Four Palestinians by IDF gunfire in West Bank
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002
Four Palestinians were killed by IDF fire in the West Bank on Sunday, including a 15-year-old boy in Jenin and three militants in Nablus.

Settlers wound Israeli activists during olive harvest
Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2002
Several Israeli and international left-wing activists were wounded by settlers near the West Bank town of Nablus Sunday afternoon, Israel Radio reported.

War on Jenin Continues, Army Blocks Ambulances
Palestine Chronicle, October 26, 2002
JENIN, West Bank (PINA) - Israeli forces are reportedly in complete control of the West Bank town of Jenin and its refugee camp. The Israeli army, which raided Jenin yesterday using hundreds of troops, arrested several activists from the Islamic Jihad movement.

Tens of Thousands Rally for Peace Around the World
Palestine Chronicle, October 26, 2002
WASHINGTON (PINA) - Tens of thousands around the world took part in mass protests, rallying against war and demanding a lift of the crippling US-led UN sanctions on Iraq.

Armed settlers force out villagers
The Observer, October 27, 2002
As extremists' actions divide Israelis, a new Egyptian show takes its cue from an inflammatory tract: When the Six Day War raged around him and Israel expelled the Jordanian army from the West Bank in 1967, Yusuf Sobeih refused to leave his home.

Settlers injure five people in attack on olive-pickers
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002
Five people were injured Sunday, when settlers from Itamar attacked peace activists and Palestinian olive-pickers from the nearby village of Yinon.

Labor threatens to oppose budget unless changes are made
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002
The Labor Central Committee decided Sunday evening to instruct its members in the Knesset to vote agains the 2003 state budget in its first reading in the Knesset plenum, scheduled for Wednesday, if the party's demands for changes are not met.

Palestinian boy killed, Jenin raid enters third day; PLC to discuss new cabinet
Al-Bawaba, October 27, 2002
The Israeli raid on the West Bank city of Jenin dubbed "Operation Vanguard" entered its third day Sunday. On Saturday, Israeli troops detained some 30 Palestinians. Among those arrested, according to Israeli sources, was an activist of Hamas, Mahmud Abadi, who was on his way to carry out a suicide bombing in Israel in the coming days.

Thousands march in Washington against war
Muslim News, October 27, 2002
WASHINGTON, New York Times — Thousands of protesters marched through Washington's streets, chanting and waving banners against possible military action against Iraq. The rally was one of several held in American and foreign cities yesterday.

Fatah claims ''Ariel'' bombing attack, Israel kills three Palestinians in Nablus
Al-Bawaba, October 27, 2002
An explosion took place Sunday morning at a gas station in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. The cause of the blast was a suicide bombing attack claimed by Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. 

Palestinian suicide bomber strikes at Jewish settlement
KATU TV News, October 27, 2002
ARIEL, WEST BANK - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew up Sunday as Israeli soldiers were shooting him, killing three people and himself at a gas station on the outskirts of one of the largest Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The 18 people injured included several soldiers, officials said.

Israeli Rabbi justifies stealing Palestinian olives: an inherited property for people of Israel
Arabic News, October 26, 2002
Israeli Rabbi Mordekhai Elyaho, who is considered one of the most important Rabbis of the religious Zionist movement, justified that it is permitted to cultivate olives from the orchards of the Palestinian farmers and to take their harvest.

Suicide Bomber Kills 3 Wounds 15 Near Ariel
Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2002
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a gas station outside the settlement of Ariel Sunday, killing himself, two Israelis and wounding 15.

Israel to write Washington of 3 objections to Burns plan
Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2002
Israel intends to inform Washington in writing this week about three main objections to the "Road Map to Middle East Peace" as presented by US State Department envoy William Burns, Cabinet Secretary Gideon Sa'ar said Sunday.

Poll Reveals Most Israelis Support Settlement Dismantling
Palestine Chronicle, October 26, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - According to a recent poll conducted by Israel’s Dahaf Institute, most Israelis are in favor of the dismantling of Jewish settlements illegally erected in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as well as the immediate initiation of peace negotiations with the Palestinians.

Troops in Jenin find the going slow
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002  
The Israel Defense Forces continued operating in Jenin over the weekend after entering the city in force late Thursday night, but so far, progress has been slow.

Armed forces call up medics as Britain goes on a war footing
The Observer, October 27, 2002
Reservists told to be ready within two months as battle over wording of resolution goes on at UN: The Ministry of Defence is to call up hundreds of armed forces' medical staff in the first significant sign that Britain is putting itself on a final war footing for conflict with Iraq.

Thousands of people in U.S., Europe demonstrate against Iraqi War; Bush says U.S. can act without U.N.
Al-Bawaba, October 27, 2002
Thousands of people gathered Saturday in Washington and other cities around the world to protest a possible US-led war on Iraq. Many in the crowd -- estimated by organizers at 100,000 -- carried signs such as "Stop the War on Iraq before it begins" and "Drop Bush, not Bombs."

Jordanian women march in support of Jordanian journalist facing death penalty in Qatar
Al-Bawaba, October 27, 2002
Hundreds of Jordanian women have marched in Abdun District in western Amman Sunday, appealing to the Qatari people to help free Jordanian journalist Firas al-Majali, who faces a death penalty by a Qatari court.

Al-Masri: an American plan to kneel down the region
Arabic News, October 27, 2002
The former Egyptian prime minister Taher al-Masri said that Washington is determined to launch war against Iraq and will not avoid it, besides changing the map of the region and also attempting to kneel down Syria and Lebanon as part of an already set plan in the White House aiming at making a decisive military change in this region.

Assafir: Spy equipment discovered in Kafer Matta hill provides Israeli planes of information, Lebanon
Arabic News, October 26, 2002
The Lebanese security department had discovered a technical intelligence case and found equipment used by Israel for intelligence and military purposes in Lebanon.

Jewish Agency to promote 'Zionist majority' in Galilee, Negev
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002
The Jewish Agency is planning a multi-year program to encourage 200,000 people to move to the Galilee and another 150,000 to move to the Negev, and has thereby recast itself as concerned with guaranteeing a "Zionist majority" in those areas.

Histadrut delays stepping up strike; fresh talks Sunday night
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002
Following an appeal by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the Histadrut labor federation decided Sunday on a 24-hour delay before intensifying the public sector strike that has been in place for over two weeks.

Sharon and Ben-Eliezer square off over budget
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002
Defense Minister and Labor Party Chairman Benjamin Ben-Eliezer is threatening that his party will vote against the 2003 budget in the Knesset this Wednesday if allocations to the settlements are not cut.

Intel's Manitoba chip made in Petah Tikva
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002
Just as it did with the personal computer market, so the Intel Corp. has set its sights on the cellular phone world. Last week it unveiled its Manitoba chip, with which it plans to dominate the cellphone market. The chip was developed in Israel by the engineers of DSPC, a Petah Tikva-based company that Intel bought in 1999 for $1.6 billion cash.

Barghouti's lawyers: Israel implicated in war crimes
Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2002
Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti's defense team accused Israel of war crimes Sunday evening, claiming Barghouti was "a freedom fighter with the status of a war prisoner."

REPORT: Palestinian security forces search for would-be suicide bomber
Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2002
Palestinian security forces in Bethlehem are searching for a 17 year old Palestinian girl planning to perpetrate a suicide bomb attack in Jerusalem in the near future.

Shi'ite leader Fadlallah calls for dialogue with other religions
Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2002
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's top Shiite Muslim cleric issued a religious decree Sunday calling on Muslim religious scholars and intellectuals around the world to confront Western-orchestrated "political and cultural aggression" against Islam.

PA minister Nabil Shaath condemns gas station attack
Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2002
"We are against any action, particularly against civilians, whether they be Israeli or Palestinian," said Palestinian Cabinet minister Nabil Shaath in response to a Sunday terror attack at an Ariel gas station. The bombing killed three people, including the bomber.

Sabbath violation laid at door of Central Command
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002
The Israel Defense Forces' Central Command was primarily responsible for the desecration of the Sabbath during the army's evacuation of the Havat Gilad settlement outpost Saturday night a week ago, an IDF investigation has concluded.

IDF leaves most Palestinian neighborhoods in Hebron
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002
The Israel Defense Forces completed its withdrawal from most Palestinian neighborhoods of Hebron on Friday, but retained outposts in two neighborhoods, Abu Sneina and Harat al-Sheikh, that overlook the Jewish part of the city, as well as on a few rooftops overlooking the dividing line between the Jewish and Arab sectors.

France ups pressure on U.S. over Iraq
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002 
PARIS/UNITED NATIONS - France turned up the diplomatic heat on the United States yesterday to make changes to its draft United Nations resolution on Iraq, as anti-war protesters organized rallies in Washington and other cities around the world.

Peace Now: 98 more outposts to go
Ha'aretz, October 27, 2002 
Out of 106 outposts established by settlers in the territories since 1996, only eight have been completely dismantled, the Peace Now organization claims in a newly released report. Another seven outposts have been partially taken down, Peace Now states, in its interim report on the outposts.

Dahlan defends Arafat legitimacy, calls on PA cabinet to end chaos
Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2002
Muhammad Dahlan, former commander of the Palestinian Authority's Preventive Security Service in the Gaza Strip, Saturday lashed out at the US for seeking to replace Yasser Arafat and said Washington will not find one Palestinian who would bypass the PA chairman.

Saudi, Syrian Reservations About U.S. Peace Plan
Islam Online, October 27, 2002
Muscat , October 27 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns arrived in Muscat Sunday, October 27, to promote a U.S.-drafted Middle East peace plan as Saudi Arabia and Syria voiced reservations to his “roadmap” overture.

US, Canadian peace activists stage protest at UN headquarters
Jordan Times, October 27, 2002
AMMAN — American and Canadian peace activists staged a small sit-in on Saturday near the United Nations headquarters in Amman protesting continuing US threats to attack Iraq.

No Blood for Oil” German Protesters Chant
Palestine Chronicle, October 26, 2002
BERLIN - Several thousand people here Saturday took to the streets of downtown Berlin to demonstrate against an imminent US intervention in Iraq, the media reported.