8
Palestinians dead, more
than 40 wounded in Gaza
clash
Jerusalem Post, October
17, 2002
Eight Palestinians were
killed and some 40 were
wounded when the IDF opened
fire Thursday on Palestinians
who were firing at an IDF
crew near the Gaza Strip
town of Rafah, near the
Termit outpost, Thursday
afternoon.
Israeli
Tanks Kill 9 Palestinians,
Including 2 Children
Islam Online, October 17,
2002
GAZA CITY, October 17 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - Israeli
tanks killed nine Palestinians,
including two children,
on Thursday, October 17,
when they blasted two houses
in the southern Gaza Strip
town of Rafah with shells
and heavy machinegun fire.
Israeli
army shoots 16, including
9 children
Jordan Times, October 17,
2002
ISRAELI MACHINEGUN fire
wounded 16 Palestinians,
including nine children,
on Wednesday in the southern
Gaza Strip, Palestinian
security sources said.
Another
round to the settlers
The Guardian, October 17,
2002
The Israeli government backed
away from a confrontation
with hundreds of angry settlers
and abandoned an attempt
to close an illegal outpost
in the West Bank yesterday.
Arafat
presents new cabinet; 16
Palestinians injured in
Rafah
Al-Bawaba, October 16, 2002
Palestinian leader, Yasser
Arafat declared appointments
to his new Cabinet at a
meeting of his Fatah leadership
Wednesday, deposing the
interior minister he appointed
in June to supervise Palestinian
security services.
Dahlan
resigns, slams PA leadership
Jerusalem Post, October
17, 2002
The Palestinian leadership
has never missed an opportunity
to commit a mistake, Muhammad
Dahlan, who resigned earlier
this week from his job as
national security adviser
to Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat,
was quoted as telling a
group of businessmen at
a closed meeting in Gaza
City.
EU
Condemns Israel’s
Extra-Judicial Assassination
Policy
Palestine Media Center,
October 17, 2002
The European Union on Wednesday
condemned Israel for its
assassination of a senior
Fatah activist, saying it
had undermined international
efforts to bring peace to
the region.
No
progress in PA-Israel talks
on Hebron withdrawal; 10
Palestinians detained in
West Bank
Al-Bawaba, October 17, 2002
Israel's Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres and Palestinian
Authority Cabinet Minister
Saeb Erekat met Wednesday
night and discussed, among
other things, a possible
Israeli withdrawal from
Hebron, a senior Palestinian
official said Thursday.
Bush
stops short of endorsing
Israeli retaliation against
Iraq
Jerusalem Post, October
17, 2002
US President George W. Bush
said after meeting Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon that
"if Iraq attacks Israel
tomorrow," Israel would
have a right to respond.
But Bush stopped short of
endorsing an Israeli retaliation
in any situation and White
House officials swiftly
said that the President's
comments did not apply to
a full-fledged war situation
with Iraq.
5
Killed, Dozens Hurt in Gaza
Clash
The Guardian, October 17,
2002
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -
Israeli troops clashed with
Palestinian gunmen and stone-throwing
youths in the southern Gaza
Strip on Thursday, killing
five Palestinians and wounding
more than 30, a hospital
said.
PA
hospital officials: 5 Palestinians
killed by IDF in Gaza Strip
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
IDF tank shelling killed
five Palestinians and wounded
at least 35 others in Rafah
in the southern Gaza Strip
on Thursday, Palestinian
hospital officials said.
One
Palestinian killed, Israel
forces break into Beir Zeit
university
Arabic News, October 17,
2002
One Palestinian youth was
killed by the Israeli occupation
forces when an Israeli force
broke into a house in Toulkarem
while another force backed
by tanks broke into Beir
Zeit university and inspected
the university's various
departments.
Israeli
Forces Terrorize Hospital
Staff and Patients During
Five-Hour Raid
Palestine Chronicle, October
16, 2002
HEBRON, West Bank (Palestine
Monitor) - Israeli troops
numbering about 40 terrorized
staff, patients and visitors
in a raid on a hospital
in Yata, near Hebron, early
yesterday morning.
Israeli
troops back away from confrontation
with Jewish settlers
Ottawa Citizen, October
16, 2002
HAVAT GILAD, West Bank (AP)
- Israeli soldiers and police
backed down from a confrontation
with Jewish settlers at
an illegal outpost on the
West Bank of the Jordan
River on Wednesday, permitting
them to remain at the disputed
hilltop site during daylight
hours, the settlers said.
Both
sides claim victory in clash
over illegal outpost
Jerusalem Post, October
17, 2002
Both the IDF and settlers
declared victory Wednesday
following a showdown over
the dismantling of the Gilad
Farm illegal outpost.
Settlers
attack reporters left unprotected
at Havat Gilad
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
Dozens of settlers attacked
journalists covering yesterday's
dismantling of the Havat
Gilad outpost. Media figures
who were accosted included
a Channel One film crew,
a reporter from The New
York Times and a crew from
the Russian NTV television
network.
Bush-Sharon
talks end; U.S. expects
Israel to retaliate in case
of Iraqi attack
Al-Bawaba, October 16, 2002
President Bush, calling
Saddam Hussein "a dangerous
man," said Wednesday after
meeting with Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon that
he was certain Sharon would
retaliate if Iraq attacked
Israel. "If Iraq were to
attack, I am sure the prime
minister will respond,"
Bush said. "He's got a desire
to defend himself," Bush
said of Sharon's situation.
Arafat
meets Fatah chiefs over
Cabinet
Arab News, October 17, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank, 17
October — The shape
of a reformed Palestinian
Cabinet emerged yesterday
as Palestinian President
Yasser Arafat, under pressure
to reshape his government,
held talks with his Fatah
faction to finalize details
of his new ministerial lineup.
Abed
Rabbo says won't be part
of new PA cabinet
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
Palestinian Information
Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo,
one of the most visible
Palestinian leaders, said
Thursday he would not be
part of a new government
currently being formed by
Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat.
Arafat
presents draft for new cabinet;
interior minister to go
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
Palestinian Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat plans to depose
the interior minister he
appointed in June to head
the PA's security services,
according to the tentative
cabinet he presented to
a hastily summoned meeting
of his Fatah Party's leadership
last night.
Palestinian
Minister to Step Aside
The Guardian, October 17,
2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian
Information Minister Yasser
Abed Rabbo, one of the most
visible Palestinian leaders,
said Thursday he would not
be part of a new government
currently being formed by
Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat.
Senior
Tanzim official surrenders
to IDF
Jerusalem Post, October
17, 2002
Senior Tanzim activist Naji
Taleb, suspected of being
involved in terrorist shooting
attacks in which four Israeli
citizens were murdered,
surrendered to the IDF on
Wednesday night, five hours
after they surrounded his
house in the village of
Yatta.
Defense
Ministry plans to fence
in all West Bank settlements
Jerusalem Post, October
17, 2002
Defense Minister Binyamin
Ben-Eliezer has ordered
the installment, using force
if necessary, of sophisticated
electronic fences around
all West Bank and Gaza Strip
settlements at the cost
of tens of millions of shekels,
Defense Ministry sources
said.
Bush
and Sharon: no pressures
on Israel
Arabic News, October 17,
2002
An official American source,
taking part in the American
delegation for Bush's talks
with Sharon said that the
US President George Bush
will not make any pressures
on Israel concerning what
the latter ( Israel ) considers
as appropriate for its security
concerning the struggle
between it and the Palestinians.
Bush:
I assume Israel would respond
in event of Iraqi attack
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
WASHINGTON - If Iraq launches
an unprovoked attack on
Israel, the United States
would expect Israel to respond
to defend itself, U.S. President
George W. Bush said last
night following his White
House meeting with Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon.
Israel's
Sharon heads for home, carrying
U.S. security guarantees
New Jersey.com, October
17, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
winds up a three-day visit
on Thursday, laden with
U.S. pledges to protect
Israel from Iraqi missile
attack in the event of a
U.S. offensive against Saddam
Hussein and taking home
a ringing endorsement from
President Bush of Israel's
right to defend itself.
Hamas
cell arrested for planning
to kidnap IDF soldiers
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
Four Hamas activists from
the West Bank were recently
arrested on suspicion of
planning to kidnap IDF soldiers
to use them as bargaining
chips to gain the release
of Palestinian detainees.
Peres,
Saeb Erekat discuss IDF
pullout from Hebron
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres and Palestinian Authority
Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat
met Wednesday night and
discussed, among other things,
a possible IDF withdrawal
from Hebron.
Ben-Eliezer
to discuss with IDF a possible
pullout from Hebron
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
Defense Minister Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer will hold a
preliminary discussion with
senior defense officials
today on the possibility
of withdrawing the Israel
Defense Forces from the
part of Hebron that used
to be under Palestinian
control.
Jewish
settlers defy Israeli army
to protect tent city
The Independent, October
17, 2002
Two thousand Jewish settlers
brought the Israeli army
to a grinding halt yesterday.
BBC
Israel boycotts Sharon
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
The BBC's Middle East bureau
chief Andrew Steele has
asked BBC London to boycott
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's
bureau, not to ask Sharon's
people for any comments
or reactions and to interview
only Foreign Ministry officials.
Editors
dismiss Israeli press chief's
allegation of bias
The Guardian, October 17,
2002
The head of the Israeli
government press office
has provoked stinging criticism
from international news
organisations by accusing
them of gross bias in favour
of Palestinians.
Israeli
Soldiers Drag Settlers Off
The Guardian, October 17,
2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli
soldiers dragged die-hard
Jewish settlers off a West
Bank hilltop early Thursday
and removed mobile homes
from the illegal outpost
where large numbers of defiant
youths had gathered to oppose
the Israeli security forces.
Sharon
Heads Home With U.S. Pledges
The Guardian, October 17,
2002
WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
winds up a three-day visit
on Thursday, laden with
U.S. pledges to protect
Israel from Iraqi missile
attack in the event of a
U.S. offensive against Saddam
Hussein and taking home
a ringing endorsement from
President Bush of Israel's
right to defend itself.
Saddam:
Iraqi people, leadership
are '\'one'\'; Annan says
Baghdad has ''last chance''
to avoid strike
Al-Bawaba, October 17, 2002
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
said U.S. threats of military
action against him played
a role in his perfect 100
percent win in a referendum
for another seven-year term
in office.
France
provided Iraq with aircraft
to launch AMDs
Arab News, October 17, 2002
PARIS, 17 October —
The Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) is accusing
France of having provided
Iraq with the aircraft permitting
it to carry and launch arms
of massive destruction (AMDs),
according to a major document
published in the Oct. 16
issue of Le Monde.
Russia
for expanding relations
with Saudi Arabia
Arabic News, October 17,
2002
The Russian foreign minister
Igor Ivanov stressed his
country's interest to expanding
cooperation with Saudi Arabia
with the aim of finding
out a quick political solution
for the Iraqi conditions
and the situation in the
Palestinian territories.
Al-Rai:
Jordan rejects nationality
for 100,000 Palestinians
Arabic News, October 17,
2002
The Jordanian government
has refused to give nationality
for 100,000 Palestinians
from the Gaza strip who
live in Jordan "in line
with the Jordanian position
which is committed to the
need of preserving the rights
of return for the Palestinian
refugees," according to
the Jordanian daily al-Rai
which quoted a governmental
official.
Bush
issues public backing for
Israeli economy
Globes, October 17, 2002
Source: Bush’s statement
will strengthen Israel’s
standing among the ratings
agencies and investment
community: Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon’s visit
to the US has already paid
dividends, after the US
Administration decided Wednesday
to praise the Israeli economy
in a very public forum.
Palestinian
supporters air grievances
Cleveland Jewish News, October
15, 2002
``Palestine will be free
from the River to the Sea,"
one T-shirt said on the
front, and ``Palestinians
for life, refugees until
return" on the back. Another
table at the Second National
Student Conference on the
Palestine Solidarity Movement,
held Oct. 12-14 at the University
of Michigan, sold Palestinian
paraphernalia such as flags
and keffiyehs.
"I'm
not sure which planet they
live on"
Hawks in the Bush administration
may be making deadly miscalculations
on Iraq, says Gen. Anthony
Zinni, Bush's Middle East
envoy:
Oct. 17, 2002 |
President Bush continues
to encounter war critics
in the most unlikely places
-- the United States military,
for example.
Report:
Israel will get two-week
warning before attack on
Iraq
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
The United States will inform
Israel of the date on which
it plans to launch an attack
on Iraq up to two weeks
beforehand, President George
Bush told Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon during their
meeting Wednesday at the
White House, Israel Radio
reported Thursday.
Memorial
ceremony marks seven years
since Rabin's murder
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
Speaking at the memorial
ceremony at Mt. Herzl in
Jerusalem on Thursday to
mark seven years since her
father was assassinated,
Labor MK Dalia Rabin-Pelosoff
said Yitzhak Rabin's successors
had not "followed through"
on his legacy.
Health
Ministry unveils smallpox
emergency plan
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
Students will be sent home
immediately and schools
will be converted to smallpox
inoculation centers in an
emergency scenario, according
to a contingency plan presented
by the Health Ministry at
a meeting this week in Tel
Aviv with officials from
the Education and Interior
ministries, and representatives
of the Union of Local Authorities
and teachers' associations.
Coalition
fights over Oslo vote
Ha'aretz, October 17, 2002
A coalition crisis erupted
between Labor and Likud
yesterday after two Likud
MKs voted for a proposal
to annul the Oslo Accords.
Labor charged that the two,
Abraham Hirchson and Eli
Cohen, had thereby violated
the Labor-Likud coalition
agreement, which included
a pledge to abide by the
accords.
Peres
defends Oslo accords on
eve of anniversary of Rabin's
death
Jordan Times, October 17,
2002
TEL AVIV (AFP) — Israeli
Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres on Wednesday defended
the battered Oslo peace
accords on the eve of the
anniversary of the assassination
of former Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin, slamming
the “demogogy”
of the Israeli right.
Olive
branch no symbol of peace
in West Bank
Jordan Times, October 17,
2002
AQRABA, West Bank —
In the rolling hills of
the West Bank, the olive
branch is not always a symbol
of peace. It was under the
shade of an olive bough
that Palestinian farmer
Fuad Wadia said he placed
the body of his cousin after
a Jewish settler shot him
while they were harvesting
in the lush groves next
to this West Bank village.
Egyptian
court to consider appeal
Jordan Times, October 17,
2002
CAIRO (AFP) — An Egyptian
court will in December consider
an appeal of the verdict
against US-Egyptian democracy
activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim,
who was sentenced to seven
years in prison, one of
his lawyers said Wednesday.
Lebanon
opens Wazzani floodgates
Jerusalem Post, October
17, 2002
High-ranking Lebanese officials
led by President Emile Lahoud
and foreign diplomats joined
with an estimated 10,000
people on Wednesday to participate
in the inauguration of the
controversial Wazzani River
project.
ANALYSIS:
How Iraq helped Israel with
the Wazzani
Jerusalem Post, October
17, 2002
That Israel hasn't yet taken
out the new Lebanese pumping
station on the Wazzani is
less an indication of a
lack of resolve, and more
a reflection of Jerusalem's
belief this game isn't over
yet.
Arafat
orders Islamic court for
east Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post, October
17, 2002
Palestinian Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat has issued
a "presidential decree"
to establish an Islamic
religious court in Jerusalem,
Palestinian sources said
Wednesday night.
B'Tselem
Report: Lethal Curfew -
The Use of Live Ammunition
to Enforce Curfew
Palestine Chronicle, October
16, 2002
"The principal and most
serious finding presented
in the report is the frequent
use of live ammunition to
enforce the curfew. Sometimes,
the soldiers fire without
warning. Fifteen Palestinians
.."
Mubarak
to US: Don’t Forget
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Palestine Chronicle, October
16, 2002
CAIRO (PMC) - The Egyptian
President voiced concern
for possible explosive outcomes
of an American dismissal
of the Arab-Israeli conflict,
in the case of an attack
launched on Iraq, ahead
of the meeting between US
President George W. Bush
with Israeli prime minister,
Ariel Sharon.
Iran
Rejects Policy Shift on
Palestine
Palestine Chronicle, October
16, 2002
TEHRAN (IRNA) - Iranian
Foreign Ministry spokesman
Hamid Reza Asefi here Wednesday
rejected any change in the
Islamic Republic's stance
on Palestine and reiterated
Tehran's call for a 'one-state'
solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
UK
anti-war movement plans
first day of civil disobedience
Muslim News, October 16,
2002
London, IRNA - The Stop
the War Coalition in Britain
is calling for a day of
action to highlight the
public horror at a war against
Iraq on October 31 to coincide
with Halloween.
Israel
lobby calls in US advisers
to boost image
The Guardian, October 12,
2002
Two senior American political
strategists have been called
in by leaders of the British
Jewish community to advise
them on combating perceived
hostility to Israel in the
British media, amid concern
that their side of the story
is not getting across effectively.
PLO
Executive Committee Slams
Israel’s ‘Media
Shows’
Palestine Media Center,
October 17, 2002
President Yasser Arafat
on Wednesday presided over
the meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Palestine
Liberation Organization
(PLO) in his battered Ramallah
compound, which was held
to discuss the current situation
and the recent developments
politically as well as on
the ground.
Occupation
Chronicle Events in Palestine,
October 17, 2002
Palestine Media Center,
October 17, 2002
Facts
on Ground Dispel Israeli
Media Shows as Sham
Palestine Media Center,
October 17, 2002
With Israel’s PM Sharon
wrapping up his US visit
and ahead of chief US mediator
William Burns’ upcoming
visit to the region Friday,
Israeli public relations’
“media shows”
continue unabated, but with
more facts on the Palestinian
ground arising to prove
them merely as shams.
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