Israel accused of whitewash over Palestinian deaths
The Independent, September 7, 2002
An internal inquiry by the Israeli army into the killing of 12 Palestinian civilians by its forces last week, including four fruit-pickers blown up by a tank shell packed with thousands of darts, has cleared the soldiers involved.

Israeli economy buckling from cost of war
The Guardian, September 7, 2002
A senior Israeli commander, Major-General Uzi Dayan, completed his tour of duty yesterday with a warning that the ailing Israeli economy will be unable to support the military campaign against the Palestinians for much longer.

Israel Arrests Six in Gaza Strip
New York Times, September 7, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Palestinian Authority expressed outrage after an army investigation cleared Israeli soldiers who killed 12 Palestinians in three incidents last week, calling it a cover-up. None of those killed carried firearms.

Four Palestinians Injured in Jenin Clash
VOA News, September 7, 2002
Palestinian witnesses say four Palestinian youths have been injured, one seriously, during a clash with Israeli troops at a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin.

Israel raids Gaza Strip
BBC, September 7, 2002
The Israeli army has carried out a large-scale incursion into the Gaza Strip, sending tanks and armoured vehicles into the central town of Deir al-Balah. The Israeli army briefly took over the police station and enforced curfew at a refugee camp that borders the town, before withdrawing after three hours.

Tunisia-born Jewish lawyer says she will defend Barghouti
Ha'aretz, September 7, 2002 
Gisele Halimi, a Tunisia-born Jewish lawyer who made a name for herself by defending Algerians fighting French rule, said Saturday she will represent Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti during his trial in Israel on terror charges.

Six Palestinian boys injured in West Bank; Sharon demands from PA ''real reforms'' not ''games''
Al-Bawaba, September 7, 2002 
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said preparations for a new Palestinian security apparatus should commence this month. Even so, Sharon, in a radio interview aired Saturday, said the Palestinians have failed to keep their part of a tentative truce agreement.

Oslo accords exist no more: Sharon
Arab News, September 7, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 7 September — The hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview published yesterday that for Israel, the 1993 Oslo peace accords with the Palestinians no longer exist.

Former US diplomat says Arafat obtained freedom of US hostages
Al-Bawaba, September 7, 2002 
PARIS, 8 September — A former high-level US diplomat living in Paris, John Gunther Dean, has contacted French daily Le Monde to reveal that back in 1979 when he was stationed in Beirut, PLO leader Yasser Arafat personally obtained the liberation of thirteen US hostages who had been held by Iran since 1978.

Many hurt in Israeli tank fire
Arab News, September 7, 2002
GAZA CITY, 8 September — Several Palestinian civilians were wounded in tank fire yesterday, the first day of the Jewish New Year, after the Israeli Army carried out a major incursion into the Gaza Strip.

Six Palestinian boys hurt in clashes; IDF raids Gaza village
Ha'aretz, September 7, 2002 
Six Palestinian boys were wounded, one critically, in clashes Saturday with Israeli troops in the West Bank cities of Jenin and Tul Karm, Palestinian sources said.

Israel Troops' Clearing Draws Anger
The Guardian, September 7, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Palestinian Authority expressed outrage after an army investigation cleared Israeli soldiers who killed 12 Palestinians in three incidents last week, calling it a cover-up. None of those killed carried firearms.

Yehiyeh: Peres, PA officials to discuss 'Gaza First' plan Tues.
Ha'aretz, September 7, 2002 
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres will meet senior Palestinian Authority officials Tuesday to discuss implementation of 'Gaza and Bethlehem First' plan, PA Interior Minister Abdel Razak Yehiyeh told the Associated Press on Saturday.

Israel raids town in Gaza Strip; Army clears soldiers in last week killings of Palestinian civilians
Al-Bawaba, September 7, 2002 
Israeli armored personnel carriers and tanks raided a Palestinian town in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and arrested a leading activist, security sources said.

McKinney’s father next on Jewish ‘hit list’
Arab News, September 7, 2002
WASHINGTON, 7 September — First, right-wing American Jews went after US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. Now they’ve set their sights on her father, 30-year Georgia state representative Billy McKinney, as their next target.

45,000 American troops to be transported to Kuwait, Jordan next week
Arabic News, September 7, 2002
British defense sources said that the USA is deploying in Kuwait and Jordan weapons for 45,000 troops that will be transported next week.

Moussa starts an American- European tour against striking Iraq
Arabic News, September 7, 2002
The secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa yesterday started his tour on Europe and the USA in order to defend the Arab states' rejection of an attack on Iraq.

PM: As Palestinian 'cracks' grow, so do chances for deal
Ha'aretz, September 7, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Saturday that the Palestinians were showing "signs of cracks," which could increase the possibility of reaching a diplomatic agreement in the future.

Yediot Ahronot: Iraq, Jordan to be converted into one Hashimite Kingdom
Arabic News, September 7, 2002
The correspondent of the Israeli Yediot Ahronot for military affairs said Friday that Israeli sides were briefed on plans prepared by the hawks of the American administration on changing the face of the Arab region, including perceptions to end the ruling regime in Iraq and bringing it back to the Hashimite Kingdom.

Another secret Iraqi opposition meeting in London, sponsord by USA
Arabic News, September 7, 2002
One of the Iraqi opposition members, Adnan Makkeyah, ...explained that for the first time there will be a new and qualitative relations with the US. relations which stress changes in the American policy which used to be based on dealing with regimes such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

British Rabbi drops previous statements
Arabic News, September 7, 2002
Britain's chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks was obliged, under the pressure of the British Jewish community to give up his earlier statements. He said he was mistaken when he attacked the Israeli policy against the Palestinians during the interview he had granted to the British publication The Guardian two weeks earlier.

The Taleban minister and the warning of Sept. 11 that was ignored
Arab News, September 7, 2002
KABUL, 8 September — Just weeks before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, the United States and the United Nations ignored warnings from a secret Taleban emissary that Osama Bin Laden was planning a huge attack on American soil.

Barghouti refuses to accept charge sheet
Independent Online, September 5, 2002
Tel Aviv - Marwan Barghouti, the top Palestinian to be tried by Israel since the beginning of the intifada, appeared in an uproarious court session here on Thursday on charges of murder and terrorism, as more killings threatened to scotch hopes for a fresh peace initiative.

Gaza peace plan ends in midnight air strike
Independent Online, September 6, 2002
Gaza City - Israeli helicopters attacked a factory in the Gaza Strip early on Friday after Palestinians blew up an Israeli tank and killed two soldiers.

Israeli soldiers cleared over deaths
BBC, September 7, 2002
The Israeli army has said that its soldiers were acting correctly when they killed 12 Palestinians - including several children - in three separate incidents over the past two weeks.

EU: Mideast Peace Efforts Unlikely to Achieve Much In the End
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
The Danish presidency of the European Union has been visiting the Middle East to present a plan for peace. Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Binyamin Bin-Eliezer, as well as Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. Although Moeller was received politely by both sides, the plan is generally seen as unlikely to achieve much.

Barkat: Without good high-tech, Apax will quit Israel 
"Without a complete turnaround, the Israeli venture capital industry could disappear in 3-4 years."
Globes, September 5, 2002
"Unless people wake up, Israeli venture capital industry could disappear in 3-4 years. It’s as simple as that," Apax Partners Ventures (Israel) partner Allan (Hanoch) Barkat told ''Globes''. Apax manages €12 billion of capital. 

Iran develops '\'one of the world's most precise surface-to-surface missiles'\'
Al-Bawaba, September 7, 2002 
Iran has successfully test-fired a solid-fuelled surface-to-surface missile, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.

Laundry detergent image tarnished in Egypt by Israeli Premier name...
Al-Bawaba, September 7, 2002  
A report recently sent by the Israeli embassy in Cairo to the Foreign Ministry in Tel Aviv claims that Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Obeid had to be personally recruited for the sake of improving the image of “Ariel” laundry detergent, due to its association with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.