ABSTRACT

The two Days of Rage that the Palestinians announced on May 19–20 resulted in numerous injuries and harsh images, including a soldier injured at a junction near the Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim, settlers from Netzarim airlifted to their homes by air force helicopters, and an Israeli baby wounded by a Molotov cocktail in Jericho. These events finally ended with five injured Israeli soldiers and over 100 wounded Palestinians. Barak reversed his previously announced proposal to transfer control of three Arab villages near Jerusalem over to the Palestinians and ordered us, the Israeli negotiators, to return from Sweden.