Israeli troops hit Palestinian security compound
The Guardian, November 18, 2002
Israeli helicopters and tanks struck a main Palestinian security compound in Gaza City early today. The attack came as Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, was considering razing Palestinian homes to improve security for Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

PM demands `quick' changes in Hebron for Jewish control
Ha'artez, November 18, 2002 
Sharon calls Wye pact on Hebron `null and void' and proposes plan for `compact zone' of contiguity: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday said that a window of opportunity existed in the coming 48 hours to establish a "compact" zone of Jewish territorial contiguity between Kiryat Arba and the Jewish enclave in the heart of Hebron, including the Tomb of the Patriarchs.

Palestinian killed in West Bank; Gaza under air, sea and land attack
Al-Bawaba, November 18, 2002
Israeli troops shot dead an Islamic Jihad activit in the Saida village near Tulkarm Sunday evening.

Growing doubt that suspect intended to hijack El Al airliner
Ha'artez, November 18, 2002
There were growing indications Monday that an apparent hijacking attempt on an El Al airliner Sunday may have been a case of security guards reacting to an argument between a passenger and a stewardess.

Arafat slams Sharon over Hebron plan
Bradenton Herald, November 18, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat voiced alarm on Monday over Israel's plan to tighten its grip on Hebron by building corridors for Jewish settlers that would snake through the West Bank city.

IDF razes homes of Hebron terrorists
Ha'artez, November 18, 2002 
The Israel Defense Forces yesterday demolished the homes of two terrorists in the Hebron area, with military sources speaking of the systematic demolition of terrorists' homes in the city in the near future.

Al-Khalil Attack Not Massacre against Worshippers: Israeli Writer
Islam Online, November 18, 2002
CAIRO, November 17 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - "What happened in al-Khalil Friday night was not a "massacre," as claimed by the (Israeli) spokespeople, nor was it an attack on "peaceful Jewish worshippers" returning from prayers at the Tomb of the Patriarchs, an Israeli writer wrote Sunday, November 17, referring to the Palestinian ambush that claimed 12 Israeli soldiers and armed settlers.

Hebron Attack Results in Further Settlement Construction
Palestine Chronicle, November 17, 2002
HEBRON, West Bank (PC) - After a deadly attack Friday which claimed the lives of 12 Israeli soldiers and settlers, the residents of Kiryat Arba, an illegal Jewish settlement in Hebron say that the answer to the conflict is yet more settlement construction in the city.

Barghouthi Condemns Segregation Wall, Says Palestinian Victims Topped 2000
Palestine Media Center, November 18, 2002
“The new Berlin Wall is one more step in the second phase of the 1948 war ”:  Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, president of the Palestinian Medical Relief Committees and the Director of the Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute (HDIP), gave an overview of the suffering of Palestinian citizens resulting from the segregation wall bring erected by Israel, east of the ‘Green Line’.

Mubarak Calls for Similar Iraqi Weapons Inspection on Israel
Palestine Chronicle, November 17, 2002
CAIRO - Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has called for Israel to come under the same international pressure as Iraq to give up its weapons of mass destruction, and urged the United Nations to pass a resolution to ban the Jewish state from holding these weapons.

Sharon Scraps Hebron Accord
Palestine Chronicle, November 17, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon regards the Hebron Agreement of 1997 between Israelis and Palestinians as no longer relevant, the Israeli news agency Y-Net reported yesterday.

Vowing to Expand Hebron Settlements, Sharon takes First step to Transfer Palestinians
Palestine Media Center, November 18, 2002
Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon told army commanders to “take advantage of the opportunity” in Hebron to oust Palestinians and establish what he called demographic “territorial [Jewish] continuity” between the illegal settlement of “Kiryat Arba” and the small Jewish settlement enclave piercing the heart of the Old City.

Bomber caught in Nablus hours after IDF Gaza strike
Ha'artez, November 18, 2002
Just hours after an IDF strike on Palestinian Authority Security Headquarters in Gaza City on Sunday night, troops arrested Fatah activist Muhammed Istaphia in the West Bank city of Nablus, who intended to carry out a suicide attack in Israel.

Arafat slams plan to 'Judaize' Hebron; Peres: 'Sleeve' won't protect settlers
Ha'artez, November 18, 2002 
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat voiced alarm on Monday over Israel's plan for a walled-in corridor or "sleeve" creating territorial contiguity between the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba settlement and areas of the adjacent divided city of Hebron.

Sharon calls for extended Israeli rule in Hebron as more settlers move in
Jordan Times, November 18, 2002   
HEBRON (Agencies) — Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday that Israel must enlarge the zone it administers in the Palestinian city of Hebron following an attack which killed 12 Israelis and was followed by a major reoccupation of the city.

Israel raids Gaza security compound
BBC, November 18, 2002
An Israeli armoured column, backed by helicopters, has carried out an overnight raid on a Palestinian security forces compound deep inside Gaza City. The site, in the Tel al Awar district, was hit at least twice by air-launched missiles, before Israeli bulldozers moved in and started destroying the buildings.

New Mideast peace draft addresses key Palestinian concerns
Star Tribune, November 18, 2002
JERUSALEM -- The latest version of a plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict answers some key Palestinian concerns and shows that the peace process remains under negotiation despite Mideast violence and the sudden Israeli election campaign.

Israeli leader says abandon West Bank if negotiations fail
Bradenton Herald, November 17, 2002
HAIFA, Israel - (KRT) - Amran Mitzna, the mayor of Haifa and a contender to lead Israel's Labor Party, may be the most tone-deaf politician to enter Israeli politics in years. He recently told visiting American Jewish donors something they would rather not hear: If negotiations with the Palestinians fail, Israel should abandon the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

U.S. saying pressure on Arafat not achieving intended goals
Ha'artez, November 18, 2002 
American officials are saying behind closed doors that U.S. pressure on Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, including the diplomatic isolation imposed by America, has not achieved its goals, and did not motivate him to take any action against the terrorism.

IDF worried by steep rise in desertion
Ha'artez, November 18, 2002 
Most are reservists and the common motive cited is the worsening economy: The Israel Defense Forces has expressed concern recently about the sharp rise in incidents of desertion in its ranks.

U.S. envoy gets chilly reception
Ha'artez, November 18, 2002 
Working-level officials in the U.S. administration are growing increasingly frustrated by the failure of the efforts to calm the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and reach implementation of President George W. Bush's plan, which called for comprehensive reforms in the Palestinian Authority and achieving a staged final status agreement by 2005.

Gulf media hail new tactic by Palestinians against Israeli occupation troops, settlers
Jordan Times, November 18, 2002   
DUBAI (AFP) — A successful Islamic Jihad attack in Hebron showed the Palestinians have adopted welcome new tactics against Israeli occupation by targeting soldiers and settlers in the occupied territories, Gulf newspapers said Sunday.

Israeli tanks and helicopters hit Gaza
Daily Mail & Guardian, November 18, 2002
Israeli helicopters and tanks hit Gaza City early on Monday, targeting a main Palestinian security compound, while hundreds of kilometres away, a security guard foiled an attempt to hijack an Israeli passenger plane.

Israel Destroys Palestinian Security Forces Building in Gaza Raid
Islam Online, November 18, 2002
GAZA CITY, November 18 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – In an overnight raid on Gaza City, Israel sent tanks and helicopter gunships against Palestinian security forces in Gaza early Monday, November 18.

Mofaz: Gaza incursion proves PA's connection to Hamas, Islamic Jihad
Jerusalem Post, November 18, 2002
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told reporters that last night's Gaza activities further proved the strong connection between The Palestinian Authority Preventative Security and the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations, Israel Radio reported.

IDF kills Palestinian man in West Bank village
Jerusalem Post, November 17, 2002
A Palestinian man was killed and another was lightly wounded while the IDF conducted searches for wanted Palestinians in the West Bank village of Saidah, north of Tulkarm, Sunday night, Army Radio reported.

Youth injured by IDF gunfire near Tulkarm
Jerusalem Post, November 18, 2002 
Palestinians report a 16-year-old youth was seriously wounded in the head last night by IDF gunfire in a refugee camp east of Tulkarm, Israel Radio reported.

FM: Close Jihad offices in Syria
Jerusalem Post, November 18, 2002 
Foreign Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called on the diplomatic corps Sunday to demand Syria close the offices of Islamic Jihad and other terrorist organizations in Damascus as part of the international campaign against terrorism.

PA warns against building 'safe passage'
Jerusalem Post, November 18, 2002 
The decision to build a safe passage between Kiryat Arba and the Jewish enclave in Hebron would lead to a serious deterioration, Arif Jabari, the Palestinian Authority's governor in Hebron, said Sunday.

IOF Invade Gaza City, Demolish Preventive Security Headquarters
Palestine Media Center, November 18, 2002
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), backed by helicopters and tanks, invaded Gaza City early Monday, targeting the Preventive Security Forces Headquarters, thus marking another chapter of Israeli military aggression against the Palestinian people and their civil institutions.

Hijacker 'planned September 11-type attack'
The Guardian, November 18, 2002
A suspected hijacker who tried to take over an El Al flight yesterday has told Turkish interrogators that he wanted to divert the plane back to Tel Aviv and crash it into a building, Turkey's private NTV television reported.

After four-year absence: U.N. inspectors arrive in Iraq; Aziz warns U.S., Britain not to attack Iraq
Al-Bawaba, November 18, 2002
U.N. inspectors landed in Iraq on Monday to resume the search for weapons of mass destruction.

Israeli-Palestinian MBA launched
Globes, November 18, 2002
The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development (CJAED) will launch an MBA program for 30 students ten Israeli Jews, ten Israeli Arabs and ten Palestinians on February 6, 2003.

“Bush agreed to $10b guarantees for Israel”
Globes, November 18, 2002 
The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies published at the end of last week a document stating that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had already asked US President George W. Bush for $10 billion in guarantees for foreign currency loans, amid the deepening recession and concern that inflation may reach a record 12% next year.

Israeli, US politicians helped Gilat win Colombian contract
Globes, November 18, 2002  
Minister of Finance Silvan Shalom, Ministry of Finance director general Ohad Marani, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres, former Minister of Industry and Trade Dalia Itzik, Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin and people in the US participated in the effort to ensure Gilat Satellite Networks’ (Nasdaq: GILTF) winning two Colombian contracts, worth $65 million, for telephony and Internet services, sources in Washington told “Globes”.

Three Israeli defense companies among world’s top 50
Globes, November 18, 2002   
Three Israel companies are among the world’s 50 leading defense companies. The ranking is based on sales figures from the companies.

Background: The continuity of Hebron's contiguity
Ha'artez, November 18, 2002  
There's nothing abstract about Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's comment yesterday that he wants territorial contiguity between Kiryat Arba, the modern Jewish suburb of Hebron, and the Jewish enclave in the heart of the Arab town, including the Tomb of the Patriarchs.

Analysis: With Bush on his side
Ha'artez, November 18, 2002  
The embrace of U.S. President George W. Bush is Ariel Sharon's chief asset as he vies for another term of office as prime minister.

Israeli warplanes draw fire over Lebanon
Ha'artez, November 18, 2002  
BEIRUT - Israeli Air Force planes flew low over eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and villages south of the country yesterday, reaching up to the capital and drawing fire from Hezbollah units near the Lebanese-Israeli border.

Weapons inspectors return to Iraq
BBC, November 18, 2002
The first United Nations weapons inspectors in four years have returned to Baghdad to begin implementing a tough new UN mandate aimed at disarming Iraq.

In NY, Protesters Slam Arafat
Newsday, November 18, 2002
Supporters of Israel picketed the Palestinian mission in Manhattan yesterday, saying there can be no possible justification for the two attacks that claimed the lives of 17 Israelis in the past week.

Thousands Stage Anti-War, U.S. Protest in Brussels
Islam Online, November 18, 2002
BRUSSELS, November 17 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Thousands of protestors, waving anti-war banners and Palestinian flags, turned out in Brussels Sunday, November 17, to protest against a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq.

Mobiles Breathe New Life into Palestinian Prisoners
Islam Online, November 18, 2002
NABLUS, West Bank, November 17 (IslamOnline) - May be for the first time, technology favored the Palestinians against the Israeli occupation. Mobile phones, smuggled inside Israeli prisons and detention camps, built a new bridge between the Palestinian prisoners and their beloved families.

Palestinian Documentary Slammed by South African Jews
Islam Online, November 18, 2002
DURBAN, November 17 (IslamOnline) The South African Jewish Board of Deputies has slammed e-tv, a South African national television station, for the screening of a hard hitting documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, highlighting abuses of Palestinians by Israeli troops.

Palestinians fire grenade at troops near Rafah
Jerusalem Post, November 18, 2002 
Palestinians Monday fired a grenade at soldiers positioned near Rafah, on the Gaza-Egypt border, according to media reports.

Occupation Chronicle Events in Palestine November 18, 2002, Palestine Media Center
Palestine Media Center, November 18, 2002
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) invaded Gaza City early Monday and completely demolished the Preventive Security Forces Headquarters. Israeli undercover units assassinated a Palestinian activist in Tulkarem. Earlier, IOF demolished three homes in the Nablus refugee camp of Balata and detained three citizens in Jenin after raiding their homes.

Hear Palestine, November 18, 2002
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