Militant 'survives' Gaza attack
BBC, September 27, 2002
An Israeli missile attack in the Gaza Strip failed to kill a senior leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, an Israeli cabinet minister has said.

Hamas chief survives Israeli attack
The Guardian, September 27, 2002
A man described as one of the militant Palestinian group Hamas's main bomb-makers was wounded in a rocket attack meant to kill him, an Israeli cabinet minister admitted today as debate grew on the tactic of using airstrikes in civilian areas.

Hamas activist killed in Hebron; Israeli minister says Hamas military chief is alive
Al-Bawaba, September 27, 2002
A leading Hamas activist was killed Friday by Israeli forces in Hebron, according to Palestinian sources in the city. They reported that Mohammed Jamal Yamour, 21, was killed after troops surrounded his house in the Farash neighborhood on Hebron and opened fire.

Gaza Maybe Invaded Next - New Assassination in Hebron - Deif is Not Dead
Palestine Chronicle, September 27, 2002
GAZA STRIP/WEST BANK (PC) - The Israeli army has reportedly established three more military zones in central Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, a 21-year-old Palestinian man was shot to death in Hebron.

Israeli raids leave seven more Palestinians dead
Arab News, September 27, 2002
GAZA CITY, 27 September — Eight people, including a Palestinian baby and an Israeli officer, were killed in the Palestinian territories yesterday, as Israel said it eliminated a top leader of the Hamas resistance group.

Palestinians kill Israeli army officer; Israel assassinates 7 Palestinians and an infant
Arabic News, September 27, 2002
Palestinian resistance forces killed an Israeli army officer and wounded two soldiers in Toulkarem and Jerusalem during confrontation with the Israeli forces which on Thursday continued the acts of killing and breaking in.

Top Hamas militant wounded in rocket attack: medics
Times of India, September 27, 2002
GAZA CITY: Top Hamas leader Mohammed Deif was wounded in an Israeli rocket attack on his car in Gaza City on Thursday, Palestinian medical sources here said, declining to say how seriously.

Survey: Most Israelis see conflict with Palestinians worsening
Globes, September 27, 2002  
53% say there is no military solution; 60% say Prime Minister Sharon will not reach a peace agreement: At this dizzying pace of events, it could happen, and has indeed already happened twice. In the short span of time between the filling out of survey questionnaires and the publication of the results, a dramatic event occurs, which calls into question the timeliness of the findings.

Sharon says gradual military escalation against Palestinians deflects criticism
New Jersey.com, September 27, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel is escalating military strikes against the Palestinians but moving gradually to deflect world criticism, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview published Friday.

Hamas Vows Revenge Against Israel
TylerPaper.com, September 27, 2002
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel tried to kill the mastermind of the Hamas bombing campaign Thursday, firing two missiles into a car in crowded Gaza City. Two bodyguards died and 35 bystanders were wounded in the helicopter attack, but the fate of the Palestinian militant remained uncertain. Hamas promised revenge.

Security sources: Mohammed Def injured in IAF strike
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002
Security sources estimated Friday that the IDF's attempted assassination Thursday of Hamas military leader Mohammed Def had failed to kill the man considered Israel's most-wanted terrorist, and had moderately injured him.

IDF kills Hamas activist in Hebron, arrests three in Gaza
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002 
A leading Hamas activist was killed Friday by IDF forces in Hebron, according to Palestinian sources in the city. The sources reported that Mohammed Jamal Yamour, 21, was killed after troops surrounded his house in the Farash neighborhood on Hebron and opened fire.

UN health chief says situation for Palestinians getting worse
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002 
GENEVA - Palestinians are facing a worsening health crisis which is being compounded by Israel's border closures and curfew restrictions, the head of the United Nations health agency said Friday.

Palestinian baby dies in Hebron when army lobs teargas into souk
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002 
Innocent Jenin man shot dead by IDF: A Palestinian infant was killed in Hebron yesterday morning near the city's commercial center after an IDF patrol fired rubber bullets and tear gas at Palestinians who violated the curfew imposed on the city's Arab residents.

Israel ready for compromise to end Muqata crisis, but wants men in jail
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002 
Israel will give up its demand that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat hand over the wanted men besieged with him in the Muqata in Ramallah - and will agree that, under "certain circumstances," the wanted men are put on trial and jailed in the territories - if an appropriate formula can be worked out for them to be placed under "genuine arrest."

`Green Line fence will harm rights of Palestinians,' B'Tselem says
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002 
There will be dire consequences for tens of thousands of Palestinians if the building of a fence along the Green Line continues, according to a report by the human rights watchdog B'Tselem.

Government considers expelling terrorists
Jerusalem Post, September 27, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met with top IDF brass Thursday to consider options regarding the continued IDF operations in Ramallah.

MKs challenge logic of Muqata mission
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002 
MKs from the right and left challenged the wisdom of the IDF's operation in the Muqata during a special Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee session held yesterday at the Defense Ministry compound. The parliamentarians also were highly critical of Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer's absence from the meeting.

Israeli Arab leaders to protest Ramallah siege today
Jerusalem Post, September 27, 2002
Israeli Arab leaders including MKs and local council heads are to demonstrate the ongoing siege of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Ramallah headquarters at the Kalandiya roadblock south of Ramallah this afternoon, to protest Israel's "barbaric assault on the Palestinian people and their leadership."

Jewish Extremist Jabs Young Palestinian Woman With Insulin
Islam Online, September 27, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, September 27 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - An ultra-Orthodox Jew attacked a young Palestinian woman in a street of central Jerusalem late Thursday, September 26, using a syringe to jab her with insulin, Israeli public radio reported.

Sharon: No military solution to the war with the Palestinians
Jerusalem Post, September 27, 2002
In a comprehensive, exclusive interview with The Jerusalem Post, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon offers his perspective on the possibility that Israel is forced to respond to an attack by Iraq during a US-led campaign against Saddam Hussein's regime.

Palestinians Retaliate, Open Fire on Settlers’ Car in West Bank
Islam Online, September 27, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, September 26 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - In a retaliatory attack for an Israeli Gaza rocket attack that killed at least three Palestinians and injured 40, including 15 children, and the death of tear gas inhalation in the West Bank town of Al-Khalil (Hebron) of a Palestinian baby girl, Palestinian resistance fighters opened fire at a car in the southern West Bank, injuring four Israelis late Thursday, September 26, Jewish settler sources said.

Palestinians debate whether reforms can happen under occupation
Jordan Times, September 27, 2002 
RAMALLAH (AFP) — Israel’s siege of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is dividing his mainstream Fateh movement, between those who want to press on with planned reforms and those who want to suspend them until Israel withdraws.

Israeli soldiers’ refusal of  military service growing steadily
Jordan Times, September 27, 2002 
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) — Despite public apathy and an increasingly militarised Israeli society, the number of soldiers refusing military service in the Palestinian territories is growing steadily as the conflict moves into its third year.

Why we refused
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002
Reservist pilots Lieutenant Colonel Danny Sahaf, Lieutenant Colonel Giora Ben-Dov and Major Hagai Tamir have three things in common: All take exception to the moral positions expressed by the air force commander-in-chief; all are opposed to bombing civilian areas and all refused to bomb non-military targets in Lebanon.

Arafat faces key test on anniversary of uprising
Jordan Times, September 27, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Treated as an outcast by the US, besieged by the Israelis in his ruined headquarters and increasingly criticised by his own people, President Yasser Arafat is facing one of his toughest tests two years into the Palestinian uprising.

Israel fears its officials will be prosecuted for war crimes
Arabic News, September 27, 2002
The judicial department at the Israeli foreign ministry has expressed its fears that the political and military leaderships in Israel will be exposed to a wave of judicial cases in the world because of the military operations carried out by the Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Israel killed 1897 Palestinians since the beginning of the Intifada
Arabic News, September 27, 2002
The Palestinian activist in defense of human rights, Mustafa Barghouthi, said in Ramullah on Wednesday that 1897 Palestinians were killed and 41,000 wounded since the beginning of the Palestinian Intifada two years ago.

America's awkward squad finds allies as Washington prepares for peace protests
The Guardian, September 27, 2002
Washington police are bracing themselves this morning for what could be the biggest weekend of protest in the US since the Seattle riots of 1999. With thousands of demonstrators expected, commuters have been urged to stay off the roads to prevent chaos.

Kuwait: one million signatures on a request to investigate Israeli crimes
Arabic News, September 27, 2002
Kuwaiti activists started a campaign to collect one million signatures on a message asking the UN secretary general Kofi Annan to investigate in the Israeli massacres against the Palestinians.

Women protest against Estee Lauder in Beirut
Times of India, September 27, 2002
BEIRUT: About 50 women gathered Friday outside a department store in downtown Beirut to protest against its sale of Estee Lauder beauty products, saying the U.S.-based company supported Israel.

More American patriot missiles deployed in Kuwait
Arabic News, September 27, 2002
Western military sources said that the US has been deploying more patriot missiles in Kuwait in order to protect its air bases, in what seems to be preparations for an American war against Iraq.

Israel and India to develop joint attack helicopter
Globes, September 27, 2002 
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) VP marketing Shmuel Eckhouse signed an agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) of India a few days ago to jointly develop an attack helicopter.

Israeli Arabs mark anniversary of October 2000 clashes
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002
The Arab sector in Israel will on Saturday hold the main ceremony commemorating the thirteen Israeli Arabs killed during clashes that broke out with Israeli security forces in October 2000.

Gaza missile strike curbs shekel surge
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002 
After a wild day on the foreign currency exchange market on Thursday, trading Friday was characterized by relative calm. Due to a fear in escalating security tensions following the attempted assassination of Mohammed Def in Gaza City on Thursday, the shekel weakened by 0.45 percent and adjusted the strides made Thursday after the representative rate was set. The representative dollar rate was set at NIS 4.847, a decline of 0.04 percent compared to Thursday's rate.

Embodiment of Palestinian hopes wages lonely battle
Khaleej Times, September 27, 2002
Perhaps Yasser Arafat knew that the Oslo agreement would not last when he signed it in 1993, but he went along with it for many reasons. In retrospect, he succeeded in obtaining international recognition for an entity called Palestinian Territories.

Armed men stopped boarding German plane to Israel
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002 
FRANKFURT - Two men armed with a knife and a pistol were stopped trying to board a German plane bound for Tel Aviv last week, but escaped by saying they were undercover security agents, an airline official said on Friday.

IDF foils attack on Gaza Strip settlement
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002
A Hamas militant was killed near the northern Gaza Strip settlement of Alei Sinai yesterday when an IDF force fired on two figures approaching a nearby fence.

Joseph's Tomb again off limits to visitors
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002 
The Israel Defense Forces unexpectedly changed its mind about letting Jewish worshipers pray at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus last night, revoking the permit it had issued earlier.

Opening of church upsets years of peaceful relations in Hatikva Quarter
Ha'aretz, September 27, 2002 
Koby Mizrahi believes he has been robbed of peace and quiet - both on a physical and spiritual level.

'Yasser Arafat' held for organizing protests
Jerusalem Post, September 27, 2002
Yasser Arafat, 32, a Fatah activist from Silwan, was being questioned by police last night for his role in organizing demonstrations in east Jerusalem, Palestinian and police sources confirmed.

Abbas goes to Jordan after death threats
Jerusalem Post, September 27, 2002
Security was beefed up Wednesday around the Ramallah home of PLO executive committee member Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), amid growing fears for his safety following death threats against him and other senior Palestinian Authority officials.

UK prof: Suicide attacks can be 'rationalized'
Jerusalem Post, September 27, 2002
Students at America's Brown University are in an uproar after Ted Honderich, a professor of philosophy of mind and logic at University College in London, said in an address there that Palestinian suicide bombings can be "morally rationalized."

Reshuffle brings in 4 new ministers
Jordan Times, September 27, 2002
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday swore in four new ministers in a minor reshuffle of the 27-month-old government of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. Analysts and politicians agreed that the main change was the replacement of National Economy Minister Mohammad Halaiqa with former Industry and Trade Ministry Secretary General Samer Tawil.

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