At least 10 Israelis wounded, some seriously, in Hebron shooting
Ha'aretz, November 15, 2002
At least ten Israelis were wounded Friday evening, some of them seriously, when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a group of worshippers near the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Witnesses: IDF arrests nine foreign peace activists in Tul Karm
Ha'aretz, November 15, 2002
IDF soldiers detained nine international protesters, including three Americans, who joined about 100 Palestinians trying to disrupt construction of a security fence near the West Bank town of Tul Karm, witnesses said on Friday.

Israeli Troops Raid Ramadan Meal
The Gainesville Sun, November 15, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israeli troops burst into a banquet hall after a brief gunbattle and arrested 17 activists from the militant Hamas group who were eating a meal to break a daytime religious fast, the military said Friday.

Fatah Says It Approves Ceasefire Plan, Hamas Denies
Islam Online, November 15, 2002
GAZA CITY , November 15 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction said it agreed to an Egyptian proposal calling for an end to attacks against Israelis, whereas the Islamic resistance group Hamas categorically denied such claims.

Palestinian boy shot dead; Hamas to consider suspension of suicide attacks inside Israel
Al-Bawaba, November 15, 2002
A 17-year-old Palestinian was killed during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, Palestinian hospital officials said.

Sharon gives free hand to troops in WB
Arab News, November 15, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 15 November 2002 — The Israeli military is not restricted in its operations in the West Bank, the hard-line Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told troops deployed in the Nablus area of the northern West Bank.

Truce plan divides Palestinian groups
BBC, November 15, 2002
Egypt and Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement have urged the Palestinian militant group Hamas to halt attacks on civilians in Israel until after the 28 January elections there.

3 Americans Detained in Israel
The Guardian, November 15, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Three Americans were detained Friday during a demonstration against Israel's construction of a security fence near the West Bank town of Tullkarem.

Egypt And Fatah Ask Hamas To Stop
CBS News, November 15, 2002
(AP) Egypt and officials in Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement are trying to rein in the militant Hamas group, appealing to its leaders to hold off on suicide attacks during Israeli elections because they fear bloodshed could push Israeli voters to reinstall a hard-line government.

3 U.S. Activists Detained in Israel
The Gainesville Sun, November 15, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Three Americans were detained Friday during a demonstration against Israel's construction of a security fence near the West Bank town of Tullkarem.

A Palestinian Camp Mourns Its Slain Children
New York Times, November 15, 2002
RAFAH, Gaza Strip, Nov. 14 — Posters of children killed by Israeli Army gunfire covered the walls of the alleys among the bullet-scarred buildings of this refugee camp today, a reminder that two 2-year-olds were shot dead there in three days this week.

U.S. Still Trying to Unfold Mideast Road Map
New York Times, November 15, 2002
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 — For weeks, even as it has talked of a possible war with Iraq that could inflame the Middle East, the Bush administration has been pressing Israel and the Palestinian leadership to embrace an ambitious plan for reciprocal steps toward creating a Palestinian state.

Nine foreign activists detained in West Bank
Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2002
Israeli soldiers on Friday detained nine international protesters who joined about 100 Palestinians trying to disrupt construction of a security fence near the West Bank town of Tulkarm, witnesses said.

Palestinian gunman wounds two Israelis in Hebron
Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2002
A Palestinian gunman opened fire on Israelis walking through the West Bank city of Hebron, wounding one critically and another seriously, army officials and a rescue services spokesman said Friday.

Palestinians: Youth shot and killed by IDF in Nablus
Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2002
Palestinian sources said Friday that a youth was shot and killed by IDF troops in the West Bank town of Nablus, Israel Radio reported.

Fatah's Al-Aksa says it will continue with suicide attacks
Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2002
The Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigade announced Friday that the Fatah affiliated group would continue to carry out suicide attacks within Israel, Israel Radio reported.

IDF arrests 14 in Nablus
Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2002
An IDF lieutenant colonel in Nablus told Army Radio Friday that Israeli forces in Nablus were digging in and had arrested 14 suspected Palestinian terrorists.

IDF raises curfews on PA towns
Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2002
The IDF has lifted the curfews on the PA-controlled towns of Kalkilya and Jenin, according to Israel Radio.

IDF commander: Nablus curfew to be lifted in coming days
Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2002 
An IDF commander told reporters Friday morning that though the army's raid on the PA-controlled town of Nablus will last several weeks, the city's curfew will be temporarily lifted in the coming days, Israel Radio reported.

Israel dismisses Fatah-Hamas talks, vows to hunt for terrorists
Ha'aretz, November 15, 2002
A senior Fatah official said Thursday that the Hamas leadership promised to give serious thought to halting terror attacks against Israeli civilians, following talks between the two groups held over the week in Cairo.

Hear Palestine, November 15, 2002
NEWS: Army Invades Beit Sahour, Imposes Tight Military Siege on Bethlehem / Israeli Soldiers Invade al-Zababida Town, Jenin; Arrest Residents / Ramallah: Occupation Soldiers Invade Um al-Sharayit and Arrest 35 People. FEATURES: Rafah: Mother of Hamid Could Not Take a Last Look at her Son / Nablus Sleeps on Invasion and Wakes Up on Another / Sharon Killed 22 Children in 45 Days, Half of them from Rafah / Shaymaa's Mother: I Cannot Stand Life without Her.

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, November 07-13 , 2002
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Fatah, Hamas reportedly agree to three-month cease-fire
Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2002 
Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met separately with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Moshe Katsav in Jerusalem on Thursday and briefed them on the talks between Hamas and Fatah that took place in Cairo this week.

B'Tselem Report: Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields in Violation of High Court Order
B'tselem
In its new report, B'Tselem exposes a list of incidents in which the IDF violated a High Court of Justice injunction by using Palestinians as human shields (as part of the "neighbor procedure"). The report reveals for the first time that IDF soldiers also used Palestinian civilians in the action that led to the killing of Iyad Sawalha in Jenin last Saturday.

160 activists in last day of picking and Shielding against settlers
Gush Shalom
160 Gush activists reached Saturday at a far-away isolated olive grove, next to which a small group of settlers has set up an "outpost". The armed settlers have for a long time prevented the owners from approaching their grove,  threatening to shoot them on sight.

Open gates, despite it all
Ha'aretz, November 15, 2002
The hell that Doron Lieber had warned of, came to Kibbutz Metzer this week. But the people of the kibbutz continue to insist that there is no substitute for co-existence and good relations with their Arab neighbors.

Rumsfeld says Iraqi war to be finished fast
Al-Bawaba, November 15, 2002
If the United States goes to war in Iraq, the American military would move to "finish it fast," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday.

Iraqi war 'will be short'
BBC, November 15, 2002
Rumsfeld: Iraqi campaign would not be "a W War III':  If an America-led war with Iraq starts it is most likely to be short, according to the US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

We don't want your oil, Blair tells Iraqis
The Guardian, November 15, 2002
The prime minister, Tony Blair, last night told a popular radio station broadcasting to Iraq that the country's standard of living would be "infinitely greater" if Saddam Hussein was not in power.

Iraq Media Speaks Out on Inspections
The Guardian, November 15, 2002
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's state-run media said Friday the U.N. weapons inspection resolution amounts to a ``breach of the U.N. Charter'' but the government agreed to it anyway to spare its people from harm.

US surveillance for Iraq inspectors
BBC, November 15, 2002
The US role may be confined to aerial reconnaissance: US defence officials have suggested that the most likely support the Pentagon would give to the UN weapons inspectors in Iraq would be surveillance capabilities and intelligence.

Fears of new tragedy lead Kurds to call for help
The Guardian, November 15, 2002
No gas masks, no aid but plenty of targets for Saddam: Kurdish authorities and international aid agencies are warning that an attack on Iraq could trigger a repeat of the humanitarian crisis of 1991, when more than 2m Kurds fled from Saddam Hussein's wrath and thousands more lost their lives.

Annan warns Bush against impatience
The Guardian, November 15, 2002
Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general, has issued his sternest warning yet to George Bush over his plans for an attack on Iraq, urging him not to look for "a flimsy, hasty excuse to go to war" and observing that Washington "does seem to have a lower threshold" for launching military action than other major powers.

Inspectors can go anywhere, anytime, any palace. But will they will find anything?
The Guardian, November 15, 2002
Iraqi minders showing journalists around Tikrit, the birthplace of the country's president, Saddam Hussein, recently promised them in English that they could go wherever they wanted, even the enormous presidential palace.

Bush tries to cut off Pyongyang's oil supply
The Guardian, November 15, 2002
The United States wants to halt oil shipments to North Korea as a penalty for Pyongyang's clandestine development of nuclear weapons. The move opens a new front in the Bush administration's actions against countries described as belonging to an "axis of evil".

Powell attacks Christian right
The Guardian, November 15, 2002
Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, condemned America's Christian right yesterday for propagating hatred against Muslims, in what appeared to be a coordinated White House campaign to confront anti-Islamic rhetoric from a constituency that includes some of the Bush administration's staunchest supporters.

Bush Denounces Christian Conservatives’ Anti-Islamic Remarks without Giving Names
Palestine Chronicle, November 14, 2002
WASHINGTON (PC) - As he began a meeting with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in Washington, US President George Bush said that anti-Islamic remarks were “at odds” with the view of his administrations and most Americans.

Bush condemns Anti-Islam remarks
Arabic News, November 15, 2002
American President, George W. Bush slammed anti-Islam remarks, seeking to distance himself from controversial statements made recently by conservative Christian leaders, Pat Robertson and the Rev. Jerry Falwell.

Oasis in the desert
The Guardian, November 15, 2002
Water is a key source of tension in the Middle East. Now, at last, Palestinian, Jordanian and Israeli scientists are working together to resolve it.

An insider's job?
Al-Ahram Weekly, 14 - 20 November 2002
The Pentagon is investigating the source of a series of photographs released to the press of Al-Qa'eda and Taliban prisoners handcuffed, hooded and chained to the floor of a US military airplane.

Jordanian police question prominent opposition leader
Al-Bawaba, November 15, 2002
Jordanian authorities detained for several hours Friday a prominent opposition leader and former legislator in southern Jordan in connection with a police hunt for an armed gang blamed for attacking police earlier this year.

President of the European Union Commission supports inclusion of Morocco, Israel in EU
Al-Bawaba, November 15, 2002
President of the European Union Commission, Romano Prodi, said Friday that he favors the entry of Israel and Morocco into the EU.

Six Egyptians accused of spying for Israel to stand trial next month
Al-Bawaba, November 14, 2002
Six people accused of spying for Israel, including a diplomat at the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv, will stand trial on espionage charges next month, according to judicial officials Thursday.

Imran blames US policy for extremism
Arab News, November 15, 2002
JEDDAH, 15 November 2002 — The United States’ pro-Israel, anti-Iraq policy is responsible for creating extremism in the Muslim world, a top Pakistani politician alleged here yesterday.

Jordanian government: Maan event is a strong message to everyone
Arabic News, November 15, 2002
By declaring the city of Maan an area free of weapons and its rejection to any mediation dialogue with the chased outlaws, the Jordanian government has stressed its determination to subjugate all armed groups in the country being Islamists or smugglers.

Arab follow up committee to meet in Damascus on Wednesday
Arabic News, November 15, 2002
A source in the Arab League announced yesterday that the Arab follow up committee will hold a meeting in Damascus on November 20 and 21 in order to discuss taking a common Arab position towards the ME peace initiatives.

Some 30 countries, establishments in Paris 2 conference to support Lebanese economy
Arabic News, November 15, 2002
The French President Jacques Chirac has extended invitations to some 30 countries and establishments to take part in the "Paris 2" conference which will be held in Paris on November 23 with the aim of supporting financial and economic reforms efforts in Lebanon.

British Empire blamed for modern conflicts
BBC, November 15, 2002
The UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, has blamed Britain's imperial past for many of the modern political problems, including the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Kashmir dispute.

Iran hardliners call for academic's death
BBC, November 15, 2002
About 1,000 people have demonstrated in the Iranian capital, Tehran, in support of the death sentence handed to a dissident academic who criticised the country's Islamic clergy.

Ein al-Helweh: one Fatah movement wounded
Arabic News, November 15, 2002
Palestinian sources in Ein al-Helweh camp in south Lebanon said that a member from the Fatah movement was wounded in a bomb explosion yesterday.

HRW: U.S. Officials Should Have Been Better Prepared For Hate Crime Wave
Human Rights Watch, November 14, 2002
(New York, November 14, 2002) Public officials tried vigorously to contain a wave of hate crimes in the United States after September 11, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Nevertheless, anti-Muslim hate crimes in the United States rose 1700 percent during 2001.

Prosecutor: Tourist shop owner has ties to groups that 'advocate violence'
St. Petersburg Times, November 14, 2002
[ORLANDO, Fla.] A federal prosecutor accused the owner of a chain of gift shops in Orlando's tourist district with having ties to groups that "advocate violence" but the man's attorney called the allegations "a bunch of garbage" and said his client never directly supported terrorist organizations.

Mitzna hedges on meeting with Arafat
Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2002
"Once we are able to change the leadership in Israel, I'm sure the Palestinians will bring a new leadership, with a new approach, because both peoples have suffered so much in the past two years," Labor Party leadership candidate and Haifa Mayor Amram Mitzna said on Thursday.

Stop Human Rights Violations in Constructing the Separation Barrier
Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), October 30, 2002
Earlier this month, The Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) issued an urgent appeal to the Prime Minister and the entire cabinet, demanding that the government take immediate action to cease construction work on the separation barrier, commonly known as the “separation fence.”

Mofaz frightens Likud MKs
Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2002
The sight of Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz announcing that he is running for a spot on the Likud Knesset list sent chills down the spines of several Likud MKs Thursday night.

Netanyahu wins AACI support on immigrant tax reform issue
Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2002 
Is the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel endorsing the bid by Foreign Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to become the country's next prime minister?

Analysis: Classified info flows freely from the IDF to the Internet
Ha'aretz, November 15, 2002
Internet sites, some of which are operated by Israeli citizens, are exposing many details of IDF operations that the top brass would rather keep under wraps.

Arab World Relieved Following Iraq's Acceptance of UN Resolution
Palestine Chronicle, November 15, 2002
CAIRO - Governments throughout the Arab world and Gulf states are expressing relief and some cautious optimism following Iraq's acceptance of the U.N. Security Council resolution on weapons inspections.

Freed Pakistani Prisoner Recounts Guantanamo Prison Experience
Palestine Chronicle, November 14, 2002
"Some Arabs were beaten so badly that they fell unconscious and were taken to hospital":  ISLAMABAD - Mohammad Sagheer, the first Pakistani to be freed from the American prison in Guantanamo, Cuba, awaits American response to his call for compensation, saying his business had been destroyed because of his "illegal detention".

Survey: Mitzna likely to win in first round
Ha'aretz, November 15, 2002
An independent survey of 504 representative members of the Labor Party shows that 74 percent will vote in Tuesday's primary elections, and that Haifa Mayor Amram Mitzna will win by a comfortable margin.

Interview with the Maker of “Jenin”
Palestine Chronicle, November 14, 2002
LONDON (PC)- Frank Abbinanti, a renowned composer and pianist from the United States, has recently composed and recorded a classical opus, which he has given the title “Jenin”. It does not happen often in the Western world, that musicians dare to write music dedicated to the Palestinian cause.

Battle to seat Arab, gay and Masorti rabbi on J'lem city council
Ha'aretz, November 15, 2002
Since Interior Minister Eli Yishai appears to be in no hurry to appoint a gay man, a Masorti (Conservative) rabbi and an Arab to the Jerusalem city council, the Jerusalem Now party yesterday submitted an urgent petition to the High Court of Justice demanding that he do so immediately.

Israeli woman sentenced for aiding terror
Ha'aretz, November 15, 2002
The Tel Aviv District Court yesterday sentenced Jenin resident Ziyad Kilani to life plus 40 years in jail for planting two explosive devices in Tel Aviv (at a restaurant in Allenby Street and at the Dolphinarium Beach) and for the murder of Claude Knap at the Mei Ami junction.

PCHR Announces New Online Resources
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has collected and organized relevant information on various issues related to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and the consequences of the occupation policy for Palestinian civilians' daily lives. The purpose is to give interested readers, journalists, students, NGOs and solidarity groups a place where they can find all the relevant information needed - such as statistics, legal references, fact sheets, reports, newspaper articles etc. - to get an adequate picture and understanding of the continuing human rights violations committed against civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Packages now available online include: Closures / Destruction of Land and Property / Violations of Children's Rights / Violations against Journalists and Media Institutions / Arbitrary Detention, Ill-treatment and Torture.