New
cabinet to have
19 ministers, 14
of them new
Jerusalem Post,
October 29, 2002
PA leader Yasser
Arafat announced
he will hold the
Palestinian Legislative
Council meeting
Tuesday afternoon,
at which he will
announce the new
PA cabinet.
Boy
Killed, 10 Homes
Demolished in Occupied
Territories
Palestine Chronicle,
October 28, 2002
TULKARM (PINA) -
The Israeli occupation
forces’ raid
on the West Bank
town of Jenin and
its refugee camp
continued. Palestinian
sources say that
two handicapped
men were arrested
by the Israeli army
on their way to
the hospital.
Israeli
coalition in crisis
as Labour blocks
funding for settlers
The Independent,
October 29, 2002
Israel is facing
a government crisis
and the possibility
of early elections
amid the Palestinian
intifada and with
an American-led
war against Iraq
looming. The left-wing
Labour Party is
threatening to pull
out of Ariel Sharon's
coalition government,
which could force
early elections.
Soldiers
kill Hamas ringleader
in northern West
Bank
Jerusalem Post,
October 28, 2002
Undercover Israeli
soldiers killed
a Hamas leader in
the northern West
Bank Tuesday morning
and demolished the
home of another
suspected terrorist,
Palestinian witnesses
said.
Official:
Israel Rejects U.S.
Plan
The Guardian, October
29, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) -
Israel won't accept
a U.S.-backed peace
proposal because
it is based partly
on an Arab plan
that calls for an
Israeli withdrawal
from all occupied
lands and affirms
the right of return
of Palestinian refugees,
a top official said
Tuesday.
PA
sentences human
rights worker to
death
Jerusalem Post,
October 28, 2002
Another person was
added to the Palestinian
Authority's death
row on Monday when
a court in Gaza
City sentenced Haidar
Ghanem, a human
rights worker and
journalist, to death
by firing squad
after finding him
guilty of collaboration
with Israel.
Labor
ministers to hand
in resignations
before budget vote
Wed.
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
If a compromise
is not found to
unlock the Likud-Labor
coalition crisis
over the budget,
then Labor ministers
will tender their
resignations to
Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon before the
vote Wednesday on
the budget in the
Knesset plenum,
Labor leader and
Defense Minister
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer
decided Tuesday.
Sharon:
Fund transfer to
PA in the works
Jerusalem Post,
October 28, 2002
A monitoring system
administered by
US, EU, and Japan
is "set to be established"
to enable the transfer
of NIS 2 billion
in tax revenue to
the Palestinian
Authority, Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon
informed the Knesset
Foreign Affairs
and Defense Committee
on Monday.
Dozens
of settlers return
to Havat Gilad outpost
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
Dozens of settlers
returned to Havat
Gilad on Tuesday
morning just hours
after an operation
in which the Israel
Defense Forces and
police evacuated
some 20 settlers
from the illegal
West Bank settlement
outpost.
Arab
MP Physically Ejected
From Israeli Parliament
Palestine Media
Center, October
29, 2002
Arab Israeli MP
Mohammed Barakeh
was physically thrown
out of Israel’s
parliament (Knessest)
on Monday after
describing the current
Israeli government
as “bloodthirsty”.
Soldiers
Humiliate Workers
at Roadblocks
Palestine Media
Center, October
29, 2002
In an unequivocal
act of humiliation
and disregard for
basic humanity,
a female Israeli
soldier based at
one of the military
roadblocks was reported
to have confiscated
the food of Palestinian
laborers en route
to their work inside
the “Green
Line” and
thrown it to the
dogs.
EU
okays new aid for
Palestinian reforms
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
BRUSSLES - The European
Commission yesterday
said it was sending
29 million euros
($ 28.3 million)
in aid to the Palestinian
Authority to back
Palestinian reform
efforts and help
ease the deteriorating
humanitarian situation.
Detainees
protest harsh conditions
at Ketsiot prison
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
Hundreds of Palestinians
detainees have launched
protest action in
the Ketsiot military
prison after frequent
clashes with prison
authorities.
Report:
The Price of Overcrowding:
Findings of a Visit
to Kishon Detention
Center
Physicians for Human
Rights - Israel,
June 2002
Still-born
births in PA up
500%, says human
rights group
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
Over the last two
years, the number
of still-born births
in West Bank villages
has risen by about
500 percent, while
the number of babies
born in homes has
nearly doubled,
Doctors for Human
Rights reported
yesterday.
PHR
Announces Critique
of Israeli Approaches
to the Right to
Health of Palestinians
in the Occupied
Territories
Physicians for Human
Rights - Israel,
October 28, 2002
PHR-Israel held
a press conference
today, October 28th,
2002, to mark the
publication of its
report "A Legacy
of Injustice", which
addresses the question
of how Israel has
approached the right
to health of Palestinian
residents of the
Occupied Territories
from the start of
the occupation,
through the Oslo
accords up to the
present, including
the current Intifada
and Israeli operations
'Defensive Shield'
and 'Determined
Path'.
Report:
A Legacy of Injustice
Draft Report: A
Critique of Israeli
Approaches to the
Right to Health
of Palestinians
in the Occupied
Territories
Physicians for Human
Rights - Israel
Israeli
Bulldozers Demolish
Homes and Vast Areas
of Agricultural
Land
Muslim News, October
28, 2002
The Israeli occupation
army leveled vast
areas of agricultural
land cultivated
with olive trees
and vegetables during
a military invasion
southwest Rafah.
Police
release Kach activist
accused of threatening
Barghouti's lawyer
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
Right-wing activist
Itamar Ben-Gvir
was released by
police Tuesday morning
after being held
for five days on
suspicion of sending
a cellular phone
text message threatening
the life of Shamai
Leibowitz, one of
the attorneys representing
former Tanzim chief
Marwan Barghouti,
Israel Radio reported.
Jordanian
engineers say Temple
Mount wall in need
of reinforcement
Jerusalem Post,
October 28, 2002
A new report by
a group of senior
Jordanian engineers
concerning the ominous
bulge in the southern
wall of Jerusalem's
Temple Mount recommends
replacing some of
the eroding stones
in the two-thousand-year-old
wall in order to
prevent it from
future collapse,
Jordanian officials
said Monday.
IDF
demolishes four
houses in Jenin
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
The Israel Defense
Forces yesterday
demolished four
houses in Jenin.
Among the structures
razed to the ground
were the family
homes of the suicide
bombers who carried
out the terror attack
at the Karkur junction
last week.
Palestinians:
IDF kills senior
Hamas militant near
Nablus
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
A Border Police
undercover unit
operating near Nablus
killed Assam Sawafte,
a senior Hamas militant
on the army's wanted
list, in the early
hours of Tuesday
morning.
Israel
detains 175 Palestinians;
Palestinians postpone
parliament session
USA Today, October
28, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank
(APOnline) —
Israel has captured
175 Palestinians
suspected of plotting
suicide bomb attacks,
officials confirmed
Monday, saying the
figure shows that
Palestinian militants
are relentless in
trying to attack
Israelis.
Arafat
delays PLC meeting;
Palestinian shot
dead, four houses
destroyed in Jenin
Al-Bawaba, October
28, 2002
A 17-year-old Palestinian
was shot and killed
by Israeli soldiers
in the West Bank
city of Tulkarem
while trying to
plant a bomb at
a roadside, Israeli
reports said.
Official
Predicts Israeli
Election
The Guardian, October
29, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) -
Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon may be forced
to call an election
within 90 days if
the Labor Party
votes against the
2003 state budget
this week as expected,
the coalition chairman
said Tuesday.
Israeli
curbs force Palestinians
to delay Cabinet
vote
Arab News, October
29, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank,
29 October —
Palestinian President
Yasser Arafat delayed
the ratification
of his long-awaited
new Cabinet yesterday
after Israel prevented
some Palestinian
lawmakers from attending
the session.
Sharon
and Arafat both
locked into own
political showdowns
Arab News, October
29, 2002
RAMALLAH, 29 October
— Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon and Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat
both faced a political
crunch yesterday
as Israel’s
Labor party inched
closer to wrecking
Sharon’s coalition,
while Arafat had
to persuade the
Palestinian Parliament
to accept his new
Cabinet.
Arafat
unveils new cabinet
ABC News, October
29, 2002
Palestinian Authority
chairman Yasser
Arafat has announced
a new cabinet line-up
after months of
pressure to implement
reform. Announcing
the new cabinet,
Mr Arafat said he
was extending an
olive branch to
Israel.
ANALYSIS:
Ben-Eliezer's bridge
burning may crown
the Right
Jerusalem Post,
October 28, 2002
At the same time
that Defense Minister
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
was telling the
Labor Party central
committee Sunday
night why the party
should leave the
government, the
National Religious
Party's bureau met
in Givat Shmuel
to express its support
for party chairman
Effi Eitam.
Sharon:
Israel will respond
if attacked by Iraq
Jerusalem Post,
October 28, 2002
If attacked by Iraq
with nonconventional
weapons, including
biological and chemical
materials, Israel
will "exercise its
right to self-defense,"
Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon warned yesterday.
Sharon
'eulogizes' Labor
ministers
Jerusalem Post,
October 28, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon issued stern
warnings to Labor
Party ministers
of their impending
dismissals when
the cameras were
rolling Monday at
the start of the
Likud faction meeting
at the Prime Minister's
Office.
Arafat
announces new cabinet,
says extending 'olive
branch'
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser
Arafat presented
a new Cabinet on
Tuesday and said
he remains committed
to internal reform,
but accused Israel
of using reform
demands as a pretext
for destroying the
Palestinian Authority.
Sharon
meeting Histadrut
chief Peretz in
bid to end strike
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon and Finance
Minister Silvan
Shalom were meeting
Tuesday with Histadrut
labor federation
chairman MK Amir
Peretz, as well
as Manufacturers'
Association Oded
Tirah, in an effort
to end the public
sector strike.
'Budget
coalition' demands
high price for support
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon has a majority
for the first reading
of the 2003 state
budget that Finance
Minister Silvan
Shalom is slated
to present this
afternoon. But the
parties ready to
provide backing
for the budget are
already jockeying
for changes that
could cost hundreds
of millions of shekels
by the time the
budget reaches its
second and third
readings.
The
South Side of Abu
Holi Checkpoint
Palestine Chronicle,
October 28, 2002
QARRARA, Gaza Strip
(PINA) - An elderly
woman sits in a
makeshift home of
plastic tied around
four palm trees
in the south of
the Gaza Strip.
Complaints
in Israel Over Alleged
Honoring of Nazi
Soldiers
Palestine Chronicle,
October 28, 2002
TEL AVIV (PINA)
- The German Embassy
in Israeli vehemently
rejected allegations
made by a newspaper
article that a memorial
service to commemorate
victims of two world
wars, would honor
Nazi soldiers.
Arafat
Announces New Cabinet,
Renews Call for
Resumption of Peace
Talks
Palestine Media
Center, October
29, 2002
President Yasser
Arafat has announced
his nominated new
team of cabinet
ministers and addressed
both Palestinians
and Israelis in
a speech delivered
at the opening session
of the Palestinian
Legislative Council
(PLC) in Ramallah,
attended by Gazan
PMs via video conference,
to deliver an unequivocal
peace message saying
that the “end
of the tunnel is
not blocked, there
is light at the
end of the tunnel.”
EU
Grants 29 million
Euros Aid for Palestinians,
Urges Israel To
Stop Harassing Aid
Workers
Palestine Media
Center, October
29, 2002
Urging Israel to
stop the harassment
of aid workers helping
to alleviate the
dire humanitarian
situation in the
occupied Territory,
the EC Monday approved
to give 29 million
Euros (28.3 million
USD) to the Palestinians
in response to the
deepening crisis.
P.A.:
It May Be Too Late
for Two States
Forward, October
25, 2002
Binational Idea
Floated - Pact 'Pre-empted
By Settlements':
The Palestinian
Authority has told
the Bush administration
it would consider
abandoning its support
for a two-state
solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and instead
press for equal
citizenship for
Palestinians inside
one binational state
if Israeli settlement
activity continues
unabated.
Cronkite
Warns: Iraq Conflict
Will Cause World
War III
Drudge Report
Walter Cronkite,
the veteran newsman
who covered almost
every major world
event that took
place during his
six-decade career,
on Sunday warned
that if the United
States takes action
against Iraq without
support from the
United Nations it
could set the stage
for World War III.
France
issues warning on
Iraq as UN deadline
nears
The Guardian, October
29, 2002
France is privately
warning the US and
the UK that they
will be left alone
in the political
and economic task
of reconstructing
Iraq if they press
ahead with a war
on Saddam Hussein
without UN support.
UN
deadlock may force
rethink of Iraq
invasion plan
The Guardian, October
29, 2002
The Pentagon could
be forced to rewrite
its timetable for
an attack on Iraq,
slowing down the
build-up of American
troops and equipment
in the Gulf region
if the deadlock
at the United Nations
over weapons inspections
is not broken soon,
it emerged yesterday.
Iraq
expels CNN from
Baghdad
The Guardian, October
29, 2002
CNN, the broadcaster
that made its reputation
covering the Gulf
War from Baghdad,
has been expelled
from the country
by the Iraqi government
along with two other
US TV news broadcasters.
ADL
Rips ACLU On Terror
Stance
Forward, October
25, 2002
WASHINGTON —
The leader of a
Jewish defense organization
that traditionally
sides with civil
libertarians is
zinging the American
Civil Liberties
Union for its stance
on President Bush's
war against terrorism.
Inspectors
Back Tough Line
on Iraq
The Guardian, October
29, 2002
UNITED NATIONS (AP)
- Giving some needed
support to the United
States, top weapons
inspectors backed
delivering a tough
U.N. warning to
Saddam Hussein,
but insisted it
was up to the Security
Council, not inspectors,
to decide on war
or peace in Iraq.
Humaid
blasts West for
double standard
Arab News, October
29, 2002
CAIRO, 29 October
— Dr. Saleh
ibn Humaid, president
of the Shoura Council,
yesterday accused
Western countries
of double standard,
saying they call
for democracy on
the one hand and
support autocrats
and oppressive regimes
on the other.
Gulf
defense ministers
meet today on strengthening
military coordination
Arabic News, October
29, 2002
The defense ministers
of the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) member
states will discuss
today in Muscat,
Oman, means of strengthening
and developing military
cooperation among
their member states.
Embrace
globalization, Annan
tells Muslim states
Arab News, October
29, 2002
DUBAI, 29 October—
UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan called
yesterday on "stakeholders"
in countries stretching
from North Africa
to Central Asia
and the subcontinent
to embrace globalization
and improve human
development.
U.S.
Developing Internationally
Banned Bio, Chemical
Weapons: Report
Islam Online, October
29, 2002
LONDON, October
29 (IslamOnline
& News Agencies)
- British and American
academics have warned
that the U.S. is
developing a new
generation of weapons
that possibly violate
international treaties
on biological and
chemical warfare,
a U.K. daily newspaper
reported Tuesday,
October 29.
'Jordan,
Egypt to pursue
efforts to restore
Arab solidarity'
Jordan Times, October
29, 2002
CAIRO (Petra) —
Jordan and Egypt
said on Monday they
are determined to
carry on with efforts
to restore Arab
solidarity in accordance
with the spirit
and provisions of
the Arab League
Charter.
Remaining
Iranian Jews released
from jail on an
indefinite furlough
JTA News, October
28, 2002
NEW YORK, Oct. 28
(JTA) — Iran
has released the
final five of 13
Iranian Jews arrested
on charges of spying
for Israel, but
— unlike three
other Jews set free
last week —
this quintet has
not been pardoned,
American advocates
say.
Jaffa's
last muezzin
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
With the completion
of a central loudspeaker
system for Jaffa's
mosques, the traditional
muezzin, who calls
people to pray five
times a day, will
soon become redundant.
Jordan
dismisses group's
claim it killed
U.S. diplomat
Ha'aretz, October
29, 2002
Jordanian officials
on Tuesday dismissed
claims by a little-known
group that it was
responsible for
the killing of American
diplomat Laurence
Foley in Amman on
Monday.
