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 News for December 6, 2002

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