Ariel Sharon's Secret Plan to Remove Palestinians From Israel
Globe-Intel, August 20, 2002
Israel's hard-line prime minister, Ariel Sharon, has ordered his defence forces to prepare to drive "hundreds of thousands" of Palestinians on the West Bank over the border into Jordan. Jordanian intelligence chiefs say the operation will commence on the day the forthcoming United States conflict starts against Iraq. Sharon believes that will give him "a just excuse" to remove the Palestinians - as they would then pose what he has called "a totally unacceptable threat to the safety of Israel".

Occupation Army Conducts New Incursions, Detains Palestinians
Palestine Chronicle, August 25, 2002
NABLUS: The Israeli occupation army says troops have entered a West Bank town and arrested several suspected Palestinian 'militants'. The incursion took place as Israeli officials said further planned troop pullouts from re-occupied Palestinian territories will be delayed until Palestinians can stop attacks.

Hamas leader detained, house demolished in Tulkarem; Israel arrests seven Arabs involved in Meron bus bombing
Al-Bawaba, August 26, 2002
Israeli tanks backed by helicopters searched Monday for Palestinian activists in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. Israeli troops searched from house to house as two helicopters hovered in the sky overhead, witnesses said. Exchanges of fire erupted between Palestinians and soldiers, Army Radio reported. The army has been positioned around the camp, imposing a curfew on its residents.

Israeli army under fire for looting
Jordan Times, August 26, 2002   
TEL AVIV (R) — The Israeli army came under fire on Sunday after Israel Radio broadcast an investigative report which found that the looting of Palestinian property by Israeli occupation troops was more widespread than previously thought. 

Israel rules out Hebron pullback as army continues West Bank sweep
Jordan Times, August 26, 2002
THE ISRAELI government bowed to pressure from the military and ruled out any imminent pullback from Hebron on Sunday, further jeopardising an agreement for a phased withdrawal of reoccupied areas of the West Bank, where troops continued their sweep for suspected militants. 

IDF nabs top Hamas man, says was behind Sbarro attack
Ha'aretz, August 26, 2002
IDF special forces arrested in Jenin Monday afternoon the most wanted Hamas man in the West Bank, Sheikh Jamal Abu el Hija. Troops arrested Hija, who is responsible for several suicide bombings that killed dozens of Israelis, as well as Aslam Jarar, a Hamas member of lower rank.

Ben-Eliezer: 'Gaza, Bethlehem First' plan continuing as planned
Ha'aretz, August 26, 2002 
Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said Monday that the "Gaza and Bethlehem First" plan was not frozen and that he is committed to continue working towards the plan's full implementation. Ben-Eliezer also welcomed Palestinian efforts towards a delimitation of the force in the Gaza Strip and noted a clear decrease in the number of terror attacks.

IDF accepts freeze on `neighbor practice'
Ha'aretz, August 26, 2002
The IDF has accepted a two-week High Court extension of a temporary restraining order preventing the army from using what it refers to as the "neighbor practice," so the State Attorney can finish its arguments to the court against a petition by human rights groups that claim the practice is a violation of international law.

7 Israeli Arabs arrested for aiding Meron junction bomber
Ha'aretz, August 26, 2002
A senior Shin Bet Security Service official met with Interior Minister Eli Yishai to discuss the arrest of seven Israeli Arabs several weeks ago on suspicion that they assisted in carrying out the August 4 Meron junction bus bombing, in which nine people were killed and dozens were injured. The arrests were made public on Monday.

35 soldiers under investigation for looting 
Alternative Information Center, August 26, 2002 
The IDF announced Sunday it is investigating 35 soldiers for suspected looting during Operation Defensive Shield. The Military Police will probe allegations that soldiers stole property from Palestinians during searches for hidden weapons and terrorists in Palestinian towns and cities.

Israeli occupation smashes Palestinian economy 
Alternative Information Center, August 26, 2002
An official report, issued recently by the Abu Dhabi-base Monetary Fund (AMF), revealed that Israel's occupation of Palestinian cities and towns have smashed the Palestinian economic backbone by destroying industrial and agricultural facilities, crippling government institutions and depriving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians of their jobs.

Jailed PFLP secretary general starts hunger strike
Al-Bawaba, August 26, 2002 
A Palestinian leader started a hunger strike in the West Bank jail where he has been held under U.S. and British monitoring since May, an official in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said Monday.

Statement of the international task force on Palestinian reform 
Alternative Information Center, August 26, 2002
The Task Force on Palestinian Reform, composed of representatives of the Quartet (U.S., EU, Russia, and the UN Secretary General), Norway, Japan, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, met in Paris August 22-23. This was the second meeting of the Task Force, which met for the first time in London on July 10.

Israeli forces kill Arab youth; admit to robbing Palestinian houses before burning them
Arabic News, Augsut 26, 2002
While one Palestinian young man was shot by the Israeli bullets in Jenin and other three wounded when an Israeli on foot patrol opened fire randomly against the Palestinians in one of the city's market, an Israeli force stormed into Marqa village near Jenin and arrested three of its citizens.

Israeli supreme court: ministry can bar French activists 
Alternative Information Center, August 26, 2002
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a decision by the Interior Ministry barring a group of 48 French pro-Palestinian activists from entering Israel, rejecting a decision by Jerusalem District Court Judge Moshe Drori to allow the French group to enter the country.

"Globes''-Smith survey: Economic worries intensifying 
Globes, August 26, 2002
Less than half of Israelis say the conflict with the Palestinians is the country's main concern: After five hard weeks on the economic front, the Globes-Smith survey examines what has changed in public opinion about the recent socioeconomic matters that have recently grabbed the headlines, and by how much. 

The NIS 4 billion illusion
Globes, August 22, 2002
Israel’s Arab population continues to be disadvantaged, despite promises: The questioning of former Prime Minister Ehud Barak this week by the Orr commission raises questions about Israeli governments’ relations toward Israel’s Arab population over the years. Specifically, it raises the question to what extent did discrimination and injustice in the allocation of resources to the sector contribute to the October 2000 riots. The Orr commission is investigating the Israel Police’s actions during the riots by Israeli Arabs in October 2000 that coincided with the outbreak of the second intifada.

The Sikkuy Report: 2001-2002
Monitoring Civic Equality Between Arab and Jewish Citizens of Israel

Refusenik updates 
Alternative Information Center, August 26, 2002
Here’s a list of the lucky guys whom the IDF sent to the Prison 6 Bed and Breakfast Facility in the past two weeks

Study: Israeli products worse than Western equivalents
Globes, August 25, 2002 
"A quarter of Israel’s GDP is lost every year from poor quality products at offices and factories," states a study by Dr. Avigdor Sonnenschein. Sonnenschein was formerly responsible for handling quality and excellence at the Prime Minister's Office.

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Neo-Nazis march on Capitol Hill
Washington Post, August 25, 2002
Anti-Israeli demonstration draws counter-protesters. Police keep sides apart: WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of neo-Nazis and white separatists marched on the U.S. Capitol Saturday to protest American support of Israel, chanting, "What do we want? Jews out! When do we want it? Now!" and trading hostile words with an equal number of counter-demonstrators.

Terrorist victims' relatives suing PA for NIS 16m
Globes, August 25, 2002  
The relatives of a mother and daughter murdered in a 1996 terrorist attack accuse the Palestinian Authority of failing to prevent hostile activity, despite its commitment under the Cairo Accords.

Court hearing petitions on Gaza deportations
Ha'aretz, August 26, 2002
The High Court, which began hearing petitions Monday submitted by three relatives of terrorists slated for deportation to Gaza, denied a request by IDF legal representatives to allow deputy Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Gabi Ashkenazi, to present the operational arguments in favor of the deportations to the court.

Deported Palestinian professor lands in Lebanon, plans to move to South Africa
Jordan Times, August 26, 2002       
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — A deported Palestinian professor who had been jailed on secret evidence that prosecutors said linked him to “terrorism” has arrived in Beirut, Lebanon, supporters said.

Labor and Meretz slam Ya'alon for airing 'political' views
Ha'aretz, August 26, 2002
Politicians from Labor and Meretz attacked IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon on Monday for airing his views on the conflict with the Palestinians, saying they were political in nature and that he should stick to professional assessments.

Israeli Forces Raid West Bank Town for Militants
ABC News, August 26, 2002
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops raided the Palestinian town of Salfit in the West Bank early on Sunday, arresting suspected militants after talks to ease Israel's military grip on the West Bank and Gaza bogged down in discord.

Even China has more female politicians than Israel
Ha'aretz, August 26, 2002 
Orit Noked, the new Labor Party MK has managed to record her first achievement as a parliamentarian even before making her first speech in the Knesset.

Al-Sharq: Abu Mazin stops his work in Palestinian authority
Arabic News, Augsut 26, 2002
The Lebanese daily al-Sharq said in its Saturday's issue, quoting Palestinian sources, that member of the PLO executive committee and the closer to succeed the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin has stopped working since more than one month.

First 112 km of seam-line fence to be completed by next July
Ha'aretz, August 26, 2002
The first 112 kilometers of the seam-line fence will be completed by July 2003, Defense Ministry Director-General Amos Yaron told the interministerial state comptroller's committee yesterday.

Curfew stops PLC no-confidence vote
Ha'aretz, August 26, 2002 
A session of the Palestinian Legislative Council that was to include a vote on a no-confidence motion in the new Palestinian cabinet was postponed again today due to the ongoing curfew and siege of Ramallah.

IDF: Dahlan's deputy behind Gaza attack
Ha'aretz, August 26, 2002 
Rashid Abu Shabak, the deputy commander of the Palestinian security forces in the Gaza Strip, gave the orders for the unsuccessful attack against the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom on Friday, according to Israeli security sources. Abu Shabak is second in command to Mohammed Dahlan in Gaza.