“Special Units” Assassinate Two Palestinians in Nablus, Third Killed in Jenin
Palestine Chronicle, October 27, 2002 
NABLUS, West Bank (PINA) - Israeli soldiers, disguised as Arabs, opened fire at a group of Palestinian activists in the West Bank town of Nablus, killing two and injuring three, including a child, eyewitnesses in the town said.

Four Palestinians die in clashes with IDF; Soldier dies in training accident
Jerusalem Post, October 28, 2002
Four Palestinians were killed by soldiers in Jenin and Nablus and several more wounded as an IDF anti-terror sweep in the Jenin area of the West Bank entered its fourth day.

8 olive harvesters injured by settlers
Jerusalem Post, October 28, 2002
"Do you want to be dead?" a settler asked James Delaplain, 74, of Wisconsin, as he hit him in the face with a rifle butt Sunday afternoon. Delaplain was one of eight olive harvesters injured Sunday afternoon outside the village of Khirbat Yanun.

Dying bomber kills three Israeli soldiers
The Guardian, October 28, 2002
Mohammed Kashir's intended objective yesterday was, by one definition in the shifting standards of the war for Palestine, a "legitimate target".

U.S. Diplomat Gunned Down in Jordan
The Guardian, October 28, 2002
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - An American diplomat was gunned down in a hail of bullets outside his home Monday in the Jordanian capital, U.S. and Jordanian officials said.

Arafat to delay vote on new cabinet
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002 
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat on Monday postponed a legislative session that was to vote on his proposed Cabinet after Israel prevented 13 legislators from traveling to the session, citing security reasons.

Anti-War Movement Arrives to Washington
Palestine Chronicle, October 27, 2002
WASHINGTON, D.C. (PINA) - Under a warm sun, on Oct. 26, 2002, they marched down celebrated Constitution Ave., in the nation’s capital, by the tens of thousands, young and old, voicing their grievances, demands, and hopes, too, and carrying their colorful banners and signs, while also blowing their whistles, and beating their drums. The Anti-War Movement, 2002 version, in all its theatrical glory, has arrived in full force.

In Jordan's nightmare, the Palestinians arrive in waves
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002  
Jordanians are always asking American diplomats about their fear that Israel is planning a `transfer operation.': Two weeks ago, the Jordanian authorities reimposed limits on Palestinians entering the country. Mass Palestinian migration from the West Bank to the East Bank is Jordan's "nightmare," as Prof. Asher Susser of Tel Aviv University puts it.

Billions for settlers `hidden' in ministries' budgets, MK says
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002 
MK Mussi Raz (Meretz) claims that billions of shekels slated for the settlements have been "concealed" in the budgets of the government ministries and offices. According to an analysis by Raz, state support for the settlements in the 2003 budget amounts to more than NIS 2 billion.

Israeli army building trenches around Palestinian towns
New Jersey.com, October 28, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli military is digging trenches around Jenin and Nablus, two West bank cities that have been hotbeds of Palestinian militants, according to an army magazine published this week.

Kassam rocket falls on construction site in Sderot
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002 
A Kassam rocket landed Monday morning in the southern Negev town of Sderot, near the site of a school under construction. One person was on the site was treated for shock.

Shin Bet has not helped police inquiry into Havat Gilad riots
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002 
The Jewish Department in the Shin Bet never maintained lists of the "hilltop youth" and key figures among the settlers who violently resisted the evacuation of Havat Gilad.

Israel Bans 13 Palestinian MPs from Session, Destroys 4 Homes in Jenin
Islam Online, October 28, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, October 28 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – Israel decided to ban 13 Palestinian deputies from attending a parliamentary session Monday, October 28, in Ramallah where Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is to name his new cabinet, as Israeli occupation forces destroyed the homes of four Palestinian resistance activists in Jenin.

Israel bars 13 Palestinian MPs to attend PLC meeting; Four houses destroyed in Jenin
Al-Bawaba, October 28, 2002
The Israeli army Sunday night destroyed the homes of four Palestinian activists in Jenin. According to Israel Radio, soldiers demolished the homes of the two suicide bombers who carried out their attack last week in northern Israel.

Arafat Postpones Legislative Session
The Guardian, October 28, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Monday postponed a legislative session set to vote on his proposed Cabinet after Israel prevented 13 legislators from traveling to the session for security reasons.

Sharon: we accept 'road map,' but not settlement freeze
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday that Israel accepted the principles presented in the United States' road map for Mideast peace, but added that a total settlement freeze would be unacceptable, Israel Radio reported.

Sharon: We are ready for new elections
Jerusalem Post, October 28, 2002
"Israel does not need elections now," Sharon said, but added that "if elections are forced upon us, we are ready for elections."

Far-right faction meeting over whether to back gov't on budget
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002 
As the Labor Party inched closer to bolting the government in a crisis surrounding the vote Wednesday over the 2003 State Budget, the far-right National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu alliance was meeting Monday to discuss backing the government on the budget in exchange for a commitment to oppose the United States' road map for Mideast peace.

Background: Showdown or just showtime?
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002 
Israel's government is headed over a familiar cliff, seemingly powerless to stop its own headlong slide into the turmoil of early elections, with party bosses Ariel Sharon and Benjamin Ben-Eliezer staging a test of strength that neither really wants to win.

PM eyes narrow government as Labor appears ready to quit
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002  
With the Labor Party Central Committee last night voting unanimously for its Knesset faction to vote against the 2003 budget - if its demands for NIS 710 million to be cut from the settlements' allocations are not met - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is considering cobbling together a narrow government because he is against elections now, Likud sources said.

Allocations to Settlements Threaten Sharon with Major Coalition Crisis
Palestine Chronicle, October 27, 2002 
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday faced a major showdown with his main coalition partner, as Labor threatened to vote down the budget and even quit if allocations to controversial Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territories are not cut.

Analysis: Zigzagging all the way to opposition
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002 
A few hours before the stormy Labor Party Central Committee meeting, Defense Minister and party chairman Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, took some of his ministers to a meeting with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Finance Minister Silvan Shalom at the Prime Minister's Office.

Omani daily: Abu Mazen may move to Jordan and lead opposition to Arafat
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002  
The Al Watan newspaper reported yesterday that Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), a longtime deputy to Yasser Arafat, is considering leaving the West Bank and moving to Jordan, to set up an opposition party to the rule of the Palestinian Authority chairman.

Abu Mazen denies report he might set up opposition to Arafat in Jordan
Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2002
An aid to Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) dismissed as nonsense a report in the Omani al Watan newspaper Sunday that Abu Mazen, a longtime deputy to Yasser Arafat, is considering leaving the West Bank and moving to Jordan, to set up an opposition party to the rule of the Palestinian Authority chairman.

Bush determined to lead coalition without U.N. approval; France says attack on Iraq to bring more terrorism
Al-Bawaba, October 28, 2002
President Bush vowed on Sunday the United States would lead a coalition to disarm Iraq if the U.N. Security Council fails to act against Saddam Hussein, as negotiations for a tough new U.N. resolution enter a decisive week.

Khadhafi’s withdrawal threat undermines Arab League’s economic foundations
MENA Report, October 28, 2002
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has decided to pull out of the 22-member Arab League in response to the grouping’s inefficiency in dealing with the crises in the Palestinian Territories and Iraq.

Meet the new Zionists
The Guardian, October 28, 2002
The members of the Christian Coalition of America are some of the most passionate defenders of Israel in the United States. There's just one catch: they want to convert all Jews to Christianity.

Iran rejects reports of change in policy towards Israel
Al-Bawaba, October 28, 2002
The Iranian Embassy in Amman has categorically denied reports, which have stated that Tehran was planning to change its policy towards Israel, the official Saudi Press Agency reported Monday.

Senior US military commander holds talks in Saudi Arabia
Al-Bawaba, October 28, 2002
General Salih bin Ali Al-Muhayya, the Saudi chief of general staff, received in the capital of Riyadh on Monday chief of the American joint staff general Richard Myers and an accompanying delegation.

Arab Satellite Station To Air Controversial Series Despite Fierce Critcism From Israel Over Anti-Semitism
Al-Bawaba, October 28, 2002
The Emirates satellite channel announced yesterday that it has gotten the exclusive rights to air the controversial Egyptian TV series, "Fares Bila Jawad" (Knight Without a Horse), in the upcoming fasting month of Ramadan, despite fierce Israeli opposition to the story tackled in the series, according to the UAE daily, Al Bayan.

France warns of new text
The Guardian, October 28, 2002
The Bush administration appears to have reached the end of its tether with the increasingly tense negotiations for a security council resolution on Iraq, judging by the impatient hint from Colin Powell, the secretary of state, that the US may force the issue in the next few days by calling for a vote.

Serbs helping Iraq build cruise missile, US says
The Guardian, October 28, 2002
Washington's claims follow raid on aviation plant in Bosnia: Yugoslav defence companies have been developing a cruise missile for Iraq for the past two years, the US has told the Yugoslav government.

Review of the Arab Press in Israel 5 - 22 October, 2002
Arab Association for Human Rights
Violation of Political Rights of the Arab Parties, The Arab Students at the Israeli Universities, Safad's College Denies Two Arab Students, Demolition Warrants against 9 Houses in Al-Taybe.

Human security, rights workshop brings together 13 Arab delegations
Jordan Times, October 28, 2002   
AMMAN (JT) — The Regional Human Security Centre (RHSC) at the Jordan Institute of Diplomacy launches a three-day workshop today for judiciary and security staff on human security and human rights.

EU postpones decision on "Made in Palestine" products till 2003
Globes, October 27, 2002
The European Union rejected Shimon Peres's proposal to delay any decision till 2005: A European Union decision on setting a rules of origin policy applying to goods manufactured over the Green Line and exported to the EU, has been postponed until 2003.

Histadrut's Peretz to meet with PM, Shalom on Monday night
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002 
Histadrut Chairman MK Amir Peretz is scheduled to hold a meeting with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Finance Minister Silvan Shalom on Monday in an attempt to bring the public sector strike, that has been plaguing the country for the past 16 days, to a close.

Hezbollah gets into economics
Ha'aretz, October 28, 2002  
Lebanon's political leadership is in a state of near euphoria. Apart from issuing some angry threats, Israel did not respond to the opening of the water pumping station on the Wazzani River two weeks ago.

“Yediot Ahronot”: Finland won’t sell gas detection kits to IDF
Globes, October 28, 2002
The recent rise in tensions with Iraq and concern of a missile attack on Israel have made procurement of the kits necessary: Hebrew daily “Yediot Ahronot” reports that a serious diplomatic crisis has erupted between Israel and Finland. Finland adamantly refuses to sell Israel chemical warfare detection kits that are considered the best in the world.

US envoy’s ME tour is suspicious: Syria press
Arab News, October 28, 2002
DAMASCUS, 28 October— Syria’s state-run media took a swipe yesterday at the multi-nation tour of US Mideast envoy William Burns, saying it was aimed to distract attention from US plans to strike Iraq and gain control of its oil resources.

Inspector Blix may help resolve Iraq impasse
Arab News, October 28, 2002
UNITED NATIONS, 28 October — The chief UN weapons inspector for Iraq, Hans Blix, could hold the key to bridging differences in the Security Council over a US draft resolution, diplomats said as negotiations moved to the endgame.

Burns in the UAE after Yemen, Oman
Arabic News, October 28, 2002
The American envoy to the Middle East, William Burns, started yesterday a visit to Abu Dhabi in the course of a regional tour concentrating on the Arab- Israeli conflict.

Aussie Warships Head to Gulf Amidst Criticisms Of Supporting U.S. War
Islam Online, October 28, 2002
PERTH, Australia, October 28 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Two Australian warships left their homeport here Monday, October 28, to join the multinational contingent enforcing sanctions on Iraq, as Washington kept up the pressure for possible military strikes on Baghdad.

Mideast expert shares view of terrorism, Islam
Pensacola News Journal, October 28, 2002
America needs to know who it's fighting in its war on terror, Mideast expert Jonathan Schanzer said in a speech Sunday at the Pensacola Cultural Center.

Canada threatens to cancel Magen David tax-free status over West Bank rescues
Jerusalem Post, October 28, 2002
Canada is threatening to cancel the tax-exempt status of Magen David Adom's offices in Montreal and Toronto because some of the ambulances it has donated provide lifesaving services in the territories.

After attack, Ariel mayor demands apology from Labor Party for demanding funds cut
Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2002
In response to the suicide bombing that killed three soldiers in the West Bank town of Ariel, the mayor, Ron Nahman, intimated that left-wing parties were responsible, by demanding cuts in budget allocations to Jewish settlements.

10 haredim arrested for stoning police in Beit Shemesh
Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2002
Ten haredim arrested Friday night for pelting police and motorists with rocks in Ramat Beit Shemesh had hearings in Jerusalem's Magistrate's Court late Saturday night.

German embassy invites Israeli officers to ceremony honouring Third Reich soldiers
The Guardian, October 28, 2002
The German embassy in Tel Aviv has adopted a novel approach to atoning for Nazi crimes by inviting Israeli army officers to attend a ceremony in honour of the Third Reich's fallen soldiers, including SS units.

International Artists Sing for Palestine
Palestine Chronicle, October 27, 2002
LONDON (PINA) - A growing number of musicians from various parts of the world have been focusing their attention on the Middle East, and the continuous violation of Palestinian human rights.

Palestinian Film Wins Cannes Festival
Palestine Chronicle, October 27, 2002 
LONDON (PINA) - The first Palestinian movie to enter in the Cannes contest, according to the official website of the internationally renowned “Festival de Cannes”, has won the Jury award.