Palestinians hit Israeli helicopter; Israeli troops raid Gaza; Egyptian police shot girl on Gaza Strip border
Al-Bawaba, September 15, 2002
On Sunday, Israeli forces moved into an area east of Gaza City to take control of a major intersection, witnesses and the army said. Israeli bulldozers destroyed farmland, an irrigation pool and roads in the area.

Israel blockades Palestinian lands ahead of holiest day of Jewish calendar; Israeli security forces on high alert
Al-Bawaba, September 14, 2002
Israeli security forces are on high alert for possible attacks during Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, which begins Sunday afternoon, Army Radio reported. According to the warnings, Palestinians will try to infiltrate into Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Israel kills four Palestinians from one family, destroys 6 factories in Rafah
Arabic News, September 14, 2002
The Israeli forces reinforced the presence of its military forces in various areas in Gaza and brought in more tanks, armored vehicles to these areas where attacks escalated against the Palestinians and their infrastructure in various areas in the West Bank and Gaza where the Israeli tanks incurred in Rafah and broke into the towns of Beit Hanoun and Toubas.

Palestinians Fear Mass Expulsion in Case of War on Iraq
Palestiune Chronicle, September 15, 2002
HEBRON - Palestinian Authority official Saeb Erekat has warned that the Israeli regime of Ariel Sharon might take advantage of a probable American attack on Iraq to crush the Palestinian people.

Palestinian cook charged over 'poison plan'
BBC, September 15, 2002
Israeli customers were the alleged target: A Palestinian cook has been charged by the Israeli authorities with plotting to poison customers at a restaurant in West Jerusalem where he used to work.

Security trainers arrive in Jerico
Washington Times, September 15, 2002
AMMAN, Jordan, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Jordanian and Egyptian security personnel have arrived in the West Bank town of Jericho to start training a new Palestinian security force as part of the Palestinian Authority's reforms, an Israeli newspaper reported Sunday.

PA threatens to boycott foreign security experts
Jerusalem Post, September 15, 2002
The Palestinian Authority yesterday threatened to boycott the foreign security experts who are expected to arrive in Jericho within days to train PA security personnel, a senior PA official said.

IAF helicopter hit by Palestinian fire in Tul Karm area
Ha'aretz, September 15, 2002
Security forces are on alert for possible terror attacks during Yom Kippur, which begins toward Sunday evening, Army Radio reported Sunday. The army fears that terrorists might try to infiltrate Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

IDF back on the offensive in Gaza
Ha'aretz, September 15, 2002 
Israel Defense Forces operations in the Gaza Strip during the past week are more significant than may appear initially: while no such declarations have been made - in so far as the Gaza Strip is concerned - Israel has no hopes that the Palestinians will implement the "Gaza and Bethlehem First" accord.

Fatah leaders give Arafat cabinet 'blacklist'
Jerusalem Post, September 15, 2002
Fatah leaders and officials who met with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat over the weekend presented him with a list of ministers whom they said should not be included in the new cabinet.

President Talks of Palestinian Statehood
Cape Cod Online, September 15, 2002
BUSH HAS FIRST TALK WITH OFFICIAL FROM PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: JERUSALEM - In his first-ever discussion with a Palestinian Authority official, President Bush said statehood is a prerequisite for ending Palestinian suffering, the official said yesterday.

Israel steps up security for holiday
BBC, September 15, 2002
Extra forces are being deployed across the country: Israeli security forces are on high alert for possible Palestinian attacks during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur - which begins on Sunday afternoon.

Lebanon: U.S. mediators on water crisis to arrive in region Monday
Ha'aretz, September 15, 2002
A delegation of U.S. water experts will arrive in Lebanon on Monday to mediate in the evolving dispute between Israel and Lebanon over the diversion of water from the Hatzbani River, which also supplies water to Israel, according to Lebanese sources.

Khartoum: Israel helps rebels in order to divide Sudan
Al-Bawaba, September 15, 2002
Sabdarat meets Sultan Qaboos (ONA)
A Sudanese official accused Israel of giving southern rebels logistical and military support in a bid to "divide" Sudan and the Arab world. The claim was immediately rejected by the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army.

Hero of doves forgets when he was a hawk
The Observer, September 15, 2002
To the growing flocks of doves on Iraq now filling the political skies on both sides of the Atlantic, there is no more useful source to cite than William Scott Ritter.

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Calls for international help for the Palestinians get a sympathetic hearing at one university in Gaza City
BBC, Spetember 15, 2002

Palestine, new member in Arab Social and Economic Council
Arabic News, September 14, 2002
The 70th session of the Arab League's Social and Economic Council held in Cairo on Wednesday welcomed Palestine as a new member and decided to relieve Palestinian products of customs tariffs.

Nablus: 'Can you go to Balata?'
Electronic Intifada, September 13, 2002
'Can you go to Balata refugee camp?', I asked a taxi driver, who still tries to work in Nablus, a city under curfew, avoiding Israeli tanks when he spots them.

Israel prepared for Iraqi attack - army chief
Independent Online, September 15, 2002
Jerusalem - Israeli army chief Moshe Yaalon said on Sunday that Israel was prepared for an attack by Iraq as a conflict with Baghdad loomed after Washington said it would act against Saddam Hussein with or without world support.

Sudanese gov't accuses Israel of supporting southern rebels
Ha'aretz, September 15, 2002
MUSCAT, Oman - A Sudanese official accused Israel of giving southern rebels logistical and military support in a bid to "divide" Sudan and the Arab world.

Analysts: Iraq aiming planes carrying 'dirty bombs' at Israel
Ha'aretz, September 15, 2002
Western intelligence analysts say that Iraq has readied a number of its longer-range aircraft for "one-way missions," carrying non-conventional payloads and targeting cities in Israel.

Threat grounds plane on way to Israel
Independent Online, September 15, 2002
Bucharest - A Dutch flight with 122 people on board flying to Tel Aviv from Amsterdam made an emergency landing in Bucharest on Sunday after a bomb threat, Romanian officials said.

Egyptian teenage girl shot trying to infiltrate Gaza
Ha'aretz, September 15, 2002
A 15-year-old Egyptian girl was critically wounded Saturday after being shot by Egyptian police as she was trying to sneak into the Gaza Strip from Egypt, AFP reported, citing sources close to investigators.

Likud activist files police complaint against Mitzna campaign
Ha'aretz, September 15, 2002 
A Likud activist from Haifa filed a complaint with police Sunday claiming that Mayor Amram Mitzna and two of his aides were misusing their positions with the city for the purpose of Mitzna's campaign for leadership of the Labor Party leadership, Israel Radio reported.

U.S. may send mediator in Hatzbani water dispute
Ha'aretz, September 15, 2002 
An American hydrologist will arrive in Lebanon next week in an effort to serve as a mediator in the evolving dispute between Israel and Lebanon over the diversion of water from the Hatzbani River, according to Lebanese sources.

Shimon Peres warns against repeat of 1930s appeasement
Ha'aretz, September 15, 2002  
WASHINGTON - Foreign Minister Shimon Peres warned that a failure on the part of the international community to stop Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein would be similar to the mistake made by Europe vis-a-vis Hitler in the 1930s.

Iraq may aim at flights to and from Ben-Gurion
Ha'aretz, September 15, 2002  
Israel is concerned that Iraq may attempt to strike civil aviation at Ben-Gurion International Airport as part of its response to a U.S.-led offensive to oust Saddam Hussein.

Ha'aretz lauded for `balanced reporting'
Ha'aretz, September 15, 2002  
Ha'aretz has been awarded a medal of honor by the prestigious Missouri School of Journalism "in recognition of its long tradition of fiercely independent and balanced reporting under the most difficult of conditions."

Peres to US: There is hope for reviving Camp David
Jerusalem Post, September 15, 2002
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres told top US government officials Friday that he believed that a modified Camp David deal could still be reached with the Palestinians and urged the US to expedite the process of Palestinian Authority reforms.

20 Years After Sabra & Shatila Massacre, Palestinian Survivors Recall The Horror
Islam Online, September 15, 2002
Slain bodies everywhere_ human parts dispersed on the narrow streets_ badly injured women_ children and old men lying everywhere. It was beyond description: WEST BANK, September 15 (IslamOnline) – While the whole world is holding its breath, waiting for an eventual U.S. massive strike against Iraq , Monday, September 16, 2002 , marks the 20th anniversary of Sabra & Shatila massacre. One of the survivors told IslamOnline Sunday, September 15, 2002 , how Israeli forces committed their crime.

Mubarak discusses with Megawati issues of Palestine, Iraq
Arabic News, September 14, 2002
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri started official talks with President Hosni Mubarak immediately after arrival in Cairo on Thursday.

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