TODAY IN HISTORY 01 July 2004 Israeli Occupation Forces stormed into Jericho and Nablus, sealed off and imposed curfew on both West Bank cities, continued their siege of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, where they began bulldozing a five-kilometer deep “security zone". 1999 - The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. 1998 Israeli authorities demolish six houses in the district of Nablus and another house in the Jenin district. 1995 July-1st target-date passes without a PA-Israel agreement on extending autonomy to the West Bank. The new date is 25 July. 1994 Arafat returns to homeland crossing Rafah border. 1993 At the end of the 10th round of talks, Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi, expresses "strong resentment" of totally unacceptable current US working paper. 1959 - Israeli Knesset agrees to weapon sales to West-Germany 1920 High Commissioner, Sir Herbert Samuel, an Anglo-Jewish politician, inaugurates British civilian administration.
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