The Palestine Chronology

In Jerusalem, after Friday prayers, Palestinians at the al-Aqsa Mosque angry over Israeli actions at the site on 6/9/11 throw stones at nearby Israeli police, who enter the mosque courtyard and fire tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the demonstrators; no serious injuries are reported. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols in Qalqilya and 2 villages nr. Qalqilya and Ramallah during the day and in 4 villages nr. Jenin, Jericho, and Ramallah late at night. Palestinians (sometimes accompanied by Israeli and international activists) hold weekly nonviolent demonstrations against the separation wall, land confiscations, and settlement expansion in Bil‘in in, Ni‘lin, and Nabi Salih. IDF soldiers fire rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at the protesters, causing no serious injuries; 3 Israeli activists are arrested. Jewish settlers set up a tent in al-Marj nr. Ramallah and open fire on local Palestinians, seriously wounding 1; the IDF removes the settlers. (WP 6/11; PCHR 6/16; OCHA 6/24)

The IDF raids ‘Azun twice during the day, searching several shops in the morning, then sending in undercover units late at night to raid another business, arresting 1 Palestinian; conducts daytime patrols in 4 villages nr. Qalqilya, 2 nr. Salfit, and 1 nr. each Ramallah and Tulkarm; conducts late-night patrols in Jericho and nr. Jenin and Salfit; and makes a late-night incursion into Jenin to arrest local Hamas leader Wasfi Qabaha, telling his family that they detained him because “he did not listen to their advice to stop his activities.” In Jerusalem, the IDF escorts a group of Jews into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound to pray. (PCHR 6/16; OCHA 6/24)