Top Palestinian militant killed
BBC, November 9, 2002
Cars packed with explosives were used in the attacks: Israeli forces say they have killed a senior member of the Islamic Jihad militant group, in a pre-dawn raid on a house in the West Bank town of Jenin.

Palestinians sources: Resident of Kfar Til killed by IDF gunfire
Jerusalem Post, November 9, 2002
Palestinian sources are reporting that a resident of Kfar Til, west of Nablus, was killed after being seriously wounded by IDF gunfire Friday morning, Israel Radio reported.

U.S. Pressuring Colombia Over Its Pro-Arab U.N. Votes
Forward (translated), October 11, 2002
UNITED NATIONS -- Colombia, a South American nation struggling against drug lords and guerrilla groups, is under pressure from Washington to change its pro-Arab voting pattern on Middle East issues before the Security Council.

Netanyahu's power play clouds US relations
The Guardian, November 9, 2002
Likud leadership hopeful rejects independence for Palestinians: Israel's former and would-be next prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has alarmed Washington by repudiateing Ariel Sharon's agreements with the White House on the future of the Palestinians.

Palestinian killed in Tulkarem; Home destroyed in Gaza Strip
Al-Bawaba, November 8, 2002 
Israeli troops arrested early Friday 13 Palestinians throughout the West Bank. In Tulkarm, one Tanzim activist was killed by Israeli fire.

Arafat seeking reduction in attacks
Tri-Valley Herald, November 9, 2002
Hamas leaders will be asked to target only soldiers and settlers: RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement will hold talks with the militant group Hamas in Cairo to seek an end to the Hamas policy of carrying out suicide bombings targeting Israel, Fatah officials said Friday.

Palestinians: Israel bars Fatah leader from leaving Gaza for talks with Hamas
Jerusalem Post, November 9, 2002 
Palestinian sources reported Saturday that Israel had barred the deputy head of the Palestinian preventative security force, Samir Al Mashawari, from travelling to Cairo on Saturday to take part in talks between the Fatah and Hamas, Israel Radio reported.

Mothers under fire
Middle East Times, November 8, 2002
The small, whitewashed room is alive with debate as 50 Palestinian women fire questions at the only man in the room – a grey-suited psychologist advising them on how to protect their children during Israeli raids on this war-battered town.

Palestinian Refugees Face Acute Humanitarian Crisis: Head of UN Relief Agency
Palestine Chronicle, November 8, 2002  
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Palestinian refugees are facing an acute humanitarian crisis marked by high rates of unemployment, poverty and malnutrition, the head of a major United Nations relief agency in the area said today.

A woman's place
Ha'aretz, November 9, 2002
From the point of view of the Israeli media world, Merav Michaeli this week tried to commit suicide by executing a head-first dive onto a concrete floor. Even as her candidacy to anchor the late-afternoon current events program "New Evening" was being considered by the chiefs of Educational Television, Michaeli sent Ha'aretz an op-ed article explicitly urging soldiers to refuse to serve in the territories.

Israel kills commander of Islamic Jihad military wing in Jenin area
Al-Bawaba, November 9, 2002
Israeli troops killed Eyad Sawalhe, the commander of Islamic Jihad military wing in Jenin area, early Saturday morning. Three Israeli soldiers were lightly wounded in the gunfight in Jenin's Old City.

One Palestinian killed, 15 arrested in IDF raids
Jerusalem Post, November 9, 2002
IDF forces acting in Samaria arrested 14 Palestinians, some of them on Israel's wanted list. In Tulkarm one of the wanted men tried to flee and was shot and killed by the soldiers, Israel Radio reported.

Fatah demands from Hamas to halt attacks inside Israel; Hamas rejects calls to hold talks with Israel
Al-Bawaba, November 9, 2002
Palestinian groups are to meet over this weekend in Cairo to discuss ending attacks inside Israel, officials from Fatah said, according to AP.

Hear Palestine, November 9, 2002
NEWS: Palestinian Killed in Jenin While Raids and Arrests Continue, Woman and Child Wounded in Israeli Attacks in Khan Younis, Occupation Soldiers Wage Attacks North Beit Lahya in Gaza, Two Homes Demolished in Rafah, Wide-Scale Bulldozing in Qaizan al-Najjar, 45 Palestinian Homes Subject to Demolition in Kol Ha'ir, 1250 Dunums to be Confiscated, Army Closes Road between North and South West Bank, Israeli soldiers Raid Tallouza Village. FEATURES: Around 1000 Settler Attacks Documented against Farmers during Olive Season / Children of Jenin Work to Support their Families / Qalqilya Villages: Isolated Cantons / I Know I Might Get Killed Any Minute, But I will Not Leave

Senior Palestinian militant killed in gunfight with IDF
Ha'aretz, November 9, 2002
The IDF shot dead Iyad Sawalhe, a senior Islamic Jihad activist, early Saturday morning in the West Bank city of Jenin.

Fatah Official Barred by Israel from Attending Cairo Meeting with Hamas
Islam Online, November 9, 2002
GAZA CITY, November 9 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - The Israeli army barred a member of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction from leaving the Gaza Strip Saturday to attend a Cairo meeting with members of the resistance Islamic movement Hamas, Palestinian security sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

A Bittersweet Ramadan as Palestinians Bury their Dead
Palestine Chronicle, November 8, 2002 
WEST BANK/GAZA STRIP (PC) - As Palestinians embarked on the third day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians in various parts of the West Bank and Gaza. Meanwhile, more homes were demolished today.

Arrangements for Palestinian Home Begin in Cairo
Islam Online, November 9, 2002
CAIRO , November 9 (IslamOnline) – Arranging for the Palestinian home tops the agenda of the Cairo-hosted dialogue between Hamas and Fatah, Khaled Meshal, a leading Hamas figure, told IslamOnline Saturday, November 9.

Amnesty calls for arrest of Israelis for war crimes
The Guardian, November 4, 2002
Amnesty International has called on Britain and other signatories to the Geneva conventions to put on trial Israeli soldiers "responsible for war crimes" in Jenin and Nablus earlier this year.

Two words make all the difference
The Guardian, November 9, 2002
Two days of intensive negotiation in the UN security council resulted in only two changes to the resolution on Iraq passed yesterday, which on the surface appear to be so minor as to be laughable.

Ultimatum to Iraq: Baghdad yet to respond; Powell: No regime change needed if Saddam accepts resolution
Al-Bawaba, November 9, 2002
The UN Security Council Friday gave Iraq a seven-day ultimatum to agree to a powerfully enhanced weapons inspection regime, warning it of "serious consequences" if it failed to disarm.

Security council demands
The Guardian, November 9, 2002
A list of the UN Security Council's demands for Iraq

Iran agrees to absorb future Iraqi refugees
Al-Bawaba, November 9, 2002
A senior official in charge of immigration affairs Saturday announced in Tehran that Iran may settle on its soil Iraqi refugees who are found of fleeing for their lives in the event of a US strike on the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Syria makes a virtue of a necessity
The Guardian, November 9, 2002
When it came to the crunch, Syria - traditionally regarded as one of the most stubborn and hardline Arab countries - cast a "yes" vote, along with the rest of the security council, though it had been widely expected to abstain.

Mobilisation gathers pace as America lays down plans to strike within weeks
The Guardian, November 9, 2002
Even as the UN weapons inspectors pack their bags for a daunting and uncertain trip to Iraq later this month, the Pentagon is steadily building up its forces in the region and is expected to be ready for battle by as early as next month, military analysts said yesterday.

Diplomacy and dollars secure rare unanimity at the UN
The Independent, November 9, 2002
If you couldn't quite see whether the hands of all 15 members of the Security Council were in the air when the time came yesterday to vote in favour of the resolution on Iraq, you only had to look at Hans Blix, the chief weapons inspector, for the answer. Suddenly, his mouth opened and broadened into a wide grin.

Waverer voted yes 'to stop use of force and US right to go to war'
The Independent, November 9, 2002
Syria's minister of information, a senior member of the Baath party, told The Independent last night that his country voted for the resolution on Iraq's arms inspection in order "to eliminate the [US] right to go to war against Iraq."

Baghdad isolated by decision
The Independent, November 9, 2002
Iraq reacted with predictable disquiet to yesterday's unanimous vote in the UN Security Council, as the Arab world abandoned the Iraqi leader, leaving him isolated in his bunker.

Iraq says US plans 'foiled'
BBC, November 9, 2002
Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri has praised the United Nations Security Council for "thwarting" American attempts to use it as a cover to attack Iraq.

Cautious Arab response to UN move
BBC, November 9, 2002
Arab states are concerned at the US approach on Iraq: The Arab world has given a cautious response to the new United Nations Security Council resolution on disarming Iraq.

400,000 protest possible Iraq war, globalization in Florence
Jerusalem Post, November 9, 2002
FLORENCE, Italy - Tens of thousands of people from across Europe marched through Florence on Saturday to protest a possible war against Iraq and the negative impact of globalization amid stepped-up security in the Tuscan capital.

Anti-War March Held in Italy
The Guardian, November 9, 2002
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) - Thousands of demonstrators marched through Florence in a carnival-like protest Saturday against a possible war in Iraq and globalization. There was none of the violence that marred last year's Group of Eight summit in Genoa.

Powell addresses Arabs in TV interviews, says resolution not prelude to war
Jerusalem Post, November 9, 2002
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Addressing the Arab TV audience Saturday on the tough new Security Council resolution on Iraq, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States was not looking for war but that it reserves the right to act against Baghdad.

US, Israel Flex Muscles, Prepare for War
Palestine Chronicle, November 8, 2002  
TEL AVIV (PC) - The United States Military will join the Israelis in January, to practice intercepting ballistic missiles, according to the Israel Defense Ministry.

IAEA: Advance Inspection Team Could Go to Iraq Nov. 18
Palestine Chronicle, November 9, 2002
VIENNA - The International Atomic Energy Agency, which participates in weapons inspections in Iraq, has welcomed Friday's U.N. Security Council resolution, saying the agency is ready to get back to work in Iraq.

Jordan FM calls Palestinians to stop suicide attacks
Al-Bawaba, November 8, 2002
The Jordanian foreign minister has called on Palestinians to halt suicide bombing attacks during the upcoming Israeli election period.

Thousands flock to Al-Aqsa amid tight security
Arab News, November 9, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 9 November 2002 — Tens of thousands of Muslim faithful flocked peacefully to Jerusalem for the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan amid tight security, even as two Palestinians were shot dead in the West Bank.

World ‘moving closer to clash of civilizations’
Arab News, November 9, 2002
SANAA, 9 November 2002 — Participants in an international symposium here this week stressed that the world has moved closer toward cultural polarization after Sept. 11, but at the same time witnessed serious calls for dialogue between nations.

Former Mossad boss: Arafat and Saddam will disappear ''within one year''
Al-Bawaba, November 7, 2002
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will vanish from the world scene within a year, the former chief of Israel's secret service Mossad told Thursday Maariv newspaper.

Iran death sentence angers reformists
BBC, November 9, 2002
The death sentence passed on a liberal academic by a court in Iran this week has caused a storm of protest in Iranian reformist circles, as well as stirring widespread international concern.

Lebanese Christian official leaves jail after serving sentence for contacts with Israel
Jerusalem Post, November 9, 2002
BEIRUT, Lebanon - A senior official of an outlawed Lebanese Christian group was released from prison Saturday after serving a 15-month sentence on charges of collaborating with Israel.

After Turkish election, the reckoning
Middle East Times, November 8, 2002
Having shocked the West by voting in a new Islamist majority government in the form of the Justice and Development Party (AK), Turkey may have yet more shocks in store.

No light at the end of the tunnel, says Moussa
Middle East Times, November 8, 2002
The Palestinians must reject suicide bombings and Israel's left has to mobilise against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon if there is to be hope for peace after coming elections, a senior Egyptian official, backed by a gloomy Amr Moussa, head of the Arab League, said on Tuesday.

Mecca Cola puts fizz in Palestinian cause
Chicago Tribune, November 9, 2002
PARIS, FRANCE -- A French Muslim businessman has turned cola into a product that protests U.S. foreign policy and raises money for Palestinian causes.

Talking from the heart
Middle East Times, November 8, 2002
An Arab student stands up to discuss an argument about the Middle East he had with his Jewish dorm hallmate, and how unfortunate it was that the discussion had turned nasty. The Jewish hallmate stands up and apologizes for the incident. The two students embrace.

Missile Strike in Yemen Legal, May Be Emulated in Asia: U.S.
Islam Online, November 9, 2002
MANILA, November 9 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - A senior U.S. counter terrorism official said Saturday, November 9, that the controversial CIA-led missile strike, which killed six suspected al-Qaeda members in Yemen was "legal and necessary" and may be emulated in Southeast Asia to crush terror groups.

Turkish General Preaches against “Fundamentalism”
Palestine Chronicle, November 8, 2002  
ANKARA (PC) - On Friday, General Hilmi Ozkok, the head of the Turkish military warned that he would protect his country against any form of “fundamentalism”.

Islamic Movements Gather in Latin America
Palestine Chronicle, November 8, 2002  
WASHINGTON (PC) - According to the US State Department, a recent movement took place in Latin America which consisted of several armed resistance groups, including the Lebanese based group, Hizbollah.

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San Francisco Anti-War Protest
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Washington DC Anti-War Protest
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