The UN Security Council votes (14-0, with the United States
abstaining) to adopt Res. 1544, calling on Israel to halt demolition of Palestinian homes. The resolution came a week after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
authorized the military to expand its buffer zone inside Gaza
’s Rafah
-Egypt
border from a depth of 100 m to 400 m. The expansion, which ended on 24 May, involved destroying hundreds of homes, leaving around 2,000 Palestinians homeless.
