Palestine Monitor

Whether there was or was not an agreement between the Palestinian Authority and Israeli officials was irrelevant to the happenings of this past week in the West Bank/Gaza Strip.

The Israeli Operation Defensive Shield began on 29 March 2002 with the reoccupation of the city of Ramallah followed soon after by the rest of the Palestinian cities. The reoccupation lasted variable lengths of time, with the longest in Bethlehem for 45 consecutive days.