A brief history of Israel

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Sunday July 16, 2006 · 1:55 PM PDT

2006/07/16 · 13:55

This was originally meant as a response to a another diary. It ended up being too long and would have really messed up the formatting and screwed that diary up. I decided to post it on its own because I believe it contains information that people should be aware of. This is to give some perspective on one of the players in the current conflict -- Israel. This is just a smattering of highlights of news stories that don't seem to get much play here in the US. Its just 6 months in the life of Israel. I think it is important to remember that after Israel killed a family on a beach in Gaza their first reaction was to deny it. Then they tried to pin it on Hamas. After the shrapnel evidence revealed that they were indeed behind it, they reluctantly admitted guilt. I believe that fits the pattern of how they operate and speaks to their character. The current Gaza situtation was not started by a soldier being captured. They are not a country that, in my opinion, represents our values but rather one we generally oppose.

Feb 1, 2006	Israel halts tax payments to Palestinians
Feb 3, 2006	Confirmed: Israelis kill 15-year-old inside Lebanon
Feb 5, 2006	Israel tab for West Bank settlements $14B
Feb 14, 2006	U.S., Israel Consider Plan to Starve Hamas
Feb 17, 2006	Chertoff's Sweetheart Deal For Israeli-Owned Carnival Cruise Cruise Line
Feb 26, 2006	Two killed, including a child, in Israeli re-invasion of Balata Refugee Camp
Feb 26, 2006	Destruction of Voice of Palestine’s building. Reporters without Borders indignant at that new act of war against Palestinian media
Feb 26, 2006	Israeli company stops petroleum supplies to Palestinian lands
Mar 2, 2006	Israel gives military free rein
Mar 2, 2006	Israeli Defense Minister: Israel will take 20% of remaining Palestinian land
Mar 3, 2006	Syria flays Israel for 'nuclear dumping'
Mar 3, 2006	Unrest after Israeli church attack
Mar 3, 2006	Israel threatens to assassinate the future Palestinian Authority prime minister
Mar 11, 2006	Israel deploys nuclear arms in submarines
Mar 11, 2006	Documents reveal Labor-Likud plans for West Bank
Mar 13, 2006	Israeli Soldiers Assault Family with Special Needs
Mar 13, 2006	Israeli Government Threatens to Eliminate Haniya
Mar 14, 2006	Israeli Police Assaults Venezuelan's Ambassador at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mar 18, 2006	Bread shortages loom in Gaza
Mar 18, 2006	AP Erases Video of Israeli Soldier Shooting Palestinian Boy
Mar 20, 2006	Britain condemns Israel over fatal shooting of a child
Mar 20, 2006	Food runs low in Gaza after Israel closes key crossing
Mar 22, 2006	"Israeli Human Rights: Starving the Palestinians"
Mar 27, 2006	Israel's anti-Arab parties
Apr 3, 2006	Israeli Wall in the West Bank: Post-Occupation Strategy to Deny Sovereignty to the Palestinian State
Apr 3, 2006	UN aid workers: Gaza on verge of disaster
Apr 4, 2006	Israel Fires Missiles into Abbas' Compound
Apr 10, 2006	Israel to boycott inquest into death of British peace activist shot in Gaza
Apr 10, 2006	Israel to boycott diplomats who meet Hamas officials
Apr 11, 2006	Israeli military stands by its policy on shelling populated areas
Apr 11, 2006	Israel rejects Hamas long-term truce: official
Apr 14, 2006	U.S. blocks UN draft pressing Israel to end attacks
Apr 14, 2006	Report: Hamas will recognize Israel
Apr 15, 2006	Israel escalates threats to invade Gaza Strip
Apr 19, 2006	High Court okays completion of separation fence around Jerusalem
Apr 20, 2006	Israel Fires 400 Rockets on Gaza in 2 Days
Apr 21, 2006	Israel Preparing to Retake Gaza Strip
Apr 21, 2006	Israel completes half of West Bank barrier
Apr 23, 2006	Jerusalem police stop Armenian pilgrims from attending Easter ceremony
Apr 27, 2006	Israel nixes Abbas's peace summit bid
May 1, 2006	Israeli forces ban Palestinian patients from treatment
May 1, 2006	3-Year-Old Child's Skull Crushed at Israeli Checkpoint
May 2, 2006	Israeli soldiers accused of raping 11-year-old
May 3, 2006	Israel Marks Independence Day with $1.7 Billion Budget
May 3, 2006	Irish MP slams EU "hypocrisy," calls for suspension of EU-Israel agreement
May 8, 2006	U.N. Report: Jews are Terrorists, Not Palestinians
May 9, 2006	Pain of Hamas boycott worse than feared for Gaza's people
May 9, 2006	Report: Israel responsible for PA collapse
May 12, 2006	Majority of Israelis Want Gov´t to Encourage Arabs to Leave
May 14, 2006	Palestinians restricted from living with families in Israel
May 15, 2006	Israeli Soldiers Shoot Two International Peace Activists In The Head at Bil'in
May 16, 2006	'Racist' marriage law upheld by Israel
May 20, 2006	Olmert denies humanitarian crisis in Gaza
May 21, 2006	Israel expands settlements
May 22, 2006	Israel frees (some) Palestinian funds
May 22, 2006	Israel to boycott racism conference
May 22, 2006	Israel's economy leaving Palestinians far behind
May 23, 2006	U.S. group warns of humanitarian disaster in Gaza
May 23, 2006	Amnesty International slams Israel
May 24, 2006	Israel is now booming as a result of shutting down its competition, the Palestinian economy
May 24, 2006	Olmert says Israel will draw own borders
May 28, 2006	Israeli jets strike Palestinian bases in Lebanon
May 30, 2006	Palestinians: IDF chopper attacked rescue workers
May 31, 2006	IDF razes toilets of Palestinian cave dwellers in West Bank
Jun 1, 2006	British war crimes lawyer denied entry
Jun 2, 2006	Israeli troops kill 2 Egyptian officers
Jun 5, 2006	Israel Jails Hundreds of Sudanese Refugees
Jun 10, 2006	Palestinians killed on Gaza beach by Israeli gunboats
Jun 11, 2006	Israel introduces new travel restrictions
Jun 12, 2006	Israel steps up threats against Palestinian PM
Jun 12, 2006	Israel plans new homes in West Bank settlement
Jun 12, 2006	Book links Begin to 1952 plot to kill then-German Chancellor Adenauer
Jun 14, 2006	Israeli spy network in Lebanon uncovered
Jun 15, 2006	Lebanese man confesses to killings on behalf of Israel
Jun 18, 2006	Huge rise in number of houses IDF is razing during arrest ops
Jun 19, 2006	Hamas, Fatah edge toward compromise on Israel
Jun 24, 2006	Israeli Troops Launch Incursion in Gaza
Jun 27, 2006	Israel won't let Abbas out of Gaza Strip
Jun 28, 2006	Israeli warplanes buzz palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad
Jun 28, 2006	Ultra-Orthodox Jews attack Christian tourists in Jerusalem
Jun 28, 2006	Israel bombs Islamic University in Gaza: witnesses
Jul 1, 2006	U.S. to pay $48 million to cover damages to Gaza power station
Jul 2, 2006	Israel's Infrastructure Warfare
Jul 3, 2006	IOF storm Palestinian hospitals, wreak havoc in civil society institutions
Jul 3, 2006	Israel drafting special laws for "non Jews"
Jul 8, 2006	Israel rejects Palestinian call for truce
Jul 10, 2006	Israel bars Palestinian Americans for first time since 1967
Jul 12, 2006	Israelis use unprecedented type of projectiles on Palestinians
Jul 12, 2006	Israel 'is using chemical ammunition'

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