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Israel
Flattens 62 Shops, Devastates West Bank Village Lifeline
Palestine Media Center, January 22, 2003
B’Tselem: Demolitions Constitute a Breach of International
Law -- Israeli army bulldozers razed to the ground dozens of houses
and shops belonging to residents of Nazlat Issa village, north of
the West Bank Tuesday, as hundreds of Palestinian women, men and
children watched helplessly.
UN
envoy voices serious concern over demolition of Palestinian property
in West Bank
United Nations News, January 21, 2003
21 January – The senior United Nations envoy for the Middle
East peace process, Terje Roed-Larsen, voiced serious concern today
for the demolition of Palestinian homes and commercial property
in the West Bank town of Tulkarem by the Israeli military.
Israel
Demolishes Three Palestinian Homes
Bradenton Herald, January 22, 2003
JERUSALEM - Israeli army bulldozers demolished three Palestinian
houses and two shacks Wednesday near a Jewish settlement in the
southern West Bank, Palestinians said.
Palestinian
Economy Facing ‘de-development’: UN Report
Palestine Media Center, January 22, 2003
Israel’s Economy Shaken by Worst Recession in 50 Years --
A recently published United Nations’ report has warned that
the Israeli blockade and closures over the past two years have pushed
the Palestinian economy into a stage of “de-development”,
while the Palestinian uprising against the ongoing Israeli occupation,
coupled with the Nasdaq stock market crash in late 2000, has thrown
Israel’s economy into its deepest economic crisis in 50 years.
Curfew
and closure cripple West Bank residents
Palestine Monitor, January 21, 2003
A curfew was imposed on Ramallah today, extending the Israeli–imposed
system of closure and curfew currently in place in the West Bank.
Cairo
talks back on as groups agree to attend
Ha'aretz, January 22, 2003
Two key Palestinian groups have decided to attend talks in Cairo
on halting attacks against Israelis after initially saying they
would stay away, a senior Palestinian official said on Tuesday.
Israeli
Forces Beat AFP, AP Photographers in Nablus
Islam Online, January 22, 2003
NABLUS, West Bank, January 22 (IslamOnline & News Agencies)
- Israeli border police beat two Palestinian photographers for international
news agencies as they tried to photograph Israeli forces driving
with two youths clinging to the hood of their jeep in the West Bank
city of Nablus on Tuesday, January 21.
'Human
shield' issue returns to court with new IDF rule
Ha'aretz, January 22, 2003
The High Court of Justice yesterday ordered several human rights
organizations to explain their charges that the new regulation in
the Israel Defense Forces - which permits limited use of Palestinian
civilians for military purposes - is illegal according to international
law.
“Defense
News”: Israel world’s 3rd largest arms exporter
Globes, January 22, 2003
Israeli arms exports rose 40% to $3.7 billion in 2002, mostly to
Asia. -- “Defense News” reports in its latest
issue that Israeli arms exports reached a record $3.7 billion in
2002, almost 40% higher than the $2.6 billion exported in 2001.
Israel’s orders backlog for weapons and defense equipment
in 2002 was equal to Russia’s in 2001. For the first time,
Israel’s arms exports in 2002 put it in third place, after
the US and Russia.
Israel’s
Latest Colonization Activities: 24 new colonies and 113 new outposts
in the west Bank
Applied Research Institute Jerusalem
By analyzing the satellite images through the help of the Geographic
information System unit (GIS), Applied Research Institute Jerusalem
(ARIJ) revealed that during the last year 2001-2002 there
has been 24 newly constructed colonies, and 113 new outposts composed
of several caravans to be transformed later on into colonies. In
addition, the colonies that are found in the West Bank made a severe
expansion that reached an area of 11128 dunums (11.128 Km2).
Fierce
criticism of decision to question Ha'aretz reporter
Ha'aretz, January 22, 2003
Fierce criticism was voiced Wednesday over the decision to interrogate
Ha'aretz reporter Baruch Kra on suspicion of obstructing justice
in connection with a leaked report of allegations of improprieties
surrounding a $1.5 million loan received by the family of Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon.
A-G,
fighting flak, says PM loan affair was leaked for 'ideology'
Ha'aretz, January 22, 2003
Under fierce criticism for ordering Ha'aretz crime reporter Baruch
Kra interrogated by police, Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein
said Wednesday that senior Tel Aviv prosecutor Liora Glatt-Berkovich
had leaked information about a loan affair surrounding the prime
minister's family on "ideological grounds."
Palestinian
security forces harass presidential candidate
Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2003
Palestinian professor Abdel Sattar Kassem, who has announced his
intention to run against Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat
in the next Palestinian general elections, said Tuesday he was being
subjected to a campaign of intimidation by the PA’s security
forces.
420,000
non-resident Israelis registered on voter rolls
Ha'aretz, January 22, 2003
More than 400,000 Israelis who currently reside outside the country
are registered on the voter rolls, representing a 9-percent gap
between the Israeli residents and non-residents eligible to vote
for the 16th Knesset, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.
63
Stores in Once Flourishing Commercial Area Razed to the Ground by
Israeli Bulldozers for the Apartheid Wall
Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON), January 21, 2003
In a scene which the foreign press is calling “the biggest
West Bank demolition in years”, 63 stores in the commercial
area of Nazlat ‘Isa, in the district of Tulkarem, were today
razed to the ground. The Israeli military, arriving this morning
with 10 bulldozers and 300 soldiers, had by mid-day destroyed Ό
of Nazlat ‘Isa’s commercial area. The military has assured
of its return, both verbally and in writing, to completely demolish
the commercial zone.
Military
orders to demolish 72 commercial shops and houses and
in East Barta’a
Applied Research Institute in Jerusalem, January 21,2003
The village of Barta’a is located to the north of Jenin district
in the West Bank. After the war that broke out between the Arab
countries and the Jews and the creation of the state of Israel in
1948 the village of Barta’a was divided into two parts East
and West because of its location at the border of the green line.
Israeli
troops destroy property in Nazlat ‘Iza – Dr. Mustafa
Barghouthi calls it the “beginning of a larger plan of ethnic
cleansing”
Palestine Monitor, January 21, 2003
Israeli troops accompanied by 10 huge bulldozers, 12 military jeeps
and three armoured personnel carriers this morning entered the Palestinian
town of Nazlat 'Iza in the northern West Bank and demolished 63
shops.
Israeli
troops devastate West Bank village market
Palestine Monitor, January 22, 2003
Israeli soldiers demolished 62 shops at a market yesterday, destroying
the livelihood of hundreds of Palestinians. In the early morning,
about 300 troops streamed into the market, just outside the village
of Nazlat Issa. They brought seven bulldozers.
Israel
destroys West Bank homes; Hamas, Islamic Jihad agree to attend Cairo
talks
Al-Bawaba, January 22, 2003
Israeli army bulldozers demolished three Palestinian houses and
two shacks Wednesday near a Jewish settlement in the southern West
Bank, Palestinians said.
Israeli
troops devastate West Bank village market
The Independent, January 22, 2003
Israeli soldiers demolished 62 shops at a market yesterday, destroying
the livelihood of hundreds of Palestinians. In the early morning,
about 300 troops streamed into the market, just outside the village
of Nazlat Issa. They brought seven bulldozers.
Bulldozers
level W. Bank shops
Chicago Sun-Times, January 22, 2003
NABLUS, West Bank--Israeli forces staged the biggest demolition
in the West Bank in years on Tuesday, destroying 62 shops in a Palestinian
village.
IDF
razes 62 shops in village on seam line to make way for fence
Ha'aretz, January 22, 2003
The army yesterday demolished 62 shops in the Palestinian village
of Nazlat Issa, in the seam area beside the Green Line east of Baka
al Sharkia, where the separation fence is due to pass.
Inter-Palestinian
Talks in Cairo Back on Track
Islam Online, January 22, 2003
CAIRO, January 22 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – The
Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas and Islamic Jihad
movements have finally agreed to attend the inter-Palestinian talks
in Cairo after Egypt responded to their demand to invite other two
Palestinian factions.
Israeli
Police Beat AP Photographer
Newsday, January 21, 2003
NABLUS, West Bank -- Photographers for The Associated Press and
the French news agency AFP were beaten in the face by two Israeli
border policemen as they tried to photograph the troops driving
quickly down the street Tuesday with two Palestinian teens clinging
to the hood of their jeep.
Sharon
scandal revived with reporter interrogation
Reuters, January 22, 2003
JERUSALEM, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A funding scandal which has dented
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's popularity before an election flared
again on Wednesday and police said they were investigating his main
rival, Amram Mitzna.
Sharon,
Netanyahu strut unity as Labor strife grows
Ha'aretz, January 22, 2003
As internal strife mounted in the Labor Party, Likud rivals Ariel
Sharon and Benjamin Netanyahu have made a high-profile demonstration
of unity, appearing together for the first time since the current
campaign began.
Israel
hit by worst recession in 50 years
Business Day, January 22, 2003
JERUSALEM — Israel's economic crisis, the deepest in 50 years,
has paradoxically had a limited impact on voter intention for the
January 28 polls as the electorate's main concern remains security
and the 28-month-old intifada.
Mitzna
to visit settlers in Hebron
Ha'aretz, January 22, 2003
The Labor Party's prime ministerial candidate, Amram Mitzna, is
planning a visit to the Jewish settlement in Hebron early next week.
Beilin
fears Peres would repeat `his biggest mistake'
Ha'aretz, January 22, 2003
It would be a "disaster for Israel" if Shimon Peres replaced Amram
Mitzna as leader of the Labor Party and then went on to again serve
in a government led by Ariel Sharon, former minister Yossi Beilin
told Ha'aretz last night.
Palestinians
Monitor Israel's Elections as Clear Choice between War and Peace
Palestine Media Center, January 22, 2003
Polls Show Israeli Peace Camp in Disarray, Warmonger Sharon in the
Lead -- Palestinian leaders are monitoring Israel's elections on
January 28 as a clear choice for Israeli voters between war and
peace, while the right-wing Likud's comfortable lead raising fears
that the peace process will remain a long way off after the polls
as the Israeli battered peace camp tries to limit damage.
Shas
sermon plays on CEC voter hotline
Ha'aretz, January 22, 2003
The director-general of the Central Elections Committee, Tami Edri,
yesterday filed a complaint with the police after learning that
callers to the CEC's information line were hearing a sermon by Shas
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef instead of the recorded voter information that
was supposed to be provided.
The
morning after
Globes, January 22, 2003
No one is asking what will happen if the election results mean no
government can be formed. -- Anyone currently following the pollsters
and commentators would think that the election campaign has already
been decided. The conventional wisdom is that Ariel Sharon will
form a new government within a month, and the most interesting thing
in store after January 28 is the Labor Party infighting.
International
Solidarity Movement, January 21, 2003
1) The Message, by Susan Barclay: Today the children, women
and men of Az'mout village came together in a demonstration against
the massive trench created by IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces) that
completely cuts the village (and two others) off from all access
to the city of Nablus. Emergency vehicles can not pass, people
are routinely denied the right to go to the hospital, students can
not go to school in the city and many men are being detained each
and every day by the APC or tank which creates a checkpoint.
2) Swept Clean, by Annie Higgins: The idea of Sharon with broom
in hand is comical enough, but the suggestion that he sweep the
rooms of the Islamic Center that his soldiers left in shambles made
me laugh. My friend, who conducts Qur'anic study sessions, always
manages to find humor in the midst of the bleakest conditions. Her
laughter itself is a resistance against the gravity of oppression.
Internet,
cable, IT cos caused half of business product fall in 2002
Globes, January 22, 2003
Israel’s business product fell 3% in 2002. -- Israel’s
business product fell 3% in 2002. A quarter of the fall was caused
by start-ups, while half was due to Internet, cable and information
technology (IT) companies, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported
today.
Israel's
jobs service 'to hire new staff'
BBC, January 20, 2003
Unemployment in Israel remains stubbornly high but at least one
organisation is still hiring workers - the state-run employment
service.
Rumsfeld
Apologizes for Remarks on Draftees
Washington Post, January 22, 2003
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, responding to growing criticism
for recent remarks about draftees adding "no value" to the U.S.
military, offered a "full apology" yesterday to veterans groups
and their supporters in Congress.
Western
firms press Saudis to unseat oil minister, clear way for mega gas
deal
MENA Report, January 22, 2003
Western energy multinationals have stepped up their campaign to
unseat Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi, ahead of the four-year
cabinet reshuffle scheduled for May, reported the Financial Times.
Al-Naimi is perceived as the man standing between the giant foreign
oil firms and a lucrative piece of the kingdom’s vast gas
fields.
Jordan
court acquits 10 men of plan to attack US, Israeli targets
Al-Bawaba, January 22, 2003
Jordan's military court Wednesday acquitted 10 men of charges they
planned to carry out attacks against US and Israeli targets, but
sentenced eight of them to one year in prison for trying to illegally
buy weapons.
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