Eight
Palestinians, Mostly Children,
Women Killed in Israeli
Attack
Palestine Chronicle, October
17, 2002
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (PC) -
It was the same gruesome
site - dead and wounded
scattered all about an impoverished
neighborhood in the Gaza
Strip refugee camp of Rafah.
And as always, the majority
of the victims were women
and children.
Bush
marks out route to peace
in Middle East
The Guardian, October 18,
2002
Israeli tanks fired on a
Gaza refugee camp yesterday,
killing seven Palestinians
hours after the Israeli
government welcomed details
fleshing out President George
Bush's "road map" to peace.
Annan
deplores latest Israeli
attack on Gaza refugee camp
Xinhuanet, October 18, 2002
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 17
(Xinhuanet) -- UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan deplored the
Israeli military's attack
on a refugee camp in Gaza,
which left at least seven
Palestinians dead, a UN
statement said here Thursday.
European
Union condemns Thursday's
Gaza attack
Ha'aretz, October 18, 2002
BRUSSELS - The European
Union appealed on Friday
for the IDF military to
show more restraint, after
a clash in which eight Palestinians,
including two children,
were killed Thursday afternoon
in Gaza.
Israeli
soldiers kill Palestinian
in Gaza; Hamas vows strong
revenge for Rafah carnage,
U.S. asks for clarification
Al-Bawaba, October 18, 2002
A Palestinian detonated
an explosive device in the
northern Gaza Strip Friday
morning, lightly wounding
two Israeli soldiers. The
Palestinian, who also hurled
fragmentation grenades at
the troops, was shot dead
by Israeli soldiers near
the Dugit settlement. Hamas
claimed responsibility for
this attack.
Powell
demands IDF clarify killing
of Palestinian civilians
during Gaza Strip clash
Jerusalem Post, October
18, 2002
US Secretary of State Colin
Powell late Thursday night
demanded the IDF clarify
the killing of Palestinian
civilians during an afternoon
clash in the Gaza Strip.
IDF
quietly pulls out of Jenin;
surrounds city with trench
Ha'aretz, October 18, 2002
While the fighting in the
Gaza Strip is becoming more
intense, and the number
of Palestinian casualties
there is growing, the Israel
Defense Forces is taking
steps to reduce tensions
in the West Bank.
Israelis
kill 8 Palestinians in cold
blood
Arab News, October 18, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 18 October
— Eight Palestinians,
including two children,
were killed yesterday in
Israeli tank fire in the
southern Gaza Strip town
of Rafah as US officials
gave Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon a "road map"
aimed at ending the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict within three years,
with a Palestinian state
to be declared next year.
Seven
Palestinians killed by Israeli
tank fire on Rafah refugee
camp
Alternative Information
Center, October 18, 2002
UNRWA Commissioner-General
Hansen expresses dismay
and sorrow: Israeli tanks
directed heavy fire at refugee
shelters in Block O of the
Rafah refugee camp in a
clash with Palestinians
protesting the erection
of a new Israeli military
watch tower. Latest reports
indicate that so far 7 Palestinians
have been killed, including
2 children and 2 women,
as some of the refugee shelters
collapsed under the impact
of tank shells.
Top
PA, Israeli Officials Meet,
Discuss Pullout
Palestine Chronicle, October
17, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Israeli
Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres and Palestinian Authority
official Sa'eb Erekat met
in an undisclosed place
Wednesday night, Israeli
and Palestinian sources
revealed Thursday.
Settlers
retake Havat Gilad outpost
Ha'aretz, October 18, 2002
Some 300 settlers returned
late Thursday night to the
same illegal West Bank outpost
that they evacuated earlier
this week, after rumors
that the IDF was planning
to remove the last remaining
sheds left in the field.
Israeli
army demolishes, damages
tens of houses in Salfit,
8-9 October
Alternative Information
Center, October 18, 2002
During the night of Tuesday,
8 October and into Wednesday,
9 October, the Israeli military
destroyed five houses and
damage twenty one other
houses in the town of Salfit.
8
killed, dozens hurt by tank
fire in Rafah
Ha'aretz, October 18, 2002
At least eight Palestinians
were killed - of whom seven
were civilians, including
two children and two women
- when IDFtanks responded
to heavy fire yesterday
afternoon in Rafah.
Israel
studies US peace plan
BBC, October 18, 2002
Israel says it is studying
a United States plan to
settle the conflict with
the Palestinians by 2006:
Israeli media said US President
George W Bush presented
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon with a "road map"
to peace during Mr Sharon's
visit to Washington this
week.
EU
to raise human rights, trade
concerns with Peres
Ha'aretz, October 18, 2002
Brussels - The European
Union will raise a range
of human rights and trade
concerns with Israeli Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres in
talks scheduled for October
21 in Luxembourg, E.U. diplomats
said Friday.
UK
blocking security-related
exports to Israel
Ha'aretz, October 18, 2002
LONDON - The British Foreign
Office is holding up more
than 150 requests for licenses
to export security items
and components to Israel,
including items needed for
projects ordered by the
British themselves.
IDF
to reduce its presence in
Palestinian sections of
Hebron
Ha'aretz, October 18, 2002
The Israel Defense Forces
will begin thinning out
its presence in the Palestinian
sections of Hebron in the
coming days but it will
not leave the city entirely,
according to a plan worked
out Thursday by Defense
Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer,
and senior army and Shin
Bet officers.
Senior
member of Hamas sentenced
to death by firing squad
New Jersey.com, October
17, 2002
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP)
-- A Palestinian security
court on Thursday sentenced
a senior member of an Islamic
militant group to death
by firing squad for giving
Israel details about five
leaders of the group's military
wing who were later killed,
court officials said.
Massacres
in Gaza Renewed as Sharon
and Bush Speak Peace
Palestine Media Center,
October 18, 2002
In what has become a common
sight, dead bodies of slain
civilians lay cold on side
walks, oblivious to the
heavy-weight tanks thrusting
deep into the caged city,
killing and destroying as
they rumble their way through
the poverty-stricken homes
and crammed residential
neighborhoods of Gaza.
Hamas
Claims Responsibility for
Gaza Counter Attack
Islam Online, October 18,
2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, October
18 (IslamOnline & New
Agencies) – The Palestinian
Islamic resistance group
Hamas claimed responsibility
for a retaliatory attack
carried out Friday, October
18, by an 18-year-old Palestinian
eventually killed by the
Israeli occupation army
near an illegal Jewish settlement
in the northern Gaza Strip.
No
Justification for Israel’s
Killing of Palestinian Civilians:
Sarid
Islam Online, October 18,
2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, October
18 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) - Left-wing opposition
chief Yossi Sarid demanded
Friday, October 18, that
Israel stop its cruel war
machine after the killing
by tank fire in the southern
Gaza Strip of eight Palestinian
civilians, including 2 children
and 2 elderly women.
US
envoy Burns won't meet Arafat
during visit
Jerusalem Post, October
18, 2002
US Assistant Secretary of
State for Near Eastern Affairs
William Burns is slated
to arrive here Wednesday
to press forward with Palestinian
Authority reforms and encourage
the lifting of restrictions
on Palestinians, diplomatic
officials said yesterday.
PA
weighing boycott of U.S.
envoy Burns, if he snubs
Arafat
Ha'aretz, October 18, 2002
The Palestinian Authority
is threatening to boycott
U.S. Undersecretary of State
William Burns' mission to
the region, if the envoy
does not meet with PA Chairman
Yasser Arafat.
U.S.
Backs Off on U.N.-Iraq Threat
The Guardian, October 18,
2002
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - After
backing away from a demand
that a new U.N. resolution
explicitly authorize military
force against Iraq, the
Bush administration made
clear it already has the
authorization it needs to
attack.
Iraq
Returns Looted Kuwaiti Archives
The Guardian, October 18,
2002
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Five
trucks carrying looted Kuwaiti
archives left the Iraqi
capital Friday morning,
bound for Kuwait, the Iraqi
Foreign Ministry said.
Allies
'must prepare for long stay
in Iraq'
The Guardian, October 18,
2002
An attack on Iraq would
be a "unique and high-risk
military assault" and if
the US and its allies were
to reap any long-term strategic
benefits they would have
to stay there a long time,
the International Institute
of Strategic Studies said
yesterday.
France
pressed to back UN compromise
The Guardian, October 18,
2002
France was under heavy pressure
last night to agree to a
compromise UN resolution
on Iraq, potentially paving
the way for military action,
after the US offered concessions
and Russia signalled its
readiness to accept them.
Assad:
Iraq war to kill millions;
Sources: U.S. ready to compromise
on U.N. resolution
Al-Bawaba, October 17, 2002
The United States has backed
down from its demand that
a new U.N. resolution must
authorize military force
if Baghdad fails to cooperate
with weapons inspectors,
diplomats told The Associated
Press on Thursday.
Israeli
refusenik guards only his
principles
The Guardian, October 18,
2002
Yuval Lotem phoned another
defiant old soldier who
refuses to serve in the
Israeli army just to remind
himself what prison felt
like. Then the 45-year-old
former paratrooper reported
to the local barracks, expecting
a swift transfer to an army
jail.
Report:
Whose Rights, Whose Olives?
International Women's Peace
Service, October 5, 2002
The Israeli voice on the
phone identified himself
as Didi from Peace Now,
‘you left a message
asking about the level of
fanaticism in the settlements
in your region,’ he
prompted calmly. Yes,
I said, we were about to
enter into the harvest season
and were putting together
a campaign for international
volunteers to accompany
Palestinian villagers –
we were interested in trying
to determine what was the
likelihood of serious attack
from settlements nearby.
Al-Assad
describes Sharon as killer;
Changing the Iraqi regime
costs millions of lives
Arabic News, October 18,
2002
Syrian President Bashar
al- Assad on Thursday said
that any war against Iraq
will take the region into
"the unknown," stressing
that the Iraqi regime can
not be changed without killing
of millions, because the
situation is different from
that in Afghanistan.
Iraqi
opposition: The priority
is for the American companies
Arabic News, October 18,
2002
The spokesman for the Iraqi
national congress, al-Sharif
Bin Ali Bin al-Hussein,
has announced that the congress
will reconsider the oil
investment contracts, currently
given to foreign companies
in Iraq. He indicated that
priority will be for the
greater American companies.
Egyptian
mediation between Fatah,
Hamas; Mashaal denies meeting
Salaam in Damascus
Arabic News, October 18,
2002
The media office of the
political bureau of the
Hamas movement, headed by
Khaled Mashaal, stressed
that he had recently made
a telephone call with the
Palestinian President Yasser
Arafat in the framework
of the contacts made by
the Hamas and the Fatah
movement "inside and outside"
the Palestinian territories.
Al-Shara:
Israel has buried the peace
process
Arabic News, October 18,
2002
The Syrian deputy premier
and foreign minister Farouk
al-Shara on Thursday received
the Norway's special envoy
for the Middle east peace
process and members of the
accompanying delegation.
Peres:
Arafat's legitimacy depends
on delivery of PA reforms
Ha'aretz, October 18, 2002
BRUSSELS - Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres said in an
interview published on Friday
that Yasser Arafat's legitimacy
was not in question, but
that he must fulfill his
promise to reform the workings
of the Palestinian Authority
to ensure that he does not
lose any further credibility.
Histadrut
to step up sanctions unless
progress reached by Sat.
Ha'aretz, October 18, 2002
The Histadrut labor federation
is threatening to escalate
the nationwide public sector
strike unless an agreement
is reached on its wage demands
by Saturday night, with
employees of the Civil Aviation
Authority the latest to
threaten to jump on board.
American
pie
Globes, October 18, 2002
When Minister of Finance
Silvan Shalom met the heads
of the international rating
companies in late September
it was clear that he couldn’t
convince them of Israel’s
economic stability. Instead,
he would play a trump card
to prove Israel’s
ability to meet all its
commitments: the assured
US support of Israel.
Chirac:
France ready to offer Wazzani
dispute resolution
Jerusalem Post, October
18, 2002
BEIRUT President Jacques
Chirac on Thursday offered
France's help in mediating
a water dispute that has
sharpened tensions between
Lebanon and Israel, and
urged the two sides to exercise
restraint.
Sharansky:
Transfer of funds to PA
must come before cabinet
Jerusalem Post, October
18, 2002
Any decision to transfer
further funds to the Palestinian
Authority must first come
to the cabinet for approval,
Housing Minister Natan Sharansky
wrote Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon Thursday.
State
Attorney's Office: Demolitions
deter terrorism
Jerusalem Post, October
18, 2002
East Jerusalem Arabs have
either perpetrated or assisted
in the killings of one quarter
of all the people who have
died in terrorist attacks
so far this year, the State
Attorney's Office told the
High Court of Justice on
Thursday.
Jordan
Fears Violent Iraqi Reaction
Middle East Newsline, October
18, 2002
AMMAN [MENL] -- Jordan fears
a violent reaction by its
huge Iraqi emigrant population
to any U.S.-led war against
Baghdad.
Weekly
Report On Israeli Human
Rights Violations in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories
10- 16 October, 2002
The Palestinian Centre for
Human Rights
Fresh
attacks on chief rabbi's
book
The Guardian, October 18,
2002
Sacks fails in moves to
mollify orthodox leaders:
Attempts by the chief rabbi,
Jonathan Sacks, to mollify
Jewish critics over his
latest book appeared to
have fallen on stony ground
last night as leaders of
the orthodox movement called
on him to repudiate the
book and withdraw it from
circulation.
US
war against Iraq could start
in December, says IISS
Muslim News, October 17,
2002
London, IRNA -- The International
Institute for Strategic
Studies (IISS) suggested
Thursday that a US-led war
against Iraq was almost
inevitable and that military
operations could start by
the end of the year, at
least a month before it
was commonly presumed.
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2002
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Gaza:
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serious condition"
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