Palestinian
dies in phone box blast
BBC, October 14, 2002
An alleged member of a Palestinian
militant group has been
killed in an explosion near
Bethlehem, in the West Bank.
The man, named as Mohammed
Abayat, aged 25, died as
he was making a call from
a telephone booth in Beit
Jala.
Israeli
Troops Kill Six Palestinians
Palestine Chronicle, October
14, 2002
GAZA CITY - Israeli troops
killed six Palestinians
yesterday including a woman,
raided a refugee camp and
demolished houses in the
occupied territories.
In
Letter to Sharon, U.S. Criticizes
Killing of Civilians
New York Times, October
14, 2002
JERUSALEM, Oct. 13 —
In a message to Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon before his
planned visit to Washington
this week, the Bush administration
has criticized Israel for
killing Palestinian civilians
during its military operations
and for maintaining crippling
restrictions on movement
in the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip.
EU
Commissioner: Israel Has
Failed To Comply With UN
Resolutions
Islam Online, October 14,
2002
CAIRO, October 14 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - Israel
has failed to comply with
a number of UN resolutions
and might have achieved
peace already with the Palestinians
if it had, EU External Relations
Commissioner Chris Patten
charged here Sunday.
Palestinian
Territory ‘Largest
Prison in the World’:
British Ambassador
Palestine Media Center,
October 14, 2002
Britain’s ambassador
to Israel, Sherard Cowper-Coles,
criticized on Monday Israel’s
mistreatment of the Palestinian
People, describing the Occupied
Palestinian Territory as
the “largest prison
in the world.”
Bloody
Takeover Vandalises Holiest
City
Palestine Chronicle, October
13, 2002
Brandishing machine-guns,
Israeli settlers are invading
Hebron, locking Palestinians
out of their homes and city
amid riots of retaliation.
Sharon
Calls for Palestinian Change
The Guardian, October 14,
2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
called on the Palestinians
to overthrow their current
leadership and predicted
Monday that the coming year
would bring a turning point
in the Mideast conflict.
Dahlan
Offers Resignation to Arafat
The Guardian, October 14,
2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Mohammed
Dahlan, one of the most
powerful figures in the
Palestinian security system,
offered his resignation
to Yasser Arafat, a senior
Palestinian official said
Monday.
PA
claims Israel killed wrong
man
Ha'aretz, October 14, 2002
The Palestinian Authority
yesterday accused Israel
of using a booby-trapped
public phone booth near
Beit Jalla hospital to kill
Mohammed Abiat, a low-ranking
member of the Tanzim from
east Bethlehem.
Police
interrogate Mitzna for 8
hours
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
Haifa Mayor Amram Mitzna
was questioned by police
for eight hours Sunday over
allegations that he received
illegal donations to his
campaign for the Labor Party
leadership.
Crippling
public services strike goes
on today
Ha'aretz, October 14, 2002
The strike at local authorities,
regional councils and religious
councils and the go-slow
at ministries and state-run
hospitals carries on today.
Peace
hopes wilt among the olive
branches
The Guardian, October 14,
2002
Harvest-time killing fuels
hatred between Palestinians
and Jewish settlers
Jaacov Hayman begins with
God when asked about the
murder of the young Palestinian
Hani Bani Minyeh as he ventured
to his olive grove for the
start of the annual harvest
in Aqraba.
Palestinians:
Israel assassinates senior
Fatah activist in West Bank;
Arafat to sack interior
minister
Al-Bawaba, October 13, 2002
A senior Fatah activist
was assassinated by Israel
on Sunday evening when a
public telephone exploded
in his hand in the West
Bank town of Beit Jala,
Palestinian witnesses said.
Fatah
vows revenge following activist
killing; Fatah, Hamas to
renew talks in Gulf state
Al-Bawaba, October 14, 2002
Members of al Aqsa Martyrs'
Brigades vowed revenge Monday
for the assassination of
a Fatah activist on Sunday
near Bethlehem.
U.S.
Official Criticizes Israel
Over Hardship In Occupied
Territories
Islam Online, October 14,
2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, October
13 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) - The U.S. ambassador
to Israel Dan Kurtzer has
passed on a message to Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
criticizing his refusal
to alleviate the hardship
in the Palestinian territories
and to limit civilian deaths,
Israeli army radio said
Sunday, October 13.
Hebron
settlers attack police,
bar muezzins from Tomb
Ha'aretz, October 14, 2002
Tensions are running even
higher than usual in Hebron
this week after police investigating
complaints about settler
violence against Palestinian
residents of the town were
attacked by settlers.
Palestinians
Bury Slain Militant
The Guardian, October 14,
2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - As Palestinians
buried a militant killed
by a booby-trapped telephone
in Bethlehem, Palestinian
officials on Monday accused
Israel of trying to stir
up trouble in a town that
has been quiet since Israel's
army withdrew in August.
Credibility
of Israeli PR Statements
Undermined by Ben-Eliezer's
Contradiction
Palestine Media Center,
October 14, 2002
Credibility of official
Israeli public relations
statements on Sunday has
proved lacking as Israel's
assassination of a Palestinian
activist in Bethlehem violated
an accord with the Israelis,
which "Defense" Minster
Benjamin Ben Eliezer was
misleadingly suggesting
as a basis for a new withdrawal
by the Israeli Occupation
Forces (IOF).
Jews
suspected of attacking police,
Arabs in Hebron
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
Police are investigating
Palestinian allegations
that members of the Hebron
Jewish community vandalized
property in a local Palestinian
school and the Wakf office
near the Avraham Avinu quarter.
Sharon
calls on Palestinians to
get rid of 'despotic' leaders
Ha'aretz, October 14, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
called on the Palestinians
on Monday to change their
"despotic" leaders, and
predicted that the coming
year would be a "turning
point" in Israel's conflict
with the Palestinians.
Israel
Kills 5 Palestinians, Abducts
Three, Destroys 5 Houses
Islam Online, October 14,
2002
GAZA CITY, October 13 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - Five
Palestinians were killed
Sunday, October 13, including
a toddler crushed when Israeli
forces dynamited a house
in the Gaza Strip.
IDF
may hire ex-soldiers to
guard borders
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
Eager to alleviate reservists'
work load, the IDF is considering
deploying recently demobilized
soldiers in border-area
patrols.
Israeli
troops kill six Palestinians
Arab News, October 14, 2002
GAZA CITY, 14 October —
Israeli troops killed six
Palestinians yesterday including
a woman, raided a refugee
camp and demolished houses
in the occupied territories.
Sharon
heads to Washington to discuss
Iraq
Al-Bawaba, October 14, 2002
Israel's Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon is to depart
late Monday for Washington,
where President George W.
Bush is predicted to ask
him for "maximum restraint"
if Israel is attacked by
Iraq in the event of an
American strike on Saddam
Hussein's regime.
Manufacturers:
Economy will shrink 1.9%
in 2002
Globes, October 14, 2002
Unemployment will surge
to 12%. Manufacturers Association
of Israel president Oded
Tyrah: Package deal is essential
now: The Manufacturers Association
of Israel states that the
economy and industry are
suffering from the worst
crisis they have ever faced.
US
tells Sharon to ease restrictions
on Palestinians more quickly
Globes, October 14, 2002
The note included a demand
to transfer to the Palestinian
Authority the balance of
the NIS 2 billion in tax
receipts held by Israel:
The US is demanding that
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
ease restrictions on the
Palestinian population more
quickly.
Court
attaches NIS 64 m of Israeli-held
Palestinian Authority cash
Globes, October 14, 2002
The order was issued by
request of the families
of Ramallah lynch victims
Vadim Novesch and Yosef
Avrahami: The Jerusalem
District Court has issued
an attachment order on NIS
64 million in Palestinian
Authority funds held by
Israel.
Six
Palestinians killed in scattered
violence; U.S. criticizes
Israel
New Jersey.com, October
13, 2002
BEIT JALLA, West Bank (AP)
-- A Palestinian militant,
whose clan has been targeted
previously by Israeli security
forces, was killed Sunday
when a public telephone
exploded in his hand --
one of six Palestinians
to die in a day of violence,
Palestinians said.
Israel
accused of killing member
of key clan of Fatah's Al
Aksa Brigades
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
A Palestinian member of
a clan blamed for a series
of shooting attacks at a
Jerusalem neighborhood and
the slayings of several
Israeli civilians was killed
when a public telephone
exploded in his hand, Palestinian
sources said.
U.S.
refreshes war plans while
Baghdad prepares for presidential
referendum
Al-Bawaba, October 14, 2002
US Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld said he had ordered
regional commanders to sharpen
war plans, according to
the New York Times.
Arafat
continues with consultations
to form government
Alternative Information
Center, October 14, 2002
Palestinian President Yasser
Arafat continued yesterday
his consultations with the
PLC members to form a new
government. President Arafat
held a meeting yesterday
with PLC Speaker Ahmad Qrei'
and the Fatah bloc in the
PLC.
New
report from LAW and PCATI:
The Assassination Policy
of the State of Israel
Public Committee Against
Torture in Israel
The Public Committee Against
Torture in Israel (PCATI)
and LAW-The Palestinian
Society for the Protection
of Human Rights and the
Environment conducted an
in-depth, comprehensive
investigation of this policy
including the collection
of affidavits and evidence
from various sources.
Arab
stocks retreat in 3rd quarter
Arab News, October 14, 2002
The escalating US threats
against Iraq had a negative
impact on the performance
of most Arab stock markets
in the third quarter this
year.
After
US criticism, IDF says no
starvation in Gaza
Jerusalem Post, October
14, 2002
Some 80 percent of the Palestinian
population in the Gaza Strip
lives beneath the poverty
line, but there is no starvation
there, Maj.-Gen. Amos Gilad,
the IDF's coordinator of
activities in the territories,
said Sunday.
Sharon
expects to face US pressure
to ease up on Iraq, Lebanon,
Palestinians
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,
who heads to Washington
on Monday, is expected to
face more pressure from
the US government to ease
restrictions on Palestinians,
in his talks this week with
President George W. Bush.
New
PA crackdown on Hamas bars
tailors from sewing their
uniforms
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
The Palestinian Authority
has barred tailors in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip
from sewing any military
fatigues for anyone who
does not belong to its official
security services.
Naif
confirms Saudis will fingerprint
Americans
Arab News, October 14, 2002
RIYADH, 14 October —
Interior Minister Prince
Naif yesterday confirmed
that the government plans
to start fingerprinting
Americans entering the Kingdom
in a reciprocal measure.
MK
Uri Ariel settles in at
illegal outpost
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
National Union-Israel Beiteinu
MK Uri Ariel settled into
one of eight caravans in
the Givat Assaf outpost
Sunday night, in direct
defiance of Defense Minister
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer's orders
to dismantle illegal Judea
and Samaria encampments.
Hundreds
of American Christian Coalition
members hold pro-Israel
rally
Jerusalem Post, October
13, 2002
WASHINGTON Waving Israeli
flags, chanting Hebrew melodies,
and blowing rams' horns,
hundreds of American Christians
rallied in support of Israel
Friday in Washington.
Ritage:
Instruction by Internet
Jerusalem Times, October
10, 2002
Palestinian students are
surrounded by occupation;
land and streets and occupied,
and so are many homes and
buildings with strategic
locations or ones that simply
stir the curiosity of soldiers
keen to loot and destroy.
Europe
Alarmed By U.S. Plan for
General to Govern Iraq
Islam Online, October 14,
2002
LONDON, October 13 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - America's
European allies are alarmed
at a plan, on the making,
in Washington to install
a U.S. general to govern
Iraq, after an inevitable
invasion is complete, a
British paper reported Sunday,
October 13.
Troops
preventing settlers from
access Havat Gilad outpost
Ha'aretz, October 14, 2002
Settlers and security forces
clashed on Monday afternoon,
at the illegal Havat Gilad
outpost south of Nablus.
Discriminatory
measures at Qalandia Checkpoint
Jerusalem Times, October
12, 2002
The Israeli forces erected
access signs last Tuesday
to show Palestinians which
queue they should use to
pass through the checkpoint.
Bush
to press for restraint on
Iraq, PM won't commit
Ha'aretz, October 14, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
is to leave late Monday
for Washington, where President
George W. Bush is expected
to ask him for "maximum
restraint" if Israel is
attacked by Iraq in the
event of an American assault
on the Baghdad regime.
Two
Jewish Authors Underscore
"Israeli Holocaust" Against
Palestinians
Palestine Chronicle, October
13, 2002
"Hoffman and Liberman make
a devastating case for Israeli
criminality, while exposing
the 'Talmudic racism' that
fuels the Israeli identification
of the Palestinian people
as "Amalek" and targets
them for the final solution
of "total eradication."
..": OCCUPIED JERUSALEM
(IAP News) - A newly-published
book compiled by two scholars,
both Jewish, has given evidence
proving that the Jewish
state of Israel has been
carrying out a systematic
holocaust against the native
Palestinian population.
Hezbollah
says ready to respond if
Israel attacks Lebanon
Ha'aretz, October 14, 2002
TYRE - Lebanon's Hezbollah
group said Monday it was
ready to retaliate against
any Israeli attack on a
disputed Lebanese project
set to start pumping water
this week from a river both
countries need.
Barghouti's
cousin goes on trial in
Beit El
Ha'aretz, October 14, 2002
The trial began Monday of
Ahmed Barghouti, a cousin
of Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti,
on charges of orchestrating
shooting attacks in which
11 Israelis were killed,
including the shooting spree
at the Tel Aviv Seafood
restaurant, in which three
Israelis were killed and
31 wounded.
Background/
Bush & Sharon: A duel
of allies?
Ha'aretz, October 14, 2002
Crucial players in a four-sided
chess match between Baghdad,
Washington, Jerusalem and
Ramallah, Ariel Sharon and
George W. Bush prepare to
meet, keen on avoiding a
turn of events in which
the like-minded allies became
reluctant adversaries, their
common interests outweighed
by conflicting concerns.
Good
morning Baghdad, this is
Washington calling
Ha'aretz, October 14, 2002
A station owned by the U.S.
government is now the most
popular radio station among
young people in Amman: WASHINGTON
- Results of the latest
listeners poll, released
last week, caused a ruffle
of excitement in the Radio
Sawa studios in Washington.
Damascus
demands US ambassador explain
Washington's anti-Syria
comments
Jordan Times, October 14,
2002
DAMASCUS (AFP) — The
Syrian foreign ministry
lodged a formal complaint
with the US ambassador here
against the State Department's
branding Syrian-Russian
nuclear cooperation a threat
to US interests, the state's
SANA news agency reported.
Occupation
Chronicle Events in Palestine
Palestine Media Center,
October 14, 2002
Assassinations Persist:
Palestinian Killed in Bethlehem
Blast: Mohammad Ebiyat,
an activist of the Alaqsa
Martyrs Brigades resistance
faction, was killed Sunday
overnight in an explosion
at a public telephone boot,
in the West Bank city of
Bethlehem.
Greek
Orthodox Palestinians protest
Israeli plan to demolish
their homes
Jordan Times, October 14,
2002
BEIT SAHOUR (AP) —
Accompanied by Greek Orthodox
priests, more than 100 Palestinian
Christians staged a protest
march on Sunday against
Israeli plans to demolish
a church-related apartment
complex.
audio
Sources
say Mohammed Abayat was
a member of the Al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigade
BBC, October 14, 2002
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