Palestinian killed, three Israeli soldiers wounded in Gaza Strip clashes
Al-Bawaba, November 29, 2002
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian who infiltrated into the farming area between the Gaza Strip settlements of Bdolah and Atzmina Friday morning.

Israeli troops blow up homes of gunmen
Miami Herald, November 29, 2002
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israeli troops on Friday blew up the homes of two Palestinian gunmen who attacked an office of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud Party during a primary vote, killing six Israelis and wounding more than 20.

'Our hand will reach those who are responsible' - Israel
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
Revenge threat after twin attacks in Kenya: Israel was sucked into the US-led "war on terrorism" for the first time yesterday after a suicide bombing at a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, left 15 dead and a charter plane narrowly escaped being shot down in an audacious missile attack. 

Kenya Attacks Not Work of Palestinian Group: Shaath
Islam Online, November 29, 2002
BERLIN , November 29 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - The anti-Israeli attacks in Kenya claimed by a group calling itself the "Army of Palestine" were not the work of any Palestinian organization, Palestinian international cooperation minister Nabil Shaath said Friday, November 29.

The IOF attacking Dhiesheh refugee camp
International Solidarity Movement, November, 29, 2002
[Dhiesheh Refugee Camp, Beit Lahem] November 29, 2002 - The IOF is attacking Dhiesheh Refugee Camp and trying to impose the
curfew by opening fire on civilians using different kinds of weapons and tear gas.

The method, the means and the will: the hallmarks of al-Qaida
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
One of the world's leading experts on al-Qaida says the organisation has built up its capabilities and could now strike anywhere: Yesterday's attack bears the hallmark of al-Qaida. First, al-Qaida is the only group with both the desire and ability to strike Israeli targets overseas.

Nabil Shaath: December 20 deadline for 'roadmap' likely to pass
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
The United States backed "road map" to ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict won't be presented on its target date of Dec. 20 and will probably only be announced after Israeli elections the following month, Palestinian Minister Nabil Shaath said Friday.

PA disassociates itself from attack by Al-Aqsa Brigades
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
For the first time since the start of the intifada, the Palestinian Authority yesterday officially disassociated itself from an attack carried out by the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the armed wing of the Fatah.

Poll: Majority of Palestinians support PA crackdown on attacks
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002 
A poll released Thursday found that a majority of Palestinians want their police to crack down on militants attacking Israel - a shift that coincides with unprecedented criticism from a top Palestinian leader of two years of violence against Israel.

Mombasa A Strong Message to Mossad in Africa
Islam Online, November 29, 2002
Kenya is a strategic location for Israeli intelligence operations in Africa: CAIRO, November 29 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Anti-Israeli attacks in the Kenyan city of Mombasa are an extremely worrying message to Israel, especially that they directly targeted the second most important African state for Israeli influence after South Africa..Kenya is..a strategic location through which Israeli companies and intelligence, Mossad, are running their operations in Africa.

Israeli investigators arrive in Mombasa
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
MOMBASA, Kenya - Kenya's police chief said Friday that 12 people were being held for questioning in connection with the twin terror attacks here that killed three Israelis and 10 Kenyans.

Six dead in attack on Likud party HQ
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
The Israeli leader Ariel Sharon completed a crushing victory over his arch-rival, Binyamin Netanyahu, in the Likud primary elections, but the vote for the ruling party's prime ministerial candidate was overshadowed by the attacks on Israelis in Kenya and at home in the northern town of Beit Shean.

Sharon demands world war on terror
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
Ariel Sharon last night made a rambling denunciation of yesterday's bombings and shootings in Kenya and Israel which left at least 20 people dead and Israelis feeling as vulnerable abroad as they are at home.

Powell calls intifada 'mistake' for Palestinians
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday he believes the current Palestinian uprising against Israel is "a mistake."

Suicide Attackers Strike Hotel in Kenya
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
KIKAMBALA, Kenya (AP) - In a twin attack reminiscent of al-Qaida's well-coordinated 1998 assault on the U.S. embassies in East Africa, suicide bombers in Kenya on Thursday killed 12 people at an Israeli-owned beach hotel and two missiles narrowly missed an airliner carrying home Israeli holidaymakers.

3 Israelis dead in Kenya blast; Mofaz vows to hunt attackers
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002 
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz vowed that Israel would track down those behind the twin attacks on Israeli tourists in Kenya, in which three Israelis – including two children – were killed.

Sharon Re-Elected to Head Likud Party
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was re-elected to head the Likud party Thursday in a primary overshadowed by a deadly shooting at a polling station in Israel and two attacks on Israeli tourists in Kenya.

Israelis suffer double terror attack in Kenya
Arab News, November 29, 2002
MOMBASA, Kenya, 29 November 2002 — In what a senior Israeli diplomat immediately dubbed a “wake-up call from hell by Al-Qaeda,” two Israeli targets were simultaneously attacked by terrorists in Kenya yesterday.

Shooting, grenade attack kill 6 Israelis
Arab News, November 29, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 29 November 2002 — At least six Israelis were killed in a shooting and grenade attack at a crowded polling station during Israel’s Likud party leadership primary yesterday, a police spokesman said.

Sharon re-elected party leader
BBC, November 29, 2002
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been re-elected leader of his Likud party by a wide margin.

Paradise turned into a hellish reminder of home for Israelis
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
Survivors fled screaming to the sea as building went up in flames
The Kenyan sun had not long risen on the first day of the Israeli tourists' holiday when they arrived at the hotel. Children and their parents mixed with couples on Hanukkah vacation at the Paradise Hotel's reception.

A boom and a vapour trail as missiles just miss their mark
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
Arkia Airlines flight IZ582 was just passing through the 500ft mark as it climbed out of Mombasa airport bound for Tel Aviv when passenger Ezra Gozlan heard a distinct boom from outside. As the plane shook, he looked up, just in time to see a small trail of smoke to the left of the Boeing 757 charter jet.

Al Qaida thought to be behind Mombasa attacks
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
Though a hitherto unknown organization called the "Army of Palestine" has claimed responsibility for Thursday's Mombasa attacks, the consensus among intelligence experts in Israel, the United States, Western Europe and Kenya itself is that this is a front for Osama bin Laden's Qaida organization.

3 Israelis killed in Kenya suicide attack
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002 
Missiles narrowly miss Arkia passenger plane en route to TA: Two almost simultaneous attacks on Israeli targets in Mombasa, Kenya, yesterday killed 12 people and wounded about 80.

6 killed in attack on Beit She'an Likud HQ
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002 
Six people were killed and 43 wounded in a Palestinian terror attack on the Likud headquarters in Beit She'an yesterday afternoon, as rank-and-file party members were there to vote in the primaries.

Sharon wins in landslide victory over Netanyahu
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002 
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a landslide victory last night over his rival Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the race for the Likud chairmanship and the party's candidate for prime minister in the January 28 elections.

US and Israel join Kenya attacks inquiry
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
US and Israeli security officials today joined police in Kenya to investigate the Mombasa hotel suicide bombing and an attempted missile strike on an Israeli charter jet.

Kenya hotel bombing: what the papers say
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
What the world's media have to say about yesterday's suicide bomb attack in Kikambala: "Oh no, not again!" says the Kenya Times, recalling the embassy bombings four years ago.

Downing Street silent on 'terror warning'
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
Downing Street today refused to disclose whether Britain had received advance warning of a possible terrorist attack on Mombasa, where a suicide bomb attack killed 13 people yesterday.

Pan-Arab support is key motive
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
Bin Laden may be seeking more backing for jihad: Osama bin Laden for years has pinpointed Israel as an enemy but has never succeeded in making a direct attack on its citizens. That appears to have changed yesterday.

Anti-terror dept. calls upon Israeli travellers to be vigilant
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
The prime minister’s anti-terror headquarters issued new guidelines Friday for Israelis travelling overseas.

Sharon beats Netanyahu by 15 points
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
The chairman of the Likud election committee Dr. Zvi Cohen confirmed Friday morning that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won the party leadership race with a 15 percent lead over Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mass protests mark anniversary of UN vote that led to creation of Israel
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
TEHRAN - Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in a day of solidarity with Palestinians, with marchers calling for trying Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a war criminal and punishing the United States for it's support of Israel.

Hamas-Fatah talks to resume in Egypt early next month
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
CAIRO, Egypt - Representatives of the militant Palestinian movement Hamas and the mainstream Fatah faction will resume talks early next month about the uprising against Israel, Hamas and Egyptian officials said Thursday.

PM says Arabs are `interfering in vote'
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon convened an unusually rare press conference at the Defense Ministry yesterday after the Beit She'an terror attack, accusing the Palestinians of trying to influence the election campaign in Israel.

Palestine army claims responsibility for the two attacks against Israel
Arabic News, November 29, 2002
The "Jish Philistin " ( The Palestinian army ) organization., which is so far not a recognized group, claimed responsibility for the double operation against Israelis in Mombassa on the Kenyan coast.

Israeli Occupation Forces Destroying Palestinian Infrastructure
International Solidarity Movement, November, 28, 2002
Currently, the IOF is in Nablus near Amman Street and the government building with two armored bulldozers, two military jeeps, one police jeep, two covered jeeps and a number of tanks. Nablus is under curfew as usual and the civilians are resisting en masse trying to continue with their daily lives.

Fight Against Terror: Two Conflicts or One?
New York Times, November 28, 2002
Ghassan Khatib: "Linking the terrorism of Al Qaeda and bin Laden, which is not legitimate in our view, to the Palestinian resistance to this illegitimate occupation, is a big mistake that many people in the world are buying from Israel."   -  TEL AVIV, Nov. 28 — Terrorists hunted Israelis on two continents today, killing voters as they went to the polls in Israel and tourists as they prepared to go to the beach in Kenya.

IDF: Palestinian gunman killed after firing on settlement
CNN, November 29, 2002
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A Palestinian gunman opened fire on a Jewish settlement in southern Gaza early Friday, wounding two Thai workers and an Israeli soldier, Israeli military sources said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Palestinian was killed by Israeli troops.

US sends wrong signal on Israel aid — Arab official
Jordan Times, November 29, 2002
CAIRO (R) — An Arab official said on Thursday that sending extra US military aid to Israel was not the right way to resolve the Middle East conflict and he criticised Washington for considering such a step.

'Forget repairs' US tells Iraqi military
BBC, November 29, 2002
US troops are massing in the Kuwaiti desert: The US military says aircraft patrolling the southern no-fly zone over Iraq have dropped leaflets warning Iraqis for the first time not to repair equipment and facilities previously hit by allied planes.

Iraqi paper warns of US 'spies'
BBC, November 29, 2002
The UN has admitted some inspectors may be spies: An official newspaper in Baghdad has accused the Americans of trying to undermine the UN weapons inspection mission in Iraq and turn its experts into spies.

Yugoslavia to Send Iraq Arms Trade Report
The Guardian, November 29, 2002
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Yugoslavia is preparing a detailed report about the Balkan nation's clandestine arms deals with Iraq that will be sent to U.N. weapons inspectors, the foreign minister said Friday.

Blair's Lies Uncovered, U.S. to Use Inspectors: Baghdad
Islam Online, November 29, 2002
BAGHDAD, November 29 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Washington will to try to manipulate the U.N. arms experts whose resumed search for Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction has begun smoothly, Baghdad said Friday, November 29, adding that renewed field inspections by U.N. experts had uncovered the lies of the government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Butler sees Iraq backing away from arms denial
Jordan Times, November 29, 2002   
SYDNEY (AFP) — Former chief UN weapons inspector Richard Butler of Australia said on Thursday signs were emerging that Iraq would admit possessing some weapons of mass destruction by a key deadline next month.

Saddam hides arsenal in people's homes
Times of London, November 29, 2002
SADDAM HUSSEIN has ordered hundreds of his officials to conceal weapons of mass destruction components in their homes to evade the prying eyes of the United Nations inspectors.

Early results confirm TV polls giving Sharon crushing victory
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday trounced his opponent in the Likud leadership race, Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and predicted his party would double its Knesset strength, after a primary marred by terror attacks in Israel and Kenya.

Iran protesters denounce Israel
BBC, November 29, 2002
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets of the capital, Tehran, to mark Jerusalem Day and show their solidarity with the Palestinians.

Bin Laden tape 'not genuine'
BBC, November 29, 2002
Researchers in Switzerland have questioned the authenticity of the recent audio recording attributed to Osama Bin Laden.

Police arrest two Jews who stabbed an Arab in Jerusalem
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
"The stabbing..is the latest in a series of acts of revenge carried out by Jewish youths in response to the suicide bombing on a city bus last Thursday that killed eleven people." -  Police arrested two Jews on Friday after they stabbed an Arab employed in a grocery store in the Kiryat Menachem neighborhood in Jerusalem.

Israel agrees to sell gas masks to Kuwait for civilian distribution
Ha'aretz, November 29, 2002
Israel is prepared to sell 2 million gas mask to Kuwait, which will be distributed to its citizens in case of an Iraqi attack on the country, the Defense Ministry has decided after consolations with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Foreign Ministry.

Al-Assad confers with Japanese ME envoy
Arabic News, November 29, 2002
"Toshimitsu expressed Japan's appreciation of Syria's constructive role on both regional and international levels adding that Japan is convinced that power cannot solve the peace problem of the Middle East except by the UN related resolutions and on top of them the two resolutions 242 and 338."

Back from 'shocking' trip abroad
Horbury Today, November 29, 2002
"He added: "The refugee camps stand as a reminder that people are still longing to go home to the villages where they were brought up."" - David Rowland, a member of the Horbury Churches Together group, was one of 20 people from across Britain who visited Israel and Palestine.

Dependence on overseas deposits in Israeli banks grows
Globes, November 28, 2002
The Israeli economy and banks are increasingly dependent on foreign residents’ foreign currency deposits. Figures indicate that foreign residents’ foreign currency deposits totaled $21 billion as of June 30, equal to Israel’s total foreign currency reserves.

Bulldozer Sharon’ Deals ‘Indecisive Netanyahu’ New Knockout
Islam Online, November 29, 2002
TEL AVIV, November 29 (IslamOnline) - Ariel Sharon, who trounced his rival Benjamin Netanyahu in the primary elections for the right-wing Likud party Thursday, November 28, reshaped his domestic image from a hard-nosed warrior to clever tactician and "responsible statesman", in his own words.

USAF to equip with IAI conformal fuel tanks
Globes, November 29, 2002 
The US Air Force will equip its fighter wing, the world’s largest, with Israel Aircraft Industries conformal fuel tanks.

US Air Force may procure Israeli-developed air-to-ground missiles
Globes, November 29, 2002 
The US Air Force is likely to procure air-to-ground missiles developed in Israel and marketed by a joint venture of Rafael and US aerospace manufacturer Lockheed-Martin.

Israeli consortium to offer electronic warfare system for passenger jets
Globes, November 29, 2002  
The ground-to-air missile attack against the Arkia Airlines plane after it took off from Mombasa, Kenya, is expected to accelerate the development of a special Made in Israel electronic warfare defense system for civilian airliners.

'Missile protection systems best kept quiet'
Jerusalem Post, November 29, 2002
There are ways of protecting aircraft from surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), such as those apparently fired at the Arkia flight from Mombasa to Tel Aviv on Thursday, but it is best not to talk about them, according to a senior aviation security official.

Israeli, Russian R&D cooperation agreement signed
Globes, November 29, 2002   
Israel and Russian have signed an R&D cooperation agreement, following negotiations in a joint Israel-Russia forum in Jerusalem.

Hodeiby elected leader of Muslim Brotherhood
Jordan Times, November 29, 2002   
CAIRO (AFP) — The Muslim Brotherhood, the main opposition force in Egyptian politics, has named an 83-year-old traditionalist as its new spiritual leader, who has authority over branches abroad.

Palestinian farmers lose land to Israeli fence
Jordan Times, November 29, 2002   
FALAMIYA — Sitting in a dirt road and weeping silently in abject defeat, Zuheir Abdel Hadi watched his olive trees fall one by one to a chainsaw-wielding Israeli flanked by guards with machineguns.

Court finds PAC, anti-normalisation committee 'illegal'
Jordan Times, November 29, 2002  
AMMAN — The Court of Cassation's Special Bureau for the Interpretation of Laws has found the Professional Associations Council (PAC) and its anti-normalisation committee “illegal.”

Study: Israelis afraid of terror, but more patriotic
Jerusalem Post, November 28, 2002
Twenty-six months after the outbreak of violence, Israelis are patriotic, afraid of terror, and more militant than they were two years ago, according to a survey designed as a gauge of the country's resilience.

PA officials rebuke Abbas for calling uprising a mistake, but privately agree
Jerusalem Post, November 28, 2002 
Distancing themselves from comments made by the PLO's No. 2 Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) a day earlier that called the intifada a "mistake," Palestinian Authority and Fatah officials on Thursday called Abbas's comments inappropriate and offensive to the many Palestinians who have paid a high price for the two year-long campaign of violence.

PA interior minister blames Jordan for predicament of Palestinian pilgrims
Jerusalem Post, November 28, 2002 
Jordan is so obsessed with the fear of transfer that it has imposed severe restrictions on the entry of Palestinians into the kingdom, according to Palestinian Authority Interior Minister Hani al-Hassan.

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Palestine Media Center, November 29, 2002
In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly called for the annual observance of November 29 as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). On that same day back in 1947, the Assembly had adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine (resolution 181 (II)).