Timeline in 2009

Because the background of events leading to the Zionist settlement in Palestine is so wide, the geographical scope of this timeline includes events outside the immediate theatre of Palestine.


  2009
31 Dec 2009: UN Special Rapporteur on human rights calls for sanctions against Israel
30 Dec 2009: Suicide bomber attacks main CIA base in Afghanistan, killing seven of its employees
29 Dec 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in and kidnap two teenagers
26 Dec 2009: Israeli death squad invades Nablus; at least three Palestinians assassinated in cold blood
26 Dec 2009: Israeli colonial forces bomb border areas of Gaza and kill at least three Palestinians
26 Dec 2009: Bomb in Beirut targets Hamas; at least two killed
19 Dec 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in and invade the media center offices
16 Dec 2009: Israeli occupation forces ransack the house of Salam Amira in Ni'lin
15 Dec 2009: Egyptian border guards close at least ten siege-busting tunnels and confiscate one warehouse
15 Dec 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian towns in the West Bank; menace and kidnap at least 15 Palestinian civilians
14 Dec 2009: Egyptian border guards seize the largest siege-busting tunnel
13 Dec 2009: Tzipi Livni fails to give speech in UK, not coming to country for fear of arrest
12 Dec 2009: Israeli colonial forces invade central Gaza; artillery shelling kills at least one Palestinian civilian
11 Dec 2009: Palestinian Christians launch The Kairos Palestine Document and call for a boycott of Israel
11 Dec 2009: Settlers vandalize and burn mosque in the village of Yasuf
10 Dec 2009: Israeli occupation forces raid Bil'in in the middle of the night and kidnap a leader of the non-violent resistance campaign
10 Dec 2009: Obama advocates war while accepting Nobel Peace Prize
09 Dec 2009: Israeli occupation forces harass and kidnap 15 Palestinian civilian throughout the West Bank; non-violent resistance activists targeted
08 Dec 2009: European Foreign Ministers issue statement about the status of Jerusalem
07 Dec 2009: Viva Palestina convoy departs London en route to Gaza
06 Dec 2009: Egyptian border guards destroy two siege busting tunnels and confiscate warehouse on border with Gaza
04 Dec 2009: BDS meeting at SOAS
03 Dec 2009: Bomb explodes in Damascus killing Iranian and Hamas officials; Mossad suspected
03 Dec 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the West Bank; harass, menace and kidnap at least 15 Palestinian civilians; ransack houses
01 Dec 2009: Jewish settlers take over another house in Sheikh Jarrah

30 Nov 2009: Settlers invade and attack the West Bank village of Burin
29 Nov 2009: Swiss vote to ban construction of minarets on mosques
26 Nov 2009: Jewish settler deliberately drives over wounded Palestinian -- twice
25 Nov 2009: start of Israeli PR stunt involving a very partial Israeli "freeze" on settlement construction in West Bank   >>end date
19 Nov 2009: Israeli aircraft bomb the Rafah-Gaza border and factory in Khan Yunis
18 Nov 2009: Obama, on visit to China, criticises Israeli plans to build more homes in occupied territories
17 Nov 2009: Israeli colonial forces invade area near Gaza city; tanks and bulldozers destroy farm land
17 Nov 2009: Public announcement that Israel intends to build 900 more houses in the occupied territories
16 Nov 2009: Palestinian Authority goons kidnap at least seven Hamas activists
15 Nov 2009: Former US president Clinton, husband of serving US Secretary of State, tells Palestinians that the US has changed its former anti-settlement policy
13 Nov 2009: Israeli colonial forces invade area near Gaza city; kill one youth and kidnap four Palestinian teenagers
11 Nov 2009: Israeli occupation forces kidnap at least a dozen Palestinian civilians across the West Bank
09 Nov 2009: Israeli occupation forces kidnap at least 14 Palestinian civilians across the West Bank; Palestinian severely beaten at checkpoint
06 Nov 2009: Israeli artillery fire severely wounds four residents and destroys house in Gaza near the Nahal Oz crossing
05 Nov 2009: Obama claims he will reverse the U-turn he made earlier on freezing Israeli settlements
05 Nov 2009: UN General Assembly endorses Goldstone Report
05 Nov 2009: Mahmoud Abbas announces he will not seek re-election
04 Nov 2009: Start of UN General Assembly deliberations on the Israeli attack on Gaza in January 2009
04 Nov 2009: Israeli navy seizes civilian cargo ship in international waters near Cyprus
03 Nov 2009: US House of Representatives passes a resolution calling on the US president to veto UN endorsement of the Goldstone Report
03 Nov 2009: Israeli general announces that Hamas has launched an experimental rocket some 60 kilometers into the sea
02 Nov 2009: US Secretary of State tries to soften her endorsement of Israeli plans to continue expanding West Bank settlements
   Nov 2009: Urged by the German-Israeli Society, the Mayor of Munich bans Ilan Pappe from speaking in a municipal building

31 Oct 2009: US Secretary of State endorses Israeli plans to continue expanding West Bank settlements
27 Oct 2009: Israeli bulldozers demolish six Palestinian houses in Jerusalem; large military presence
25 Oct 2009: start of Palestinians clash with Israeli troops in Old City around al-Haram al-Sharif   >>end date
20 Oct 2009: Israeli colonial forces steal and bulldoze Palestinian farmland in the Baqa area of Hebron
19 Oct 2009: Egyptian border guards confiscate goods destined for Gaza
18 Oct 2009: Bomb kills Iranian Revolutionary Guards commanders and tribal leaders in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan in southeastern Iran
16 Oct 2009: UN Human Rights Council passes resolution endorsing Goldstone report
14 Oct 2009: Israeli war planes bomb Rafah border attempting to destroy siege-busting tunnels; at least one dead, several wounded
12 Oct 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap at least 16 Palestinian civilians
11 Oct 2009: Mahmoud Abbas announces reversal of stance on Goldstone Report
11 Oct 2009: Turkey cancels joint military exercises which would have included Israeli participation
10 Oct 2009: US tries to squash proposed Hamas-Fateh agreement brokered by Egypt
09 Oct 2009: Announcement that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
09 Oct 2009: United States warships stop ship chartered by Iran's state-owned shipping company
07 Oct 2009: Shahab news agency reports that the PA was blackmailed by Israel into withdrawing support for GOldstone report
05 Oct 2009: Moshe Ya'alon rejects invitation to Britain, fearing arrest
04 Oct 2009: Further clash at al-Haram al-Sharif
04 Oct 2009: American, Israeli and French Army Chiefs of Staff hold talks in Normandy about Iran
04 Oct 2009: Israeli interior ministry forces demolish several houses in the unrecognized villages in the Negev; Twail Abu-Jarwal destroyed for the 32nd time
01 Oct 2009: General strike by Palestinian citizens of Israel
01 Oct 2009: Talks between the United States, Iran and some European countries regarding the purported Iranian nuclear weapons program
01 Oct 2009: Under pressure, PA defers endorsing the Goldstone commission report; Goldstone-gate

30 Sep 2009: Israeli soldier uses jeep to murder Palestinian school student
30 Sep 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in in the middle of the night; attempt to kidnap community leader and menace residents
29 Sep 2009: Attempt to have Ehud Barak arrested in London on war crimes charges
29 Sep 2009: Settlers from the Yitzhar settlement attack Burin and destroy at least 150 olive trees; vandalize property
27 Sep 2009: Jewish zealots attempt to enter Haram al Sharif; Israeli police savagely beat Muslim worshippers
25 Sep 2009: start of Trial of Ehud Olmert for corruption   >>end date
25 Sep 2009: Israeli military order for confiscation of land without compensation to the villages of Anata, Al 'Isawiya, Al Khan and An Nabi Musa
25 Sep 2009: Settlers destroy hundreds of olive trees near the village of Murair
24 Sep 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns; harass and kidnap at least 7 Palestinian civilians
24 Sep 2009: Netanyahu makes speech at UN General Assembly likening Hamas to Nazis and London Blitz to Qassam rockets on Sderot
23 Sep 2009: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the UN General Assembly
23 Sep 2009: Obama, in speech at UN, drops his demand for a freeze on Israeli settlements
23 Sep 2009: Israeli colonial forces invade Gaza; destroy crops and farmland; damage houses and menace farmers
22 Sep 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian towns in the West Bank; menace and kidnap at least six Palestinian civilians
22 Sep 2009: Meeting between Obama, Netanyahu and Abbas
22 Sep 2009: Foundations are laid to expand Betar Illit settlement on the eve of the tripartite talks at the UN
21 Sep 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in; harass and attempt to kidnap Palestinian civilians
21 Sep 2009: Israeli war planes bomb Rafah border attempting to destroy siege-busting tunnels
16 Sep 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in in the middle of the night; ransack houses; attempt to kidnap Palestinian activist and menace others
15 Sep 2009: Brazilian Congress passes motion to block Mercosur trading with Israel
15 Sep 2009: Relaunch of Geneva Initiative
15 Sep 2009: UN fact-finding commission submits report on war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated during the Israeli attack on Gaza (Dec. 2008 - Jan 2009)
10 Sep 2009: Violent settlers with army escort brutalize and menace the villagers of Khirbet Susiya; at least ten wounded; property ransacked
09 Sep 2009: Israeli tanks and bulldozers invade Gaza; destroy farmland, uproot trees and demolish houses
09 Sep 2009: Israeli interior ministry forces demolish the unrecognized village of Tawil Abu Jarwal for the 31st time
08 Sep 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in in the middle of the night; ransack houses; attempt to kidnap Palestinian teenagers; fire sound bombs and tear gas
07 Sep 2009: Peace Now reveals that Israeli government laid the foundations to build a new settlement in the Jordan valley
07 Sep 2009: Khaled Meshal warns against Arab regimes normalizing relations with Israel
07 Sep 2009: Unannounced trip by Benjamin Netanyahu to Moscow
06 Sep 2009: Israeli colonial forces invade Northern Gaza and kidnap five teenagers; engage in destructive action
05 Sep 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in in the middle of the night; attempt to kidnap Palestinian youths; fire sound bombs and tear gas
05 Sep 2009: Israeli government announces that it will continue settlement expansion and building of hundreds of new structures
03 Sep 2009: Israeli occupation forces harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians throughout the West Bank
03 Sep 2009: Norwegian government's ethics panel announces that it will divest from Israeli company involved in implementing hafrada
01 Sep 2009: Dozens of Israeli soldiers invade Bil'in in the middle of the night; kidnap teenager; menace residents and solidarity activists

30 Aug 2009: Anti-eviction demonstration in Kfar Shalem
30 Aug 2009: Former Israeli PM Olmert indicted on corruption charges
27 Aug 2009: US government indicates that it will no longer pressure Israel on settlement expansion
27 Aug 2009: Israeli patrol boats fire on fishing boats off Gaza; one fisherman killed
25 Aug 2009: Israeli aircraft bomb the siege-busting tunnels in Gaza; three killed and at least eight wounded
25 Aug 2009: Israeli occupation forces break into Radio Bethlehem 2000's offices; steal or destroy its broadcasting equipment
20 Aug 2009: Release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi
20 Aug 2009: Dozens of Israeli soldiers invade Bil'in in the middle of the night; harass with sound bombs, kidnap and menace residents
19 Aug 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the Hebron area; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
19 Aug 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Qalqilya, destroy workshops, and block road to neighboring village
18 Aug 2009: Israeli forces demolish several Bedouin homes in the Negev
15 Aug 2009: end of Hamas clash with Jund Ansar Allah in Rafah; 22 killed   >>start date
14 Aug 2009: start of Hamas clash with Jund Ansar Allah in Rafah; 22 killed   >>end date
13 Aug 2009: end of Large US Congressional visit Israel; junket paid for by AIPAC   >>start date
13 Aug 2009: end of WAC Inter-Congress in Ramallah   >>start date
12 Aug 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank villages; menaced and kidnapped Palestinian civilians
11 Aug 2009: end of Sixth Fatah party congress   >>start date
11 Aug 2009: end of Steny Hoyer leads 29 US Democratic legislators to Jerusalem   >>start date
10 Aug 2009: 71 senators ask Obama to pressure Arab states
10 Aug 2009: Israeli airplanes bomb the Rafah-Egypt border area
09 Aug 2009: start of Steny Hoyer leads 29 US Democratic legislators to Jerusalem   >>end date
09 Aug 2009: Israeli soldiers and settlers menace and violently harass Palestinian residents of Sheik Jarrah
08 Aug 2009: start of WAC Inter-Congress in Ramallah   >>end date
05 Aug 2009: Israeli military deliver demolition orders for five additional houses in Silwan
04 Aug 2009: start of Sixth Fatah party congress   >>end date
03 Aug 2009: Armed settlers with Israeli army support invade Al Khader and destroy dozens of olive trees
03 Aug 2009: start of Large US Congressional visit Israel; junket paid for by AIPAC   >>end date
03 Aug 2009: Hundreds of Israeli masked soldiers invade Bil'in; menace, harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians; Mohammed Khatib kidnapped
02 Aug 2009: Israel forcibly expels several Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah
01 Aug 2009: Attack on lesbian/gay centre in Tel Aviv kills two people

29 Jul 2009: end of Israeli tanks and bulldozers invade the southern Gaza strip; destroy farmland and houses   >>start date
28 Jul 2009: start of Israeli tanks and bulldozers invade the southern Gaza strip; destroy farmland and houses   >>end date
27 Jul 2009: Eight US congressmen and women visit Gaza Strip
27 Jul 2009: end of Israeli right-wingers set up 11 outposts   >>start date
27 Jul 2009: Settler rabbi calls Obama a racist
27 Jul 2009: Jewish colonial settlers damage the stain glass window of the Ibrahim mosque in Al Khalil
27 Jul 2009: Israeli defence minister meets United States Secretary of Defense
26 Jul 2009: start of Israeli right-wingers set up 11 outposts   >>end date
26 Jul 2009: Israeli right-wing zealots march through Rahat
23 Jul 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian towns in the West Bank; menace and kidnap at least 14 Palestinian civilians
20 Jul 2009: Jewish colonial settlers of Beit Ain burn Palestinian agricultural land; menace and stone Palestinian farmers
19 Jul 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
18 Jul 2009: Jordan deports Farouk Kaddoumi
17 Jul 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in in a pre-dawn raid... again
17 Jul 2009: Palestinian Authority goons kidnap at least 14 Hamas activists
16 Jul 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian towns in the West Bank; menace and kidnap at least 5 Palestinian civilians
15 Jul 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian towns in the West Bank; menace and kidnap at least five Palestinian civilians
14 Jul 2009: Israeli military forces invade the northern Gaza strip; tanks and bulldozers level farm land near Beit Hanoun; open fire on Palestinian houses
14 Jul 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; ransack houses; harass and kidnap at least 12 Palestinian civilians
14 Jul 2009: Farouk Kaddoumi accuses Mahmoud Abbas and Mohammed Dahlan of collaborating with Israel and United States to assassinate Yasser Arafa
13 Jul 2009: Obama meets US Jewish leaders
12 Jul 2009: Jewish colonial settlers of Beit Ain burn dozens of dunams of Palestinian agricultural land; steal harvested crops and stone Palestinian farmers
08 Jul 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the West Bank; harass and kidnap Palestinian residents; ransack houses
07 Jul 2009: Israeli forces invade Bilin in the middle of the night; ransack houses; menace and kidnap residents
05 Jul 2009: US Vice President indicates that the US would give a "green light" for Israel to attack Iran
03 Jul 2009: Zionist Betar thugs vandalize the Resistances bookstore in Paris

30 Jun 2009: Israeli gunboats seize Gaza-bound "Spirit of Humanity", a solidarity ship
30 Jun 2009: start of Egypt seals the Rafah terminal   >>end date
30 Jun 2009: Israeli occupation forces storm Bil'in; harass, menace and kidnap residents
29 Jun 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap at least 14 Palestinian civilians
29 Jun 2009: Dozens of Israeli soldiers invade Bil'in; ransack houses, kidnap several teenagers and menace residents
25 Jun 2009: Khaled Meshal delivers a speech in Damascus
25 Jun 2009: Large Israeli military force invades Bil'in; ransacks houses, harasses and kidnaps Palestinian civilians
24 Jun 2009: end of Mapping Models of Statehood Conference at York Univ.   >>start date
24 Jun 2009: Israeli PM meets French president in the Elysee Palace
23 Jun 2009: Palestinian Authority goons kidnap at least 40 Hamas activists
23 Jun 2009: Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch visits al-Aqsa mosque
23 Jun 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in in the middle of the night; ransack houses; kidnap two Palestinian teenagers and two adults
22 Jun 2009: Israeli army invades Al Bureij refugee camp in Gaza
22 Jun 2009: Start of Bil'in court case against Green Park and Green Mount in Canada
22 Jun 2009: Jerusalem municipality issues at least 65 house demolition orders against Palestinian properties
22 Jun 2009: start of Mapping Models of Statehood Conference at York Univ.   >>end date
18 Jun 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several regions of the West Bank and kidnap at least 15 Palestinian civilians
16 Jun 2009: Israeli Interior ministry forces demolish houses, shacks and infrastructure in several Negev unrecognized villages
16 Jun 2009: Jimmy Carter visits Gaza
16 Jun 2009: Avigdor Lieberman arrives in US as part of an official visit
16 Jun 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Qalqilya and kidnap at least ten Palestinian civilians; Palestinian savagely beaten in Beit Omar
15 Jun 2009: Israeli Defense Minister tells French officials that the Israelis have a "secret accord" with the US to continue "natural growth" of settlements
15 Jun 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns, ransack houses, harass and kidnap at least 9 Palestinian civilians
14 Jun 2009: Netanyahu makes speech at Bar Ilan Univ.; seen as response to Obama's speech in Cairo
12 Jun 2009: Israeli army imposes curfew on the Salfit area to enable thousands of settlers to go on a pilgrimage
11 Jun 2009: Palestinian Authority imprisons dozens of Hamas activists or sympathizers
10 Jun 2009: Settlers erect new outpost next to Khirbat Yanoun; harass with gunfire and injure villagers
10 Jun 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Al Khalil and kidnap at least three Palestinian civilians
09 Jun 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade parts of Gaza; Israeli warships destroy fishing boats; kill four Palestinian resistance fighters
08 Jun 2009: Attack, claimed by Jund Ansar Allah, on Israeli army near Karni crossing
08 Jun 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Baqa and destroy the village's water wells, water pipes and storage tanks
07 Jun 2009: Lebanon holds elections
06 Jun 2009: Wave of Palestinian Authority imprisonment of Hamas cadre; Hamas responds by imprisoning Fatah former security personnel
05 Jun 2009: Obama makes speech in Buchenwald to 'balance' the one in Cairo
05 Jun 2009: Israeli soldiers kill demonstrator and wound another in Ni'lin
04 Jun 2009: end of Turning Point 3 - large Israeli military training exercise to fight a three front war against Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, including suppression of Palestinian civilian population   >>start date
04 Jun 2009: President Obama, in Cairo, addresses the Arab world
01 Jun 2009: Israeli occupation forces violently suppress non-violent demonstration; kidnap at least five Palestinians and three international solidarity activists

31 May 2009: start of Turning Point 3 - large Israeli military training exercise to fight a three front war against Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, including suppression of Palestinian civilian population   >>end date
31 May 2009: Palestinian Authority paramilitaries kill Hamas resistance fighters in Qalqilya
29 May 2009: Shia mosque bombed in Zahedan, Iran, kills at least 25 people
28 May 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap at least 12 Palestinian civilians
28 May 2009: Meeting between Mahmoud Abbas and Barack Obama
27 May 2009: Knesset approves bill imprisoning anyone calling for change in definition of Israel as a "democratic and Jewish state"
26 May 2009: Israeli occupation forces kidnap at least six Palestinian civilians throughout the West Bank
26 May 2009: Code Pink leads 66 solidarity activists into Gaza
25 May 2009: France opens military base in Abu Dhabi
23 May 2009: Israel border police shut down Palestinian cultural festival in East Jerusalem
22 May 2009: US Vice President visits Beirut before the Lebanese elections
21 May 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the West Bank; harass, menace and kidnap at least 26 Palestinian civilians; several wounded
20 May 2009: Israeli air force and navy bomb several areas of Gaza
20 May 2009: UN announces investigation into possible Israeli war crimes in Gaza
20 May 2009: Israeli Interior ministry forces demolish new house in the unrecognized of Khirbat Al Batal
19 May 2009: Spanish parliament votes to change legislation dealing with universal jurisdiction
19 May 2009: 76 US senators sign letter to Obama supporting Israel
19 May 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian towns in the West Bank; injure, harass and kidnap at least 9 Palestinian civilians
19 May 2009: Hillary Clinton says that Obama insists on complete halt to building in Israeli settlements
18 May 2009: Settlers stage a mass march through Al-Khalil with Israeli army support
18 May 2009: Meeting between Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu
15 May 2009: end of visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Israel and the Palestinian occupied territories   >>start date
15 May 2009: Israeli occupation forces repress non-violent demonstration in Bil'in; nine injured and dozens overcome by teargas
12 May 2009: 329 members of US House of Representatives sign letter to Obama which was drafted by AIPAC
11 May 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Hebron; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack houses
11 May 2009: start of visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Israel and the Palestinian occupied territories   >>end date
07 May 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap at least 16 Palestinian civilians
05 May 2009: Settlers destroy dozens of trees in Sinjil
04 May 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap at least 10 Palestinian civilians
03 May 2009: Settler uses bulldozer to destroy at least 5 acres of orchards and damages hundreds of trees
02 May 2009: Israeli air force manuevers practice refuelling over Gibraltar
02 May 2009: Israeli war planes bomb Rafah border attempting to destroy tunnels; at least two killed

29 Apr 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass Palestinian civilians; block entrance and ransack houses
26 Apr 2009: Israeli police confiscate computers of New Profile members
24 Apr 2009: end of Durban Review Conference   >>start date
23 Apr 2009: Israeli interior ministry forces demolish grocery shop in the unrecognized village of Hura
21 Apr 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns; ransack houses, harass and kidnap at least 15 Palestinian civilians
20 Apr 2009: start of Durban Review Conference   >>end date
18 Apr 2009: end of Ehud Barak orders the closure of the West Bank during the Passover holidays   >>start date
17 Apr 2009: Israeli occupation forces violently repress non-violent Palestinian demonstration at Bilin; one dead, dozens wounded
16 Apr 2009: Settlers threaten to invade the Haram Sharif compound where the Al Aqsa mosque is located
16 Apr 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack kindergarten
14 Apr 2009: Israeli occupation forces several villages in the West Bank; kidnap and harass Palestinian civilians; close-off village
13 Apr 2009: start of Ehud Barak orders the closure of the West Bank during the Passover holidays   >>end date
08 Apr 2009: Settlers with IOF support conduct pogrom in the village of Safa; dozens of Palestinians wounded
08 Apr 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade the Nablus area; kidnap and harass Palestinian civilians; ransack houses
07 Apr 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several villages in the Hebron area; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
05 Apr 2009: Israeli Interior ministry forces destroy 500 dunams of Bedouin crops just before harvest
05 Apr 2009: Settlers attack several houses in East Jerusalem; brutalize Palestinian civilians, and burn house
   Apr 2009: Iranian ship bound for Gaza torpedoed off Sudan

31 Mar 2009: Benjamin Netanyahu government sworn in
26 Mar 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Kifl Hares; ransack house, steal property and beat/injure Palestinian civilians
26 Mar 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Nablus and surrounding refugee camps; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack houses
26 Mar 2009: Israeli Interior ministry forces destroy 12 huts and tents in the unrecognized village of Twail abu Jarwal; the 18th time the village was destroyed
25 Mar 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
24 Mar 2009: Right-wing Israelis, led by settlers, march through Umm al-Fahm
20 Mar 2009: end of Publication, by Israeli newspaper, of revelations about Israeli war crimes during attack on Gaza   >>start date
19 Mar 2009: Former Israeli president Katsav indicted for rape and sexual assault
19 Mar 2009: Israeli occupation forces kidnap at least 21 Palestinian legislators and Hamas leaders in the West Bank
19 Mar 2009: start of Publication, by Israeli newspaper, of revelations about Israeli war crimes during attack on Gaza   >>end date
19 Mar 2009: Israeli paramilitary police block off East Jerusalem and impede and bar Palestinian cultural festival
18 Mar 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap at least 15 Palestinian civilians
17 Mar 2009: Israeli warships fire on fishing boats and crowd on the beach in Gaza
17 Mar 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade and harass several West Bank towns and kidnap at least 16 Palestinian civilians
15 Mar 2009: Two Israeli policemen killed in West bank, near settlement of Masu'a
13 Mar 2009: Israeli forces demolish houses and uproot olive trees in the unrecognized village of Bir Hamam
12 Mar 2009: Settlers with Israeli army escort rampage through houses and shops in the Old city of Jerusalem
11 Mar 2009: end of Israeli occupation forces declare closure of the West Bank due to the Purim festivities; lock down on Palestinians   >>start date
11 Mar 2009: Israeli air force drones and tanks bombard several areas of Gaza
11 Mar 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap at least 38 Palestinian civilians
09 Mar 2009: start of Israeli occupation forces declare closure of the West Bank due to the Purim festivities; lock down on Palestinians   >>end date
09 Mar 2009: Viva Palestina aid convoy trucks cross into Gaza
08 Mar 2009: end of Swedes protest at Davis Cup match between Sweden and Israel   >>start date
07 Mar 2009: Israeli aircraft bomb the Rafah-Gaza border
07 Mar 2009: Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigns
06 Mar 2009: start of Swedes protest at Davis Cup match between Sweden and Israel   >>end date
05 Mar 2009: Israeli bombers and drones attack several locations in Gaza; Hamas commander killed
05 Mar 2009: Israeli military officials issue order to demolish 15 houses in Aqraba
05 Mar 2009: Bulldozer rampage III in Jerusalem
05 Mar 2009: end of First official visit to Israel by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton   >>start date
03 Mar 2009: start of First official visit to Israel by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton   >>end date
03 Mar 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the West Bank; harass, menace and kidnap Palestinian civilians
03 Mar 2009: Israeli aircraft bomb the Rafah-Gaza border
02 Mar 2009: Settlers burn the Center for Peace in Bil'in
02 Mar 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in West Bank; kidnap Palestinian civilians and harass others

27 Feb 2009: start of Palestinian reconciliation talks held in Egypt   >>end date
25 Feb 2009: Israeli helicopters bomb the Rafah area in Southern Gaza
25 Feb 2009: end of Egypt partially opens the Rafah-Egypt border crossing   >>start date
24 Feb 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
22 Feb 2009: Israeli authorities serve notice to residents of Al Bustan for house evactuation in a prelude to razing the area
22 Feb 2009: start of Egypt partially opens the Rafah-Egypt border crossing   >>end date
19 Feb 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade towns in the Jenin and Nablus areas; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
19 Feb 2009: Israeli aircraft bomb the Rafah-Gaza border
18 Feb 2009: Israeli bombers attack Southern Gaza targeting the siege-busting tunnels; several Palestinian civilians killed
18 Feb 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Jayyous; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack houses; damage school; steal valuables
17 Feb 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
16 Feb 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns, ransack houses, harass and kidnap at least 30 Palestinian civilians
14 Feb 2009: Israeli army murders Hammad Silmiya
13 Feb 2009: Israeli navy and airplanes bomb several areas of Gaza killing and injuring Palestinians; destroying property
12 Feb 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
11 Feb 2009: Another attack by Israeli planes on a convoy in Sudan
10 Feb 2009: General election in Israel
06 Feb 2009: Israeli warplanes attack Gaza-Rafah border
05 Feb 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade towns in the Nablus area; harass and detain Palestinian civilians; ransack houses
05 Feb 2009: Egypt bars foreign nationals from entering Gaza and demands that journalists leave by 5 February 2009
04 Feb 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
04 Feb 2009: Israeli airplanes bomb the Rafah-Egypt border area
03 Feb 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
02 Feb 2009: Israeli occupation forces surround Bil'in, block access with razor wire and rocks; shoot teargas; youth shot in leg
02 Feb 2009: Al-Quds University Board votes to cut all forms of academic cooperation with Israeli academic institutions
01 Feb 2009: Israeli aircraft bomb several locations in Gaza: the siege-busting tunnels, some "security" buildings

29 Jan 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the Hebron area; harass, injure and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack homes
28 Jan 2009: Visit of George Mitchell to Israel and the West Bank
28 Jan 2009: Israel bombs southern Gaza Strip
28 Jan 2009: Israel cuts diplomatic relations with Venezuela
28 Jan 2009: Israeli occupation forces issue military orders confiscating land in Nahhalin
28 Jan 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
27 Jan 2009: Israeli planes attack convoy in Sudan, killing 39
27 Jan 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the Ramallah area; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack houses
27 Jan 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the Hebron area; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack homes
26 Jan 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns; ransack homes; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
26 Jan 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the Jenin area; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
26 Jan 2009: European Union official touring war-torn Gaza blamed Hamas for the humanitarian crisis there
24 Jan 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade Qabatiya; ransack home and kidnap Palestinian civilians
23 Jan 2009: French president Nicolas Sarkozy orders a French frigate to participate in blockade of Gaza
23 Jan 2009: BBC refuses to broadcast humanitarian appeal
21 Jan 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the West Bank; harass, menace and kidnap Palestinian civilians
20 Jan 2009: Inauguration of Obama as president of the United States
20 Jan 2009: US naval task force ordered to block ships suspected of taking arms to Gaza
19 Jan 2009: Palestinians fire on settler car in West Bank
18 Jan 2009: Sharm al-Sheikh conference meets to decide the future and fate of Gaza; Meeting of the states collaborating with Israel
17 Jan 2009: Israeli military shell UNRWA school in Beit Lahiya where 1,600 Palestinian civilians sought refuge
17 Jan 2009: end of Israeli attack on Gaza, which kills more than 1400 people (aka Operation Cast Lead; The Gaza Massacre)   >>start date
15 Jan 2009: Israeli military bomb three hospitals in Gaza city; many fatalities and Israeli forces keep rescue crews away; phosphorous bombs used on Al Quds hospital
15 Jan 2009: Israeli bombers completely destroy the al-Abrar Mosque in central Rafah; at least twenty surrounding shops were also destroyed in the attack.
15 Jan 2009: Israeli bombardment kills Said Siyam, a senior Hamas leader
15 Jan 2009: Israeli military shell UN offices in Gaza City; UNRWA forced to cease operations in Gaza
15 Jan 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the Hebron area; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack homes and steal money
14 Jan 2009: Israeli soldiers use Palestinian boy as human shield in Tel al-Hawa
14 Jan 2009: Bolivia severs diplomatic relations with Israel
13 Jan 2009: Israeli soldier murders Rouhiya al-Najjar
13 Jan 2009: Israeli soldiers murder Yaser Saqr Isma’il Tmeizi, a Palestinian farmer
12 Jan 2009: Israeli military bomb ambulances which sought to help civilian victims of a previous bombing; doctor and ambulance staff killed
12 Jan 2009: Israel bans Arab parties from running in upcoming elections
12 Jan 2009: Ehud Olmert claims he ordered George Bush to ensure that the US abstain from a UNSC resolution on Gaza that the US had devised
11 Jan 2009: Israeli artillery shells destroy the al-Safaa Mosque in the al-Bureij refugee camp; multiple fatalities
10 Jan 2009: Demonstration outside Israeli embassy in London
09 Jan 2009: Mahmoud Abbas’s presidential term expires
08 Jan 2009: United Nations Security Council called for a ceasefire in Gaza leading to a full Israeli withdrawal; United States abstains
07 Jan 2009: Israeli military drops leaflets on Rafah warning residents to flee the area; fighter bombers destroyed 26 houses on the same day
06 Jan 2009: Israeli bombers target mosque in the Bureij refugee camp; neighboring UNRWA health facility badly damaged wounding six staff
06 Jan 2009: Venezuela severs diplomatic relations with Israel
05 Jan 2009: UNRWA's al-Fakhura school in the Jabaliya refugee camp bombed; at least 42 killed and dozens more injured
05 Jan 2009: Israeli war crime: soldiers order Palestinian civilians into a house in Zeitoun which is subsequently bombed, killing 21 members of the Samouni family, including women and children, and wounding 19 others
05 Jan 2009: Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians
05 Jan 2009: Israeli missile demolishes UNRWA's Asma school in the Shati refugee camp; 3 killed, dozens wounded
04 Jan 2009: Israeli army in Gaza Strip kills two unarmed women, one of whom was carrying a white flag
03 Jan 2009: Israeli bombers destroy the American International School in northern Gaza
03 Jan 2009: al-Makadma Mosque destroyed in Beit Lahiya during evening prayers; dozens of fatalities and many more injured
03 Jan 2009: start of Invasion of Gaza by Israeli ground forces   >>end date
01 Jan 2009: Israeli one-ton bomb kills Nizar Rayan, six of his family; at least 20 fatalities

       2009: Yet another Israeli attack on Sudan
       2009: Suez cement factory workers strike in protest against sales of cement to Israel


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