The Palestine Chronology

The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Hebron, in Bethlehem; undercover units arrest 3 wanted Islamic Jihad mbrs. in an operation nr. Jenin (see 6/15). Islamic Jihad fires 2 rockets at Sederot, causing damage but no injuries. Palestinian lawyers demonstrate in Ramallah to draw attention to calls by the Palestinian Bar Association on the PA to halt chaos in the territories. Israeli police arrest 6 Jewish settler women fr. Kiryat Arba for writing graffiti calling for the expulsion of Palestinians on the walls of adjacent Palestinian homes. (IMEMC, JAZ 6/16; HA 6/17; PCHR 6/23)

The IDF sends troops into al-Bathan nr. Nablus who surround, open fire on a car carrying 3 Palestinians, wounding 1, arresting all 3 without explanation; later conducts arrest raids in the same area; also conducts arrest raids, house searches in al-Yamun nr. Jenin. Jewish settlers fr. Asfar uproot more than 55 olive trees belonging to Palestinians in nearby Hebron. The Ramallah–al-Bireh governorate removes, bans all pictures, placards, graffiti on building walls in the 2 cities in a “beautification” campaign. (PCHR, al-Quds 3/10; OCHA 3/16; PCHR 3/17)