Sharon: 'Gang of murderers' in PA must be rooted out
Ha'aretz, August 9, 2002
Ariel Sharon: Israel is not at war with the Palestinian people.
After a week in which over a dozen people were killed in terror attacks, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reiterated Thursday his long-held belief that the Palestinian Authority must undergo radical reforms, referring to the Palestinian ruling body as a "gang of murderers" with whom it was not possible to make peace.

NY politician: U.S. should brand Arafat, PA 'terrorists'
Ha'aretz, August 9, 2002
Andrew Cuomo, a Democratic candidate for governor of New York, said Thursday the United States should brand Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority "terrorists."

B'Tselem slams security forces' performance during Hebron riots
Ha'aretz, August 9, 2002
The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem released a report Thursday on what it says was the failure of Israeli security forces to enforce the law on settlers who rioted in the West Bank city of Hebron over three days in late July, following the killing of Elazar Leibowitz, a resident of the divided city who was killed in a shooting attack. (Click here for the B'Tselem report.)

PA ministers meet Powell, Rice while Sharon says there will be no peace with 'gang of terrorists'
Al-Bawaba, August 8, 2002
CIA Director George J. Tenet will meet with three Palestinian ministers Saturday amid signs the Bush administration is nearing completion of a plan to tighten security on the West Bank and in Gaza. "In the next few days we expect to get something started with respect to security," U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said after talking for 75 minutes Thursday with the ministers.

Crisis between Jordan, Qatar escalates
Al-Bawaba, August 8, 2002
The political crisis between Jordan and Qatar escalated Thursday after Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel broadcast a critical program of the royal family.

Israel to Strip Hanan Ashrawi of Citizenship
Ashrawi accused of having “made anti-Israeli declarations in Arab satellite channels”
Islam Online, August 8, 2002
TEL AVIV, August 8 (IslamOnline) - Israel army radio announced Thursday, August 8, that the Israeli government is considering stripping Palestinian Legislative Council member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, of her Israeli citizenship.

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Islam Online, August 8, 2002

Israeli Forces Abduct 30 Palestinians, Kill Youth, Injure Four
Islam Online, August 8, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Aug 8 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Israeli occupation forces abducted Thursday, August 8, 30 Palestinians, including nine in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia where tanks made a major incursion for a second day, killed a Palestinian youth in Gaza City and injured four other youths in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

Qatar Freezes Charity Sponsorship of 21,000 Orphans
Now thousands of orphans the organization helped are without aid
Islam Online, August 8, 2002
DOHA, August 8 (IslamOnline) - Ahmed Bin Ali Al-Boenin, the former manager of the Qatari Charity Organization, criticized the decision of the Qatari government to freeze the organization’s aid to 21,000 orphans around the world.

Palestinian man killed by IDF forces in Tul Karm refugee camp
Ha'aretz, August 9, 2002 
A 40-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed Friday by Israel Defense Force soldiers in the Tul Karm refugee camp, according to Palestinian medical sources. According to reports, the IDF shot Husni Damiri while he was standing in the entrance to his house, at the time a curfew was in place.

Secret CIA visit yields security plan
Ha'aretz, August 9, 2002 
A CIA team that visited the region secretly has formulated a detailed plan for security reforms in the Palestinian Authority. The team spent several weeks in the PA and Israel, meeting with top security officials on the Palestinian side, and apparently with Israeli officials as well. They did not meet with PA Chairman Yasser Arafat, as per the U.S. administration's instructions to circumvent him.

Kibbutznik tipped to head the Mossad
Ha'aretz, August 9, 2002
A slender, pleasant, 48-year-old kibbutznik, with light-colored eyes - newly retired from the Mossad, and totally unknown to the public and even to many senior officers in other security agencies - appears to be leading a pack of four contenders to become the next head of the Mossad.

IDF continues crackdown in territories
Jerusalem Post, August 9, 2002
Troops demolished four homes of Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank early Thursday and arrested 25 suspects, including several in the Gaza Strip, as the crackdown aimed at deterring and preventing further terror attacks continued.

Fatah warns Arafat to stop talks
Jerusalem Post, August 9, 2002
Leaders of the Fatah movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Thursday warned Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat not to accept Israel's "Gaza first" proposal, saying that such a move would "jeopardize Palestinian national unity."

Fear and Anxiety Permeate Arab Enclave Near Detroit
Muslim Americans Feel They Are Targets in War on Terror
Washington Post, August 4, 2002 
DEARBORN, Mich.-To the outside world, the Arab Americans in this community are adjusting well to the heightened scrutiny they receive from law enforcement, cooperating with interviews and proudly displaying their American flags. But inside, said Don Unis, a U.S. citizen of Lebanese descent, people are upset, anxious and increasingly angry at what they perceive as a war -- domestically and abroad -- on Arabs and Muslims.

Israel Denies Entry to US Congressional Staff Delegation: Release
Palestine Chronicle, August 8, 2002
While Israeli authorities held the passports of all nine members of the delegation, an Israeli policeman, Alexander Frumin, implied that violence might be used against the Congressional staff delegation, indicating that the situation could lead to "blows."

Ben Ami Quits In Protest
Palestine Chronicle, August 8, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PMC): Israeli Labor party member, Shlomo Ben-Ami, announced he was resigning from the Knesset today in protest of his party's "continued participation in Ariel Sharon's government", said Israeli media reports. Ben Ami said that he finds it difficult to trust his party chairman, Israeli 'defense' Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, who promised Ben-Ami yesterday that Labor's withdrawal from Sharon's government was only a matter of time.

'Gaza First' Proves Failure from the Start
Palestine Chronicle, August 8, 2002
RAMALLAH: Israel has reportedly backed out on its earlier proposal dubbed “Gaza First”. The ‘security’ plan, proposed by Israel and accepted by the Palestinian Authority, with conditions suggested a gradual pullout from re-occupied areas of Gaza and the West Bank.

Palestinians, Meeting Powell, Urge Pullout
New York Times, August 8, 2002
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 — In the highest-level contacts since President Bush made support for Palestinian statehood contingent on Yasir Arafat's removal, three Palestinian officials appointed by Mr. Arafat met today with senior officials at the White House and State Department.

Sharon Comments Anger Palestinians
Guardian, August 9, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - A Palestinian official on Friday accused Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of trying to sabotage Palestinian talks with U.S. officials by branding the Palestinian Authority a ``terror gang'' in a televised speech.

Road near village of Maccabim re-opened after IDF searches
Ha'aretz, August 9, 2002  
Road 443, which runs between the villages of Givat Ze'ev and Maccabim/Reut has been re-opened after an IDF search for suspicious figures seen at the Maccabim roadblock turned up nothing. Israel Radio reported that IDF troops fired a warning shot in the direction of the figures, who then fled. It is believed that the figures might have been shepherds holding crooks.

Attorney General serves as soldier at West Bank checkpoint
Ha'aretz, August 9, 2002  
Palestinians passing an IDF checkpoint outside Jerusalem this week encountered an out-of-the ordinary soldier - Israel's 55-year-old Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein.

US sidesteps leadership question in talks with Palestinian ministers
Guardian, August 9, 2002
The Palestinian Authority will refuse to countenance Yasser Arafat's removal from power, Palestinian ministers insisted yesterday as they held their first talks with the US government since President George Bush called for him to go.

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