Overnight, Jewish settlers fatally shoot 2 Palestinians they claim were attempting to infiltrate Elon Moreh settlement. A Jewish settlement guard in the Jordan Valley fatally shoots a 60-yr.-old Palestinian laborer returning from work, whom he believed was attempting to infiltrate the settlement. The IDF for no apparent reason fatally shoots a Palestinian woman tending livestock nr. Qarni crossing, also killing 4 of her animals; demolishes 8 Palestinian homes in Rafah; conducts arrest raids nr. Jenin; removes another vacant unauthorized settlement outpost nr. Hebron. The IDF also detains an ISM mbr. in Rafah. (HA 4/30; LAW, PCHR 5/1; HA 5/2; PCHR 5/8)
After Abbas and his cabinet are sworn in today, the U.S. formally presents Israel, the PA with the road map. (BBC, HA, NYT 4/30; MM, NYT, WP, WT 5/1; MA 5/1 in WNC 5/2; MEI 5/16)