Two
Palestinians killed near
Jenin; Dahlan submits resignation;
Sharon calls Palestinians
to change regime
Al-Bawaba, October 14, 2002
Two Palestinians were killed
Monday afternoon by Israeli
fire. According to Palestinian
sources, Israeli tanks fired
at least six shells towards
the Palestinians in the
Jenin area.
Israel
extra-judicially kills three
Palestinians in 24 hours
LAW Society, October 15,
2002
Israeli forces yesterday
evening (Monday, October
14) killed another two Palestinian
political activists in the
second extra-judicial assassination
in less than 24 hours.
PFLP
claims shooting at bus,
but unclear if it was attack
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
The Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine
(PFLP) took responsibility
Tuesday for what appeared
to be a shooting attack,
in which four people were
injured, on an Egged bus
traveling in the Beit She'an
Valley, but police said
that the injuries may have
been caused by debris thrown
out of a nearby woodchipper.
Jerusalem
Mufti briefly detained on
suspicion of incitement
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
Police on Tuesday arrested
the chief Muslim cleric
in Jerusalem, Ikrema Sabri,
on charges of incitement
to violence and terrorism
stemming from a newspaper
interview in which he condoned
suicide bombings, police
said. He was released a
short time later.
Raids
in Jenin - Harvest Season
Signals Disaster
Palestine Chronicle, October
14, 2002
JENIN, West Bank (PC) -
The West Bank town of Jenin,
its refugee camp and many
other villages are still
under a very strict siege,
imposed by the Israeli army.
The siege grew more strict
after the disabling of an
Israeli army tank on Sunday,
by Palestinian resistance
fighters.
150
Palestinian Laborers Detained
Palestine Chronicle, October
14, 2002
RAMALLAH (PC) - A source
at the Palestinian Labor
Union told the Palestine
Chronicle that Israeli forces,
alleging “security
reasons,” have detained
over 150 Palestinian laborers
in the last two weeks.
Ben-Eliezer:
Efforts for Hebron pull-out
underway
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
Defense Minister Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer said Tuesday
that intensive efforts were
underway to pull IDF troops
out of the West Bank city
of Hebron and that the withdrawal
could take place by the
weekend should the conditions
on the ground permit such
a move.
Special
Report: Waiting for the
Ambulance
Palestine Chronicle, October
14, 2002
AL-RAZI HOSPITAL, Jenin
(PC) - A Palestinian woman
was shot dead by Israeli
troops in the West Bank
town of Jenin Sunday. Two
other women were wounded.
Palestine Chronicle reporters
met with some of the survivors.
Fear
and loathing in Gaza
Graham Usher, Al-Ahram Weekly,
10 - 16 October 2002
Early Monday morning 40
Israeli armoured vehicles
and tanks -- backed by Apache
attack helicopters -- ploughed
through the Amal neighbourhood
in the southern Gaza city
of Khan Yunis, home to around
100,000 Palestinians.
PA
security advisor Dahlan
submits resignation
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
Mohammed Dahlan, the Gaza
strongman who was named
Palestinian Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat's National
Security Advisor at the
end of Operation Defensive
Shield, submitted a letter
of resignation to the PA
leader yesterday, citing
slow progress in the reforms
process Arafat promised
in June.
Agreement
reached on releasing frozen
PA funds
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
Israel and the U.S. have
reached an understanding
regarding the supervision
of Palestinian Authority
finances, thereby paving
the way for Israel to transfer
some NIS 2 billion in frozen
tax revenues to the Palestinians,
Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres said yesterday.
Ministers
chafe as Israel bows to
US pressure to release $500
million to Palestinians
Jerusalem Post, October
15, 2002
On the eve of Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon's visit to
Washington Tuesday, Israel
and the US reached an understanding
to enable the transfer of
some NIS 2 billion in frozen
tax revenue to the Palestinian
Authority, a senior source
said.
Lebanon
agrees to limit Wazzani
pumping and allow for UN
observers
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
Lebanon has agreed to pump
only a predetermined quantity
of water from the Wazzani
River and to permit United
Nations observers to oversee
the pumping to ensure that
this agreement is kept,
an American envoy told Israel
yesterday.
Israeli/Palestinian
joint demonstration in Jerusalem
Israeli Committee Against
Home Demolitions, October
13, 2002
Yesterday over three hundred
activists from Ta’ayush,
The Israeli Committee Against
House Demolitions, Bat Shalom
and others, joined with
five hundred Palestinians
in a joint demonstration
against the separation wall
built by the Israeli government
in Abu Dis.
Security
tight for Likud revote
Jerusalem Post, October
15, 2002
More than 500 police and
security officers are set
to patrol 16 polling sites
across the country on Tuesday,
in an effort to prevent
a repeat of the chaos that
marred last week's internal
Likud election.
EU
duties on Green Line goods
days away
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
The European Union is finally
beginning to implement a
decision to impose customs
duties on Israeli goods
produced over the Green
Line, a senior EU official
in Brussels told Israeli
sources recently.
Peres
asks EU to defer 'settlement
duty'
Jerusalem Post, October
15, 2002
With some European countries
beginning to levy duties
on products originating
in the settlements, Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres called
on the European Union Monday
to push the issue off for
a "year or two." He phoned
Per Stig Moller, the foreign
minister of Denmark, which
holds the rotating EU presidency,
and said Israel is not interested
in a conflict with the EU
over the issue.
France
demands 'produce of Palestine'
label on dates from the
Jordan Valley
Alternative Information
Center, October 14, 2002
French customs agents demand
that Israeli farmers from
the Jordan Valley affix
the label 'produce of Palestine'
on dates marketed in France.
Jordan Valley farmers: the
French are abusing us.
Background:
A political, not economic
dispute
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
The European Union does
not recognize any territory
over the Green Line as being
part of Israel, and it says,
therefore, that goods made
in these areas are not entitled
to the customs breaks enjoyed
by Israeli products under
Israel's Association Agreement
with the EU.
PM
heads to U.S. to be briefed
by Bush
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
was set to leave last night
for a brief visit to Washington,
where he is slated to meet
with U.S. President George
W. Bush in the White House
tomorrow.
Israel
assassinates 2 Islamic Jihad
activists
Jordan Times, October 15,
2002
In the West Bank after nightfall
Monday, two young activists
from the Islamic Jihad resistance
group were killed as Israeli
occupation troops in tanks
fired on their car near
Jenin, an Islamic Jihad
official said.
Sha’ath
Says Hamas Has Contacts
with EU, American Officials
Palestine Chronicle, October
14, 2002
RAMALLAH (IRNA) - Palestinian
Authority official Nabil
Sha'ath has revealed that
a meeting between EU officials
and Hamas representatives
took place in Beirut recently
amid rumors of secret European
efforts to convince Hamas
to give peace efforts a
chance.
Israel
Releases Chief Muslim Cleric
The Guardian, October 15,
2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli
police briefly detained
the chief Muslim cleric
in Jerusalem, Ikrema Sabri,
and questioned him Tuesday
about a newspaper interview
in which he was quoted as
condoning suicide bombings,
police said.
Palestinian
territories largest detention
camp in world, says UK envoy
Arab News, October 15, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 15 October
— British Ambassador
to Israel Sherard Cowper-Coles
has told Israel that the
Palestinian territories
are the world’s largest
jail, where harassment and
humiliation are rife, the
daily Yediot Aharonot said
yesterday.
British
envoy `proud' of critical
comments made against Israel
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
The British ambassador to
Israel, Sherard Cowper-Coles,
says he is "proud" of his
comments that were published
yesterday and in which he
described the West Bank
and Gaza Strip as "the biggest
detention camp in the world."
Bethlehem
killing sparks Fatah, local
clan showdown
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
Israel's apparently accidental
assassination on Sunday
of a low-ranking Fatah militiaman
from the powerful Ta'amra
clan in the Bethlehem area
has ignited a potential
violent confrontation between
the clan and the Fatah political
leadership in the area,
with armed men seen last
night in the city, apparently
looking for a fight.
Four
wounded in Israeli bus incident
BBC, October 15, 2002
Four people are reported
to have been injured in
an incident on a bus in
northern Israel.
Eight
hurt in mysterious bus shooting
in northern Israel
Jerusalem Post, October
15, 2002
Four people were wounded
in a mysterious shooting
attack on an Egged bus Tuesday
near Kibbutz Nir David in
northern Israel.
Five
Israelis Injured In A Bus
Shooting
Islam Online October 15,
2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, October
15 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) - Five people
were slightly injured Tuesday
in a shooting attack on
a bus near the northern
Israeli town of Beit Shean,
close to the northeastern
frontier with the West Bank,
Israeli police said.
Sharon
heads to U.S. to meet Bush
before action on Iraq
Ha'artez, October 15, 2002
Government and security
sources said Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon will promise
U.S. President George W.
Bush that should Israel
decide to retaliate for
an Iraqi attack it will
be fully coordinated with
the Americans.
Sharon:
Arafat Should Be Overthrown
The Guardian, October 15,
2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - In advance
of a White House visit,
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon urged Palestinians
on Monday to overthrow their
leadership, calling it a
``despotic regime that is
leading you from failure
to failure.''
U.S.
Quietly Sends Forces to
Gulf
The Guardian, October 15,
2002
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon
is preparing and positioning
U.S. forces in ways that
suggest they soon will be
able to move swiftly against
the Iraqi regime, although
President Bush says war
is neither imminent nor
inevitable.
War
Games Held in Southern Jordan
The Guardian, October 15,
2002
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Troops
from the United States,
Britain and Arab countries
took part in war games in
southern Jordan on Monday,
diplomats said, and the
government stressed the
exercise had nothing to
do with preparations for
a possible U.S. attack on
Iraq.
Iraq
tops Sharon-Bush talks
BBC, October 15, 2002
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon has arrived in Washington
for talks with President
George W Bush, which are
expected to focus on setting
ground rules for Israel
before a possible US strike
on Iraq.
Israel
police question Jerusalem
Mufti; Bus ''attack'' likely
accident
Al-Bawaba, October 15, 2002
Israeli police on Tuesday
briefly detained the chief
Muslim cleric in Jerusalem,
Ikrema Sabri, and said they
were questioning him about
a newspaper interview in
which he was quoted as condoning
suicide bombings, officials
said.
Israeli
daily: Al Qaeda activists
tried to poison Jews in
Morocco
Al-Bawaba, October 15, 2002
“International Jihad”
organizations, under the
leadership of Osama bin
Laden, have attempted, in
the past year, to launch
an amount of eleven attacks
against Israeli and Jewish
targets around the globe,
according to an Israeli
daily Tuesday.
Presidential
referendum in Iraq; Paris,
Washington at odds regarding
U.N. resolution
Al-Bawaba, October 15, 2002
Iraq mobilized for a massive
show of support for President
Saddam Hussein. The ruling
Baath party has launched
an all-out propaganda onslaught
to ensure a 100-percent
"yes" vote in Tuesday's
leadership referendum for
Saddam who has ruled since
1979.
Saudi
Cabinet hits out at increasing
Israeli atrocities
Arab News, October 15, 2002
RIYADH, 15 October —
Saudi Arabia yesterday denounced
the escalating Israeli attacks
on unarmed Palestinian civilians
and called upon the international
community to force Tel Aviv
to stop its aggressions
and atrocities.
LAW
Petition: Stop seizing lands
for Apartheid Wall
LAW Society, October 14,
2002
Today at 10:00am LAW shall
petition the Israeli High
Court to stop the seizure
of lands around north Qalqilya,
in the West Bank, to build
Israel's apartheid wall.
Ben-Eliezer
aides: France wants defense
cooperation with Israel
Globes, October 15, 2002
Meanwhile, France has imposed
an embargo on arms deals
with Israel, and is a major
competitor of Israel's defense
industries: Aides of Minister
of Defense Benjamin Ben-Eliezer,
who is on a working visit
to France, expressed optimism
yesterday about greater
Franco-Israeli defense cooperation.
Palestinians,
Israeli plant for peace
Arizona Daily Star, October
15, 2002
Tucson was first stop on
14-city tour to spread their
message for peace in the
Middle East: Two visiting
Palestinians and an Israeli
planted a fig tree sapling
at an East Side synagogue
as a symbol of their hope
for peace in their country.
The three are among more
than 190 members of The
Parents Circle (http://www.parentscircle.israel.net),
an Israeli group of bereaved
families who have lost loved
ones to terrorism or the
fighting between Israelis
and Palestinians.
Yoram
Gabay: Israel will have
to request US guarantees
Globes, October 15, 2002
"The government's economic
policy, which is directed
toward achieving financial
stability at any cost, will
lead to a severe credit
crunch in the economy and
capital market. Without
credit sources, the government
will be forced to ask for
guarantees or additional
aid from the US," said Peilim
chairman Dr. Yoram Gabay.
Israel
and Palestinians continue
to cooperate over electricity
grid
Globes, October 15, 2002
Israel Electricity Corporation
hooked up Tubas and 21 adjacent
villages in a joint project
financed by the Palestinian
Authority.
Jordanians
wary of U.S. as it weighs
war with Iraq
Baltimore Sun, October 14,
2002
Unease: Though few like
Saddam Hussein, familiarity
with their neighbor breeds
a sense of comfort and security:
AMMAN, Jordan -- He was
about to leave the grocery
store after paying for a
bottle of wine when he heard
the spirited conversation
at the cash register. Everyone
in the country, said Assam
Abdel Jaber, the man ringing
up the purchases, is talking
about Iraq and the United
States.
Muslims
accept Falwell's apology
Salon, October 14, 2002
Oct. 14, 2002 |
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Leaders
in the two main branches
of Islam welcomed an apology
from the Rev. Jerry Falwell
for calling the founder
of their religion a terrorist.
Journalists
attacked at Abayat funeral
in Bethlehem
Jerusalem Post, October
15, 2002
Although Muhammad Abayat
was a member of the secular
Aksa Martyrs Brigades, an
offshoot of Palestinian
Authority leader Yasser
Arafat's Fatah faction,
his body was draped in the
green flag of Hamas as hundreds
marched in his funeral in
Bethlehem yesterday.
Histadrut
threatens to escalate strike
Jerusalem Post, October
15, 2002
The Histadrut threatened
to widen its strike after
a three-hour meeting Monday
between its representative
Shlomo Shani and Coordinating
Board of Economic Organizations
representative Yossi Rosen
reached a deadlock.
Eitam:
IDF soldiers cannot refuse
orders to dismantle outposts
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
Minister Effi Eitam said
Tuesday that Israel Defense
Forces soldiers cannot refuse
orders to dismantle outposts
in the territories, Israel
Radio reported.
Sharon
at opening session: Don't
worry
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
Speaking yesterday at the
opening of the Knesset's
winter session, Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon tried to allay
public anxieties about the
possibility of an Iraqi
missile attack.
Histadrut
threatens to expand strike
Ha'aretz, October 15, 2002
The Histadrut labor federation
threatened yesterday to
expand its public-sector
strike today if late-night
talks with Finance Ministry
officials failed to produce
progress toward ending the
crisis.
Arabs
fail to respect financial
pledge to Palestinians
Jordan Times, October 15,
2002
CAIRO (AFP) — Arab
aid to the Palestinian National
Authority for the six-month
period ending September
totalled $145 millions,
less than half their $330
million commitment, an Arab
League official said on
Monday.
Israeli
hi-tech to be hurt by proposed
cut in US entry visas
Jerusalem Post, October
14, 2002
Thousands of Israeli hi-tech
workers and Israeli companies
that employ them will be
hurt by a US Congress bill
proposing to cut by more
than half the number of
H1B entry visas given to
foreign workers, many of
whom are in the hi-tech
field, according to Giga
Information Group, a research
and consultancy firm.
"Horse
Without Cart" Strategy Threatens
U.S. Mideast Policy
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, October 8, 2002
Carnegie Endowment visiting
scholar Daniel Brumberg
testified today in a House
joint committee hearing
regarding the growing Arab
antipathy toward the United
States.
Photo
gallery: March for Peace
in Jerusalem
Palestine Chronicle, October
14, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PC)
- Palestinians, Israeli
and international peace
activists gathered near
the Kubsa military checkpoint
in Jerusalem, 12 Oct. to
protest the Israeli siege
of the West Bank. Palestine
Chronicle photographer Mahfouz
Abu Turk was present during
the protest, the clashes
and the arrests that followed.
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