Hamas
claims suicide bombing that
killed 71-year-old woman
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
One person was killed and
30 injured Thursday morning
when a suicide bomber blew
himself up after failing
to get onto a bus on the
Geha highway near Bnei Brak,
but a far greater disaster
was prevented by the bus
driver and a passenger who
pinned the bomber to the
ground until the packed
bus had emptied.
Two
boys killed in Rafah; Israel
arrests more than 70 Palestinians
Al-Bawaba, October 10, 2002
In the Gaza refugee camp
of Rafah, two Palestinians,
ages 12 and 17, were killed
Thursday in an exchange
of fire between Israeli
soldiers and local fighters.
Israeli
open fire at Nasser Hospital
in Khan Younis
Palestinian Centre for Human
Rights, October 8, 2002
Monday morning, Israeli
occupying forces opened
fire at Palestinian medical
facilities and personnel
at Nasser Hospital in Khan
Yunis, after the incursion
and missile attacks in Khan
Yunis during the night,
in which 14 Palestinians,
including 4 children and
a woman, were killed and
more that 80 wounded.
Hamas
claims suicide bombing attack
near Tel Aviv, PA condemns
killing of civilians
Al-Bawaba, October 10, 2002
Israel Radio reported that
a Palestinian bomber detonated
himself near Tel Aviv Thursday
morning. One woman was killed
and 16 people were wounded.
The 71-year-old woman was
critically wounded and died
later of her wounds.
New
study: Israel holds record
for ignoring U.N. resolutions
Al-Bawaba, October 10, 2002
Israel holds the record
for ignoring United Nations
Security Council resolutions,
a study by San Francisco
University political science
professor Steven Zunes has
indicated. see also: Art
of Resolution Conflict:
Many nations defy the UN,
Newsday
Olmert
picks anti-Islam evangelist
as Jerusalem Fund co-chair
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
Pat Robertson, the Christian
evangelist American TV preacher
who heads the 700 Club and
recently referred to the
prophet Mohammed as a "killer,"
has been picked by Jerusalem
Mayor Ehud Olmert to co-chair
an organization of pro-Israel
Christian activists to raise
money for Olmert's New Jerusalem
Fund.
State
Department blasted for lauding
PA's 'religious tolerance'
Jerusalem Post, October
9, 2002
NEW YORK Is the Palestinian
Authority a model for religious
tolerance? According to
the State Department's annual
International Religious
Freedom report, the PA "generally
respects religious freedom
in practice," it "attempts
to foster goodwill among
religious leaders" and it
"makes a strong effort to
maintain good relations
with the Christian community."
Israel
Could Use Iraq War to Deport
Palestinians to Jordan
Islam Online, October 10,
2002
King Abdullah II gave instructions
for a plane to pick up the
injured Palestinians and
fly them to Jordan
AMMAN, October 10 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - Jordan’s
Foreign Minister Marwan
Moasher voiced concern Thursday,
October 10, that Israel
could exploit a U.S. war
on Iraq to deport Palestinians
to Jordan, which also fears
an influx of Iraqi refugees.
Palestinians:
2 killed in Gaza raid; IDF
arrests 55 in W. Bank
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
The IDF placed Hebron under
curfew Thursday after shots
were fired at Tel Romeida
in the Jewish enclave of
the divided West Bank city.
The army also positioned
APCs in the center of the
city.
Analysis
/ Ramon's Labor leadership
campaign finds new life
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
Throwing off his also-ran
image, Ramon breathes new
life into his campaign for
the Labor leadership: By
the end of the week, Haim
Ramon will be able to look
back with satisfaction on
another very positive seven
days in his campaign for
the Labor Party leadership.
2
youths shot dead in clashes
near Rafah
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
IDF demolishes homes of
two men charged with murdering
Israeli couple: Israeli
troops shot dead two youths
and wounded 18 people during
clashes at a Palestinian
refugee camp yesterday just
days after a raid in the
Gaza Strip drew international
condemnation.
Suicide
attack in Tel Aviv suburb
BBC, Ocober 10, 2002
An Israeli woman has died
of injuries sustained in
a suicide bomb attack at
a bus stop near Tel Aviv.
A Palestinian attacker is
also believed to have died
in the attack on a main
road near Bnei Brak, a suburb
of Tel Aviv.
Israel
kills 2 Palestinian boys
in Gaza
Arab News, October 10, 2002
GAZA, 10 October —
Two Palestinian boys were
killed and dozens more wounded
in Israeli tank fire in
the Gaza Strip yesterday,
just days after a raid in
the Gaza Strip drew international
condemnation.
Woman
killed in Tel Aviv suicide
blast
The Guardian, October 10,
2002
A Palestinian suicide bomber
blew himself up in Tel Aviv
today, killing an elderly
woman and injuring four
others.
More
outposts targeted for removal;
settlers dismantle 2
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
The army was preparing last
night to remove more of
the 24 illegal West Bank
settler outposts slated
for evacuation, after two
uninhabited outposts were
removed by the army and
two more by the settler
movement yesterday.
Lebanon
successful operation for
pumping al-Wazzani water;
October 16 inauguration
day
Arabic News, October 10,
2002
Lebanon yesterday carried
out a successful operation
for pumping al-Wazzani river
waters to al-Teibah basin.
Israel
kill two Palestinians, demolish
five houses; Peace Now on
Ben Eliezer
Arabic News, October 10,
2002
The Israeli army forces
on Wednesday continued their
attacks against the Palestinians.
These forces attacked the
Palestinians houses and
this resulted in wounding
8 persons including five
youths in Khan Younis, four
of them were inside their
school, two in their houses,
and another one was in the
market.
Kin
of slain Hamas men vow vengeance
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
The families of four Hamas
activists killed by Palestinian
Authority police on Monday
announced yesterday that
they intend to avenge the
deaths, throwing a wrench
into efforts by the PA and
Hamas leaderships to end
the week's strife.
Study:
Israel leads in ignoring
Security Council resolutions
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
NEW YORK - Israel holds
the record for ignoring
United Nations Security
Council resolutions, according
to a study by San Francisco
University political science
professor Steven Zunes.
see also: Art
of Resolution Conflict:
Many nations defy the UN,
Newsday
Abu
Zeid to open conference
on Arab water
Arabic News, October 10,
2002
Egypt's Water Resources
and Irrigation Minister
Mahmoud Abu Zeid will open
on Saturday the first regional
conference on Arab water.
Up to 200 Arab and European
experts and scientists working
in the water domain are
to take part in the conference.
Jordan
to host Omani, UAE, Bahraini,
British, American maneuvers
mid October
Arabic News, October 10,
2002
It was announced officially
in Jordan that maneuvers
will be held on the Jordanian
territories between Jordanian,
Omani, UAE, Bahraini, British
and American military units
in the mid of the current
month.
Peace
Now's Statement About Recent
Settlement Dismantling
October 9, 2002
Peace Now is not satisfied
with the symbolic -- and
high profile -- dismantling
of a few uninhabited caravans.
There are over 100 illegal
settlement outposts in the
West Bank, the sole purpose
of which is the creation
of "facts" on the ground
(otherwise know as land
grabbing) in order to prevent
any peace agreement or separation
between Israelis and Palestinians.
New
bulge develops on wall of
Temple Mount
Jerusalem Post, October
10, 2002
As Jordanian engineers began
tests on a two-year-old
bulge on the southern wall
of Jerusalem's Temple Mount
this week, a side section
of the mount's western wall
that shows signs of dampness
has begun to protrude as
well.
Bereaved
Arab father: Barak offered
me $1m.
Jerusalem Post, October
9, 2002
The father of one of 13
Israeli Arabs killed in
the Galilee riots two years
ago claimed Wednesday that
supporters of former prime
minister Ehud Barak offered
him and the families of
the other victims $1 million
apiece to vote for him in
the 2001 elections.
PA
weighs legal action against
CBS for linking Arafat to
Iraq, Iran
Jerusalem Post, October
9, 2002
The Palestinian Authority
said Tuesday it is considering
legal action against the
CBS television network over
a 60 Minutes report that
revealed PA Chairman Yasser
Arafat's close links to
Iraq and Iran. The report,
broadcast last week, deeply
embarrassed the PA and enraged
many of its leaders.
Barghouti
trial postponed for five
weeks
Jerusalem Post, October
9, 2002
The continuation of the
trial of Palestinian uprising
leader Marwan Barghouti
has been postponed for five
weeks.
Olive
harvest comes to end as
Israeli security fence cuts
through West Bank
Jordan Times, October 10,
2002
BETHLEHEM, West Bank —
About a dozen Palestinians
rush to pick olives in a
field sliced by a fresh
road lined with barbed wire,
two weeks before the army
starts to raise a hi-tech
security fence that will
run through their land.
EU
says it is trying to restart
Arab-Israeli peace talks
Jordan Times, October 10,
2002
CAIRO (AFP) — European
Union foreign policy chief,
Javier Solana, said on Wednesday
after talks with Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak
that the EU would push to
rekindle the dormant Palestinian-Israeli
peace process in the weeks
ahead.
Israel
Restricts Christian Leader’s
Movement
Palestine Media Center,
October 10, 2002
After revoking his passport
several weeks ago, Israeli
police refused Tuesday to
return to Archimandrite
Atallah Hanna of the Greek
Orthodox Patriarchate his
passport.
Weekly
Report On Israeli Human
Rights Violations in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories,
03 - 09 October, 2002
Palestinian Centre for Human
Rights
Baghdad
invites U.S. to inspect
suspected WMD sites; Basra
airport bombed
Al-Bawaba, October 10, 2002
Iraq on Thursday dismissed
latest US allegations about
Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
programs as "ridiculous
lies", saying American inspectors
are welcome to visit the
suspected sites.
Israel
hopes to become oil corridor
to Asian markets
Al-Bawaba, October 10, 2002
Israel’s energy storage
and transport firm, the
Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline
Company (EAPC), has initiated
a plan to transport crude
oil from Russia and Central
Asia to Asian markets. It
will do so via a 254-kilometre
pipeline running from the
Mediterranean port of Ashkelon
to Eilat harbor on the Red
Sea, reported the Middle
East Economic Survey (MEES).
IDF
and police remove illegal
settlement outpost near
Hebron
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
IDF soldiers and police
officers Thursday removed
the Ma'on Farm illegal outpost,
south of Hebron.
Thousands
attend funeral of senior
PA police official
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
GAZA CITY- Some 20,000 mourners,
most of them armed police
and militiamen, filled the
streets of Gaza City for
Thursday's funeral of a
Palestinian police colonel
who was shot dead by gunmen
from the militant Islamic
group Hamas.
U.S.
Consulate says policy on
Jerusalem unchanged
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
The U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem
assured a Palestinian delegation
on Thursday that American
policy on Jerusalem was
unchanged despite new legislation
signed in Washington last
week.
Iraqi
VP sent checks for intifada
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
Iraqi Vice President Taha
Yassin Ramadan personally
directed the transfer of
funds to families of suicide
bombers and shahid victims
of the intifada, according
to documents seized during
and since Operation Defensive
Shield.
Palestinian
journalist released after
five months in Israeli detention
Jerusalem Post, October
9, 2002
JERUSALEM - A Palestinian
cameraman working for the
Reuters news agency has
been released after five
months detention in Israeli
jails, the organization
said Wednesday.
PLO’s
Executive Committee Condemns
Khan Younis Massacre, Calls
For International Intervention
Palestine Media Center,
October 9, 2002
President Yasser Arafat
headed the Palestinian leadership’s
weekly meeting in Ramallah
on Tuesday, which was attended
by members of the Palestinian
Liberation Organization
(PLO)’s Executive
Committee, and discussed
the latest developments
in light of the latest massacre,
committed by Israeli Occupation
Forces (IOF) against the
Palestinian civilians in
the Gaza Strip city of Khan
Younis as well as a number
of political issues.
Hating
Bush, disliking Saddam,
fearing Sharon
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
Israeli Arabs know that
a war on Iraq can only be
bad for them: Traffic at
the Home Command's distribution
stations has been less than
brisk so far in both Arab
and Jewish communities.
The
Russian right is coming
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
The Israeli right-wing is
talking about a hawkish
coaltion of immigrant parties:
Since Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis,"
no one has undergone as
profound a change as MK
Yuri Stern of the Yisrael
Beitenu party.
In
the settlements, the law
is merely a recommendation
Ha'aretz, October 10, 2002
Anyone who has spoken with
Defense Minister Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer about the illegal
settlements recently may
have received the impression
that he was truly in deep
distress.
Four
Iraqis killed in air raids
Arab News, October 10, 2002
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, 10 October
— Four Iraqis were
killed and 10 injured yesterday
as US and British warplanes
bombed Nineveh province,
400 km (250 miles) north
of Baghdad, an Iraqi military
spokesman said. The aircraft,
which flew in from Turkish
airspace, "staged 16 armed
sorties" over seven other
regions of northern Iraq,
the spokesman said.
Israeli
warplanes continued violations
of the Lebanese airspace
Arabic News, October 10,
2002
The Israeli warplanes on
Wednesday continued their
violations of the Lebanese
airspace in the south and
the Western Bekaa.
Russia:
No Evidence Iraq Has Weapons
of Mass Destruction
Islam Online, October 10,
2002
The U.N. Charter does not
say the U.N. can change
regimes: Yastrzhembsky:
LONDON, October 10 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - A
senior aide to Russian President
Vladimir Putin has said
on the eve of a visit to
Moscow by British Prime
Minister Tony Blair that
so far the international
community has seen no evidence
that Iraq has weapons of
mass destruction, The Times
daily reported Thursday,
October 10.
Yoko
Ono honours Israeli and
Palestinian artists
Reuters Asia, October 10,
2002
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters)
- To commemorate the late
John Lennon's 62nd birthday,
Yoko Ono on Wednesday inaugurated
a new peace award for those
who "imagine" while bullets
fly by, giving $50,000 prizes
to Israeli and Palestinian
artists.
Arafat
under pressure to announce
new cabinet
Jerusalem Post, October
9, 2002
Palestinian Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat has resumed
efforts to set up a new
cabinet by holding a series
of meetings with PLO and
Fatah leaders in his Ramallah
office.
SPECIAL
REPORT: A summary of findings
from the US National Jewish
Population Survey
Jerusalem Post, October
8, 2002
Photo
gallery: Mayhem
in Gaza
Palestine Chronicle, October
10, 2002
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