One
Palestinian killed, two
injured as foreign security
experts plan to start training
program for PA forces
Al-Bawaba, September 16,
2002
Israeli soldiers shot and
killed a Palestinian man
near an Israeli-controlled
road crossing in the Gaza
Strip on Monday, Palestinian
police officials said.
Woman
injured in clash
Gulf Daily News, September
16, 2002
GAZA CITY: A Palestinian
woman was wounded last night
by Israeli fire in the Gaza
Strip during a brief army
incursion, hospital and
security sources said. The
28-year-old woman was hit
by bullets when soldiers
opened fire apparently without
provocation on Palestinians
in Rafah, a town on the
border with Egypt, whose
frontier is policed by Israel,
hospital sources said.
Palestinian
killed in Gaza; army on
high alert for Yom Kippur
Ha'aretz, September 16,
2002
Israeli forces shot dead
a Palestinian between two
army checkpoints in the
Gaza Strip on Monday as
Jews marked Yom Kippur,
the holiest day in the Jewish
calendar.
Palestinians
disobey Israeli curfew to
protest new checkpoint in
Nablus
Chicago Sun-Times, September
16, 2002
JERUSALEM--With Israel on
high alert for attacks on
the Jewish holy day of Yom
Kippur, about 200 Palestinians
defied an Israeli-imposed
curfew to march through
Nablus on Sunday in protest
of a new security checkpoint
in the middle of the West
Bank town.
IDF
back on the offensive in
Gaza Strip
Ha'aretz, September 16,
2002
Gaza Strip operations by
the Israel Defense Forces
during the past week are
more significant than they
may initially appear. 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.
Israel
accused of sham probes in
military killings
San Francisco Chronicle,
September 16, 2002
But army says deaths of
Palestinian civilians have
been justified: Jerusalem
-- The issue is like a wound
that is torn open again
and again, with no chance
to heal. And the discourse
around it might as well
be a dialogue of the mute.
U.S.
water experts arrive in
Lebanon to mediate water
crisis
Ha'aretz, September 16,
2002
A delegation of U.S. water
experts arrived 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.
Int'l
security experts, including
CIA, start training PA officers
Ha'aretz, September 16,
2002
A training course for Palestinian
Authority security officers,
run by the Central Intelligence
Agency and other international
security experts, got underway
Monday in Jericho.
About
200 march in Nablus in defiance
of Israeli curfew
Jordan Times, September
16, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Agencies)
— With Israel on high
alert for attacks on the
Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur,
about 200 Palestinians defying
an Israeli-imposed curfew
marched through Nablus on
Sunday to protest a new
security checkpoint in the
middle of the West Bank
town.
Palestinian
man shot dead in Gaza, Israeli
army raids Nablus apartment
New Jersey.com, September
16, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli
soldiers shot and killed
a Palestinian near an Israeli-controlled
road crossing in the Gaza
Strip on Monday, Palestinian
police officials said.
Israel
Imprisons Three Million
Palestinians in Their Homes
on Eve of Jewish Holiday
Palestine Chronicle, September
15, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (IAP)
- The Israeli occupation
army has effectively imposed
a collective house arrest
on more than three million
Palestinians in the West
Bank and Gaza Strip on the
eve of a major Jewish holiday.
US
wades into Mid-East water
dispute
BBC, September 16, 2002
The work takes place in
full view of Israeli territory:
The United States has begun
a mission to resolve a dispute
over war resources between
Lebanon and Israel.
Larger
aim in Iraq: alter Mideast
Christian Science Monitor,
September 16, 2002
(WASHINGTON)Any US effort
to oust Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein could end up changing
much more than one nation's
governing regime. In fact,
some administration officials
believe that a successful
anti-Hussein operation could
tip the geopolitical balance
of the entire Middle East
in the US favor.
Gaza
boys pick their teams for
war games
The Guardian, September
16, 2002
Losing his hand fails to
sever a teenager's passion
for intifada: Swinging between
solemnity and euphoria,
Jameel Shaqfa sits on a
hospital bed repeating to
every new visitor the story
of the night he lost his
hand.
Arab
nations urge U.N. to end
Palestinian-Israeli conflict;
Syrian FM to join Quartet
meeting
Al-Bawaba, September 16,
2002
Arab nations have been pressing
for effective United Nations
action to end the Palestinian-Israeli
conflict.
American
water experts to arrive
in Lebanon to mediate in
dispute with Israel
Al-Bawaba, September 16,
2002
A mission of American water
experts is expected to arrive
in Beirut on Monday to mediate
in a dispute over the Council
of the South’s project
to tap the Hasbani River,
which also supplies water
to Israel.
Bush
calls for not approving
the accountability law against
Syria
Arabic News, September 16,
2002
The Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa
(the news) quoted well-informed
media and political reports
in Washington saying that
the US President George
Bush asked the US Congress
not to approve the Draft
law on "Accountability"
relating to Syria.
Sudan:
Israel backs the rebels
Arabic News, September 16,
2002
The official spokesman for
the Sudanese army Lt. Gen.
Muhammad Bashir Suleiman
said the link between the
rebels movement with Israel
through providing the rebels
with weapons and training
and the existence of Israeli
experts in the lines of
the rebels is a well known
fact admitted by the leader
of the rebels and was disclosed
through John Garang's repeated
visit to Israel.
Israel
and al-Wazzani river waters
Arabic News, September 16,
2002
The Israeli deputy defense
minister for water affairs
Nawah Gheinari arrived in
the USA on Saturday, delegated
by the Israeli government.
Many
Palestinians would demote
Arafat
Chicago Sun-Times, September
16, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank--Many
Palestinians say they no
longer are willing to put
up with Yasser Arafat's
absolute rule--a turning
point in the history of
a people largely shaped
by one man.
REPORT:
Four in five Israelis believe
Olso accords are no longer
valid
Jerusalem Post, September
16, 2002
Four in five Israelis believe
the interim peace accords
with the Palestinians are
no longer valid, according
to a poll released Friday,
the anniversary of the historic
Sept. 13, 1993 White House
handshake between Yitzhak
Rabin and Yasser Arafat
that ushered in the peace
talks.
Mideast
situation 'extremely critical',
Muasher tells UN
Jordan Times, September
16, 2002
'Only way out of Iraq crisis
is through implementation
of UN resolutions': NEW
YORK (Petra) — Foreign
Minister Marwan Muasher
on Sunday described the
situation in the Middle
East as “extremely
critical,” adding
that Israel's reoccupation
of Palestinian-ruled areas
and its policies have created
unbearable living conditions
for the Palestinian people.
Diary
from Nablus, Day 87
Palestine Chronicle, September
16, 2002
“I went to school
today without my uniform,
how about that, what do
you think of a school that
allows that to happen?”
Qamar, My daughter, asked
angrily. She was referring
to the neighborhood school
she attended class in today.
Palestinian
Minister Appeals to the
World to Rescue Nablus
Palestine Chronicle, September
15, 2002
RAMALLAH (PMC) - Minister
of Culture and Information
Yasser Abed Rabbo, issued
an urgent appeal Saturday
calling upon Arab and international
institutions and world-wide
municipalities to intervene
immediately to safeguard
the City of Nablus from
the planned mass destruction
campaign Israel's occupation
army is embarking on in
the historical city.
The
UN Perception of the Sabra
and Shatila Massacre
Palestine Chronicle, September
13, 2002
(PC) - The following is
the text of UN resolutions
regarding the status of
the Sabra and Shatila massacre
as viewed by international
law, in particular: the
UN Security Council, UN
General Assembly and the
UN Commission on Human Rights.
Israeli
missile defences beefed
up
The Guardian, September
16, 2002
Israel is better equipped
to handle any Iraqi counter-attack
than it was in the Gulf
war when some 39 Scud missiles
landed on the country, the
army chief, Moshe Yaalon,
assured Israelis yesterday.
Mekorot:
Disruption of drinking water
supplies possible
Globes, September 16, 2002
The Mekorot National Water
Company recommends the immediate
reduction of water consumption
by all available means.
Over-pumping will reach
153 million cubic meters
in 2002, and Lake Kinneret
will fall below the red
line.
UNDP,
USAID Work Jointly to Create
Job Opportunities for Palestinians
Palestine Chronicle, September
15, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Against
the background of recurrent
warnings of a humanitarian
crisis in the occupied Palestinian
Territory, the United Nations
Development Program (UNDP)
and the United States Agency
for International Development
(USAID) has initiated a
$15 million employment-generation
program for the region,
in an attempt to alleviate
the poor living standards
of thousands of Palestinians
plagued by chronic poverty
and soaring unemployment.
The
bitter legacy of Sharon’s
unfinished business
The Scotsman, September
16, 2002
WITHIN minutes of entering
the Sabra and Shatila refugee
camps in West Beirut, we
knew what had happened and
how it had come about.
China
Calls for Political Settlement
of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
People's Daily Online, September
16, 2002
China said Sunday that efforts
should be made to seek through
political negotiations a
settlement of the conflicts
between the Israelis and
the Palestinians.
U.S.
Congress to discuss 4 Israelis
held by Hezbollah in Lebanon
Ha'aretz, September 16,
2002
The U.S. Congress is expected
to hold a hearing in the
beginning of October on
the kidnapping of Israeli
businessman Elhanan Tannenbaum
and three IDF soldiers,
Omar Souad, Benny Avraham
and Adi Avitan, who were
captured by Hezbollah in
October 2000.
Some
want fire, some want water
Ha'aretz, September 16,
2002
Water is a vital resource.
People go to war for it.
Thus, acts undertaken in
recent days to divert the
waters of the Wazzani River
threaten the stability of
the Israel-Lebanon border,
since they could take away
3.5 million cubic meters
of water from Lake Kinneret
each year.
Airport
workers threaten to disrupt
travel
Jerusalem Post, September
16, 2002
Flights this morning may
be disrupted as Israel Airports
Authority (IAA) workers
are protesting an Interior
Ministry plan for Ben-Gurion
International Airport to
be annexed by the Lod Municipality.
Pro-Israel
ad on US TV stresses shared
values
Jerusalem Post, September
16, 2002
NEW YORK - A 30-second long
pro-Israel advertisement
touting the country's democratic
values but doesn't mention
its war on terror began
airing in Washington on
Thursday.
Welch’s
Remarks An Attempt To Improve
Image of U.S. Bias To Israel
Islam Online, September
16, 2002
CAIRO, September 16 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - U.S.
Ambassador to Cairo David
Welch claimed Monday, September
16, that Washington has
no plans to redraw the map
of the Middle East, but
observers brushed aside
his remarks as "an attempt
to improve a deeply-rooted
image of flagrant U.S. bias
towards Israel".
audio:
Israel,
Iraq, and the U.S.
National Public Radio, September
13, 2002
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