Two Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip and Nablus, eight others injured; Three Palestinians die of wounds
Al-Bawaba, August 10, 2002
The Israeli army "expressed sorrow" for the killing of a Palestinian municipality worker in the West Bank city of Nablus and said it has begun an investigation into the incident.

CIA Head Meets Palestinian Official
Guardian, August 10, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) - CIA director George J. Tenet held a pivotal meeting Saturday with Yasser Arafat's interior minister as the Palestinians push for completion of a U.S. plan to improve security on the West Bank.

Leftist protestors forcibly turned away at Bethlehem roadblock
Ha'aretz, August 10, 2002
Israeli protestors from the Ta'ayush movement, which promotes relations between Arabs and Jews in Israel, were forcibly turned away by police from a roadblock into Bethlehem on Saturday while attempting to enter the West Bank city to join a Palestinan demonstration for peace. One of the Israeli demonstrators reported that the police turned water cannons on the crowd, before mounted officers rode their horses into the demonstrators and began beating them.

US to help revamp Palestinian security
Arab News, August 10, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 10 August — Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said yesterday that US, Egyptian and Jordanian officials would oversee reforms to Palestinian security services. Arafat’s declaration came after overnight talks between his representatives and US officials in Washington. In the West Bank, a Palestinian was killed by Israeli tank fire.

Israel razes four homes, raids town
Domnion Post, August 10, 2002
BEIT LAHIA, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli troops demolished the homes of four Palestinian terror suspects and raided a Gaza Strip town Thursday, as negotiators failed to reach agreement, but scheduled more talks on a gradual Israeli troop pullback from some Palestinian areas. During Israel's incursion into the Gaza town of Beit Lahia, hundreds of children and teenagers threw stones at four Israeli tanks blocking the main road. Soldiers fired from a tank-mounted machine gun to drive back the crowd, killing a 17-year-old boy with a shot to the head and wounding four youngsters. The army said soldiers opened fire because they felt their lives were in danger.

2 Palestinians killed by IDF in separate incidents
Ha'aretz, August 10, 2002
Two Palestinians were killed by IDF troops Saturday, one during an attempted infiltration from the Gaza Strip by a Hamas militant and the other in an incident in the West Bank for which the IDF later "expressed sorrow." In Gaza, an armed Palestinian was shot dead by IDF soldiers while trying to infiltrate into Israel.

Shelling Targets Civilians in Gaza, Injures Eight More
Islam Online, August 10, 2002
GAZA CITY, August10 (IslamOnline & News Agencies)- Fresh attacks erupted in the Gaza Strip, when Israeli tanks shelled houses in the autonomous southern town of Khan Yunis early Saturday, August10, 2002, injuring eight Palestinians, five of them belonging to the same family and four are children, medical sources said.

Palestinian female prisoners suffer inhumane conditions
Palestinain Authority International Press Center, August 8, 2002
Bethlehem, (IPC) August 8, 2002-- The Palestinian women prisoners in the El Ramala prison have appealed to all human rights organizations to intervene to stop the Israeli frequent attacks against them inside the Israeli prison. Mr. Ma'amoon El Hishaim, the lawyer of the Prisoner's Club said that the Palestinian female prisoners have been on hunger strike since the beginning of August to protest against ill-treatment.

Arafat Aide Presses For Withdrawal
Guardian, August 10, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - A key aide to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat called an Israeli military withdrawal the best way of ensuring the American vision of a Palestinian state - one of the topics discussed during meetings in Washington.

IDF, police deny Jewish-Arab organization entrance to Bethlehem for demonstration
Jerusalem Post, August 10, 2002
The IDF on Saturday declared the area of Bethlehem a closed military zone following an attempt by activists of Israeli-Arab peace organization Ta'ayush (Jewish-Arab Partnership) to mount a demonstration there. Two of the organization's activists were arrested.

Arafat satisfied with Washington talks as Hamas vows to target Israeli leaders
Al-Bawaba, August 10, 2002
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said talks between a Palestinian delegation and senior US officials in Washington had been "positive". The talks "were positive and constructive and contained elements that will have good results on the political, economic and security levels," Arafat told Qatar's Al-Jazeera satellite television channel from his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

In fear of Iraqi missile attack, Israel deployes second Arrow battery
Al-Bawaba, August 9, 2002
Israel is deploying a second battery of Arrow anti-missile missiles in the center of the country, the military confirmed Friday. The deployment comes amid speculation that the United States will attack Iraq.

Israel readies missile defences
BBC, August 9, 2002
Israel appears to be stepping up its defences against any attack by Iraq if the US launches military action to oust Saddam Hussein.
The Israeli military has confirmed that a second Arrow II anti-ballistic missile system is to be deployed in the centre of Israel, near the town of Hadera. A similar installation already exists in southern Israel.

Divided village is an unusual emblem of the Middle East conflict
NJ.com, August 10, 2002
BARTA'A, Israel (AP) -- Running through this Arab village is a long scar from decades of Middle East turmoil -- an invisible border dividing the bigger houses and cleaner streets of Israeli citizens from poorer, more desperate West Bank neighborhoods. The 1948 war that created the Israel-West Bank frontier sliced Barta'a in two, unlike other Arab communities that ended up on one side or the other. Jordan controlled the West Bank, and with it eastern Barta'a, until Israel seized the territory in the 1967 war. The village was reunited, in a way.

Different ideas may delay West Bank security plan
Pullback expectations, arguing threaten CIA process
Daily Camera, August 10, 2002
WASHINGTON — Even with White House pressure to finish the job, differences between Israel and the Palestinians on the scope of an Israeli pullback on the West Bank could hamper completion of a new security blueprint by the Central Intelligence Agency.

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PSB Interview with PA Minister Al-Masri
PBS, August 9, 2002
Maher Al-Masri, Palestinian Minister of Economy, Industry and Trade, discusses his meetings with officials from the Bush administration and efforts to restart regional peace talks.

Latin patriarch asks Hamas leader to end suicide attacks
Ha'aretz, Augsut 10, 2002
A delegation of Christian clerics led by Jerusalem patriarch Michel Sabbah made a rare call Saturday on the spiritual leader of the militant Hamas movement, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in a bid to stop suicide bombings against Israeli targets.

Arafat: U.S., Egypt and Jordan to guide PA security reforms
Ha'aretz, Augsut 10, 2002
The United States, Egypt and Jordan will guide reforms to Palestinian security services, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat said on Friday. It was the Palestinian leader's first public acceptance of mooted foreign involvement in reforming his security apparatus, which Israel regards as having failed to stop, even abetted, a Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Coloradans in Nablus: Delivering Food and Hope
Palestine Chronicle, August 9, 2002
Palestinians keep asking me where I’m from. When I say the United States, they always respond with “You are welcome”. One of the relief workers told me that she thinks the people in the United States are good people, but they don’t know the truth about what is happening in Palestine. When they understand the truth, she says, she thinks they will support the Palestinian people and the occupation will end.

Palestinian killed as Israel steps up raids after security talks founder
Jordan Times, August 10, 2002
GAZA CITY (Agencies) — A Palestinian youth was killed Thursday as Israeli forces stepped up their policy of raids, arrests and house demolitions after security talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials about the so-called “Gaza First” plan failed to make headway.

Egyptian MPs: Close El Al Offices in Cairo
Islam Online, August 10, 2002
CAIRO, Aug 10 (IslamOnline & News Agencies)- Egyptian members of parliament (MPs) demanded the immediate closure of El Al offices in Cairo, following what they describe as the Israeli airline's mistreatment of Israeli Arab passengers and the marring of Cairo Airport's reputation, an Israeli news paper reported Saturday, August 10, 2002.

Arab League to keep track of Barghouti case
Growing interest in fate of Palestinian prisoners
Jerusalem Times, August 9, 2002
The Arab League has established an official committee to keep track of the case of Marwan Barghouti, Fateh's Secretary-General in the West Bank, attorney Khadr Shqeirat told reporters following a meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Mousa in Cairo on Tuesday.

Israeli attacks on militants leave families homeless
The Independent, August 9, 2002
Abd Al-Rahman Assad was moving what was left of his furniture out of the ruins of his home yesterday. To get from the street to the house, he had to step over a concrete floor hanging over a steep drop. On the ground lay the smashed fragments of his television; in the corner, broken bits of tables and chairs.

Serious malnutrition reported among children in Palestinian areas
Jerusalem Times, August 9, 2002
New Palestinian figures published August 1 said more than 45 percent of children in the West Bank and Gaza, or one in every two, suffer from malnutrition and about 50 percent were anemic. Speaking at a press conference in Ramallah to present figures on nutrition in the Palestinian areas, Hassan Abu Libdeh, director of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, said the "situation of malnutrition among children was getting worse by the day."

Two Palestinian Drivers Killed For Violating Curfew
Palestine Chronicle, August 10, 2002
NABLUS: The Israeli army is “looking into” an incident in which a Nablus driver was gunned down by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus. The man was driving across Nablus when a tank opened fire on his car, sources on both sides said.

Israel to Pressure Belgium Over Proposed Laws
Palestine Chronicle, August 10, 2002
TEL AVIV: Israeli sources indicated Friday that it will put pressure on the Belgian government not to move ahead with two proposed laws that could make it possible for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to stand war crimes’ trial in Belgium. Israeli had summoned the Belgian ambassador to Tel Aviv to express concern over two proposed Belgian laws.

Tarifi hails Jordan's role in supporting Palestinians
Jordan Times, August 10, 2002  
AMMAN (Petra) — Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Jameel Tarifi on Thursday expressed appreciation of Jordan's role led by His Majesty King Abdullah in support of the Palestinian people, stressing that Jordan is the real backbone for the Palestinian people.

Covert meetings between Israeli activists and members of Tanzim, Hamas
Alternative Information Center, August 6th, 2002 
Aheret: Israeli-Palestinian Media Center 
Covert meetings have taken place over the last few months between a group of Israeli activists from Ta’ayush Arab Jewish Partnership and Palestinian representatives, including members of the Hamas and Tanzim, in the Bethlehem area. The participants searched for ways to act together in stopping the bloodshed and the occupation by use of non-violent methods.

Hadera to get anti-missile system as 'Gulf War II' looms
Jerusalem Post, August 9, 2002
Israel's military appears to be stepping up preparations to defend the country against a possible missile strike from Iraq should the United States launch a military operation against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Jewish eruv set for London
BBC, August 9, 2002
The first major area in the UK to be formally marked out with special Jewish boundaries is expected to go ahead despite a decade of concerted opposition.