Israeli Court Approves Expulsions
Guardian, September 3, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - In a landmark decision, Israel's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Israel can expel relatives of Palestinian terror suspects from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip, but only if it proves they pose a security threat.

Court rules terrorists' relatives can be deported to Gaza
Ha'aretz, September 3, 2002  
In a unanimous decision, an expanded nine-judge panel of the High Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that the army was legally entitled to relocate two relatives of a terrorist from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip, because they had aided him in carrying out attacks by helping him hide from Israeli security forces and by moving bombs.

By accepting the deportation of two Palestinians from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip, the Israeli High Court legalizes war crimes.
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, September 3, 2002
This morning, the Israeli High Court decided to transfer two relatives of a Palestinian activist assassinated by Israeli occupying forces last month from their place of residence in ‘Askar refugee camp in Nablus to the Gaza Strip.  This decision further illustrates the role the highest Israeli judicial body contains to take in supporting and legalizing war crimes committed by the Israeli government and military against Palestinian civilians. 

Israel to expel militants' relatives
BBC, Spetember 3, 2002
Israel's Supreme Court has approved the expulsion of relatives of a Palestinian militant from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip.

Criticism of Israeli Army's Killing of Civilians Comes From All Sides
Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2002
JERUSALEM -- The killing of Palestinian children and other civilians in a string of Israeli army operations unleashed unusual criticism Sunday of both the military tactics employed in Israel's war with the Palestinians and the political strategy guiding them.

30 of 49 Palestinians killed in August were civilians
Ha'aretz, September 3, 2002   
Between August 1 and last night, 49 Palestinians were killed by Israel Defense Forces fire in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; around 180 were injured, with at least 65 of them sustaining wounds from live fire (including shrapnel from shells and missiles).

Palestinian militants reject peace plea
BBC, Spetember 3, 2002
Militants said armed attacks will continue: Palestinian militant groups have rejected a call by the Palestinian interior minister for a complete end to attacks against Israel.

Cabinet split on Arafat's travel ban
Guardian, September 3, 2002
The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, is refusing to allow Yasser Arafat to return if he leaves the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as part of a policy to destroy the credibility of the Palestinian leader.

Settler wounded; Three Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip, West Bank; Armed groups reject call to stop attacks
Al-Bawaba, September 3, 2002
One Israeli was moderatly injured Tuesday in a shooting ambush north of Ramallah. The man, from the West Bank settlement of Neveh Zuf, was driving in his car when he was shot in the head and hand.

Ben-Eliezer: 'Bad luck' caused killings of Palestinians
Jerusalem Post, September 3, 2002
Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said today that preliminary results of investigations into the weekend killings of a dozen Palestinians turned up no evidence of wrongdoing, radio stations said.

Erekat: Israeli Probe into Killings of Civilians is Propaganda Ploy
Palestine Chronicle, September 2, 2002 
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat on Monday dismissed the Israeli occupation army's plans to launch an investigation into the killings of Palestinian civilians as a propaganda ploy that would lead nowhere.

Leader of Israeli far-right party intends to visit Temple Mount
Al-Bawaba, September 3, 2002
The leader of Israel's far-right Herut (Freedom) party intends to visit the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem on Thursday, one day before the Jewish New Year.

Jordan PM: 4,000 U.S. soldiers to leave Jordan on Wednesday
Al-Bawaba, September 3, 2002
About 4,000 American soldiers are due to leave Jordan on Wednesday after three weeks of joint military exercises with Jordanian forces, Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb said on Monday.

Al- Quds: Donor states and the Palestinian authority
Arabic News, September, 3, 2002
Al- Quds paper which is issued in the occupied Palestinian territories said that the representatives of the donor states asked a delegation representing the Palestinian Authority, during a meeting with the Quartet committee in Paris recently, to prepare qualification projects for the security elements so as to replace personnel working in the current security departments in the context of complete changes in the Palestinian security departments.

“Yediot Ahronot”: New troubles for separation fence 
Globes, September 3, 2002
Hebrew daily “Yediot Ahronot” reports that a week has passed since the deadline to submit bids in the tender to build the Green Line separation fence, and Ministry of Defense is dissatisfied with the professionalism of all the participants. 

2 Beit Safafa men charged with spy recruitment for PA
Ha'aretz, September 3, 2002 
The police and Shin Bet claim that the Palestinian Authority's West Bank Preventive Security forces tried to recruit Israeli women soldiers and conscripts-to-be as intelligence agents for the PA's security force. As far as the authorities know, those efforts, which started in 1995, failed.

Better Med than Dead-Red
Globes, September 3, 2002 
Desalination makes water; grandiose interference with nature makes problems: On the eve of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, Israel dusted off its Dead Sea canal plans. This time, the southern version: a Red-Dead Sea canal, intended to solve two problems: the Dead Sea's declining water level and the provision of potable water to southern Jordan.

Yehiyeh pleads for an end to intifada violence
Ha'aretz, September 3, 2002 
The Palestinian Authority Interior Minister Abdel Razak Yehiyeh yesterday called on his countrymen to end all acts of violence against Israelis and switch to civil resistance in their nearly two-year-old uprising for statehood. "All forms of Palestinian violence have to stop," Yehiyeh said in an interview with Reuters news agency.

Our man's lonely search for a Middle East ceasefire
Guardian, September 3, 2002
MI6 agent uses skills honed in Belfast to woo Palestinians: Britain's main contribution to the Middle East peace process, an MI6 agent, Alastair Crooke, is engaged in behind-the-scenes discussions with Palestinian factions to secure a ceasefire.

Benizri reconvenes long-dormant council on demography today
Ha'aretz, September 3, 2002  
The Israel Council for Demography is to meet today, after five years of inactivity, with the aim of drawing up guidelines on how formulate a policy that will preserve Israel's Jewish character.

Israel: PLC can meet, but not members suspected of terror ties
Ha'aretz, September 3, 2002  
Likud ministers have accused Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of succumbing to American pressure in allowing the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) to convene in Ramallah, Army Radio reported Tuesday.

One Israeli injured in shooting attack near Ramallah
Ha'aretz, September 3, 2002  
An Israeli was lightly injured Tuesday in a shooting ambush north of the West Bank town of Ramallah. The man, from the West Bank settlement of Neveh Zuf, was driving in his car when he was shot in the head and hand.

Israel preparing for U.S. attack on Iraq after November 1
Ha'aretz, September 3, 2002  
Israel has asked its security and emergency services to complete preparations for a possible U.S. attack on Iraq - and an Iraqi counterstrike against Israel - by November 1, officials said Tuesday.

Elad settlement group takes over house in East Jerusalem
Ha'aretz, September 3, 2002  
Ten members of the right-wing Elad non-profit organization seized control of an East Jerusalem house Tuesday, claiming that they had legally purchased the property.

Israel orders army inquiry after missile kills children
Independent, September 2, 2002
Palestinian spokesmen accused Israel yesterday of targeting civilians because its troops killed 11 armed and unarmed Palestinians, including two children and three teenagers, in a weekend of widespread violence and mutual recrimination.

In the home town, the word is 'framed'
Ha'aretz, September 3, 2002  
In Beit Safafa, the home of the two men indicted yesterday for trying to recruit Israeli women into a Palestinian Authority spy ring, they agree with the facts but say the police and Shin Bet interpretation of them is all wrong.

Katsav urges Arabs to help Israel resolve conflict with Palestinians
Jerusalem Post, September 3, 2002
President Moshe Katsav has called on Arab leaders to come to Jerusalem to help resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Peres asks UN to rein in Syria, Hizbullah
Jerusalem Post, September 3, 2002
In a meeting today in Johannesburg, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres asked UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for assistance in restraining Syria and Hizbullah.

Court hears ownership dispute over home in Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post, September 3, 2002
Jerusalem Magistrate's Court convened a session today on a dispute over ownership of a home in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem where Jews moved in overnight.

Danish Foreign Minister Initiates Middle East Tour
Palestine Chronicle, September 2, 2002
BRUSSELS: Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Per Stig Moeller begins a tour of the Middle East on Monday, to discuss his proposed initiative for a gradual peace between Israel and the PA.

Israel Worried About 'PR Damage'
Palestine Chronicle, September 2, 2002 
HEBRON: Motivated by public relations considerations, the Israeli occupation army on Monday said it would investigate the killing of a dozen Palestinian civilians by Israeli troops in Gaza and the West Bank in the past four days.

Israeli Officials: Al-Qaeda Moving Into Lebanon
Palestine Chronicle, September 2, 2002 
TEL AVIV: In its restless attempts to direct the US wars against Palestinians and Lebanese, Israeli government officials are now saying they believe Osama Bin Laden's Al-Qaeda organization is establishing bases in Lebanon.

US to Fight Hamas, Hizbollah after Al-Qaeda Defeat: Weekly
Palestine Chronicle, September 2, 2002 
BERLINE: The United States is to actively combat two leading Islamic ressistance groups, Hamas and Hizbollah, as part of its global anti-terror campaign, after having defeated the al-Qaida network, the weekly Spiegel here Monday quoted US national security advisor, Condoleeza Rice, as saying.

Israel Captures Islamic Jihad Military Leader in West Bank
Palestine Chronicle, September 2, 2002 
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The Israeli army captured a leader of the armed wing of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad who was allegedly planning a suicide attack inside Israel.

Kurdish leader says US is going forward with plans to topple Saddam
Jordan Times, September, 3, 3002   
ANKARA (AFP) — An Iraqi Kurdish leader said in a television interview here Monday the United States was moving forward with plans to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Moeller urges Palestinians to support EU peace plan 
Jordan Times, September, 3, 3002   
JEDDAH (AFP) — Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller on Monday urged Gulf states to push the Palestinians to support a European peace plan “to create a momentum for peace.”

Judges back Palestinian expulsions in landmark ruling
Independent, September 2, 2002
In a unanimous landmark decision, Israel's Supreme Court today approved the expulsion of two relatives of a Palestinian militant from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip, saying they had advance knowledge of suicide bombings.

Palestinians scorn Israeli probe
Globe and Daily Mail, September 2, 2002
Ramallah, West Bank — Palestinians dismissed Monday the Israeli army's plans to launch an investigation into the killings of Palestinian civilians as a propaganda ploy that would lead nowhere.

GCC agenda extends beyond crisis to EU-style economic cooperation
Daily Star, September 3, 2002
The Gulf Cooperation Council, which convened Monday in Saudi Arabia, is debating a packed agenda that extends beyond the immediate crisis over Iraq to address long-term economic integration plans, patterned after the European Union.

Israel fears Hizbullah may get deadly anti-aircraft missiles
Daily Star, September 3, 2002
Jewish state tries to block Syria from buying Russian system: Israel is reportedly attempting to block the sale of advanced Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles to Syria out of concern that they could end up in the hands of Hizbullah.

Agreement on Israel pullout is unraveling
San Francisco Chronicle, September 3, 2002
Gaza City -- A new agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority that was to lead to additional Israeli troop pullbacks is falling apart because of Palestinian unwillingness to crack down on militants and recent Israeli attacks on unarmed Palestinian civilians, according to officials on both sides.

New Israeli Limitations on Passage of Palestinian Medical Personnel
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, August 20, 2002
Please see posted below a translation of a letter issued by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) to the Israeli Defense Minister, following one of many cases of delay and prevention of Palestinian ambulance passage at Israeli army checkpoints. The case at hand reveals a new Israeli military policy that limits the number of medical personnel permitted passage in Palestinian ambulances.

Bedouins in Negev desert blame Israel for their thirst
Middle East Times, August 24, 2002
In the burning heat of the Negev desert, Ghofra, a 65-year-old Bedouin with a tattooed face, draws the last water from the well outside his corrugated iron shack, scorning Israel and blaming it for his people's thirst.