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Israeli
Forces Demolish Palestinian Shops
The Guardian, January 21, 2003
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - In the biggest demolition in the West Bank
in years, Israel razed 62 shops and market stalls in a Palestinian
village Tuesday as troops clashed with protesters, residents said.
Mitzna
rejects calls to run Peres as election candidate
Ha'aretz, January 21, 2003
Poll shows former Labor Party PM could tie Sharon in vote -- The
Labor Party, treading water in the polls, took another blow yesterday
when a Ma'ariv poll showed that if Shimon Peres were to replace
Amram Mitzna as the party's candidate for prime minister, the party
would be nearly tied with the Likud at 29-30 seats in the Knesset
- 10 more seats than forecast for the party under Mitzna.
Hizbollah
Attacks Israeli Posts in Shebaa Farms
New York Times, January 21, 2003
KFAR SHOUBA (Reuters) - Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas attacked Israeli
military positions in a disputed border area Tuesday, the first
flare-up in the area in more than four months.
UN
must force a solution on Israelis, says Primakov
Arab News, January 21, 2003
JEDDAH, 21 January 2003 — Russia wants the international community
to impose a settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli issue.
ME
‘road map’ still on table: EC
Arab News, January 21, 2003
BRUSSELS/GAZA, 21 January 2003 — Europe insisted yesterday
that an international “road map” for Middle East peace
remained on the table, despite the hawkish Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon labeling it a non-starter.
Cairo
talks on ending Palestinian attacks called off
Ha'aretz, January 21, 2003
Egypt on Tuesday called off talks between Palestinian factions in
Cairo on a possible hiatus on attacks on Israel due to a dispute
over which groups would attend, officials from two factions said.
New
PA constitution doesn't mention borders - or refugees
Ha'aretz, January 21, 2003
A proposed Palestinian constitution declares Islam the official
religion and cedes some power from the president to a prime minister,
according to a partial draft obtained by the Associated Press Monday.
Draft
Palestinian constitution fixes Islam as religion
Cape Cod Lonline, January 21, 2003
Early copies of the document emerge as Israel readies for next week's
elections. -- JERUSALEM - A proposed Palestinian constitution cedes
some power from the president to a prime minister and declares Islam
the official religion, according to a partial draft obtained yesterday
by The Associated Press.
ISM:
Update on Nazlat Isa Standoff
International Solidarity Movement, January 21, 2003
Yesterday, the IOF informed the villagers of Nazlat Isa that the
entire market area of 6 houses and over 170 stores had been marked
for demolition that day, giving the shop owners and residents only
a few hours to clear out their merchandise and property before demolitions
commenced. Instead the villagers of Nazlat Isa refused to
evacuate the buildings and resolved to resist the demolitions.
refused to evacuate the buildings and resolved to resist the demolitions.
Israel
to Carry out Spate of Ethnic Cleansing Against Palestinian Villagers
Palestine Chronicle, January 21, 2003
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - The Israeli government said on Monday it would
go ahead with destroying hundreds of homes and businesses in two
Arab villages bordering an apartheid fence Israel is building inside
the west Bank. According to Palestinian sources in the Northern
West Bank town of Tulkarm, the Israeli occupation army has already
notified the proprietors of more than 170 homes and businesses that
the structures will be destroyed in a few days.
Israeli
army arrests Hamas militant's wife, policemen in Ramallah
DW World, January 21. 2003
The Israeli army Tuesday arrested the wife of a wanted militant
of the Islamic radical movement Hamas, Falah Nada, near the West
Bank town of Ramallah, Palestinian security sources said Tuesday.
Alia al-Abed was arrested as well as Hamas member Majed Abu Khadija,
the sources said.
Pilgrimage
to Palestinian Elders Only: Israel
Islam Online, January 21, 2003
GAZA CITY, January 21 (IslamOnline) - Death, poverty and illness
might prevent the world Muslims from doing Hajj (Pilgrimage), but
for the Palestinians add oppressive practices of the Israeli occupation
forces as another hindering element to the holy journey to perform
the fifth pillar of Islam.
Ha'aretz
correspondent suspected of obstruction of justice
Ha'aretz, January 21, 2003
Ha'aretz correspondent Baruch Kra, who disclosed allegations of
a $1.5 million loan from South African businessman Cyril Kern to
the family of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, was questioned under
warning by police on Tuesday, on suspicion of obstruction of justice.
High
Court relaxes ban on "human shields" policy
Jerusalem Post, January 21, 2003
A Justice Ministry official said the new ruling allows soldiers
to use Palestinians if the Palestinians agree. -- In its ruling
Tuesday, the high court altered an earlier injunction that prohibited
soldiers from using Palestinians as "human shields" to prevent attacks
on them or ordering Palestinians to knock on doors of militants'
houses, risking injury or death if gunfire results.
Abu
Ayman. Wounded for 3 Days Unable to Reach Hospital
Hear Palestine/ Al-Quds, January 21, 2003
Three days with their nights passed and Haj Zuhdi Sultan, "Abu Ayman",
70 years old, lives with his wounds alone using his limited first
aid kit at
home.
Two
Palestinians escape Israeli detention camp, home destroyed in Hebron
area
Al-Bawaba, January 21, 2003
Israeli security forces on Tuesday were searching for two Palestinians
who escaped from the Ofer detention camp near the West Bank city
of Ramallah.
Israeli
Opposition Leader Won't Drop Out
The Guardian, January 21, 2003
JERUSALEM (AP) - Labor party leader Amram Mitzna said Tuesday he
will not drop out of next week's general election despite a poll
indicating Shimon Peres at the helm of Labor would have a better
chance of unseating Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Hear
Palestine, January 21, 2003
Hear Palestine
Tulkarem: Occupation Army Embarks on Demolition of 200 Shops in
Nazlat Issa Market / Hebron: Occupation Soldiers Blow Up Home South
of the City / Ramallah Placed Under Curfew and Tight Searching Measures
/ Nablus: Curfew and Arrests for 2nd Day Running / Bethlehem: Housan
and Bettir under Curfew and Searches / Jenin: Wide-Scale Campaign
of Raids and Random Arrests / Rafah: Woman Wounded in Israeli Fire
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Dangerous Settlement Project Northeast Gaza Strip
Hamas,
Islamic Jihad boycott Cairo talks; Abu Marzuq: Hamas absence leaves
Palestinian dialogue meaningless
Al-Bawaba, January 21, 2003
The deputy chief of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, politburo,
Dr. Mousa Abu Marzuq announced that his movement has sent its regrets
for not attending the Palestinian national dialogue that was planned
to be held in Cairo.
Hezbollah
shells IDF posts on northern border
Ha'aretz, January 21, 2003
Hezbollah shelled IDF positions in the Har Dov area of the northern
border Tuesday, for the first time in over four months. Hezbollah
militants launched anti-tank rockets and fired mortar shells at
IDF troops, who returned fire in the direction of the shelling.
Israeli
bulldozers rip through West Bank
Toronto Star, January 21, 2003
Marketplace once popular with Jews target of demolition -- NABLUS,
West Bank (AP) - In the biggest demolition in the occupied West
Bank in years, Israel razed 62 shops and market stalls in a Palestinian
village today, resulting in clashes with protesters, residents said.
Slain
Jewish Settler Is Finally Buried After Riot, Car Race and a Rabbinical
Ruling
New York Times, January 21, 2003
JERUSALEM, Jan. 20 — Nathaniel Ozeri, a Jewish settler slain
by Palestinian gunmen on Friday night, was finally buried early
this morning, 15 hours after his followers on the far edge of the
religious right turned his funeral into a riot that stunned even
this normally contentious country.
Sources:
Palestinian Faction Talks Scrapped
New York Times, January 21, 2003
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Talks between Palestinian factions
in Cairo aimed at halting attacks inside Israel were called off
Tuesday due to a dispute over which groups would attend, officials
from two factions said.
Hezbollah
clashes with Israeli troops
BBC, January 21, 2003
It is the first major clash in four months -- Fighters from Lebanon's
Hezbollah guerrilla group have shelled Israeli positions across
the border.
Israelis
flatten West Bank shops
BBC, January 21, 2003
Israel says the shops were built without permits -- Israeli bulldozers
have demolished more than 60 Palestinian shops and small businesses
near the West Bank town of Tulkarm.
Dozens
of homes and businesses razed in West Bank village of Nazlat Issa
in area confiscated for construction of separation "apartheid wall"
Alternative Information Center, January 21, 2003
Israel carries out widespread demolition of Palestinian homes, businesses
in West Bank village -- In what many Palestinians and international
peace activists call a slow-motion holocaust, Israel on Tuesday
demolished dozens of Palestinian homes, shops and businesses at
a West Bank village, fueling further hatred and calls for revenge
from the Palestinians.
India,
Israel enter marketing tie-up for Advanced Light Helicopters
Al-Bawaba, January 21, 2003
Indian state-owned aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(HAL) and Israel Avionics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) providing for the marketing of advanced light helicopters
(ALH).
Mofaz:
Arrow effective against missile attack
Globes, January 21, 2003
Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz: Israel will not retaliate automatically
to an Iraqi missile attack. The cut in the defense budget will be
reviewed in the first quarter of the year.
News
Analysis: Sharon set to win again, although voters prefer Labour's
policies
The Independent, January 21, 2003
As the Prime Minister shrugs off serious corruption claims, the
left fails to press home its advantages and is set for a crushing
defeat.
Three
Likud activists indicted for bribery during primaries
Ha'aretz, January 21, 2003
The state prosecutor on Tuesday filed charges against three Likud
activists suspected of involvement in bribery during the party's
primaries.
Background:
The Old and the Restless: Labor as soap opera
Ha'aretz, January 21, 2003
The plot is as old as the party - the Old and the Restless of Labor
are at it again, mounting suicidal catfights on the eve of an election.
No
surplus vote deal for Likud
Ha'aretz, January 21, 2003
The Likud, long over-confident of the election results, failed to
make a surplus vote agreement with any other party, and may lose
one, or possibly two, seats because of it.
`Peres
Effect' strikes again
Ha'aretz, January 21, 2003
Like the famous gun in the first act that must be fired in the third,
Shimon Peres has long been a long shadow over every Labor Party
candidate for prime minister, and even now, six months before he
turns 80, he's still being drawn from the holster on the eve of
elections.
Libyan
UN rep's overtures to Israel doubted
Ha'aretz, January 21, 2003
NEW YORK - Sources at UN headquarters were skeptical last night
about a Libyan representative's claim that the first diplomatic
mission to be called in for discussions after the country takes
up the chair of the UN Human Rights Commission next week will be
Israel.
A
year after Saadat imprisoned: hunger strike and demands to be released
LAW Society, January 20, 2003
Ahmad Saadat, General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation
of Palestine (PFLP) has been on a hunger strike since Wednesday,
January 15, demanding his release from prison, LAW has learnt.
Settler
Terror Turns Lives of Hebron Residents into Living Hell
Palestine Media Center, January 21, 2003
Citizens of the southern West Bank city of Hebron witnessed another
day of Israeli terror Sunday as thousands of armed Israeli settlers
attacked Palestinian civilians’ and property in the hours
preceding the funeral of Netanel Ozeri, a member of Israeli terrorist
group Kach, who was killed Friday night at an illegal Israeli settlement
west of Hebron.
Occupation
Chronicle Events in Palestine, January 20, 2003
Israeli settlers, backed by IOF soldiers, attacked Palestinian civilians
and raided several houses and stores in Hebron City; a house was
also dynamited by IOF troops in Hebron. Meanwhile, IOF raided Nablus
and Jenin cities in the West Bank and detained at least five citizens.
Annan:'collateral
damage' of war terrorism on human rights
Arabic News, January 21, 2003
As the United Nations Security Council met this morning for a high-level
debate on combating terrorism, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told
the attending foreign ministers that the UN must play an increasing
role in dissuading would-be-perpetrators of terror by setting effective
international norms.
UK
mosque raid rallies extremists: Sheikh Omar
Arab News, January 21, 2003
LONDON — For radical Muslims, yesterday’s police raid
on a London mosque was the perfect rallying cry to attract young
extremists to their cause.
Saudi
citizen victim of American witch hunt
Arab News, January 21, 2003
WASHINGTON, 21 January 2003 — This story would be a nightmare,
except it’s too complicated for anyone to dream up.
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