Mr. Bush, What about Israel's defiance of UN Resolutions?
By Michael S. Ladah & Suleiman I. Ajlouni, Media Monitors Network, September 29, 2002
An Open Letter to George W. Bush: Dear Mr. President: As we watched your speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 12, 2002, we were struck by the ironic proximity of the Israeli and Iraqi delegations. Ironic, because many of the accusations you leveled against Iraq could, with ample justification, be directed toward Israel. We commend you for calling upon the United Nations to prove its relevance in keeping peace and harmony among nations in today’s world. In order to maintain United States credibility in the international arena, we expect that you and the United Nations would apply to Israel the same standards of compliance with provisions of the UN Charter. The Israeli leadership continues to defy countless UN resolutions pertaining to its policies and military tactics of the past 35 years.

"Who Will Speak for Them?"
By Shahida Moosa, Palestine Chronicle, September 27, 2002 
"Silence killed Afghanistan, silence exterminated Rwanda, silence destroyed Bosnia, Kashmir and Chechnya. Silence is once more going to ensure that Iraq will suffer more than ever. Silence eradicated Palestine’s past, and is going to wipe out her future as well, if we do nothing to prevent it ..": At the beginning of February this year I made the conscious decision not to submit any of my Palestine-related English writing for publication. Many people asked why my pen had suddenly run out of ink. I would smile and say that I was too busy doing my rotations in the hospital to devote myself to this time-consuming hobby. Most were satisfied with this answer, but those who knew me better found it peculiar. I have never really “had” time for anything except my studies since I started medical school a few years ago, but I have always found or made time to write, especially about Palestine.

Double standard
Arab News Editorial, September 29, 2002
When Interior Minister Prince Naif accused the United States of applying double standard in its war on weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, he was giving voice not only to the misgivings in the Kingdom and the region, but in most world capitals. From Paris to Moscow to Beijing, there is the same cynicism. What is it about weapons of mass destruction, they wonder, that makes one a threat, and another a solution? Why is the world’s mightiest military machine moving to prevent the possibility of their future possession in one case and its mightiest diplomatic muscle reaching out to throttle even a mention of their real possession in another case?

Wake up and smell the occupation
Sam Bahour, The Electronic Intifada, 28 September 2002
As Israel jumps from one self-made crisis to the next, the State of Israel itself is in an alarming condition. The peace and security that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised during his year 2001 election campaign have vanished in the dust of Israeli tanks rampaging Palestinian cities. Israel's economy is declining at a record pace. The right-wing Sharon government has sparked a national debate in Israel that questions the legal right to citizenship for over 1.1 million of its Palestinian citizens. Israeli families across the social strata are sending their children to study abroad and emigrating at a pace that was not thought possible only a few years ago.

US quietly turns up the heat on Iran
By Peter Beaumont, The Observer, September 29, 2002
There is a curious little website called Debkafile, a newsletter that bases most of its material on reporters' contacts in the Israeli intelligence services. Like most of these things, it is not entirely reliable. It runs releases fed by its sources. Sometimes - like all of us - it publishes things that are just plain wrong. But what is interesting and useful is that it accurately reflects a certain Israeli mindset on the politics of the Middle East as viewed by the country's spooks. And what is piquing the interest of Debkafile (www.debka.com) this week is what America is up to in Iran.