2005 in Palestine

none June 2024 2005 Palestine Template:Year in Palestine: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of Palestine.svg 90px History of Palestine · Timeline of Palestinian history · List of years in Palestine Events in the year 2005 in Palestine. Incumbents President of Palestine – Rawhi Fattouh (Fatah) interim until January 15, Mahmoud Abbas (Fatah) informally acting from January 15 to May 8 and formally acting since May 8 President of the Palestinian National Authority – Rawhi Fattouh (Fatah) interim until January 15, Mahmoud Abbas (Fatah) since January 15 Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority – Ahmed Qurei (Fatah) until December 18, Nabil Shaath (Fatah) interim until December 24, Ahmed Qurei (Fatah) since December 24 Government of Palestine – 8th Government of Palestine (until 24 February), 9th Government of Palestine (starting 24 February) Events September 2010 thumb|Mahmoud Abbas is elected as the president of the Palestinian Authority January January 9 – 2005 Palestinian presidential election: Mahmoud Abbas defeats Mustafa Barghouti. January 10 – Mahmoud Abbas is officially declared winner of the Palestinian presidential election, with 62.3% of the votes cast.August 6, 2018 Abbas achieves landslide poll win https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4160171.stm BBC News September 23, 2010 January 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107205256/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4160171.stm live January 12 – Morag attack: One Israeli civilian is killed and three IDF soldiers are wounded when a bomb is detonated against a military vehicle patrolling the route near Morag. Two terrorists are killed by IDF forces. The area was booby-trapped with explosive devices, in addition to the bomb that exploded. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claims responsibility. January 13 – Karni border crossing attack: Palestinian Arab militants explode a truck laden with explosives in the Karni crossing in the eastern Gaza Strip. At least six Israelis are killed, as well as three of the attackers, and about 10–20 are wounded in the attack. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the Popular Resistance Committees and Hamas claim joint responsibility.Harel Amos Hasson Nir January 16, 2005 PM halts all ties with Abbas over terror https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/527106.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050207001812/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/527106.html February 7, 2005 September 23, 2010 HaaretzAugust 6, 2018 Deadly attack rocks Gaza crossing https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4173077.stm BBC News September 23, 2010 May 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200529111824/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4173077.stm live January 15 – 2005 Palestinian presidential inauguration: Mahmoud Abbas is sworn in to office and becomes the 2nd President of the Palestinian National Authority. Abbas also informally takes the role of Acting President of the State of Palestine. January 18 – Gush Katif checkpoint attack February February 8 – The Sharm el-Sheikh Summit: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declares violence will come to an end, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agrees to release 900 Palestinian prisoners and withdraw Israeli forces from areas of the West Bank. This is considered to be the official end of the Second Intifada, although sporadic violence would continue outside Palestinian government control.Timeline (Chronology) of Israel and Zionism 1993-present dayUC to reopen study in Israel; Brandeis offers summer prep program February 16 – The Knesset finalizes and approves Israel's unilateral disengagement plan with 59 in favor, 40 opposed, 5 abstaining. February 21 – Israel releases 500 Palestinian Arab prisoners, as a gesture of goodwill to the Palestinian Authority and to its chairman, Mahmoud Abbas. Israel plans to release another 400 Palestinian prisoners within the subsequent three months.Harel Amos Reular Arnon Yoaz Yuval February 21, 2005 Israel releases 500 Palestinian prisoners https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/542638.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050223050759/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/542638.html February 23, 2005 September 23, 2010 Haaretz February 25 – Stage Club bombing: A Palestinian Arab teenage suicide bomber blows himself up at the entrance to the "Stage" Club in Tel Aviv. Five Israelis are killed, and about 50 wounded. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.February 25, 2005 Suicide bombing at Tel Aviv Stage Club http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2005/Suicide%2Bbombing%2Bat%2BTel%2BAviv%2BStage%2BClub%2B25-Feb-2005.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080625043424/http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2005/Suicide%2Bbombing%2Bat%2BTel%2BAviv%2BStage%2BClub%2B25-Feb-2005.htm June 25, 2008 israel-mfa.gov.il February 28 – Israeli security forces intercept a car bomb in the Arrabah village near Jenin. The 200 kg explosive device, believed to have been the work of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is later defused by IDF sappers.March 1, 2005 Two Israelis wounded in West Bank shooting attack https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/545673.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050302015513/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/545673.html March 2, 2005 September 23, 2010 Haaretzhttps://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/idf-destroys-bomb-laden-car-near-jenin-1.151720 https://web.archive.org/web/20110521182354/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/idf-destroys-bomb-laden-car-near-jenin-1.151720 2011-05-21 September 23, 2010 Haaretz IDF destroys bomb-laden car near Jenin dead March March 16 – Israel formally hands over Jericho to Palestinian Authority control, which is likely to strengthen Mahmoud Abbas.March 16, 2005 Israel formally gives up Jericho https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4353109.stm BBC News March 22 – Israel hands over control of Tulkarm to the Palestinian Authority.March 22, 2005 Israeli troops hand over Tulkarm https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4370813.stm BBC News May May 8 – The PLO Executive Committee appoints Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as Acting President of the State of Palestine, until the PLO Central Council is convened, so Abbas may also have the formal title for head of state. Abbas had informally been the acting president of the State of Palestine before being formally appointed as acting president.PLO asks Mahmud Abbas to be acting president of "state of Palestine" https://web.archive.org/web/20131219081414/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=109F7CBE1E96DFA4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM 2013-12-19 , Al-Jazeera TV, Doha (8 May 2005): "The PLO Executive Committee has decided to ask [President] Mahmud Abbas to carry out the duties of the president of the state of Palestine until the PLO Central Council [PCC] is convened." June June 2 – Israel released 398 Palestinian Arab prisoners, the final phase of an Israeli pledge to release 900 prisoners as a goodwill gesture towards Palestinian Arab leader Mahmoud Abbas.Harel Amos June 2, 2005 Israel frees 400 Palestinian prisoners in bid to shore up Abbas https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/583367.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050611085304/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/583367.html June 11, 2005 September 23, 2010 Haaretz June 20 – A Palestinian Arab female suicide bomber is caught at the Erez Crossing, carrying explosives and a detonator in her underwear. She planned to carry out a suicide bombing attack in the Soroka hospital where she received medical treatment and was scheduled for a doctor's appointment. The woman was identified as Wafa Samir Ibrahim Bass and said she was sent by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.Amos Harel Alon Gidon June 20, 2005 IDF nabs female would-be suicide bomber at Erez crossing https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/590070.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050622012612/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/590070.html June 22, 2005 September 23, 2010 Haaretz Greenberg Hanan June 20, 2005 Female bomber nabbed http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3101498,00.html Ynetnews September 23, 2010 August 26, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240826211730/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3101498,00.html live July July 12 – Kenyon HaSharon bombing: Islamic Jihad takes responsibility for a suicide bombing in Netanya, which kills five Israelis at a shopping mall. August August 15 – The beginning of the implementation of the disengagement plan from Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip. August 17 – Israel's unilateral disengagement: The first forced evacuation of Jewish settlers, as part of the disengagement, commenced under Maj. Gen. Dan Harel of the Southern Command's orders. About 14,000 Israeli soldiers and police prepared to forcibly evict settlers and "mistanenim" (infiltrators). There are scenes of troops dragging screaming settlers from houses and synagogues, but with less violence than expected.MacKinnon Ian Katif Gush August 18, 2005 Sobbing settlers' resistance fades as troops clear homes http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-1739941,00.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080211160056/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-1739941,00.html February 11, 2008 September 23, 2010 The Times Online August 17 – An Israeli settler kills three Palestinian Arab civilians in the West Bank. The attack is condemned by Ariel Sharon as a "Jewish Terror act" and "twisted thinking" while Hamas claimed the right to avenge the deaths.Amr Wafa August 17, 2005 Settler kills 3 Palestinians, rattling Gaza pullout http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type%3DworldNews%26storyID%3D2005-08-17T184351Z_01_MCC752278_RTRUKOC_0_UK-MIDEAST-SHOOTING.xml dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050911103810/http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-08-17T184351Z_01_MCC752278_RTRUKOC_0_UK-MIDEAST-SHOOTING.xml September 11, 2005 September 28, 2010 Reuters August 17, 2005 Sharon and Abbas condemn shooting https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4160768.stm BBC News September 23, 2010 September 30, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090930150447/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4160768.stm live August 23 – Israel's unilateral disengagement: The evacuation of 25 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank is accomplished. August 28 – Central Bus Station Beer Sheva bombing: A Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide bomber kills himself and wounds nearly 50 people in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba near the main bus terminal. According to sources,October 2024 the bomber was trying to make his way to Beersheba's Soroka Hospital.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3134082,00.html Security guards avert disaster Ynetnews August 28, 2005 Barshkovsky Anat September 23, 2010 May 22, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110522042039/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3134082,00.html liveHarel Amos Hasson Nir Suicide bomber wounds 51, 2 seriously, in Be'er Sheva https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtDisengagement.jhtml?itemNo=618088&contrassID=23&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=1 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071001061141/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtDisengagement.jhtml?itemNo=618088&contrassID=23&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=1 October 1, 2007 September 23, 2010 Haaretzhttps://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1125195660908 September 23, 2010 The Jerusalem Post Satellite Articles and latest stories December 16, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091216080130/http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1125195660908 dead August 28, 2005 Bomb hits Israeli bus station https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4192208.stm BBC NewsHodorkovsky Dimitry August 28, 2005 Palestinian suicide bomber strikes in Israel http://olympics.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type%3DworldNews%26storyID%3D2005-08-28T184413Z_01_KNE826563_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-MIDEAST-DC.XML dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050910234334/http://olympics.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-08-28T184413Z_01_KNE826563_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-MIDEAST-DC.XML September 10, 2005 August 25, 2010 Reuters September September 12 – Israel withdraws the last of its troops from the Gaza Strip, effectively completing its unilateral disengagement plan.September 12, 2005 Abbas: Pullout a 'great moment' http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/12/gaza/ CNN September 23, 2010 May 21, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110521192838/http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/12/gaza/ live https://www.haaretz.com/news/idf-pulls-last-troops-from-gaza-ending-38-years-of-military-rule-1.169561 2025-01-15 Haaretz IDF pulls last troops from Gaza, ending 38 years of military rule https://web.archive.org/web/20110805010349/http://www.haaretz.com/news/idf-pulls-last-troops-from-gaza-ending-38-years-of-military-rule-1.169561 2011-08-05 dead October October 26 – Hadera Market bombing: A Palestinian Arab suicide bomber carries out an attack in Hadera, which kills six Israelis and injures twenty-six. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for the attack.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3159743,00.html 5 killed in Hadera bombing Ynetnews October 26, 2005 September 23, 2010 May 22, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110522031237/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3159743,00.html liveOctober 27, 2005 Five die in Israel market bombing https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4379052.stm BBC News September 23, 2010 July 9, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230709180954/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4379052.stm live December December 5 – Netanya bombing: A Palestinian suicide bomber carries out an attack in Netanya, which kills five Israelis. December 29 – Tulkarem roadblock bombing: A suicide bomber attacks a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Tulkarm, killing one Israeli soldier, two Palestinian Arab civilians and himself. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for the attack.https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/international/middleeast/29cnd-mideast.html Suicide Bomber Kills 3 at West Bank Checkpoint Steven Erlanger The New York Times December 29, 2005 February 21, 2017 August 26, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240826211829/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/international/middleeast/suicide-bomber-kills-3-at-west-bank-checkpoint.html livede Quetteville Harry December 30, 2005 West Bank suicide bomber kills three http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/30/wmid130.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/12/30/ixnewstop.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070311125031/http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/30/wmid130.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/12/30/ixnewstop.html March 11, 2007 September 23, 2010 The Telegraph Deaths 13 January – Hisham Sharabi, academic. (b. 1927)Sullivan Patricia 2005-01-16 Arab Intellectual Hisham Sharabi, 77, Dies https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/01/16/arab-intellectual-hisham-sharabi-77-dies/05d92fee-2e4a-4206-8dfa-fc3327c8b4d4/ 2026-04-29 The Washington Post en-US 0190-8286 16 June – Salem Hanna Khamis, Palestinian statistician and UN official. (b.1919)السياسية مركز رؤية للتنمية 2025-08-13 سالم حنا خميس https://vision-pd.org/%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85-%d8%ad%d9%86%d8%a7-%d8%ae%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%b3/ 2026-04-11 ar See also 2005 in Israel References 30em 2005 in Palestine Category:Years of the 21st century in Palestine Category:2000s in Palestine Palestine