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News -02-22-05 Israel Approves Withdrawal of Settlements from Gaza (Roswell-Record.com) "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Cabinet began charting Israel’s future borders in a historic session Sunday, giving final approval to a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a revised route for the West Bank separation barrier that would move Israel’s border closer to that of its original frontier." "With the vote, an Israeli government agreed for the first time since capturing the West Bank and Gaza in the 1967 Mideast war to dismantle some of the dozens of Jewish settlements it has built there." 02-05 -02-22-05 Israel Releases 500 Prisoners (MSNBC News) "Israel freed 500 Palestinian prisoners in a good-will gesture Monday, a day after the government gave final approval to a pullout from Gaza and a revised route of the West Bank separation barrier that would encompass at least 6 percent of land claimed by the Palestinians for a future state." 02-05 -03-19-05 Muslims in Middle East Oppose Co-Ed Services (CBC News) "Muslims in the Middle East on Saturday angrily denounced a mixed-gender Islamic prayer service led by a woman in New York as a violation of their religion." Amina Wadud, a professor of Islamic studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, led the service on Friday before a congregation of 80 to 100 men and women at Synod House at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan, an Episcopal church." Three mosques had refused to hold the service, and an art gallery backed out after receiving a bomb threat. Organizers said the service was intended to draw attention to the inequality faced by Muslim women." 03-05 -07-01-05 Abbas Invites Hamas to Join Government (ABC News) "The Palestinian leader has invited the rival Hamas group, listed by the West as a terrorist organization, into his Cabinet to ensure a smooth transition in the Gaza Strip after the planned Israeli withdrawal, a Hamas spokesman said Friday." "The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the presence of Hamas in a Palestinian government was unacceptable and would hurt efforts to reach a peace deal." 7-05 -07-26-05 Report: Palestinians Forces in Disarray (BBC News) "An independent study of the Palestinian security forces in Gaza and the West Bank has concluded that they are weak, ill-equipped and divided." "It also says that the Palestinian Authority (PA) forces are overstaffed and outgunned by militant groups." "The report comes weeks before the PA takes over responsibility for Gaza." 7-05 -08-07-05 Netanyahu Resigns (ABC News) "Benjamin Netanyahu stepped down as Israel's finance minister Sunday in a last-minute protest against next week's Gaza pullout, but his stunned Cabinet colleagues pushed ahead and approved the first stage of the withdrawal plan just moments later." 8-05 -08-11-05 Hamas Offers to Help Smooth Gaza Exit (MSNBC News) "The militant group Hamas has agreed to cooperate with the Palestinian Authority in ensuring a smooth transition during the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, officials said Thursday." "Beginning Wednesday, Israel plans to uproot all 21 Jewish settlements in Gaza, ending 38 years of control over the area, along with four small enclaves in the West Bank." 8-05 -08-14-05 Israel Begins Withdrawing from Gaza (CBS News) "Israeli and Palestinian troops took up positions Sunday to launch Israel's historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip after months of political wrangling and mass protests — a move that will redraw borders and reshape prospects for Mideast peace."" "Many hope the pullout from the territory Israel captured in 1967 will be the start of a true partition of historic Palestine between Arab and Jew." "Others fear it is a ploy by Sharon to get rid of areas he doesn't consider crucial to Israel while consolidating control of parts of the West Bank, where the vast majority of the 240,000 Jewish settlers live." 8-05 -08-22-05 Last Israeli Settlers Leave Gaza (ABC News) "The last Jewish settlement in Gaza was evacuated Monday, wrapping up Israel's historic pullout from the coastal strip after settlers held a farewell march behind Torah scrolls and a massive menorah, then boarded armored buses and left." "As the Gaza withdrawal ended and Israeli troops prepared to clear out four settlements in the West Bank Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he would expand other large [Israeli] West Bank communities [into Palestinian territory]." 8-05

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