Sharon offers Netanyahu foreign minister post in new gov't
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Benjamin Netanyahu met Friday to discuss the former prime minister taking the position of foreign minister in the next goverment.

Sharon names war crimes suspect new defense chief
Arab News, November 1, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 1 November — A former Israeli army chief who presided over the controversial invasion of Jenin earlier this year and is being investigated by Britain’s Scotland Yard on allegations of war crimes was named as Israel’s new defense minister yesterday, according to an aide to Ariel Sharon.

Nine Palestinians hurt in Gaza Strip, Arafat expects Israeli-Palestinian conflict to worsen
Al-Bawaba, November 1, 2002
Nine Palestinians were hurt Friday morning, during exchanges of fire with Israeli occupation forces in a neighborhood of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources reported that several of the injured were severely injured.

50 Israeli tanks broke into Qabatia, five Palestinian homes demolished
Arabic News, November 1, 2002
Some 50 Israeli armored vehicles and tanks yesterday broke into Qabatia town, Jenin district in the West Bank and opened fire randomly in all directions.

Suicide attacks 'are war crimes'
The Guardian, October 31, 2002
The international campaign group Human Rights Watch has accused suicide bombers of committing crimes against humanity by attacking Israeli civilians, and called for the leaders of the Palestinian factions responsible to face trial.

Curfews imposed on Palestinians as Jewish prayers attend Hebron
Jerusalem Post, November 1, 2002
Some 25,000 Israelis came to Hebron and the nearby Jewish community of Kiriyat Arba Friday afternoon to read the weekend's Torah portion of Parashat Hayei Sarah in synagogues there, Israel radio reported., spokesmen for the Jewish community said.

IDF is abusing refusenik, lawyer says
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
A lecturer at Tel Aviv University, who was jailed by the army four days ago on a 28-day sentence for refusing to do reserve duty in the territories, is being abused by the Israel Defense Forces, his lawyer charged yesterday.

IDF raids Tul Karm prison to arrest three terror suspects
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
The Israel Defense Forces raided a Palestinian Authority prison in Tul Karm in the pre-dawn hours yesterday to arrest three men the Palestinians said were criminals but the IDF claimed were terror suspects.

IDF arrests Jihad activist behind Karkur junction bombing
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
The IDF has arrested a senior Islamic Jihad activist, believed to have been behind the Karkur junction bombing on October 21 in which 14 people were killed and 42 injured.

UK Ambassador: EU patience on products from territories running out
Globes, October 31, 2002 
“The EU’s patience over the matter of Israeli products made in the territories is running out,” said UK Ambassador to Israel Sherard Cowper-Coles last night.

Naveh says new coalition will not upset U.S. plans for Iraq
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
Israel signaled to the United States on Friday that any right-wing government formed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon would refrain from radical actions that could upset U.S. plans for a possible war on Iraq.

Human Rights Watch blasts Palestinians for war crimes
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
Persons involved in suicide terror strikes commit crimes against humanity and war crimes, says Human Rights Watch, an international human rights organization based in New York.

Sharon to Offer Foreign Minister Post to Netanyahu
New York Times, November 1, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met Friday with former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, a sometimes ally and sometimes rival, reportedly to offer him the job of foreign minister in Sharon's fragile minority government.

Sharon puts hardliner in defence post
The Guardian, November 1, 2002
Ariel Sharon has named as his new defence minister a former army chief of staff who is under investigation by Scotland Yard for alleged war crimes in the occupied territories.

Sharon Not Changing Gov't Policies
The Guardian, November 1, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he will not change the basic policies of his government in an effort to woo extreme right parties into his coalition.

Analysis: Nat'l Union doesn't want to topple a right-wing gov't
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
After the loud battle trumpet calls, the "unequivocal" clarifications that National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu would vote against the government in a no-confidence vote and MK Avigdor Lieberman's sharp criticism of Sharon's government, the amalgam faction has reassessed the situation over the past two days.

Mofaz to announce decision on defense post tomorrow night
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
Former chief of staff Shaul Mofaz will respond to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's offer to replace outgoing Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer tomorrow night, Sharon told Likud ministers last night.

IDF gives thumbs up to `road map'
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
The "road map" drawn up by the American administration as the basis for a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "for the most part answers Israel's security needs," according to the professional opinion of the Strategic Planning Branch of the Israel Defense Forces.

Beilin: Labor's exit is just the first step
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
The collapse of the Likud-Labor partnership on Wednesday was the first of three stages necessary for the Left to regain power in Israel, former minister and Olso mentor Yossi Beilin told supporters Wednesday night in Shoham.

Orthodox priest refused offer to regain passport
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
The police are demanding that the Greek Orthodox Archimandrite Hana Atallah guarantee that he will not take any actions considered to be anti-Israel in return for receiving his confiscated passports.

Police grill Mitzna on campaign finances
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
Haifa Mayor Amram Mitzna was questioned for three hours yesterday by the northern branch of the national fraud squad on alleged campaign finance improprieties.

One family's losing battle in the olive wars
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
Israeli civilians forced a Palestinian family out of their olive grove on Monday and prevented them from picking olives, Palestinian sources in Nablus reported.

General linked to Jenin atrocities named defence chief
The Independent, November 1, 2002
A former Israeli army chief who presided over the controversial invasion of Jenin this year, and who is being investigated by Scotland Yard over allegations of war crimes, was named as Israel's new Defence Minister yesterday, an aide to Ariel Sharon said.

No Policy Change Foreseen Under New Hardline Israeli Gov't: Analysts
Islam Online, November 1, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, October 31 (IslamOnline & New Agencies) - A new, more hardline Israeli government is unlikely to make any major change in Israel's aggressive policy towards the Palestinians, leaving the prospects of returning to the negotiating table as remote as ever, analysts said Thursday, October 31.

Explosion Kills Three, More Killed in West Bank
Palestine Chronicle, November 1, 2002
GAZA CITY (PC) - Three Palestinians were killed and a few others were wounded in an explosion that rocked a neighborhood in Gaza. Two more were shot by Israeli forces in Tulkarm, while news reports say that Palestinian fighters surrounded an Israeli army unit in the town.

Palestinians Slam HRW Report Calling Bombers "War Criminals"
Islam Online, November 1, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, November 1 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - The Palestinian leadership and two resistance movements, Islamic Jihad and Hamas, lashed out Friday, November 1, at a report by a leading international rights watchdog that described suicide bombers as "war criminals" and said the Palestinian Authority (PA) bore heavy responsibility for not stopping them.

Palestinian Sculptors Protest U.S.
The Guardian, October 31, 2002
RAMALLAH (AP) - Palestinian artists built a mock Statue of Liberty atop the rubble in Yasser Arafat's ruined headquarters Thursday to protest U.S. support of Israel.

New Arafat cabinet sidelines reformers
The Guardian, October 30, 2002
Yasser Arafat cajoled Palestinian legislators into approving his new cabinet yesterday by telling them that a vote against his choice of ministers was a vote for Israel and America.

B'Tselem Newspaper - Acrobat (PDF) formaty
B'Tselem, October 24, 2002
B'Tselem newspaper presents individual stories and human rights analysis of recent events in the Occupied Territories.

Crucial US allies on Iraq fall out over oil
The Guardian, November 1, 2002
Two of the United States' closest strategic allies in its campaign against Saddam Hussein - Turkey and the autonomous Kurdish enclave in northern Iraq - have fallen out amid a chorus of belligerent pre-election rhetoric.

Israel signs two franchise agreements for water desalination
MENA Report, November 1, 2002 
The Israeli government has signed two franchise agreements with Via Maris Desalination and Carmel Desalination. The Build Operate Own Operate (BOO) contracts call for the desalination of 30 million cubic meters of water annually.

Al-Jazeera requires business creativity as it faces financial pressures
MENA Report, November 1, 2002  
Qatar’s Al-Jazeera satellite television is struggling to find fresh financing sources, after the station’s advertising revenues have nearly run dry.

Canada forces Washington u-turn on vetting
The Guardian, November 1, 2002
Canada secured a small victory for neighbourly treatment yesterday with a promise from US immigration authorities that they would no longer require Canadian citizens born in some Middle Eastern states to be fingerprinted and photographed on arrival in the United States.

Iraq opens border point with Saudis
The Guardian, November 1, 2002
Iraq reopened a border crossing with Saudi Arabia yesterday, letting through people and goods for the first time since the frontier was shut after President Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait 12 years ago.

Due to French, Russian opposition, U.S. to revise Iraq resolution
Al-Bawaba, November 1, 2002
U.N. action on Iraq will be delayed beyond next week's U.S. midterm elections as the Bush administration, in an attempt to gain French and Russian support, revises its resolution calling for new weapons inspections.

Flabby journalists sent to boot camp
The Guardian, November 1, 2002
The Pentagon press corps has received a call-up for a military boot camp to prepare them to cover a war in Iraq, after US troops in Afghanistan complained of having to wait for flabby, unfit journalists to keep up with them.

Arar border crossing reopened
Arab News, November 1, 2002
ARAR, 1 November — About 100 Saudi businessmen and officials yesterday crossed a key border post into neighboring Iraq for the first time in 12 years, a spokesman for the group said.

Jordan - Lebanon decide to increase political, economic cooperation
Arabic News, November 1, 2002
A joint statement issued simultaneously in Beirut and Amman said that Jordan and Lebanon have decided yesterday in Beirut to strengthen bilateral political, economic, trade and media relations.

“Globes”-Smith survey: 53% say crisis unjustified
Globes, October 31, 2002
42% support early elections, while 36% favor a narrow government. 55% disapprove of the budget. In view of the dizzying pace and seesaw course of the coalition crisis, “Globes” examined public opinion on issues relating to the crisis.

Palestinian journalists boycott Hamas after reporters attacked
Jerusalem Post, November 1, 2002
The main Palestinian journalists union in Gaza and the West Bank announced on Friday a boycott of Hamas after members of the militant Islamic group attacked journalists covering an explosion in Gaza City.

Palestinian journalists boycott Hamas over assault
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
The main Palestinian journalists union in Gaza and the West Bank announced on Friday a boycott of Hamas after members of the militant Islamic group attacked journalists covering an explosion in Gaza City.

Germany: Commitment to Israel is key parameter of foreign policy
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
NEW YORK - German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said Friday called his country's commitment to Israel "a key parameter of German foreign policy."

Metzger arrives for consultations ahead of Iraq war
Ha'aretz, November 1, 2002
Admiral James Metzger, assistant to Gen. Richard Meyers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of the U.S. armed services, and one of two officers responsible for coordinating with the Israeli defense establishment in case of an American war on Iraq, met yesterday with outgoing Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer.

Cartoons stir protest at SDSU: Students cry racism, take copies off racks
San Diego Union-Tribune, November 1, 2002
Several thousand copies of The Daily Aztec were seized yesterday by two dozen Muslim and Asian students at San Diego State University in a protest over political cartoons in the student-run newspaper.

Israel puts military and civilian offices that deal with Palestinians under one umbrella
Jerusalem Post, November 1, 2002
In a move that signals the declining relations between Israelis and Palestinians, Israel has decided to put the military and civilian offices responsible for contacts with the Palestinians under one umbrella.

Eastern Catholic patriarchs oppose strike on Iraq
Islam Online, November 1, 2002
BEIRUT, November 1 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Patriarchs of the eastern Catholic churches came out Friday, November 1, against a war on Iraq, and attacked derogatory remarks against Islam by leaders of the U.S. Christian conservative right.

'Dangerous Islamist fugitive' who is only a phone call away
By Robert Fisk, The Independent, November 1, 2002
If you believe the Jordanian police, Mohamed al-Chalabi is a dangerous Islamist who was arrested at a police checkpoint after the American diplomat Laurence Foley was murdered, who fled but was later wounded in a shoot-out with security forces and is now on the run.

Thousands of London Protesters Condemn War on Iraq
Islam Online, November 1, 2002
"The leaders lie to us," protesters said, adding that the aim of war was to take control of Iraq's oil reserves: LONDON, November 1 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Thousands of protesters held a rally in central London Thursday evening, October 31, to condemn British support for possible U.S. war against 12-year-sanction-hit Iraq.