Three
Palestinian Children, One
Teen, Killed
Palestine Chronicle, October
10, 2002
"In the last two days, twenty-one
Palestinians have been killed
by Israeli forces in the
Gaza Strip during similar
raids and incursions into
Palestinian neighbourhoods
and refugee camps ..": GAZA
CITY (Palestine Monitor)
- The latest in a string
of Israeli invasions into
civilian neighbourhoods
in the Gaza strip claimed
more innocent lives this
morning.
Stone-Throwers
to Be Treated Like Gunmen:
Israeli Radio
Palestine Chronicle, October
10, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (IAP
News) - The Israeli occupation
army has issued unwritten
instructions to its soldiers
ordering them to shoot and
kill Palestinian children
throwing stones on Israeli
tanks and armored personnel
carries, Israeli radio indicated.
74
arrested in raids in West
Bank towns
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
In an overnight sweep of
the West Bank, 74 Palestinians,
mostly from the Ramallah
area, were arrested yesterday.
Death
toll of Khan Yunis carnage
rises; Israel on high alert
Al-Bawaba, October 11, 2002
Israeli police restricted
access to prayers at annexed
east Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa
mosque, as security forces
went on high alert a day
after a Palestinian suicide
bombing near Tel Aviv.
Settlers
confront West Bank olive-pickers
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
Settlers from the West Bank
settlement of Yizhar confronted
Palestinians olive-pickers
from a nearby village, who
responded by throwing stones
and lightly injuring three
settlers.
PA,
Hamas negotiations to ease
tensions continue
Al-Bawaba, October 11, 2002
Palestinian lawmakers held
Thursday separate meetings
with officials from Fatah
movement and Hamas to calm
tensions between them after
deadly clashes, a Hamas
leader told AFP.
Israelis
kill 2 more Palestinian
boys
Arab News, October 11, 2002
TEL AVIV, 11 October —
Israeli tanks killed two
youths yesterday in the
Gaza Strip in the ongoing
operation that has killed
more than 20 Palestinians.
Israel
demolishes 15 houses, breaks
to 23 villages, Palestinian
operation in Tel Aviv
Arabic News, October 11,
2002
A young Palestinian on Thursday
carried out a new operation
in Tel Aviv and the Palestinians
destroyed one Israeli Meirkava
3 tank upon the incursion
of the Israeli forces on
Wednesday evening in Rafah.
Palestinian
olive crop hit by unrest
BBC, October 11, 2002
Olive groves have been bulldozed
to build settlements: The
Palestinian Authority's
olive output, one of its
most important agricultural
products, was reduced by
more than 80% in 2001, mainly
due to Israeli military
action.
Postwar
Iraq Occupation Possible
The Guardian, October 11,
2002
NEW YORK (AP) - The White
House is working on a plan
to establish an American-led
military government in Iraq
should the United States
overthrow Saddam Hussein,
The New York Times reported.
U.S.
Has a Plan to Occupy Iraq,
Officials Report
New York Times, October
11, 2002
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 —
The White House is developing
a detailed plan, modeled
on the postwar occupation
of Japan, to install an
American-led military government
in Iraq if the United States
topples Saddam Hussein,
senior administration officials
said today.
Washington
works on postwar plans while
Putin sees no reason to
attack Iraq
Al-Bawaba, October 11, 2002
The Bush administration
is working on postwar plans
for Iraq that could involve
foreign military control
of the country if President
Saddam's regime is overthrown,
officials said Friday.
Senate
Roll Call
New York Times, October
11, 2002
The 77-23 roll call by which
the Senate voted Friday
to authorize President Bush
to use military force, if
necessary, to disarm Iraq.
Not
much substance to the dismantlement
of "24 illegal outposts"
Alternative Information
Center, October 10, 2002
On Tuesday Israeli Defense
Minister Ben-Eliezer ordered
the dismantlement of 24
Israeli settlements in the
West Bank. The same night,
Ma’ahaz Gilad west
of Nablus and Tel Shaharit
west of Salfit, two isolated
and uninhabited outposts,
were eliminated by the IDF.
As expected, Yesha, the
settlers’ lobby voice,
is up in arms, determined
to combat the trend.
Settlers
Angry as Army Dismantles
Uninhabited Outposts
Palestine Chronicle, October
10, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Israeli
Defence Minister Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer ordered soldiers
to dismantle two unauthorized
settlement outposts in the
West Bank yesterday and
immediately earned the wrath
of Jewish settlers and the
scorn of Israeli doves.
Iraqi
Missiles Deemed As Ineffective
For WMD
Middle East Newsline, October
11, 2002
LONDON [MENL] -- Iraq's
arsenal of short- and medium-range
missiles has been deemed
as largely incapable of
delivering weapons of mass
destruction.
Israeli
Arab man wounded in shooting
Jerusalem Post, October
11, 2002
Palestinians shot and wounded
an Israeli Arab as he drove
through El-Khader shortly
before nine o'clock Thursday
night.
Top
PA police sent to Gaza to
handle Hamas
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
Senior officers in the Palestinian
police have left the West
Bank for the Gaza Strip,
with instructions from Palestinian
Authority Chairman Yasser
Arafat on how to deal with
a possible confrontation
with the Hamas movement.
12
illegal outposts dismantled
so far
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
Eight illegal settlement
outposts were removed yesterday,
bringing the total number
of outposts dismantled this
week to 12. However, only
one of those removed to
date has been inhabited.
Two
youths shot dead in IDF
raid on Rafah camp
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
Two Palestinians were killed
yesterday by IDF fire at
the Rafah refugee camp as
a result of clashes that
broke out between IDF soldiers
and Palestinian militants.
Settlers
retake only inhabited outpost
removed by IDF
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
Settlers on Friday returned
to an illegal outpost next
to the settlement of Har
Bracha, near the West Bank
city of Nablus, which was
removed on Thursday by the
IDF.
Israelis
Kill 2 Palestinians, Including
Child, Tel Aviv Bomb Blast
Kills 1, Injures 29
Islam Online, October 11,
2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, October
10 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) – A fresh
resistance attack took place
Thursday, October 10, when
a Palestinian blew himself
up in Tel Aviv, killing
one and injuring 29 hours
after an Israeli tank shot
dead 2 Palestinians, including
a 12-year-old child when
Israeli tanks, backed up
by helicopters, rolled into
the Rafah refugee camp in
the Gaza Strip.
Massacre
averted by bus driver's
bravery
The Guardian, October 11,
2002
Passengers flee as fall
reveals explosives belt:
The slip of a foot and the
desperate courage of a bus
driver who pinned down a
suicide bomber as his passengers
fled probably saved dozens
of lives in Tel Aviv yesterday.
Nine
Egyptians in Israeli jail
for nine months without
charge or trial
LAW, October 10, 2002
It has come to LAW's attention
that nine Egyptians have
been detained in an Israeli
jail without trial since
January 1, 2002. The nine
worked as sailors, mechanics,
services and cooks on the
'Karin 5-A' ship. The detained
Egyptians are 'Abdu Ghareeb,
Mohammad Ghareeb, Ahmad
al-Jawish, Mohammad al-Jawish,
Hussein Ni'matallah, Mohammad
Faraj, Mustafa Faraj, Khatib
Abu As'ad, Taysir al-Sallaq.
Jewish
Settlers Re-Occupy Illegal
Outposts
Voice of America, October
11, 2002
Jewish settlers in the West
Bank Friday re-occupied
one of the illegal outposts
dismantled by the Israeli
army earlier this week.
The move is the first sign
of active resistance to
a campaign by the Israeli
government to remove all
Jewish settlements built
without government approval.
20,000
march in support of Arafat
Sun Times, October 11, 2002
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip--Twenty-thousand
police and militiamen marched
in a funeral procession
for a police colonel Thursday
in the biggest Palestinian
display of force in years
and a clear warning to the
slain officer's Hamas killers
to end their challenge to
Yasser Arafat's government.
U.S.
Middle East envoy voices
concerns about war with
Iraq
Tallahassee Democrat, October
10, 2002
WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Retired
Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni,
the State Department's special
Mideast envoy, said Thursday
the United States should
not go to war with Iraq
until the Bush administration
"gets the Middle East peace
process back on track" and
faces other problems in
the region.
Israel
Curbs Access to Jerusalem
Muslim Holy Site
Macon Telegraph, October
11, 2002
JERUSALEM - Israel curbed
access to one of Islam's
holiest sites on Friday
to try to deter possible
violence after the end of
prayers, a week after worshippers
stoned police guarding an
adjacent plaza sacred to
Jews.
Ziad
Abu Amr: Hamas-PA reconciliation
talks 'very positive'
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
A reconciliatory meeting
between the Palestinian
Authority and the Islamic
militant Hamas organization
was "very positive", a top
PA official said Friday.
Click here for Danny Rubinstein's
analysis.
Analysis:
Arafat calls for calm between
Fatah and Hamas
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
Against the backdrop of
continued tension between
Hamas and Fatah, Palestinian
Authority Chairman Yasser
Arafat has ordered his representatives
in Gaza to make every effort
to avoid further clashes
with Hamas activists.
Arafat
names Bir Zeit president
to head election commission
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
A West Bank university president,
Hanna Nasser, has been appointed
by Yasser Arafat to head
the commission overseeing
Palestinian general elections
Jan. 20, officials said
Friday.
Army,
Shin Bet split over Fatah's
terror strategy
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
The Israeli intelligence
community is currently divided
as to the intentions of
Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization,
with Military Intelligence
asserting that Fatah has
decided to refrain from
attacks inside the Green
Line and the Shin Bet security
service denying that any
such development has taken
place.
EU
lining up behind U.S. view
on Arafat
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
The European Union is slowly
moving closer to the American
view of the Palestinian
Authority and its chairman,
Yasser Arafat, according
to reports that have reached
Jerusalem in advance of
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's
planned trip to Washington
next week.
British
academic raps plans to boycott
Israel
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
LONDON - Baroness Susan
Greenfield, a renowned neuroscientist
and the director of the
Royal Institution, has condemned
a proposal to impose an
academic boycott on Israel.
U.S.
envoy in Wazzani crisis
due here Sunday to report
on mediation
Ha'aretz, October 11, 2002
Special U.S. envoy Chuck
Lawson will arrive in Israel
from Lebanon on Sunday to
report on his mediation
efforts over the Wazzani
River pumping project.
Arafat,
Saddam exchange messages
Jerusalem Post, October
11, 2002
Palestinian Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat received a
message from Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein Thursday,
Palestinian officials told
The Jerusalem Post.
On
Palestinian Attitudes Towards
the Palestinian Situation
and the Second anniversary
of the Intifada
Jerusalem Media and Communication
Centre Public Opinion Poll,
September 21 - 25,
2002
Terrorism
now suspected in French
oil tanker blast
International Herald Tribune,
October 11, 2002
AL MUKALLA, Yemen American
military investigators probing
the unexplained explosion
that crippled a French oil
tanker here last Sunday
now believe that the blast
may have been caused by
a terrorist attack, according
to U.S. officials.
Arafat
aide admits PLO Covenant
never altered after Oslo
Accords
WorldNetDaily.com, October
10, 2002
Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat's foreign minister
has acknowledged that the
PLO National Covenant, with
its many clauses calling
for violence and the destruction
of Israel, has never been
changed, reports Dubai newspaper
Al Bayan.
Hezbollah
Reported to Possess Thousands
of Missiles
Voice of America, October
10, 2002
The New York Times has reported
that Hezbollah guerrillas
in southern Lebanon have
amassed as many as 9,000
surface-to-surface rockets,
including some with longer
range than ever before.
Palestinian
conference denounced
Detroit News, October 11,
2002
U-M protesters fear event
will be forum for anti-Semitism:
ANN ARBOR -- A rally showing
support for Israel drew
hundreds of University of
Michigan students and others
Thursday as the campus prepared
to host a National Student
Conference on the Palestinian
Solidarity Movement.
US
students protest anti-Israel
conference
Jerusalem Post, October
11, 2002
Seeking an "end to the Israeli
system of Apartheid," a
pro-Palestinian conference
equating Zionism with racism
and advocating divestment
from Israel will take place
at the University of Michigan
this weekend.
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