Israel
tightens grip on Jenin
BBC, October 26, 2002
Israel says Jenin
is a breeding ground
for militants: Israeli
forces dug into the
West Bank city of
Jenin on Saturday,
taking over dozens
of buildings and arresting
suspected militants.
Israel
says Jenin operation
to last several days;
Fatah executes woman
in Nablus
Al-Bawaba, October
26, 2002
The Israeli army completed
Saturday morning its
withdrawal from Palestinian-controlled
areas of the West
Bank town of Hebron,
Israel Radio reported.
IDF
continues hunt for
Jenin militants, completes
Hebron pullout
Ha'aretz, October
26, 2002
The IDF continued
Saturday a major new
operation in Jenin
-"Operation Vanguard"
- aimed at rooting
out wanted terrorists
in the West Bank city
of the surrounding
villages.
Palestinian
Official Blasts U.S.
Mideast Roadmap, Rejecting
“Dictates”
Islam Online, October
26, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank,
October 26 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies)
- A Palestinian official
said Saturday the
U.S.-backed Middle
East peace plan was
doomed to failure
because of Israeli
resistance and a lack
of resolve on the
part of Washington.
Hamas:
PA has agreed to help
Israel kill Rantisi
Jerusalem Post, October
24, 2002
Hamas claimed Thursday
that the Palestinian
Authority had agreed
to help Israel assassinate
Dr. Abdel Aziz Rantisi,
one of its top leaders
in the Gaza Strip.
Left-wing
activist hurt from
settlers' fire hospitalized
Jerusalem Post, October
26, 2002
An activist of the
Jewish-Palestinian
left-wing organization
Ta'ayush was reported
by Israel Radio Friday
evening to be hospitalized
at Hadassah Mount
Scopus Hospital in
Jerusalem after he
was wounded by shots
fired by settlers
last Saturday.
Israeli
Army Using Prohibited
Ammunition against
Palestinian Civilians
Palestine Chronicle,
October 25, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM
- 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
Territories.
Primary
school persists with
Jewish, Arab students
side by side
Sun-Sentinel, October
25, 2002
NEVE SHALOM/WAHAT
AL-SALAM, Israel ·
A kindergarten class
sings happily in Hebrew
and Arabic while other
Jewish and Arab schoolchildren
sway up and down outside
on a seesaw.
Legislators
uneasy over pro-Israel
lobby
Cleveland Jewsish
News, October 26,
2002
``There is a growing
sense on the Hill
that" the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict ``is not
so cut and dried,"
one congressional
staffer said. ``Many
members feel uncomfortable
buying into AIPAC's
line.": WASHINGTON,
Oct. 22 (JTA) -- Pro-Israel
lawmakers, including
some Jewish members
of the U.S. House
of Representatives,
are complaining about
the influence of Jewish
lobbying groups on
Middle East issues.
Report:
Abu Mazen boycotted
meeting with US official
Jerusalem Post, October
26, 2002
Mahmoud Abbas, the
No. 2 man in the PLO,
refused to head the
Palestinian Authority
delegation that met
in Jericho over last
Thursday with US Assistant
Secretary of State
for Near Eastern Affairs
William Burns, according
to a report in the
London-based Saudi
newspaper al Sharq
al Awsat.
Israeli
tanks storm into Jenin
again
The Independent, October
26, 2002
Hundreds of Israeli
soldiers backed by
tanks stormed back
into the Palestinian
city of Jenin yesterday,
in the army's biggest
offensive for months.
Israeli
troops take over Jenin
Arab News, October
26, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM,
26 October —
Israel took over the
Palestinian town of
Jenin yesterday in
one of the largest
raids since the summer
but pulled some troops
out of another West
Bank town, Hebron.
Israel
leaves Hebron, enters
Jenin
Al-Bawaba, October
25, 2002
Israeli troops pulled
back from the Palestinian
autonomous area in
the West Bank city
of Hebron except for
two strategic hillsides,
the Israeli army announced.
Palestinian
woman executed for
collaborating with
Israel
Ha'aretz, October
26, 2002
A 39-year-old Palestinian
woman was executed
Friday night in the
West Bank city of
Nablus after she was
suspected of cooperating
with Israel, Israel
Radio reported.
Labor
to demand cuts to
budget allocated for
settlements
Ha'aretz, October
26, 2002
Labor party chairman
and Defense Minister
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer
will demand in a meeting
Sunday with Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon
and Finance Minister
Silvan Shalom that
cuts will be made
to the budget allocated
for settlements in
the West Bank and
Gaza Strip, Israel
Radio reported.
Palestinians
express reservations
on U.S. 'roadmap'
Ha'aretz, October
26, 2002
The Palestinian Authority
has raised several
reservations to the
'roadmap' for peace
based on a Middle
East policy speech
last June by President
George W. Bush, presented
by U.S. envoy to the
Middle East William
Burns, Israel Radio
reported Saturday.
Israeli
Tanks Sweep Jenin,
Army Fires at Journalists
Islam Online, October
26, 2002
Before redeploying
around al-Khalil,
Israeli soldiers abducted
several Palestinians:
JENIN, Occupied West
Bank, October 25 (IslamOnline
& News agencies)
- Hundreds of Israeli
troops poured into
the West Bank town
of Jenin Friday, October
25, whereas army bulldozers,
trailers and jeeps
took over a Palestinian
area south of Gaza
City to set up a military
post, news agencies
reported.
IDF
redeploys troops in
Hebron
Jerusalem Post, October
25, 2002
The IDF on Friday
completed a partial
redeployment of its
troops in the West
Bank town of Hebron,
media reports said.
Tribute
From A Distant Stranger
Miftah, October 24,
2002
On a recent Friday
evening, while quietly
embroidering on the
porch of her Nablus
home, 60-year-old
Palestinian activist
Shaden Abu Hijleh
was killed by Israeli
gunfire. Her daughter
prayed that reports
of her mother's death
would not be summarized
in a single digit
by the press.
Massive
Attack on Jenin Underway,
Two Buried in Rafah
Palestine Chronicle,
October 25, 2002
JENIN, West Bank (PINA)
- An Israeli military
move is seen by Palestinians
as an attempt to undermine
the mission of the
US Middle East envoy
William Burns. The
Israeli army attacked
Jenin in what is believed
the largest military
operation since June.
Iraq
War Protesters to
March in D.C.
The Guardian, October
26, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Organizers promise
an angry, loud but
nonviolent protest
against war in Iraq,
hoping to show strong
opposition to President
Bush's pre-emptive
war policies by drawing
thousands of protesters
to the capital's streets.
Israel
shocked by spy trial
of Bedouin colonel
The Guardian, October
26, 2002
For decades the Israeli
army's Bedouin soldiers
were held up as tangible
proof that it was
possible for Muslim
Arabs to be loyal
to the Jewish state.
Russia,
France float own UN
Iraq drafts
Arab News, October
26, 2002
UNITED NATIONS, 26
October — In
a surprise move, Russia
and France yesterday
began circulating
proposals to significantly
water-down a US draft
resolution on Iraq,
removing language
that could authorize
military force against
Baghdad and limiting
inspections on presidential
sites.
CIA
opens offices in northern
Iraq
Arabic News, October
26, 2002
The CIA has enhanced
its declared presence
and activity in the
Kurdish area which
is outside the control
of Baghdad's authority,
while the US defense
department is auditing
any intelligence information
that might find links
between the Iraqi
regime to al-Qaida
organization.
An
Israeli boat off Khaldeh,
Lebanon
Arabic News, October
25, 2002
In a grave military
development, the first
of its kind since
the liberation of
south Lebanon in May
2000, an Israeli gunboat
was seen on Wednesday
at 6. P.m. evening
off Khaldeh coast.
The appearance of
the said boat coincided
with the flying of
the Israeli warplanes
in the airspace of
the area.
France
claims victory over
U.S. in battle for
Iraq resolutions
Ha'aretz, October
26, 2002
UNITED NATIONS - France
claimed a first round
victory over the United
States in the battle
over a U.N. resolution
on Iraq, saying its
new proposal has more
support because it
eliminates tough U.S.
language that could
trigger the use of
military force.
Background:
A Bedouin question
of loyalty
Ha'aretz, October
26, 2002
At around noon on
Thursday, way ahead
of schedule, about
20 young Bedouin arrived
in front of the regional
council building in
the Yizre'el Valley
village of Beit Zarzir,
impatiently waiting
for the hired bus
which was to take
them to the Defense
Ministry complex in
Tel Aviv for the 4
P.M. remand hearing
of Lieutenant Colonel
Omar al-Hayb, who
is suspected of spying
for the Hezbollah.
Iran
releases 3 Jews convicted
of spying
Ha'aretz, October
26, 2002
Iran yesterday released
three Jews convicted
of spying for Israel
and the U.S. three-and-a-half
years ago.
Medical
workers refusing smallpox
vaccine
Ha'aretz, October
26, 2002
Nearly half of the
Meuhedet HMO's staffers
have refused to take
the smallpox vaccine
being offered by the
government - on a
voluntary basis -
to 15,000 health and
rescue workers who
are expected to be
on the "front line"
of a smallpox outbreak
should there be a
biological warfare
attack by a terrorist
group or by Iraq.
Free
speech for sale in
the Middle East
The Independent, October
27, 2002
It's in the job description
of a marketing director
to talk up his product.
But the pitch of Ali
Mohammed Kamal, whose
role is to promote
the commercial side
of Al Jazeera, the
Arabic news channel
best known in the
West for carrying
exclusive taped broadcasts
by Osama bin Laden,
is unique: "I think
that if Al Jazeera
had been available
15 years ago, there
would have been no
11 September."
Subtle
performance from the
pretender to Saddam's
throne
The Independent, October
26, 2002
Exiled Ayatollah Mohammed
Baqir al Hakim combines
anti-American sentiments
with a desire to see
Saddam Hussein toppled:
The delicate, grey-bearded
figure of Iraq's exiled
Ayatollah Mohammed
Baqir al Hakim gingerly
picked his way across
the carpet before
sitting cross-legged
on the floor and greeting
some of the most senior
mullahs of the Islamic
Republic of Iran.
US
starts 'hardball'
on draft resolution
The Independent, October
26, 2002
The crunch stage of
UN Security Council
negotiations over
a new Iraq resolution
has arrived. France
and Russia yesterday
both circulated rival
proposals to tone
down a tough US draft,
on which Washington
could seek a vote
at any time.
Arab
League Chief Fails
to Change Libya's
Mind over Pullout
Islam Online, October
26, 2002
TRIPOLI, October 26
(IslamOnline &
News Agencies) - Libya
remains determined
to pull out of the
Arab League, the Secretary-General
of the pan-Arab organization
Amr Moussa announced
Saturday October 26,
after talks with its
leader Muammar Qaddafi.
France
to Submit New Iraq
Draft, Massive Washington
Anti-War Demo Planned
Islam Online, October
26, 2002
PARIS, October 26
(IslamOnline &
News Agencies) - France
plans to submit its
own draft resolution
on a settlement to
the Iraq crisis to
the United Nations
if no accord is reached
with the United States,
French Foreign Minister
Dominique de Villepin
said Saturday, October
26.
Bush
Rejects Any U.N. Resolution
Curtailing War Ability
Islam Online, October
26, 2002
CRAWFORD, Texas, October
25 (IslamOnline &
News Agencies) –
U.S. President George
W. Bush said Friday
October 25, that he
would reject any U.N.
resolution that curtails
his ability to take
military action to
disarm Iraq if the
world body fails to
do so.
ANAYLSIS:
Between a rock and
a hard place
Jerusalem Post, October
24, 2002
When we talk about
the service of Beduin
in the IDF, their
loyalty to the state
and their law abidance,
the picture is very
complicated, because
the Beduin community
is at the very edge
of society.
Manufacturers:
electronic exports
drop 16% in 2002
Jerusalem Post, October
25, 2002
Electronic exports
will show a 16 percent
decline for 2002,
with a further 13%
drop in 2003, the
Manufacturers Association
said Thursday.
Interview
with Francois Bëllon,
head of ICRC delegation
in Israel and the
occupied territories
Miftah, October 22,
2002
MIFTAH conducted an
interview with the
head of ICRC delegation
in Israel and the
occupied territories,
Francois Bëllon.
Sharon
praises Putin for
successful raid
Jerusalem Post, October
26, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon praised Russian
President Vladimir
Putin for Saturday
morning's successful
raid on the Moscow
theatre in which 750
hostages were freed.
Doctors
attend to Palestinians
in West Bank
Jerusalem Post, October
26, 2002
Members of the humanitarian
group Doctors for
Human Rights travelled
to the West Bank town
of Assira a-Shmaliya
near Nablus and treated
a few hundreds Palestinian
residents on Saturday.
Christian
Coalition heading
to Israel
Jerusalem Post, October
26, 2002
NEW YORK - The leadership
of the Christian Coalition
is heading to Israel
for its first-ever
solidarity mission
at the invitation
of Israel's Tourism
Ministry, the group
announced Friday.
Women
media professionals
gather to focus on
the role of Arab women
Jordan Times, October
26, 2002
AMAMN (JT) —
A clear media vision
tackling women's issues
that works to rectify
the distorted images
of Arab Muslim women
in the west are the
main challenges facing
Arab media women today,
HRH Princess Basma
said on Thursday.
Group
Calls on Qatar to
Reduce Death Sentence
of Jordanian Journalist
Palestine Chronicle,
October 25, 2002
BRUSSELS (PINA) -
The International
Federation of Journalists,
an “umbrella
group of unions representing
some 500,000 journalists
in more than 100 countries”,
appealed to the Qatari
government to spare
the life of a Jordanian
journalist.
Hussein
to Chechen Rebels:
Russia is Not Our
Enemy
Palestine Chronicle,
October 25, 2002
BAGHDAD (PINA) - A
message from Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein
was read over the
official Iraqi television
station Friday. The
message was directed
at Chechen rebels
who are holding nearly
600 Russians hostage
in a Moscow theater.
Dog
Eats Dog at the UN,
US Faces Tough Challenge
Palestine Chronicle,
October 25, 2002
NEW YORK (PINA) -
After days of fruitless
negotiations, the
United States surprised
its former Gulf War
allies by formally
introducing a draft
resolution on Iraq,
provoking another
surprising move by
Russia and France.
