Biggest
Hezbollah spy ring in
Israel uncovered
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
The Shin Bet security
service and the police
recently uncovered a
spy ring operated by
Hezbollah in Israel,
the largest of its kind
since the Israel Defense
Forces pull-out from
southern Lebanon two
and a half years ago.
16-year-old
killed in Jenin; Police
on high alert in Sharon
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
Palestinian sources
reported Thursday night
that a 16-year-old youth
had been killed by IDF
gunfire in the West
Bank city of Jenin.
Gaza:
IDF House Demolition
Injures Refugees
Human Rights Watch,
October 24, 2002
(Gaza, October 24, 2002)
At least 20 people were
injured, nine of them
children, when the Israeli
Defense Forces (IDF)
prevented residents
from evacuating their
home while the IDF was
demolishing the next-door
house in Gaza, Human
Rights Watch said in
reporting eyewitness
testimony today.
Undercover
Unit in Balata ‘Kidnap’
Several Palestinians,
Eight Children Wounded
in Rafah
Palestine Chronicle,
October 23, 2002
GAZA STRIP (PINA) -
Several Palestinian
were arrested, others
wounded in new Israeli
army raids on the West
Bank and Gaza Wednesday.
The raids were mainly
staged in the southern
parts of the Gaza Strip,
and Nablus and Balata
in the West Bank.
Jewish
Settlers Resume Village
Raid
The Guardian, October
24, 2002
NABLUS, West Bank (AP)
- Armed Jewish settlers
on Thursday chased away
Palestinian olive farmers
who had returned to
their village after
abandoning it because
of settler harassment,
the mayor said.
Israeli
forces nab five Fatah
activists; 11 Palestinians
injured; Burns starts
talks in Israel
Al-Bawaba, October 23,
2002
Undercover Israeli soldiers
entered the Palestinian
refugee camp Balata
near Nablus, and nabbed
five Fatah activists,
reports said.
IOF
Using Prohibited Ammunition
against Palestinian
Civilians
Palestine Media Center,
October 24, 2002
The Palestinian Center
for Human Rights (PCHR)
and Physicians for Human
Rights – Israel
(PHR-Israel) have filed
a petition to the Israeli
High Court of Justice
on Tuesday demanding
a ban on the use of
Flechette Rounds in
the Occupied Palestinian
Territory.
Israeli
Army Kills Palestinian
Child in Jenin As Burns
Talks Peace
Islam Online, October
24, 2002
JENIN, Reoccupied West
Bank, October 24 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies)
- A 13-year-old Palestinian
child was killed by
machine-gun fire from
an Israeli tank in the
northern West Bank town
of Jenin Thursday, October
24, as U.S. Assistant
Secretary of State William
Burns presented a "roadmap"
for peace to Israel’s
leaders and a senior
Palestinian delegation.
Children
on both sides of Mideast
conflict pay the price
Jordan Times, October
24, 2002
JERUSALEM — Children
are paying a high price
on both sides of the
Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, to the point
where psychologists
fear a whole generation
could lose faith in
any real peace.
Burns
Carries “Road-Map”
to Israel, Disregards
Arafat
Palestine Chronicle,
October 23, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PINA)
- Special American envoy
to the Middle East William
Burns said Palestinian
attacks are harming
the Palestinian quest
for independence, while
urging Israel to ease
its army restrictions
on the occupied territories.
IDF
leaves Kalkilya, arrests
12
Jerusalem Post, October
24, 2002
The IDF has left the
West Bank city of Kalkilya
Thursday morning after
conducting searches
throughout the night,
Israel Radio reported.
Israeli
reservists tell supreme
court: Occupation is
illegal
Jordan Times, October
24, 2002
TEL AVIV (AP) —
Israeli reserve soldiers
refusing to serve in
Palestinian areas on
Wednesday asked Israel's
supreme court to declare
the 35-year occupation
of the West Bank and
Gaza Strip illegal.
Burns
urges PA to end ''terror'',
meets Sharon; Palestinian
boy shot dead
Al-Bawaba, October 24,
2002
A 16-year-old Palestinian
youth was shot dead
Thursday afternoon by
Israeli troops occupying
the West Bank city of
Jenin after he tried
to climb on to a tank
in a column that had
been pelted with petrol
bombs, witnesses and
medics said.
Israeli
MPs support deportation
Arab News, October 24,
2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM,
24 October — The
Israeli Parliament yesterday
rejected a proposed
bill that would ban
from the assembly any
party trying to incite
the expulsion of Palestinians
or Arab Israelis from
their land, officials
said.
Finance
Ministry drafting request
for US loan guarantees
Globes, October 24,
2002
Minister of Finance
Silvan Shalom confirmed
today for the first
time that the Israeli
government was asking
the US for financial
guarantees.
French
experts to study Wazzani
River dispute
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
BEIRUT - Two French
experts began Thursday
to study the water dispute
over Lebanon's diversion
of water from a key
river shared with Israel,
official sources said.
US
envoy urges Palestinian
reforms
BBC, October 24, 2002
US envoy William Burns
has told senior Palestinian
officials that while
Washington recognises
the plight of the Palestinians,
progress towards statehood
can only come through
reform and an end to
violence.
Gaza
court sentences Palestinian
to death for aiding
Israel
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
A Palestinian security
court Thursday sentenced
a 22-year-old university
student to death by
firing squad for giving
Israel information that
led to a July air raid
which killed top Hamas
militant and 13 others.
Analysis:
Hezbollah steps up spy
activities since IDF
withdrawal
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
The announcement Wednesday
that the Shin Bet security
service and police uncovered
a spy ring operated
by Hezbollah in Israel
demonstrates what the
Israeli intelligence
services have known
for years - that Hezbollah
operates as a professional
intelligence organization
in every way.
Annan
Concerned over Deteriorating
Conditions in Occupied
Territory
Palestine Media Center,
October 24, 2002
UN Secretary General
Kofi Annan expressed
his concern over the
continuing spiral of
violence in the Middle
East and the deterioration
of conditions in the
Occupied Palestinian
Territory, the official
Palestinian news agency
WAFA reported Wednesday.
US
seeks Israel peace plan
response
BBC, October 24, 2002
A special US envoy to
the Middle East has
arrived in Israel for
talks with Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon
on an American "road
map" for settling the
Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
UN
Security Council members
to discuss draft resolution
Friday; Iraq considers
it as declaration of
war
Al-Bawaba, October 24,
2002
The 15 members of the
UN Security Council
held three hours of
preliminary talks on
a draft resolution offering
Iraq "a last chance"
to avoid disaster, and
agreed to meet again
on Friday, AFP reported.
Israel
publishes additional
details on alleged Hizbullah
spy ring
Al-Bawaba, October 24,
2002
Lt.-Col. Omar al-Heib
was named on Thursday
as the senior Israeli
officer who was indicted,
along with 11 other
citizens for allegedly
spying for Hizbullah,
in exchange for drugs
and money, in one of
Israel's most serious
espionage cases in recent
years.
Worldwide
press freedom index:
PA ranked higher than
Israel
Alternative Information
Center, October 23,
2002
No Arab country is among
the top 50. Lebanon
only makes 56th place
and the press freedom
situation in the region
is not encouraging.
Report:
PA more respectful of
press freedom than Israel
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
An index of countries
that ranks them according
to their respect for
press freedom, published
yesterday for the first
time by Reporters Without
Borders (RWB), ranks
the Palestinian Authority
higher than Israel when
it comes to respecting
press freedom.
Hope
for access to education
quelled once more
Alternative Information
Center, October 23,
2002
The commencement of
this new semester seems
to be lingering on as
the students have to
face the daily actions
of the Israeli occupation
army, not knowing what
to expect each and every
morning.
International
Committee of the Red
Cross activities in
Israel, the occupied
and the autonomous territories,
14-20 October
Alternative Information
Center, October 23,
2002
Potential
Impact of Cuts in Child
Allowances on the Palestinian
Minority in Israel
Adalhah, October 15,
2002
On 5 June 2002, the
Knesset passed an amendment
to article 68(a) of
the National Insurance
Law (1995) that would
apply a 4% cut to all
child allowance payments,
and an additional 20%
cut in the amounts paid
to parents of children
without a relative serving
in the Israeli army.
EU
rejects sanctions on
territories produce
Globes, October 24,
2002
Minister of Foreign
Affairs Shimon Peres
proposed to link the
rules of origin issue
with Israeli-Palestinian
diplomatic developments:
The EU has suspended
sanctions on Israeli
goods produced by settlements
in the territories.
US
raises finance for Arrow
missile to $136m for
2003
Globes, October 24,
2002
The US Department of
Defense's budget for
the 2003 fiscal year
includes $450 million
for joint US-Israeli
defense projects. President
George W. Bush signed
the budget into law
yesterday.
At
55% of GDP, Israeli
government spending
is world's highest
Globes, October 24,
2002
The increased government
deficits to pay the
cost of the intifada
and other defense spending
will substantially raise
the proportion of government
spending to a record
55% of GDP.
US
pro-Israel policy fueling
Arab ire: Saud
Arab News, October 24,
2002
RIYADH, 24 October —
Foreign Minister Prince
Saud Al-Faisal said
yesterday that US failure
to rein in Israeli military
actions against Palestinians
was poisoning Arab opinion
toward Washington.
US
military rethinks invasion
of Baghdad
Arab News, October 24,
2002
WASHINGTON, 24 October
— Ever since the
closing days of the
war in Vietnam —
when in the 1970s American
troops found themselves
fighting a rearguard
action in the streets
of Saigon — the
US military has had
a succession of failed
operations involving
urban warfare.
Libya
Withdraws From Arab
League
The Guardian, October
24, 2002
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP)
- Libya has decided
to withdraw from the
Arab League, Moammar
Gadhafi's government
announced Thursday.
The
greatest breakthrough
Hizbullah made into
the Israeli military
establishment; Israel
discloses spy network
by an army officer
Arabic News, October
24, 2002
Israel was bewildered
yesterday when the court
permitted issuing the
news of arresting a
high ranking army officer
in the Israeli army
together with other
ten under the charges
of spying for the Hizbullah
party and trading drugs.
William
Burns: War against Iraq
is not imminent, or
inevitable; strong US
commitment to ME peace
Arabic News, October
24, 2002
Talking to correspondents
of Arab and foreign
media correspondents
in Damascus on October
22nd, the US Assistant
Secretary of State,
William Burns said that
he had useful and candid
discussions in Damascus.
Saud
al-Faisal rules out
a war against Iraq:
Israel poisons the Arab
public opinion against
the US
Arabic News, October
24, 2002
The Saudi foreign minister
prince Saud al-Faisal
has ruled out yesterday
that the US will launch
a war against Iraq.
He, on the other hand,
stressed that Washington's
silence towards the
Israeli military campaign
against the Palestinians
poisons the Arab position
towards the USA.
Remand
extended for IDF officer
in Hezbollah spy case
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
A special military court
at the Defense Ministry
complex in central Tel
Aviv extended the remand
Thursday of Lieutenant
Colonel Omar al-Hayb,
one of 10 people suspected
of handing sensitive
information to militant
Lebanese organization
in exchange for drugs
and cash.
Burns:
PA must take action
against terror if it
wants a state
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
Palestinians must take
decisive action against
militants and get serious
about internal reform
if they want to embark
on the road to statehood,
as outlined in a new
Mideast peace plan,
U.S. special envoy William
Burns told senior Palestinian
officials Thursday.
Mubarak
to deliver video address
at Rabin memorial ceremony
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak will deliver
a video address at the
upcoming memorial ceremony
for slain prime minister
Yitzhak Rabin in Tel
Aviv.
Honour
for men of peace
Trinity Mirror, October
24, 2002
There were police marksmen
keeping watch on the
roof of Coventry Cathedral
as two Middle Eastern
leaders clasped hands
before the statue of
Reconciliation in the
Ruins.
From
Israeli nukes to 'silly
strategists'
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
The last time strategic
analyst Anthony Cordesman
topped the Israeli news
was when his testimony
to the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
yielded the headline:
"Israel will retaliate
with nuclear weapons
in case of heavy casualties
from an Iraqi missile
attack" (by Ze'ev Schiff,
on August 15).
U.S.
plan for Palestinian
state under scrutiny
Tri-Valley Herald, October
24, 2002
JERUSALEM -- A U.S.
envoy's peace plan calling
for a provisional Palestinian
state next year -- and
full statehood by 2005
-- drew reservations
from Israelis and Palestinians
on Wednesday. Expectations
remain low after two
years of fighting and
many failed diplomatic
missions.
U.S.
Envoy Huddles With Palestinians
CBS News, October 24,
2002
The U.S. mission is
seen in part as an attempt
by Washington to keep
a lid on Mideast violence
as it prepares for a
possible strike against
Iraq.
(CBS) Palestinians must
take decisive action
against militants and
get serious about internal
reform if they want
to embark on the road
to statehood, as outlined
in a new Mideast peace
plan, a U.S. envoy told
senior Palestinian officials
Thursday.
Likud
boos PM as he talks
of paying `heavy price'
for peace
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon received a hostile
reception last night
when he addressed the
opening session of the
third Likud Party conference,
drawing jeers from those
present for commenting
that the party was prepared
to pay a "heavy price"
for peace.
CNN
to stay on the air
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
CNN and Israel's cable
companies yesterday
announced they had solved
the impasse that threatened
to drop the international
news network from the
package of stations
offered to Israeli consumers.
Hebron
rioter jailed for violating
house arrest
Ha'aretz, October 24,
2002
A settler arrested in
the aftermath of riots
that broke out three
months ago during the
funeral of Hebron settler
Elazar Leibovitz, was
sentenced yesterday
to four months in jail
for infringing the terms
of his house arrest.
Alleged
IDF spy's attorney:
Police on 'media rampage'
Jerusalem Post, October
24, 2002
Amnon Zichroni, defense
attorney of Lt.-Col.
Omar al-Hayeb, 39, who
was indicted Thursday
for allegedly spying
for Hizbullah in exchange
for drugs and money,
voiced harsh criticism
on police and the Shin
Bet security service,
saying both bodies went
on a "media rampage",
before handing over
any substantial evidence
material to his defense
team.
Security
Council to Discuss American
Draft Resolution, Fate
of Resolution Unknown
Palestine Chronicle,
October 23, 2002
NEW YORK (PINA) - It
remains undetermined
whether talks at the
UN between American
officials and members
of the Security Council
would yield an agreement,
but an end is “coming
into sight” US
officials say.
4
sentenced, 4 acquitted
in weapons smuggling
trial
Jordan Times, October
24, 2002
AMMAN — The State
Security Court on Wednesday
sentenced four men to
prison terms ranging
from five to eight years
after convicting them
of possessing and transporting
weapons and missiles
to the West Bank.
Occupation
Chronicle Events in
Palestine 24/10/2002
Palestine Media Center,
October 24, 2002
Under Cover Israeli
Army Unit Kidnap Five
Palestinians
video
"Burns
has few illusions about
the process ahead"
BBC, October 24, 2002
video
Israeli
DFM Melchior: "We don't
have light at the end
of the tunnel"
BBC, October 24, 2002
photos
Gaza:
IDF House Demolition
Injures
Human Rights Watch,
October 24, 2002
