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Powell
says he will meet with Palestinians Strict
Curfew Enforced In Nablus Ben
Eliezer to meet Yehiyeh on IDF withdrawal from PA areas
Israel
invades Nablus Palestinians:
IDF soldiers kill Hebron resident who broke curfew
Israel
Combs Nablus For Militants Palestinian
shot dead in Hebron, Nablus raid continues; Sharon asks to
hold talks with PA ministers Israeli
troops storm Nablus Palestinian
child killed in Gaza Israeli
Troops Take Over Nablus U.S.-Mideast
Connection: The News Becomes Less Foreign
New York Times, August 3, 2002 JERUSALEM, Aug. 3 — Americans got a shocking reminder this week that their connection to the conflict here is not just strategic but personal, even intimate. Palestinians
and Powell Hope to Meet
New York Times, August 3, 2002 JERUSALEM, Aug. 3 (Reuters) — Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said today that he still hoped to meet with Palestinian leaders next week despite a bomb attack on an Israeli university that drew swift military retaliation from Israel. Peres
strongly denies he said Arafat should 'die by the bullet'
Al-Bawaba, August 3, 2002 Israel’s Foreign Minister Shimon Peres told Saturday Army Radio that the French publication L'Express would apologize for quoting him as saying that "To end this (conflict) Yasser Arafat must die by the bullet. But not ours, of course." McKinney
behind in poll despite Arab-American, Muslim support
Arab News, August 4, 2002 WASHINGTON, 3 August — A newly released poll has revealed that US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is behind her challenger, Denise Majette, 39 percent to 41 percent, in their nationally followed race for Congress. Less than three weeks remain until the Aug. 20 primary election. Humanitarian
crisis in the West Bank/Gaza Strip
July 29th, 2002 The situation in the occupied Palestinian territories has increasingly worsened as Israel has tightened its stranglehold on all the towns and villages, invading and re-occupying the majority of the population centers and placing their inhabitants under curfew; travel between towns and cities is rendered impossible with soldiers, blockades and military checkpoints on every road. Jenin
Report Will 'Encourage Israel to Commit More Massacres'
Palestine Chronicle, August 03 2002 GAZA CITY: Hamas responded with ourtage at the UN report on Israeli military action n the Jenin refugee camp, saying it would "encourage Israel to commit more massacres" of Palestinians. Israel
Intinsifies its Siege on West Bank, Carries out House to House
Searches Humanitarian
crisis in the West Bank, Gaza Strip U.S.
to reduce participation in international force in Sinai
Ha'aretz, August 4, 2002 Israel, Egypt and the United States have agreed to reduce American military participation in the 20-year-old multi-national peacekeeping force in the Sinai. The sides also agreed that the U.S. would remain a part, and the leader, of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO). IDF:
Intelligence gap led to civilian deaths in Shehadeh hit
Ha'aretz, August 4, 2002 Gaps in intelligence and assessments resulted in the civilian deaths in the IDF's assassination of Hamas military wing commander Salah Shehadeh last week, an internal probe of the army has determined, but no disciplinary actions would be taken against those involved in the operation. Committee
to hold open debate on expelling militants' families
Ha'aretz, August 4, 2002 A special military committee will reconvene Sunday for further discussions on an appeal by two brothers of suicide bombers against an order to expel them to the Gaza Strip. U.S.
to give Israel prior notice of any attack on Iraq
Ha'aretz, August 4, 2002 The U.S. seeks to secure "maximum coordination" with Israel in case America wages war on Iraq, messages from the U.S. administration to Jerusalem indicate. This means the U.S. will give Israel prior notice of any planned attack so that Israel can prepare the home front against Iraqi missile attacks. Government
to discuss impasse with Palestinians
Ha'aretz, August 4, 2002 Israel's government is to discuss the conflict with the Palestinians in a meeting today. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised cabinet members a week and a half ago that he would hold a meeting about Israel's objectives in the conflict, but the discussion was postponed twice, once due to a Knesset vote and a second time because of Foreign Minister Shimon Peres' absence on a trip overseas. Peace
group warns IDF officers: We have evidence of war crimes
Ha'aretz, August 4, 2002 Gush Shalom, an Israeli peace organization, has in past months sent threatening letters to Israel Defense Forces officers who are on duty in the territories. The letters claim that the officers are guilty of offenses tantamount to war crimes. The officers have been warned in these letters that the movement is monitoring their actions, and that Gush Shalom intends to compile information against them which will be submitted to the International Criminal Court. 'Nearly
half of West Bank, Gaza Strip children suffer malnutrition'
Jordan Times, August 3, 2002 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Nearly half of Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are suffering from chronic malnutrition due to Israeli curfews and blockades, according to a Palestinian survey released Thursday. Humanitarian
catastrophe in PNA areas
Jerusalem Times, August 1, 2002 Israel has intensified its diplomatic efforts to contain the mounting international pressure on the Israeli government following the fall-out of the deadly air raid on a crowded civilian neighborhood in Gaza, which killed the leader of the Islamic group Hamas Salah Shehadeh and 17 other people, including nine children Workers
the most to suffer from Israeli measures
Jerusalem Times, August 1, 2002 “I do not have to swear that we have reached the stage of eating old bread and looking at empty pots.” This was what Museitef Abdul Karim, 42, a worker, have said about his tragic situation caused as a result of the closure, curfew, and Israeli military roadblocks at the entrances to the Palestinian cities. AUDIO
Incursion of Israeli tanks into the West Bank city of Nablus National Public Radio, August 2, 2002 Guest Host Renee Montagne talks with NPR's Peter Kenyon about the incursion of Israeli tanks into the West Bank city of Nablus. |
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