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Israel
bars Palestinians leaders from attending Blair conference
The Independent, January 6, 2003
Cabinet decides on retaliation after suicide bombings kill at least
23 -- Israel's Cabinet decided today to prevent senior Palestinian
officials from attending talks in London on reforming the Palestinian
Authority. The Cabinet also decided to shut down three Palestinian
universities.
Israeli
Helicopters Fire Missiles at Gaza
Palestine Chronicle, January 6, 2003
"The Palestinian Authority condemned the suicide bombings as a "terrorist"
attack and said it would act against those behind it. .." -- TEL
AVIV - Israeli helicopter gunships have fired missiles at a metal
shop in the Gaza Strip during the night, wounding eight Palestinians.
The strike came just hours after two Palestinian suicide bombings
killed at least 23 people and wounded 100 others in central Tel
Aviv, Sunday.
18
people identified after suicide bombers kill 22 in south TA
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
Eighteen of the 22 people killed in Sunday night's double suicide
bombing have been identified, and the victims include 13 Israelis
and five foreigners.
Israel
imposes restrictions on Palestinians
CNN, January 6, 2003
New measures follow suicide bombings in Tel Aviv -- JERUSALEM (CNN)
-- Israel has imposed new restrictions on Palestinians in the wake
of two nearly simultaneous suicide bombings that killed at least
22 people and wounded more than 100 others in central Tel Aviv.
The restrictions include closing three Palestinian universities
in the West Bank, banning Palestinian vehicles from parts of the
West Bank, and preventing a Palestinian delegation from traveling
to London this month to meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
PA
urged to release al-Jazeera correspondent in Gaza
Al-Bawaba, January 6, 2003
A unit of the Palestinian General Intelligence early Monday arrested
the Gaza based correspondent for the Qatari TV news channel, al-Jazeera.
Seif al-Din Shahin, 34, from Rafah was detained for reporting on
the Fatah claim of responsibility for the double suicide bombings
in Tel Aviv.
IDF
intelligence: Tanzim cell from Nablus carried out TA bombing
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
Sunday's double suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that left at least 22
people dead, was carried out by a Tanzim cell from the West Bank
city of Nablus, head of research in Military Intelligence, Brigadier
General Yossi Kuperwasser said Monday at a Knesset Foreign Affairs
and Defense Committee.
Thousands
demonstrate in Nazareth against Israeli apartheid
Alternative Information Center, January 6, 2003
As many as ten thousand people, Jews and Arabs alike, took to the
streets in this northern Israeli town Saturday night (4 January)
to protest against Israel’s increasingly brazen apartheid
policies toward its growing Arab minority.
Suicide
bombings, threat of Israeli crackdown overshadow Orthodox Christmas
celebrations
New Jersey.com. January 6, 2003
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) -- Orthodox Christians celebrated a low-key
Christmas on Monday, overshadowed by the threat of possible Israeli
retaliation for twin Palestinian suicide attacks that killed 22
people in Tel Aviv a day earlier. A few hundred people -- compared
to tens of thousands in previous years -- gathered to watch the
procession of the four Orthodox Patriarchs through streets devoid
of decorations, in protest at the Israeli army's occupation of the
city.
Panel
critical of medical services in prisons
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
A Health Ministry committee has raised serious questions about the
level of medical care in Israel's prisons.
Sharon
aides and PA discuss 'the day after'
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's senior aides, his Bureau Chief Dov
Weisglass and National Security Advisor Efraim Halevy, are holding
talks with Palestinian officials to prepare for the resumption of
the political process "the day after" elections in Israel and the
war in Iraq, government sources in Jerusalem said yesterday.
PA
Warns Fatah Against Believing It Is Above Law
Palestine Chronicle, January 6, 2003
RAMALLAH - The Palestine Authority (PA) on Saturday warned Fatah,
the largest Palestinian political party, against violating the law,
“mistakenly believing it was above the other factions.”
Mitzna:
Security fence could prevent bombings
Jerusalem Post, January 6, 2003
Labor Party Chairman Amram Mitzna accused the government of doing
to little to fight terrorism by dragging its feet about building
a security fence that could keep out bombers from the West Bank,
media reports said.
Some
illegal workers wounded in attacks not going to hospitals, fear
deportation
Jerusalem Post, January 6, 2003
The dilemma for the foreign workers was painful. Literally.
Al
Jazeera journalist arrested for reporting on Fatah's responsibility
for Tel Aviv attacks
Jerusalem Post, January 6, 2003
The Palestinian Authority's security forces arrested al Jazeera
TV correspondent in the Gaza Strip, Seif al Din Shahin, for reporting
on the Fatah claim of responsibility for the double suicide bombings
in Tel Aviv.
Israel
Intensifies Raids After Blasts
The Guardian, January 6, 2003
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - In response to a twin suicide bombings that
killed 22 people, Israel decided Monday to close three Palestinian
universities, intensify raids against suspected militants and bar
Palestinian officials from holding key meetings in the West Bank
and abroad.
Sharon:
After we end this era of terror, we will bring in an era of peace
Jerusalem Post, January 6, 2003
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Monday afternoon visited victims of
Sunday's twin terror attacks hospitalized at Ichelov Hospital in
Tel Aviv, Israel Radio reports.
Palestinians
barred from UK peace talks
The Guardian, January 6, 2003
Israel's cabinet today announced it would bar Palestinian officials
from attending a meeting to discuss progress to an independent state
in response to dual suicide attacks in Tel Aviv last night.
Israel
decides to close three Palestinian universities in response to twin
suicide bombings
New Jersey.com, January 6, 2003
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Israel decided Monday to close three Palestinian
universities, intensify raids against militants and bar Palestinian
officials from holding key meetings in response to a double suicide
bombing, an adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said.
PCHR
calls for the immediate release of al-Jazeera 's correspondent in
Gaza
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, January 7, 2003
PCHR calls upon the Palestinian Authority to immediately release
Shahin. -- Early in the morning on Monday 6 January 2003, a unit
of the Palestinian General Intelligence arrested the Gaza based
correspondent for the Qatari TV news channel, al-Jazeera.
U.S.
condemns arrest of Al Hayat journalist by Syria
Al-Bawaba, January 3, 2003
The State Department on Thursday denounced Syria's detention of
the Damascus correspondent of the Pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat.
Patriot
missile crews go to Israel
Stars and Stripes, January 4, 2003
HEIDELBERG, Germany — A battalion of Patriot missile crews
has deployed to Israel from Germany as the United States continues
to build up forces in the region in preparation for a possible war
with Iraq.
Israel
ups pressure on Palestinians
BBC, January 6, 2003
Israeli helicopters fired at a workshop in Gaza -- Israel has ordered
its military to step up what it calls targeted operations against
Palestinian militants after a double suicide bombing killed 23 people
and two bombers on Sunday.
Israel
cracks down after Tel Aviv blasts
The Bakersfield Californian, January 6, 2003
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - In response to a twin suicide bombings that
killed 22 people, Israel decided Monday to close three Palestinian
universities, intensify raids against suspected militants and bar
Palestinian officials from holding key meetings in the West Bank
and abroad.
Bombings
in heart of Tel Aviv kill 24
Arab News, January 6, 2003
TEL AVIV, 6 January 2003 — Two Palestinian bombers blew themselves
up in Tel Aviv yesterday, killing at least 22 bystanders and wounding
up to 100. Seven of the wounded were in critical condition in intensive
care. The bombers set off charges on crowded streets near Tel Aviv’s
Old Central Bus Station yesterday, police chief Yossef Sedbon said.
Managing
the Intifada
Al-Ahram Weekly On-Line, 2 - 8 January 2003
Cairo's sponsoring of extended talks between Palestinian factions
aims to counter US plans for the region -- As the prospects of a
US-led war on Iraq draw closer, covert tension in the region is
surfacing. And it is resonating loudly in Cairo where preparatory
talks for a second round of negotiations with Palestinian factions,
dedicated to "discussing" rather than "stopping" operations inside
Israel's 1967 borders (the Green Line), have taken place.
Straw
regrets Israeli ban on Palestinian travel to London talks
Jerusalem Post, January 6, 2003
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has expressed "great regret"
about Israel's decision to prevent leading Palestinians from traveling
to London on January 24 for a British-sponsored conference on reforming
the Palestinian Authority.
Straw
Condemns Israel Bombing and Travel Ban on Palestinian Leaders
UK Foreign Office, January 6, 2003
Edited transcript of BBC interview -- INTERVIEWER: Could we begin
with what's happened in Israel. Suicide bombers yesterday and most
particularly the decision that you would have heard about perhaps
earlier in the programme by the Israeli government to deny permission
to Palestinian leaders to come to this country as they were supposed
to do in the middle of the month. FOREIGN SECRETARY: First of all
we utterly and completely condemn the suicide bombings that have
taken place as we always have done and I want to express as I did
last night when I first heard the news my sincere condolences to
the relatives and friends of all those people killed and to the
whole people of Israel.
After
bombing, Israel won't let PA attend London conference
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
Israel rejected Britain's appeal Monday to reconsider its decision
to keep the Palestinian delegation away from a London conference
about Palestinian Authority reforms.
EU
condemns Palestinian blasts as not helping Palestinian statehood
Jerusalem Post, January 6, 2003
The European Union on Monday condemned the weekend bomb attacks
in Tel Aviv that killed 22 people, calling the blasts an "appalling
and wicked criminal act" that will set back the cause of Palestinian
statehood.
Israel
invades Gaza after bombings
The Argus, January 6, 2003
TEL AVIV -- Israeli gunships began rocketing Palestinian positions
in Gaza early today after two suicide bombers, a street apart, detonated
their deadly loads and killed at least 23 people at dusk Sunday.
More than 100 people were injured by the twin blasts, which shook
two parallel streets in the Neve Shaanan district, a seedy neighborhood
of bars, brothels and cash exchanges.
Israel
imposes restrictions on Palestinians
CNN, January 6, 2003
New measures follow suicide bombings in Tel Aviv -- JERUSALEM (CNN)
-- Israel has imposed new restrictions on Palestinians in the wake
of two nearly simultaneous suicide bombings that killed at least
22 people and wounded more than 100 others in central Tel Aviv.
The restrictions include closing three Palestinian universities
in the West Bank, banning Palestinian vehicles from parts of the
West Bank, and preventing a Palestinian delegation from traveling
to London this month to meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Straw
Adopts U.S. Stance in First General Meet With Envoys
Islam Online, January 6, 2003
LONDON, January 6 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – Speaking
to around 150 British ambassadors summoned back to London to discuss
the new priorities of the British foreign policies, U.K. Foreign
Secretary Jack Straw embraced U.S. President George W. Bush’s
“axis of evil” philosophy.
Britain
will back US over 'axis of evil', says Straw
The Telegraph, January 6, 2003
Britain will embrace America's "axis of evil" philosophy today when
Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, highlights the danger of rogue
states giving weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups. The
Government has shied away from supporting President George W Bush's
view that Iraq, Iran and North Korea form an "axis of evil" because
their rulers pursue Doomsday weapons and support terrorist groups.
Militants
arrested in W. Bank, Gaza; helicopters hit Gaza targets
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
The Israel Defense Forces have arrested five militants since Sunday
night in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, after Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon held consultations following a double suicide bombing in
Tel Aviv in which 23 people were killed.
Israel
arrests 28 after blasts
International Herald Tribune, January 06, 2003
Gunships destroy suspected weapons factory -- JERUSALEM - After
a pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up just seconds apart
here Sunday, killing 23 other people and injuring 100 more, Israel
retaliated quickly Monday by arresting 28 people in Gaza and the
West Bank.
PNA
Refuses Revenge for Israel’s Killing of 75 Palestinians in
December, Condemns Tel Aviv Dual Bombing
Palestine Media Center, January 6, 2003
After the slaying of 75 Palestinians, including 14 children and
11 extra-judicially assassinated, and the wounding of 680 others
in December by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), observers have
been on alert for a Palestinian reaction like the Tel Aviv dual
suicide bombing Sunday, which claimed 23 lives and was condemned
by the Palestine National Authority (PNA) as a “terrorist
operation.”
Sharon
Bars PNA Officials From Attending London Meeting
Palestine Media Center, January 6, 2003
Israel Slams Britain’s Attempt to Resuscitate Peace Process
-- As part of its ongoing policy of collective punishment, Israel
decided Monday to bar top Palestinian officials from going to London
after they were invited by Britain’s PM, Tony Blair, for talks
on ways to resuscitate the Mideast peace process and to reform PNA
institutions.
PNA
Names Official Palestinian Delegation to London Despite Israeli
Bar
Palestine Media Center, January 6, 2003
The Palestine National Authority (PNA) has named the official Palestinian
delegation to the meeting due on January 13 in London, despite an
Israeli decision to bar the senior Palestinian officials from holding
talks with Britain’s Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
Leadership
Condemns the ‘Dangerous’ Attack in Tel Aviv
Palestine Media Center, January 6, 2003
The Palestinian leadership condemned the “dangerous”
and “violent attack”, which took place in Tel Aviv Sunday
evening, and claimed the lives of Israeli civilians in addition
to a number of foreign workers.
PNA
Calls on World Community to Adhere to its Obligations
Palestine Media Center, January 6, 2003
The Palestinian leadership called upon the international community
to “adhere to its obligations and to work on ending the Israeli
military occupation of Palestinian land and grant the Palestinian
people their rights represented in the establishment of an independent
Palestinian state.”
U.S.,
Syrian dialogue held in Damascus
Al-Bawaba, January 6, 2003
Syria and the United States started Monday in Damascus their second
round of talks on political, economic, cultural and media relations.
According to UPI, the three-day closed session, sponsored by the
James Baker Institute for Public Policy, comes more than six months
after the first round of talks in the United States.
Al-Assad
discusses with Gul bilateral relations, the situation n the region,
stressed international legitimacy
Arabic News, January 6, 2003
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday in Damascus received
the Turkish prime minister Abdullah Gul and members of the accompanying
delegation.
Turkey
might join the Arab League as an observer
Arabic News, January 6, 2003
The secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa announced
in conclusion of his meeting with the Turkish prime minister Abdullah
Gul that Turkey will join the AL as an observer.
Al-Assad
to Ankara in March; Gul in Cairo, tomorrow in Amman to spare the
region war
Arabic News, January 6, 2003
Turkish prime minister Abdullah Gul stressed yesterday following
his meeting with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at Sharm Esh
Sheik resort in Egypt, his second leg in his tour on the region,
his rejection for "seeing a divided Iraq," and called on all sides
concerned "to work strongly to avoid the war," on which he said
will be "of a very heavy price.
Al-Assad
review with US Senator conditions; Israel needs to obey UN resolutions
Arabic News, January 6, 2003
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad yesterday received member of the
US Senator Senator Arlen Specter and members of the accompanying
delegation.
40%
of all J'lem children under four are Palestinians
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
According to the annual Jerusalem statistics report for 2001, 40
percent of the children under the age of four living in the capital
are Palestinian, and 41 percent of all Jerusalem births are those
of Palestinian women. The report further found that in Jerusalem,
the Jewish majority among nursery school and elementary school children
is lower than the nationwide number of 68 percent as opposed to
the Arabs at 32 percent.
Among
the Jews, the youngest are the most militant
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
The common assessment today among the public is that there is a
high likelihood Iraq will attack Israel with missiles or other means
in case of an American attack on Iraq. In such a case, a large majority
of the Jewish public, particularly the younger generation, believes
that this time Israel must react militarily to a conventional attack
by Iraq, and there is overwhelming support for such a reaction in
case of a non-conventional attack.
Court
rejects bid to halt razing of homes of Silwan terrorists' kin
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
The High Court of Justice yesterday rejected petitions against the
demolition of the homes of relatives of four members of the Silwan
terror cell in East Jerusalem submitted by the Center for the Defense
of the Individual and relatives of the four.
France
won't recognize weddings performed by West Bank rabbis
Jerusalem Post, January 6, 2003
The French consulates in Jerusalem and Haifa are refusing to recognize
Jewish wedding ceremonies, including those performed in pre-1967
Israel, where the presiding rabbi happens to be a resident of Judea,
Samaria and Gaza, a consular spokeswoman has confirmed to The Jerusalem
Post.
Jewish
families move into Muslim Quarter
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
With the three families that moved in yesterday, the number of Jewish
families in the Muslim quarter climbs to 58. Several hundred yeshiva
students also live in the Muslim quarter. -- After more than a decade
of trying to buy a building near the Damascus Gate in the Muslim
quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, three Jewish families moved
in yesterday.
Sharon
and Mitzna exchange fire
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon launched his first major attack on Amram
Mitzna yesterday, calling his diplomatic plan irresponsible, and
the Labor leader was quick to return fire, labeling the Likud chairman
`the godfather' and claiming the country is being run by `the family.'
Ben-Eliezer
attacks Vilnai, as insults fly at meeting of senior Laborites
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
Tensions are running high between former Labor chairman Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer, and Matan Vilnai, the head of the party's organizational
team and a close associate of current leader, Amram Mitzna.
Average
pay plummets to 3-year low
Ha'aretz, January 6, 2003
In October the average monthly salary hit its lowest level in three
years - NIS 6,789 before tax - according to data the Central Bureau
of Statistics (CBS) released yesterday. Yesterday's figures also
showed that salaries shrunk 5.3 percent in the first 10 months of
2002 compared to the same period the previous year.
Israeli
troupe to perform at festival cosponsored by Moroccan king
Jerusalem Post, January 6, 2003
A song and dance troupe from the University of Haifa will perform
in Brussels at a festival about Moroccan Jewry, which is being cosponsored
by King Mohammed VI of Morocco along with Belgium's King Albert
II, the university announced today.
Hear
Palestine, January 6, 2003
NEWS: Qalqilya: Demolition Activities in Izbat Jal'oud; Closure
and Arrests / Bethlehem: Curfew, Closure and Arrests / Ramallah:
Tight Military Siege and Arrests / Two Factories and Home Demolished
in Gaza City and Deir al-Balah / Nablus: Wide-Scale Campaign of
Home Raids amidst Tight Curfew; 11 Wounded / Hebron: Occupation
Soldiers Blow Up Workshop in Halhoul / Salfeet: Ongoing Curfew and
Tight Closure; Youth Killed Last Night / Tulkarem: Tightened Military
Measures / Rafah: Occupation Army Invades Tel al-Sultan after Midnight
/ After Midnight: Israeli Helicopters Wage Attacks on Gaza City
FEATURES: The Child Youssif Returns from death to Tell His
Story
Arab
League blasts renewal of US sanctions against Libya
Jordan Times, January 6, 2003
CAIRO (AFP) — Arab League chief Amr Musa blasted as unjustified
Sunday the renewal for another year of US economic sanctions on
Libya that were first imposed in 1986.
Israeli
police to quiz Sharon's son in corruption probe — report
Jordan Times, January 6, 2003
TEL AVIV (AFP) — Israeli police are to question Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon's son and a minister from his Likud Party as part of
a widening probe into allegations of internal party corruption,
public radio said Sunday. Police want to quiz Omri Sharon and the
unnamed minister over illegal financing in the prime minister's
successful 1999 election campaign, the radio said.
Occupation
Chronicle Events in Palestine, January 6, 2003
Palestine Media Center, January 6, 2003
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) helicopter gunships attack civilian
workshops in Gaza City. IOF troops also invaded several parts of
town of Rafah and raided villages in the West Bank.
Amdocs
transfers employees to US as war looms
Globes, January 6, 2003
The aim is to transfer the company’s best minds to the US.
It denies the move. -- Sources inform “Globes” that
Israeli billing giant Amdocs (NYSE: DOX) has begun to airlift employees
to the company headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.
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