Kibbutz shooting attack: Arafat orders investigation, Mofaz and Sharon vow harsh retaliation
Al-Bawaba, November 11, 2002
Five Israelis were killed and three injured when a Palestinian infiltrated Kibbutz Metzer, near the 1967 border with the West Bank, close to midnight Sunday and opened fire.

Netanyahu Says Remove Arafat's 'Terror Regime'
Macon Telegraph, November 11, 2002
JERUSALEM - Israeli Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Monday for the removal of Yasser Arafat's "terror regime" after a Palestinian gunman killed five Israelis, including a mother and her two children, in a kibbutz.

IDF units being trained to handle civil administration
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
The Israel Defense Forces has stepped up training of civil administration units in recent months in order to improve handling of humanitarian issues during the takeovers of Palestinian towns and to prepare for a more extreme scenario, the possibility of military rule being reinstated in Palestinian towns and some civil authority being transferred to Israeli hands.

PA wants peace plan guarantees
Arab News, November 11, 2002
GAZA CITY, 11 November 2002 — The Palestinian leadership officially welcomed yesterday a Mideast peace “road map” drawn up by top world officials but said it wanted “a binding timeline” to ensure it is implemented.

Israel angered by EU's call to end terror attacks 'inside Israel'
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
Senior officials in the Foreign Ministry have expressed their anger at attempts by the European Union to persuade radical Palestinian groups to halt suicide attacks inside Israel, Israel Radio reported Sunday.

Panel to review `war crimes' threat to Israeli officers and politicians
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday convened a meeting on a sensitive issue - the danger that Israeli military personnel and politicians will be indicted abroad on charges of war crimes.

US envoy expected for talks on 'conflict maintenance'
Jerusalem Post, November 11, 2002
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Satterfield is expected in Israel on Monday for a round of talks officials are describing as "conflict maintenance," keeping a lid on the level of violence here before the US acts against Iraq.

Hear Palestine, November 11, 2002
NEWS: Palestinian Child Died of Injuries in Rafah, Israeli Helicopters Wage Attack on Gaza City After Midnight, Curfew Imposed on More Palestinian Towns and Military Closure Tightened, Occupation Soldiers Escalate Oppressive Measures Against Farmers in Toubas, Israeli Soldiers Carryout Arrests at Khan Younis Roadblock. FEATURES: Surda Roadblock. Crossing Allowed Except for Palestinians / Occupation Army Warns Deir al-Balah Residents Against Cooperation with Resistance / Witness to Iyad Sawalha's Murder / New Apartheid System at Qalandya Military Roadblock

Ramadan in Gaza - Special Report
Palestine Chronicle, November 10, 2002
GAZA CITY (PC) - On this night, the first of Ramadan, eight ‘brothers and sisters’ sit round a white plastic table in a Gaza City living room breaking their fast. They are orphans of Sabra and Shatila.

Israel said readying retaliation for attack on Kibbutz Metzer
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
The Israel Defense Forces will soon respond to the terror attack at Kibbutz Metzer on Sunday night in which five people were killed, Israel Radio quoted a senior security official as saying Monday.

Five killed on Israeli kibbutz after police foil suicide attack
The Guardian, November 11, 2002
At least five people were killed and three others wounded last night when a suspected Palestinian gunman entered a kibbutz near the West Bank and opened fire.

At least five killed in Kibbutz Metzer shooting attack
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
At least five Israelis were killed and several others were wounded last night when at least one terrorist infiltrated Kibbutz Metzer, close to the Green Line north of Tul Karm.

Israel drafts plan for auditing PA budget
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
Israel is to give the United States a detailed proposal for supervising the Palestinian Authority's finances to prevent money being transferred to finance terrorism.

Hamas may halt suicide bombings
The Independent, November 11, 2002
Palestinian militants may be about to agree to a temporary halt in suicide bombings and other attacks on civilians inside Israel.

In Cairo talks, Hamas refuses to halt suicide attacks in Israel
Jerusalem Post, November 11, 2002 
Hamas leaders reaffirmed Sunday their strong opposition to the suspension of suicide bombings inside Israel and said the goal of talks with Fatah officials in Cairo was to unite the Palestinians in their struggle against Israel.

Occupation Chronicle Events in Palestine
Palestine Media Center, November 11, 2002
Israeli Apache Gunships launched at least five air-to-surface missiles at civilian workshops located in the heart of Gaza City, wounding five civilians. IOF also raided the Balatta refugee camp, near Nablus city and shelled residential neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip.

PNA Demands Guarantees to Implement Roadmap, IOF Train to Reinstate ‘Civil Administration’
Palestine Media Center, November 11, 2002
The Palestinian leadership welcomed the US draft of a roadmap, which provides for a Palestinian state by 2005 as “positive,” but said it needed to hold further consultations with Arab states and guarantees for quick implementation thereof, amid mounting Israeli opposition thereto and media reports that Israel was planning to reinstate the “civil administration” in the reoccupied Palestinian Territory.

New Elections in Israel Scheduled for November 28
Palestine Chronicle, November 10, 2002
TEL AVIV (PC) - With new elections around the corner, the Israeli Likud party will hold a leadership election on November 28 to determine if Prime Minister Ariel Sharon or Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lead the party in general elections in January, according to a Likud party official.

Elections to be held on January 28
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
General elections for the 16th Knesset will be held on January 28, the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee decided Monday.

Brother of Latest Jenin Victim Arrested, Taken to Unknown Destination
Palestine Chronicle, November 10, 2002
JENIN, West Bank (PC) - The brother of a Palestinian man killed yesterday in Jenin was arrested and taken to an unknown destination, Palestinian sources in Jenin said Sunday.

Two Palestinians Killed When Car Blew Up
Palestine Chronicle, November 10, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PC) - Two Palestinian men reportedly died as a result of a car explosion Sunday near the West Bank border with Israel. Israeli police allege that an explosive belt might have went off prematurely.

UK expects Iraq to fail arms tests
The Guardian, November 11, 2002
The British government is preparing for war against Iraq on the growing assumption that Saddam Hussein will fail to disclose his full weapons armoury, or will quickly prove unwilling to cooperate with the stringent conditions of the new UN weapons inspection regime.

US will attack without approval
The Guardian, November 11, 2002
'Zero tolerance' policy by Bush administration: The Bush administration yesterday said it would not wait for the UN security council to approve an attack on Iraq if it fails to comply with weapons inspections, casting new light on leaked battlefield scenarios.

Iraq parliament to debate Resolution 1441 as Arab pressure on Baghdad grows
Al-Bawaba, November 11, 2002
Iraq's parliament will meet at in a closed-door emergency session on the new UN Security Council disarmament Resolution 1441, Iraqi parliamentary sources said.

AL council calls for including Arab experts in the inspection teams
Arabic News, November 11, 2002
In conclusion of a meeting which was held in Cairo, the Arab ministerial council called for cooperation between the UN and Iraq and asked the UN inspectors not "to perform any provocative act," suggesting including Arab experts in the UN inspection teams.

We're not spies, says inspection chief
The Guardian, November 11, 2002
Blix tries to allay Iraqi fears of espionage: Hans Blix, the UN's chief weapons inspector, has assured Iraq that the team he is sending into the country next week will be as free of spies as he can make it.

500,000 protesters march against war
The Guardian, November 11, 2002
More than half a million anti-war protesters from across Europe marched through Florence at the weekend, singing communist anthems and 1970s peace songs, in a demonstration denouncing any US attack on Iraq.

Iraq Set to Accept UN Resolution on Inspections - Italy Chants for Peace
Palestine Chronicle, November 10, 2002
CAIRO (PC) - After a unanimous vote in the Security Council regarding Resolution 1441, Arab foreign ministers announced yesterday that although Baghdad has made no formal declaration, they are hopeful that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will agree to the conditions spelled out in the resolution.

Sharpton: Clergy Must Oppose War
The Guardian, November 11, 2002
NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton said Sunday he plans to meet with the Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations this week and is urging clergy worldwide to help ``avoid bloodshed.''

Turkey Seeks Compensation for War-Related Economic Losses
Palestine Chronicle, November 10, 2002
WASHINGTON - The head of Turkey's military said his country should be compensated for any economic losses it might suffer in the event of a military strike against Baghdad.

McDonald’s to pull out of Middle Eastern markets
Al-Bawaba, November 11, 2002
American fast food chain McDonald’s has announced plans to cease operations or close down its restaurants in a number of Middle Eastern countries.

MI6 'halted bid to arrest bin Laden'
The Observer, November 11, 2002
British intelligence paid large sums of money to an al-Qaeda cell in Libya in a doomed attempt to assassinate Colonel Gadaffi in 1996 and thwarted early attempts to bring Osama bin Laden to justice.

Jordanian army killed one man trying to sneak to Israel
Arabic News, November 11, 2002
A Jordanian military spokesman said that the Jordanian army killed an unidentified man who was carrying a bomb, while trying to cross the borders through Israel.

An explosion in Ein al-Helweh
Arabic News, November 11, 2002
An explosion took place in a building including the office of al-Saeqa organization in Ein al-Helweh camp for the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon early morning yesterday.

Army joins raid on Jordan city
BBC, November 11, 2002
Soldiers have been ordered in to the southern city of Maan to back up officers hunting for wanted Islamic militants.

NRP, National Union in talks to form united right-wing list
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
The leaders of the National Religious Party and the National Union – Yisrael Beiteinu factions are awaiting the results of a specially-commissioned survey, designed to test the potential popularity of an united right-wing bloc at the forthcoming elections.

Economist: Israel can expect another credit rating downgrade
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
Israel can expect another sovereign credit rating downgrade, perhaps by several notches, warns Sylvia Piterman, the former director of the Bank of Israel's Foreign Currency Department.

Shootouts continue in southern Jordan
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
AMMAN, Jordan - Army units joined riot police Monday in shootouts with Muslim fundamentalists in the restive city of Maan, part of a government
crackdown to head off potential violence in Jordan in the event of a U.S. war on Iraq.

Background: Point blank fire at those who refuse to hate
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
The dovish Kibbutz Metzer was among Israel's last fortresses of faith in Arab-Jewish cooperation and reconciliation - the hope that its children and those of its neighbors would live in true peace.

Jordanian expert: No danger of Al-Aqsa wall collapsing
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
The delegation of Jordanian experts that examined the southern wall on the Temple Mount advises dismantling some 140 square meters of the structure, filling and reinforcing it with building material and then covering it up again with stone.

Shooting of four 'martyrs' sparks anger in Jordan
The Independent, November 11, 2002
In the Jordanian city of Maan yesterday, they had four "martyrs" to mourn: Mohammed Khalil Abu Hilala, 17, Mohammed Ahmed Kreishan, 20, and Omar Hamed al-Akaila, 20, and one other, all shot down by the police and army.

Iranian MPs urge courts to lift death sentence
The Independent, November 11, 2002
Nearly two-thirds of Iran's parliament called on the judiciary yesterday to lift a death sentence handed down this week to a reformist scholar convicted of insulting Islam.

Tension evident between Sharon and Netanyahu at FM's first cabinet session
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday adamantly denied he has already decided on the leadership team that will head the state if he is reelected prime minister.

How the olive thieves shamed Israel
Ha'aretz, November 11, 2002
Rarely has any issue caused the IDF (and Israel) such deep embarrassment as the West Bank settlers plundering the olive harvest of Palestinian farmers, and then burning and destroying their crops and damaging their trees.

Netanyahu plans to pummel Sharon on economy
Jerusalem Post, November 11, 2002 
Strategists for Foreign Minister Binyamin Netanyahu unveiled his strategy for the November 28 Likud primary elections, saying he would focus on the economy, not diplomatic issues in his run for the party leadership.

Sharon expects most Jews to live in Israel by 2020
Jerusalem Post, November 11, 2002
Despite a recent slowdown in immigration to Israel, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he anticipates that by 2020, the majority of world Jewry would live in the Jewish state.

EU will not probe misuse of aid to PA
Jerusalem Post, November 11, 2002
LONDON European Foreign Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten has turned down a leading European legislator who wants an investigation into alleged illegal use of EU aid to the Palestinian Authority.

Israeli soldiers 'share' Palestinian family's home
Jordan Times, November 11, 2002
JENIN, West Bank — The Taha family of Jenin was glad to see the backs of its uninvited guests — Israeli occupation soldiers who spent five days in its home as the army searched the West Bank city for Palestinian resistance activists.

Guantanamo Photos Cause Alarm among Human Rights and Prisoners Rights Groups
Palestine Chronicle, November 10, 2002
WASHINGTON (PC) - Last week, images appeared “mysteriously” on the internet, pictures taken from inside an American military C-130, an aircraft that transported prisoners from Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay.