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TV humiliation as Sharon fails to stem voter exodus
The Guardian, January 10, 2003
An Israeli judge pulled the plug on his prime minister Ariel Sharon mid-way through an angry and rambling television address last night which was meant to deny corruption allegations and win back voters who are fleeing his party in droves.

PA official: Orient House resumes operations; IDF kills boy, 15
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2003 
A senior Palestinian official said Friday that the Palestinian Authority has renewed its operations in the Orient House – despite an Israeli order to close down the East Jerusalem building.

CEC to discuss black out of PM's press conference on Saturday
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2003
The Central Elections Committee presidency is to convene Saturday night, at the behest of the Likud and Labor parties, to discuss the decision of the committee chairman to halt media coverage of the press conference which Prime Minister Ariel Sharon convened to refute claims of alleged financial improprieties, Israel Radio reported Friday.

Blair to Pursue Palestinian Talks Despite Row
New York Times, January 10, 2003
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair will press ahead with a conference about Middle East peace talks next week despite Israel's refusal to let Palestinian delegates attend, officials said on Friday.

U.S. Judge Refuses Barring More Detentions of Middle Easterners
Islam Online, January 10, 2003
LOS ANGELES, January 10 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - A federal judge in Santa Ana, near Los Angeles, refused Thursday, January 9, to grant a restraining order barring immigration officials from detaining Middle Eastern immigrants, as thousands of them are rushing to comply with a deadline to register with authorities under anti-terror laws introduced following the 11 September attacks.

White House unimpressed with Israeli decision to bar Palestinians from London
Jerusalem Post, January 9, 2003
WASHINGTON - The White House said Thursday that Israel should be committed to the reform of Palestinian institutions, a reference to Israel's
decision to prevent some Palestinians from attending a conference next Tuesday in London aimed at furthering PA reform.

Israel Asks South Africa to Investigate Sharon Loan
Palestine Chronicle, January 9, 2003
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has received an official request from the Israeli attorney general to investigate a large loan made to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon by a businessman living in South Africa. At issue is whether Sharon used the loan to repay an illegal political contribution to his 1999 political campaign.

PLO council eyes draft constitution 
San Antonio Express-News, January 10, 2003
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The PLO Central Council reviewed a first draft Thursday of a Palestinian constitution but made no decisions because three-fourths of the 128 members were kept away by an Israeli travel ban. A constitution is a key element of Palestinian reforms sought by the United States.

Israel returns soldier, dead body to Syria
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2003  
Israel has sent a Syrian soldier who was captured crossing the border on Wednesday back to Syria, as the defense establishment now believes that he and a comrade only intended to get a sip of water from a nearby creek.

Jaggi Singh, ISM Activist Abducted, Beaten; to Be Deported
International Solidarity Movement, January 9, 2003
[Jerusalem]  - On January 8, 2003, at 6 PM, Jaggi Singh, Canadian citizen and ISM activist, went to visit a friend in West Jerusalem.  When he arrived at the doorstep, he was ambushed, forced into an unmarked vehicle, and taken to the Russian Compound in Jerusalem by three plainclothes Israeli secret service agents.

Hear Palestine, January 10, 2003
NEWS: Bethlehem: Child Killed in Ayda Refugee Camp / Occupation Closes Coordination Office in Tulkarem and Qalqilya / Jenin: Curfews, Raids and Arrests / Occupation Army Invades Khan Younis / Nablus: Occupation Army Blows Up Homes in Beit Wazan  FEATURES: Palestinian Detainees in Israeli Prisons Suffer Difficult Conditions / Qalqilya: Confiscation of More Land for 'Isolation Wall' / The Road Completely Closed for Palestinians

Sharon keeps UK waiting
BBC, January 10, 2003
The UK's ambassador to Israel is now expected to meet Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon at the weekend over his ban on Palestinian delegates travelling to London next week.

Cheshin pulls plug on PM's press conference broadcast
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2003 
The political arena was in an uproar last night after Supreme Court Justice Mishael Cheshin, acting in his capacity as chairman of the Central Elections Commitee, ordered all three television stations, Israel Radio and Army Radio to turn off the live broadcasts of a press conference by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Blair to Mitzna: I'll work to lift embargo
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2003 
LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday that he intended to work toward reversing his country's policies restricting the export of security-related equipment to Israel. Blair was speaking after a meeting with Labor Party chairman Amram Mitzna.

Borrowers and lenders
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2003   
Somewhat flustered by the premature report about the serious suspicions they impute to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his sons, but determined to press ahead with the investigation, the personnel of the police National Fraud Squad this week monitored the reactions and moves of Sharon, his sons Omri and Gilad, and his advisers.

Downing Street aims to revive Middle East conference
The Guardian, January 10, 2003
Downing Street and the Foreign Office were yesterday working on a plan to salvage a conference planned for next week to discuss reforms in the Palestinian Authority.

Israel destroys home of Palestinian bomber; Hamas calls Iraq to use suicide bombers to fight U.S. troops
Al-Bawaba, January 10, 2003
Israeli troops Thursday night destroyed the Nablus home of suicide bomber Darin Abu Eisha. Abu Eisha blew herself up on February 27 at an Israeli police checkpoint near Jerusalem, wounding two policemen.

PM delays meeting with UK envoy because of election buildup
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2003 
LONDON - The buildup to the election has prevented Britain's ambassador to Jerusalem from delivering a letter from Prime Minister Tony Blair to Israeli premier Ariel Sharon urging him to allow a Palestinian delegation to attend a peace conference in London, Blair's office said Friday.

Erekat: No chance PA will be allowed to attend London parley
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2003
LONDON - Palestinian cabinet minister Saeb Erekat said Friday that there was no chance of the Palestinian delegation being allowed to leave Israel to attend a conference in London over the future reforms of the PA.

Court lets Bishara, Tibi and Marzel run for Knesset
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2003 
Eleven Supreme Court justices yesterday overturned the Central Elections Commitee's decision to disqualify Arab MKs Ahmed Tibi and Azmi Bishara and Bishara's Balad Party from running in the January 28 elections. However, it upheld the decision to allow far-right candidate Baruch Marzel to run, as well as the decision to disqualify Likud candidates Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Moshe Feiglin on technical grounds.

Israeli Supreme Court justice orders to stop live broadcast of Sharon press conference
Al-Bawaba, January 10, 2003
Twelve minutes and 37 seconds into Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's prime-time defense Thursday tonight against mounting corruption allegations, an Israeli Supreme Court justice ordered to stop the live broadcast, declaring that Sharon's news conference amounted to an electoral appearance outside the time allotted to candidates.

Going strong among the Druze
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2003 
Druze voters are not worried by the idea of 'transfer.' -- A large elections photograph of MKs Avigdor Lieberman, Benny Elon and Zvi Hendel - the heads of the National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu - covers the picture of MK Ahmed Tibi (who is running on the Hadash-Ta'al list, following the Supreme Court decision yesterday) at the entrance to the village of Rama.

Israel closes three Palestinian offices
ABC News, January 10, 2003
The Israeli army has shut down three West Bank offices where Palestinian security officers once liaised with their Israeli counterparts. The Israeli army said the offices' continued operation was pointless.

Scandal threatens power of Sharon's Likud Party
Bradenton Herald, January 10, 2003
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took to the airwaves Thursday night in an angry performance aimed at saving his struggling re-election campaign by characterizing bribery allegations against him and his hawkish Likud Party as "despicable libel."

Dead Can Vote In Israeli Elections
Islam Online, January 10, 2003 
CAIRO, January 10 (IslamOnline) - In the countdown to Israel's general elections due on January 28, the central election committee is working hard to be ready for the Israeli election, an event which would witness a voting system change this time.

Israel stunned by PM speech blackout
BBC, January 10, 2003 
Mr Sharon lashed out at the allegations -- Israel's Central Election Committee (CEC) will meet on Saturday to discuss its decision to cut short a broadcast by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Israel Radio has reported.

Israel shuts Palestinian liaison offices
BBC, January 10, 2003 
Israel also tore down the home of a suicide bomber -- Israel has closed down three Palestinian security liaison offices in the West Bank, some of the last remnants of peace initiatives begun in the early 1990s.

Sharon rival offers land for peace
BBC, January 10, 2003
Mitzna and Blair want to relaunch peace talks -- Israel's opposition leader Amram Mitzna has said the time is right for Israel to make some concessions to the Palestinians - even if they are "sensitive and painful". Mr Mitzna, the dovish leader of Israel's Labour Party, held talks in London on Thursday with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Popular Front leader arrested in Ramallah
Jerusalem Post, January 10, 2003
Hassan Fatafteh, a leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was arrested Friday morning in a joint operation of the IDF and the Shin Bet security service, Israel Radio reported.

Police stop left-wingers on their way to Hebron demonstration
Jerusalem Post, January 10, 2003 
Police stopped some 200 left-wingers Friday afternoon as they were on their way to demonstrate at the site of the walkway construction in Hebron.

Occupation Chronicle, January 9, 2003
Palestine Media Center, January 9, 2003
Events in Palestine: Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shelled several neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip towns of Khan Younis and Rafah. IOF also detained two citizens in raids on al-Jadida village, near Jenin.

Israel will conduct space research with India, France, Ukraine and Holland
Jerusalem Post, January 10, 2003 
Israel will partner in space research with India, France, Ukraine and Holland says Avi Har-Even, director-general of the Space Agency, making note of the first Israeli to go to travel to space, Ilan Ramon.

An Arab anti- normalization conference in Damascus
Arabic News, January 10, 2003
The general secretariat of the Arab parties which takes Amman as a headquarters decided to convene a people's conference for boycotting Israel in Damascus on January 25th, with the participation of Arab commissions, and committees concerned with following up normalization.

Senior UN envoy in Saudi Arabia for talks on Middle East peace initiatives
United Nations News, January 8, 2003
8 January – A senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, is in Saudi Arabia for talks with officials on various initiatives striving to achieve peace in the region. Mr. Roed-Larsen has already met Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal and other officials to discuss the Quartet road map and the Saudi peace initiative, both of which seek to achieve a negotiated solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, according to a UN spokesperson in New York.

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 02-08  January, 2003
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
The International Community Remains Silent While Israeli Human Rights' Violations Continue in the OPT: 6  Palestinians, including 3 civilians, killed by Israeli forces and settlers /  Israeli forces conduct a series of incursions into Palestinian areas, accompanied by indiscriminate shelling /
The Israeli retaliatory campaign continues against families of wanted Palestinians and those who have carried out armed attacks against Israeli targets / Israeli forces use Palestinian civilians as human shields during military operations / A number of Palestinians arrested / The severe siege of the OPT has continued and Palestinians under the age of 35 denied permission to travel abroad

Israeli occupying authorities prevent travel through the Rafah Terminal
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, January 8, 2003
PCHR condemns the new measures taken by Israeli occupying forces, which prevent Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip whose ages are less than 35 from traveling through the Rafah Terminal.  PCHR calls upon the international community and humanitarian organizations to immediately intervene and pressure Israeli occupying authorities to stop these measures, which are part of the policy of collective punishment systematically practiced by these authorities against Palestinian civilians.

Plan: Tap Iraq's Oil
U.S. considers seizing revenues to pay for occupation, source says
Newsday, January 10, 2003
Washington - Bush administration officials are seriously considering proposals that the United States tap Iraq's oil to help pay the cost of a military occupation, a move that likely would prove highly inflammatory in an Arab world already suspicious of U.S. motives in Iraq.

US set to win battle over Iraqi scientists
The Guardian, January 10, 2003
Interviews in Cyprus could provide trigger for war -- Iraqi scientists whose evidence could provide Washington with a trigger for war are to be whisked out of the country soon to a neutral venue, Cyprus.

Europeans Seek to Rein in American War Machine 
Common Dreams, January 10, 2003 
BAGHDAD - Europe moved to stay America's hand over Iraq on Friday, as top officials spoke out against a rush to war on the basis of inconclusive weapons inspections. "Without proof, it would be very difficult to start a war," the European Union's foreign policy coordinator Javier Solana told French newspaper Le Monde.

Anti-war train drivers refuse to move arms freight
The Guardian, January 9, 2003
Train drivers yesterday refused to move a freight train carrying ammunition believed to be destined for British forces being deployed in the Gulf.
Railway managers cancelled the Ministry of Defence service after the crewmen, described as "conscientious objectors" by a supporter, said they opposed Tony Blair's threat to attack Iraq.

Rebel MPs deliver war ultimatum
The Guardian, January 9, 2003
Revolt looms if conflict has no UN backing -- The government is facing a hardening mood among Labour backbenchers against an attack on Iraq with predictions that up to 100 MPs are preparing to rebel and junior ministers could resign if war starts without UN backing.

US convinced Iraq has banned weapons
BBC, January 10, 2003
The inspectors say Iraq must co-operate more -- The United States says it is convinced that Iraq does have weapons of mass destruction, and that its stance towards Baghdad remains unchanged. White House spokesman, Ari Fleischer, said Iraq was still refusing to co-operate actively with United Nations inspectors and it was a known fact that there were weapons in Iraq.

Iraq Illegally Imported Missile Engines Last Year: Blix
Islam Online, January 10, 2003
UNITED NATIONS, January 10 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Iraq has illegally imported missile engines and fuel and unsuccessfully tried to buy aluminum tubes, but it is unclear they were meant for banned weapons, UN arms inspectors told the Security Council Thursday, January 9.

UN official confers with Powell, Rice on lack of evidence against Iraq
Jerusalem Post, January 10, 2003 
The head of the UN nuclear weapons inspection agency is taking his plea for help in searching for deadly Iraqi arms to the Bush administration, as evidence for a case against President Saddam Hussein remains elusive.

U.S. says Saddam hides banned weapons; U.N. wants to question Iraqi scientists in Cyprus
Al-Bawaba, January 10, 2003
U.S. President Bush has no timetable for determining whether to forcibly disarm Iraq, the White House said Thursday. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer termed the January 27 deadline merely "an important reporting date."

Hamas leader calls on Iraq to recruit Muslim suicide sqauds
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2003
The Islamic militant Hamas group urged Iraq on Friday to open its doors to Muslim volunteer fighters and form squads of suicide bombers as the United States continues preparations for a possible war to topple Saddam Hussein.

Turkey Says U.S. Can Review Ports, Bases
The Guardian, January 10, 2003
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey granted permission Friday to the U.S. military to inspect Turkish ports and air bases in preparation for a possible war against Iraq.

U.N. Visits Missile Fuel Factory, Plant
The Guardian, January 10, 2003
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.N. experts on Friday inspected a pharmaceutical plant and made a return visit to a missile fuel factory, one day after U.N. officials told the Security Council that Baghdad must do more to prove that it is free of weapons of mass destruction.

Hamas Group Urges Iraq to Allow Fighters
The Guardian, January 10, 2003
JABALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Islamic militant Hamas group urged Iraq on Friday to open its doors to Muslim volunteer fighters and form squads of suicide bombers as the United States continues preparations for a possible war to topple Saddam Hussein.

Lawmakers: U.S. Giving U.N. Iraq Info
The Guardian, January 10, 2003
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States appears to be providing U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq with a reasonable amount of information about where they can find weapons of mass destruction, two key lawmakers say.

Thousands of Marines Sent to the Gulf
The Guardian, January 10, 2003
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - About 7,000 Marines from Camp Lejeune will head to the Persian Gulf in the next few days as tension between the United States and Iraq grows, base officials said Friday.

Russian warships on standby to sail to Gulf
The Guardian, January 10, 2003
The move will heighten tension between Moscow and Washington, who both have interests in Iraq's oilfields. -- Russia has put three warships on standby to go to the Persian Gulf within the next month to protect its "national interests" in the event of an American invasion of Iraq.

Saddam makes an exhibition of himself
The Guardian, January 10, 2003
Saddam Hussein may be one of the most reviled dictators in the world today, but he was not always a man without friends.
In the centre of Baghdad, the Iraqi dictator has built the Triumph Leader Museum, one of the more bizarre monuments to himself.

Allies in a spin over lack of evidence
The Guardian, January 10, 2003
Washington and London responded to the failure of the UN inspectors to find evidence of forbidden weapons in Iraq by telling Saddam Hussein yesterday that he had yet to demonstrate "proactive cooperation" with the inspections.

Turkish PM to discuss Iraqi issue in Riyadh, Tehran
Al-Bawaba, January 10, 2003
The visit is part of Gul's "active diplomacy for peace" and tour of the Middle East to discuss regional concerns about a possible US-led war in Iraq, the Turkish embassy in Iran said.

Constructive meeting on the missing between Kuwait and Iraq
Arabic News, January 10, 2003
Representatives from Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia held talks described as "very positive and constructive" face to face in Amman for the first time since 4 years during which they discussed the fate of hundreds of missing in the Gulf war, under the patronage of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) which announced that a new meeting will be held on January 22nd.

Syrian oil company joins Russian companies in developing the Iraqi al- Qurneh oil fields
Arabic News, January 10, 2003
The Syrian al-Bayan oil company has expressed readiness to join Russian companies that develop the Iraqi oil fields in al- Qurneh after this contract was withdrawn from the Giant Russian "Look Oil." [Lukoil]

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