Five
Palestinians, including
baby and women, killed by
Israeli fire; Report: U.S.
demands Israel to withdraw
from Hebron
Al-Bawaba, October 13, 2002
Two Palestinians who tried
early Sunday to attack a
Jewish settlement on the
Gaza Strip border were shot
dead by Israeli forces.
Three soldiers were wounded
in this incident.
Israel
Kills 2 Palestinians in
Rafah, Crushes Baby In Gaza
Islam Online, October 13,
2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, October
13 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) - Two armed Palestinians,
who had crossed into Israel
, were killed in a shootout
with Israeli soldiers Sunday
October 13, near the Gaza
Strip, close to the border
with Egypt.
IDF
kills 2 infiltrators from
Egypt; 2 more Palestinians
killed, 28 hurt in Gaza
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
Two Palestinians were killed
and 28 wounded early Sunday
when Israeli soldiers, backed
by tanks and a helicopter,
entered the Rafah refugee
camp in the southern Gaza
Strip, witnesses and a hospital
official said.
Three
killed in Israeli raids
BBC, October 13, 2002
Three Palestinian civilians
- one a four-year-old boy
- have died in the Gaza
Strip and the West Bank
during Israeli army operations.
Palestinians
pull 40-day-old baby out
of ruins of house destroyed
by IDF
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
Palestinians managed to
rescue a 40-day-old baby
from within the ruins of
a house destroyed by the
IDF during the early morning
raid on Rafah in the southern
Gaza Strip, a Palestinian
doctor said.
Outrage
as Iraq views UK arms
The Observer, October 13,
2002
Peace campaigners angered
as Saddam's top brass 'rub
shoulders' with British
firms at weapons bazaar
A British Minister will
lead a major sales drive
by UK weapons and military
technology firms at an exhibition
attended by high-ranking
Iraqi military officials
this week.
Last-ditch
talks fail to avert municipal,
government strike in Israel
Alternative Information
Center, October 13, 2002
Talks held late Saturday
night and early Sunday morning
between representatives
of the trade unions and
representatives of the government
and local authorities were
unable to avert one of the
largest industrial actions
by workers in recent years.
Syria
begins to feel the heat
Asia Times, October 13,
2002
DAMASCUS - Senior Syrian
officials have expressed
fears that the United States
could target Syria next
if it attacks Iraq. "There
is serious cause for concern,"
says an official. "A strong
lobby within the US has
been campaigning for action
against Syria."
Gilad:
80% in Gaza Strip living
in poverty, but no starvation
Ha'aretz, October 13, 2002
Although some 80 percent
of Palestinians in the Gaza
Strip live beneath the poverty
line, there is no starvation
in the territories because
Israel allows donations
to be delivered there, Major
General Amos Gilad, Coordinator
of Government Activities
in the West Bank and Gaza,
told a meeting of senior
government officials Sunday
morning.
Sharon
rejects call for new diplomatic
plan
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
rejected a proposal by Defense
Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
to come up with a new diplomatic
initiative that would bypass
Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat and encourage moderate
Palestinians.
Civil
service strike cripples
public services
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
Local authorities workers
began an open-ended work
dispute which effectively
shut down public services
throughout the country on
Sunday.
Fatah,
Palestinian Authority leaders
push for cease-fire
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
An initiative for a cease-fire
with Israel and internal
reform is gaining support
among Fatah and Palestinian
Authority officials.
Protest
held against plan to wreck
church-owned buildings near
Har Homa
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
More than 100 Palestinian
Christians staged a protest
march on Sunday against
Israeli plans to demolish
a church-related apartment
complex between Beit Sahour
and the new Jerusalem neighborhood
of Har Homa.
Iraq
Ready to Resolve All Inspection
Issues
Palestine Chronicle, October
12, 2002
VIENNA - A top aide to Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein
has sent the United Nations
a letter saying Baghdad
is ready to resolve all
issues on U.N. weapons inspections.
Mufti
of Jerusalem: Temple Mount
belongs to Muslims only
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
The Temple Mount belongs
only to the Muslims, who
will not allow anyone to
interfere in their internal
affairs, including the Israeli
authorities -- Sheikh Ikrema
Sabri, the mufti of Jerusalem,
said on Friday.
Yassin
calls for violent overtake
of Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh
Ahmed Yassin calls on Palestinians
to take hold of Jerualem
by force and says Hamas
plans to pursue its struggle
against Israel until Palestinians
have a homeland.
Reuters
journalist freed : Reporters
Without Borders demands
release of three others
Reporters Without Borders,
October 11, 2002
Reporters Without Borders
today expressed satisfaction
at the release of Reuters
sound-man Yusri el-Jamal
from the Ofer detention
centre near Ramallah on
9 October at the end of
his second three-month period
of administrative detention.
Israeli
army raids palestinian newspaper
offices
Reporters Without Borders,
October 8, 2002
Reporters Without Borders
today denounced the Israeli
army's raid on the main
offices of the privately-owned
Palestinian daily Al Ayyam
in Ramallah and accused
it of continuing hostility
to the media.
Kibbutzniks
offer land to Palestinians
in a rare protest over Israel's
'Berlin Wall'
The Independent, October
13, 2002
Under the hot sun, a metal
railing snakes its way incongruously
through the hills.
Falwell
Apologizes for Anti-Muslim
Remarks
Islam Online, October
13, 2002
WASHINGTON, October 13 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) –
U.S. Baptist minister Jerry
Falwell apologized Saturday
October 12, for calling
the Prophet Mohammed “a
terrorist”, after
his anti-Islamic remarks
had caused an uproar throughout
the world.
U.S.
rejects Iraqi messages to
U.N. confirming acceptance
of weapons inspectors
Al-Bawaba, October 13, 2002
Iraq reserves the right
to end cooperation with
U.N. weapons inspections
if it deems Washington is
manipulating them, the Iraqi
inspections chief said Saturday.
Syria
summons U.S. ambassador
to protest comments on alleged
Damascus - Moscow nuclear
cooperation
Al-Bawaba, October 13, 2002
The Syrian foreign ministry
on Sunday summoned the U.S.
ambassador and handed him
an official protest over
a statement released by
the U.S state department
on a Russian – Syrian
cooperation in the field
of nuclear researches.
Palestinian
industry on the verge of
collapse, says study
Jerusalem Times, October
10, 2002
The Palestinian industry
is expected to collapse
in the coming months if
Israel does not lift the
closure and other trade
restrictions imposed on
the occupied territories
for the last two years,
according to new survey
results published October
1.
Supreme
Court Freezes Discriminatory
Budget Cuts in Child Allowances
Adalah, October 13, 2002
Today, the Supreme Court
issued a temporary injunction
freezing the implementation
of a new law for 30 days,
which would cut child allowances
by 20% to families who do
not serve in the military.
The Court also decided to
expand the panel of justices
hearing the case, and requested
further submissions by the
state.
Adalah
Review, Volume 3 | Summer
2002 | Law and Violence
Adalah, October 13, 2002
Workshops
in Gaza endure Israeli war
Jerusalem Times, October
10, 2002
Occupation forces no longer
distinguish a mechanic shop
from a body shop, an aluminum
factory from a marble plant.
US
expert seeks Israel-Lebanon
water diversion deal
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
US water expert Charles
Lawson was expected to arrive
Sunday, amid conflicting
Lebanese reports over wether
Beirut will limit its pumping
of water from the Wazzani
tributary to drinking water
only.
Michigan
campus Hillel seeks to avoid
clashes over anti-Israel
divestment talks
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
NEW YORK As anti-Israel
advocates press for divestment
from Israel at a University
of Michigan conference this
weekend, the campus Hillel
is urging students to stay
away from a counter-protest
planned by Jewish students
to defend Israel against
charges of apartheid and
racism.
Wedding
dates set according to curfews
Jerusalem Times, October
10, 2002
Yousef and Khuloud were
supposed to have their wedding
on a predetermined date
in Ramallah, but the curfew
enforced on the city disallowed
it.
Israel
and Turkey to finalize water
deal
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
Israeli and Turkish officials
are slated to meet in Ankara
Monday to hammer out details
of the sale of 50 million
cubic meters of water annually
from Turkey over the next
20 years.
New
Trends in Marriage and Divorce
Jerusalem Times, October
10, 2002
Nuptials: The Intifadas
compared
With the continuing Zionist
aggression, which targets
even culture and tradition,
many new trends have appeared
in Palestinian society.
U.S.
Seeking To Recruit Arab
Nationals For Special Forces
Islam Online, October 13,
2002
WASHINGTON, October 13 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) –
After making use of the
Northern Alliance in it’s
war in Afghanistan to topple
the Taliban government,
the U.S. special forces
is now considering recruiting
foreign nationals, including
Arabic-speaking citizens
of Middle Eastern countries,
for combat missions overseas.
Israel
Under Fire for Its Treatment
of Palestinian Children
Palestine Chronicle, October
12, 2002
On 2 October, the UN Committee
on the Rights of the Child
reviewed the State of Israel's
report on measures taken
in compliance with the 1989
UN Convention on the Rights
of the Child (CRC), the
most widely ratified human
rights treaty in history.
At the same time, Amnesty
International, one of the
world's most respected human
rights organizations, released
a report addressing the
killing of Palestinian and
Israeli children.
Growing
number of Egyptian volunteers
crossing into Gaza to join
the war against Israel
Ha'aretz, October 13, 2002
The two armed men shot dead
Sunday by troops near a
kibbutz close to Gaza, crossed
the Egyptian border. They
turned out to be Palestinians,
but this does not detract
from the fact that more
and more Egyptians are joining
Palestinian militias in
the Strip.
City
workers launch open-ended
strike
Ha'aretz, October 13, 2002
Some 100,000 workers in
municipalities, local authorities
and religious councils last
night launched an open-ended
strike. Non medical staff
of state hospitals and government
ministry workers are poised
to impose sanctions today.
Security
sources: Same Hamas cell
behind last 3 suicide missions
Ha'aretz, October 13, 2002
Security sources are convinced
that Friday's attempted
bombing was orchestrated
by the same West Bank Hamas
cell that was behind the
last two bombings in the
center of the country.
The
intifada is becoming more
popular
Ha'aretz, October 13, 2002
The Palestinian press is
predicting that Israel will
reoccupy Gaza, as the uprising
returns to it grass roots.
Divestment
campaign polarizes UC Berkeley
Contra Costa Times, October
13, 2002
BERKELEY - On a card table
near the steps of UC Berkeley's
Sproul Hall, neat stacks
of pro-Palestinian pamphlets
detailing human rights abuses
explain why universities
should divest from companies
that do business in Israel.
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