Fighting
erupts in West Bank
BBC, October 1, 2002
Fresh violence has erupted
overnight in the West Bank
and Gaza, killing three
Palestinians - including
two children - and an Israeli
soldier.
Palestinian
killed in Gaza Strip; Israel
boosts military presence
in Nablus
Al-Bawaba, October 1, 2002
A 50-year-old Palestinian
civilian was killed early
Tuesday by Israeli tank
shrapnel in the Shajaia
neighborhood east of Gaza
City after Israeli tanks
backed by a helicopter chased
Islamic Jihad activists,
who had ambushed an army
patrol with grenades, Palestinian
witnesses and hospital sources
said.
Palestinians
Decry U.S. Embassy Bill
The Guardian, October 1,
2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP)
- Palestinian officials
reacted in anger on Tuesday
to U.S. legislation that
encouraged recognition of
Jerusalem as Israel's capital,
warning that it would complicate
peace efforts and could
cost lives.
Palestinian
Child Killed, 15 Wounded,
Including AP Reporter in
Nablus
Palestine Chronicle, September
30, 2002
NABLUS, West Bank (PC) -
A Palestinian child was
killed in the West Bank
city of Nablus during Israeli’s
latest offensive Monday.
A reporter for the Associated
Press (AP) was also wounded,
while reporting from the
city.
Roll
call of 322 children killed
in the intifada
By Robert Fisk, The Independent,
October 1, 2002
In the bloody violence of
the Israeli-Palestinian
war, the most tragic victims
are the very young, now
considered 'fair game':
In one of its most shocking
reports on the Israeli-Palestinian
war, Amnesty International
today condemns both sides
in the conflict for their
"utter disregard" for the
lives of children –
250 of them Palestinian
and 72 Israeli – who
have been killed over the
past year.
Amnesty
report on killing of children
draws heated reaction from
Israel, PA
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
The Amnesty International
report on killing children
during the intifada, which
was released yesterday,
immediately drew fire from
both Israel and the Palestinian
Authority, with each accusing
the report of unfairness.
Palestinian
killed by tank fire; Arafat's
cabinet convenes in Ramallah
Jerusalem Post, October
1, 2002
The Palestinian cabinet
met Tuesday amid the ruins
of leader Yasser Arafat's
compound in the West Bank
city of Ramallah, two days
after Israeli troops ended
a siege there.
Bush
signs legislation identifies
Jerusalem as Israel's capital,
claims provision nonbinding
Al-Bawaba, October 1, 2002
U.S. President George W.
Bush signed legislation
Monday, including a provision
that requires his administration
to identify Jerusalem as
Israel's capital. Nonethless
he stated that his administration
was not legally bound to
follow that part of the
legislation.
Israeli
soldier killed in Nablus,
three Palestinians, including
two boys shot dead
Al-Bawaba, September 30,
2002
One Israeli soldier was
killed and another seriously
wounded Monday in Nablus
during a day of fierce gunbattles
that also saw two Palestinian
boys killed by Israeli fire.
Israel
arrests 32 Palestinians
Raleigh News and Observer,
October 1, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli
troops arrested 32 Palestinians
across the West Bank and
took up positions facing
Yasser Arafat's headquarters,
keeping up pressure despite
ending a siege of the Palestinian
leadership.
Bush
won't budge on Jerusalem
Chicago Daily Herald, October
1, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) - President
Bush rejected on Monday
a congressional effort to
force his administration
to take tentative steps
toward moving the U.S. Embassy
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
2
boys killed in West Bank
city
Chicago Tribune, October
1, 2002
JERUSALEM -- A day after
Israel ended its 10-day
siege of the Palestinian
Authority complex in Ramallah,
violence flared Monday in
the West Bank city of Nablus.
Israeli troops killed two
Palestinian boys, ages 10
and 11, Palestinian officials
said.
Palestinians:
IDF troops posted close
to Arafat's Muqata
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
IDF troops, including snipers,
took up positions early
Tuesday in two buildings
close to Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat's
headquarters in the West
Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian
sources said.
Nahal
soldier and two Palestinian
boys shot dead in Nablus
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
One soldier was killed and
another seriously wounded
last night in Nablus during
a day of fierce gunbattles
that also saw two Palestinian
boys killed by IDF fire.
EU
slams Israel for destroying
Palestinian infrastructures,
calls for ending all curfews
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
Brussels - European Union
foreign ministers yesterday
lambasted Israel for wrecking
Palestinian infrastructure,
saying such destruction
would not stop terror.
Israeli
Siege Increased Arafat's
Popularity: Poll
Palestine Chronicle, September
30, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - A poll,
released Sunday, showed
that Israeli siege of President
Yasser Arafat headquarters
in Ramallah has increased
the leader's popularity
among his own people.
Nablus
Assault Intensifies, Second
Child Killed
Palestine Chronicle, September
30, 2002
NABLUS, West Bank (PC) -
A second Palestinian child
was left clinically dead
after being hit by Israeli
gunfire in the West Bank
city of Nablus, Agency France
Press and Palestinian medical
sources said.
Arafat
needs more time
Australian Sunday Times,
October 1, 2002
PALESTINIAN leader Yasser
Arafat has sent a letter
to the Palestinian parliament
asking for an extra two
weeks to name a new cabinet,
after an Israeli siege of
his base delayed a pledged
reshuffle, a top official
said.
Anti-Israel
row recurs at college
The Guardian, September
30, 2002
Another professor at the
University of Manchester
Institute of Science and
Technology is under investigation
for alleged anti-Israeli
views after sending an email
to a US-academic critical
of Zionism.
Israeli
Academics: We Fear Ethnic
Cleansing of Palestinians
Palestine Media Center,
September 29, 2002
Tens of academics in Israel
published a strong-worded
letter of protest in the
British daily, The Guardian,
cautioning the Israeli government
from taking advantage of
the mayhem caused by an
expected hit on Iraq, to
launch a fierce attack on
the Palestinian People.
Report
on Israeli Settlements in
the Occupied Territories
September-October 2002
Foundation for Middle East
Peace
President
Arafat to Albawaba.com:
We face massive pressures,
our struggle continues
Al-Bawaba, October 1, 2002
In President Yasser Arafat's
first interview since the
end of the 10-day siege
on his compound in Ramallah,
the Palestinian leader confirmed
to Albawaba.com by phone
that Israeli military forces
have returned to the entrance
of his headquarters (Al-Muqataah),
in the early hours Tuesday.
He added that Israeli snipers
also took positions in a
building overlooking the
helicopter landing strip.
Kingdom
urges US to force Israel
on peace bids
Arab News, October 1, 2002
RIYADH, 1 October —
Saudi Arabia yesterday urged
the United States to force
Israel to comply with all
UN resolutions after the
White House pushed the Jewish
state to lift its siege
of Palestinian President
Yasser Arafat.
Israeli
Academics Fear Ethnic Cleansing
of Palestinians
Palestine Media Center,
September 29, 2002
Tens of academics in Israel
published a strong-worded
letter of protest in the
British daily, The Guardian,
cautioning the Israeli government
from taking advantage of
the mayhem caused by an
expected hit on Iraq, to
launch a fierce attack on
the Palestinian People.
'The
Israeli government may be
contemplating crimes against
humanity'
Arab News, October 1, 2002
We, members of Israeli academe,
are horrified by US buildup
of aggression towards Iraq
and by the Israeli political
leadership's enthusiastic
support for it.
85%
say economic situation bad
- survey
Globes, October 1, 2002
Only 15% of respondents
to the latest economic expectaions
survey think the economy
will improve in the next
six months: The latest crop
of bad news in the past
month – the credit
downgrade, shekel depreciation,
unceasing falls on the stock
exchanges, the embarrassing
impression about the muqata
siege, which was fresh in
people's minds during the
survey – caused the
public's already bleak economic
mood to worsen.
Arafat:
Elections Will be Held on
Time
Palestine Media Center,
October 1, 2002
Palestinian President Yasser
Arafat confirmed elections
will be held on time, while
he called upon the Israeli
government to completely
implement UN Security Resolution
1435, and return immediately
to negotiations en route
to the establishment of
an independent Palestinian
State, with Jerusalem as
its capital.
Bush
Ratification of New Jerusalem
Law Violates All Signed
Accords: PNA
Palestine Media Center,
October 1, 2002
Palestine National Authority
(PNA) on Tuesday condemned
US President George W. Bush's
ratification of a new law
on Jerusalem as "a blatant
violation of all agreements
signed between the Israelis
and the Palestinians."
EU
Urges 'Complete' End to
Israel's Siege of Presidential
Compound
Palestine Media Center,
October 1, 2002
Israel is keeping its military
siege around the Ramallah
presidential compound despite
international condemnation
from the European Union
EU, Egypt, and Syria.
Israeli
PM discusses security with
Russians
Macon Telegrpah, October
1, 2002
MOSCOW - Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon conferred for
an hour with Russian Foreign
Minister Igor Ivanov on
Tuesday, the second and
final full day of a visit
intended to rally Russian
support for Israel's security
concerns.
Ben-Eliezer
said imposing total ban
on Joseph's Tomb trips
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
Defense Minister Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer told the Knesset
Foreign Affairs and Defense
Committee on Tuesday that
he had issued an order instructing
the IDF to bar Jewish worshippers
from visiting Joseph's Tomb
in the West Bank city of
Nablus. He made the announcement
in response to a question
asked by MK Zehava Galon
(Meretz).
Palestinians
angry over bill identifying
J'lem as Israel's capital
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
Palestinian officials reacted
in anger on Tuesday to U.S.
legislation that encouraged
recognition of Jerusalem
as Israel's capital, warning
that it would complicate
peace efforts and could
cost lives.
Israeli
Arab official: Palestinian
nation 'one and united'
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
Speaking at a memorial service
in Umm al-Fahm on Tuesday
to mark the second anniversary
of clashes with police in
the north in which 12 Israeli
Arabs and one Palestinian
were killed, the chairman
of the Higher Arab Monitoring
Committee, Shawqi Khatib,
said that the Palestinian
nation was "one and united."
Islamic
Jihad says responsible for
attack that killed soldier
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
The militant Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility Tuesday
for an attack on IDF troops
from the Nahal Brigade in
the West Bank city of Nablus
on Monday that left one
soldier dead and another
seriously wounded.
Sharon,
Russian FM mum after Moscow
meeting
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
MOSCOW - Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon conferred for
an hour with Russian Foreign
Minister Igor Ivanov on
Tuesday, the second and
final full day of a visit
intended to rally Russian
support for Israel's security
concerns.
Labor
snubs Ben-Eliezer, stalls
on budget
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
The Labor Party convention
yesterday snubbed party
chairman Defense Minister
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, turning
down his request for the
party's Knesset faction
to approve the first reading
of the 2003 state budget.
In
the wake of the failed siege
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's
capitulation to American
pressure to lift the siege
on Yasser Arafat's headquarters
in the Muqata compound highlights
the haste with which the
cabinet decided to renew
and tighten the siege 12
days ago.
Israeli
Arabs Remember October 2000
Killing of 13 Youths
Islam Online, October 1,
2002
TEL AVIV, October 1 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - Speaking
at a memorial service in
Umm al-Fahm Tuesday, October
1, to mark the second anniversary
of the killing of 12 Israeli
Arab and one Palestinian
youths at the hands of Israeli
forces, the chairman of
the Higher Arab Monitoring
Committee, Shawqi Khatib,
said that the Palestinian
nation was "one and united."
Israeli
Troops Abduct 25 Palestinians,
Kill Security Guard
Islam Online, October 1,
2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, October
1 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) - The Israeli
occupation army has abducted
25 Palestinians overnight
in different parts of the
West Bank, a military spokesman
said Tuesday, October 1.
U.S.
Congressmen Urge Diplomacy,
Say Bush May Be Misleading
American Public
Islam Online, October 1,
2002
“The sanctions have
punished the Iraqi people,
but not the leadership.”:
WASHINGTON, October 1 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - Three
anti-war U.S. Democratic
congressmen on a four-day
visit to Iraq on Monday,
September 30, urged the
United States to give diplomacy
a chance, warning Baghdad
that Washington was “very
serious” about enforcing
arms inspections.
No
hard feelings over siege,
U.S. says
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
Israel's abortive siege
of Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat's
headquarters has left no
hard feelings toward Israel
in the American administration
and will not affect future
relations, administration
officials assured Jerusalem
yesterday.
Angry
U.S. halts aid of $35 million
to Lebanon
Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002
The United States has decided
to suspend $35 million in
aid to Lebanon because of
the administrations's dissatisfaction
with Lebanese policy toward
Hezbollah, threats against
Christian opposition leaders
and over the decision to
pump water from the Wazzani
River, the Lebanese daily
As-Safir reported yesterday.
Israel
is not the Jews' only country,
Putin tells Sharon
Jerusalem Post, October
1, 2002
MOSCOW Russian President
Vladimir Putin corrected
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
yesterday when the later
said Israel is the Jews'
only country. Wrong, Putin
said, reminding Sharon of
the Jewish autonomous region
of Birobidzhan set up under
the Soviets.
Sharon
to Putin: Too late for Iraq
arms inspection
Jerusalem Post, October
1, 2002
With Russia leading international
efforts to get United Nations
weapons inspectors back
into Iraq, Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon told Russian
President Vladimir Putin
yesterday that the time
when these inspectors could
have been effective has
passed.
Shalom:
Revenue transfer to PA being
delayed
Jerusalem Post, October
1, 2002
Israel is delaying a third
transfer to the Palestinian
Authority of NIS 70 million
in PA tax revenue, since
two earlier transfers "were
not used for the purposes
they were supposed to be
used for," Finance Minister
Silvan Shalom told National
Security Adviser Condoleezza
Rice yesterday during a
50-minute meeting.
NJ
poet laureate refuses to
resign, despite ADL charges
of anti-Semitism
Jerusalem Post, October
1, 2002
New Jersey's poet laureate
Amiri Baraka, who wrote
a poem blaming Israel for
the September 11 attack,
is refusing to resign despite
calls from the governor,
James McGreevey, and charges
of "anti-New Jersey, anti-American
and anti-Semitic venom"
by the local Anti-Defamation
League.
The
Case of Barghouti: Update
and Appeal
Palestine Chronicle, September
30, 2002
RAMALLAH - Marwan Barghouti
was indicted at the Tel
Aviv district court. Dressed
in a brown prison suit and
raising his handcuffed wrists
above his head, Marwan Barghouti
remained defiant and proud
as he entered the packed
courtroom.
Hamas
denies halting political,
media activity in Syria
Arabic News, October 1,
2002
The Jordanian weekly al-Majd
reported Monday that high
leading sources in the Hamas
movement have denied press
reports which claimed that
Syria has recently asked
the movement's leadership
in Damascus to halt its
political and media activities
on the Syrian arena.
Will
the U.S. reap what it has
sown? Byrd asks
Middle East Report, from
Charleston Gazette, September
27, 2002
“We have in our hands
the equivalent of a Betty
Crocker cookbook of ingredients
that the U.S. allowed Iraq
to obtain and that may well
have been used to concoct
biological weapons.”
Cruise
and Spielberg back war
BBC, September 27, 2002
Steven Spielberg and Tom
Cruise have joined the list
of celebrities making their
views known on Iraq, speaking
out in favour of President
George Bush's stance.
audio
Putin:
Sharon came at a very complicated
moment in the Middle East
BBC,
October 1, 2002
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