Israeli-Palestinian
contacts to end siege fail;
Israel rejects EU request
to meet Arafat
Al-Bawaba, September 23,
2002
Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat rejected Israel's
terms for ending its siege
of his headquarters after
the two sides held their
first contacts on the standoff,
senior Palestinian negotiator
Saeb Erakat said Monday.
Arafat
Rejects Demand To List Names
The Guardian, September
23, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP)
- Yasser Arafat on Monday
rejected Israel's demand
that he provide a list of
everyone holed up with him
in his besieged office,
a Palestinian negotiator
said after meeting with
Israeli officials in the
first face-to-face contact
in the five-day standoff.
Israel,
PA discuss siege on Arafat
amid growing U.S. criticism
against Israel
Al-Bawaba, September 23,
2002
Palestinians observed a
commercial strike Monday
in parts of the West Bank
and Gaza Strip, Palestinian
leaders appealed to the
Arab world for help and
called on their people to
resist the Israeli siege
on Yasser Arafat's offices,
which started Thursday.
Thousands
of Palestinians defy curfew,
take to streets to protest
siege on Arafat
Alternative Information
Center, September 22, 2002
At least four Palestinians
were killed and more than
fifty injured after midnight
when Israeli occupation
troops opened fire on peaceful
demonstrators protesting
Israeli army siege on Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat.
Sharon
Blames Arafat For Demolition
Of Compound
Israeli Soldiers Fatally
Shoot Four Protestors, One
Teen
KCRA News, September 22,
2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israel's
prime minister is blaming
Yasser Arafat for the assault
on his West Bank compound.
Ariel Sharon says the Palestinian
leader has "caused all this
suffering."
Six
injured, two seriously,
in shooting attack in Hebron
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
Six Israelis were injured,
two seriously, in a shooting
attack Monday in the West
Bank city of Hebron.
Arafat
nixes Israel demand to submit
list of Muqata occupants
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
Palestinian minister Saeb
Erekat said Monday that
Palestinian Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat had refused
to present Israel a list
of those with him inside
his besieged Ramallah compound.
Israeli officials earlier
also refused to give Arafat
a roster of the suspected
militants they say are holed
up in the Muqata and should
give themselves up.
Thousands
break curfews to protest
on the streets of West Bank
and Gaza Strip
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
The army's siege on Yasser
Arafat's Muqata compound
in Ramallah and its demand
that 19 terror suspects
be turned over, sparked
a wave of protests throughout
the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip, starting late Saturday
night. Five Palestinians
were killed and scores wounded
as thousands of demonstrators
took to the streets in Hebron,
Tubas, Nablus and Bethlehem,
and also at a number of
sites on the Gaza Strip.
Arafat
finished: Sharon
The Advertiser, September
23, 2002
ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon said Yasser Arafat
was "finished", in his latest
jab at the Palestinian leader,
besieged by the army in
his Ramallah office, the
Maariv newspaper reported
on Sunday.
Arafat
meets supporters
The Advertiser, September
23, 2002
BESIEGED Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat has delivered
a defiant address to some
3000 Palestinian students
gathered at Bethlehem university
to demonstrate their support
for him.
Israeli,
Palestinian officials meet
on standoff
Toronto Globe and Mail,
September 23, 2002Ramallah,
West Bank — For the
first time in the five-day
siege of Yasser Arafat's
office, Israeli and Palestinian
officials met Monday to
try to end the standoff.
Israel eased Mr. Arafat's
isolation by allowing a
Palestinian Cabinet minister
to brief him on the negotiations.
IDF
kills Nablus boy
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
Four foreign members of
an International Solidarity
Mission group in Nablus
yesterday witnessed an apparently
unprovoked IDF shooting
of a 14-year-old Palestinian
boy with whom they were
talking after the army had
earlier dispersed a group
of teens who were throwing
stones at IDF tanks.
Muqata
siege pulls Hamas and Fatah
together
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
For the first time since
the start of the intifada,
senior Hamas activists in
Gaza took part in a PLO-organized
rally and pledged support
for the besieged Palestinian
Authority Chairman Yasser
Arafat.
All
Palestinian Factions Defy
Sharon, Support Arafat
Islam Online, September
22, 2002
RAMALLAH, September 22 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - With
Israeli bulldozers and tanks
on the edge of Palestinian
President Yasser Arafat's
last redoubt Sunday, September
22, for the third day running,
Palestinians rallied across
the West Bank and Gaza to
show solidarity with their
leader, as Arab and European
leaders demanded that Israel
lift its blockade.
UK
Gulf War General Dubs Iraqi
Invasion "Unjustified":
Report
Islam Online, September
23, 2002
LONDON, September 22 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - The
officer who commanded the
British 7th Armored Brigade
in the Gulf War has revealed
that he is strongly opposed
to a military invasion of
Iraq, reported a U.K. newspaper
on Sunday, September 22.
Israel
Starving Besieged Arafat
And Authority
Islam Online, September
23, 2002
RAMALLAH, Reoccupied West
Bank, September 23 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - Members
of the Palestinian Authority,
holed up with President
Yasser Arafat, accused the
Israeli occupation army
Monday, September 23, of
lying about how much food
it had allowed into the
besieged Ramallah Headquarters,
saying they had only enough
for two days at most if
they subsisted on half rations.
Despite
World Criticism, Israel
Prevents E.U. Envoy’s
Access to Arafat
Islam Online, September
23, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, September
23 (IslamOnline &
News Agencies) - The Israeli
government rejected Monday,
September 23, a request
by European envoy Miguel
Angel Moratinos to meet
with besieged Palestinian
President Yasser Arafat
in Ramallah, an Israeli
Foreign Ministry official
said.
IDF
officers to brief CIA on
terror cell that trained
in Iraq
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
A delegation of senior IDF
officers has left for Washington
in order to brief the CIA
on a Palestinian terror
cell discovered in Israel
that had trained at military
camps in Iraq.
Arafat
HQ spared but Israeli siege
continues
The Guardian, September
23, 2002
Israel today halted its
demolition of Yasser Arafat's
headqarters but maintained
a siege around the last
remaining building and said
it would not withdraw until
those inside surrendered.
Rice:
U.S. to win war on Iraq;
Congressmen fear attack
on Iraq will lead to Arab-Israeli
war
Al-Bawaba, September 23,
2002
The U.S. will mobilise "sufficient
force to win" a war against
Iraq and will then dedicate
itself to rebuilding the
country into a unified,
democratic state, US national
security adviser Condoleezza
Rice said in a newspaper
interview.
Israeli
reports: Three Palestinians
trained by al Qaeda in Iraq
arrested
Al-Bawaba, September 23,
2002
Israeli radio stations reported
Monday that Israel has arrested
three Palestinians suspected
of training with al-Qaeda
operatives in Iraq and planning
attacks in Israel.
Small
bomb explodes near McDonald's
restaurant in Lebanon; no
injuries
Al-Bawaba, September 23,
2002
A bomb placed under a van
exploded near a branch of
the US fast food chain McDonald's
outside the Lebanese capital
overnight, without causing
injury.
Israel
denounced as Arafat siege
tightens
The Guardian, September
23, 2002
A rising chorus of European
and Arab governments as
well as thousands of Palestinian
protesters on the street
demanded action yesterday
to stop Israel's tightening
siege of Yasser Arafat's
half ruined offices in Ramallah.
Israeli
Minister of Health Dahan:
'Muslims on the Temple Mount
are snakes and scorpions'
Alternative Information
Center, September 23, 2002
"Wolves who gradually rose
up and are now snakes and
scorpions" - so described
the Israeli Minister of
Health Nissim Dahan (Shas)
the Muslim worshippers on
the Temple Mount (Al-Haram
al-Sharif).
GSS:
Islamic movement activities
'border on subversiveness'
Alternative Information
Center, September 23, 2002
The Israeli General Security
Services (GSS) recommend
to outlaw the Islamic Movement
(in Israel)and increase
surveillance of its activities
and several of its prominent
leaders.
Commencement
of academic year disrupted
by closure, ongoing Israeli
threats
Alternative Information
Center, September 23, 2002
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
was to herald the first
day of the first semester
of the 2002/2003 academic
year. And while great strides
have been made to get the
semester off to a strong
start, the ongoing Israeli
occupation’s policies
of closures and curfews
are once again delaying
the start of a new academic
year at Birzeit University.
Abdullah,
US commander discuss regional
issues
Arab News, September 23,
2002
RIYADH, 23 September —
Prince Abdullah, the regent,
discussed regional developments
yesterday with Gen. Tommy
Franks, commander of US
forces in the Gulf.
Report:
Corrupt political elites
and businessman kill economic
development
Arabic News, September 23,
2002
The Transparency International
index of corruption perceptions
for world countries for
the year 2002 ranks 102
countries, the highest number
ever.
Carlyle
Group of US negotiating
to buy IMI anti-terror unit
Globes, September 23, 2002
Former US Secretary of Defense
Frank Carlucci is chairman
of the Carlyle Group: Sources
inform ''Globes'' that the
Carlyle Group of the US
is negotiating to buy Israel
Military Industries' (IMI)
Academy for Advanced Security
and Anti-Terror Training.
Former US Secretary of Defense
Frank Carlucci is chairman
of the Carlyle Group.
New
gas mask to enter use only
in 2003
Globes, September 23, 2002
Senior defense source: Current
gas masks cannot provide
absolute protection against
unconventional weapons:
The new Israeli gas mask
will not be operational
for the next Gulf war –
the anticipated US operation
against Iraq – and
enter service only in 2003.
Mideast
Unrest Fuels Search for
Info on Web
Yahoo News, September 23,
2002
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The
crisis in Israel and the
Palestinian territories
has given a boost to Internet
sites that offer not only
the region's news but also
its wide range of views.
Statement
by the Foreign Secretary
on the siege of President
Arafat's headquarters
UK Government Web site
The Foreign Secretary, Jack
Straw, has expressed his
deep concern at the continuing
deployment of Israeli troops
in Ramallah. He said: 'This
blockade and the damage
to President Arafat's compound
is not justified. I urge
an early end to this action.'
Prominent
Dutch citizens: 'End the
occupation'
Electronic Intifada, September
23, 2002
'Israel must unconditionally
withdraw from the territories
it occupied since 1967 and
implement all relevant UN
resolutions'. This petition
has been signed by two hundred
prominent Dutch citizens,
including politicians, writers,
and artists and will be
published in an advertisement
in the Dutch daily newspaper
De Volkskrant.
Film
SUNDAY boycotts Israeli
film festival
Electronic Intifada, September
21, 2002
Derry based Gaslight Productions,
the driving force behind
Channel 4's drama documentary
film 'SUNDAY' about the
events of Bloody Sunday,
is the latest cultural organisation
to join the international
boycott of Israel. 'SUNDAY'
was selected for the prestigious
Haifa International Film
Festival, which opens today.
Student
union may pay legal fees
Canada.com, September 14,
2002
Resolution calls for Concordia
council to help those arrested
after violent protest: The
Concordia Student Union
is prepared to offer help,
including paying legal fees,
for students arrested in
a protest against ex-Israeli
prime minister Benjamin
Netanyahu.
Annan
urges Israelis, Palestinians
to settle now not later
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan on Monday urged
Israelis and Palestinians
to reach a peace settlement
"sooner rather than later"
because the current violence
will lead to more destruction,
not peace.
PM:
When we have sufficient
forces, we'll target Hamas
in Gaza
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
said Monday he eventually
plans to launch military
operations against the militant
Hamas group in the Gaza
Strip.
Israel
halts demolition of the
Muqata
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
Under American pressure,
the IDF yesterday halted
its demolition of buildings
in the Ramallah Muqata and
allowed provisions to be
delivered to besieged Palestinian
Authority Chairman Yasser
Arafat and his men.
U.S.
senators warn of Arab-Israeli
war
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
WASHINGTON - Prominent members
of the U.S. Congress yesterday
warned that a unilateral
American attack on Iraq
could draw in Israel and
lead to a wider Arab-Israeli
war.
U.K.
Campaign to Boycott Israeli
Products
Islam Online, September
23, 2002
LONDON, September 23 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) –
The Plaid Cymru party in
Wales, Britain, is carrying
out a wide ranged campaign
among the British population
to boycott Israeli products
and to raise awareness regarding
the plight of the Palestinian
people.
West
rebukes Israel for demolition
of Arafat's compound
The Independent, September
23, 2002
Condemnation poured in from
around the world yesterday
after the Israeli army demolished
almost all of Yasser Arafat's
presidential compound, on
a day when Palestinians
defied the Israeli army
as they have not done for
months, storming on to the
streets in protest.
Focus
/ Why doesn't Israel confront
Hamas?
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
While Israel Defense Forces
bulldozers wrecked buildings
in Yasser Arafat's Muqata
compound in Ramallah, Israel
refrained from taking action
against another "political"
leadership, whose ties to
terror attacks are not in
dispute - Hamas operatives
in the Gaza Strip.
Pressure
on Beirut to force prisoner
exchange with Israel
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
The kidnapping of three
IDF soldiers - Omar Suwad,
Adi Avitan and Benny Avraham
- and of businessman Elhanan
Tannenbaum by the Hezbollah
two years ago, raised the
hopes of the families of
the Lebanese being held
in Israel, that perhaps
their loved ones would be
exchanged for the Israeli
captives.
Both
sides get belligerent on
Wazzani River dispute
Ha'aretz, September 23,
2002
Deputy Defense Minister
Weizman Shiri yesterday
visited the Lebanese border
to see the water project
just over the border beyond
the village of Ghajar. He
said: "The Americans can
send an envoy, they can
do all the surveys they
want, but we know what we
have to do."
Top
Palestinian arrested for
threatening to kill Jerusalem
Post reporter
Jerusalem Post, September
23, 2002
Jerusalem police on Monday
arrested a senior aide to
Palestinian legislative
speaker Ahmed Qurie (Abu
Ala) on suspicion that he
threatened to kill a Jerusalem
Post reporter.
Sharon
to Christians: Pope told
me this land was promised
only to the Jews
Jerusalem Post, September
23, 2002
Cheering wildly, some 2,500
Christians gave ovation
after ovation to Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon Sunday night
as he told them that Israel
would never compromise on
the security of the Jewish
people or Israel's existence.
Hizbollah
blasts US involvement in
river dispute
Jordan Times, September
23, 2002
BEIRUT (AFP) — Lebanon's
resistance group Hizbollah
blasted Sunday the involvement
of a US official in trying
to cool tension with Israel
over the use of the waters
of a southern border river.
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