Israeli Troops Kill 5 Palestinians
Guardian, September 1, 2002
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) - Israeli troops shot dead four Palestinians early Sunday not far from a Jewish gravesite near the West Bank city of Hebron, adding to an already bloody weekend in which seven other Palestinians, including two children, were killed.

Killings fuel West Bank tensions
BBC, September 1, 2002
A pregnant woman was injured at Har Bracha on Saturday: Ten Palestinians have died in 12 hours at the hands of the Israeli army during a weekend of violence in the West Bank.

PA Slams World Silence Over Israeli Massacres, Approaches Security Council
Islam Online, September 1, 2002
The Palestinian leadership issued a statement calling on the United Nations to step in to stop Israel’s state terrorism: GAZA CITY, Sept 1 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Senior Palestinian officials on Sunday described Israel's latest massacres of Palestinians in the West Bank as "state terrorism" and slammed the world community, and in particular Washington, for remaining silent on the issue.

Children killed in Israeli helicopter strike
The Independent, September 1, 2002
Combat helicopters killed five people, including two children, by blasting missiles into a Palestinian car on the West Bank in one of Israel's largest assassination operations for weeks, said witnesses.

Israeli women wage war against occupation of Palestinian territories
Jordan Times, September 1, 2002
ABU DIS, West Bank — With one foot in annexed East Jerusalem, the other in the West Bank, a Palestinian woman lifts her child through a hole in the wall which splits her village in two. On the other side, a man grabs the baby before helping her over.

Back-to-school means hard lessons for Palestinians
Jordan Times, September 1, 2002
RAMALLAH — Tears filled 17-year-old Rashad Mousa's eyes when he entered class for the first day of the Palestinian school year on Saturday, this time without his best friend beside him.  Morad Awaisa, also 17, died in Israeli army custody in late March, Mousa said — shot by occupation troops on a large-scale offensive on Ramallah and elsewhere in the West Bank.

IDF: 4 Palestinians killed near Hebron planned terror attack
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002
The IDF said Sunday that an initial investigation into the deaths of four Palestinians in the West Bank in the early hours of the morning has revealed that they were planning to carry out a terror attack, Israel Radio reported.

Israel kills five Palestinians, including four laborers, in West Bank; PA calls world to take action against Israel
Al-Bawaba, September 1, 2002
Israeli troops shot and killed four Palestinians early Sunday who said were suspiciously moving toward the gravesite of a Jewish rabbi, the army said. Palestinian witnesses said the four men — laborers in a stone factory — were killed in cold-blood while they slept.

Hezbollah fires at IAF planes over south Lebanon
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002 
Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla organization said on Sunday it fired anti-aircraft rounds at Israel Air Force jets as they flew over south Lebanon.

Two wounded in shooting in Bracha settlement
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002 
One Israeli was seriously wounded and another was moderately wounded Saturday evening in a shooting attack at the settlement of Bracha, close to the West Bank city of Nablus.

Summit anger turns on Israel, U.S.
Chicago Sun-Times, September 1, 2002
JOHANNESBURG--Thousands of globalization protesters marched Saturday on the UN's World Summit on Sustainable Development, raising a banner for land redistribution, debt forgiveness, full employment, and against the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the United States and Israel.

Yishai to revoke citizenship of three Arabs this week
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002 
Interior Minister Eli Yishai has asked the ministry's legal advisers to submit the files to him this week on three Arabs whose citizenship could be revoked. Yishai has indicated he intends to sign orders removing the citizenship of the three who took part in terror strikes, under Section 11 of the Citizenship Law.

Hamas uses charity to lure support
Observer, September 1, 2002
Hama, the Palestinian group responsible for suicide bombings in Israel, has launched an unlikely charm offensive aimed at convincing Palestinians it is capable of becoming their political voice.

Peace Now: Eight outposts set up in West Bank last month
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002 
Eight new outposts were built in the West Bank in August, Peace Now reported. In addition to its alerts on new settlement activity, the peace organization is also mounting a campaign to compensate settlers who want to relocate within the pre-1967 Green Line borders.

Paper: PLO man helped fund leftist's defense in slander trial
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002 
Faisal Husseini, the late PLO representative for Jerusalem, helped fund a left-wing Israeli's defense of slander charges against him, brought by members of an IDF unit, the daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed Sunday.

Benizri slams court ruling to publish NII services in Arabic
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002 
Labor and Social Affairs Minister Shlomo Benizri (Shas) expressed his opposition Friday to a High Court ruling that National Insurance Institute documents be published in Arabic, calling it impratical.

U.S., U.K., warn PA: Wardens at Jericho jail to be sent home
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002 
The United States and Britain warned the Palestinian Authority that U.S. and British wardens guarding Palestinian prisoners at a Jericho jail would be sent home following threats made by inmates on the jailors' lives, Israel Radio reported Saturday morning.

P.A.: 'positive feedback' from U.S. envoy on aiding reforms
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002 
A Palestinian request for further aid in reforming its security services was well received by the American envoy to the region, a senior Palestinian Authority official said Saturday.

Settler Attitudes towards Withdrawal from the Territories
Peace Now
Summary results of a study conducted by Peace Now, July ?2002: Peace Now has conducted a study of the attitudes of the settlers towards withdrawal from the territories.  The study, unprecedented in its scope and its depth (3,200 households in 127 settlements), reveals..

An unorthodox tangle
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002 
The election of Irineos as Greek Orthodox Patriarch was welcomed last year by all except the Israeli government, which withheld its approval. Now, his Arab supporters have deserted him over an alleged land deal with Israel.

Four Palestinians Killed by Israeli Tank Shells
AUDIO: NPR, August 29, 2002

Gathering of Muslims Fuses Faith, Freedom
Attendees Decry Attacks by Conservatives, Call for Increased Involvement in Politics
Washington Post, September 1, 2002
More than 30,000 Muslims converged on Washington yesterday to celebrate their wealth and freedom, renew social ties, hear investment advice and hunt for spouses, but they also complained that U.S. conservatives have dehumanized them since the terror attacks of Sept. 11.

American Muslims gather en masse in Washington
Arab News, September 1, 2002
WASHINGTON, 1 September — Imagine a large arena filled with everything Muslim. Add 40,000 people representing the Muslim American world, a huge “souk” filled with everything from Qur’an copies, calligraphy, paintings, shishas, food, gold, incense, videos, books, films, Arabic language classes, to a variety of ethnic clothing. Parallel the souk with ongoing panel discussions ranging from Islam to coping in a non-Muslim society, and you have an idea of what the 39th conference of the Islamic Society of North America, ISNA, looks like.

SYRIA CITED AS KEY PLAYER IN IRAQI BUILDUP
Middle East Newsline, September 1, 2002
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Syria has been identified as a key player in Iraq's military buildup. Leading military experts told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Syria serves as a key conduit for the smuggling of weapons and components of military platforms to Baghdad. The experts said the Bush administration has not cited Syrian involvement because Damascus has played a small role in the U.S.-led war against terrorism.

Israel seeks to halt Russia-Syria missile deal
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002 
Israel and the U.S. are trying to halt a new deal for SA-18 shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles between Russia and Syria.

ISRAEL SEES HIZBULLAH AS STRATEGIC THREAT
Middle East Newsline, September 1, 2002
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military regards Hizbullah and its rocket arsenal along the Lebanese border as a strategic threat to the Jewish state.

Haifa still hoping for reprieve on home games
Ha'aretz, September 1, 2002 
Maccabi Haifa has been holding intense talks over the past 48 hours with the managers and coaches of the teams it is due to face in the Champions League, in the hope of persuading them to defy a UEFA ban on matches in Israel by bringing their teams to play at the national stadium in Ramat Gan.