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Bomb
Kills 7 in Jerusalem; Hamas Claims Responsibility
New York Times, July 31, 2002 A bomb believed to be planted by a Palestinian group exploded in a crowded lunchtime cafeteria at Hebrew University in Jerusalem today, killing at least seven people, the Israeli police said. Estimates of the wounded ranged from at least 30 to 70, some critically hurt. At
least six killed in Jerusalem blast Israeli
cabinet discusses ways to prevent suicide attacks; Israel transfers
funds to PA Citing
killing of Hamas chief in Gaza, Fatah official blames PM for bombing
Israel
to expel terrorist's relative to Gaza
Ha'aretz, July 31, 2002 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's security cabinet Wednesday decided to order a relative of a Palestinian terrorist expelled to the Gaza Strip, the first such expulsion since the beginning of the Intifada in September, 2000 and a measure certain to kindle Palestinian anger and prompt world condemnation. Report:
Jackson cancels Yassin meeting after Hamas claims J'lem bombing
Ha'aretz, July 31, 2002 Reverend Jesse Jackson canceled a meeting scheduled for Wednesday with Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin after the militant group claimed responsibility for the bomb attack at Hebrew University in Jerusalem in which seven people were killed, Israel Radio reported. It said that the U.S. civil rights leader was actually on his way to the meeting when he heard that Hamas carried out the attack. Two
brothers killed in ambush near Ariel Police
chief orders crackdown on settlers after Hebron riots Annan
tries to recruit Mitchell to coordinate aid efforts in PA
Jordan's Abdullah says Arabs `don't trust' U.S. influence. Ha'aretz, July 31, 2002 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked former U.S. senator George Mitchell to coordinate the UN's humanitarian efforts on behalf of the Palestinians. But Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who originally proposed to Annan that the UN coordinate the aid, has decided over the last two weeks that he would prefer the Americans to take up that role. This new opposition casts doubt on Mitchell's mission - even though the former senator, who also headed an international committee that made recommendations for ending Israeli-Palestinian violence in 2001, has accepted Annan's offer. The
great security plan that came apart at the seams
The State Comptroller outlines a gloomy reality about lack of security cooperation, of government decision-making, and of funds needed to secure the seam line. Ha'aretz, July 31, 2002, By Mazal Mualem ON THE LINE: The comptroller says the security forces do not have the technology to detect infiltrators crossing the Green Line into Israel. Despite a defense cabinet plan adopted in July 2001, the security situation along the "seam-line" did not change significantly and there were numerous inadequacies in all the authorities concerned with the issue, the State Comptroller says in a special report published today. Nablus
re-opens shops to defy Israeli curfew
By Justin Huggler in Nablus The Independent, 31 July 2002 Palestinians broke an Israeli military curfew yesterday, opening their shops and thronging the streets in their thousands in defiance of the army. The curfew is supposed to be in force 24 hours a day in Nablus, but yesterday the narrow lanes of the old city were so packed with people it was impossible to move. "We destroyed the curfew," said Mahyoub Abu Salaeh, the manager of a petrol station. "We need to eat and we can't stay at home and eat." Hizbollah
ready to swap prisoners with Israel
Middle East News Online, July 31, 2002 Beirut, Lebanon - Hizbollah has expressed readiness to discuss with international mediators, not through the media, any serious offer to exchange prisoners with Israel. Hizbollah’s Secretary General Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah said the group is willing to consider swapping an Israeli man for several Lebanese and Palestinian detainees held in Israel. Jackson
visits Bethlehem, urges U.S. action
Gulf News, July 31, 2002 U.S. civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson called yesterday for President George W. Bush to help end Israeli military occupation and build a Palestinian state. Jackson, on a Middle East peace mission, embraced children in Bethlehem's Manger Square and lit candles in the Church of the Nativity, revered by Christians as Jesus's birthplace and the scene of a stand-off earlier this year between Palestinian militants and Israeli soldiers. King
urges expediting target date for establishment of Palestinian state
Jordan Times, July 31, 2002 AMMAN (JT) — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday called for expediting the timeline for the establishment of a Palestinian state, adding that Palestinian reforms will be meaningless if Israeli occupation continues. Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm 2002 in Aspen, Colorado, King Abdullah also stressed that, despite regional instability, Jordan will not waver in its efforts to push forward economic reforms and achieve higher growth rates. In the vision for the Middle East that he articulated in June, US President George W. Bush set a timeline of three years to achieve the goal of establishing the Palestinian state, but “we need to expedite this target date so that the Israeli occupation can end sooner,” the King said. Intifada
News In Brief
Palestine Chronicle, July 31 2002 WEST BANK/GAZA STRIP: Occupation Army Wounds Four Palestinians, Destroys Three Homes in Gaza; Arrests in the West Bank; Israeli Army Blow Up Jenin Home; Israeli Government Holds Meeting; Jackson To Meet Arafat and Yassin; Palestinian Finance Minister Receives Money Held Illegally by Israel. UN
To Publish Jenin Report on Thursday
Palestine Chronicle, July 31 2002 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations will make public a report on events that unfolded in April during the Israeli deadly assault on a Palestinian refugee camp near the West Bank town of Jenin, according to diplomatic sources in the UN. Palestinians
Refute Israeli Claims to Easing Restrictions
Palestine Chronicle, July 31 2002 RAMALLAH: The Palestinian minister of local governance, Sa'eb 'Erekat stressed he saw no apparent signs that the Israeli government had eased choking restrictions on the West Bank which it claimed it would. Thousands of residents of seven West Bank cities, reoccupied by Israel last month, remain confined to the walls of their homes. E-Mail
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