Erakat To US: Palestinian Electoral Laws “None Of Your Business”
Islam Online, August 24, 2002
"We were shocked when during our discussions the Americans spoke of changing the electoral law”
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Aug 24 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – Israeli officials stepped up their attacks on Arafat's leadership, as they prepared to welcome a U.S. envoy next week for talks they say will focus on U.S.-Israeli efforts to sideline the Palestinian president, news agencies reported.

Clash Occurs On W. Bank Near Nablus
Guardian, August 24, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers on the outskirts of Nablus Saturday after the Israeli army prevented a joint Arab-Jewish peace coalition from delivering food to Palestinians living under curfew for more than two months.

Israeli Panel Submits Borders Plan
Israeli Report Recommends Setting Border With Palestinians by Using Demographics
ABC News, August 23, 2002
JERUSALEM, Aug. 22 — Israel's National Security Council has recommended that the country's borders with a Palestinian entity be determined quickly with or without Palestinian input to improve the security situation.

Subject: Dr. Al-Najjar is finally free, press conference
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace Press Release, August 24, 2002
Dr. Mazen Al-Najjar has landed safely this morning in a country in the Middle East. He is extremely happy to be free after spending 1580 days in detention in the last 4 1/2 years without ever being charged, including the last 273 days in solitary confinement.

Israel to ease West Bank restrictions, U.N. says
IndyMedia, August 23, 2002
UNITED NATIONS (August 22, 2002 11:11 p.m. EDT) - Israel has agreed to ease some restrictions on Palestinian areas, allowing greater access to medical aid and farm jobs, a U.N. official said Thursday. The Israeli government had also agreed to give the U.N. refugee agency more freedom of movement in Palestinian areas, said Catherine Bertini, Secretary-General Kofi Annan's personal humanitarian envoy.

Palestinians Reject U.S. Proposal
Las Vegas Sun, August 24, 2002
JERUSALEM- Palestinian leaders denounced a U.S. proposal to create a new governmental post that would dilute the power of Yasser Arafat, and an official said such disagreements could threaten upcoming Palestinian elections.

Israeli soldier injured near Nablus; PA says U.S. aims at delaying elections
Al-Bawaba, August 24, 2002
On Friday evening, an Israeli soldier was lightly wounded by shots fired by Palestinians in the vicinity of the West Bank settlement of Itamar, near Nablus, Israel Radio reported. Shots were also fired Friday night at an Israeli outpost adjacent to the settlement of Gadid, in the Gaza Strip.

Divestment Campaign for Palestinians
New York Times, August 19, 2002 
JERUSALEM (AP) -- E-mail by e-mail, teach-in by teach-in, students and professors at institutions like the University of California, Harvard, MIT and Princeton are backing the Palestinian cause by campaigning to get U.S. universities out of stocks that do business in Israel.

Palestinians reject U.S. plan for reform
Sun Times, August 24, 2002
JERUSALEM--The Palestinians have rejected a U.S. proposal to have their parliament choose a prime minister who could balance the power of Yasser Arafat--and an official said Friday that sharp disagreements with Washington could jeopardize Palestinian elections planned for January.

Israel Army: No Hand in Photographer's Death
New York Times, August 23, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli army internal investigation into the March shooting of an Italian photographer in the West Bank town of Ramallah cleared soldiers of responsibility, the army said Friday.

Hunt is on for Arafat's money pots
The Age.com, August 24, 2002
Yasser Arafat's new finance minister says he doesn't know much about the Palestinian leader's finances. Salam Fayyad, a former International Monetary Fund official, was hired in June to consolidate Palestinian holdings, which are spread among a jumble of agencies and companies.

Shirabe's Report from Palestine:Bethlehem After The Withdrawal
By Shirabe Yamada, August 23, 2002, Dheisheh refugee camp, Occupied Palestine
Dear Friends, Quiet nights have returned to Bethlehem after the Israeli withdrawal from the area on the 20th. No more waking up to the roaring tanks, sudden burst of explosions and shootings, or not being able to sleep in anticipation of military operations. The first evening after the withdrawal, the streets in downtown Bethlehem were full of cars and people, enjoying their limited freedom for the first time in months.

Israel stalls withdrawal
Arab News, August 24, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 24 August — Israel has halted the step by step military withdrawal from reoccupied Palestinian areas, the head of the Israeli Army central command Moshe Kaplinsky said yesterday.

DETAINED BY ISRAEL: Palestinian Child Prisoners
Each year, hundreds of Palestinian children from the Occupied Palestinian Territories are arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned by the Israeli military authorities. Since 1992, Defence for Children International/Palestine Section (DCI/PS) has represented many of these children in Israeli military courts, monitored the conditions of their detention, and intervened with relevant institutions and government bodies in order to improve their situation.

50,000 expected in J'lem for Islamic Movement festivities
Virtual Jerusalem, August 24, 2002
The Islamic Movement is expecting some 50,000 parents and children to attend a festival Saturday at Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque. The festival is the largest such event organized by the northern branch of the Islamic Movement since November 2001, when an 'Al Aqsa is in danger' rally was held in Umm al-Fahm. Representatives of the Moslem community in Israel, including Knesset members and head of regional councils, have been invited to Saturday's event. Keynote speeches will be given by the head of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Raad Salah, Jerusalem mufti Sheikh A'akramah Sabri, and Kamel Hativ, deputy leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement.

Return to Sender -- 55,000 Times
Wired, August 23, 2002
Law professor and pro-Palestinian agitator Francis Boyle expected to have a lot of e-mail waiting for him after his two-and-a-half-week vacation. But he never imagined that there would be 55,000 messages packing his inbox -- many of them hurt, even belligerent, notes from friends and fellow activists. 

ISM - IDF incursion to Balata Camp
IndyMedia, August 23, 2002
22 Aug 2002 Joshua Brown, an International Solidarity Movement activist in Palestine, was in Camp Balata during a massive attack of nearby homes being protected by Palestinians and ISM internationals.

Israeli Smallpox Move
New York Times, August 22, 2002
JERUSALEM, Aug. 21 — The Israeli security cabinet decided today to vaccinate 15,000 security, medical and rescue personnel against smallpox because of the possibility that Iraq might respond to any American attack with a biological strike on Israel.

VIDEO: Speech by Diana Buttu, Legal Adviser, Palestine Liberation Organization
Topic: Palestinian Realities, American Responsibilities: A Call to Action
C-Span, August 8, 2002

VIDEO: Address by Dr. Haider Abdel Shafith, Chairman of the Gaza Strip Red Crescent Society 
Topic: The humanitarian situation in the West Bank & Gaza
C-Span, August 5, 2002

VIDEO: John Steinbach on “Israeli Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Threat to Peace?”
C-Span, July 29, 2002

VIDEO: Military & security issues in Israel and the impact it has on the civilian population
Amnesty International delegates' July, 2002 visit to Israel and the Occupied Territories with military expert David Holley