Palestinian Cabinet Ministers Quit
The Guardian, September 11, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - In a major blow to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, his 21-member Cabinet was forced to resign Wednesday to avoid being ousted by parliament in a vote of no confidence.

Fatah vows to stop attacks on Israelis
The Independent, September 11, 2002
Yasser Arafat's mainstream Fatah party was putting the final touches last night to a three-page declaration committing it to preventing all attacks against Israeli civilians.

Mandela Condemns “Black-White” U.S. Policies
Islam Online, September 11, 2002
WASHINGTON, September 11 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela said, in an interview made public Tuesday, September 10, that the United States posed a threat to world peace due to what he sees as a series of foreign policy mistakes made over the past several decades.

Arafat accepts resignation of ministers, sets date for presidential and parliamentary elections
Al-Bawaba, September 11, 2002
Members of the Palestinian Cabinet on Wednesday submitted their resignations to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, apparently to avoid being ousted by parliament in a vote of no-confidence. As a result, the vote was canceled.

Continued Israeli attacks against the Palestinians
Arabic News, September 11, 2002
The Israeli forces on Tuesday at dawn assassinated one member of the Palestinian security forces in Betonia town near Ramullah and two Palestinians were gravely wounded in attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation forces against the town which was stormed by the Israeli tanks and helicopters.

Mahmoud Abbas denies forthcoming meeting with Sharon because of Oslo statements
Arabic News, September 11, 2002
The secretary of the executive committee in the PLO has denied what was published by the Israeli mass media on a forthcoming meeting between him and the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon.

Four soldiers lightly hurt, 20 Palestinians arrested in territories
Ha'aretz, September 11, 2002 
Four soldiers were lightly injured Wednesday as security forces operated in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, arresting a total of 20 Palestinians.

Arafat sets Jan. 20 election date
Pioneer Press, September 11, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat on Wednesday set Jan. 20 as the date for presidential and parliamentary elections - a surprise move expected to displease the United States, which had sought a delay that might help sideline the Palestinian leader.

Security Cabinet: Rachel's Tomb to stay under Israeli control
Ha'aretz, September 11, 2002
The Security Cabinet approved Wednesday afternoon the Jerusalem security seam line plan and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's recommendation to leave Rachel's Tomb, situated on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, under Israeli control and to allow for free access to the tomb for all Israeli citizens, Israel Radio reported.

Fatah says it will end attacks on Israeli civilians
The Guardian, September 11, 2002
Pressure to be applied to Palestinian militants: Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement yesterday announced a unilateral halt to attacks on Israeli civilians and said it would try to prevent other militant Palestinian groups carrying out suicide bombings and other such attacks.

Peres meets with Erekat, Ben-Eliezer to see Yehiyeh
Ha'aretz, September 11, 2002 
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres agreed to transfer NIS 70 million of frozen tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, "with appropriate monitoring."

Senator Loses Nomination After Changing Party Twice
New York Times, September 11, 2002
Senator Robert C. Smith of New Hampshire, who quit and rejoined the Republican Party in an episode that turned many of his own supporters against him, lost his party's nomination to return to Washington last night.

Barenboim defies Israeli opinion
The Guardian, September 11, 2002
The Israeli conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim took his campaign for greater Israeli-Palestinian understanding into the heart of the West Bank yesterday, where he played at a Palestinian high school and said he "felt sorry" for any potential Israeli critics.

Report: U.S. Central Command to move headquarters to Qatar
Al-Bawaba, September 11, 2002
The U.S. Central Command will start moving its headquarters from Florida to Qatar on Friday, the Fox News Network reported late on Tuesday.

Former Israeli PM Netanyahu says he exchanged messages with Saddam in 1998
Al-Bawaba, September 11, 2002
Israel's former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday morning he exchanged secret messages with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. 

September 11, 2002: Risk of recession hangs over Arab economies
Al-Bawaba, September 11, 2002
In the year since the devastating September 11 terror attacks on the United States, the Arab world has experienced a significant drop in capital inflows, mainly in the form of foreign direct investments (FDI) and tourism receipts, concludes a report recently released by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF).

Jewish pianist performs in West Bank, faces death threats in Israel
Al-Bawaba, September 11, 2002
Jubilant Palestinian teenagers greeted pianist Daniel Barenboim on Tuesday before he sat down and played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata at a master class for young musicians in Ramallah.

Speech by Palestinian draws fire
Rocky Mountain News, September 11, 2002
Thousands expected to protest outside Colorado College: Critics of a planned keynote speech on the Colorado College campus this week by Palestinian Hanan Ashrawi said Tuesday that they hope to have thousands of protesters outside the Colorado Springs school.

Macy's agrees to pay Palestinian woman fired after 9/11
Sarasota Herald Tribune, September 11, 2002
Court documents indicate Macy's will pay $125,000 to a Palestinian woman who claimed she was fired after being wrongfully accused of anti-American sentiments after the 9-11 terror attacks.

IDF evacuates illegal settlement outpost near Nablus
Ha'aretz, September 11, 2002 
IDF and police forces evacuated the illegal settlement outpost of Ein Horon on Wednesday morning, which is close to the West Bank settlement of Bracha, south-west of Nablus.

Yediot Ahronot: Moufaz may assume the defense ministry in Israel
Arabic News, September 11, 2002
The Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot said in its Tuesday's issue that the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon agreed with the former army chief of staff Shaoul Moufaz that the latter would join the government and assume a high ranking post that might be the ministry of defense which is led by the leader of the Labor party Benyamin Ben Eleazer.

Analysis: The dangers of diverting the Wazzani
Ha'aretz, September 11, 2002
The current move by Lebanon to pump water from the Wazzani River - a tributary of the Hatzbani River which flows into Israel - is the most serious attempt by Lebanon to divert a major water source of Israel, according to a senior official at the Israeli Water Commission.

Israeli army pulls out of northern Gaza 
Xinhuanet, September 11, 2002
GAZA, Sept. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- More than 25 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles pulled out of the northern Gaza villages of Beit Hanoon and Beit Lahya Wednesday after a predawn incursion, Palestinian sources said.

Sharon warns against diversion of water sources in Lebanon
Ha'aretz, September 11, 2002 
Israel cannot agree to allow Lebanon to divert essential water sources, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared at a cabinet meeting yesterday.

Arafat sets date for leadership poll
BBC, September 11, 2002
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has announced that presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on 20 January next year.

Key Tanzim man rejects court's right to try him
Ha'aretz, September 11, 2002 
A senior commander of the Tanzim militias, who is on trial with their leader Marwan Barghouti, yesterday echoed his superior's main line of defense - that Israel has no authority to put him on trial.

Civil Rights Advocates Slam Revoking of Arab Israeli's Citizenship
Palestine Chronicle, September 10, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) called the Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai's decision on Monday, officially revoking the citizenship of Nahad Abu Kishaq, an Israeli citizen, "unprecedented" and charged that it "violated the basic human right of holding citizenship."

New system will identify planes with hostile intent
Ha'aretz, September 11, 2002 
Israel is developing new aviation defense technology that will enable it to identify civilian planes with hostile intent, Transportation Minister Ephraim Sneh told a press conference in Tel Aviv yesterday, marking the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States.

Harmony in Ramallah
Ha'aretz, September 11, 2002 
The internationally renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim yesterday gave a special concert in Ramallah.

American-Jewish philanthropist lays cornerstone for Nazareth child center
Ha'aretz, September 11, 2002 
The cornerstone was laid in Nazareth yesterday for the first child development center in the Arab community. The funds for the new center were provided by Irving Green, 92, a Jewish-American businessman who has donated tens of millions of dollars to Jewish communities in Israel.

Text of CPJ's Letter to the Israeli government Regarding Detained Journalists
Palestine Chronicle, September 11, 2002
As a nonpartisan organization of journalists dedicated to defending press freedom worldwide, we find it unacceptable that our colleagues continue to languish in detention without being charged with a crime.

Lebanese dailies call for freedom after crackdown on opposition TV
Jordan Times, September 11, 2002   
BEIRUT (AFP) — Daily newspapers across the political spectrum in Lebanon published on Tuesday a front-page call for freedom following the forcible closure of a television channel run by the Christian opposition and a ban on demonstrations over the shutdown.

Israeli Settlements in Gaza strip and the West Bank
Palestine Chronicle, September 11, 2002
GAZA STRIP/WEST BANK - The issue of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories is not only a decisive factor within the context of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, but equally a determining element in the future of peace in the region altogether.

PA worried about repeat celebrations
Jerusalem Post, September 11, 2002
The Palestinian Authority's security forces are on top alert Wednesday in an attempt to prevent any form of celebration of the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Interview with Naim Abu Hommous PhD - Palestinian Minister of Education
Palestine Chronicle, September 10, 2002
Despite the many obstacles imposed by Israel and even with all the damage inflicted against schools and educational institutes, the Ministry of Education was able to play a unique role in maintaining the Palestinian education process and getting through another school year.

Activists to Report Israeli Soldiers to ICC
Palestine Chronicle, September 10, 2002 
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PMC) - Israeli peace activists, who threatened to expose several Israeli soldiers, believed to have committed war crimes during military assaults on the Palestinians, are facing prosecution for their plans to report Israel to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Explosion Under Israeli Army Car, Double Incursions in Gaza
Islam Online, September 11, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, September 11 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - A bomb exploded under the car of an Israeli navy officer in the Israeli village of Harish by the West Bank overnight, Israeli army radio reported Wednesday, September 11.

Palestinians ask for Ramallah, Hebron withdrawals
Jerusalem Post, September 10, 2002
Five Palestinian Authority ministers asked Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin to withdraw IDF troops from Ramallah and Hebron, as part of the "Gaza-Bethlehem first" plan.

Anti-Zionist Radio Islam Raided by Police in Sweden
Islam Online, September 11, 2002
STOCKHOLM, September 11 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - The founder of Radio Islam in Stockholm, Ahmad Rami, also a Moroccan dissident, said that the Zionist lobby in the west took advantage of the September 11 attacks to quell any opposition to its racist policies.

Reuters: Islam Takes to the Web in the Aftermath of 9/11
Islam Online, September 11, 2002
CAIRO, September 11  (Reuters) - When Thomas from the United States wanted to know what the Muslim world had to say one year after the September 11 attacks, he turned to IslamOnline.net.

Palestinian Bestseller Predicts End of America
International Christian Embassy Jerusalem Israeli News, September 10, 2002
On the eve of the first anniversary of the American attacks of last September 11, a booklet that anticipates the destruction of the United States by 2004 has become a best seller in the Palestinian areas. The booklet compares today’s geo-political reality with that of ancient Egypt in the time of Moses. Among other methods, it does this by turning to the Koran to see the physical similarities between the Hebrew deliverer Moses and Osama bin Laden.

Slide show: Palestine: 3 Massacres in 5 Days
Islam Online

Slide show: Photos from the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Save The Children

Slide show: An Album Of Islamic Relief's Work In Palestine
Islamic Relief

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