Israeli
Settlers Return to Outpost
The Guardian, October 21,
2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Defiant
Israeli settlers tried to
rebuild an illegal outpost
in the West Bank on Monday
after Israeli security forces
tore it down a day before,
and the two sides appeared
headed for another confrontation.
Two
Palestinians killed in Gaza
Strip; Israel postpones
Hebron redeployment
Al-Bawaba, October 21, 2002
Israeli forces killed early
Monday two Palestinians
near Kfar Darom settlement
in the Gaza Strip. According
to Israeli press reports,
the two armed Palestinians
tried to infiltrate the
settlement.
Taayush
activists assist Yanun villagers
to return home
Alternative Information
Center, October 21, 2002
"The residents of Khirbat
Yanun are now making their
way back home, accompanied
by Ta'ayush activists."
Labor
threatens to leave gov't
after minister calls Ben-Eliezer
a liar
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
The Labor Party has threatened
to leave the unity government
of Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon unless he fires a
minister who called Defense
Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
"a fool and a liar."
Israeli
Troops Face Heavy Resistance
Returning to Jenin
Palestine Chronicle, October
20, 2002
JENIN, West Bank (PINA)
- Palestinian fighters unleashed
intense attacks on Israeli
troops while finding their
way back to the town of
Jenin after a brief withdrawal.
Explosion
on bus near Pardes Hannah;
injuries reported
Ha'aretz, October 21, 2002
An explosion ripped through
an Egged bus just after
4:30 P.M. Monday near the
city of Pardes Hannah. It
is unclear if the blast
was caused by a suicide
bomber or a car bomb, Israel
Radio reported.
UN
Slams Israel For Increased
Poverty Among Palestinian
Children
Palestine Media Center,
October 21, 2002
Israeli practices, which
are increasingly raising
poverty among children in
the Occupied Palestinian
Territory and Israel’s
Arab residents, were criticized
on Sunday by the commission
responsible for the UN Convention
on the Rights of the Child
(CRC).
Washington
sources: Further US aid
to Israel in doubt
Globes, October 21, 2002
"Expectations of $10 billion
in US aid do not take into
account US budget problems.":
Pro-Israeli sources believe
further US aid to Israel
at this stage is in great
doubt, despite the declaration
of support for the Israeli
economy voiced by US President
George W. Bush after his
talks in Washington last
week with Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon.
Activists
Head to West Bank to Support
Palestinians During Olive
Harvest
Common Dreams, October 19,
2002
NEW YORK -- Kate Rafael
leaves for the West Bank
this weekend, joining about
120 foreigners who plan
to help the Palestinians
during the olive harvest
amid reports that Israeli
settlers have harassed and
attacked the olive-pickers.
Israeli
Army Kills 2 in Gaza, Demolishes
2 Homes in WBank
Islam Online, October 21,
2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, October
21 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) – The Israeli
occupation army murdered
two Palestinians in the
Gaza Strip Monday, October
21, and demolished the homes
of two Palestinian activists
in the West Bank.
Israeli
defence minister 'may resign'
BBC, October 21, 2002
Israeli Defence Minister
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer says
he is considering stepping
down after he was criticised
for ordering the army to
remove hundreds of Jewish
settlers from an illegal
outpost in the West Bank.
Ben
Eliezer demands trial for
rabbis who urged soldiers
to disobey orders
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
Defense Minister Binyamin
Ben-Eliezer called today
for the prosecution of rabbis
who urge soldiers to disobey
orders to dismantle settlement
outposts in the West Bank.
`It
only leads to disaster'
Ha'aretz, October 21, 2002
Unable to leave the boundaries
of their district, residents
of Tul Karm talk about life
under siege.
Sharon
approves implementation
of Judea first plan
Globes, October 21, 2002
Minister of Defense Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer has ordered
the IDF to get ready to
implement the Judea first
plan. Under the plan, the
IDF will leave part of Hebron
in the first stage.
Sharon
Asks U.S. for $10 Billion,
Peres Meets E.U. Over Settlement
Products
Islam Online, October 21,
2002
TEL AVIV, October 21 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies) - An
inter-ministerial team headed
by Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon's bureau chief,
Dov Weisglass, is working
on a proposal requesting
American economic assistance
that could top $10 billion,
an Israeli newspaper reported
Monday, October 21.
IDF
postpones plans to pull
out of Hebron
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
The IDF postponed plans
Monday to pull forces out
of Hebron for at least several
days, military sources said.
Settlers
defy IDF to rebuild West
Bank encampment
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
For the second time in as
many days, dozens were injured
as rampaging settler youths
scuffled with police officers
and soldiers working to
dismantle the remaining
four structures atop the
illegal encampment known
as Gilad Farm, three kilometers
east of Nablus.
Clashes
Between Israeli Troops,
Jewish Settlers Continue
Islam Online, October 21,
2002
NABLUS, West Bank, October
20 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) - Hundreds of
Israeli troops and hard
line Jewish settlers clashed
for a second day Sunday,
October 20, just outside
the Palestinian city of
Nablus, as the army tried
to dismantle a rogue settler
outpost.
IDF
places Kalkilya under curfew
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
The IDF has reinstated the
curfew on PA-controlled
Kalkilya, according to media
reports.
Palestinians
attack settlers near Ramallah,
Israeli fields are on fire
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
Palestinians are attacking
Israelis near Adei Ad in
the Benjamin Regional Council
District of Samaria.
Gilad
Farm residents rebuild;
Gov't plans to remove 10
more outposts
Jerusalem Post, October
20, 2002
At the West Bank outpost
of Gilad Farm, settlers
returned early Monday after
security forces finished
dismantling structures there
Sunday night.
Extremists
opt out of new Arafat cabinet
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
Abdel Rahim Maluh, deputy
secretary-general of the
Popular Front for the Liberation
of Palestine, said Sunday
he turned down an offer
from Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat to
join his new cabinet.
Sharon
supporters ousted in Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
Supporters of former prime
minister Binyamin Netanyahu
ousted Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon's allies in the Likud's
Jerusalem branch Sunday,
winning all 165 positions
allotted to the capital
in the powerful Likud central
committee.
Settlers'
council asks protesters
to return to Gilad Farm
Jerusalem Post, October
20, 2002
Protesters are flocking
to protect Gilad Farm at
the request of the Council
of Jewish Communities of
Judea, Samaria and the Gaza
Strip and the Zar family,
which owns the land on which
the illegal outpost sits.
Yesha
leaders, `hill youth' vow
to rebuild outpost
Ha'aretz, October 21, 2002
At the end of the second
day of violent clashes with
the settlers, once IDF soldiers
had dismantled every structure
on Havat Gilad, the young
protesters remaining at
the site began building
a new structure.
Israel
Isolates Palestinian Neighborhood
From Occupied East Jerusalem
Palestine Media Center,
October 21, 2002
Israeli media sources on
Sunday said the Israeli
occupation army completely
sealed off the entrance
to the neighborhood of Sheikh
Sa’ad in Occupied
East Jerusalem, preventing
citizens from driving their
vehicles in and out of the
neighborhood.
Right
wing ministers call on Sharon
to take stand against illegal
Palestinian outposts
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
Right wing ministers have
appealed to the Prime Minister
to postpone the IDF withdrawal
from Hebron and to hold
an urgent meeting on the
subject.
Jewish
group demands recall of
UK envoy to Israel
The Guardian, October 21,
2002
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre
has written to the foreign
secretary, Jack Straw, demanding
that he recalls the British
ambassador to Israel for
"Holocaust revisionism".
Powell
says major issue is disarmament;
Saddam pardons all prisoners;
Britain to start calling
up reserve troops
Al-Bawaba, October 20, 2002
U.S. Secretary of State
Colin Powell said Sunday
the United States might
not seek to oust Saddam
Hussein if he abandoned
his weapons of mass destruction.
Syria
says forces to get out of
Lebanon after peace achieved
Al-Bawaba, October 20, 2002
French President Jacques
Chirac met with his Syrian
peer Bashar al Assad in
Damascus on Sunday to discuss
the Middle East situation
and Iraq.
Sunday
Times: Iran deploys long-range
missiles in Lebanon to deter
Israel
Al-Bawaba, October 20, 2002
Lebanese-based Iranian forces
have received ballistic
missiles that are capable
of carrying a half-ton chemical
or conventional warhead
as far as Tel Aviv, the
London Sunday Times reported
Sunday.
Francophonic
summit supports peace on
Madrid principles, Iraq
Arabic News, October 21,
2002
Beirut's declaration which
was issued by the 9th Francophonic
summit, concluded yesterday
in Beirut called for immediate
resumption of the peace
process in the region on
the ground of principles
adopted at Madrid conference
and UN security council
resolutions concerned.
Iraq
renews readiness to receive
UN inspectors
Arabic News, October 21,
2002
Iraq on Sunday renewed its
readiness to receive the
UN inspectors in order to
resume their work in implementation
of the agreement concluded
with the UN without the
need to issue a new resolution
by the UN Security Council.
Experts:
Israel owns 100 to 200 nuclear
heads
Arabic News, October 21,
2002
A study prepared by independent
experts in each of the defense
information center, Montery
Institute for international
studies and nuclear threat
initiative listed names
of countries which own nuclear
weapons including Israel
and estimated numbers of
these weapons.
The
United Nations International
Conference of Civil Society
in Support of the Palestinian
People September 24, 2002
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee
On September 23 & 24,
2002 the UN Committee on
the Exercise of the Inalienable
Rights of the Palestinian
People convened the United
Nations International Conference
of Civil Society in Support
of the Palestinian People
at the United Nations Headquarters
in New York.
Saddam
frees thousands of political
prisoners
The Independent, October
21, 2002
Iraq started to release
thousands of political prisoners
yesterday under an unprecedented
and unconditional amnesty
announced by President Saddam
Hussein in an effort to
defuse hostility to his
regime at home and abroad.
European
Investment Bank lifts restrictions
on Israel
Globes, October 21, 2002
The European Investment
Bank (EIB) recently lifted
its restrictions on Israeli
participation in its tenders.
The Ministry of Finance
international department
and the Israel Export Institute
worked for this decision,
said Israel Export Institute
chairman Shraga Brosh.
EU
to meet on 'Made in Israel'
dispute
BBC, October 21, 2002
Israel is hoping to head
off higher European Union
import duties on $200m worth
of products from Jewish
settlements in the West
Bank and Gaza Strip.
Palestinian
Kids Protest Israel’s
killing of Children
Islam Online, October 21,
2002
RAFAH, Gaza Strip, October
20 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) - Around 200 Palestinian
children demonstrated in
this southern Gaza Strip
town Sunday, October 20,
in protest against the increasing
number of children killed
by the Israeli army in recent
weeks.
Court
postpones release of peace
demonstrator's killer
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
Tel Aviv District Court
announced plans today to
postpone the release of
Yona Avrushmi, the convicted
killer of Peace Now demonstrator
Emil Gruenzweig.
Commander
recommends ousting reservist
lieut. col. for abusing
Palestinians
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
The head of the IDF's central
command has recommended
dismissing a lieutenant-colonel
charged with abusing Palestinains
during Operation Defensive
Shield, Army Radio reports.
Hebrew
editorials: 'The hilltop
thugs'
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
All today's papers comment
on various aspects of the
Gilad Farm issue in Samaria..
U.S.
top Mideast envoy discusses
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
with Saudi king
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
The top U.S. Mideast envoy
discussed the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian
conflict with Saudi Arabia's
King Fahd, the official
Saudi Press Agency reported
Monday.
Gaza
City clans to PA: Execute
police who killed Hamas
activists
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
Leaders of several Gaza
City clans yesterday appealed
to the Palestinian Authority
to arrest and execute top
police officers responsible
for last week's killing
of six Hamas activists.
Hebron
School Attacked - Sharon
Approves Pull-Back Plan
Palestine Chronicle, October
20, 2002
HEBRON, West Bank (PINA)
- Jewish settlers in Hebron
have reportedly attacked
a girls’ school and
have beaten some of the
students. This came at a
time when Israeli Defense
Minister, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
announced a pull-back plan
from parts of the city.
Palestinian
Prisoner on Hunger Strike
Palestine Chronicle, October
20, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PINA)
- Palestinian prisoner,
Eyad Thiab has announced
an open hunger strike, in
protest of the Israeli prison
administration's decision
to isolate him from the
rest of the prisoners.
More
Palestinians Wounded in
Israeli Tank Ambush
Palestine Chronicle, October
20, 2002
BETHAN VALLEY, West Bank
(PINA) - Amina Farhat, 40,
fainted three times, her
family told a PINA correspondent
in Jenin today. Farhat was
shot in the leg and bled
extensively.
Rights
Group Reports on the Killing
of Gaza Civilians
Palestine Chronicle, October
20, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PRESS
RELEASE) - Thursday afternoon,
17 October 2002, Israeli
occupying forces in flagrant
disregard for civilian lives
and property fired artillery
shells and live bullets
of various caliber at a
heavily populated area,
killing six Palestinian
civilians and wounding approximately
40 others.
Israeli
nurse violently beats handcuffed
prisoner
LAW Society, October 20,
2002
Yesterday, Sunday, October
20, LAW put forward a complaint
to the police investigations
section at the Israeli Ministry
of Justice on behalf of
the Palestinian prisoner
Ramadan Mushahira (26) from
al-Sawahira al-Sharqiyya
in Jerusalem, to investigate
complaints put forward by
the prisoner at the Moscobiyya
interrogation center in
West Jerusalem.
PNA
to Test American Intentions
during Burns’ Visit
Palestine Media Center,
October 21, 2002
The Palestinian delegation
appointed by President Yasser
Arafat is expected to meet
with visiting US envoy William
Burns Thursday in Jericho
to discuss the latest US
“road map” to
peace broadly aimed at creating
an interim Palestinian State
by 2003, a top Palestinian
official said.
Israeli
Officer Charged With Attempted
Rape of Palestinian Detainee
Palestine Media Center,
October 21, 2002
Israeli occupation authorities
said Sunday the country’s
military prosecution filed
an indictment at the central
command military court charging
a military officer with
threatening to rape a Palestinian
detainee, the Israeli daily
newspaper Ha’aretz
reported.
LAW
Weekly Roundup 10 October
- 16 October
LAW Society
Israeli troops kill 15 Palestinians,
Jewish settlers attack Palestinian
farmers, extra judicial
executions, home demolitions,
more
As
PA State Security Court
sentences two to death,
some question the court's
legality
Ha'aretz, October 21, 2002
The Palestinian State Security
Court this weekend handed
down death sentences against
two Palestinians convicted
of collaborating with Israel.
Gaza resident Walid Hamdiyeh
was convicted, inter alia,
of collaborating with the
Shin Bet security service
in the killing of five Hamas
activists during the first
intifada.
Jordan,
France stress any Mideast
solution should be comprehensive
Jordan Times, October 21,
2002
AMMAN — His Majesty
King Abdullah late Sunday
discussed with French President
Jacques Chirac the Palestinian-Israeli
conflict and Iraq, several
hours after tackling the
same issues with the US
top envoy to the Middle
East.
Israel
Ready for War with “One
of a Kind” Missile
Palestine Chronicle, October
20, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PINA)
- The Israeli government
is preparing its people
for an expected American
war on Iraq, with officials
saying that the “Home
Front Command” is
ready for an (Iraqi) attack,”
as opposed to during the
Gulf War.
US-Iraq
war seen stirring Iran's
political mix
TEHRAN — The prospect
of conflict in neighbouring
Iraq has exposed political
divisions in Iran where
President Saddam Hussein
and the United States are
viewed with equal suspicion.
Jordan's
trade unions urge government
to free activists advocating
boycott of US, Israeli products
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
Members of Jordan's trade
unions on Sunday urged the
government to release from
custody three activists
who campaigned for boycott
of US and Israeli products.
Swedish
prosecutors reject war crimes
case against Sharon
Jordan Times, October 21,
2002
STOCKHOLM (AFP) —
Swedish prosecutors have
rejected a case brought
against right-wing Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
charging he had violated
international law and committed
war crimes, Sveriges Radio
reported Sunday.
ADL
head: Anti-Semitism is a
real threat
Jerusalem Post, October
21, 2002
The newest weapon in the
arsenal of those calling
for countries to divest
from Israel is to charge
supporters of Israel with
stifling debate and hiding
behind the shield of anti-Semitism,
according to Anti-Defamation
League National Director
Abraham Foxman.
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