U.S.
'Troubled' by Israeli Raid
That Killed 13 Palestinians
New York Times, October
8, 2002
IDF spokesman: "It's important
to start with pinpoint operations
to bring the fight to their
court'': KHAN YUNIS,
Gaza Strip, Oct. 7 - An
Israeli helicopter gunship
appeared over a crowded
dirt street here before
dawn today and fired a single
missile, killing 10 people
at the end of a raid by
troops and tanks that left
at least 13 dead and brought
rare criticism from the
Bush administration that
Israel was endangering civilians.
Full
Gaza invasion is 'just a
matter of time,' Israel
says
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
The U.S. said it was "deeply
troubled" by yesterday's
IDF operation in Khan Yunis
that left 14 Palestinians
dead and more that 100 wounded.
Israel said most of the
casualties were armed terrorists
but Palestinians insisted
most were civilians.
Sharon
Praises Israeli Gaza Strike
The Guardian, October 8,
2002
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP)
- Undeterred by U.S. criticism,
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon on Tuesday praised
a deadly Israeli military
strike in the Gaza Strip
as a success and said there
would be more such operations.
IDF
troops enter Hebron after
4 wounded in shooting attack
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
IDF armored personnel carriers
entered the Palestinian-controlled
part of the divided West
Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday,
and the army imposed a curfew
there after four Israelis
were wounded in a roadside
ambush.
ICRC
boss: `Israel violates international
law'
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
Israel's actions in the
territories - including
settlement activity - are
in prima facie violations
of international law and
the Geneva Convention, the
president of the International
Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC), Jacob Kellenberger,
said yesterday during a
meeting with Prime Minster
Ariel Sharon, Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres and Defense
Minister Benjamin Ben Eliezer.
U.S.
raps Israel on religious
freedom
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
The U.S. State Department's
annual report on religious
freedom around the world
criticizes Israel for for
government interference
in the election of the Greek
Orthodox Church's patriarch
for the Holy Land, Eireneos
I, and for budget discrimination
against non-Jewish citizens
and non-Orthodox Jewish
communities.
Death
toll from Monday's Gaza
raid reaches 15 as man dies
of wounds
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
A 35-year-old Palestinian
man wounded in the IDF incursion
into Khan Yunis early Monday
morning died of his wounds
Tuesday in a Gaza hospital,doctors,
said.
Barghouti's
deputy refuses legal representation
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
Nasser Abu-Hamid, deputy
of West Bank Tanzim leader
Marwan Barghouti, refused
Tuesday to accept legal
representation during a
preliminary hearing at the
Jerusalem Magistrate Court.
Likud
election marred by polling
irregularities
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
Some 40,000 Likud members
in a dozen polling sites
were prevented from voting
in Monday's party elections
due to widespread vote tampering
and other polling irregularities.
Tensions
persist between Hamas, PA;
4 Palestinians wounded in
Jenin
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
Tensions persisted Tuesday
between the Palestinian
Authority and Hamas after
four Hamas activists were
killed and several others
were wounded in clashes
one day earlier between
Palestinian police and Hamas
activists following the
assassination of a senior
PA policeman, Rageh Abu
Lehiya.
Four
Israelis injured in West
Bank shooting attack
Al-Bawaba, October 8, 2002
Four people were wounded
- one critically, one seriously
and two moderately to seriously
- in a shooting attack south
of the West Bank city of
Hebron, Israel Army Radio
reported.
Sharon
hails Gaza Strip raid, pledges
to launch similar operations
in future
Al-Bawaba, October 8, 2002
Undeterred by international
criticism, Israel's Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon on
Tuesday praised the Israeli
raid in Gaza Strip that
killed 14 Palestinians and
wounded more than 100.
Four
Hamas activists killed by
Palestinian police in Gaza
Strip
Al-Bawaba, October 8, 2002
Hours after the assassination
of Abu Lihyeh, four activists
of Hamas were killed in
clashes with Palestinian
police in central Gaza: Masked
men shot and killed the
head of the Palestinian
riot police in his car Monday
morning, witnesses and media
reports said.
U.S.
says ''Israel has a right
to defend itself'' following
Khan Younis carnage; Two
Palestinians killed in West
Bank
Al-Bawaba, October 8, 2002
At least 14 Palestinians
were killed and more than
100 were injured when Israeli
military vehicles backed
by helicopters raided a
Palestinian neighborhood
in the Gaza Strip early
on Monday, Palestinian security
sources and witnesses said.
Sharon
defies Gaza attack critics
BBC, October 8, 2002
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon has vowed to press
on with army operations
in the Gaza Strip, despite
international condemnation
of a raid that killed 14
Palestinians on Monday.
Soldiers
arrest 17 fugitives
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
Security forces arrested
17 Palestinian fugitives
in the West Bank Monday
for alleged involvement
in terrorist activities.
Meanwhile, Hamas and Islamic
Jihad Web sites published
details of the Palestinian
strategy in the Jenin refugee
camp battle in April this
year.
Hamas,
PA seek calm after top Gaza
cop slain
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
Hamas and the Palestinian
Authority officials attempted
to calm the atmosphere in
Gaza last night after a
group of Hamas affiliated
individuals assassinated
a top Palestinian police
officer whom they held responsible
for the death of a Hamas
demonstrator during a riot
last year.
Likud
poll canceled in Jerusalem
after procedural fiasco,
brawls
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
Supporters of Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon and former
premier Benjamin Netanyahu
accused each other of sabotaging
yesterday's Likud convention
delegate elections, which
were canceled in Jerusalem
and other venues throughout
the country.
Danish
Security Firm Renege on
Protecting Settlers in West
Bank
Islam Online, October 8,
2002
All 200 Jewish settlements
that have been set up after
1967 are considered illegal
by the UN: COPENHAGEN, October
8 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) - The Danish security
company Group 4 Falck said
Tuesday, October 8, it would
cease surveillance operations
in Jewish settlements in
the West Bank in line with
U.N. guidelines calling
for a halt to the Israeli
occupation of Palestinian
territory.
Vanunu:
Peres told more about nukes
than I ever did
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
Convicted atomic bomb spy
Mordechai Vanunu is facing
a parole hearing at the
end of the month and his
lawyer plans to argue that
Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres revealed more about
Israel's nuclear capabilities
last year in a TV documentary
than Vanunu ever knew.
IDF
and Prisons Authority spar
over lack of room for Palestinian
detainees
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
In the last week, the IDF's
detention campaign in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip
has seen some 100 Palestinians
arrested. After the initial
screening procedure, around
60 remain in Israeli custody,
some of whom have been transferred
for interrogation. The rest
have been released.
EU
Condemns Israel’s
Attacks on Civilians in
Khan Yunis
Palestine Chronicle, October
7, 2002
BRUSSELS - The European
Union Monday said it "strongly
regrets and condemns this
morning's Israeli military
attacks against a Palestinian
neighborhood of Khan Yunis
in Southern Gaza killing
at least 10 Palestinians,
including children, and
causing a very large number
of injured."
Palestinian
Groups Urged to Retaliate
to Khan Yunis Massacre
Palestine Chronicle, October
7, 2002
KHAN YUNIS - Palestinian
resistance groups have vowed
to respond to the latest
pre-dawn Israeli army massacre
in Khan Younis Monday which
left scores of Palestinian
civilians killed and injured.
World
Slams Gaza Massacres, Israel
Continues Offensives
Islam Online, October 8,
2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, October
8 (News Agencies) - Israel
will continue its offensives
in spite of U.S. and world
criticism of a raid which
killed 14 Palestinians in
the Gaza Strip, an Israeli
official said Tuesday, October
8.
Bush's
speech: key quotes
The Guardian, October 8,
2002
"America must not ignore
the threat gathering against
us. Facing clear evidence
of peril, we cannot wait
for the final proof, the
smoking gun that could come
in the form of a mushroom
cloud."
President
Bush's Speech on the Use
of Force
New York Times, October
8, 2002
Following is a transcript
of President Bush's speech
on Monday night about the
use of force against Iraq,
as recorded by The New York
Times:
European
Parliament President Against
US War with Iraq
Palestine Chronicle, October
7, 2002
LONDON (IRNA) - President
of the European Parliament
Pat Cox said Monday that
he agreed with most of his
colleagues in Strasbourg,
who have expressed their
concern about the threatened
US war against Iraq.
Iraq
dismisses Bush speech as
''full of lies''; Russia
backs French proposal to
solve the crisis
Al-Bawaba, October 8, 2002
Two senior members of the
Iraqi parliament dismissed
Tuesday as "full of lies"
President Bush's speech
in which he said the threat
of an attack by Iraq with
weapons of mass destruction
was growing.
World
Reacts to Bush’s Iraq
Speech With Call for Inspectors’
Return
Islam Online, October 8,
2002
WORLD CAPITALS, October
8 (News Agencies) - World
leaders called Tuesday,
October 8, on Iraq to readmit
U.N. weapons inspectors,
following a prime-time speech
by U.S. President George
W. Bush, in which he tried
to persuade critics of his
hardline Iraq policy of
the need to launch war on
Iraq.
Bush
delivers stark warning to
Iraq
BBC, October 8, 2002
US President George W Bush
has issued a blunt message
about the choices facing
Saddam Hussein.
Report:
Jordanian authorities to
deport Iraqi nationals ahead
of U.S. strike
Al-Bawaba, October 8, 2002
Jordanian security forces
have recently arrested dozens
of Iraqi citizens residing
in the kingdom without permits.
American
report on freedom of religions
criticizes France, Saudi
Arabia, Israel, note improvement
in Egypt
Arabic News, October 8,
2002
The US on Monday issued
a report on the violation
of religious rights in the
world in which it gives
an important focus to the
Arab region, in which it
criticized Washington's
traditional enemies like
Iran and Iraq and also its
allies like Saudi Arabia
and Israel.
Teshreen:
Israel's boycott office
conference to be held in
Damascus on October 26-
30
Arabic News, October 8,
2002
The Syrian daily Teshreen
said today that the 69th
conference of the officers
of the regional offices
liaison for boycotting Israel
will be held in Damascus
on October 26 through 30.
Hamas,
Palestinian police clash
Oman Observer, October 8,
2002
GAZA CITY — Gunmen
believed linked to Hamas
tortured and killed the
head of the Palestinian
riot police in a revenge
slaying yesterday, police
said, triggering gunbattles
between police and supporters
of the group which left
another four people dead
and 40 wounded.
Police
deny hurting Palestinian
baby in Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
Police denied hurting a
Palestinian baby during
a confrontation with stone-throwers
today in east Jerusalem.
Two
wanted Palestinians captured;
shots fired at Hebron Jewish
Quarter
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
Undercover troops from the
elite Duvdevan unit arrested
a wanted member of the Tanzim
Tuesday in the West Bank
village of Beit Rima, Army
Radio reported.
Jordanian
team begins repairs on southern
wall of Temple Mount
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
Jordan has stepped into
a squabble between Israel
and the Palestinians near
the site of the Western
Wall and has started to
repair a bulging wall in
danger of collapse, officials
said Tuesday.
Group
of Palestinian villages
linked to Israeli electric
grid
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
Some 80,000 Palestinia in
the West Bank town of Tubas
and 21 surrounding villages
are being hooked up to the
national electricity grid,
officials said.
Israeli
planes are target of three
consecutive Hizbullah anti-aircraft
shell attacks
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
Hizbullah Tuesday fired
three consecutive rounds
of anti-aircraft shells
at Israeli planes flying
over Israel's northern border.
Arab
journalists' group threatens
two members for writing
for Israeli press
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
The Cairo-based Arab Journalists
Association is weighing
the expulsion of two members
for publishing articles
on the Israeli Web site,
Y-Net, on grounds of "normalization
with the enemy, Israel,"
sources said Tuesday.
Experts
to advise Sharon on southern
wall bulge
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
A team of engineers and
archeologists is set to
advise the government about
the possible collapse of
the southern wall of Jerusalem's
Temple Mount, a senior adviser
to Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon said Monday. Meanwhile,
the massive repair effort
has begun with the erection
of scaffolding.
Two
convicted in Ze'evi assassination
trial
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
The Jerusalem District Court
Monday convicted two of
the Palestinians involved
in last year's assassination
of tourism minister Rehavam
Ze'evi.
Report:
Jordan keeping Palestinians
from joining Iraqi army
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
Jordan has toughened measures
aimed at preventing Palestinians
from entering the kingdom,
Palestinian Authority officials
told The Jerusalem Post.
SLA
families protest 'abandonment'
by Israeli government
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
Waving Lebanese and Israeli
flags outside the Defense
Ministry Sunday, more than
1,000 soldiers and family
members of the now defunct
South Lebanese Army protested
what they called their almost
total abandonment by the
government.
Suspected
Israeli Arab terror cell
caught, thought linked to
Hamas's Deif
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
Three Israeli Arabs suspected
of planning a series of
terrorist attacks connected
to Palestinian archterrorist
Muhammad Deif have been
arrested by police and Shin
Bet agents.
Arrested
ALF head says transferred
funds from Iraq to terrorists
families
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
Rakad Salem, the head of
the pro-Iraqi Arab Liberation
Front in Ramallah, who was
arrested by the Shin Bet
security service Wednesday,
was quoted on Tuesday by
Israel Radio as saying he
had recieved some 15 million
dollars from Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein.
State
Comptroller: Must improve
PR as Iraq war looms
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
With a U.S. attack against
Iraq looming, Israel's public
relations efforts need to
be properly organized, State
Comptroller Eliezer Goldberg
said yesterday after delivering
his office's semi-annual
report to Knesset Speaker
Avraham Burg.
Don't
judge the public's overall
mood by the security and
economic `situation'
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
The findings of the Peace
Index survey for this month
point to a disparity between
the poor condition of Israel's
economy and the ongoing
clash with the Palestinians,
on the one hand, and the
general sentiments of the
Israeli-Jewish public, on
the other hand.
Winner
takes out the garbage
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
European Union Foreign Police
Coordinator Javier Solana
told Mohammed Dahlan, Saeb
Erekat and representatives
from the Fatah who met him
in Gaza on Sunday night,
that he is glad to learn
that there has been a lot
of progress in turning the
intifada into a non-violent
campaign.
Political
prisoners and deportation
police
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
At a meeting held in Tel
Aviv last week between religious
leaders of the African foreign
worker community and Israel's
deportation police, one
of the clergymen raised
a painful subject. "Would
it perhaps be possible to
do away with the practice
of leading our people away
with shackles on their feet?"
he asked.
More
draft-age men unfit for
IDF duty
Ha'aretz, October 8, 2002
The number of recruits who
received army service deferments
due to psychological or
adjustment problems increased
by 31 percent between 1998
to 2000 as more potential
recruits underwent testing
for emotional unfitness,
according to the State Comptroller's
Report.
video:
"There
is no compromise here"
BBC, October 8, 2002
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