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Israeli-Palestinian
Clashes Kill 11
The Guardian, January 13, 2003
JERUSALEM (AP) - In rapidly escalating violence just two weeks before
Israel's general election, seven Palestinians, two other Arab attackers
and two Israelis were killed in raids and infiltrations in a 24-hour
period.
Israelis
kill boys in missile blunder
The Guardian, January 13, 2003
Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in military strikes in the
Gaza Strip yesterday, including two teenage boys who were hit in
a botched missile attack on Hamas fugitives. In Israel's north,
two Palestinian infiltrators killed an Israeli in a village near
the West Bank town of Jenin before they were hunted down.
Two
Israelis killed in two gun attacks
Ha'aretz, January 13, 2003
Terrorists yesterday killed two Israelis, a civilian and a soldier,
in two separate shooting incidents - one at a moshav close to Afula,
and the second on the Israel-Egyptian border, close to Nitzana town.
Nine Palestinians were killed during these infiltrations and in
other clashes in the territories.
Arafat:
holding the PCC meeting is a Palestinian challenge
Alternative Information Center, January 12, 2003
President Yasser Arafat said the holding of the Palestinian Central
Council meeting in the city of Ramallah on Thursday - January 9,
is a Palestinian challenge to the occupation measures through holding
this session with this group and this meeting in this besieged place.
Complying,
Anxiously, With an I.N.S. Roundup
New York Times, January 13, 2003
"I love this country, but on a day like today, I don't feel like
a part of America anymore." -- LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 — Shoaib
Muhammad, a 29-year-old computer engineer from Karachi, Pakistan,
who has worked here for two years, says he is as far from being
a terrorist as one could imagine. But he is still afraid of being
arrested when he shows up Monday at the federal building downtown
to register with the Immigration and Naturalization Service under
a program designed to root out terrorists.
'When
we started shooting, so did they'
The Guardian, January 13, 2003
It was never going to be easy for a Palestinian to film in the West
Bank -- When Elia Suleiman brought his film Divine Intervention
to Ramallah he found the Israeli soldiers had got there first. The
entrance to the cinema had been bombed, the cash till rifled, the
Dolby stereo stolen.
115
Palestinian youths die in '02 fights
Bradenton Herald, January 13, 2003
NABLUS, West Bank - Jihad Faqueh, 11, had a dangerous obsession
- stoning Israeli jeeps and tanks. It finally proved fatal. The
sixth-grader was on his way home from school Nov. 25 when he joined
dozens of children and teens in throwing rocks at soldiers in two
jeeps in downtown Nablus. The soldiers fired tear gas, rubber-coated
steel pellets and live rounds. Jihad was hit in the chest and died.
Rights
group calls for IDF to probe infant deaths at roadblocks
Ha'aretz, January 13, 2003
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel yesterday demanded
that the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff order an investigation
into the deaths of two Palestinian infants. Both died in birth last
month after their mothers were delayed at IDF road-blocks en route
to hospitals.
Soldier
killed in Egyptian frontier amid sharp rise in border clashes
Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2003
Gunmen opened fire on Israeli soldiers after crossing into southern
Israel from Egypt, killing one soldier and wounding another, before
the troops shot and killed both infiltrators.
Alarm
bells ring for Labor
Globes, January 13, 2003
Opinion polls showing a change in trend towards the Likud have led
to calls in the Labor Party to "take the gloves off." -- Ynet reports
that opinion polls in this morning's newspapers showing the Likud
strengthening and Labor in retreat have caused consternation in
the Labor Party. Party managers are unable to comprehend why the
trend has changed, and why the Likud, which was losing ground, is
now gaining.
S.
Africa to launch probe into $1.5 million loan by Kern to PM
Ha'aretz, January 13, 2003
South Africa has decided to launch an investigation into a $1.5
million loan by a South African businessman to Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon, a justice ministry spokesman said on Monday.
Stanley
Fischer: Israel out of favor with investors
Globes, January 13, 2003
"Only the end of the warfare and the resumption of the dialogue
with the Palestinians will bring about a turnaround in the Israeli
economy." -- Hebrew daily “Yediot Ahronot” reports quotes
Citigroup vice chairman Stanley Fischer as saying, “Israel’s
economy will not recover from its slump without a resumption of
the peace process with the Palestinians.” Fischer is in Israel
for a brief visit, during which he will meet Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon and other officials.
Hamas
warns of kidnapping Israelis for prisoner exchange
Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2003
The head of Hamas on Monday rejected a call by Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat to halt attacks on Israeli civilians in the run-up
to Israel's Jan. 28 election, and suggested his Islamic militant
group might kidnap Israelis as ransom for Palestinian prisoners.
Israel:
Germs, gas and A-bombs Fingers on all the buttons
Index on Censorship
The world's best-known and most efficient 'secret' manufacturer
of weapons of mass destruction is not Iraq, not even North Korea,
but Israel. A look at a nuclear, biological and chemical warfare
programme that even the Israeli Knesset cannot get access to, let
alone the United Nations.
Jordan
to attend London conference on PNA reform
Jordan Times, January 13, 2003
AMMAN (Agencies) — Jordan confirmed on Sunday it would attend
a British-sponsored conference on Palestinian National Authority
(PNA) reform, but insisted the meeting should also look into ways
of relaunching the Middle East peace process.
Israel
kills two Palestinian boys in Gaza Strip, Palestinian man injured
south of Jerusalem
Al-Bawaba, January 13, 2003
Israeli troops Monday afternoon shot and killed two Palestinian
boys who approached a bus that was traveling in the Gaza Strip from
Netzarim settlement to Karni crossing point, Israel Radio reported.
Palestinians
at the end of year 2002
Palestinians
at the end of year 2002 - Acrobat format
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
This report presents the most important indicators about the number
of Palestinians all over the world, including their demographic
characteristics. The report is based on a number of primary and
secondary data sources, such as field surveys and studies, as well
as researches about topics related to estimating the number of Palestinians
and their demographic and social characteristics.
Prisoners
and Detainees: Following PHR-Israel Petition, Health Ministry Panel
Finds Medical Rights Abuses in Israeli Prison System
Physicians for Human Rights - Israel, January 8, 2003
A Committee of Specialists was set up last June following a petition
by PHR-Israel to the Israeli High Court of Justice. The petition
was based upon the PHR-Israel comprehensive report entitled: "These
Worldly bars: Maltreatment and Neglect at the Israeli Prison Service
Medical Center".
Day
of bloodshed in Middle East
BBC, January 12, 2003
At least nine Palestinians and one Israeli are reported to have
been killed in a day of widespread violence in the Palestinian territories
and Israel.
Israeli
warplanes violate Lebanese airspace
Arabic News, January 13, 2003
The Israeli warplanes yesterday violated the Lebanese airspace and
flew at intermediate altitude over most of the Lebanese areas, breaking
the sound barriers.
In
a failed assassination attempt, two Palestinians civilians were
killed and a third wounded in Khan Yunis
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, January 13, 2003
In another illegal military action reflecting total disregard for
the lives of Palestinian civilians, two Israeli combat helicopters
launched three missiles at agricultural land southeast of Khan Yunis,
in a failed assassination attempt that targeted two activists of
the Hamas movement. Two Palestinian civilians, including a handicapped
child, who were in the affected area, were killed and a third civilian
was wounded.
Likud
rallies
Globes, January 13, 2003
The Likud party has recovered somewhat after last week's dip; Shinui's
star has faded slightly, but Labor is still not gaining. Findings
from a crop of recent opinion polls.
Israel's
2002 trade deficit down 2.9% to $6.8 billion
Globes, January 13, 2003
Exports of goods rose 0.2% to $25.8 billion, despite a 10.9% drop,
amounting to $1.1 billion, in high-tech exports. -- Israel’s
imports totaled $32.6 billion in 2002, while exports amounted to
$25.8 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of $6.8 billion, the
Central Bureau of Statistics reported today.
Likud
buoyed by internal poll showing support up to 30 seats
Ha'aretz, January 13, 2003
According to an internal poll conducted Sunday by Ariel Sharon's
ruling Likud party, the recent drop in public support has been halted.
In the poll, Likud attained 30 seats, two more than last week, while
Labor lost two seats.
Analysis:
An embarrassment for Cairo
Ha'aretz, January 13, 2003
The infiltration of terrorists into Israel via the Egyptian border
is tantamount, in the words of one Egyptian official, "to an attempt
to drag the conflict into Egyptian territory... Egypt is extremely
concerned about the use of its territory for terrorist actions against
Israel."
Labor
leaders clash over party's participation in unity government
Ha'aretz, January 13, 2003
There was increased tension yesterday in the uneasy relationship
between Labor chairman Amram Mitzna and his predecessor, Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer, following an interview by Aliza Mitzna in Yedioth Ahronoth
on Friday. In the interview, the Labor chairman's wife was scathing
of Ben-Eliezer's behavior during the leadership election in November
last year.
Hear
Palestine, January 12, 2003
NEWS: Israeli Helicopters Assassinate 2 Children in Khan Younis
/ Gaza Strip: Heavy Military Onslaught on Residential Areas at Dawn;
2
Killed / Hebron: Man Murdered by Group of Settlers / Jenin: Re-Invasion
of City, Refugee Camp and Towns / Tulkarem: Occupation Tanks Invade
City under Fire; Searches and Arrests / Ramallah/Al-Bireh: Israeli
Military Escalations in Residential Suburbs / Bethlehem: Housan
Village under Ongoing Curfew FEATURES: Night of Terror Lived
by Khan Younis / Nablus: A Bullet for Anyone who carries a Stone
/ Children of Ramallah Spend their School Holidays at Work / Nablus:
Occupation Army Prevents Family from Entering its Home / Jenin:
Residents of Eastern Quarter Subjected to Continuous Israeli Raids
Loan
Application Shows Dire Economic Situation: Former Israeli Minister
Islam Online, January 13, 2003
TEL AVIV, January 13 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – The
Israeli government’s application to the U.S. for loan guarantees
reflects Israel’s dire economic situation, former Israeli
finance minister told an Israeli newspaper on Monday, January 13.
Avraham Shochat told Ha'aretz that “this application is one
of the heaviest indicators for Israel's weakness in the international
markets.”
Three
Kassam rockets fired at Sderot
Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2003
Palestinian terrorists fired three Kassam rockets from Beit Hanoun
in the Gaza Strip at Sderot in the Negev Sunday morning, one landing
just 70 meters from a school. No one was wounded by the first rocket,
although an eight-year-old playing in the schoolyard when the attack
occurred and a 53-year-old municipality gardener were treated at
Ashkelon's Barzilai Hospital for shock.
Gaza
leader objects to suicide attacks, but argues they're not terrorism
Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2003
Former peace negotiator Haider Abdel-Shafi also blames Arafat for
a "chaotic" situation in the Gaza Strip. A prominent Gaza physician
spoke out against suicide bombings Sunday but disagreed that those
who carry out such attacks are terrorists.
Sharon
orders immediate resumption of Ethiopian immigration effort
Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2003
The Prime Minister's Office ordered the immediate resumption of
Ethiopian immigration, after a month-long hiatus due to security
concerns triggered by terror attacks on Israelis in the African
country nation of Kenya.
Ranking
Dutch legislator calls for Duisenberg's dismissal
Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2003
European Central Bank Chairman Wim Duisenberg should be fired because
he supports his wife Gretta's anti-Israel positions and embrace
of Yasser Arafat, a leading Dutch parliamentarian visiting Jerusalem
said Sunday.
Arab
states hosting Palestinian refugees meet in Cairo
Jordan Times, January 13, 2003
CAIRO (Petra) — “The world should seriously take into
consideration warnings voiced forecasting a growing humanitarian
crisis threatening the Palestinian people,” Palestinian Affairs
Department Director Abdul Karim Abul Heija said on Sunday at a meeting
of Arab states hosting Palestinian refugees.
King
warns Iraq war will complicate Palestinian situation
Jordan Times, January 13, 2003
AMMAN (Petra) — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday warned
of complications in the Palestinian situation if a war breaks out
in Iraq.
Two
Children Killed by Israeli Missiles, Bringing Death Toll to Ten
Palestine Media Center, January 13, 2003
115 Palestinian Youngsters Under 18 Killed in 2002 -- In the bloodiest
day in weeks, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed ten Palestinians,
including two children, who were innocent bystanders condemned to
death by Apache helicopters, which fired at a vehicle in an attempt
to extra-judicially assassinate two activists in the Gaza Strip.
Summary
of PNA Presentation to London Conference
Palestine Media Center, January 13, 2003
Almost one year ago, President Arafat articulated once again the
Palestinian vision for peace and had it published in the international
and the local press. The Palestinian leadership has a clear vision
of how the region would and should look like after the conflict
with Israel is resolved and the dust has settled: Two states living
side by side in peace and security enjoying good neighborly relations.
Leadership
Urges International Community to Stop Israeli Aggression
Palestine Media Center, January 13, 2003
Ten Palestinians Murdered Over the Past Thirty-Six Hours -- The
Palestinian leadership called on the international community to
step up their efforts to end the Israeli military escalation in
the occupied Palestinian territories, which rendered ten Palestinians
killed and scores others wounded over the past thirty-six hours.
Occupation
Chronicle Events in Palestine, January 13, 2003
Palestine Media Center, January 13, 2003
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed six Palestinian civilians
over the past twenty-four hours, including two children who were
killed by an Israeli missile, launched by Israeli Apache gunships
in Khan Younis town, in the Gaza Strip / Israeli Apaches Raid North
of the Gaza Strip / IOF Invade Jenin / Four People Killed by IOF
in Two Infiltration Attempts
Preemptive
impeachment
Law professor stands ready to draft articles for any member of the
House -- January 4, 2002—"We sentenced Nazi leaders to death
for waging a war of aggression," says International Law Professor
Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
By contrast, Prof. Boyle wants merely to impeach George W. Bush,
Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft for their plans to
invade Iraq and create a police state in America.
Syrian
President to visit Iran on Wednesday
Al-Bawaba, January 13, 2003
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is set to visit Tehran on
Wednesday for talks on the standoff between Iraq and the United
States amid a flurry of regional diplomatic activity, an Iranian
foreign ministry spokesman said Sunday.
Seminar
on women focuses on Western double standard
Arab News, January 13, 2003
RIYADH, 13 January 2003 — A seminar entitled "The Image of
Muslim Women in the Western Media" was held on Saturday at King
Abdul Aziz Library. It was organized by the Information Center for
the Women’s Cultural Committee at the ongoing Janadriah Heritage
Festival.
Qathafi
wants US compensation for killing his daughter, same as Lockerbie
Arabic News, January 13, 2003
Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi has
expressed his hope to settle the Lockerbie issue. He added that
his country is ready to pay the necessary compensation but not alone,
noting the possibility that Libya and the USA will contribute to
a compensation fund.
Cartoon
sparks mass Iran protests
BBC, January 13, 2003
Thousands of conservative clerical students have staged a strike
and demonstrations in the Iranian holy city of Qom in protest at
a cartoon published in a reformist newspaper which they believe
insulted the late leader of the Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini.
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