Occupation Authorities Forbid Meetings
        January 25, 1995 Israel Continues to Establish Facts on the Ground
       February 25, 1995 Demonstration in Support of Sabri Garib Prevented by Police
           March 9, 1995 Open Letter to Warren Christopher from the Land Defense Committees
           March 9, 1995 Settlers and Military Working Together to Destroy the Peace Process Statement by the Land Defense Committees
           March 9, 1995 Land and Water Establishment Agrees to take Confiscation Cases to Court
           April 6, 1995 Israeli Authority Continues to Demolish Houses Cases in Hebron and in Jerusalem Itself
           April 6, 1995 Settler Land Grab Begins Again
            May 16, 1995 Arab Jerusalem Under Attack
            May 23, 1995 Statement of Land and Water Establishment on the Suspension of the Confiscation Orders of Lands in Bet Safafa and Bet Hanina.
            May 25, 1995 Continued Property Destruction 16 Houses Marked for Demolition in Jerusalem Area
           July 22, 1995 Land Confiscations Continue in the West Bank
           July 25, 1995 Demonstration in Al Khader Friday, 28 July at 12 00 PM
           July 26, 1995 El Khader Update
           July 28, 1995 El Khadr Residents and Israeli Peace Activists Challenge Settlement Expansion in El Khader
         August 17, 1995 East Jerusalem NGO Offices Searched
         August 18, 1995 Israeli Security Forces Walk in Unannounced to Land and Water Establishment
         August 24, 1995 Statement on By Pass Roads by Land and Water Establishment
         January 9, 1996 Fair Elections in Jeopardy
        January 11, 1996 Pressure Tactics Continue Against Candidates
          March 11, 1996 Statement on the Current Human Rights Situation in the West Bank
          March 13, 1996 Update on the Human Rights Situation in the West Bank
          March 15, 1996 Human Rights Alert #3 Death Toll Rises as a Direct Result of Siege
          March 18, 1996 Human Rights Update 16 18 March
          March 21, 1996 High Court Approves Seven House Demolitions; Three Homes Demolished, Two Sealed
          March 22, 1996 Human Rights Update 19 22 March Week Marked by House Demolitions and Threats of Deportation
          March 29, 1996 Correction about the New Road in Bethlehem
          March 30, 1996 Human Rights Update 22 29 March Week Marred by Mass Arrests of Students by Israeli Army
           April 1, 1996 Unexplained Fatal Shooting by Palestinian Security Forces
           April 3, 1996 Students March on Palestinian Council Meeting, Demand Meeting with Arafat
          April 12, 1996 Eight Homes Demolished in Hebron as Situation Continues to Deteriorate
          April 19, 1996 New Confiscations in Ramallah and Bethlehem; The Strangling Continues
          April 24, 1996 New Confiscations in Ramallah and Bethlehem to "Cleanse" Areas of West Bank
             May 1, 1996 Human Rights Update 13 April 25 April Occupation as Usual
             May 8, 1996 State Continues to Defy Court Order and Evict Jahalin
             May 9, 1996 300 Dunums Confiscated in Qalqilya in Further Efforts to Move Green Line
            May 13, 1996 Israeli High Court Approves Four House Demolitions in Anata Village
            May 15, 1996 Campaign to Save the Homes of Palestine
            May 17, 1996 Two More Homes Demolished, This Time in Village near Ramallah
            May 22, 1996 Noted Human Rights Activist Still Imprisoned and Under Interrogation by the Palestinian Authority
            May 22, 1996 State of Human Rights in Palestinian Autonomous Areas are Cause for Alarm
            June 3, 1996 Israeli Army Bulldozers Begin Constructing Patrol Road in Bethlehem; Extensive Damage to Ancient Olive Groves
            June 5, 1996 Open Invitation to Participate in "Land Defense Day"
            June 8, 1996 Locals, Israelis, and International Activists Rebuild Land in Bethlehem; Landowners Take Action Against New Israeli Military Road
           June 12, 1996 Dr. Eyad Sarraj Arrested Again; Held Without Charge, Inside Reports of Torture
           June 14, 1996 Dr. Sarraj Detained Another 15 Days; New Charges by Palestinian Authority
           June 17, 1996 Palestinian High Court Demands Explanation from Attorney General; Demonstrations in Ramallah for Dr. Sarraj's Immediate Release
           June 27, 1996 An Exercise for the Independent Palestinian Judiciary; High Court Demands Immediate Release of Students
           June 27, 1996 Dr. Eyad Sarraj Released
           July 17, 1996 Plans for Massive Settlement Expansion in West bank and Jerusalem; Settlers get Green Light from Netanyahu.
           July 19, 1996 Peaceful Demonstration Turns Violent; Settlers Attack Protesters as Israeli Soldiers Look On
           July 24, 1996 After Settlers Attack on Protesters Qariut Still Under Curfew
           July 24, 1996 37 Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike; Prisoners Demand to be Charged or Released
           July 26, 1996 Ten Palestinian Homes Threatened with Demolition in Nablus
           July 30, 1996 Prisoner Declared Clinically Dead After Beating by Palestinian Police
           July 31, 1996 Accidental Fatal Shooting by Palestinian Police
          August 2, 1996 Palestinian Police Open Fire on Protesters in Tulkarem; One Dead, Seven Injured and in Hospital
          August 3, 1996 Israeli Government Clears Way for Settlement Expansion
          August 8, 1996 Palestinian Security Forces Arrest 120 Tulkarem Residents and Transfer them to Junied Prison in Nablus
         August 10, 1996 Torture in Palestinian Prisons Continues; Four Hospitalized from Torture under Interrogation
         August 13, 1996 Director of Human Rights Organization Arrested in Gaza, Charged with Publishing Incorrect Information and Provocation
         August 13, 1996 Palestinian Detainee's Hunger Strike Enters Its Second Week Strikers are Brought to Prison on Stretchers
         August 14, 1996 Palestinian Police Brutality in Bethlehem
         August 14, 1996 Palestinian Homes Under Attack While Jewish Settlements Strengthened
         August 18, 1996 Palestinian High Court Orders Palestinian Authority to Release 10 Bir Zeit Students from Prison
         August 20, 1996 Urgent Action Alert Appeal to Palestinian Authority to Respect High Court Decision
         August 21, 1996 Six More Palestinian Homes Demolished in the West Bank and Jerusalem as Settlement Expansion Continues
         August 24, 1996 More Accidental Shooting by Palestinian Police; Fatalities on the Rise due to Police Negligence
         August 27, 1996 Demolition in the Old City of Jerusalem; Jerusalem Municipality Campaign Against Arab Residents Continues
         August 29, 1996 Jewish Settlement Expansion in the West Bank Formally Approved as Palestinian House Demolition Continues
         August 31, 1996 For the Urgent Attention of Your Excellency President Yasser Arafat and Members of the Palestinian Council
       September 2, 1996 Palestinian Authoritry Creates a New Armed Force
       September 2, 1996 Ramallah High Court Justice Forced to Resign; Judicial Independence Violated
       September 4, 1996 Habeas Corpus Petition to Israeli High Court Calling for Release of Palestinian Administrative Detainee
      September 13, 1996 Twelve More Demolition Orders Served to Arab Jerusalem Residents
      September 17, 1996 Apartheid in the West Bank
      September 19, 1996 Eight More Homes to be Demolished Immediately in East Jerusalem while Jewish Settlers Occupy an Arab Home
      September 22, 1996 Woman Prisoner in Central Prison in Nablus Denied Critical Medical Care
      September 24, 1996 Two Injured, One Killed in Police Shooting at Football Match
      September 25, 1996 Demonstrations, Clashes in Ramallah and Throughout the West Bank; Over 170 Injured, One Killed; Israeli Army Enters Palestinian Autonomous Areas
      September 26, 1996 Heavy Clashes and Gun Fights Continue in All Areas of the West Bank and Gaza; 36 Palestinians Killed in Two Days, Over 500 Injured, 11 Israelis Killed, 47 Wounded
         October 1, 1996 Joint Press Release Palestinians Suffer from the Detrimental Effects of Israel's Total Military Siege on the Occupied Territories
         October 1, 1996 17 Palestinian Administrative Detainees Begin Hunger Strike Detainees Continue Boycott of Military Courts and Hold Demonstrations in Prison
        October 14, 1996 Palestinian Authority Threatens to Interfere with Activities of Human Rights Organization
        October 19, 1996 Jerusalem Under Attack as World Focuses on Hebron
        October 20, 1996 After Four Weeks of Torture, Palestinian Released from Israeli Prison
        October 21, 1996 Israeli High Council of Planning in the Occupied Territories Refuses Building Permits for Palestinian Homes; Homes can now be Demolished
        October 23, 1996 Two Palestinians Killed by Jewish Settlers in the West Bank; Tensions Increase
        October 28, 1996 Jewish Settler Beats Child to Death as Netanyahu Approves Settlement Expansion
        October 29, 1996 Palestinian Boy Beaten by Settler was Slated to Donate Bone Marrow to Dying Sister
        November 8, 1996 No Reprieve Israelis Continue Torture and Administrative Detention of Palestinians
       November 10, 1996 The Peace Process? 1 Palestinian Shot Dead, 12 Injured Defending Land Against Confiscations and Settlement Expansion
       November 15, 1996 Administrative Detainees in Ashkalon Prison Held in Isolation Wisam Rafidi Receives Sixth Extension of Detention
       November 19, 1996 Israeli Justice and the New Era of Peace Israeli High Court Sanctions Torture of Palestinian; Israeli Military Court Fines Undercover Unit One Cent for Murder of Innocent Palestinian
        December 7, 1996 Israeli High Court Legalizes Prolonged Incommunicado Detention of Palestinian Detainee as Threat of Torture Continues; Decision Based on Secret Evidence Withheld from Defense Attorney
       December 10, 1996 On International Human Rights Day Israeli High Court again Upholds prolonged Incommunicado Detention; Refuses to Order Israeli Secret Police to Refrain from Torture
       December 12, 1996 New Settlement Announced for East Jerusalem as Settlement Expansion and Land Confiscation Continue
       December 14, 1996 Israeli Government Actively Encourages Settlement Expansion in New Move to Consolidate Control Over West Bank
       December 19, 1996 New Settlement Begun Near Ramallah
         January 2, 1997 Tensions Rise After Hebron Shooting
        January 14, 1997 Israeli Army Moves in Against Jahalin Bedouin Two Families Evicted, Remaining Families at Risk
        January 16, 1997 Palestinian Prisoners Angered by Hebron Agreement; Prisoner Unrest Likely
        January 28, 1997 Second Eviction of Jahalin Bedouin, To Make Way for Settlement Expansion
        February 1, 1997 Update on the Situation of Yussef al Baba, Prisoner in Palestinian Prison Who was Tortured to Death
        February 1, 1997 Prisoner in Palestinian Prison Tortured to Death Ninth to Die from Torture in Palestinian Prisons
        February 4, 1997 Update on Torture Death of Yussef al Baba in Palestinian Prison Palestinian Authority Admits Problems
        February 5, 1997 NGO Joint Letter Condemns Torture Death and NGO Harrassment
       February 10, 1997 Detainee OMarch Dabour Released from Palestinian Intelligence Service's Prison
       February 12, 1997 Land Confiscation and Population Transfer Occupation Policy Continues as Usual Despite Moves on Oslo Process
       February 26, 1997 High Court Petition Against Unilateral Shifting of Hebron Borders, Five Homes Can Now Be Demolished
           March 3, 1997 It's Not Just Har Homa... Israeli Minister of Defense Approves Construction of 1500 Additional Units for Ma'ale Adumim Settlement
          March 20, 1997 Riots in Bethlehem, Demonstration Turns violent During Student Demonstration, Tens Injured
          March 21, 1997 New Jewish Settlements in East Jerusalem "Har Homa" Only One of Six New Settlement Plans
          March 23, 1997 ACTION ALERT Israeli High Court Approves Demolition of Two Palestinian Homes in Hebron Area Fifteen People will be Left Homeless Including Expecting Mother
          March 23, 1997 Palestinian Political Prisoners Demonstrate in Megiddo and Nafha Prisons in Israel
          March 27, 1997 Clashes Continue in the Occupied Territories as Settlement Construction Continues
          March 31, 1997 Clashes Continue in the West Bank, Israeli Soldier Sexually Assaults Palestinian Woman under Curfew
          March 31, 1997 Israeli High Court Approves Demolition of House of Alleged Bomber, Widow and Four Young Children Left Homeless
           April 9, 1997 Settlers Terrorizing Palestinians in the West Bank Three Killed, Hundreds Wounded in Hebron/Settler Shooting Near Ramallah
          April 18, 1997 Israeli Security Forces Threaten Palestinian Administrative Detainees with Live Fire if Disturbances in Megiddo Prison Continue Meanwhile, Israeli Security Forces Extend the Detention of 26 Administrative Detainee
          April 19, 1997 Israeli Army Brutality Continues in Surif Village One Dead, Hundreds Injured as Village Reels From Weeks of Curfew
          April 22, 1997 Leaders of the Teachers' Strike Arrested by Palestinian Authority, Teachers Continue to Demand Better Wages
            June 1, 1997 Israeli high court rejects a petition to stop torture despite bruises and cuts on victim's body
           June 17, 1997 Prisoner dies in Jericho prison
           June 19, 1997 Administrative detainees report of harsh conditions since relocation
           June 23, 1997 Israeli government issues 17 more house demolition orders in escalating attack on Arab homes
            July 1, 1997 Prisoner dies in custody of Palestinian Security Forces 13th Prisoner death in PA custody
            July 7, 1997 Professor arrested in Gaza in violation of freedom of expression
           July 10, 1997 Israeli military authorities to demolish 13 houses in Nablus
           July 14, 1997 The return of the Iron Fist policy. Israeli military escalates aggression against Palestinian civilians
           July 17, 1997 Three Palestinian prisoners due to be released given 6 month administrative detention orders
           July 17, 1997 Nineteen homes destroyed in West Bank. Jahalin bedouins again under seige.
           July 20, 1997 Tensions escalate between Israel and PNA
           July 24, 1997 Professor remains in Palestinian prison without charge or trial
          August 4, 1997 Two homes demolished near Jerusalem as seige continues on West Bank and Gaza
          August 5, 1997 5 homes demolished in Jerusalem, 8 homes demolished in 2 days in continuation of ethnic cleansing policy
          August 6, 1997 3 houses demolished in Hebron Area
          August 7, 1997 2 more houses demolished in West Bank
         August 13, 1997 10 more houses demolished in Jerusalem
         August 15, 1997 Israeli Jerusalem municipality targets Palestinian Residents in further acts of aggression
         August 21, 1997 Bethlehem resident beaten by Palestinian police
         August 25, 1997 Four houses demolished in the West Bank and Jerusalem
         August 26, 1997 House demolition campaign continues
      September 12, 1997 Military siege on Occupied Territories
      September 14, 1997 Israeli government approves new settlement in Occupied East Jerusalem
      September 16, 1997 Palestinian Administrative Detainee dies in Israeli Prison under suspicious circumstances
      September 23, 1997 Petition demanding release of illegally detained
      September 24, 1997 Hundreds of new Palestinian Administrative detainees in Israeli prisons
      September 25, 1997 PA closes 16 welfare organizations in Gaza
      September 29, 1997 Palestinian High Court demands explanation from Attorney General on illegal arrests and detention
         October 8, 1997 Beit Sahour shop owners protest implementation of PA regulations
        October 14, 1997 More Palestinian homes demolished in West Bank
       November 11, 1997 Administrative detainee on hunger strike in critical condition
       November 12, 1997 Israeli soldier shoots 9 year old boy in Bethlehem
       November 12, 1997 Update on hunger strike water refused on 22nd day
       November 12, 1997 Palestinian detainee in Nablus Prison dies from heart attack
       November 15, 1997 Child dies after shot in Bethlehem
       November 24, 1997 Palestinian High Court hears the case of detainee Mahmoud Musleh
       November 24, 1997 Palestinian prisoners begin hunger strike in Nablus
       November 24, 1997 Bethlehem resident shot at military checkpoint
       November 25, 1997 ICJ Delegation arrives to observe appeals while administrative detainees begin hunger strike
       November 28, 1997 Nafha prisoners threaten hunger strike following clashes with Prison Administration
        December 6, 1997 Political Prisoner Mahmoud Musleh remains in PA Prison after High Court rules for his immediate release
        January 13, 1998 Israeli High Court hears case on torture fails to reach decision
        January 19, 1998 State security court convicts 2 for 5 years
        January 28, 1998 Palestinian prisoners, convicted by state security court, and enter 61st day of hunger strike
        January 30, 1998 Palestinian Prisoner Dies from Unknown Circumstances in Israeli Prison in Jerusalem
        February 3, 1998 Palestinian prisoner dies in PNA jail
        February 4, 1998 Five Palestinian homes destroyed, Bedouin tribe in danger of eviction as Jewish settlements continue to expand
       February 10, 1998 Palestinian Police Chief restricts right to peaceful assembly
       February 17, 1998 Further population transfer of Jahalin Bedouin for settlement expansion as Israeli military continues to destroy homes
           March 5, 1998 The Campaign continues 21 Palestinian homes destroyed in West Bank and Gaza
          March 11, 1998 Three Palestinians killed at roadblock in Hebron
          March 13, 1998 Palestinian child shot in head by Israeli soldier
          March 16, 1998 Palestinian Journalists targeted by Israeli army, eight wounded by rubber coated metal bullets
          April 14, 1998 Thirty one Hamas activists remain illegally detained
             May 8, 1998 Journalist under attack by General Intelligence
            May 11, 1998 Resignation of Palestinian Attorney General cause for alarm
            May 26, 1998 Jewish settlers illegally takeover home in Jerusalem's Old City
           June 15, 1998 Jerusalem municipality, Jewish settlers step up attacks on Jerusalem
           June 16, 1998 Jerusalem under attack 2 homes demolished in Jerusalem's Beit Hanina
         August 12, 1998 Replacement of travel permits another step towards Jerusalem ID confiscation
       September 3, 1998 Israel sustains human rights violations in the Holy City.
        October 16, 1998 The Shatta prison administration continues to harass Palestinian detainees
        October 19, 1998 Israeli government must take responsibility for the welfare of Yasser al MuAddin, Syrian prisoner.
        October 26, 1998 WYE A CHARTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
        October 27, 1998 Security arrangements pave way for further human rights violations against Palestinians
        October 28, 1998 Israeli Government should be held responsible for attacks by settlers
        November 9, 1998 PNA ARREST CAMPAIGN CONTINUES Welfare Association Closed
       November 11, 1998 ISRAELI LAND SEIZURE Israeli Government Violates Wye
       November 24, 1998 "A time bomb, waiting to explode" Hunger strike declared by Palestinians in the Asqalan and other Israeli prisons
        December 3, 1998 Israel sustains policy of ethnic cleansing and home demolition
        December 3, 1998 PNA conducts random arrest campaign
        December 8, 1998 Israeli Government pushes the region to violence
        December 9, 1998 Palestinian police must stop using violence against protesters
       December 12, 1998 Israeli soldiers on a 'shoot to kill' policy
       December 18, 1998 Radio and TV stations closed down in Ramallah
         January 8, 1999 Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian in Hebron
        January 15, 1999 Israeli court orders release of Palestinian prisoner
        January 27, 1999 Israel demolishes 3 houses in East Jerusalem
        January 31, 1999 Only 37 political prisoners freed for Eid Al Fitr
        February 5, 1999 Two houses demolished in Hebron
        February 6, 1999 14th day of hunger strike at Juneid prison
        February 9, 1999 Ethnic cleansing and home demolitions
       February 16, 1999 Health conditions in Jericho prison
       February 18, 1999 Hunger strike enters 26th day
       February 24, 1999 Concerns for detainees in Nafha and Beer Al Sabi' prisons
       February 24, 1999 Jamal Al Taweel
       February 26, 1999 PA executes man under political pressure
           March 6, 1999 High Court demands release or trial of political detainees
           March 7, 1999 The threat of weapons misuse
          March 10, 1999 Two killed at demonstration against execution
          March 10, 1999 3 homes and 7 barracks demolished in one day
          March 11, 1999 Security forces kill seven people in forty days
          March 16, 1999 Another death as result of weapons misuse
          March 23, 1999 Weapons misuse 4 die in 18 days in Ramallah alone
          March 23, 1999 Concern over misuse of firearms
          March 31, 1999 Israeli violations in Jerusalem international intervention urgently required
           April 5, 1999 Israel blockades village for fifth consecutive day
          April 20, 1999 Another victim of weapons misuse
          April 20, 1999 Israel demolishes two houses in Essawiyeh village, detains owner and son
          April 21, 1999 Escalation of settlement activity in run up to Israeli elections
          April 28, 1999 State Security Court convicts trader
             May 1, 1999 The right to work? Between migrancy and dependency
             May 3, 1999 Israeli occupation increases assaults against Palestinians in run up to elections
             May 4, 1999 Israeli soldier shoots child in Hebron
            May 11, 1999 Another victim of weapons misuse
            May 12, 1999 Ayman Al Amsi taken to Ashifa hospital after torture
            May 13, 1999 State Security Court hears weapons abuse case
            May 13, 1999 Israeli settlers attempt new assault
            May 20, 1999 Israel sustains human rights violations in the Occupied Territories
            May 25, 1999 Palestinian police detain newspaper editor and reporter
            May 26, 1999 Last Supreme Court hearing on legality of 'moderate physical pressure'
            May 27, 1999 Israel closes four schools 2,250 students unable to sit final exams
            May 31, 1999Plan to expand illegal Israeli settlement
            May 31, 1999 Israeli soldiers attack peaceful assembly in Jerusalem
            June 1, 1999 Palestinian detainees endure harsh conditions in Israel's Megiddo prison
            June 6, 1999 Israeli military's violent response to demonstrations
            June 8, 1999 Israel demolishes another home in Jerusalem
           June 16, 1999 Palestinian HROs denounce smear campaign; pledge to continue work
           June 20, 1999 Asqelon prisoners end hunger strike
           June 21, 1999 Two house demolitions in one day
            July 6, 1999 Military Intelligence forcefully dispels women's demonstration in Nablus
            July 6, 1999 Force 17 excessive violence against detainees in Juneid prison
           July 13, 1999 Hasan Asfour appointed Minister for NGOs
           July 15, 1999 HRO parallel meeting for IV Geneva Convention
           July 22, 1999 HROs campaign against ID confiscation
           July 26, 1999 Land confiscation and house demolition campaign
           July 31, 1999 Barak administration maintains home demolition policy
          August 5, 1999 Palestinian police summon Dr Iyad Sarraj for questioning
          August 7, 1999 Dr Sarraj released on police bail with travel restrictions
          August 8, 1999 New Israeli government continues with seige of Hebron
         August 10, 1999 police on high alert after opening of Temple Mount
         August 11, 1999 Human rights activist arrested
         August 12, 1999 Barak government sustains ethnic cleansing policy
         August 12, 1999 50th anniversary of IV Geneva Convention Letter to state parties on Israel's obligation to human rights standards
         August 17, 1999 Israeli occupying authorities reward murderers of Palestinian children
         August 17, 1999 End the policy of political detention
         August 17, 1999 Israeli judge acquits settler accused of murdering Palestinian child
       September 1, 1999 1999's twelfth victim of weapon misuse
       September 5, 1999 Israeli High Court supports District Court decision in favour of Al Abassi family
       September 6, 1999 Israeli forces arrest six journalists in Hebron
      September 15, 1999 Palestinian Security Service detains journalist
      September 30, 1999 Israeli occupation seals of large areas of west Bank land
         October 3, 1999 Palestinian High Court issues preliminary decision to release 3 political detainees
         October 5, 1999 Prisoner dies after being held in PA custody
         October 5, 1999 Another victim of weapon abuse in Ramallah
         October 7, 1999 Israeli police shoot and kill Palestinian
        October 10, 1999 Detainee remains in Hebron prison despite orders for his release
        October 19, 1999 Israel to end ethnic cleansing policy
        October 21, 1999 Fourteen deaths as a result of negligence
        October 25, 1999 Israel continues its policies of home demolition and ethnic cleansing
        October 26, 1999 Israeli authorities demolish house in Essawieh village, Jerusalem
        October 28, 1999 'Settler evacuation' scam
        October 28, 1999 3 Palestinian High Court of Justice issues preliminary decision for political detainees
        November 2, 1999 Israeli attempt to bypass claims made in petition against Ministry of Interior
        November 8, 1999 Al Qudrah appointed Attorney General for State Security Court
       November 17, 1999 Help us to stop house demolition
       November 18, 1999 Israeli High Court decides to release Abeer Sinnawi
       November 19, 1999 Settlers try to seize property in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah
       November 21, 1999 Escalating Israeli measures against Palestinian prisoners
       November 23, 1999 Israeli authorities demolish two houses in Essawiyeh village, Jerusalem
       November 28, 1999 PNA arrests four public figures
       November 29, 1999 PNA arrest update
       November 30, 1999 Three homes demolished in closed off military area, Bethlehem
       November 30, 1999 3 public statement detainees transferred to Jericho Detention Centre
        December 6, 1999 51st Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
        December 6, 1999 Intellectuals declare hunger strike at Nablus prison
        December 8, 1999 Policeman shoots father in another incident of weapons misuse
       December 15, 1999 Two Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers in Hebron
       December 16, 1999 Another PLC member assaulted
       December 20, 1999 6 petition signatories released; 2 remain in prison
       December 30, 1999 Another victim of weapons misuse
        January 12, 2000 PNA releases remaining two 'Petition 20' signatories
        January 19, 2000 Palestinian dies in Israeli prison
        February 1, 2000 Israeli occupation demolishes house in Essawiyeh village 2nd time in 10 months
        February 2, 2000 Prisoners in Israel's Shatta Prison demand an end to arbitrary measures
        February 9, 2000 Death of citizen Abu Rmeileh after house raid by Israeli forces
       February 10, 2000 Petition for abolition of the State Security Court
       February 24, 2000 Prisoners at Ashkelon Prison threaten hunger strike over worsening conditions
       February 29, 2000 Protest in solidarity with Birzeit students banned
          March 21, 2000 Israeli Occupation forces Commit Cold Blooded Crime in Hebron District
          March 31, 2000 Young Palestinian Killed By Israeli Occupying Forces
           April 2, 2000 Teachers' Rights Movement Enters 3rd Month
           April 4, 2000 Recurrent attacks on Palestinian Legislative Council members
          April 11, 2000 Settlement activity gains momentum in Occupied Territories
          April 11, 2000 Protest at children's game depicting Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
          April 12, 2000 Immediate Measures Must Be Taken To Stop The Decline of the Judiciary
          April 17, 2000 Settlers Attempt To Bury Elderly Palestinian Woman Alive
          April 18, 2000 Israeli Occupation Authorities Demolish 3 Houses in Essawiyeh Village
          April 26, 2000 Ethnic Cleansing in the Palestinian Territories More Home Demolitions
             May 2, 2000 Israeli government sustains settlement policy in the Occupied Territories
             May 7, 2000 Palestinian police ban visits to detainee Asaf
             May 9, 2000 18 Palestinian detainees unwell in Shatta prison
            May 11, 2000 Settlers escalate aggression against Palestinians
            May 13, 2000 Hebrew University pressures Jerusalem municipality to demolish Aqel home
            May 15, 2000 Israeli occupying authorities' criminal behaviour towards Palestinian prisoners in Meggiddo
            May 16, 2000 6 killed and 862 injured in less than a week
            May 21, 2000 Seven Palestinians die in one week
            May 22, 2000 Another victim of Israeli Palestinian clashes
            May 22, 2000 Khader Shkirat appeals Palestinian Bar's Acting Council decision
            May 28, 2000 Arrest campaign by PA security services against the opposition
            May 29, 2000 Revocation of four home demolition orders
            May 30, 2000 Palestinian police close down Al Nasr TV and Al Manara radio station in Ramallah
            May 31, 2000 Palestinian police detain Mohammad Muqbel for expressing his opinion
            June 2, 2000 Al Mahed TV station closed, owner detained
            June 3, 2000 Judicial Authority Code could be replaced by presidential decrees
           June 13, 2000 Demolishing a Jerusalem home
           June 21, 2000 Conference Declaration
           June 24, 2000 Unarmed civilian shot in the back
           June 29, 2000 The threat of demolition haunts Jerusalem resident Hasan Ja’afra
            July 2, 2000 Two killed by firearms misuse
            July 3, 2000 Security Court orders execution while riots continue in Ramallah
            July 8, 2000 Another young Palestinian falls victim to landmine
           July 11, 2000 Four victims of weapons misuse in nine days
           July 12, 2000 Palestinian High Court orders release of Dr Abdel Sattar Qassem after 5 months' illegal detention
           July 13, 2000 Palestinian police refuse to comply with court order for release of Dr Qasem
           July 13, 2000 Measures taken by Asqalan Prison administration causing dangerous tension
           July 15, 2000 Boycott Burger King
           July 17, 2000 Israeli government responsible for deteriorating situation in Palestinian Territories
           July 24, 2000 Israeli occupation forces assault human rights field researcher in Jerusalem
           July 25, 2000 Critically injured detainee under GSS interrogation
           July 27, 2000 Israeli occupying authorities order evacuation of an entire village
          August 3, 2000 Palestinian Security Services arrest campaign against Islamist dissidents
          August 5, 2000 Israeli occupying authorities raid family home
          August 7, 2000 17 year old detainee severely beaten by Palestinian police
         August 10, 2000 In the face of Camp David, Israeli occupying authorities confiscate and destroy Palestinian property
         August 15, 2000 Occupation authorities demolish two more homes in Jerusalem
         August 17, 2000 Israeli occupation forces shoot and kill 73 year old man
         August 17, 2000 Palestinian General Intelligence arrests journalist Mohammad Najeeb
         August 20, 2000 Palestinian child latest victim of explosive left by Israeli army
         August 28, 2000 Israeli army raid on Aseera Ashimalieh village, Nablus
         August 29, 2000 Israeli forces knock down 3 homes in Occupied Jerusalem
       September 2, 2000 Hadarim prisoners complain of maltreatment by prison administration
       September 6, 2000 Israeli Security Services hold Nidal Dajlas incommunicado
      September 13, 2000 State Security Court issues death sentence
      September 14, 2000 Palestinian prisoners in Megiddo prison complain of prison conditions
      September 28, 2000 Ariel Sharon makes provocative visit to the Al Aqsa Mosque, Israel responsible for rising tension
      September 29, 2000 Israeli occupation forces commit premeditated crime at Haram al Sharif (7 killed and more than 160 injured)
      September 30, 2000 Nine Palestinians Shot dead 530 Injured
         October 2, 2000 Four international organisations send mission to O.P.T today to investigate Israeli crimes
         October 2, 2000 Palestinian death toll rises to 33
         October 2, 2000 14 killed on the fourth day of conflict
         October 2, 2000 Conflict escalates in the Occupied Territories
         October 3, 2000 Facing Israeli bullets with naked eyes
         October 3, 2000 Overview of the past four days of Israeli Palestinian clashes A Call for International Community Support and Action
         October 3, 2000 Palestinian death toll rises to 44
         October 3, 2000 Israeli occupation forces continue attacks on Palestinian civilians 8 dead and 120 injured today
         October 4, 2000 Representatives from International Human Rights Observer mission arrive today
         October 4, 2000 Urgent appeal to end Israeli aggression
         October 5, 2000 Palestinian death toll rises to 61 since Friday’s massacre
         October 6, 2000 5 Palestinians Die in One Hour
         October 6, 2000 2 15 PM Local time IDF Closes Old City and Mosque Gates Injured Blocked Inside Al Aqsa
         October 6, 2000 Palestinian Death Toll Rises to 64
         October 7, 2000 Israeli occupying army destroys Palestinian homes and property in the Gaza Strip
         October 7, 2000 Israeli Occupying Authorities continue assaults against Palestinians
         October 8, 2000 Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages and residents throughout the West Bank
         October 9, 2000 Settler Rampage Five Palestinians killed; one tortured to death
         October 9, 2000 Israeli occupation forces targeting children stories from the street
        October 10, 2000 Closure Occupation authorities continue collective punishment of Palestinians
        October 10, 2000 Video of tortures victim shown at press conference today
        October 11, 2000 Israeli occupation troups continue killing Palestinian civilians
        October 12, 2000 Israel attacks two more Palestinian towns
        October 12, 2000 Israel attacks Nablus
        October 12, 2000 Israeli aggression
        October 12, 2000 Urgend action to save lives
        October 12, 2000 Ramallah bombed by Israeli forces
        October 12, 2000 Urgent actions
        October 13, 2000 Attacks continue
        October 13, 2000 Israeli forces continue attacks on Palestinian civilians
        October 13, 2000 Settler attacks on Palestinian civilians
        October 13, 2000 International Human Rights Mission findings 4 8 October 2000
        October 14, 2000 Israeli sniper kills young man
        October 15, 2000 One more dies
        October 16, 2000 Israeli occupation forces continue to kill and injure Palestinians
        October 16, 2000 Relaxation of live fire regulations by IDF increase threat to Palestinian life in Occupied Territories
        October 17, 2000 Settlers kill one Palestinian and wound three others
        October 18, 2000 Sharm El Sheikh fails to satisfy Palestinian demands
        October 18, 2000 World Organization Against Torture statement
        October 18, 2000 Two more Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces
        October 19, 2000 Israelis continue to aim at the eyes of children
        October 20, 2000 Israel continues heavy artillery assault against Palestinian civilians
        October 20, 2000 Israeli helicopters open fire on civilian neighborhoods in the city of Nablus
        October 21, 2000 Israel kills another boy
        October 21, 2000 Two more Palestinians killed and a twelve year old boy declared clinically dead
        October 22, 2000 Israeli troops kill three today, one boy of 13
        October 23, 2000 Siege Continues
        October 23, 2000 Israeli forces shell residential areas
        October 24, 2000 Israeli forces continue firing into civilian areas
        October 25, 2000 Israeli forces continue aggressive campaign against Palestinians
        October 27, 2000 One more dies, 65 more injured
        October 27, 2000 Israeli forces kill two more Palestinians and wound 80
        October 28, 2000 Another Palestinian killed in yesterday’s clashes
        October 28, 2000 Clashes continue scores injured and one clinically dead
        October 30, 2000 Israel deploys heavy artillery; settlers continue violence
        October 30, 2000 97 Palestinians injured
        October 30, 2000 Israel refuses dying man permission to see family
        October 30, 2000 Clashes enter second month; 6 more killed
        October 31, 2000 Israeli forces shell residential areas
        October 31, 2000 Further deaths & injuries as clashes continue
        November 1, 2000 Bethlehem area being shelled Another three killed by Israel
        November 1, 2000 Three Palestinians killed
        November 2, 2000 Israeli force Eye injuries
        November 2, 2000 News update
        November 2, 2000 Israeli forces continue closures, killings and curfews
        November 4, 2000 14 year old girl shot on way home from school
        November 4, 2000 Despite current unrest, Israel looks to expand Jerusalem settlements
        November 6, 2000 Three more children die today
        November 6, 2000 Israeli forces continue attacks on Palestinians
        November 7, 2000 Further deaths and injuries from Israeli fire
        November 8, 2000 Israel continues to employ lethal force against Palestinians
        November 9, 2000 Israeli army assassinates prominent Fatah activist; two others killed
       November 10, 2000 Four killed and dozens wounded by Israeli troops
       November 11, 2000 Israeli forces continue to kill; International community remains silent
       November 12, 2000 Attack on Mary Robinson
       November 13, 2000 Israel's continuing infractions of IV Geneva Convention Wilful Killing
       November 14, 2000 Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinian civilians
       November 14, 2000 Israel continues its seige
       November 15, 2000 Another eight Palestinians killed
       November 15, 2000 Israeli forces and settlers continue assaults on Palestinians
       November 16, 2000 Israeli military violence escalates
       November 16, 2000 Two Palestinians killed near Hebron
       November 17, 2000 Two more Palestinians killed in continued Israeli aggression
       November 17, 2000 Israeli soldiers kill 4 Palestinians
       November 18, 2000 New reports available
       November 18, 2000 Israeli forces continue repression of Palestinians
       November 19, 2000 Siege continues, 14 year old killed in Gaza
       November 19, 2000 Twenty six Palestinians injured as closures tighten around West Bank towns
       November 20, 2000 Israel launches intensive air strike on the Gaza Strip
       November 21, 2000 Clashes continue
       November 22, 2000 Israeli attack on civilian car kills four Palestinians
       November 22, 2000 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
       November 23, 2000 Another assassination
       November 24, 2000 Israel causes further death and destruction
       November 25, 2000 Israeli heavy artillery claims four more lives
       November 25, 2000 Amnesty International press conference invitation
       November 25, 2000 Israel's use of excessive & indiscriminate fire continues to cause casualties
       November 26, 2000 Israel continues to employ war methods against Palestinians
       November 27, 2000 Five Palestinians killed by the Israeli army
       November 28, 2000 Israeli army continues to shell Palestinian residential areas
       November 30, 2000 Allegations of torture in Israeli prisons
       November 30, 2000 News update
        December 1, 2000 First Friday of Ramadan
        December 2, 2000 Palestinian man shot and killed by Israeli forces while working
        December 3, 2000 Israelis attack Palestinian civilians on their way to mosque
        December 5, 2000 Two killed in West Bank clashes
        December 5, 2000 UN Human Rights Committee demands Israel report
        December 6, 2000 Journalists accompanying UN special envoy denied access to H2 area of Hebron
        December 8, 2000 More clashes, more deaths
        December 9, 2000 Settlers attack homes, injure 13 year old boy
       December 10, 2000 Soldiers, settlers attack Palestinians
       December 10, 2000 Details of shooting of child in Hebron
       December 11, 2000 15 year old Ahmad Qawasmi dies from his injuries
       December 12, 2000 Young man fatally shot in Al Khader village
       December 13, 2000 Israeli army attacks Khan Younis refugee camp; Palestinian assassinated in Hebron
       December 14, 2000 Israeli occupation kills another unarmed Palestinian civilian
       December 15, 2000 6 Palestinians killed last night and today
       December 16, 2000 19 year old Jerusalemite tortured during interrogation
       December 17, 2000 Two Palestinians killed; Israel continues warfare
       December 18, 2000 Israeli soldiers and settlers continue attacks on the Palestinian population
       December 19, 2000 Israeli military shells residential areas
       December 20, 2000 Two Palestinians killed, 35 injured in the Gaza Strip
       December 21, 2000 Palestinian dies of wounds
       December 22, 2000 Conflict enters 13th week
       December 24, 2000 Three die in 24 hours due to continued Israeli aggression
       December 31, 2000 Fatah leader killed in West Bank
         January 1, 2001 Israeli army continues violations in the Palestinian Territories
         January 8, 2001 Israeli forces continue to kill Palestinian civilians
         January 9, 2001 Two Palestinians killed in attacks by Israeli settlers
        January 12, 2001 Another death sentence by PNA State Security Court
        January 13, 2001 Israeli forces brutally kill a Palestinian
        January 15, 2001 Israeli Attorney General Torture investigation denied
        January 22, 2001 Israeli interrogators torture Palestinians at Asqalan prison
        January 23, 2001 Two Israeli verdicts discrimination against Palestinians
        February 5, 2001 Palestinian children abused, maltreated, locked up with criminals
        February 7, 2001 Israel elects Ariel Sharon
       February 12, 2001 Continuing Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians Two more killed and dozens wounded
       February 12, 2001 Palestinian military court issues another death sentence
       February 12, 2001 Israeli army bombs Palestinian residential areas
       February 13, 2001 Another extra judicial execution, 14 year old boy also killed
       February 18, 2001 Seven Palestinians killed in 48 hours
       February 19, 2001 Deteriorating conditions at Megiddo Prison
       February 28, 2001 Palestinian dies in Military Intelligence custody in Nablus
           March 3, 2001 Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians over last 24 hours
           March 4, 2001 7 Palestinians killed, 18 injured by Israeli forces in 48 hours
           March 7, 2001 Total siege on Palestinian towns in the Occupied Territories
          March 12, 2001 Israeli authorities tighten siege on Palestinian Territories
          March 13, 2001 The threat of the Palestinian High Court’s decision to halt Palestinian Bar Association elections
          March 14, 2001 Israel 'booby traps' apartment block in Al Bireh, threatening the life of Palestinian civilians
          March 30, 2001 Six Palestinians killed in Land Day demonstrations
          March 30, 2001 Israeli soldiers and settlers continue reprisals in Hebron
          March 30, 2001 Intifada enters seventh month 2 killed at Erez checkpoint
           April 3, 2001 Another extra judicial assassination; Escalation in settler attacks in Hebron
           April 4, 2001 Ethnic cleansing in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
           April 5, 2001 Extrajudicial execution in Jenin; 16 year old killed in Gaza
          April 10, 2001 Palestinian doctor killed; Sharon escalates aggression
          April 11, 2001 Israel invades Khan Younis; 2 dead, 100s homeless
          April 15, 2001 Israeli forces invade Rafah; another 168 homeless
          April 17, 2001 Israeli forces kill one Palestinian; reoccupy Palestinian areas in Beit Hanoon
          April 24, 2001 Israeli interrogators torture Palestinian detainee
          April 24, 2001 Israeli forces arrest Palestinian human rights activist
          April 29, 2001 Israeli forces kill Palestinian; seriously injure his only son
             May 1, 2001 2 large explosions in Gaza & Ramallah kill 5
             May 5, 2001 Israeli Forces commit another extra judicial assassination
             May 6, 2001 1 killed, 20 injured; Israelis shell Bethlehem district
             May 7, 2001 2 killed as Israel shells Tulkarem and Khan Yunis
            May 10, 2001 Israeli military heavily shells Gaza Strip
            May 13, 2001 Three Palestinians killed in 24 hours
            May 14, 2001 Seven Palestinians killed; 5 in one attack
            May 15, 2001 Nakba Day 4 killed, approx 300 injured
            May 19, 2001 Israeli F 16 air raids on PNA installations
            May 21, 2001 A Joint Palestinian Israeli Appeal to the International Community
            June 3, 2001 Israeli forces attempt extra judicial assassination
            June 5, 2001 Israeli forces tighten siege 3 million under house arrest
            June 6, 2001 Military siege prevents students reaching universities
            June 6, 2001 Israeli forces and settlers assault two Palestinian villages
           June 10, 2001 Israelis kill 3 Palestinian women
           June 19, 2001 Easing the Siege' an Israeli fairy tale
           June 23, 2001 Israeli tanks destroy homes in Gaza Strip; settlers set fire to West Bank fields
           June 24, 2001 Israeli assassinates Fatah activist
           June 26, 2001 UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
            July 2, 2001 Israeli assassinates three more Palestinian activists
            July 3, 2001 Latest Israeli 'ceasefire' atrocities
            July 9, 2001 New wave of house demolitions in Jerusalem
           July 12, 2001 Iron gates seal entrances to Palestinian towns
           July 12, 2001 Israeli troops kill Palestinian woman
           July 13, 2001 Israeli shelling of residential areas in Hebron, settler attacks and another targeted assassination
           July 16, 2001 Case against Sharon mounts Ongoing War Crimes Under Scrutiny
           July 16, 2001 More Israeli shelling of residential areas in Hebron
           July 17, 2001 Israeli forces assassinate Hamas activist; 3 others killed and 10 injured in the strike
           July 20, 2001 Israeli army and settler crimes in Hebron
           July 21, 2001 Palestinian killed; huge explosion in the heart of Hebron
           July 23, 2001 Press Conference ISRAEL'S BRAND OF APARTHEID
           July 25, 2001 Two more extra judicial assassinations
           July 29, 2001 Another attack on Al Aqsa
           July 30, 2001 Six Palestinians killed, one injured in Al Far’ah
           July 31, 2001 Eight killed in assassination of Hamas leaders in Nablus
          August 5, 2001 One assassination, one attempted in past 2 days
         August 10, 2001 Israeli seizure of Palestinian organisations in Jerusalem; F16 shelling of Palestinian targets
         August 14, 2001 Israeli forces penetrate Jenin, destroy police position
         August 15, 2001 Field activist assassinated in Hebron
         August 20, 2001 A fatal school shopping trip
         August 22, 2001 Israeli forces kill four Palestinians
         August 27, 2001 Israel assassinates PFLP Secretary General
         August 28, 2001 Two Palestinians killed; Israeli incursions into Bethlehem, Beit Sahour, Beit Jala, Rafah
       September 1, 2001 Director of Palestinian Intelligence Chief office assassinated
       September 2, 2001 Israeli troops maltreat wounded Palestinian policeman and prevent medical treatment
       September 4, 2001 Two Palestinians killed in another bloody day in Hebron
       September 5, 2001 Palestinian and Arab response to Mary Robinson at the WCAR
       September 6, 2001 Another extrajudicial execution with US made Apache helicopters
       September 7, 2001 Statement of Palestinian NGOs to government delegates at World Conference Against Racism
      September 11, 2001 Israeli forces arrest human rights activist
      September 11, 2001 Jerusalem municipality demolishes Palestinian homes in Beit Hanina
      September 12, 2001 Eleven Palestinians killed
      September 13, 2001 Arab NGOs condemn attacks in United States
      September 13, 2001 Four Palestinians killed in Ramallah and Jenin
      September 16, 2001 Twenty Palestinians killed in Israel's latest onslaught
      September 29, 2001 The First Year of the Palestinian Intifada
         October 1, 2001 Seventeen Palestinians killed in latest ceasefire
         October 5, 2001 34 killed in latest ceasefire
        October 15, 2001 Israeli troops assassinate two within 26 hours
        October 17, 2001 11 female Palestinian detainees in Israel, 3 under 15, suffer appalling conditions
        October 18, 2001 3 Palestinians killed including 10 year old girl
        October 20, 2001 Continuing Israeli escalation in Bethelehem district
        October 20, 2001 Israeli army reoccupies parts of Palestinian towns
        October 21, 2001 Israeli occupation forces continue incursions into Palestinian towns
        October 22, 2001 Suspicious death of detainee in General Intelligence detention, Gaza
        October 23, 2001 Another Extra Judicial Killing
        October 23, 2001 Foreign Ministers urged to sponsor international protection force for Palestinians
        October 24, 2001 URGENT PRESS CONFERENCE
        October 25, 2001 Israel's war on civilians An Appeal to End the International Silence
        October 30, 2001 6 more homes demolished in East Jerusalem
        November 1, 2001 Another extra judicial execution
        November 4, 2001 68 Palestinian minors suffer maltreatment at Israel's Telmond prison
        November 6, 2001 Three Palestinians murdered in Nablus
        November 7, 2001 2 killed in extrajudicial execution in Jenin
       November 19, 2001 Invitation Civil Society Parallel Conference on IV Geneva Convention
       November 23, 2001 3 Palestinian, Israeli and International NGOs Welcome Conclusions of UN Committee against Torture
       November 24, 2001 Israel assassinates three Palestinians
       November 27, 2001 Press Conference on 29 November 2001
       November 29, 2001 PNA arrests Islamic Jihad activists
       December 10, 2001 Israeli assassination attempt kills two Palestinian children
       December 24, 2001 On this eve of Christmas
        January 16, 2002 PFLP Secretary General Arrested
        January 18, 2002 Israel escalates violence; F 16 fighter jets attack Palestinian Authority headquarters
        January 19, 2002 Israel attacks human rights defender and journalist
        February 4, 2002 Extra Judicial Execution of Four Palestinians in Gaza Strip
        February 5, 2002 Armed men storm State Security Court in Jenin and kill three defendants
        February 6, 2002 East Jerusalem today Three Houses Demolished and Two NGO offices closed
       February 10, 2002 Forensic Institute Samir Abu Mayala was shot dead Culture of Impunity fosters human rights violations
       February 13, 2002 Israeli Forces kill four Palestinians during Incursions in Gaza Strip
       February 15, 2002 Israeli forces break into Saida village; Another extra judicial killing
       February 16, 2002 Hamas activist assassinated in Jenin
       February 19, 2002 Seven killed in less than 20 hours; Khan Yunis shelled, killing three; Balata refugee camp invaded, killing two; Two Palestinian activists killed in Jabalia refugee camp
       February 20, 2002 Forensic Institute Samir Abu Mayala was shot dead Culture of Impunity fosters human rights violations
       February 28, 2002 Ten Palestinians killed and 80 injured in one of the bloodiest days in Jenin and Balata refugee camp
           March 4, 2002 UPDATE Israeli occupation troops continue assault on refugee camps; Jenin hospital under siege, without water and electricity
           March 6, 2002 Another Extra Judicial Killing in Ramallah
           March 7, 2002 Dangerous decisions by Israel's occupation army
           March 8, 2002 Forty Palestinians killed within 36 hours ;Israeli forces target densely populated Palestinian areas
           March 9, 2002 UPDATE Israeli forces assault medical personnel
          March 11, 2002 Israeli Police Murder Mahmoud Salah in Cold Blood
          March 12, 2002 CALLS TO END THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION
          March 12, 2002 Sharon's campaign of "hitting Palestinians hard so they feel the heavy price" 27 Palestinians Killed
          March 13, 2002 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE OPTs ;URGENT APPEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR INTERVENTION
          March 13, 2002 Israeli Occupation Forces Kill an Italian Journalist
          March 14, 2002 Israeli forces commit serious war crimes Ramallah on the brink of a humanitarian crisis
          March 20, 2002 Commission on Human Rights
          March 23, 2002 Israeli Troops Kill a Palestinian Shepherd
          March 27, 2002 Two international observers killed and one injured in Hebron
          March 29, 2002 Sharon declares war Israeli forces enter and besiege Ramallah
          March 30, 2002 Israeli army assassinates Islamic Jihad activist
          March 30, 2002 Five Palestinians executed in Ramallah
          March 30, 2002 Urgent Call to World Civil Society Break the Conspiracy of Silence, Act Before it is too Late
          March 30, 2002 UPDATE Ramallah still besieged, assaults on medical personnel
           April 1, 2002 Israeli occupation forces raid Arab Care Hospital and stop ambulances from evacuating the wounded
           April 1, 2002 UPDATE Israeli forces continue military assault against Ramallah
           April 2, 2002 Israeli forces continue assault against Bethlehem
           April 2, 2002 Israeli forces continue assault on Palestinian civilians, medical personnel and journalists
           April 3, 2002 Israel escalates pressure on media
           April 3, 2002 Israeli forces enter Jenin, and continue assault on Palestinians
           April 4, 2002 UPDATE Israeli forces enter buildings, using human shields
           April 4, 2002 Israeli forces enter Nablus and continue military assault on Palestinians
           April 4, 2002 Palestinian civil society urge EU for immediate international protection
           April 5, 2002 UPDATE Israeli troops continue wide scale assault on Palestinian people
           April 6, 2002 Israeli forces continue committing war crimes
           April 7, 2002 International human rights groups express grave concern about human rights crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
           April 8, 2002 Israeli forces commit massacre in Jenin refugee camp
           April 8, 2002 UPDATE Israeli forces continue to commit war crimes and gross violations of human rights
           April 9, 2002 OXYGEN, AND OTHER CRITICAL SUPPLIES UNABLE TO REACH NABLUS HOSPITALS
           April 9, 2002 Israeli forces continue to commit war crimes in Jenin and Nablus
          April 10, 2002 UPDATE Extra judicial Executions in Jenin refugee camp; bodies seen in the rubble
          April 10, 2002 Israel digs mass graves covering up war crimes
          April 11, 2002 Israel's assault on journalists near Jenin refugee camp
          April 13, 2002 UPDATE Israel continues to commit war crimes in Jenin refugee camp
          April 14, 2002 Israeli Supreme Court rules ICRC be allowed in Jenin refugee camp
          April 14, 2002 Despite court's decision, Israeli forces move bodies from Jenin
          April 16, 2002 Israeli army prevents human rights monitors access to Jenin hospital
          April 23, 2002 Israeli occupation forces assassinates Marwan Zaloom
          April 24, 2002 Civil society organizations demand Dutch arms embargo Israel
          April 29, 2002 Israeli Occupation Forces Raid Hebron, Kill 8 and Wound 20
             May 3, 2002 Summary proceedings against the Netherlands on Arms trade with Israel
            May 11, 2002 Palestinian detainees complain about ill treatment
            May 15, 2002 UPDATE Palestinian detainees, torture and ill treatment
            May 15, 2002 Palestinians commemorate the 1948 Nakba
            May 16, 2002 Extra Judicial Execution in Ramallah
            May 21, 2002 Torture and ill treatment of PLC member Marwan Barghouti
            May 21, 2002 Israel demolished three Palestinians homes in Jerusalem
            May 23, 2002 Israel strengthens apartheid policies
            May 23, 2002 Extra Judicial Execution in Balata Refugee Camp
            May 27, 2002 Israeli forces enter Bethlehem
            May 29, 2002 Marwan Barghouti transferred to Petah Tikva Detention Center
            June 3, 2002 Young Palestinian man beaten and physically abused by Border Police
            June 5, 2002 Israeli forces invade Jenin
            June 5, 2002 Israel neglects wounded and sick Palestinian detainees
            June 8, 2002 Israeli forces strip human rights defender of identity card
           June 10, 2002 Israeli forces invade Ramallah, obstruct medical treatment
           June 11, 2002 Israel demolished six homes in East Jerusalem
           June 11, 2002 Israeli forces surround school and kept students hostage
           June 13, 2002 Silwan Israeli special unit kills father and wounds his son
           June 13, 2002 Israel continues to deny Palestinian detainees access to legal counsel
           June 16, 2002 Palestinian detainees allowed to do final exams
           June 17, 2002 Israeli military court extends interrogation Marwan Barghouti
           June 18, 2002 Israeli forces commit extra judicial execution in Hebron
           June 19, 2002 Palestinian female prisoners sexually harassed
           June 20, 2002 Jenin refugee camp Mass arbitrary arrest and ill treatment
           June 21, 2002 Israeli troops kill four Palestinians in Jenin
           June 25, 2002 Israeli forces make an incursion into Hebron; kill four Palestinian police officers
           June 26, 2002 Israeli Forces Shell Police Headquarter in Hebron
           June 29, 2002 Israeli forces ban paramedics from entering Hebron Compound
            July 2, 2002 Israel intensifies human rights violations against Palestinians
            July 8, 2002 Israel extends detention and transferred Marwan Barghouti back to Mosqowbiya prison
            July 8, 2002 Israeli soldier indiscriminately opens fire at Surda checkpoint
           July 10, 2002 Israel extends administrative detention to six months
           July 11, 2002 Nablus Israeli4 forces endanger lives of
           July 11, 2002 Israel releases Palestinian detainee to save his son's life
           July 12, 2002 Israeli troops kill Palestinian journalist
           July 13, 2002 Jerusalem Israel brutally clamps down peaceful demonstration
           July 13, 2002 Prisoners at Asqalan threaten may initiate hungerstrike
           July 16, 2002 Israeli forces break into Palestinian internet provider
           July 17, 2002 1,700 Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli prisons
           July 19, 2002 Israel arrests family members of suspects, demolished their homes and threatened to deport them
           July 23, 2002 Israeli forces kill 15 Palestinians, including infants and children
           July 29, 2002 Israeli troops kill Palestinian teenager
           July 29, 2002 Israeli forces demolish Palestinian home in Jenin
           July 29, 2002 Israeli settlers kill Palestinian girl in Hebron
          August 2, 2002 Nablus Extra judicial execution
          August 5, 2002 Nablus Another extra judicial execution
          August 5, 2002 Israel demolished nine homes, collective punishment
          August 6, 2002 Palestinian female prisoners on hunger strike
          August 6, 2002 Less than 24 hours after Israeli forces committed an extra judicial execution in the village of Burqa, near Nablus, killing Muhammad Faroniya and Khaled Sif, yesterday evening, two Israeli Apache helicopters fired
          August 6, 2002 Israel's High Court No prior hearing before home demolitions
          August 7, 2002 Israel commits another extra judicial execution in Tulkarem
         August 12, 2002 Jenin Another extra judicial execution
         August 14, 2002 Israel indicts Marwan Barghouti
         August 19, 2002 Israeli Supreme Court temporary prevents use of human shields
         August 21, 2002 El Bireh Extra judicial execution
         August 22, 2002 Israel threatens demolition of Thabet family home
         August 22, 2002 Israel detained Greek Orthodox Bishop
         August 31, 2002 Tubas Five killed in another extra judicial execution
       September 3, 2002 Israel demolished six homes in Zeif, 50 Palestinians homeless
       September 3, 2002 Israel's High Court allows deportation
       September 5, 2002 Israel neglects seriously injured Palestinian prisoner
      September 19, 2002 Two homes demolished in Abu Dis, East Jerusalem
      September 22, 2002 Israeli forces kill four Palestinians, including one journalist
      September 24, 2002 Israeli forces kill nine people in Gaza, including 14 year old child
      September 25, 2002 11,000 Palestinians between Israel's apartheid wall and Green Line
      September 26, 2002 Israeli forces demolish three homes, leaving 36 Palestinians homeless
      September 27, 2002 Israeli forces kill Palestinian baby girl with teargas
      September 27, 2002 Gaza Extra judicial killing attempt kills two Palestinians
         October 5, 2002 Israeli forces shot Palestinian boy, died after denial of medical treatment
         October 7, 2002 Israeli forces kill thirteen Palestinians in Khan Yunis
        October 10, 2002 Nine Egyptians in Israeli jail for nine months without charge or trial
        October 14, 2002 Extra Judicial Assassination near Hospital Entrance
        October 15, 2002 Apartheid wall saga continues
        October 15, 2002 Israel extra judicially kills three Palestinians in 24 hours
        October 21, 2002 Israeli nurse violently beats handcuffed prisoner
        October 22, 2002 Palestinians forbidden from picking olives
        October 28, 2002 Israeli forces kill children in Jenin and Tulkarem
        October 28, 2002 Israeli Executions in Nablus
        October 29, 2002 Palestinian detainees at Ofer undergo severe conditions; Jordanian detainees go on hunger strike
        October 30, 2002 Israeli forces assassinate 19 year old political activist
        October 31, 2002 Punitive punishments Israel destroys homes in Jenin refugee camp
        October 31, 2002 Hunger Strikes threatened, prisoners tortured, under age female prisoners in al Ramleh
        November 3, 2002 More Punitive Punishments Homes in Jenin destroyed
        November 7, 2002 Palestinian detainees denied medical treatment
       November 10, 2002 Extra judicial killing in Jenin
       November 20, 2002 Five killed in an extra judicial assassination in Tulkarem
       November 20, 2002 New racist policies against impoverished Gazan workers
       November 21, 2002 Blind prisoner in solitary confinement
       November 24, 2002 British citizen and Palestinian child killed in Jenin on Friday
       November 26, 2002 Jihad al Faqih (8) killed in Nablus
       November 27, 2002 Visitor to al Ramle prison physically abuses female prisoner
        December 2, 2002 Child killed and seventeen children, woman and elderly man injured in Jenin
       December 15, 2002 Eight houses and seventeen stores threatened with demolition
       December 19, 2002 Appeal to temporarily halt construction of Apartheid Wall denied
       December 24, 2002 2 killed in extra judicial execution before Christmas
       December 26, 2002 Three Extra Judicial Executions today, a child and five others killed
       December 31, 2002 At the end of 2002, child sentenced to 6 months jail for throwing stones
         January 1, 2003 Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinians, including a little girl and seven other children. A child, Omran Abu Hamdiyeh (18) was beaten to death
         January 8, 2003 Israel on an arrest campaign, young men arrested as hostages to pressure others to turn themselves in; More than 30 homes bulldozed in Rafah,
        January 15, 2003 Pregnant woman miscarries after inhaling tear gas; two disabled Palestinians killed by Israeli forces; four children killed, three throwing stones and another returning home;
        January 22, 2003 Israelis kill Gazan while he was fixing his water tank; 4 children beaten by Israeli border police on their way to school, one forced to sit in a trash can; mass property destruction this week, at least 62 commerc
        January 29, 2003 With media attention turned to Israel’s elections, 13 killed in Gaza; Mentally disabled man killed in Gaza; Mother killed near Nablus; 8 year old killed in Rafah; infrastructure destroyed in Beit Hanoun; Israeli s
        February 5, 2003 Israeli troops kill 11 Palestinians during January 30 February 5, including a child, two nurses and three over fifty years old. Two are killed in an extra judicial assassination in Tulkarem; 73 year old shot and l
       February 23, 2003 Israeli forces rampant in Nablus Old City For the fifth day in a row, Israeli forces have attacked Nablus’ old city. Until the time of this information release, seven people, including three children have been kil
          March 16, 2003 PA President Arafat cancels union elections in Gazan al Azhar university Elections for workers union representatives in the al Azhar university in Gaza have been cancelled for the second time running in two years,
           April 8, 2003 Al Shawamri’s home demolished for the 4th time Israeli authorities have recently stepped up demolition of Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem. On Monday morning, April 7, 2003, Israeli forces knocked down 10 apart
           April 9, 2003 Seven killed and scores wounded in yet another Israeli extra judicial execution in Gaza On Tuesday evening, April 8, 2003, Israeli troops committed yet another extra judicial execution in Gaza city. The Israeli ex
          April 16, 2003 Israeli troops kill a Palestinian in Nablus after giving up his arms On Tuesday morning, April 15, 2003, Israeli troops killed a Palestinian in Nablus after giving up his arms and sought refuge in a dormitory.
          April 17, 2003 Al Ramla prison opens a new section Thursday, April 17, is the anniversary of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Day. Palestinian prisoners and detainees have gone on hunger strike to mark this day and to demand better de
          April 24, 2003 Israeli troops raid a school in Ramallah; kill a schoolchild and a taxi driver Today, Thursday, April 24, 2003, Israeli troops raided Qarawat Bani Zeid High School in Qarawat Bani Zeid in Ramallah district, killed
             May 4, 2003 Israeli troops kill 13 Palestinians, including 3 children, in Gaza On Thursday, May 1, 2003, Israeli troops raided al Shujaiya quarter in Gaza city and killed 13 Palestinians including 3 children, three brothers,
            May 27, 2003 Maintaining dissent NO to deligitimizing human rights work in Palestine On Wednesday, May 21, Israel’s foreign minister, Silvan Shalom accused Palestinian human rights organizations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
           June 10, 2003 A woman and an 8 year old girl killed, 27 Palestinians wounded in a failed Israeli attempt to assassinate Hamas' Dr. al Rantisi Today, Tuesday, June 10, 2003, Israeli Apache gunships carried out a failed assassina
           June 24, 2003 Massive detention campaign in Hebron
           July 21, 2003 The Israeli Apartheid Wall; the tragedy of suffering of Palestinian families
           July 23, 2003 Israeli authorities impose restrictions on Palestinian art festivals
          August 3, 2003 Israeli police shoot dead a Palestinian taxi driver
         August 10, 2003 Israeli deception and noncompliance with the Road Map
         August 12, 2003 Israeli troops knock down 2 Palestinian homes in Jabal al Mukabir, Jerusalem
         August 13, 2003 Israeli oppressive measures against Palestinian detainees at Asqalan prison
         August 13, 2003 Israeli troops knock down six Palestinian homes, one in Nablus and 5 in al Walaja
         August 21, 2003 Israeli prison authority neglects sick Palestinian detainees at Kfar Atsiyon prison
         August 21, 2003 A Palestinian boy killed in Tulkarem refugee camp
         August 24, 2003 Palestinian detainees at Asqalan prison go on hunger strike
       September 2, 2003 Save Palestinian Detainees
       September 2, 2003 Israeli attacks on Palestinians since the signing of the Hudna (truce)
       September 6, 2003 Israeli troops knock down an apartment block in Nablus; the full story of Israeli collective punishment
       September 6, 2003 Israeli municipality of Jerusalem forces a Palestinian woman to knock down her home
       September 9, 2003 Israeli troops kill a Palestinian child in Hebron Tougher Israeli restriction against Palestinian commuters Jewish settlers attack Silat al Thahir
      September 10, 2003 Israel fails to extra judicially execute Hamas political leader Mahmoud al Zahar
      September 15, 2003 Deteriorating conditions at Ofer detention center
      September 15, 2003 Israel’s decision to banish Arafat is a gross violation of Palestinians’ democratic and political rights
      September 16, 2003 Israeli troops kill a Palestinian in Hebron And knock down a number of Palestinian homes
      September 17, 2003 Palestinian Detainees go on a day per week hunger strike
      September 21, 2003 Further oppressive measures at Asqlan prison
      September 22, 2003 Israeli troops kill a Palestinian in Hebron A Nablus teenager dies of his wounds
      September 29, 2003 Three Years of Grave Israeli Human Rights Violations. The Fourth Anniversary of the Palestinian Uprising