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Sharon
derides EU peace efforts
The Guardian, January 20, 2003
Israeli leader says only the US view is relevant -- Ariel Sharon
yesterday dismissed European peace efforts as anti-Israeli and said
only the US matters in deciding the fate of the Palestinians.
Powell
takes on Sharon, stands with Europeans on peace plan
New Jersey.com, January 20, 2003
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Secretary of State Colin Powell, in a stiff
reply to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said Monday the Bush
administration intended to push ahead vigorously with a peace plan
devised in conjunction with European leaders.
Palestinian
homes, cars vandalized by funeral mob
Ha'aretz, January 20, 2003
Hundreds of settlers took part in a rampage against Palestinian
property in the hours before the funeral of Netanel Uzeri who was
killed by a Hamas gunman on Friday night at an outpost west of Hebron.
Israeli
killed, 3 hurt in attack near Hebron
Ha'aretz, January 19, 2003
One Israeli was killed and three others were moderately injured
by Palestinian gunmen on Friday night in an illegal outpost near
Hebron. The two terrorists were killed in a gun battle with outpost
residents and security forces.
Israel
destroys home in Hebron, arrests five Palestinians in Nablus
Al-Bawaba, January 20, 2003
Palestinian sources said Monday that Israeli forces operating in
the West Bank town of Nablus arrested five Palestinians.
Sharon
rules out Hebron Tombs handover
CTV News, January 20, 2003
ASHKELON, Israel — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, while pledging
concessions for peace with the Palestinians when the time comes,
has ruled out handing over a main West Bank hot spot — the
Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
Barghouti
trial 'can proceed'
BBC, January 19, 2003
Marwan Barghouti says he has the right to fight -- A court in Tel
Aviv has ruled that a prominent Palestinian, Marwan Barghouti, must
stand trial on murder charges.
Barghouti
won't put up a defense
Ha'aretz, January 20, 2003
Palestinian Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, who has been under arrest
since April 2002, yesterday told Tel Aviv District Court he would
not attend his trial nor allow defense lawyers to represent him,
after the court ruled it had the authority to try him.
Slain
settler's body shuffled from Hebron to J'lem for hours, as burial
site is disputed
Ha'aretz, January 20, 2003
The most extreme fringes of the settler movement yesterday dragged
the dead body of Netanel Ozeri, the Kach activist slain Friday night
by Palestinians at his illegal outpost home near Hebron, back and
forth across the landscape of the ancient town, and then late last
night to Jerusalem.
8000
Palestinian Captives in Israeli Prisons, Only 16 Lawyers
Islam Online, January 20, 2003
GAZA, January 20 (IslamOnline) – Only 16 lawyers are standing
for the defense of 8000 Palestinian captives in Israeli prisons,
a prominent Palestinian lawmaker told IslamOnline Monday, January
20.
Arafat
says he promotes new politicians within Fatah
Al-Bawaba, January 20, 2003
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Monday that he is actively
pursuing new politicians within his Fatah party to take over his
post.
Hamas
urges mutual halt to attacks on civilians
Jordan Times, January 20, 2003
CAIRO (AFP) — Hamas is ready to halt attacks on Israeli civilians
if Israel stops harming Palestinian civilians, an official of the
Islamic resistance movement said Sunday.
Sharon
warns Palestinians against stepping-up terrorism during Iraq war
Jerusalem Post, January 20, 2003
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned the Palestinians against escalating
terror attacks against Israel in the event that a US-led war breaks
out against Iraq.
Refusenik
gets 7th straight jail term
Ha'aretz, January 19, 2003
The Israel Defense Forces continues to display an extraordinary
tough attitude toward refusenik Yonatan Ben-Artzi of Jerusalem.
Last week, Ben-Artzi was sentenced to 35 days in detention - his
seventh consecutive term in jail. In total, Ben-Artzi has been sentenced
to 196 days in detention.
U.S.
will focus on settlements after war, Wolfowitz says
Ha'aretz, January 19, 2003
In his first public comments regarding U.S. policy in the Middle
East on the "day after" the anticipated war in Iraq, Deputy Secretary
of Defense Paul Wolfowitz said the administration will intensify
its focus on the establishment of a Palestinian state.
BDI:
Iraq war will cost Israeli economy $1 billion
Globes, January 20, 2003
Business Data Israel (BDI) estimates the Israeli economy could lose
$1 billion, if and when war breaks out in Iraq.
Settlers
riot in Hebron, Sharon dismisses Quartet plan
Al-Bawaba, January 19, 2003
A Palestinian man fixing a satellite dish on his rooftop was shot
and killed in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinians said.
Hear
Palestine, January 19, 2003
NEWS: Nablus: Occupation Army Brutally Invades City and Imposes
Curfew / Hebron: Escalation in Settler and Soldier Attacks amidst
Tight Curfew / Jenin: Occupation Army Invades City and Arrests Residents
/ Deir Balah: Bulldozing Activities on Palestinian Agricultural
Land / Rafah: Occupation Soldiers Wage Military Attack on Residential
Areas / Qalqilya: Ongoing Tight Military Siege and Confiscation
of Land / Bethlehem: Ongoing Curfew and Campaign of Home Raids /
Ramallah: Tightened Military Measures at Roadblocks and Roads /
Tightened Closure Measures in Khan Younis and Rafah
FEATURES: Occupation Bullets Chased Abdel Fatah to His New Home
/ Nablus Winter: Muddy Streets in the Rain, Dusty in the Dry / The
Siege Paralyses Life in Deir al-Hatab
Sharon
rubbishes peace plan
BBC, January 19, 2003
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said an international plan
for Middle East peace should not be taken seriously.
LAW
Weekly Roundup, 9 - 15 January 2003
LAW Society
Pregnant woman miscarries after inhaling tear gas; two disabled
Palestinians killed by Israeli forces; four children killed, three
throwing stones and another returning home; 2 killed in failed extra-judicial
execution; 9 homes destroyed in collective punishment; 43 arrested,
including children; Jewish settler kills Palestinian man. Twelve
Palestinians were killed this week, including five children.
Ministry
of Education states that Haifa student protest against the occupation
is a failure of educational system
Alternative Information Center/New Profile, January 20, 2003
On Thursday, 16 January 2003, two imprisoned conscientious objectors
to military service, Noam Bahat and Hillel Goral, went on hunger
strike. Both are among the signatories of a letter signed last year
by over 300 high school students, declaring their refusal to serve
in the Israeli army (see their website at www.shministim.org).
Jordanian
King: Middle-East ''roadmap'' for peace must be announced after
elections in Israel
Al-Bawaba, January 20, 2003
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday said an internationally-backed
"roadmap" for peace between Israelis and Palestinians must be announced
after Israeli elections, which are due to take place on January
28.
Fighting
Words, Hard Choices
Newsweek, January 18, 2003
Terror is a constant. But claims of corruption and dirty politics
have made the two main candidates in Israel’s upcoming elections
even more feisty. (Interviews with Sharon and Mitzna)
Is
this the man to break the mould of Israeli politics?
The Guardian, January 20, 2003
Ultra-Orthodox Jews want him 'burned to a cinder', but Tommy Lapid's
campaign for a secular state is winning over middle class voters.
Finance
Ministry: Bank of Israel warnings on credit downgrade unprecedented
Globes, January 20, 2003
Ministry of Finance budget deficit director Adi Rivlin said the
Bank of Israel was issuing unprecedented warnings of a downgrade
in Israel’s credit rating, thereby causing enormous damage
to the economy.
Cabinet
to vote on Yishai plan to bring 20,000
Ethiopians 'immediately'
Ha'aretz, January 19, 2003
The cabinet is slated today to decide whether to approve Interior
Minister Eli Yishai's plan to immediately bring some 20,000 Falashmura
from Ethiopia to Israel.
Iran
linked to TA terror attack
Ha'aretz, January 19, 2003
Security establishment experts suspect that Iranian Revolutionary
Guards operating in Lebanon were involved in the suicide bombing
in Tel Aviv on January 6.
Mofaz:
Israel is ready for possible February Iraq war
Ha'aretz, January 20, 2003
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz yesterday told the cabinet Israel will
be ready for an American attack on Iraq and he believes this will
be in February or early March.
Low
point? That's any day in the past two years
Ha'aretz, January 20, 2003
WASHINGTON - When Aaron D. Miller is asked what was the low point
in the 15 years he was actively engaged in the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict in the U.S. State Department, he answers: "Pick any day
in the last two years."
Labor
wakes up to the social and economic issues
Ha'aretz, January 20, 2003
Labor leader Amram Mitzna decided yesterday to use the last week
of the election campaign to focus his party's propaganda efforts
on economic issues.
Pro-Palestinian,
Israeli students hold parallel Concordia protests
Canoe, January 20, 2003
MONTREAL (CP) -- Jewish and pro-Palestinian protesters held simultaneous
rallies outside Concordia University Monday, as hearings began into
a violent campus demonstration last fall.
Palestinian,
Israeli fly tests on shuttle
CNN, January 20, 2003
(CNN) -- In an unlikely scientific partnership that crosses political
barriers, Palestinian and Israeli researchers have joined forces
to organize a science project onboard the space shuttle Columbia.
Swedish
Public Figures Urge Israeli Boycott
Islam Online, January 20, 2003
STOCKHOLM, January 18 (IslamOnline) – A group of Swedish luminaries
and public figures called for a boycott of Israeli goods produced
in occupied Palestinian territories, in a show of protest at the
Jewish state's policy of continued aggressions against the innocent
Palestinians.
UK
union considers ban on Israeli musicians
Jerusalem Post, January 20, 2003
Strenuous efforts are under way to defeat a resolution to ban Israeli
musicians from appearing in Britain and British musicians from appearing
in Israel, that is being debated in London on Monday.
Despite
strong US opposition, Libya elected as chairman of the U.N. Human
Rights Commission
Al-Bawaba, January 20, 2003
Libya is hailing as a "shining victory" its election as chairman
of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, against strong opposition
from the United States. Thus, Libya will preside at the March 17-April
25 session of the U.N. Human Rights Commission which meets annually
to survey the rights situation around the world.
Jordanian
parties threaten to boycott parliamentary elections
Arabic News, January 20, 2003
A coalition that includes Jordanian parties has loomed the possibility
of boycotting the parliamentary elections due to be carried out
this year if the government will not respond to the demand of initiating
serious dialogue with these parties, amending the elections law,
and setting a fixed date for these elections.
Kingdom
may require 25 years to join club of developed nations: Economist
Arab News, January 20, 2003
JEDDAH, 20 January 2003 — It could take 25 years for Saudi
Arabia to reach developed country status, Professor Richard Vietor
of the Harvard Business School warned a packed audience at the Jeddah
Economic Forum yesterday.
Bombing
Error in Afghanistan Puts a Spotlight on Pilots' Pills
New York Times, January 19, 2003
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 — A military hearing into the deaths of
four Canadians in an airstrike by two American pilots in Afghanistan
has focused attention on the military's long-held but little-known
practice of using drugs to keep its weary forces awake and alert
— or to help them sleep off the stress of combat.
Jordanian
weekly closed after publishing article on Prophet Muhammad sex life
Al-Bawaba, January 18, 2003
The Jordanian government has closed a weekly newspaper and detained
three of its journalists for writing an article about the sex life
of the Prophet Muhammad, AP said Friday.
82%
Vote U.S. Greatest Danger to World Peace: Time
Islam Online, January 20, 2003
The poll came as a severe blow to Bush’s policies -- WASHINGTON,
January 20 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – More than 82.6%
of those who replied to the question: who really poses the greatest
danger to world peace, chose the United States of America, not Iraq
or even North Korea, the open, international poll was conducted
by the U.S. weekly magazine Time, Monday, January 20.
Photo
Alternative Information Center, January 20, 2003
An Israeli soldier throws a tear gas grenade towards a crowd of
Palestinians to impose a curfew in parts of the West Bank town of
Hebron on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003, while Israeli settlers were allowed
to stage a violent procession through the city.
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