Israel on the defensive at last
By Charley Reese, Middle East Times, August 9, 2002
It is good to see that the Israelis are finally on the defensive in their long-running propaganda war. Fewer and fewer people are buying the absurd notion that one of the world's great military powers is 'the victim' of unarmed Palestinians. Dropping a one-ton bomb on one of the most densely populated urban areas in the world and then professing to be surprised that civilians were killed flew like a lead bird in Europe and the rest of the world.

Faulty plans prompt more violence
by Joharah Baker, Palestine Report, August 14, 2002
WHILE THE week has been full of half-baked initiatives and semi-successful meetings, the violence on the ground continues unabated. In all, 12 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli occupation troops in the last seven days, including a father of 12.