2018 in Palestine

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Events in the year 2018 in Palestine.

Incumbents

State of Palestine (UN observer non-member State)

Gaza Strip (Hamas administration unrecognized by the United Nations)

Prime Minister: Yahya Sinwar (Hamas)

Events

30 March - A series of weekly mass demonstrations in the Gaza Strip near the border with Israel are held, demanding that Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to lands that are now part of Israel. They also protested against Israel's crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip, as well as the United States recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.^[1]^[2] These protests, first organized by independent activists but later endorsed by Hamas, often devolved into clashes with Israeli security forces, in which 223 palestinians were killed and thousands more injured,^[3]^[4] whereas one Israeli soldier was killed^[5] and around 4 or 11 Israelis wounded. These demonstrations would continue until 27 December 2019.
30 May – United Nations warns that escalation in the Gaza Strip puts it on the "brink of war".^[6]^[7]^[8]
15 November – Palestine celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Palestinian Declaration of Independence.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Deaths

25 January – Ghassan Shakaa, politician, former mayor of Nablus (b. 1943).^[13]
24 March – Rim Banna, singer, composer and activist (b. 1966)
21 April – Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh, engineer and academic (b. 1983)

References

^ Khoury, Jack; Kubovich, Yaniv; Zikri, Almog Ben (15 May 2018). "Mass Gaza Border Clashes: 58 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Gunfire, 1,113 Wounded". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ Archived 17 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times, 13 April 2018.
"They are objecting to Israel's 11-year-old blockade of Gaza and seeking to revive international interest in Palestinian claims of a right of return to the lands they were displaced from in 1948."
^ 'And now for the whitewashing,' B'tselem 24 May 2021
^ Alouf, Abu (30 March 2018). "15 Palestinians reported killed by Israeli fire as Gaza border protest builds". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018.
^ "Residents in southern Israel warned to stay near shelters". The Jerusalem Post. 20 July 2018.
^ "UN Envoy: Gaza Escalation a Warning That 'Brink of War' Near".
^ "UN envoy: Gaza escalation a warning that 'brink of war' near". 30 May 2018.
^ "UN envoy: Gaza escalation shows we are on the 'brink of war'". Fox News. 30 May 2018.
^ "Palestina conmemora 30 aniversario declaración independencia bajo ocupación" [Palestine marks 30th anniversary of independence declaration under occupation]. La República (Ecuador) (in Spanish). 15 November 2018.
^ "Palestinian Embassy celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Tashkent". Kun.uz. 18 November 2018.
^ "Palestina celebra el 30 aniversario de su Independencia" [Palestine celebrates 30th anniversary of its independence]. El 19 Digital (in Spanish). 29 November 2018.
^ Ibrahim, Youssef M. (15 November 1988). "P.L.O. Proclaims Palestine to Be an Independent State; Hints at Recognizing Israel". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014.
^ "West Bank former mayor, Ghassan al-Shakaa, dead at age 74". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

[1] Khoury, Jack; Kubovich, Yaniv; Zikri, Almog Ben (15 May 2018). "Mass Gaza Border Clashes: 58 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Gunfire, 1,113 Wounded". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[2] Archived 17 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times, 13 April 2018.
"They are objecting to Israel's 11-year-old blockade of Gaza and seeking to revive international interest in Palestinian claims of a right of return to the lands they were displaced from in 1948."

[3] 'And now for the whitewashing,' B'tselem 24 May 2021

[4] Alouf, Abu (30 March 2018). "15 Palestinians reported killed by Israeli fire as Gaza border protest builds". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018.

[5] "Residents in southern Israel warned to stay near shelters". The Jerusalem Post. 20 July 2018.

[6] "UN Envoy: Gaza Escalation a Warning That 'Brink of War' Near".

[7] "UN envoy: Gaza escalation a warning that 'brink of war' near". 30 May 2018.

[8] "UN envoy: Gaza escalation shows we are on the 'brink of war'". Fox News. 30 May 2018.

[9] "Palestina conmemora 30 aniversario declaración independencia bajo ocupación" [Palestine marks 30th anniversary of independence declaration under occupation]. La República (Ecuador) (in Spanish). 15 November 2018.

[10] "Palestinian Embassy celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Tashkent". Kun.uz. 18 November 2018.

[11] "Palestina celebra el 30 aniversario de su Independencia" [Palestine celebrates 30th anniversary of its independence]. El 19 Digital (in Spanish). 29 November 2018.

[12] Ibrahim, Youssef M. (15 November 1988). "P.L.O. Proclaims Palestine to Be an Independent State; Hints at Recognizing Israel". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014.

[13] "West Bank former mayor, Ghassan al-Shakaa, dead at age 74". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

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