Israel Kills Two in Gaza Raid Before Gunship Attack
Bradenton Herald, December 1, 2002
BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip - Israeli forces killed two people in a raid on a Gaza Strip town and then wounded four others in a helicopter gunship attack nearby, Palestinian sources said Sunday.

Israeli envoy to UN: We accept two states for two peoples
Ha'aretz, December 1, 2002 
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations informed the UN General Assembly on Friday that Israel accepts the vision of "two states living side by side in peace and security" as a basis for a peace deal with the Palestinians.

PM, Netanyahu says 'two states' statement doesn't have approval
Ha'aretz, December 1, 2002 
Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, acting under instructions from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, issued an announcement Sunday saying that a statement made by Israel's ambassador to the UN, Yehuda Lancry, that Israel accepts the "two states living side by side" solution, was made on Lancry's own volition and did not represent Israel's position.

Mofaz denies IDF will be out of Bethlehem by Xmas
Jerusalem Post, December 1, 2002
Troops will not be pulled out of Bethlehem until security assessments show that there are no terrorists still operating in the city, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Sunday, responding to media reports of plans to leave the city before Christmas.

Israeli paper says Palestinians being `robbed' of olive trees
Bradenton Herald, December 1, 2002
Now Israel's largest-circulation daily newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, is reporting that 1,000 or more Palestinian olive trees, many of them more than 100 years old, have been sold to nursery owners in Israel in what the paper calls "a large robbery operation."

Following Kenya attacks: Mossad activates ''sleeper'' agents in Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Al-Bawaba, December 1, 2002
Israel's Mossad has activated "sleeper" agents in Saudi Arabia and Yemen after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered his secret service head, Meir Dagan to track down the planners and perpetrators of last Friday's dual attacks in Kenya.

Shifts in Palestinian, Israeli public opinions toward Intifada, peace process 
Alternative Information Center, December 1, 2002 
The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in Ramallah and the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, have conducted a joint survey of Palestinian and Israeli public opinion.

Kenya, Israel Clash Over Attacks Probe
The Guardian, December 1, 2002
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) - Kenya will not heed Israeli demands to turn over some evidence in the attacks on an Israeli-owned hotel and an Israeli jetliner, saying Sunday it would conduct the probe alone.

Kenyan victims angry at Israel
Ha'aretz, December 1, 2002 
Relatives of Kenyan victims of Thursday's terror attack on the Paradise Hotel in Mombasa are furious at the Israeli government, press and public for seemingly ignoring them and focusing exclusively on the Israeli victims.

Army Forces Bury Elderly Man under Rubble of his House
Palestine Chronicle, December 1, 2002
"Backed by two Apache helicopter gunships, IOF soldiers stormed the town at mid-night and killed two Palestinians .." - GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Amidst tears and sorrow over the deaths of a Palestinian child and a toddler killed in cold blood by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Gaza City and Hebron, columns of tanks and armored personnel carriers thrust into the Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia overnight, killing two Palestinians and injuring at least a dozen others.

Palestinians Escape Gaza Missile Attack
The Guardian, December 1, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians in a car near Gaza City Sunday narrowly escaped an Israeli helicopter missile attack on their vehicle, blasted into a heap of smoldering metal seconds after they jumped out, witnesses said.

Israeli raid on Gaza Strip: Two Palestinians killed, three home destroyed
Al-Bawaba, December 1, 2002
Two Palestinians were killed early Sunday and eight others injured when Israeli armoured vehicles and soldiers backed by two combat helicopters stormed the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, Palestinian security sources said.

Palestinian activists escape assassination attempt in Gaza Strip; At least four reported injured
Al-Bawaba, December 1, 2002
Two Israeli helicopters fired three missiles that hit a car northeast of Gaza City on Sunday afternoon, Palestinian witnesses said.

No Al-Qaeda link found so far, says Kenya
Arab News, December 1, 2002
MOMBASA, Kenya, 1 December 2002 — Kenya said yesterday it had so far found no link between 12 people held over Thursday’s attacks on Israelis in Mombasa and the Al-Qaeda network, and authorities freed the two Westerners among the detainees.

Palestinians, Egyptians talk Mideast peace
UPI, December 1, 2002
CAIRO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat started talks Sunday with Egyptian officials in Cairo over efforts to restart the Palestinian-Israeli peace process.

Kenya says it won't give Israel evidence from Mombasa attacks
Ha'aretz, December 1, 2002
Kenya will not heed Israeli demands to turn over some evidence in the attacks on an Israeli-owned hotel and an Israeli jetliner, saying Sunday it would conduct the probe alone.

Palestinians: Israel carries out failed assassination in Gaza
Ha'aretz, December 1, 2002 
Two Israeli helicopters fired three missiles that hit a car northeast of Gaza City on Sunday afternoon, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky, in what Palestinians said was an attempted assassination on militants.

Al-Qaeda: `We're waging war against U.S. because of Israel'
Ha'aretz, December 1, 2002
A statement titled "Letter to the American People," allegedly written by Osama bin Laden and disseminated over the Internet in Arabic a few days before Thursday's double attack in Mombasa, for the first time claims that Israel's very existence is the main reason why Bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization has declared war on the United States.

IDF nabs Al-Aqsa Brigades man; large tank force operates in Gaza
Ha'aretz, December 1, 2002 
Israel Defense Forces paratroopers arrested the head of the Fatah military wing in Samaria early yesterday morning near Nablus.

Abu Mazen Urges Total End to Anti-Israel Operations
Islam Online, December 1, 2002 
CAIRO, December 1 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – The Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) second in command Mahmud Abbas urged Palestinian factions to halt all military attacks against Israel, in comments published in Egyptian newspapers Sunday, December 1.

Israeli Army Kills Two Palestinians, Wounds Three In Gaza
Islam Online, December 1, 2002
GAZA CITY, December 1 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - An elderly Palestinian was found dead Sunday, December 1, under the rubble of his house in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia which the Israeli army dynamited during an overnight incursion, Palestinian medical sources said.

Schoolboy killed by Israeli troops
Jordan Times, December 1, 2002
A 16-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed in the Gaza Strip and another one was wounded as they neared a border fence on the way home from school, witnesses and hospital officials said.

UN Demands Israel Punish Soldiers Responsible for Relief Worker’s Killing
Palestine Chronicle, December 1, 2002 
NEW YORK - Israeli relations with the UN faced a further downslide, as the world organization demanded the Jewish state punish soldiers responsible for the killing of one of its top relief officials in the West Bank town of Jenin.

Reports: At least eight Iraqis killed in Basra bombing; U.N. monitors continue inspections in Baghdad area
Al-Bawaba, December 1, 2002
Western warplanes attacked an oil facility in Basra in southern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least eight people and wounding several others, residents said.

At Least 8 Killed, 20 Injured As U.S., U.K. Planes Bomb Iraq
Islam Online, December 1, 2002
BAGHDAD, December 1 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - At least eight people were killed and 20 injured when U.S. and British warplanes bombed the premises of the Southern Oil Company in the southern Iraqi city of Basra Sunday, December 1.

U.N. inspectors in Iraq admit: No surprise visits; U.S. deploys command center in Qatar
Al-Bawaba, December 1, 2002
The head of a suspected weapons site in Iraq was tipped off to a "surprise" visit by UN arms inspectors, a spokesman for the arms inspectors in Baghdad admitted.

US sets up Iraq battle HQ in Gulf
The Observer, December 1, 2002
The United States is preparing to install a new command centre in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar to act as its headquarters in the war against Iraq. It is the first time a major military HQ has been based outside the US.

How a 'leak' turned out to be an own goal
The Independent, December 1, 2002
The extraordinary admission by the UN that it had warned Iraqi officials about a supposed surprise visit to a site will play directly into the hands of US hawks eager to portray weapons inspections as little more than going through the motions.

UN admits 'early warning' gaffe
The Independent, December 1, 2002
The UN inspection mission to Iraq admitted last night that it had told Iraqi authorities in advance of a supposedly "no warning" search.

UN defends arms inspector accused in press reports
Jordan Times, December 1, 2002   
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The United Nations on Friday defended the professional reputation of a weapons inspector rostered for work in Iraq whose experience and sexual orientation were called into question by a press report.

U.S. warns its citizens of terror attacks in Yemen, Djibouti
Al-Bawaba, December 1, 2002
The United States said it had received information that attacks similar to the anti-Israeli strikes on Thursday in Kenya could be repeated in Djibouti and Yemen and urged US nationals there to intensify their security precautions.

Reports: Syrian President invited to visit Britain
Al-Bawaba, December 1, 2002
The visit would mark the first ever to be made by a Syrian leader to Britain. It comes after Damascus gave full backing to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, which demands that Baghdad give up weapons of mass destruction.

Arbitrary arrest and detention/Ill-treatment of Abed Rahman al-Ahmar 
Alternative Information Center, December 1, 2002 
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), a member of the OMCT network, that Abed Rahman al-Ahmar, who has been imprisoned by Israeli authorities several times in the past, has again been arbitrarily arrested and is now being detained at the Etzion Detention Center.

Muslims worldwide marked “al-Quds Day” with massive rallies, solidarity with Palestinians 
Alternative Information Center, December 1, 2002 
Thousands of Muslims around the world marked on Friday “al-Quds Day” or “Jerusalem Day” in solidarity with the Palestinian people against Israeli military occupation and persecution.

Amid strife in Mideast, 2 mayors see hope of peace
San Diego Union-Tribune, December 1, 2002
While visiting San Diego, the Jewish mayor and the Arab mayor hope to tell Americans that most Israelis and Palestinians want to live side by side peaceably.

Israeli army doctors get childbirth kits
Bradenton Herald, December 1, 2002
JERUSALEM - Israeli army doctors are now equipped to deliver Palestinian babies, an army magazine reports, reflecting how difficult it has become for women to get to hospitals because of Israeli travel restrictions.

Mitzna continues talks on passing budget
Globes, December 1, 2002
Incoming Labor Party chairman Amram Mitzna: I’ll change the budget as soon as I become prime minister - Labor Party chairman Amram Mitzna has directed former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development MK Shalom Simhon (Labor) to reach an understanding that will enable the Labor Party to provide the government with a safety net for passing the 2003 budget.

Meretz set to go on offensive against Mitzna-led Labor Party
Ha'aretz, December 1, 2002 
Meretz is set to launch an offensive against Labor, in a campaign aimed to distance itself from the Mitzna-led Labor.

Stormy end to Likud meeting; no vote held on Knesset list
Ha'aretz, December 1, 2002 
The meeting of the Likud Central Committee held Sunday evening came to an abrupt and stormy conclusion with accusations by members that the party's leadership prevented a democratic vote from being held on how candidates for the Knesset would be selected.

Hear Palestine, December 1, 2002
NEWS: Car Shelled from Apache Helicopters East Gaza, 3 Civilians Wounded /  Israeli Tanks Shoot Civilian in Rafah / 2 Civilians Killed, 11 Wounded in Wide-Scale Israeli Attack on Beit Lahya / Israeli Army Escalates Oppressive Measures in Toubas / Bethlehem Under Curfew for 11th Day Running / Ramallah Under Curfew for 3rd Day Running  FEATURES: Tanks, Ditches, Sand Piles Strangle Jenin; Movement a Dangerous Adventure / Israeli Attacks near Settlements Impose New Traditions on Residents

Majed -- Son of my dear friend in Ramallah/ Telling stories
International Solidarity Movement, November 30, 2002

Mossad wakens 'sleeper' agents in Yemen, Saudi Arabia
Jerusalem Post, December 1, 2002 
LONDON The Mossad has activated "sleeper" agents in Saudi Arabia and Yemen after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered Mossad head Meir Dagan to track down the planners and perpetrators of last Friday's twin attacks in Mombasa.

Sharon to test Netanyahu's loyalty
Jerusalem Post, December 1, 2002 
The next two months will serve as a test to see whether Foreign Minister Binyamin Netanyahu can serve loyally under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, a senior official close to the prime minister said Saturday night.

Only El Al planes have missile defense - report
Jerusalem Post, November 30, 2002 
El Al is believed to be the only civilian airline to have installed anti-missile defense systems, following FBI warnings six months ago that commercial airliners could be targeted by al-Qaida terrorists firing portable surface-to-air missiles.

Thousands Stage Anti-War Rally in Turkey Ahead of Visit By U.S. Officials
Islam Online, December 1, 2002
ISTANBUL, December 1 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Thousands of people turned out Sunday, December 1, to demonstrate against Turkish participation in a possible war on Iraq, just two days ahead of a visit by U.S. officials aimed at drumming up support for Washington's military aims.

Jordanian Union Bodies to Continue Anti-Normalization Policies
Islam Online, December 1, 2002
AMMAN, December 1 (IslamOnline) - Chairman of the Jordanian Bar Association stressed Sunday, December 1, that the special bureau for interpretation of laws decision on dissolving anti-normalization union bodies is not final or effective yet, adding that a legal committee was formed to study the verdict’s legality.

Al-Durra Comes Back to Life
Islam Online, December 1, 2002
GAZA STRIP, November 30 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Mohammad Al Durra, the little boy who was killed by the Israeli occupation gunfire at the beginning of the Palestinian Intifada, has been resurrected by name.

Turkey Lifts 15-Year-Old Emergency Rule in Kurdish Region
Palestine Chronicle, December 1, 2002
ANKARA - Turkey has lifted a state of emergency in effect for 15 years in the predominantly Kurdish southeast region. With the move, Turkey has fulfilled one of the requirements for applying to join the European Union.