Palestinian
holding Molotov cocktail
killed by IDF in Tul Karm
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
IDF troops in the West Bank
city of Tul Karm Wednesday
shot dead a Palestinian
youth holding a Molotov
cocktail, which the soldiers
said he was intending to
hurl at a tank.
Settlers
Leave Israeli Outpost
The Guardian, October 16,
2002
HAVAT GILAD, West Bank (AP)
- Defiant Jewish settlers
at an illegal West Bank
outpost claimed they won
a concession Wednesday from
the Israeli government and
will be permitted to remain
on the hilltop site during
daylight hours.
Ben-Eliezer
denies agreement with settlers
over outpost
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
Defense Minister Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer denied Wednesday
that any agreement had been
reached with settler leaders
over the evacuation of the
Havat Gilad illegal outpost
in the West Bank.
Carter:
US "In Bed" with Israel
Palestine Chronicle, October
15, 2002
WASHINGTON (PMC) - Former
US President and Nobel Peace
Prize laureate Jimmy Carter
on Monday voiced a sharp
criticism of President George
W. Bush’s ongoing
policy in the Middle East,
saying the current US administration
was mistreating Palestinians
while being ‘in bed’
with Israel.
IDF
may pull out of Hebron by
weekend
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
Defense Minister Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer said yesterday
that intensive efforts were
under way to withdraw IDF
troops from the West Bank
city of Hebron by the weekend,
but warned that the move
would only go ahead if security
conditions on the ground
permitted it.
Peres
Claims that Israel Began
partial withdrawal from
Hebron Not Confirmed
Palestine Media Center,
October 16, 2002
[Israeli reports of withdrawal]
have not been verified or
confirmed by the Palestine
National Authority (PNA)
or by any independent source.
New
Report: Lethal Curfew -
The use of live ammunition
to enforce curfew
B'tselem, October 16, 2002
80% OF PALESTINIANS KILLED
BY IDF WHILE ENFORCING CURFEW
ARE CHILDREN: For the past
four months, Israel has
imposed a full curfew, unprecedented
in scope and length, on
hundreds of thousands of
Palestinians in the Occupied
Territories. This curfew
constitutes collective punishment,
and as such is in contravention
of international law.
Court
hears of `terrible' Ketziot
conditions
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
The High Court of Justice
yesterday heard a petition
calling on the commander
of the military detention
center at Ketziot to immediately
improve the conditions of
the 939 Palestinians being
held there. The petition,
filed by a coalition of
Israeli and Palestinian
human rights groups, claims
that conditions at Ketziot,
including the fact that
an average of 66 prisoners
share a single toilet, violate
the Basic Law: Human Dignity
and Liberty, as well as
Article 76 of the Geneva
Convention.
Lebanese
leaders attend water-pumping
project opening ceremony;
Peres: Dispute can lead
to regional conflict
Al-Bawaba, October 16, 2002
Lebanese President Emile
Lahoud paid a visit Wednesday
afternoon to the opening
ceremony for the new water-pumping
project at the Wazzani River
in southern Lebanon.
Nasrallah:
Hizbullah fighters in full
readiness to counter Israeli
attack on Lebanese pumping
station
Al-Bawaba, October 15, 2002
Hizbullah leader Sheikh
Hassan Nasrallah said on
Tuesday that his group would
retaliate "within minutes"
against any Israeli attack
on a Lebanese water pumping
station at the Wazzani River.
Palestinian
shot dead in Tulkarem; Settlers
protest evacuation of illegal
outpost
Al-Bawaba, October 16, 2002
Israeli troops in the West
Bank city of Tulkarem Wednesday
shot dead a Palestinian
youth. According to Israeli
media reports, the Palestinian
was holding a Molotov cocktail.
Israeli
human rights group criticizes
army enforcement of curfews
against Palestinians
Jerusalem Post, October
16, 2002
An Israeli human rights
group on Wednesday accused
the country's army of frequently
using gunfire to enforce
a curfew in Palestinian
cities in the West Bank,
and said 12 of at least
15 Palestinians killed for
apparent curfew violations
in the past four months
were under the age of 16.
Bush
to Sign Iraq Force Resolution
The Guardian, October 16,
2002
WASHINGTON (AP) - As he
formally accepts a congressional
go-ahead for military action
against Baghdad, President
Bush is prodding the United
Nations to declare its resolve
on Iraq and offering a broad
vision of how the country
could thrive without Saddam
Hussein.
Sharon
Calls on Palestinians to
Choose A "Government of
Peace"
Palestine Chronicle, October
15, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PC)
- In the opening of the
current session of the Israeli
parliament, Knesset, Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon called
on the Palestinians Monday,
to replace their current
leadership, headed by Yasser
Arafat, with a "government
of peace."
U.S.
to Brief Sharon on Iraq
Plans
The Guardian, October 16,
2002
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bush administration
officials were outlining
to visiting Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon U.S.
plans to block any Iraqi
missile attack on Israel
in the event of a U.S.-led
military campaign against
Saddam Hussein.
Supreme
court hears of inhumane
conditions of Palestinian
detainees held at Ansar
III
Alternative Information
Center, Wednesday, October
16, 2002
On 15 October 2002 the Supreme
Court held its first hearing
on a petition filed in June
2002 by seven Palestinian
detainees and ten Palestinian
and Israeli human rights
organizations challenging
the inhumane conditions
under which Palestinian
detainees are being held
at the Ansar III ("Ketziot")
Detention Center in the
Naqab (Negev).
Ben-Eliezer
tells Knesset: Illegal outposts
undermine the rule of law
Jerusalem Post, October
16, 2002
Defense Minister Binyamin
Ben-Eliezer said Wednesday
he is ordering the evacuation
of unauthorized settler
outposts because they are
"undermining the rule of
law."
Lebanon
begins pumping from new
Wazzani water system
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
Lebanon began pumping Wednesday
from its new water source
on the Wazzani River in
southern Lebanon. Lebanese
President Emile Lahoud made
a surprise appearance at
the inauguration ceremony
for the pump.
Chirac
denies Iraq-al-Qaeda link
BBC, October 16, 2002
French President Jacques
Chirac has said he knows
of no relationship between
Iraq and al-Qaeda, and has
warned that a war against
Baghdad could provoke terrorists
to stage new attacks.
Discord
deepens over Iraq resolution
BBC, October 16, 2002
Iraq has agreed to the inspectors'
return: Russia says the
United States must make
changes to a draft United
Nations resolution threatening
force against Iraq.
Mitzna:
Ben-Eliezer trying to appear
as though he's removing
an outpost
Jerusalem Post, October
16, 2002
Haifa Mayor Amiram Mitzna
accused Defense Minister
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer of
feigning the appearance
of taking down an illegal
outpost while not really
doing so at all.
Settlers
report agreement with army
to leave outpost as a farm
Jerusalem Post, October
16, 2002
Settlers report reaching
an agreement with defense
officials to permit Gilad's
Farm in the West Bank to
remain as a farm, but not
allow anyone to live there,
media reports said.
Sharon's
U.S. visit starts with Cheney
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's
seventh trip to the White
House since he and President
George Bush took office
nearly simultaneously in
January 2001 was to begin
last night in a meeting
with Vice President Dick
Cheney. Sharon's session
with Bush was slated for
this evening, Israel time.
Feud
threatens Arafat
The Age, October 15, 2002
The two largest Palestinian
political movements are
on the verge of armed conflict
that could lead to chaos
in the West Bank and Gaza
and to the death of the
Palestinian Authority.
Sharon’s
Speech “Arrogant,
Shameless”: PNA
Palestine Media Center,
October 15, 2002
The Palestine National Authority
(PNA) condemned Israeli
PM Sharon’s speech
at the opening of the winter
session of the Israeli Knesset
as “arrogant and shameless,”
saying it showed that the
Israeli government was not
serious about achieving
peace.
Saddam
gets 100% support; Turkey
urges U.S. not to attack;
Chirac: No proof for Iraq
- al Qaeda links
Al-Bawaba, October 16, 2002
Saddam Hussein won another
seven-year term as Iraq's
president in a referendum
in which he was the sole
candidate, taking 100 percent
of the vote, the Iraqi leader's
right-hand man announced
Wednesday.
UN
arms chief 'waiting for
decision'
BBC, October 16, 2002
Iraq has agreed to the inspectors'
return: The chief United
Nations weapons inspector,
Hans Blix, has said arms
teams will not return to
Iraq before a new UN resolution
on the matter is adopted.
Jordan
puts stop to anti-normalization
campaigns
MENA Report, October 16,
2002
The Jordanian government
has ordered the dissolution
of trade-union affiliated
agencies that oppose the
normalization of ties with
Israel.
Email
push bowls Hollywood over
The Guardian, October 16,
2002
Bowling for Columbine, the
controversial documentary
by the maverick director
Michael Moore about American
gun culture, opened in cinemas
in the US at the weekend
to an enthusiastic audience
response. Its success may
be in no small way due to
thousands of emails sent
by the director himself
urging people to attend
as a way of demonstrating
their opposition to President
Bush and his plans for war
in Iraq.
Mubarak
says solving Palestine issue
more important than Iraq
war
Al-Bawaba, October 16, 2002
Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak emphasized on Tuesday
that solving the Palestine
issue is key to the settlement
of regional issues. "The
right way for solving Mideast
issues is to make progress
in the Palestine problem,"
Mubarak told reporters after
his talks with visiting
Romanian President Ion Iliescu.
Lahoud
meets Maher; Lebanon starts
today pumping of al-Wazzani
water
Arabic News, October 16,
2002
The Lebanese President Emil
Lahoud on Tuesday at Baabda
Presidential palace received
the Egyptian foreign minister
Ahmad Maher who conveyed
to him a verbal message
from President Hosni Mubarak
dealing with Egypt's position
concerning current developments
in the Middle East.
News
on a coupe attempt in Qatar,
detention, arrests at the
American participation
Arabic News, October 16,
2002
News reports were rumored
in Cairo and several Gulf
states on a campaign of
arrests which targeted scores
of Qatari army officers,
in which members of the
American forces deployed
in Qatar took part.
Moussa,
Patten hold a joint press
conference
Arabic News, October 16,
2002
The secretary general of
the Arab League (AL) Amr
Moussa has stressed the
need of reaching a diplomatic
settlement for the Iraqi
file especially after Iraq
had shown readiness to cooperate
with the UN weapons inspectors.
Ben
Eliezer hopes the release
of Azzam after Israel had
released the Egyptians
Arabic News, October 16,
2002
The Israeli defense minister
Benyamin Ben Eliezer expressed
his hope that Israel's release
of 8 Egyptian sailors who
were on the ship of "Karen
A" which was intercepted
in the Red Sea in January
carrying weapons will lead
to Egypt's release of the
Israeli spy Azzam Azzam.
Arafat
to present candidates for
new cabinet
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
Palestinian Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat is to meet
Wedensday evening with members
of his Fatah movement's
central committee in order
to present them with a list
of candidates for the new
Palestinian cabinet.
Peres:
Blindness of extreme right
could bring catastrophe
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
Within three years, the
Middle East could turn into
an arena of nuclear, biological
and chemical weapons, which,
because of the blindness
of Israel's extreme right-wing,
could bring catastrophe
upon Israel, Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres told the Knesset
on Wednesday in remarks
quoted by Israel Radio.
Knesset
panel okays bill banning
identification of suspects
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
The Knesset Constitution
Committee approved Wednesday
a bill to bar the publication
of the names of individuals
suspected of crimes until
an indictment has been filed
against them.
Talks
between Histadrut, Treasury
fail; strike spreads to
ports
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
Talks Wednesday afternoon
between Histadrut and Finance
Ministry officials aimed
at resolving the public
sector strike ended with
no results.
Background:
Hell no, settlers won't
go
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
As Israelis prepare to mark
their most egregious case
of Jew versus Jew, the 1995
murder of prime minister
Yitzhak Rabin by a radical
right-wing Israeli, settlers
and ultra-nationalist sympathizers
are riding a new wave of
militancy, urging soldiers
to refuse orders to dismantle
illegal settlements, and
declaring the settlements
scattered about the West
Bank and Gaza as irreversible.
IDF
is keeping a low profile
in outpost 'refusenik' debate
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
In recent days the West
Bank's roads have been lined
with placards aimed at soldiers,
calling on them to "refuse
the political order" to
dismantle the illegal outposts.
The settlement movement's
rabbis were slightly more
careful. In a meeting they
held on Sunday, they called
on soldiers to ask their
commanders to be freed from
the mission for "conscientious"
reasons.
Hundreds
of settler cars block access
to settlement outpost
Jerusalem Post, October
16, 2002
As the IDF prepares to evict
Jewish settlers from an
illegal encampment, hundreds
of vehicles are blocking
access to the site near
Nablus, Army Radio reports.
Top
U.S. admiral to be liaison
to Israel during an Iraqi
war
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
Vice Admiral James Metzger,
an assistant to the chairman
of the American joint chiefs
of staff, has been assigned
the delicate job of American
liaison to the Israel Defense
Forces during a possible
U.S. offensive against Iraq,
sources in Washington said
yesterday.
Analysis:
Stagflation is back
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
If inflation continues at
its current pace, we will
end the year with 9 to 10
percent inflation: The 0.4
percent rise in the Consumer
Price Index in September
was bad news, proving to
all of us that inflation
is still alive and kicking.
Sharon
plans farming settlement
for Black Hebrews in the
Negev
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
Plans for a Black Hebrew
agricultural settlement
near Ketsiot in the south
have been drawn up by the
Prime Minister's Office.
Qaida
won't hesitate to use chemical
weapons, say Israeli security
sources
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
The Qaida organization won't
hesitate to use unconventional
weapons - particularly chemical
weapons - if it gets the
operational opportunity
to do so, say sources in
the defense establishment.
Illegal
aliens to be held at military
facility
Ha'artez, October 16, 2002
The immigration police is
to hold illegal foreign
workers who are due to be
deported from the country
in a military facility near
Gedera, despite previous
promises by immigration
officials that they will
only be held at facilities
that are at least as comfortable
as youth hostels.
Patten
signs euro 92m agreements
to back economic reforms,
development efforts
Jordan Times, October 16,
2002
AMMAN — His Majesty
King Abdullah and European
External Relations Commissioner
Chris Patten on Tuesday
discussed bilateral relations,
the Iraqi question and the
ongoing Palestinian-Israeli
conflict.
Palestinian
Leaders Call on Britain
to Act Against Israel
Palestine Chronicle, October
15, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Palestinian
leaders on Tuesday lauded
remarks by British Ambassador
to Israel Sherard Cowper-Coles
comparing Israel's military
policy against the Palestinians
to the Nazi holocaust.
Bush
to Ask Sharon to Scale Down
Killing For The Time Being
Palestine Chronicle, October
15, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (IAP
News) - US President George
W. Bush is to ask visiting
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon to reduce the level
of Palestinian civilian
killing in the West Bank
in order to foster a more
favorite atmosphere to the
planned American war on
Iraq, Israeli sources said
Tuesday.
Al
Jazeera inspires citizens,
infuriates government
Middle East Times, October
11, 2002
Despite hostility from the
state-run press, the controversial
Arab news channel Al Jazeera
remains an important "opinion
maker" in an increasingly
politically aware society.
Iran
feels betrayed one year
after attacks on Taliban
Middle East Times, October
11, 2002
A year after the United
States kicked off its war
against the Taliban and
Al Qaeda in Afghanistan,
neighboring Iran is nursing
a deep sense of betrayal
that its discreet, supportive
role in the operation has
failed to pay off.
Occupation
Chronicle Events in Palestine,
October 16, 2002
Palestine Media Center,
October 16, 2002
International
Committee of the Red Cross
activities in Israel, the
occupied and autonomous
territories, 7-13 October
2002
Alternative Information
Center, Wednesday, October
16, 2002
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