May 5, 2009

In the West Bank, the IDF conducts synchronized late-night arrest raids, house searches in and around Bethlehem; conducts other late-night arrest raids, house searches in ‘Askar r.c. nr Nablus and nr. Hebron, Jenin, Qalqilya. Israel’s Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat presents to the Interior Min. planning comm. a proposed master plan for Jerusalem for the next 20 yrs. (HA, Jerusalem Post [Internet edition] 5/5; OCHA 5/6; PCHR 5/7; Ir Amin press release 6/30; HA 7/23)