10 Palestinians killed in Israeli raid
The Guardian, December 6, 2002
Ten Palestinians were killed overnight in an Israeli raid on a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.

UN: Two UNRWA workers among 10 killed in IDF raid on Gaza camp
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002
Two United Nations workers - a man and a woman - were among ten Palestinians killed in an early-morning IDF incursion in the Gaza.

Sharon's deal for Palestine: no extra land, no army, no Arafat
The Guardian, December 6, 2002
Ariel Sharon has laid out his terms for Palestinian independence with a vision of an emasculated and demilitarised state built on less than half the land of the occupied territories, and without Yasser Arafat as its leader.

Palestinians reject Sharon's plan for state in 40% of West Bank
The Independent, December 6, 2002
Ariel Sharon gave details for the first time yesterday of the sort of Palestinian state he is prepared to agree to under a US peace plan ­ and the Palestinian leadership immediately rejected the proposals.

White House document blames Palestinians for Mideast violence
Jerusalem Post, December 6, 2002 
A White House document obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, in effect, blames the Palestinians for Mideast violence now moving into a third year, charging that the Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority and the PLO have not taken steps to stop terrorists.

Soldiers arrest 23 overnight
Jerusalem Post, December 6, 2002 
IDF soldiers arrested 23 Palestinians suspected of terrorist activity Thursday night.

Barghouti placed in solitary for giving interview
CNN, December 4, 2002
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has been placed in solitary confinement for five days because he gave an interview in which he called for a change in Palestinian leadership, his lawyer and prison authorities said Wednesday.

The 'Israeli Art Student' Files
Antiwar.com
Media coverage of Israel's underground in the US –and the 9/11 connection.

Report: Al-Qaida Web site says Israel new target
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002
WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network plans to launch suicide attacks against Israel, according to a Web site that U.S. officials believe speaks for the organization, the Washington Post reported in its Friday edition.

Arafat to call on UN to send international observer to Israel following Gaza raid
Jerusalem Post, December 6, 2002 
Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships hunted a fugitive terrorist in a crowded refugee camp in the Gaza Strip early Friday, setting off chaotic gun battles that killed 10 Palestinians.

Gaza killings prompt Palestinian rage
BBC, December 6, 2002
Two Palestinian homes were targeted in the raid -- A United Nations official says eight of the 10 Palestinians killed during an Israeli raid on a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning were unarmed civilians. Christer Nordahl, of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza, said that two of the eight were UN employees working at a nearby school.

Gaza's Palestinians defiant amid rubble
BBC, December 6, 2002
I am at the al-Bureij refugee camp at what was the home of Ayman Sheshnya, a Palestinian fighter on Israel's wanted list.

10 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza Strip; PA wants international protection
Al-Bawaba, December 6, 2002
Israeli forces have killed 10 Palestinians during an incursion into the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian hospital source said.

Ten Palestinians killed by Israeli troops in Gaza refugee camp
The Independent, December 6, 2002
Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships killed 10 Palestinians as they hunted for a fugitive militant in a crowded refugee camp in the Gaza Strip early today.

Left and right bash PM for two-state plan
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002 
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon came under fire from the right wing and was mocked for electioneering by the left, as he reiterated yesterday morning his plan to make the "Bush vision" for a two-state solution to the conflict the guiding platform for his new government, if he is reelected.

UN demands IDF accountability
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002 
"Are we being treated by the IDF with the special treatment we are accorded as the UN everywhere else in the world?" asked Paul McCann, Chief of the Public Information Office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), this week.

Israeli Massacre Turns Palestinians' Eid Into Nightmare
Islam Online, December 6, 2002
BUREIJ, Gaza Strip, December 6 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Celebrations for the Muslim Eid-ul-Fitr holidays were violently cut short Friday, December 6, in Al-Bureij, the poorest Gaza refugee camp, by a new Israeli massacre claiming the lives of 10 Palestinian civilians, including two UN staff.

Home destroyed in Gaza; Sharon backs U.S. 'roadmap', Bush understands Israel fight against 'terror'
Al-Bawaba, December 5, 2002
Some 10 Israeli tanks backed by helicopters moved into Gaza City early Thursday, witnesses said, and attacked a house.

Israel says al-Qaeda active in Gaza
The Guardian, December 5, 2002
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon drew Palestinian anger on Thursday when he said that al-Qaeda militants were operating in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

Repeated attacks of Palestinian students at Hebrew University met with apathy 
Alternative Information Center, December 6, 2002 
Arab Association for Human Rights: Mudar Mura, a 19 year old Arab student at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, was stabbed twice with a knife in his back by a group of Jewish thugs when he left the university dorms to work.

Israel to extend West Bank security fence
Arab News, December 6, 2002
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 6 December 2002 — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved plans that would seal off northern Israel from the West Bank by extending a security fence to defend against attacks, government officials said yesterday.

Two Palestinians killed, A British plan for separation force in Palestine
Arabic News, December 6, 2002
A Palestinian youth was shot dead in Jerusalem by the bullets of the Israeli forces and the Israeli police killed another Palestinian from Kafer Kanna town in the territories of 1948, while the Israeli army incurred in al-Zahra quarters and al-Sheikh Ajleen to the south of Gaza and demolished a house near Natsareim settlement and launched a large scale acts of detention targeting scores of Palestinians in Jerusalem, Beit Rima, Qalqilya, Toulkarem, Ramullah, Deir al-Balah under the pretext of resisting occupation at a time when the Israeli forces were put in a state of alert to the north of Palestine and near Hasharon settlement in the West Bank.

US asks Israel to spare innocent Palestinians
Inidan Express, December 5, 2002
Washington, December 5: Concerned at the recent Palestinian casualties, US has asked Israel to complete its anti-terrorist operations ‘‘as quickly as possible’’ and take steps to prevent further civilian casualties in Israel.

No holiday from Mideast strife
Chicago Tribune, December 6, 2002
As Palestinians and Israelis are marking religious holidays, the mood is far from festive. Many fear being caught in the crossfire of continued unrest.

Sharon softens stand on settlements
Toronto Globe and Mail, December 6, 2002
TEL AVIV -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday that he would consider evacuating Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as part of a future peace agreement with the Palestinians.

Complaint dismissed on Dershowitz
Boston Globe, December 6, 2002
Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz said yesterday he has been formally notified by counsel for the state Board of Bar Overseers that it has dismissed a complaint against him by a Muslim group.

Robert Fisk: With runners and whispers, al-Qa'ida outfoxes US forces
The Independent, December 6, 2002
The Americans take them shackled and hooded on to transport aircraft to Kandahar.

Tale of Arafat millions grabs headlines
Toronto Globe and Mail, December 6, 2002
TEL AVIV -- An Israeli businessman and former peace envoy helped Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat spirit hundreds of millions of dollars into a Swiss bank account, and from there to destinations unknown, according to a business partner.

A-G orders police probe in claim that Ginossar ran PA's bank accounts
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein met Friday morning with police chief Shlomo Aharonisky, to discuss claims that Israeli businessmen Yossi Ginossar and Ozrad Lev managed Swiss bank accounts and shell companies for Palestinian Authority officials, and transferred hundreds of millions of dollars from PA chairman Yasser Arafat's account to an unknown destination.

Mossad to probe Ginossar's alleged cash ties with PA
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002 
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has instructed the Mossad to investigate the alleged involvement of Israeli businessmen Yossi Ginossar and Ozrad Lev in managing Swiss bank accounts and shell companies for Palestinian Authority officials, and transferring hundreds of millions of dollars from PA chairman Yasser Arafat's account to an unknown destination.

Left-wingers protest demolition of Palestinian homes in Hebron
Jerusalem Post, December 6, 2002
Meretz MK Yossi Raz and Yoav Haas, a lawyer for the Israel Association for Ethiopian Jewry, have petitioned the high court against the Central Command and the State of Israel.

Palestinians Meet their Doom during Religious Festivity Tarnished with Blood
Palestine Media Center, December 6, 2002
As Muslims of the world rejoiced Eid El-Fitr, the festivity marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Palestinians marked it with a salty aftertaste of tears and the spilled blood of their loved ones.

Muslim Feast in Gaza Turns to Massacre
Palestine Chronicle, December 6, 2002
NUSSEIRAT REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (PC) - The Israeli army has reportedly killed ten Palestinian civilians and wounded scores more in the Buraij refugee camp in Gaza.

US insists Iraq is hiding weapons
BBC, December 6, 2002
The Bush administration says it has solid evidence that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction even as Iraq issues firm denials.

Turkey gets $3 billion, allows U.S. to use its bases
World Tribune.com, December 4, 2002
ANKARA — Turkey has approved a U.S. request to use its military bases for a possible campaign against Iraq in exchange for the promise of more than $3 billion in aid from Washington.

US plans to upgrade Turkish bases for Iraq war  
Jordan Times, December 5, 2002       
ANKARA (R) — US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said on Wednesday Washington would start intensive talks with Turkey on investing hundreds of millions of dollars in military bases that might be used in a war against Iraq.

Carrier battle group leaves U.S. for Persian Gulf
CNN, December 5, 2002
NORFOLK, Virginia (AP) -- More than 8,000 sailors and Marines left the East Coast on Thursday as part of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman battle group, the carrier's first deployment since before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Iraq to present weapons report as U.S. keeps up pressure
Al-Bawaba, December 6, 2002
The Bush administration is insisting that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.

U.S. special forces to be based in Jordan to hunt Scuds in case of war in Iraq
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002 
The U.S. plans to station special forces in Jordan in case of a war with Iraq, in order to hunt down missile launchers aimed at Israel in the western Iraqi desert, American sources said this week.

Iraq Arms Report Will Require Analysis
The Guardian, December 6, 2002
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iraq's declaration listing any nuclear, chemical, biological or missile programs will take several weeks to analyze because experts must check it against information in a million-page database, U.N. officials said.

Nato asked to take its place in the wings
The Guardian, December 6, 2002
The United States has formally asked Nato to examine options for supporting roles it could play in a war in Iraq, alliance officials said yesterday.

Criticised weapons inspectors insist that stealthy visits are getting results
The Guardian, December 6, 2002
UN weapons inspectors have rejected criticism by the US and Iraq that they are failing to do their job properly.

Exiled Iraqis discuss future of Iraq
Arabic News, December 6, 2002
Exiled Iraqis, who met to plan for the form of life in Iraq following any war that will result in toppling President Saddam Hussein, said that the country might need every thing, including a new currency to mobile telephone networks.

Iraqis sketch out post-war needs
BBC, December 4, 2002
Iraq will need a new currency, freedom from debts and continuing humanitarian aid if its economy is to recover after any change in regime, a group of opposition members and exiles has said.

Global anger at US 'growing'
BBC, December 5, 2002
A major survey of global public opinion has found increasing anti-Americanism.

Killing of elderly woman underscores dangers at Israeli checkpoints
Jordan Times, December 5, 2002      
RAMALLAH — Fatima Obeid, 95, gained the dubious honour of becoming the oldest victim of the Palestinian uprising for freedom when an Israeli occupation soldier shot her dead at a roadblock in the West Bank.

Former Lebanese intelligence agent killed in blast
Al-Bawaba, December 6, 2002
A bomb killed a former Lebanese intelligence agent and his nephew as they drove along a southern Lebanese highway on Friday, security officials said.

Bush praises Islam
Al-Bawaba, December 6, 2002
U.S. President Bush Thursday removed his shoes, entered a mosque and praised Islam for inspiring "countless individuals to lead lives of honesty, integrity, and morality."

US to push democracy for Muslims
BBC, December 5, 2002
The United States has set out its plans to intensify its promotion of democracy throughout the Muslim world.

Democrat hawk whose ghost guides Bush
The Guardian, December 6, 2002
Scoop Jackson's body is 20 years in the grave but his spirit goes marching on  - "This week President Bush put another Jackson protege, Elliott Abrams, in charge of White House policy in the Middle East."

Algeria supports an emergency Arab summit
Arabic News, December 6, 2002
Algeria has stressed it follows up with great concern the recent developments of the Arab arena and the current consultation to convene an extraordinary Arab summit.

Maan forum holds the government responsible
Arabic News, December 6, 2002
The third Jordanian national forum in Maan held the Jordanian government responsible for the events which took place in the city and the fall of many victims.

Income Tax: Foreign Journalists in Israel
The Electronic Intifada, December 4, 2002
Did the Income Tax Authority in Israel decide to harass hundreds of foreign media personnel in Israel for their coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Germany mounts huge security operation ahead of Pres. Katsav visit
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002
Berlin - German police were gearing up for a big security operation after officials declined to ban a far-right protest aimed at the visit of President Moshe Katsav which begins Sunday.

Nuclear tech leaks to Iran are slowing down, PM reports
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002
Although the leakage of technology from Russia to Iran has slowed down, "there is much leakage from Europe, through commercial and other ties," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said at the local editors' annual press conference yesterday in Tel Aviv.

Moratinos threatens end to EU relations with Hamas
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002 
Speaking to the European parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, European Union special envoy to the Middle East Miguel Moratinos said the EU is trying hard to help Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad to agree on a cease-fire.

Mitzna will face pressure to join unity gov't if Labor fares poorly
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002 
Senior Labor party members claimed yesterday that if the party failed to achieve a significantly greater bloc in January, then the newly elected leader Amram Mitzna would face two tough options, either that of joining a unity government with Ariel Sharon as prime minister, or fighting out a new party leadership fight.

Mitzna slams PM for hinting that terror helping Labor Party
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002 
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Labor Party Chairman Amram Mitzna exchanged accusations Tuesday night following Sharon's statement Monday before Likud supporters that hinted that Palestinian terror attacks were assisting the Labor Party.

Foreign Ministry closes several missions due to terror warnings
Ha'aretz, December 6, 2002 
The Foreign Ministry has decided to close a number of Israeli missions abroad due to warnings of terror attacks. One mission was closed Thursday, and others are expect to be closed as of Friday.

Palestinian Authority, Hizbullah deny links to Al-Qaida
Jerusalem Post, December 6, 2002
An Internet site claiming to represent Al-Qaida has called Israel its new target.

State Department retracts statement refuting Arab-American's connection to terror
Jerusalem Post, December 5, 2002 
The US State Department on Thursday retracted an earlier statement, according to which Doctor Haled Diab, a US citizen expelled from Israel, had no connection to terrorist activity, media reports said.

Ibrahim optimistic for retrial
Jordan Times, December 5, 2002   
CAIRO (R) — A US-Egyptian rights activist facing a second retrial in Egypt for charges including defaming the country said on Wednesday he was optimistic that the new hearing would acquit him.

US senators discuss region with King
Jordan Times, December 5, 2002           
AMMAN (JT) — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday stressed the need to move ahead with efforts to end the cycle of violence and achieve peace in the Middle East, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Some in Congress favor U.S. peacekeepers along Jordan River
World Tribune.com, December 3, 2002
Congress and the Bush administration have discussed scenarios to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a post-Saddam Middle East that include the deployment of U.S. troops.

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"The clouds of war are gathering"
BBC, December 6, 2002

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"There could be more resistance than the US would like to think"
BBC, December 6, 2002

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Oil in Iraq: A Trillion Dollar Prize
Washington Post, December 2, 2002