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Israeli
peace protesters may face treason charge
Guardian, August 6, 2002 Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, is trying to stamp out dissent over army actions on the West Bank by ordering an inquiry into whether a peace group committed treason by telling officers they could be charged with war crimes. Israeli
Troops Kill 2, Arrest 4 in West Bank Village
Middle East Wire, August 6, 2002 There has been a rapid-fire succession of deadly clashes between Israelis and Palestinians. In an exchange of fire Monday, Israeli troops killed two Palestinians and arrested four others in the West Bank village of Burqa. Earlier Monday, Israeli military officials say Palestinian gunmen shot and killed two Jewish settlers north of Ramallah. For
hire: the boy human shields in Gaza's most desperate town
Palestinian children tout for risky work at border as Israel's tightening grip creates poverty and hunger Guardian, August 6, 2002 Every day Usama Khalid jumps into a car or taxi queuing at an Israeli checkpoint, travels 300 yards, and gets one shekel for the trip. The 11-year-old Palestinian is an officially sanctioned human shield. Minister
of Interior plans to strip 2 Palestinians of Israeli citizenship
Alternative Information Center, August 6, 2002 Interior Minister Eli Yishai yesterday revealed plans to strip two Israeli Arab citizens - one in jail and the other in Lebanon - of their Israeli citizenship, and to cancel the permanent residency status of a third Arab, on the grounds that all three harmed state security. 'Concerned'
UN Assembly Demands Israeli Withdrawal
Yahoo News, August 5, 2002 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution on Monday expressing grave concern over Israel's continued occupation of Palestinian cities and the "dire humanitarian situation" facing the Palestinian people. Israel
tightens grip on cities
Arab News, August 6, 2002 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 6 August — Israel tightened its grip yesterday on occupied Palestinian cities and promised “surprises” in the fight against Palestinian militants who have launched their bloodiest onslaught in weeks, leaving 18 people dead in just 24 hours. Its troops also seized a Hamas leader in the West Bank suspected of organizing a bombing which killed nine Israelis on Sunday. Yehiyeh
demands IDF begins any withdrawal in Ramallah
Ha'aretz, August 6, 2002 Palestinian Authority Interior Minister Abdel Razeq Yehiyeh demanded from Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer Monday night that any IDF withdrawal from the territories begin with Ramallah, the center of the PA and location of Yasser Arafat's headquarters. Palestinian
Children in Crisis: Reports Show Malnutrition Levels Among
World's Highest
Washington Post, August 6, 2002 JERUSALEM, Aug. 5 -- Reports released today by the U.S. Agency for International Development and CARE International found that malnutrition among Palestinian children under 5 in the Gaza Strip and West Bank has reached emergency levels and ranks among the highest in the world as a result of security measures imposed by the Israeli military. Israeli
high court: no prior hearing before home demolitions
Alternative Information Center, August 6, 2002 This morning, Israel's Supreme Court rejected petitions on behalf of 49 families, whose homes are threatened to be demolished, filed by the human rights organisations LAW and Hamoked. The petitioners argued that those Palestinian families should have the right to a hearing prior to the demolition. Moreover, demolishing homes of families of suspects amounts to collective punishment. Israeli
Minister Threatens to Strip Israeli Arabs of Citizenship
Islam Online, August 6, 2002 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Aug 6 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – In an unprecedented threat, Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai told Israeli army radio Tuesday, August 6, he intended to strip Israeli Arabs involved in what he described as "terrorist activities" of their citizenship. Israeli
forces looking for armed infiltrators near Eilat; Two senior
Fatah activists assassinated in West Bank
Al-Bawaba, August 6, 2002 Israeli security forces were conducting a manhunt in the south of country Tuesday afternoon for one or more armed men who was believed to have infiltrated into Israel from Egypt, Israel Radio reported. Security forces discovered a bag containing weapons during the intensive search taking place in the Be'er Ora area, about 20 kilometers from the port city of Eilat. Jordan
denies exporting Israeli goods to Saudi Arabia
Arabic News, August 6, 2002 The secretary general of the Jordanian ministry of industry and trade Samer al-Taweel on Monday denied news reports stated by Saudi dailies on exporting Israeli goods to Saudi Arabia through Jordan. The Jordanian daily al-Arab al-Youm ( Arabs today) quoted al-Taweel as saying that the ministry is committed totally to inspecting the certificate of origins of the Jordanian goods exported from the Kingdom. Plans
for 9 new Israeli settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan
Arabic News, August 6, 2002 The Israeli forces are removing the remains of a Syrian village to the north of the occupied Golan in order to build a new settlement of 150 houses. News reports from the Golan said that work will start on other nine settlements before the end of this year. Israel
arrests Hamas official in Jenin
Arabic News, August 6, 2002 The Israeli army on Sunday arrested the official for the Hamas movement in Jenin, the West Bank. A spokesman for the Israeli army said that Mazin al-Fuqahaa was arrested in Toubas, 15 Km to the southern east of Jenin. Peres
says peace can be reached with Palestinians
Ha'aretz, August 6, 2002 CAIRO - Foreign minister said in remarks broadcast on Tuesday he believed peace could be reached with the Palestinians. Shimon Peres, who visited Egypt on Monday, said past agreements with other Arabs made under tough conditions showed peace was one day possible. UN
condemns attacks on Israeli and Palestinian civilians
Ha'aretz, August 6, 2002 UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly condemned attacks against Palestinian and Israeli civilians and demanded an immediate end to Israeli incursions in the West Bank and all acts of violence, incitement and destruction. Security
problems pushing U.S. consular offices out of E. J'lem
Ha'aretz, August 6, 2002 Security considerations have prompted the United States to decide to transfer part of its consular operations in East Jerusalem to a new facility in the West of the city. U.S. State Department representatives and consular staff have looked at several sites and sources believe that the new consular building will be located in Arnona, a Jewish neighborhood that used to be on the line dividing East and West Jerusalem. Hunt
on in south for man believed to have infiltrated Israel
Ha'aretz, August 6, 2002 Security forces were conducting a manhunt in the south of country Tuesday afternoon for one or more armed men who was believed to have infiltrated into Israel from Egypt. In wake of the suspected infiltration, a state of heightened alert was declared in the area, in particular in the resort town of Eilat. Israel
Attacks Gaza Again
Palestine Chronicle, August 6, 2002 GAZA CITY: US-made Israeli attack helicopters have fired several missiles at a residential area in Gaza City. At least three Palestinians were injured in the raid late Monday in the Zeitouni district of Gaza. Israeli
Occupation Devours Little Asmaa
Islam Online, August 6, 2002 OCCUPIED GAZA, August 6 (IslamOnline) – When nine-year-old Asmaa Tahseen Ahmad spoke to her aunt about the new school uniform and bag she planned to buy for the new academic year, she didn’t know that the Israeli occupation was set to eat up her simple dreams and make off with her life as it did hundreds of her peers throughout the past few months Another
Extra-Judicial Execution in Nablus
Palestine Chronicle, August 6, 2002 NABLUS (LAW): Israeli forces committed another extra-judicial execution. According to LAW's investigation and eyewitness accounts, at 23.00 on Sunday evening, Israeli forces raided the village of Burqa near Nablus and surrounded the home of Muhammad Faroniya. At that time a number of Palestinian political activists were at his home. Israel
puts freeze on West Bank
BBC, August 5, 2002 Dozens were wounded in the Jerusalem attack Israel has announced a "total ban" on Palestinian travel in much of the West Bank, following a series of attacks by Palestinian militants. Israeli Defence Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer said the army was "imposing a total blockade of the West Bank. Nobody enters and nobody leaves." A-G
to probe Gush Shalom for warning IDF commanders
Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2002 Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein said Sunday he would investigate Gush Shalom at the prime minister's request after it sent letters to 15 senior IDF officers warning that their actions in the West Bank constituted war crimes, and threatening to complain to Israeli courts or the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Romania
offers highway project to Israeli infrastructure companies
Alternative Information Center, August 6, 2002 Minister of Transport Ephraim Sneh left yesterday for Romania at the head of an Israeli business delegation to examine infrastructure projects. The Romanian government is offering tens of billions of dollars worth of transportation and infrastructure ventures to Israeli developers and infrastructure companies. American
TV coverage: All negatives for the Middle East
Arab News, August 6, 2002 WASHINGTON, 6 August — A recent study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs has found that neither the Israelis, nor the Palestinians, are doing very well when it comes to US network news coverage. Opposition
head slams Ben-Eliezer, Sharon over security fence
Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2002 Opposition head Yossi Sarid on Monday voiced criticism over the speed with which the security fence between Israel and the West Bank, Israel radio reported. Sarid was referring to Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer's claim that 110 kilometers of fence would be built within the next years. The media earlier reported that only some 40 meters of the security fence was built after three months of work. Israel
bans Palestinian travel
Guardian, August 5, 2002 Israel today announced a "total ban" on Palestinian travel in much of the West Bank and sealed off a chunk of the Gaza Strip with tanks in response to attacks on Israelis yesterday that killed 13 people. Saudi
Arabia bans 200 foreign companies for exporting Israeli products
into the kingdom
Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2002 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia has blacklisted about 200 foreign companies during the past 10 months for exporting dlrs 150 million of Israeli products into the oil-rich kingdom, a Saudi trade official said Monday. IDF
to fight supreme court appeal on house demolitions
Ha'aretz, August 5, 2002 The Israel Defense Forces will ask the Supreme Court Monday to reject appeals which would require the army to give terrorists' relatives prior warning that their houses were to be demolished. USAID
report: 53 percent of Palestinian women and children suffer
from malnutrition
Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2002 Fifty-three percent of Palestinian women and children living in the West Bank and Gaza suffer from malnutrition and anemia, according to a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) report published Monday. The report was published as part of the emergency humanitarian program that the US administration is drawing up for the Palestinian territories. Israel
blasts Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh for anti-Israel
bias
Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2002 The Foreign Ministry issued a scathing condemnation of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh Sunday, saying her response to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's report on the IDF's operations in the Jenin refugee camp displayed "extreme insensitivity." video MK
Lieberman calls for PM to resign: 'Find an old-age home'
Official:
Only 40 meters of West Bank border fence built
Ha'aretz, August 5, 2002 Dani Atar, head of the organization of Israeli towns and villages along the Green Line border with the West Bank, said Monday that after three months of work, only 40 meters of the planned border security fence had been built. Background
/ Lebanon-style dissent and despondency returns
Ha'aretz, August 5, 2002 The Israeli death toll in the war with the Palestinians this week passed 600, the figure at which the casualties incurred in then defense minister Ariel Sharon's Lebanon war proved too much for his prime minister, Menachem Begin, to bear. Germany
bans Palestinian charity linked to Hamas
Ha'aretz, August 5, 2002 BERLIN - Germany banned on Monday a Palestinian charity accused of having close links to the Islamic militant group Hamas and of supporting the families of suicide bombers in Israel. Interior Minister Otto Schily said the Al-Aqsa charity, based in the western city of Aachen, had promoted the idea of a "Holy War" against Israel and was incompatible with new anti-terror legislation adopted in Germany since September 11. Saudi
Arabia bans 200 companies for violating Israel boycott
Ha'aretz, August 5, 2002 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia has blacklisted about 200 foreign companies during the past 10 months for exporting $150 million of Israeli products into the oil-rich kingdom, a Saudi trade official said Monday. Mubarak
calls on Israel to reopen talks with PA
Ha'aretz, August 5, 2002 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Monday that Israel should start negotiating immediately with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's emissaries. He added that Arafat himself should not pose a problem for Israel, since the talks would be held between envoys of both sides, and not the leaders themselves. Evangelical
Leaders Ask Bush to Adopt Balanced Mideast Policy
Washington Post, July 27, 2002 A group of prominent evangelical Christians, challenging the view that their community is solidly behind the Bush administration's Middle East policy, has urged President Bush to adopt an evenhanded stance affirming "the valid interests" of both Palestinians and Israelis. Israel
Fires Missiles at Gaza City
New York Times, August 5, 2002 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a suspected weapons factory in Gaza City late Monday, injuring four people in a strike that followed attacks on Israelis that killed 13 people in 24 hours. Israel
Announces New Travel Curbs on West Bank Cities
New York Times, August 5, 2002 JERUSALEM, Aug. 5 — Israel responded today with yet another crackdown on Palestinian travel in much of the West Bank after a bomb ripped apart an Israeli commuter bus in northern Galilee early Sunday, igniting a fireball that left nine people dead and beginning a burst of widespread Palestinian violence. video:
Israeli
Helicopters Fire Missiles
New York Times, August 5, 2002 3
Die in Gunfight at East Jerusalem Market
New York Times, August 5, 2002 JERUSALEM, Aug. 4 — A midday gun battle was played out today in an always crowded market area of Arab East Jerusalem across the street from the Damascus Gate, one of the most picturesque parts of the crenellated limestone wall built by Suleiman the Magnificent around the Old City. By the time the battle was over, 3 people were dead and 14 were wounded. UN
demands Israeli withdrawal
The Independent, August 6, 2002 The UN General Assembly condemned attacks against Palestinian and Israeli civilians and demanded an immediate end to Israeli incursions in the West Bank and all acts of violence, incitement and destruction. International
lawyers gather to discuss defending Palestinians detained
in Israel
Jerusalem Post, August 6, 2002 A team of international lawyers met in Cairo Tuesday to map out a strategy for defending thousands of Palestinians, from children to a top Yasser Arafat aide, they believe have been illegally detained by Israel. Ben-Eliezer
proposes new Jericho and Gaza-first security plan
Jerusalem Post, August 6, 2002 In an apparent policy shift from avoiding contacts with Palestinians amid terror attacks, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer met last night with three senior Palestinian officials to propose a new security plan. Palestinians
Lose Their Lifelines: West Bank Villagers Cut Off From Jobs,
Doctors, Shops
Washington Post, August 6, 2002 AJUL, West Bank -- Fozan Mohammad, like 90 percent of the adult men in Ajul, is out of work. Malik Mahmoud, who set up a blacksmith shop in his yard, has to wait so long for rods and sheet metal that most of his projects rust before he can finish them. And Muyasser Ayed and her injured son spent more than three hours on a recent morning trying to reach a doctor's office in the city of Ramallah, just 10 miles to the south. audio:
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