Israeli Troops Raid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Kill Two Children in Rafah - Palestinians Mourn Egyptian Fighter
Palestine Chronicle, November 12, 2002
TULKARM, West Bank (PC) - In a retaliatory move, the Israeli army invaded the Palestinian towns of Nablus and Tulkarm Tuesday, at approximately 3:00 am, carrying out house to house searches, arrests and more house demolitions.

Hamas suggests no end to suicide attacks in talks with Fatah
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
CAIRO, Egypt - A Hamas representative said Tuesday that talks with officials from Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction were "positive" and "frank" but suggested that the militant Palestinian group has no intention to abandon suicide bombings condemned by the Palestinian Authority.

60 % of Palestinians Living in Poverty, Says PNA Minster of Labor
Palestine Media Center, November 13, 2002
Palestinian Minister of Labor, Ghassan Khatib, warned that the Palestinian economy has reached the point of no return, pointing out that more than 60 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are living in poverty.

American Peace Plan, “Roadmap” Facing Fierce Obstacles
Palestine Chronicle, November 12, 2002 
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PC) - On the second day of his diplomatic mission, David Satterfield is facing many hurdles as he attempts to sell the latest peace proposal to the Israelis and Palestinians.

Arafat preventing reform, says IDF intelligence chief
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is preventing reforms in the PA and demoted his envoy at cease-fire talks with Hamas officials in Cairo, when it became clear the two sides were on the verge of reaching an agreement, Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aharon Ze'evi told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday.

U.S. agrees to put `road map' on hold until after elections
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
The United States administration has acquiesced to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's request to freeze its "road map" for a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict until after the elections and the formation of a new government in Israel, informed sources in Jerusalem said yesterday.

Israel Hunts Militants in West Bank
The Guardian, November 13, 2002
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - In the biggest sweep in months, Israeli troops hunting for militants stormed dozens of homes in this Palestinian city Wednesday, ordering residents to line up in the dawn chill as tanks blocked roads and helicopters hovered above.

Family of Assassinated Leader Appeals for His Wife’s Freedom
Palestine Chronicle, November 13, 2002
JENIN, West Bank (PC) - The family of the late Iyad Sawalha, the head of the Islamic Jihad Military Wing in Jenin told the Palestine Chronicle that they are very concerned about the fate of Mariam Sawalha, who was detained by Israeli forces Saturday.

Israel Arrests Militants in Nablus
The Guardian, November 13, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday night that if he's elected prime minister, his top priority would be to force Yasser Arafat into exile. But the country's current leader said Israel should not ``act in haste.''

Key Likud minister: Even Ben-Eliezer wanted to deport Arafat
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
Responding to Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's declaration that his first act if elected prime minister would be to expel Yasser Arafat, a key Likud cabinet minister close to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Wednesday that Sharon and even former defense minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer had favored expelling the Palestinian leader, but were dissuaded by the unanimous opposition of Israeli intelligence chiefs.

Israel goes in after killings on kibbutz
The Guardian, November 13, 2002
The Israeli army raided a West Bank town and laid siege to another yesterday, following the murder of two children, their mother and two other people in an attack on a kibbutz that has shocked Jews and Arabs alike.

Israeli forces raid Nablus; Netanyahu vows to expel Arafat
Al-Bawaba, November 13, 2002
A huge Israeli military operation is underway in the West Bank with more than 150 armored vehicles moving into Nablus, Palestinian security sources said.

30 Israeli tanks invade refugee camp in WB
Arab News, November 13, 2002
TULKARM, West Bank, 13 November 2002 — Israeli tanks and troops swept into a refugee camp in the West Bank yesterday after five Israelis were killed in an attack on a kibbutz. Witnesses and security sources said about 30 Israeli tanks, armored troop carriers and jeeps raided the camp around 3 a.m. (0100 GMT) and swept through the streets.

Israel criticizes the European Union
Arabic News, November 12, 2002
The Israeli government has strongly criticized the European Union member states and accused the European states of not making enough efforts to urge the Palestinian to halt the operations and the resistance acts against the Israeli occupation.

Empty Knesset plenum calls for withdrawal
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
Knesset members from the Arab parties took full advantage of the absence of Likud and Labor lawmakers from the plenum yesterday. By a majority of five votes to three, the Knesset approved a proposal calling for an Israeli withdrawal from the territories to the 1967 borders and the establishment a Palestinian state.

Israelis descend on Nablus
BBC, November 13, 2002
Israel says the Gaza workshop was a weapons factory: Israel has begun a pre-dawn military operation in the West Bank town of Nablus.

PA minister: More than 60% of Palestinians live in poverty
Jerusalem Post, November 13, 2002 
More than 60 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are living in poverty, according to Palestinian Authority Labor Minister Ghassan Khatib. The PA needs $15 million a month to solve the problem of unemployment, he added.

Sirhan Sirhan top suspect in Kibbutz Metzer attack
Jerusalem Post, November 13, 2002   
Security sources now say the primary suspect in the Kibbutz Metzer terror attack is Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan is from the same clan, and the namesake of Sirhan Sirhan, who shot dead Senator Robert Kennedy in the 1960s.

Metzer killer may be cousin of Robert Kennedy assassin
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
The gunman who killed five people at Kibbutz Metzer this week may have been Sirhan Sirhan, a distant cousin of the man who assassinated U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Robert Kennedy in 1968, security sources in Israel and Palestinian sources said Tuesday.

Troops enter Nablus, arrest 30 north of Ramallah
Jerusalem Post, November 13, 2002   
IDF forces began a wide-scale operation in Nablus and other parts of Samaria overnight.

Israel Launches New Offensive Into Nablus
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, November 13, 2002 
NABLUS, West Bank - Dozens of Israeli tanks backed by helicopter gunships swept into the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday in a stepped-up military response to a Palestinian attack that killed five Israelis on a kibbutz.

IDF troops, tanks enter Nablus in response to Metzer attack
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
IDF troops, backed by dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers swept into the West Bank city of Nablus early Wednesday as part of its response to the attack on Kibbutz Metzer on Sunday in which five Israelis were shot to death at close range, including a mother and her two small children.

Satterfield to meet with Erekat, Shaath in Jericho
Jerusalem Post, November 13, 2002   
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Satterfield will meet Wednesday with Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nabil Shaath and Minister of Local Government Saeb Erekat in Jericho, Israel Radio reported.

Secretary-General: U.N. will not permit destruction of Israel
Jerusalem Post, November 13, 2002  
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan pledged on Wednesday that the United Nations would never permit the destruction of Israel.

Annan warns against expelling Arafat
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Israel yesterday against expelling Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat from the West Bank, saying the international community would not favor such a move.

Annan: U.N. Must Address Grievances
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, November 12, 2002 
WASHINGTON - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that "genuine grievances" should not be overlooked while countering terrorism.

Illegal outpost evacuation frozen since Labor departure
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
Plans to evacuate illegal outposts in the territories have been put on hold by the Israel Defense Forces since the Labor Party's exit from the government. The new defense minister, former chief of staff Shaul Mofaz, is still "studying the matter."

ISM updates: Accounts from Nablus, Jenin and Balata
International Solidarity Movement, November 13, 2002
Operations in Nablus: Press Release / Report of full-scale reinvasion of Jenin, by Caoimhe Butterly / From Balata, report from Leonie

Hear Palestine, November 13, 2002

Heaving with Tanks, Troops, Nablus Becomes Next Target of Israeli Aggression
Palestine Media Center, November 13, 2002
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), backed by dozens of tanks and Apache helicopters, invaded the West Bank city of Nablus in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said.

Likudists Race for Extremism, FM Vows to Expel Arafat
Palestine Media Center, November 13, 2002
In what seems to be a race to adopt and implement harder extreme-right wing policies, Israeli foreign minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that if he were elected prime minister, he would deport President Yasser Arafat from the occupied Palestinian Territory.

Occupation Chronicle Events in Palestine 13/11/2002
Palestine Media Center, November 13, 2002
IOF invaded Nablus City Wednesday morning, raiding dozens of homes and detaining at least 50 citizens. IOF Apaches also bonbardered a workshop located in Gaza City.

Netanyahu Builds Platform on Arafat Ouster, Labor Wants Separation
Islam Online, November 13, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, November 13 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, challenging to lead the right-wing Likud party in Israel’s upcoming general election, called Tuesday, November 12, for Yasser Arafat’s expulsion from the Palestinian territories.

Europe lacks moral fibre, says US hawk
The Guardian, November 13, 2002
Richard Perle, a leading Pentagon adviser on Iraq, last night launched an extraordinary tirade against Europe which he accused of losing its moral direction and providing succour to Saddam Hussein.

UN inspection team 'cannot prevent war'
The Guardian, November 13, 2002
Threat of war: Richard Perle, a key Bush adviser, has little faith in Hans Blix's ability to succeed against Saddam: A key foreign affairs adviser to the Bush administration expressed serious doubts last night about the ability of the United Nations inspection team to hunt down Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and thus avert an war.

Saddam to Decide on U.N. Plan
The Guardian, November 13, 2002
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's parliament recommended Tuesday that President Saddam Hussein reject the new U.N. weapons inspection resolution, but the Iraqi leader's son offered a way out - make Arabs part of the U.N. team.

Baghdad orders 1 million doses of poison gas antidote
The Guardian, November 13, 2002
Iraq is understood to have ordered about a million doses of anti-nerve agent drugs from Turkey, raising fears that Saddam Hussein's regime is planning to deploy chemical weapons in the event of an American and British attack.

US says Iraqi parliament's rejection is pure theatre
The Guardian, November 13, 2002
The White House accused Iraq of engaging in pure theatrics yesterday, after its parliament voted to reject the United Nations resolution on weapons inspectors.

Sleuthing Gear Prepared for Iraq
The Guardian, November 13, 2002
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - U.N. experts prepared tamper-proof cameras and other new sleuthing gear for shipment to Baghdad on Tuesday, as the clock ticked down on a deadline for Saddam Hussein to reveal his weapons secrets or face near-certain war with the United States.

Saddam could pull a fast one and comply with UN demands
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002
Tomorrow marks the end of the first deadline in the timetable set by the United Nations Security Council in the countdown to war. It gave Iraq seven days to accept its decision.

Iraqi Press Snubs MPs’ Rejection of U.N. Resolution 1441
Islam Online, November 13, 2002
BAGHDAD, November 13 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - A fresh signal that Iraq may be moving toward accepting U.N. disarmament demands came Wednesday, November 13, from the official media, which mostly ignored MPs’ rejection of Resolution 1441 Tuesday, November 12, while trumpeting the blank check they gave President Saddam Hussein.

Iran Students Protest Death Sentence
The Guardian, November 13, 2002
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Three thousand students demonstrated for a second straight day Tuesday against the death sentence handed down to a prominent professor convicted of insulting Islam.

Jordanian forces continue to look for radicals in Maan
Al-Bawaba, November 12, 2002
Jordanian police continued to seal off the southern city of Maan as forces searched house-to-house Tuesday for radicals suspected of holding a huge cache of weapons. A security official told AP the raid in Maan was part of a drive to "put things in order before the possible war on Iraq."

Iranian students ignore Khamenei warning
Al-Bawaba, November 12, 2002 
Thousands of Iranian students ignored official warnings and demonstrated for the fourth day running on Tuesday against a dissident's death sentence and to demand freedom of speech and political reform.

Mubarak urges Baghdad to accept U.N. resolution
Al-Bawaba, November 12, 2002
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday urged Baghdad to take account of the "seriousness of the situation" and accept the new UN disarmament resolution in order to avert a war.

Help sought for US media drive
Arab News, November 13, 2002
RIYADH, 13 November 2002 — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has issued an appeal for donations during the holy month of Ramadan to help spearhead a media campaign in the US in defense of Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) and Islam.

Saudis secure $380m contracts from Iraq
Arab News, November 13, 2002
RIYADH, 13 November 2002 — Saudi businessmen who made a landmark visit to Baghdad earlier this month secured contracts worth $380 million with the Iraqi government, a top Saudi businessman told Al-Jazirah newspaper yesterday.

Al-Jazeera: Western source denies deal with Damascus over voting for recent UN resolution
Arabic News, November 12, 2002
A western diplomatic source in Damascus denied the US to have had finalized any deal with Syria for her voting on the UN Security Council recent resolution concerning Iraq.

New warning for American citizens in Kuwait
Arabic News, November 12, 2002
The American citizens in Kuwait received a new warning from the US embassy of likely attacks in revenge of the death penalty sentence to be executed in Virginia this week against one Pakistani convicted of killing two agents for the CIA in 1993.

Knesset officially ends term today
Jerusalem Post, November 13, 2002   
The 15th Knesset officially ends its term today, and Knesset members will go on recess tomorrow.

Harvard cancels poet appearance over Israel remarks
Jerusalem Post, November 13, 2002  
After a rush of student complaints, Harvard University canceled a reading by an Irish poet who compared U.S.-born settlers in the West Bank to Nazis and said they should be "shot dead."

US accepts Egypt's assurances about controversial TV program
Jerusalem Post, November 13, 2002  
The State Department yesterday welcomed Egyptian assurances that there is no anti-Semitic material contained in a 41-part series that the Anti-Defamation League calls "a very troubling manifestation of anti-Jewish incitement."

Government employees return to work
Jerusalem Post, November 13, 2002   
The sanctions have ended in government ministries and employees are returning to work Wednesday morning.

Mitzna: Labor quit gov't because of my candidacy
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002
Haifa Mayor Amram Mitzna, the frontrunner in the Labor Party leadership contest last night declared that because of his candidacy, party chair and then-defense minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer led Labor out of the unity government.

Parts of TA's Ayalon to shut down for large-scale terror drill
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
Parts of the northbound Ayalon Freeway in the heart of Tel Aviv will be closed Wednesday from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M., as security forces and emergency rescue crews hold a large-scale exercise simulating evacuation efforts following a high-casualty chemical warfare attack.

Hezbollah says negotiating with Israel over prisoner swap
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah has confirmed the Lebanese Shi'ite organization has resumed negotiations with Israel on a prisoner swap, after a hiatus of several weeks.

Sharon appears confident as Likud okays Nov. 28 primary
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appeared to be firmly in control of the Likud convention following last night's back-to-back speeches by the premier and his challenger, Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A fighter's life is worth more than a child's
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
By Amira Hass: Members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades talk about the intifada.

Reserve duty emergency orders extended until May
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
The defense establishment yesterday extended until May 2003 the emergency orders allowing it to draft reservists for up to 43 days a year, exploiting an article in the Basic Law for the Knesset to do so.

Mofaz falls foul of Gregorian calendar
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
A panel of Knesset legal experts ruled yesterday that newly-appointed Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, is not be eligible to vie for a seat in the 16th Knesset, since it has not been six calendar months since Israel's last chief of staff began his civilian life.

Effi Eitam backs down from united right
Ha'aretz, November 13, 2002 
Against the backdrop of a possible split in his National Religious Party, and a rebellion by nearly all members of the faction against him, party chairman Effi Eitam backed down yesterday from his plan to form a joint right-wing list for the forthcoming elections.

The Environmental Impact of the Israeli Occupation
Palestine Chronicle, November 12, 2002 
NEW YORK (PC) - A disaster is facing the Palestinian olive farmers and as a result the downfall in another sector of the Palestine society, the agricultural, the backbone of the Palestine national economy.

City of Maan Under Third Day of Curfew
Palestine Chronicle, November 12, 2002 
AMMAN (PC) - The small Jordanian city of Maan is under its third day of curfew, after fierce fighting between Jordanian special forces and residents of the city.

Philistine Religious Vessels Found Near Tel Aviv
Palestine Chronicle, November 12, 2002 
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Iron Age objects dating back to the 9th and 10th Century B.C., have been discovered near Tel Aviv, which may provide a rare source of revelation of the historical inhabitants of the area- the Philistines.

U.S. Looks to Expand Covert Forces
The Guardian, November 12, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) - The secret side of the U.S. military's war on terrorism is quietly growing. The Pentagon is planning to expand its use of special operations troops, including those that operate covertly in tandem with the CIA's paramilitary force, officials and private experts say.

Wash. Muslims in Spotlight Post-9/11
The Guardian, November 12, 2002
SEATTLE (AP) - When John Muhammad was arrested in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks, Muslims in and around Seattle recoiled. Despite Muhammad's Northwest ties, Muslims here said they had never heard of him, and they emphatically said he doesn't represent them.

A U.S. Diplomat Kills a Jordanian Citizen in Amman
Free Arab Voice
While dozens have been called in for interrogation or arrested in Jordan in a massive investigation to capture whoever attacked the U.S. diplomat in Amman, this older story of a U.S. diplomat killing a Jordanian citizen went unheeded.

Companies Sued Over Apartheid
The Guardian, November 12, 2002
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - A South African support group for victims of apartheid has sued several top international banks and businesses for supporting the racist regime.

Putin: Non-Muslims Target of Rebels
The Guardian, November 12, 2002
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - A French reporter who questioned the Kremlin's war in Chechnya provoked an angry outburst from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who challenged him to convert to Islam and come to Moscow for circumcision.

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"Helicopters were heard in the air, then there were a series of explosions"
BBC, November 12, 2002

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"Arrests were made and the home of a local militia leader was demolished"
BBC, November 12, 2002

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The rising political appeal of Hamas
BBC, November 12, 2002