Israel
piles pressure on Arafat
BBC, September 22, 2002
Israel's aim to make life
unbearable for Yasser Arafat:
The Israeli army has pulled
down a building next to
Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat's office in his Ramallah
compound after a night of
protests in which four Palestinians
were reported killed.
Israel
cuts water, power to Arafat
Toronto Globe and Mail,
September 22, 2002
Ramallah, West Bank —
Israeli forces cut off water,
telephones and power to
Yasser Arafat's devastated
headquarters on Sunday,
tightening a siege that
is intended to isolate him
but has prompted widespread
protests in his support.
Electricity,
water cut in Arafat's headquarters
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
Five Palestinians were killed
in the West Bank on Saturday
and Sunday during Palestinian
demonstrations in support
of PA Chairman Yasser Arafat,
who is under siege in his
Ramallah headquarters.
Israeli
Army Threatens to Blow Up
Arafat’s Office -
International Community
Delivers Mild Response
Palestine Chronicle, September
21, 2002
RAMALLAH (PC) - Israeli
troops besieging and destroying
the Palestinian Presidential
headquarters in Ramallah
are calling on Palestinians
to give themselves up before
a huge explosion takes place.
Meanwhile, mild condemnation
of the Israeli attacks on
Arafat were reported.
Five
Palestinians killed in Gaza
operations
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
At least five Palestinians
were killed on Friday during
one of the deepest penetration
operations by the IDF into
the Gaza Strip since the
outbreak of the intifada
in October 2000. During
the operation five IDF soldiers
were lightly injured.
Shots
fired at Gilo; IDF arrests
7 wanted Palestinians in
W. Bank
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
Shots were fired from Beit
Jalla at the Jerusalem neighborhood
of Gilo early Sunday morning,
after five months of quiet
in the area. There were
no injuries or damage in
the shooting.
Deputy
Defense Min.: Arafat can
leave country, but not return
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
Deputy Defense Minister
Weizman Shiri said Sunday
that Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat was free to
leave the country, but would
not be allowed to return.
"If he decides he wants
to get out we'll give him
a lift," Shiri told Army
Radio on Sunday. "We'll
give him a one-way ticket
in a dignified way."
Background
/ The real target is Arafat
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
"A Matter of Time" is the
codename being used by the
army for the renewed siege
on Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat's
Ramallah compound (Muqata)
in the West Bank. In the
current Palestinian conflict,
names of operations, for
a while already, have not
been randomly churned out
by a computer: The name,
apparently, is meant to
hint that breaking Arafat,
followed by his leaving
the Muqata due to intense
Israeli pressure, is only
a matter of time.
Jerusalem's
streets turned into neighborhood
battleground
Florida Sun-Sentinel, September
22, 2002
JERUSALEM -- In a war typically
fought with hidden bombs,
tanks and fighter jets,
Nasser al-Ghawi is making
his last stand in a wooden
shack on a downtown street,
covered by garbage bags
and defended by old property
deeds.
Europe
condemns Ramallah siege
Jeruslaem Post, September
22, 2002
LONDON Europe stepped up
its condemnation of Israel's
three-day-old siege of Yasser
Arafat Saturday, with France
demanding an immediate end
to what it described as
an "appalling" situation.
Who
are the fugitives?
Jeruslaem Post, September
22, 2002
Of the 50 fugitives holed
up in Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat's
Ramallah headquarters, the
most wanted are Tawfik Tirawi,
the head of the West Bank
General Intelligence Service;
Eini Alhalo, head of the
West Bank General Intelligence
Service's special forces;
Mohammed Damra (Abu Awad),
the Force 17 commander in
the Ramallah area; and Khilad
Shawish, a Force 17 member.
Thousands
Rally Over Preservation
of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestine Chronicle, September
21, 2002
UMM AL-FAHM (PMC) - More
than 50,000 Arab Israelis
demonstrated Friday evening
at the local stadium in
Umm al-Fahm, north of Israel,
calling for the preservation
of Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied
East Jerusalem- the third
holiest site for Muslims.
Palestinians
Take to the Streets, Vow
to Protect Arafat - Four
Killed, 40 Wounded
Palestine Chronicle, September
21, 2002
RAMALLAH/GAZA (PC) - Thousands
of Palestinians took to
the streets of the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip
in solidarity with the Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat. Arafat,
along with 250 officers
and officials are besieged
in the only building in
the Presidential headquarters
that is still standing.
IDF
operation foiled initative
to appoint Abu Mazen as
PM
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
The IDF operation in the
Muqata, the compound of
Palestinian Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat in the West
Bank city of Ramallah, prevented
the convening of a special
meeting of the Fatah Central
Committee, which had planned
to use the meeting to persuade
Arafat to lift his objection
to the appointment of a
prime minister, and give
the role to his deputy Mahmoud
Abbas (Abu Mazen).
NY
Times: PM told U.S. Israel
will retaliate if hit by
Iraq
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
has told the U.S. government
that Israel will retaliate
if it is attacked by Iraq,
according to Israeli and
Western officials quoted
in the New York Times on
Sunday.
U.S.
tightens up visa procedures
for Israelis
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
WASHINGTON - The tightening
of procedures for the entry
of foreigners into the United
States has affected many
Israelis in recent months,
particularly those born
in Arab countries and in
Iran.
Relatives
of Lebanese prisoners in
Israel hold protest in Beirut
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
Family members of Lebanese
prisoners held in Israeli
jails held protests last
week in Beirut against the
Lebanese government for
not making moves to release
their family members from
Israeli prisons.
Palestinians
doubt Israel will harm Arafat
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
In response to the siege
and new piles of rubble
at Yasser Arafat's Ramallah
compound, top Palestinian
officials were sending out
cries of distress last night.
Some said they feared for
Arafat's life.
IDF
destroys most of Arafat's
HQ
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
RAMALLAH - The Israel Defense
Forces have destroyed 15
buildings and 13 caravans
in the Muqata, the compound
of Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat.
IDF sources yesterday said
operations in the compound
would continue and all the
structures, apart from Arafat's
main office building, would
be destroyed if the terror
suspects who have taken
refuge there are not turned
over to Israeli authorities.
Lebanon
rejects U.S. request to
halt Wazzani water project
Ha'aretz, September 22,
2002
Lebanese officials have
rejected American requests
to cease work on a project
designed to divert water
from the Wazzani River.
Lebanese leaders declared
over the weekend that the
decision to pump the Wazzani
water is final, and incontrovertible.
Five
Palestinians slain in West
Bank, PA leadership vows
not to hand over '\'wanted'\'
Palestinians
Al-Bawaba, September 22,
2002
Five Palestinians were killed
by Israeli fire as massive
protests erupted across
the West Bank and Gaza Strip
in a show of support for
Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat, currently under
siege at his headquarters.
Former
Israeli PM: “Islamic
Movement is cancerous growth”;
Movement leader describes
Bush as ''American cowboy''
Al-Bawaba, September 22,
2002
Former Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu called
to outlaw the Islamic Movement
after its latest rally in
Umm el-Fahm, Israel Radio
reported. During an interview
with the radio, Netanyahu
said, "the Islamic Movement
is a cancerous growth, a
disease, which threatens
the Zionist character [of
the State]."
European
activists slam Caspian oil
pipeline project
Al-Bawaba, September 22,
2002
Over Sixty nongovernmental
organizations, most of which
are European-based, have
recently urged international
financial institutions and
bilateral export credit
agencies to deny funding
for a multi-billion-dollar
oil pipeline project BP
and other oil companies
have proposed to build across
Turkey.
Senator:
I Cannot Believe Gall &
Arrogance Of White House
Islam Online, September
22, 2002
CHARLESTON, West Virginia,
September 22 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - The
Democratic Senator of West
Virginia said that President
George W. Bush’s plans
to invade Iraq are a conscious
effort to distract public
attention from growing problems
at home, a local newspaper
in Virginia reported Saturday,
September 21.
Palestinian
girl receives Jewish bomb
victim's kidney
Jeruslaem Post, September
22, 2002
A suicide bombing that took
the lives of six Jews provided
a new life for a Palestinian
girl, who received a kidney
from a young Scottish student
killed in the blast, hospital
officials said Sunday.
Fatah
threatening Druse community
over treatment of Palestinians
Jeruslaem Post, September
22, 2002
Palestinian Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction
and its militant offshoots
have issued mounting threats
against the Israeli Druse
community for what they
consider the outstanding
cruelty of Druse soldiers
deployed in the West Bank.
Harvard
president: Divestment petition
is anti-Semitic
Jeruslaem Post, September
22, 2002
BOSTON - Supporters of a
petition calling for divestment
from Israel said Harvard
President Lawrence Summers
was wrong to cite their
drive as an example of increased
anti-Semitism.
Egyptian
Media-men: U.S. Ambassador
Should Go Back To His Country
Islam Online, September
22, 2002
CAIRO, September 21 (News
Agencies) - Egypt's media
slammed the U.S. ambassador
in Cairo on Saturday after
he apparently called for
the press to vet commentary
on the September 11 attacks,
news agencies reported.
Analysis:
Israel's tactics in Ramallah
BBC, September 22, 2002
Israel's plans in the latest
standoff are not fully clear:
What are the Israelis up
to at the Muqata'a, as Yasser
Arafat's Ramallah headquarters
is known?
Christian
lawyer to challenge Arafat
Jeruslaem Post, September
22, 2002
The Palestinians are eager
to change their leadership,
according to a Palestinian
lawyer who has decided to
challenge Yasser Arafat
in the upcoming election
for the presidency of the
Palestinian Authority.
French
City Plans Twinning with
Shatila
Palestine Chronicle, September
20, 2002
BEIRUT - A European city
will carry out a sister
city project with the Shatila
refugee camp to provide
Palestinians with the political
and humanitarian relief
that Arab countries and
the United Nations have
often failed to provide.
One
man against the war
Ha'aretz, September 21,
2002
Scott Ritter, the former
head of the UN weapons inspection
team in Iraq, claims that
Saddam Hussein does not
possess weapons of mass
destruction and says President
Bush is heading toward an
unnecessary war: WASHINGTON
- When Iraq announced last
week that it had agreed
to the return of the UN
weapons inspectors, Scott
Ritter was doing an interview
in CNN's "Crossfire" studio.
It was like music to his
ears: Here was confirmation
that the American war cries
were totally superfluous
and erroneous.
Inauspicious
images presented by the
West
Jerusalem Times, September
19, 2002
Recently, researcher Sana
Al-Saeed from Cairo University
finished a doctoraldissertation
about western media, specifically
US-based news channel Cable
News Network. The dissertation
gained approval from the
supervising professors.
Jerusalem
commercial sector in jeopardy
Jerusalem Times, September
19, 2002
Azzam Abu al-Su'oud, director
of the Jerusalem Chamber
of Commerce in occupied
East Jerusalem, asserted
last Monday that the city
had lost 90% of its tourism
business because of Israeli
restrictions on the city.
“The tourism sector
has completely collapsed
since the beginning of the
uprising,” he confirmed.
Web
Site Lists Professors Accused
of Anti-Israel Bias
Palestine Chronicle, September
20, 2002
In an attempt to combat
what it sees as anti-Israel
bias in academe, the Middle
East Forum has created a
new Web site that lists
faculty members it is monitoring
and allows students to report
on their professors.
Photo:
A Palestinian's Grievance
Florida Sun-Sentinel, September
22, 2002
Photo:
Street Dweller
Florida Sun-Sentinel, September
22, 2002
Click
for News Archives
