Palestinian
Gunman Kills Three
The Guardian,
October 30, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP)
- A Palestinian
gunman shot dead
two teen-age girls
and a woman in
a West Bank Jewish
settlement before
being killed himself
in a late night
gunbattle with
soldiers and local
residents, witnesses
and the army said.
Palestinian
Legislators Approve
Arafat's New Cabinet
Al-Bawaba, October
29, 2002
In a 56-18 vote,
The Palestinian
Legislative Council
voted today in
favor of the new
cabinet proposed
by the Palestinian
leader.
IDF,
Shin Bet kill
Hamas commander
Jerusalem Post,
October 30, 2002
Senior Hamas commander
Aitsam Tsawafta,
20, was killed
in Tubas early
Tuesday morning
by a special Border
Police undercover
unit.
Israeli
executions in
Nablus
Alternative Information
Center, October
30, 2002
On Sunday October
27, two Palestinians,
Ahmad Jawdatallah
(23) and Alaa
Khadayriyyeh (24)
from Nablus were
both killed in
an execution-style
extra-judicial
killing.
Five
Wounded in Hebron,
LAW Criticizes
Condition of Palestinian
Prisoners
Palestine Chronicle,
October 29, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM
(PINA) - A leading
Palestinian rights
organization deplored
the hardship faced
by Palestinian
political prisoners
at the Israeli
army Ofer detention
center, located
near Ramallah.
A
Day in the Mawasi
Palestine Chronicle,
October 29, 2002
QARRARA VILLAGE,
Gaza Strip (PINA)
- At 30 mph, cars
seem as if they
are speeding on
the dusty road
of Qarrara, a
village just south
of Abu Ali checkpoint
and a few minutes
north of Khan
Yunis, in the
middle of the
Gaza Strip.
Top
IDF officer admits
`exaggerated'
force in Rafah
shelling incident
Ha'aretz, October
30, 2002
Poor judgment
resulted in an
improper use of
force in the Rafah
incident two weeks
ago in which six
Palestinians were
killed by IDF
fire, a top army
officer has admitted.
However, no action
is expected against
any of those involved
in the incident.
Occupation
Authorities Place
Eisawiya Town,
Jerusalem, Under
Siege
Muslim News, October
29, 2002
Israeli occupation
military forces
closed the only
entrance to the
town of Eisawiya,
East Jerusalem,
with a military
roadblock. Israeli
soldiers at the
roadblock reportedly
intentionally
practice humiliating
and provocative
measures against
every resident,
including children.
Ashrawi
blasts 'new' PA
cabinet
Jerusalem Post,
October 29, 2002
Palestinian Legislative
Council member
Hanan Ashrawi
lashed out at
the new cabinet
announced Tuesday
by Palestinian
Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat,
saying the shakeup
was an "extension
of past experiences."
She said she turned
down an offer
to join the new
cabinet, but refused
to elaborate.
Palestinian
infiltrator shoots
Israeli settlers
and soldiers.
Three women killed,
attacker shot
dead by Israeli
troops
Al-Bawaba, October
29, 2002
A Palestinian
attacker managed
to infiltrate
the Israeli settlement
“Hermesh”,
near the Palestinian
city Jenin, and
opened fire on
Jewish settlers
there.
Israelis
die in attack
on settlement
BBC, October 30,
2002
Two Israeli girls
and a woman have
been killed in
a gun attack on
a Jewish settlement
in the West Bank.
Palestinian
gunman kills two
teenaged girls,
woman in Hermesh
Jerusalem Post,
October 30, 2002
A Palestinian
gunman shot dead
two teenaged girls
and a woman in
her fifties in
Hermesh before
being killed himself
in a late night
gun battle with
soldiers and local
residents, witnesses
and the army said.
Compromise
reached on budget;
unity government
preserved
Jerusalem Post,
October 30, 2002
Last-minute efforts
to find a compromise
between Prime
Minister Ariel
Sharon and the
Labor party over
the 2003 state
budget have come
to fruition, preserving
the national unity
government, reports
Israel Radio.
Israeli
coalition in crisis
talks
BBC, October 30,
2002
The vote could
rip Sharon's government
apart: Leaders
of Israel's ruling
parties are holding
talks to try to
reach a compromise
in a political
crisis that threatens
to bring down
the government.
Sharon
Rallying Crumbling
Coalition
The Guardian,
October 30, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP)
- Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon made
a frantic last-minute
effort Wednesday
to save his crumbling
coalition, trying
to resolve a dispute
with the Labor
Party over the
funding of Jewish
settlements ahead
of a budget vote.
Sharon
Government Headed
for a Fall
Al-Bawaba, October
30, 2002
Just one day after
Palestinian President
Arafat’s
government received
a vote of confidence,
the government
of arch nemesis
Sharon seems doomed
to fall apart.
Palestinian
detainees at Ofer
undergo severe
conditions; Jordanian
detainees go on
hunger strike
LAW Society, October
29, 2002
LAW is deeply
concerned about
the deteriorating
conditions especially
those of health,
maltreatment,
and lack of bare
necessities of
Palestinian detainees
at Ofer detention
center in Betunia,
Ramallah.
Arafat
Cabinet OK’d
Arab News, October
30, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM,
30 October —
The Palestinian
Parliament yesterday
approved Yasser
Arafat’s
new Cabinet. Arafat’s
old foe, Israeli
Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon,
faced a battle
to save his coalition
government in
Parliament today.
New
Palestinian government;
Arafat: we will
try to halt operations
against civilian
Arabic News, October
30, 2002
The Palestinian
President Yasser
Arafat has announced
that his new government
in which the old
cadres could maintain
its posts and
won the confidence
of the Palestinian
council will work
for completing
reforms and halting
operations against
the Israeli civilians
as well as maintaining
national unity
and founding a
Palestinian state
with East Jerusalem
as a capital.
Arafat
wins vote but
hears gripes
St. Petersburg
Times, October
30, 2002
RAMALLAH, West
Bank -- The Palestinian
parliament gave
a tepid nod of
approval to a
new Cabinet for
Yasser Arafat
on Tuesday during
a stormy session
that revealed
the anger, frustration
and distrust that
many lawmakers
feel toward the
Palestinian leader
and his lieutenants.
Arafat
seeking comeback
in east Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post,
October 29, 2002
The only surprise
Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser
Arafat offered
Tuesday was when
he announced that
Dr. Samir Ghosheh
would become minister
for Jerusalem
Affairs in the
new PA cabinet.
New
PA interior minister
seeks nonviolent
protest
Jerusalem Post,
October 29, 2002
Hani al-Hassan,
63, a senior Fatah
official who was
with Palestinian
Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat
during the IDF
siege of the Mukata,
will be the PA's
new interior minister.
The
new PA ministers
Jerusalem Post,
October 29, 2002
HANI AL-HASSAN,
interior minister,
is in charge of
overhauling and
streamlining security
services. Considered
pro-reform, he
supports halt
to attacks on
civilians.
Arafat
Wins Parliament
Approval, Faces
Critics
Palestine Chronicle,
October 29, 2002
RAMALLAH, West
Bank (PINA) -
“Today was
a promising day
for Palestinian
democracy,”
unnamed Palestinian
Parliament member
commented after
a vote of confidence
that approved
Palestinian Authority
President Yasser
Arafat’s
new cabinet on
Tuesday.
IDF
cuts infantry's
basic training
from 14 to 10
months
Ha'aretz, October
30, 2002
The time taken
to qualify an
infantry soldier
will be reduced
from 14 to 10
months, following
a pilot program
carried out by
the Golani Brigade,
recently approved
by IDF Ground
Forces Command
to be used for
all infantry forces.
Adalah:
Return clergyman's
passports or we'll
go to court
Ha'aretz, October
30, 2002
Adalah (The Legal
Center for Arab
Minority Rights
in Israel) yesterday
informed the State
Prosecutor that
it would petition
the High Court
of Justice if
the passports
belonging to a
senior Greek Orthodox
clergyman are
not promptly returned
to him by the
police.
Five
border crossings
planned for seamline
Ha'aretz, October
30, 2002
Defense Minister
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer
and Transportation
Minister Ephraim
Sneh instructed
the Israel Airports
Authority this
week to begin
constructing five
crossings points
along the West
Bank seamline.
PM
steps in to end
nation-wide strike
Jerusalem Post,
October 30, 2002
Substantial headway
was finally made
toward ending
the 18-day-old
nation-wide strike,
when Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon used
his political
clout Tuesday
to jump-start
failing negotiations
on a cost-of-living
allowance between
striking Histadrut
workers, private
sector business
leaders, and the
Finance Ministry.
Swiss
Envoy Calls for
Int’l Observers
in Occupied Palestinian
Territory
Palestine Media
Center, October
30, 2002
Speaking at a
seminar organized
by the Regional
Human Security
Center (RHSC)
at the Jordan
Institute of Diplomacy
in the Jordanian
capital, Amman,
Swiss Ambassador
to the Hashemite
Kingdom reiterated
his government’s
call for the deployment
of international
monitors in the
occupied Palestinian
Territory.
CIA,
US State Department
Predict Post-Arafat
Violence
Palestine Media
Center, October
30, 2002
The departure
of President Yasser
Arafat probably
would increase
violence in the
Middle East since
extremist Palestinian
elements would
be expected to
gain power in
his absence, the
AP on Wednesday
quoted unclassified
CIA and State
Department intelligence
documents as saying.
Report:
US Financial Aid
to Israel - Figures,
Facts and Impact
Summary
Washington Report
on Middle East
Affairs, September-October
2002
Jordanians
make arrest in
U.S. diplomat
slaying
Al-Bawaba, October
29, 2002
Jordanian security
forces have arrested
a suspect in the
Monday slaying
of American diplomat
Laurence Folly.
Sources in Jordan
reveal that the
suspect was arrested
after a short
gunfight, and
has admitted his
responsibility
for the assassination.
Scores
of Political Activists
Arrested in Jordan,
Suspect Seized
Following Brief
Battle
Palestine Chronicle,
October 29, 2002
AMMAN (PINA) -
Jordanian Authorities
say that police
arrested a man
suspected of yesterday’s
assassination
of a top American
diplomat in Amman.
Meanwhile, scores
of Jordanian political
activists were
rounded up by
police.
King
Abdullah threatens
to punish the
killers of the
US diplomat
Arabic News, October
30, 2002
In collaboration
with American
investigators,
the Jordanian
security departments
started efforts
to arrest the
killer of the
American diplomat
Laurence Folley.
Breaking in and
storming acts
were carried out
in several camps
and cities in
the Kingdom during
which scores of
political activists
were arrested,
especially among
the Islamists,
whereas a clash
took place in
Maan city during
which one wanted
Islamists was
wounded.
Boycott
Israel conference
held in Damascus
Alternative Information
Center, October
30, 2002
The 66th conference
of boycotting
Israel underlined
here Tuesday (29
October) that
the economic boycott
of Israel is widening
and considered
a means for deterring
aggression and
boosting security
and peace in the
world.
A
refusenik's letter
to the Israeli
army
Alternative Information
Center, October
30, 2002
I have been jailed
by the Israeli
military for refusing
to take part in
the occupation
of Palestine.
I have been sentenced
for 28 days in
military prison.
Jews
protest US visa
denial
Middle East Times,
October 25, 2002
UK-based Jewish
peace groups on
Sunday sent a
letter to US Ambassador
William Farish
"strongly" protesting
the refusal of
his government
to issue a visa
to Afif Safieh,
the Palestinian
general delegate
to the UK and
the Holy See.
US
offers Israel
huge aid package
Middle East Times,
October 25, 2002
The United States
has offered Israel
a huge aid package
to shield its
economy from the
fallout of any
military action
against Iraq,
a senior official
said on Monday.
Oppose
Iraq war like
Gandhi, says India
author Roy
Middle East Times,
October 25, 2002
Indian novelist
Arundhati Roy
urged anti-war
campaigners on
Wednesday to use
civil disobedience
to oppose military
action against
Iraq, just as
Mahatma Gandhi
used it to fight
for India's independence
from British rule.
Suspect
involved in attack
on IDF soldier
in 1998 arrested
Jerusalem Post,
October 30, 2002
An Israeli Arab
in his 20s, suspected
by security forces
of participating
in an attack on
Sgt. Assaf Myara
and Yehuda Oliva
at the Ayosh junction
in December 1998,
was arrested recently
in Aked, south
of Ramallah.
Professor
warns of fundamentalism
and demographics
in Israel's Arabs
Jerusalem Post,
October 30, 2002
When Prof. Raphael
Israel warned
some 20 years
ago of the dangers
of Islamic fundamentalism
among Israel's
Arabs, not even
the security services
took him seriously.
Now that his prediction
has proved correct
and is coupled
with a growing
demographic problem,
Israel warns of
a future "that
would make Israel
look like Gaza."
After
sixth rocket attack,
Sderot demands
ambulances and
modern fire engines
Jerusalem Post,
October 29, 2002
Having suffered
its sixth Kassam
rocket attack
this year, Sderot
officials are
demanding that
Magen David Adom
and the Fire and
Rescue Services
supply them with
mobile intensive
care units and
a modern fire
truck.
Israeli
authors help Palestinians
pick olives
Jerusalem Post,
October 30, 2002
Israeli authors
A.B. Yehoshua,
Amos Oz, Meir
Shalev and David
Grossman are visiting
the Acabe and
Yanoun Palestinian
olive groves north
of Nablus.
Generals:
10 years of Palestinian
talks have yielded
nothing
Ha'aretz, October
30, 2002
Military Intelligence
commanders told
the Inner Security
Cabinet Wednesday
that 10 years
of talks with
the Palestinians
had led to nothing,
the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict would
continue, and
that an American
attack on Iraq
would be an expression
of the "conflict
between civilizations."
Meir
Dagan to take
over Wednesday
as chief of Mossad
Ha'aretz, October
30, 2002
Hawkish reserve
major-general
Meir Dagan is
to formally take
over Wednesday
as chief of the
Mossad Wednesday,
as the cabinet
bids farewell
to Ephraim Levy,
outgoing head
of the espionage
agency, Army Radio
reported.
Sharon
to Italian paper:
I will never meet
Yasser Arafat
Ha'aretz, October
30, 2002
ROME - Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon was
quoted in an Italian
newspaper interview
on Wednesday as
saying he would
never meet Palestinian
Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat.
Radical
Palestinian groups
scorn new Arafat
cabinet
Ha'aretz, October
30, 2002
DAMASCUS - Radical
Palestinian groups
dismissed on Wednesday
a new Palestinian
cabinet as a mere
reshuffling of
a government they
consider politically
bankrupt and a
threat to the
Palestinian revolt
against Israel.
Sharon
makes `a motherly
love' pitch to
Labor's Ben-Eliezer
Ha'aretz, October
30, 2002
Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon telephoned
Labor Party Chairman
and Defense Minister
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer
yesterday in a
last-ditch attempt
to persuade him
not to break up
the unity government
by ordering his
party to vote
against the 2003
budget in the
Knesset today.
`Now
we have only hostility
in our hearts'
Ha'aretz, October
30, 2002
Jenin residents
tell the story
of Operation Defensive
Shield:
"In memory of
Iyad Samoudi,
producer in charge
of `Jenin, Jenin,'
who was killed
by IDF bullets,
after the completion
of filming on
23.6.02, in the
village of Al
Yamoun." This
is the opening
caption of Mohammed
Bakri's documentary
film, "Jenin,
Jenin."
Analysis:
The waning of
Yasser Arafat
Ha'aretz, October
30, 2002
Yasser Arafat
last night achieved
what he wanted
- Palestinian
Legislative Council
approval of his
new cabinet. But
it cost him a
lot of effort,
and it can be
seen as a sign
of his waning
power.
Signs
of Iraqi compromise
appear
BBC, October 30,
2002
The Security Council
is still deeply
divided on Iraq:
The first signs
are appearing
of a compromise
on a new Security
Council resolution
on Iraq.
Iraqis
Showered with
American Leaflets
that Read "You
Decide"
Palestine Chronicle,
October 29, 2002
BAGHDAD (PINA)
- The United States
and Britain intensified
their psychological
warfare tactics
in Iraq in what
some fear might
be a prelude to
an imminent attack
on the Arab country.
Iraq
wants independent
monitoring of
inspectors
Jordan Times,
October 30, 2002
BAGHDAD (R) —
Iraq called on
Tuesday for independent
monitoring of
any UN arms inspectors,
saying it feared
that Washington
would otherwise
use the inspections
as a pretext for
war.
Mubarak
to Bush: Don't
attack Iraq
Jerusalem Post,
October 30, 2002
Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak
told US President
George W. Bush
on Tuesday that
he hoped the US
would avoid making
war against Iraq
and that disputes
with Baghdad could
be resolved peacefully.
International
Committee of the
Red Cross activities
in Israel, the
occupied and autonomous
territories, 21-27
October 2002
Alternative Information
Center, October
30, 2002
Influential
congress members
back projected
USA-Morocco free-trade
accord
Arabic News, October
30, 2002
Fifty-seven influential
members of the
US Congress, including
senate majority
leader, democrat
Thomas Daschle,
and house majority
leader, republican
Dick Armey, have
voiced support
to the projected
free trade accord
between the United
States and Morocco.
Israeli
forces renew violations
of the Lebanese
sovereignty
Arabic News, October
30, 2002
The Israeli forces
yesterday renewed
their violations
of the Lebanese
sovereignty through
violating the
Lebanese territorial
waters and airspace.
Saudi-sponsored
conference highlights
lack of Arab democracy
Muslim News, October
29, 2002
CAIRO (AFP) -
A high-profile
conference here
sponsored by a
leading Saudi
think-tank saw
strong criticism
of the failure
of Arab regimes
to democratize
in the face of
the shockwaves
from the September
11 attacks in
the United States.
UN
vote on Iraq may
be delayed
Arab News, October
30, 2002
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD,
30 October —
As the key Security
Council members
remained deadlocked
over the wording
of a UN resolution
on disarming Iraq
yesterday, a vote
seemed unlikely
this week.
Libya
seeks Arab League
meeting
Arab News, October
30, 2002
CAIRO, 30 October
— Libya,
which is threatening
to withdraw from
the Arab League,
has requested
an emergency meeting
of the pan-Arab
organization to
discuss its complaints,
a League official
said yesterday.
Kuwait
says archives
missing as Iraq
completes handover
Arab News, October
30, 2002
KUWAIT, 30 October
— Iraq completed
the handover yesterday
of nearly two
tons of documents
seized from Kuwait
12 years ago,
but an official
said Kuwait’s
national archive
was still missing.
Reform
or risk economic
chaos, Arab states
told
Arab News, October
30, 2002
DUBAI, 30 October
— Financial
experts attending
the Dubai Strategy
Forum yesterday
called on the
Middle East states
to embrace globalization
if they want to
escape the economic
malaise gripping
the region.
video
"Brinkmanship
is nothing new
in Israel"
BBC, October 30,
2002
video
"There
are serious negotiations
underway to try
and prevent this
crisis"
BBC, October 30,
2002
audio
Labour
MK: "Money doesn't
have to be taken
from the poor
it can also be
taken from the
settlers"
BBC, October 30,
2002
