Arafat: Israel wants military escalation; Hamas member killed, three Israelis injured
Al-Bawaba, August 11, 2002
Israeli soldiers killed Sunday morning a Palestinian who barricaded himself in an Arab home after shooting and wounding an Israeli at the settlement of Dugit, Israeli media reports said.

British MP: Saddam ready to accept weapons inspectors; Report: Israel to retaliate if Iraq attacks
Al-Bawaba, August 11, 2002 
Iraq's President Saddam Hussein has promised a British parliamentarian that he will give weapons inspectors access to his country, a British newspaper reported. The Mail on Sunday said George Galloway, a member of parliament from Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party, met last week the Iraqi leader at a secret underground bunker near Baghdad. Saddam announced "he would implement all U.N. resolutions on Iraq and admit weapons inspectors without hindrance," the newspaper said, although it did not quote the pledge directly.

Palestinian killed in cold blood
Arab News, August 11, 2002 
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 11 August — A Palestinian municipality worker on the way to work in the West Bank town of Nablus was killed in cold blood by Israeli soldiers yesterday. Ahmed Al-Kouraini, 54, worked for the electricity department of the municipality and was on his way to work at the emergency fire services building when he was stopped by an Israeli tank.

France castigates Israel for arrest of activists
Arab News, August 11, 2002 
PARIS, 11 August — The French government criticized Israel for having arbitrarily arrested five French citizens who earlier this week participated in a peace march against Israeli incursions into Palestine. A government spokesman said that France had been assured by Israel that the five persons would “soon be deported” back to France.

2 Palestinians killed as CIA chief meets PNA ministers
Jordan Times, August 11, 2002   
ISRAELI TROOPS killed a Palestinian municipal worker in a curfew-bound West Bank city and a Palestinian freedom fighter north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday. The Israeli occupation army 'expressed regret' over the shooting of the municipal worker.

Sharon claims Mubarak tries to intervene in Israel's internal affairs
Al-Bawaba, August 11, 2002 
Israel’s Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon strongly criticized Sunday Egypt's President, Husni Mubarak. Cabinet Secretary, Gidon Sa'ar, said after the weekly cabinet meeting that Mubarak and his aides "had made unwarranted comments" against Israel's government, headed by Sharon, and that they had invited Israeli leaders to visit Egypt, using the visits to condemn Israel and its prime minister. Sa'ar said this was "a blatant attempt to intervene in Israel's internal affairs," Israel Radio reported.

Israeli police, army prevent joint Palestinian-Israeli peace demonstration in Bethlehem 
Alternative Information Center, August 11, 2002 
On Saturday, August 10th, 400 Ta'ayush activists tried to hold a joint Palestinian-Israeli demonstration in Bethlehem, but were brutally halted by the Israeli police and army.

UN human rights expert condemns Israel's destruction of homes in Palestinian territories
Alternative Information Center, August 11, 2002 
A United Nations expert on housing and land rights strongly condemned the methodical destruction of homes and confiscation of land being systematically wrought by Israeli military forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Tenet believes conditions not yet ripe for security plan
Ha'aretz, August 11, 2002
Central Intelligence Agency chief George Tenet met Palestinian Interior Minister Abdel Razek Yihyeh in Washington on Saturday to discuss the reshaping of the Palestinian security services, but American officials have indicated that Tenet believes conditions in the territories are not ripe yet for the implementation of a security plan.

Bush-Congress dispute is holding up aid for Israel
Ha'aretz, August 11, 2002 
WASHINGTON - Israel could lose the $200 million additional aid package authorized as part of the $5.1 billion anti-terror package approved by Congress last month because of a dispute between President George W. Bush and legislators.

Bloodshed continues as US talks security reform with Palestinians
Times of India, August 11, 2002
JERUSALEM: As CIA chief George Tenet discussed security reforms with a Palestinian delegation in Washington late Saturday, in the West Bank a Jewish settler was gunned down and a Palestinian killed by an Israeli tank.

Israel Calls For Palestinian Change
Guardian, August 10, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli official said Saturday that the Palestinian Authority cannot move forward with U.S.-demanded elections until it overhauls its security services and reins in terrorism. Later that night, a suspected Palestinian militant and an Israeli woman were killed by gunfire in a Jordan Valley settlement. Two other Palestinians also were fatally shot earlier Saturday, both by Israeli troops.

Jordan Recalls Ambassador To Qatar
Guardian, August 10, 2002
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordan on Saturday recalled its ambassador to Qatar in a diplomatic row over a program on the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite channel that the government said was insulting to the royal family, the official news agency reported.

Israeli, Palestinian Dies In Gunfire
Guardian, August 10, 2002
JERUSALEM, (AP) - Gunfire in a Jordan Valley settlement killed a suspected Palestinian militant and an Israeli woman late Saturday, officials said. Two Israelis were also wounded in a gunbattle with the army near the settlement of Mechora, said Yehoshua Mor-Yosef, spokesman for the settlers' organization.

Israeli ministry of education gives jobs to Palestinian Likud members who bring new members
Alternative Information Center, August 11, 2002 
A Maariv investigation exposes: the Ministry of Education rewards Palestinian Likud activists with various professional appointments in the ministry if they bring new members to the party. An investigation shows that Hir Nabouani, an advisor to the office of Minister of Education Limor Livnat and who is meant to meet with school principals and teachers for professional meetings about educational projects for the Palestinian population in northern Israel, instead encourages them to sign Palestinians up as Likud members in exchange for professional advancement. Some of the more dedicated activists, who get many others to join the party, are eventually rewarded with positions in the education system.

US to help revamp Palestinian security
Arab News, August 11, 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.

Jewish Settlers Take Over Palestinian Homes, Tenet Meets Yahya
Islam Online, August 11, 2002
NABLUS, West Bank, August 11 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Around 100 Jewish settlers on Sunday, August 11, took over two Palestinian houses in a village close to a settlement, Palestinian witnesses said.

Head of Bedouin education in Israel - "Jewish only" 
Alternative Information Center, August 11, 2002 
General Director of the Ministry of Education announced last week, that "only a Jewish man will replace Moshe Shohat at the Bedouin Education Authority (BEA)" (Al-Sinnara, August 2).

Campaigners build Israel 'war crimes' case: Israel has been accused of using excessive force
BBC, August 9, 2002
Human rights groups in Israel have begun gathering claims about alleged war crimes which they plan to present to the new International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Israel to U.S.: We won't practice restraint of Gulf War
Ha'aretz, August 11, 2002
Israel has notified the United States that it cannot afford to practice the same kind of restraint it demonstrated in the Gulf War in 1991 in the event of another Iraqi attack - even if there are no casualties, Ha'aretz has learned. The Americans empathized with the Israeli position, but said that if there are no casualties, Israel should make do with a symbolic response.

Sharon convening meeting over closing of embassies
Ha'aretz, August 11, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is scheduled to hold talks Sunday afternoon over the planned closure of Israeli embassy and consular offices abroad, following growing pressure to prevent their closure. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, Foreign Ministry Director General Avi Gil and Deputy Director General Nissim Ben Sheetrit are to participate in the talks.

2 soldiers wounded in Jenin; IDF hunting for second Gaza gunman
Ha'aretz, August 11, 2002  
Two soldiers from the Golani brigades were moderately wounded Sunday afternoon in an exchange of gunfire in the West Bank city of Jenin. The two were transported by ambulance to Ha'emek Hospital in Afula for treatment.

Settlers leave Palestinian home near Ramallah
Ha'aretz, August 11, 2002
Five settler women who barricaded themselves Sunday afternoon on the roof of a Palestinan home on the edge of a village near Ramallah came down of their own accord after the IDF considered the use of force to remove them.

Three Israeli Arabs suspected of selling arms to Palestinians
Ha'aretz, August 11, 2002
Three Israeli Arabs in the north were arrested by security forces during the last month on suspicion of selling weapons and ammunition to Palestinians in the territories, the Nazareth Magistrate Court released for publication on Sunday.

Delta Airlines pilot refuses to fly Deputy FM Melchior
Ha'aretz, August 11, 2002 
CINCINNATI - A Delta Air Lines subsidiary refused to fly Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Melchior from Cincinnati because the pilot thought Melchior posed a security risk, the daily Yediot Aharonot reported Sunday.

Arafat buoyed by Washington talks; Sharon denounces him anew
Jerusalem Post, August 11, 2002
Palestinian Authority head Yasser Arafat said he was encouraged by the talks a Palestinian delegation held this past week in Washington with senior US officials.

US threatens to pull funds from Palestinian school named for a terrorist
Jerusalem Post, August 11, 2002
A Palestinian girls' high school near Hebron nearly had its US funding cut, after the State Department learned it had renamed itself after a terrorist, sources said.

Jews still immigrating to Israel, occupied Palestinian territories despite attacks
Jordan Times, August 11, 2002
TEL AVIV — They are Ukrainian, Russian, Argentinian, French, Iranian or American. Their numbers have dwindled, but despite the Palestinian attacks and the economic crisis, Jewish immigrants are still moving to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.

Shehadeh killing didn't affect editorial support for Israel
Jerusalem Post, August 10, 2002
The targeted killing of Hamas terrorist leader Salah Shehadeh last month, an action that drew sharp criticism from world leaders, did not erode support for Israel as reflected by newspaper editorials in leading English-language newspapers, a new study shows.

Six Palestinians Killed- Khan Yunis Shelled, Children Wounded
Palestine Chronicle, August 10, 2002
NABLUS/GAZA: Nablus municipality worker Ahmad Qreni, 54, was driving through the town's center when a tank opened fire on his vehicle. He was hit in the head by bullets, dying shortly afterwards at the town's hospital, medical and security sources said.

Israel's Measures to Revoke Arabs of Citizenship 'Fascist Actions Against Minorities'
Palestine Chronicle, August 10, 2002
TEL AVIV: The Chairman of the Israeli Arab Monitoring Committee, Shawki Khatib, condemned Israel's measure to revoke Arab Israelis of their citizenship as reminiscent of "fascist actions against minorities." On Israel's army radio, Khatib stressed that, "Any government that has attacked a minority in its midst immediately began sliding down a slippery slope towards an undemocratic regime."

Israel urged again to free Palestinian journalists
Reporters Without Borders, July 30, 2002
Reporters Without Borders called on the Israeli government again today to free five imprisoned Palestinian journalists after one of them, Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer Hussam Abu Alan (photo), had his "administrative detention" for allegedly supporting "terrorists" extended for five months on 23 July.