Palestinians
mark two years of intifada
BBC, September 28, 2002
Thousands gathered in Gaza
to mark the anniversary:
Tens of thousands of Palestinians
have joined demonstrations
in Gaza, to mark the second
anniversary of their uprising,
or intifada, against Israel.
Annan
deplores Israel's Gaza attack
BBC, September 27, 2002
United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan has condemned
an Israeli missile attack
in the Gaza Strip that killed
at least two Palestinians
and wounded about 40 others.
U.S.
Congress calls on Bush to
move U.S. embassy to Jerusalem
Ha'aretz, September 28,
2002
The U.S. Congress on Friday
night called on the Bush
administration to immediately
begin shifting the U.S.
Embassy to Jerusalem from
Tel Aviv, acting to strengthen
Israel's claim to Jerusalem
as its capital.
UN
demands Israel respect resolution
calling for end to siege
Ha'aretz, September 28,
2002
The UN Security Council
on Friday issued a bland
appeal to respect a UN resolution
after the United States
blocked a push to single
out Israel for ignoring
a council directive to end
its siege of Palestinian
Authority Chairman Yasser
Arafat, council diplomats
said.
PA:
Two Palestinians killed
by IDF in Gaza Strip
Ha'aretz, September 28,
2002
Two Palestinians were killed
by IDF fire in the Gaza
Strip, Palestinians sources
said Saturday, as thousands
of Palestinians marked the
second anniversary of their
uprising against Israel
with marches and rallies
in the territories.
FM:
IDF siege on Arafat's HQ
raising PA leader's popularity
Ha'aretz, September 28,
2002
The IDF siege on PA chairman
Arafat's Ramallah headquarters
is increasing the Palestinian
leader's popularity, Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres said
Saturday in an interview
to Israel Radio.
Second
anniversary of Al Aqsa Intifada:
Two Palestinians killed
in Gaza; Fatah, Hamas pledge
to continue struggle
Al-Bawaba, September 28,
2002
Thousands of Palestinians
marked the second anniversary
of their uprising against
Israeli occupation with
marches and rallies on Saturday.
Report
Underlines Plight Of Palestinian
Women Under Occupation
Islam Online, September
28, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, September
28 (IslamOnline) –
In a study conducted by
a Palestinian activist,
the plight of the Palestinian
Woman under the Israeli-imposed
siege was underlined in
various sectors health,
economic, mental, social
as well as educational.
Palestinians
march in Gaza
Telegraph, September 28,
2002
Tens of thousands of Palestinians
have marched in Gaza city
to mark the second anniversary
of their uprising against
Israel, amid further violence.
Hizbullah
holds massive march to mark
two-year anniversary of
the intifada
Al-Bawaba, September 28,
2002
More than 100,000 supporters
of Lebanon's Hizbullah movement
rallied in southern Beirut
shouting "death to America,
death to Israel" in a show
of support for Palestinians
on the two-year anniversary
of the intifada.
Demonstration
in al-Azhar, Damascus and
Manama on Palestinian Intifada
anniversary
Arabic News, September 28,
2002
Thousands of Egyptians demonstrated
on Friday at al-Azhar Mosque
in support of the Palestinian
Intifada, while hundreds
of Syrian and Arab intellectuals
and artists in Damascus
took part in a silent demonstration
in support of the Intifada
on the occasion of its launching
anniversary, September 28.
Report:
Israel's top-secret unit
operating inside western
Iraq
Al-Bawaba, September 28,
2002
Israeli special forces are
operating inside western
Iraq, pinpointing locations
where Iraqi missile launchers
might be positioned, the
Jane's Foreign Report newsletter
said in its latest edition.
Palestinian
Intifada in its third year,
persistence to resist, Israeli
forces alert
Arabic News, September 28,
2002
Today, September 28, 2002,
the Palestinian Intifada
enters its third year with
strong determination to
continue militant struggle
by all means.
Violence
surrounds Intifada anniversary
demonstrations
CNN, September 28, 2002
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Palestinian
youths threw rocks at Israeli
tanks in Gaza on Saturday
in demonstrations marking
the second anniversary of
the most recent wave of
Israeli-Palestinian fighting.
Israeli
Arabs anniversary of October
2000 clashes ends peacfully
Ha'aretz, September 28,
2002
Hundreds of Israeli Arabs
and left-wing activists
marched in the Galilee town
of Kfar Manda on Saturday
afternoon to commemorate
the thirteen Israeli Arabs
killed during clashes that
broke out with Israeli security
forces in October 2000.
Israeli
siege of Arafat 'is killing
peace hope'
The Independent, September
28, 2002
The Israeli army's siege
of Yasser Arafat amid the
ruins of his bulldozed presidential
compound could mean "the
death" of hopes for a Palestinian
state and a peace agreement,
the United Nations' most
senior envoy to the Middle
East said yesterday.
Turkish
police seize weapons-grade
uranium
Ha'aretz, September 28,
2002
ANKARA - Turkish paramilitary
police have seized more
than 15 kg (33 pounds) of
weapons-grade uranium and
detained two men accused
of smuggling the material,
the state-run Anatolian
news agency said Saturday.
Report:
Israeli forces operating
inside Iraq, hunting missiles
Ha'aretz, September 28,
2002
Israeli special forces are
operating inside western
Iraq, pinpointing locations
where Iraqi missile launchers
might be positioned, the
Jane's Foreign Report newsletter
said in its latest issue.
Meanwhile,
back at the Muqata
Ha'aretz, September 28,
2002
At the end of last month,
young officers in an advanced
training course addressed
the following scenario while
sitting at their desks:
In the wake of a mass terrorist
attack in Tel Aviv, the
government of Ariel Sharon
decides to expel Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat.
Analysis
/ Def may not have been
killed, but 'Gaza First'
is dead
Ha'aretz, September 28,
2002
It did not need an Israel
Air Force helicopter missile
strike in the heart of Gaza
City on Thursday afternoon
to prove that the "Gaza
and Bethlehem First" plan
is not actually being implemented
in the Strip.
Analysis:
Happy Intifada, Year III
UPI, September 28, 2002
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UPI)
-- Remember the 1965 hit
"Eve of Destruction" by
Barry McGuire, in which
he sang about the "eastern
world explodin'" and the
Jordan River with its "bodies
floatin'?"
Palestinians
Mark Year 2 of Uprising
Newsday.com, September 28,
2002
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip --
Thousands of Palestinians
marked the second anniversary
of their uprising against
Israel with marches and
rallies on Saturday. Two
Palestinian men were killed
by Israeli army fire in
the Gaza Strip.
UNRWA
Chief Says 'Miracle' Palestinian
Society Still Standing
Palestine Chronicle, September
27, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PMC)
- The budget deficit of
a United Nations agency
looking after Palestinian
refugees fell by 33 percent
to $16.7 million, the lowest
in years, the head of the
agency said.
Saudi
Official Lashes Out at US
'Double Standards', Defends
Aid to Palestinians
Palestine Chronicle, September
27, 2002
RIYADH - Interior Minister
Prince Naif yesterday accused
the United States of applying
a double standard in the
Middle East, banning Iraq
from acquiring lethal weapons,
which Israel is allowed
to keep.
Organizers
Pledge Peaceful March
The Guardian, September
28, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) - Protest
organizers pledged peaceful
demonstrations Saturday
against trade and economic
policies they say hurt the
poor and burden Third World
countries.
Israel
Says Target in Gaza Raid
Was Wounded, but Escaped
New York Times, September
28, 2002
JERUSALEM, Sept. 27 —
Israeli officials acknowledged
today that a helicopter
strike in Gaza City on Thursday
had failed to kill its target,
a bombmaker for the militant
group Hamas who has been
on Israel's wanted list
for a decade.
A
Holiday in Hebron, Just
for Jews, but Death Attends
New York Times, September
28, 2002
HEBRON, West Bank, Sept.
26 — It has been a
particularly strange week
in this particularly strange
place: a week of dances
and curfews, of celebratory
palm fronds and blasting
rifles, of rage and death
on both sides of this torn
city's stark Israeli-Palestinian
divide.
MidEast
press pessimism over intifada
BBC, September 28, 2002
Support for Arafat remains
strong amongst Palestinians:
As Palestinians mark the
second anniversary of their
uprising or intifada against
Israeli occupation, newspapers
in the Middle East reflect
a prevailing pessimism about
the future.
Profile:
Hamas commander Mohammed
Deif
BBC, September 26, 2002
Mohammed Deif has been at
the top of Israel's "most
wanted" list for years and
is thought to have narrowly
escaped the Israeli army's
efforts to kill him on several
occasions.
Puzzle
of the prisoner of Ramallah
The Guardian, September
28, 2002
It all sounds so familiar.
Yasser Arafat is holed up
in his Ramallah headquarters,
surrounded by Israeli tanks
and soldiers while Ariel
Sharon demands that he should
hand over a group of "terrorists"
he is alleged to be sheltering.
U.S.,
Britain propose seven-day
deadline for Iraq to agree
to disarm; Iraq says proposal
'\'unacceptable'\'
Al-Bawaba, September 28,
2002
The United States and Britain
are proposing that the United
Nations set a seven-day
deadline for Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein to agree
to disarm and then open
his palaces to weapons inspectors,
a Bush administration official
and U.N. diplomats disclosed
Friday.
State
Department: Al Qaeda plans
to kidnap Americans in Jordan
Al-Bawaba, September 28,
2002
The United States has obtained
information that a member
of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda
network may be planning
to kidnap US nationals in
Jordan, the State Department
said.
US
Congressmen in Iraq
Arabic News, September 28,
2002
Three US Democrats arrived
in Baghdad on Friday to
make assessment on the results
of any American attack on
Iraq.
U.S.
Agents Arrest “Val”;
Accomplice of Terrorist
Florida Doctor
Islam Online, September
28, 2002
Tampa, FLORIDA, September
28 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) – A second
man, was caught by the U.S.
federal agents, under charges
that he illegally gave Robert
Goldstein, a podiatrist
who was planning terrorist
attacks against 50 Islamic
centers and mosques in Tampa,
Florida, with two machine
guns and other firearms
accessories, a U.S. newspaper
reported Friday.
Outraged
Professors Ask To Be Added
To “Campus Watch”
Blacklist
Islam Online, September
28, 2002
NEW YORK, September 28 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) –
A website which was launched
on September 18, citing
eight professors and 14
universities for their alleged
‘anti-Semitic’
views on campus, has sparked
fury amidst U.S. academic
circles, a U.S. newspaper
reported Friday.
Danny
Ayalon tells Post: Iraq
war would deter Israel's
foes
Jerusalem Post, September
28, 2002
WASHINGTON While stressing
that Israel is not involved
in any planning for a possible
US-led invasion of Iraq,
Ambassador to the US Danny
Ayalon says a regime change
in Baghdad would send a
signal to Israel's foes
that "they'd better behave."
Dahan
denies anti-Muslim remarks
Jerusalem Post, September
28, 2002
Health Minister Nissim Dahan
on Thursday denied stories
in the Egyptian media that
claimed he had called worshipers
in the Aksa Mosque on Jerusalem's
Temple Mount "foxes who
evolved gradually to become
snakes and scorpions."
British
Chief Rabbi to revise book
after fellow rabbis see
heretical elements
Jerusalem Post, September
28, 2002
LONDON. -- Britain's trouble-prone
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
has agreed to revise his
latest book when it is published
again after fellow Orthodox
rabbis suggested that the
views he expressed could
be regarded as heretical.
Web
Site Fuels Debate on Campus
Anti-Semitism
New York Times, September
28, 2002
Web site started last week
by a pro-Israel research
and policy group, citing
eight professors and 14
universities for their views
on Palestinian rights or
political Islam, has opened
a new chapter in a growing
debate over campus anti-Semitism.
U.S.
Offers Turkey Role In Missile
Defense
Middle East Newsline, September
27, 2002
ANKARA [MENL] -- The United
States has offered Turkey
a major role in a NATO missile
defense system. Turkish
officials said the U.S.
Defense Department has held
a series of briefings for
Turkish and other NATO envoys
on Washington's proposal
for a missile defense umbrella.
Iraqi
Kurds Warn They Will Fight
Turkey
Middle East Newsline, September
27, 2002
ANKARA [MENL] -- Kurdish
insurgents have warned that
they will fight Turkish
troops who try to help the
United States in any war
against Iraq.
London
Marchers Oppose Iraq Attack
Newsday, September 28, 2002
LONDON -- Thousands of protesters
marched through central
London on Saturday to urge
Prime Minister Tony Blair
and President Bush not to
go to war with Iraq.
video:
"After
12 hours of confusion, Mohammed
Deif has not been killed"
BBC, September 28, 2002
video
Khalil
Shikaki, Center for Policy
Research: "The chances are
slim that we are able to
go back to the peace process"
BBC, September 28, 2002
audio
Voters
Across The Nation Flooding
Elected Officials With Calls
Against War On Iraq
Pacifica Radio, Democracy
Now, September 27, 2002
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