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DECEMBER, 2002

12/31/02: Israeli troops shoot dead second child in two days -- Eric Silver in Jerusalem, The Independent

12/31/02: Jenin Victims Narrate Israeli Atrocities in Extraordinary Book -- Palestine Chronicle

12/30/02: Did you Believe it? Israel "withdrew" from Bethlehem for Christmas?  -- Kristen Ess in Occupied Palestine

12/29/02: Occupying Time: Israeli Soldiers and Palestinian Youths -- Annie C. Higgins, CounterPunch.org

12/29/02: It's the Occupation, Stupid: Why the Pro-Occupation Right is Running Scared -- Leah Harris, CounterPunch.org 12/28/02: Cairo Declaration: Against US Hegemony and War on Iraq and in Solidarity with Palestine -- CounterPunch

12/28/02: Christmas Eve in Bethlehem -- Neve Gordon, Counterpunch

12/27/02: Refusing to Fight in Israel -- Joanne Mariner, Counterpunch

12/27/02: It's up to us not to heed the call-up -- Laurie King-Irani, Electronic Intifada

12/26/02: So this is Christmas in Bethlehem: Day Twenty-nine of house arrest -- Allison in Bethlehem

12/26/02: In Rafah, the children have grown so used to the sound of gunfire they can't sleep without it -- Justin Huggler in Rafah, Gaza Strip, The.Independent

12/25/02: Denver man recalls siege in Bethlehem (member of CCMEP) -- Jim Sheeler, Rocky Mountain News

12/25/02: Christmas Imprisonment in my Apartment in Bethlehem -- Sami Awad, Holy Land Trust

12/24/02: Occupying time: Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths -- Annie C. Higgins in Jenin, Occupied Palestine

12/24/02: The Israeli Poison Gas attacks: A Preliminary Investigation, Part II -- James Brooks, Palestine Chronicle

12/22/02: When truth is funnier than fiction: The resistance of humour -- Ghassan Abdullah, Bassaleh News Network

12/22/02: "Gaza Strip" director to return student Academy Award to protest exclusion of Palestine -- Ali Abunimah and Benjamin Doherty, The Electronic Intifada

12/21/02: Real Change Means People Must Change -- Edward Said, Counter Punch

12/21/02: US Vetoes Resolution Against Israel on UN Killings -- Evelyn Leopold, Reuters

12/21/02: 800 American professors sign document warning of coming Israeli ethnic cleansing -- Nigel Parry, The Electronic Intifada

12/21/02: Jewish Professors Keep Divestment Drive Alive -- Patrick Healy, Boston Globe

12/20/02: Nablus Checkpoint Iron Gate Torn Down in Non-violent Popular Uprising -- Ceri Gibbons in Occupied Palestine,  International Solidarity Movement

12/20/02: What are the US's Intentions Toward Palestine? -- Francis Boyle, CounterPunch.org

12/19/02: After Israeli F-16s and Bulldozers: Report from Rafah Block 'O' -- Kristen Ess, writing from Rafah, occupied Gaza, Electronic Intifada

12/17/02: A Middle East Peace Process ...Without the Middle East --  Robert Fisk, The Independent

12/16/02: Christmas is 'Canceled' in Bethlehem--Stephen Farrell, The Times, UK

12/14/02: Whither The Peace Process? An Interview With Norman Finkelstein -- Dalhousie Gazette

12/14/02: A Day in the Life of the Jenin Refugee Camp -- Dr Annie C Higgins in Jenin, Palestine

12/12/02: Israeli Censors Ban Film About Battle of Jenin-- by Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian

12/10/02: The Murder of My Terrorist Cousins -- Ramzy Baroud, PalestineChronicle.com

12/10/02: Netanyahu's Nephew Jailed over Refusal to Join 'Israeli Occupation Army' -- PalestineChronicle.com

12/9/02: Oscar Doesn't Like Palestinians -- Tariq Shadid, PalestineChronicle.com

12/8/02: Understanding the Existential Threat: Israel's Demographic Obsession -- Will Youmans, CounterPunch

12/6/02: Muslim Feast in Gaza Turns to Massacre--Palestine Chronicle

12/5/02: Interview with Ted Honderich--Paul de Rooij, Palestine Chronicle

12/4/02: WATCH NOW.....POWERFUL PowerPoint Presentation:  Palestine: History, People & the Land

12/4/02: The Latest New "War on Terrorism" -- Michael Shehadeh, CounterPunch

12/4/02: U.N. Employees Send Israel Protest Petition -- Reuters

12/3/02: Family Tells How Israelis Buried Deaf Father Alive -- Justin Huggler in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, The Independent

12/3/02: Condemned to Violence: As Long As We Ignore Downtrodden People, Terrorism Will Not Go Away -- Ramzy Baroud, Washington Post

12/3/02: You're Ariel Sharon and Life is Good -- William Hughes, CounterPunch

12/2/02: International Conference on Palestine call for boycott and Divestment of Israel

12/2/02: Palestinian Children in the Night - Sam Bahour, Palestine Chronicle

12/1/02: Ordinary Egyptians Feel Rage, Powerlessness at U.S. Middle East Policy -- David Westphal, The Tacoma News Tribune

12/1/02: One standard for international law -- Wadi Muhaisen, Denver Post

NOVEMBER, 2002

11/30/02: UK Activists to Impose CLOSED MILITARY ZONE on Israeli Trade Fair

11/30/02: Courage Under Fire: For Almost a Year Caoimhe Butterly Has Been Standing in the Way of Israeli Tanks and Troops in Jenin. Last Friday She Was Shot by a Soldier - But She Still Won't Leave -- Katie Barlow, The Guardian

11/29/02: On the Occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People -- Amelia Peltz, Ramallah, Palestine

11/29/02: Group Urges Pro-Israel Leaders' Silence on Iraq -- Dana Milbank, Washington Post

11/29/02: They Cannot Wipe Us Out--The International Women's Peace Service-Palestine

11/28/02: Rockets, Napalm, Torpedoes & Lies:  Israel's Attack on the Liberty, Revisited -- Jeffrey St. Clair, CounterPunch

11/28/02: Get a Job Working for Peace?!?  Peace Education Fellowship & Zaru-Mikhail Fellowship, Middle East Peacebuilding Unit -- American Friends Service Committee

11/26/02: The Murder of Iain Hook -- Kurt Nimmo, CounterPunch

11/26/02: Death and Lies in Palestine -- Ali Abunimah, CounterPunch

11/25/02: The Invisible Death of Iain Hook -- Ira Chernus, CommonDreams.org

11/25/02: Bush Expected to Approve $14b Aid Package to Israel -- Palestine Chronicle

11/25/02: Investigative Report of the Shooting Death of UN Project Manager in Jenin, Iain Hook -- Ramzy Baroud & Suzanne Guss, PalestineChronicle.com

11/24/02: Eyewitness Account: Irish UN worker killed, Irish International Activist shot by Israeli military in Palestine -- Caoimhe Butterly in Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestine

11/24/02: Ambushing The Occupation -- Brian Dominick, Z Magazine

11/24/02: PDF Colorado Jews Call for a Two-State Solution In the Middle East - 1/2 page advertisement in Boulder Daily Camera

11/23/02: The never-ending enterprise -- Meron Benvenisti, Ha-aretz

11/22/02: The battle of the olive -- Danny Adino Ababa, Meron Rapaport, and Oron Meiri, Yediot Ahanorot and Uprooted -- Meron Rapoprt and  Oron Meiri, Yediot Ahanorot

11/22/02: America's shameful Mideast history--Wadi Muhaisen, Rocky Mt. News

11/20/02: Block O & Nighttime in Gaza -- Kristen Ess in Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestine

11/20/02: Manufacturing a Massacre: Initial reports said Palestinian gunmen brazenly fired on Jewish worshipers in Hebron.  The reports were wrong -- but the U.S. media has yet to correct them -- Eric Boehlert, salon.com

11/20/02: A New Age of Empire: An Anglo-American Plan to Divide the Middle East? -- Sasha Lilley, Z Magazine

11/20/02: American voices of dissent -- Soheir Morsy, Al-Ahram

11/19/02: Israel's Arabs: We Exist But We Do Not Exist - Sherri Muzher, Palestine Chronicle

11/19/02: Update on Internationals Arrested at Jayyous, Palestine (with Pictures) -- Huwaida Arraf, International Solidarity Movement

11/18/02: Fear and Loathing in Hebron--Amira Hass, Ha'aretz

11/18/02: The Revenge of a Child -- Uri Avnery, CounterPunch

11/16/02: US Aid to Israel: Feeding the Cuckoo -- Paul de Rooij, CounterPunch

11/16/02: Waiting on a Countervailing Force: Europe Versus America -- Edward Said, CounterPunch

11/16/02: Transfer's Real Nightmare -- Gadi Algazi and Azmi Bdeir, CounterPunch

11/15/02: Palestinian & International nonviolent action attacked with Israeli bullets -- International Solidarity Movement

11/15/02: 3 U.S. Activists Detained in Palestinian West Bank - Assoc. Press

11/14/02: Human Chain Stops bulldozer Destruction -- International Solidarity Movement

11/13/02: A Horseless Rider, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion & Imported Bigotry -- Qais S. Saleh, CounterPunch

11/13/02: Harvard Speech Canceled: Concerns Voiced on Poet's Words Against Israelis -- by Patrick Healy, Boston Globe

11/12/02: Interview With Tanya Reinhart: Israel/Palestine: How To End The War Of 1948 - Z Magazine

11/9/02: Are sleeping tonight Mohammed? -- Susan Barcly in Nablus, Palestine, with the International Solidarity Movement

11/9/02: Sharon's Appendix: The Bankruptcy of Israel's "Peace Camp" -- Alki Abunimah, CounterPunch

11/7/02: What is Needed is a Real Peace Plan for a Change--Hasan Abu Nimah, The Electronic Intifada

11/7/02: Goodbye and Good Riddance: The End of the Two-State Solution -- Will Youmans, Palestine Chronicle.com

11/6/02: Settlers and Trash -- Mayor Walid Hamad, CounterPunch

11/5/02: All Because of One Small Olive -- Uri Avnery, CounterPunch

11/5/02: Deported!--Kathy Kern, The Electronic Intifada

11/4/02: Israeli Defense Force Crimes Must Be Investigated - Amnesty International

11/4/02: Report From Jenin: Why Are They Here? - Annie Higgins

11/3/02: Risking Death to Pick Olives in Palestine -- John Petrovato in Palestine, Boston Committee for Palestinian Rights

11/3/02: Settlers target the olive pickers in the battle for land -- Justin Huggler in Yanun, West Bank, The Independent

11/2/02: Olive Orchards and Armed Zealots -- Mary Hughes-Thompson, CounterPunch

11/2/02: Israeli Invades Tulkarem: "What are they shooting at?" "No one. The school. Our buildings. It's just a form of terror, and they can do it." -- Huwaida Arraf in Palestine, International Solidarity Movement

11/1/02: Protestors Storm Oxford Street Starbucks in Central London to Build Settlement

OCTOBER, 2002

10/31/02: Amnesty International & Israel: Say It Isn't So!--Paul de Rooij, CounterPunch

10/31/02: Israeli Writers in Solidarity with Palestinians, Defy Settlers-- Palestine Chronicle

10/30/02: Roadmap to Nowhere -- Sam Bahour and Michael Dahan, CounterPunch

10/29/02: Picking Olives & Removing Roadblocks as Acts of Resistance: An Interview with Ghassan Andoni---Ida Audeh, CounterPunch

10/27/02: The Wolf Who Cried Wolf: Charging Anti-Semitism and Extending the Iron Wall -- M. Junaid Alam, CounterPunch

10/26/02: Israeli tanks storm into Jenin again--Justin Huggler, The Independant

10/23/02: Israeli army fears new Palestinian "Super Rock" -- Avraham Avinunu, Bassaleh News Network

10/23/02: Tribute From A Distant Stranger: Palestinian's Obituary Raises Controversy -- Roselyn Tantraphol, Hartford Courant

10/22/02: How to shut up your critics with a single word -- Robert Fisk, The Independent

10/22/02: Israel forbids Palestinians picking olives -- LAW press release

10/21/02: The Chain of Command -- Uri Avnery, CounterPunch

10/20/02: ACTION: Buy a t-shirt to help the Palestinian man half-buried by Israeli soldiers

10/19/02: Cast Away: Roadblocks in a Palestinian Village -- Danny Rubenstein, Haaretz

10/18/02: Of Occupation and Apartheid: Do I Divest? -- Desmond Tutu, Counterpunch

10/18/02: Israel Takes the Hill -- William Hughes, CounterPunch

10/16/02: Israel, Iraq, and the United States--Edward Said, Al Ahram

10/16/02: Iraq and the Israeli Occupation--Hanan Ashrawi, Counterpunch

10/16/02: Israel and White Supremacy -- Aaron Michael Love, Counterpunch

10/16/02: Reform by Imprisonment -- Sam Bahour, Counterpunch

10/15/02: Palestinian Activism Spammed--Abby Aguirre, The Nation

10/14/02: 'We' Know Who 'We' Are - Edward Said, The Guardian

10/13/02: Israeli Forces Kill 5 Palestinians--AP

10/10/02: Always a Fighter, Always a Terrorist-- Amira Hass

10/09/02: Report From Nablus--Suzan, ISM

10/08/02: Israeli Missile Kills 10 in Gaza Street - John Ward Anderson, Washington Post

10/04/02: Those Who Give Us Hope - Mustafa Barghouti, Al-Ahram Weekly Online

10/04/02: Marwan Barghouthi Presents Charge Sheet Against State of Israel (Part 1 of 2)--Historical Document, The Electronic Intifada

10/03/02: Building a Wall, Sealing the Occupation--Isabelle Humphries, MERIP Press Information Note

10/03/02: The New Anti-Apartheid Movement;The Campaign to Divest From Israel--Will Youmans, CounterPunch

10/02/02: Palestinians Angry Over Bill Identifying Jerusalem as Capital of Israel--Reuters, Ha'aretz

10/01/02: Looking Behind Ha'aretz's Liberal Image--Ran HaCohen, AntiWar.com

10/01/02: Roll Call of 322 Children Killed in the Intifada--Robert Fisk, The Independent

SEPTEMBER, 2002

9/30/02: A New Intifada is Born - Daoud Kuttab

9/27/02: It's 2002 and we are still waiting.--Sam, International Solidarity Movement

9/27/02: Zionism's Bad Conscience-- Joel Kovel TIKKUN Magazine

9/26/02: Water War Looms as Israel Tells Lebanon to Halt River Works-- Robert Fisk, The Independent

9/26/02: Israeli Army Assassinates at least Three more Palestinians in Gaza--Palestine Chronicle

9/26/02: Smear Mongers--Paul de Rooij, Palestine Chronicle

9/25/02: Israeli Government Planning Crimes Against Humanity--Statement by Israeli academe

9/23/02: Israeli Peace Bloc Protests in Tel Aviv--Gush Shalom

9/23/02: We Too Have a Dream--Islamic State Online

9/23/02: Showdown Between Sharon and Arafat--Alfred M. Lilienthal, Palestine Chronicle

9/21/02: The Murder of Arafat--Uri Avnery, Palestine Chronicle

9/19/02: How to Silence Pro-palestinian Voices--Jordy Cummings, CounterPunch

9/19/02: The Rape of a Nation--Salam Rahal, CounterPunch

9/17/02: Ashrawi Should Be Commended--Deana Ahmad and Reema Wahdan, Rocky Mt. News

9/17/02: Ashrawi Should Be Commended--Deana Ahmad and Reema Wahdan (CCMEP), Rocky Mt. News

9/16/02: Sleeping in the Bed of a Suicide Bomber--Paul Larudee, ISM

9/15/02: At CU, Arab Activist Urges Free Palestine--Kieran Nicholson, Denver Post

9/15/02: Speech Inspires Fervent Responses--Katy Human, Boulder Daily Camera

9/14/02: Ashrawi: Palestinians Aren't to Blame for Sept 11--Steven K. Paulson, Rocky Mt. News

9/12/02: Glossary of Occupation- Paul de Rooij, CounterPunch

9/11/02: Liberating America From Israel--Paul Findley

9/09/02: Let Voices be Heard--Rob Prince (CCMEP), Rocky Mountain News

9/10/02: Ashrawi Should Be Heard--Denver Post Editorial

9/10/02: Palestine-Mexico Analogy Apt After All--Eric Sherrill, Rocky Mountain News Editorial

9/05/02: Drunk with Power and Out of Shame-- Irit Katriel, CounterPunch

9/04/02: 30 of 49 Palestinians Killed in August Were Civilians-- Amira Hass, The Palestine Chronicle

9/04/02: Lockdown at Palestinian Schools-- Sam Bahour, CounterPunch

9/03/02: Nothing Funny About the Forces of Separation-- Ray Hanania, Palestine Chronicle
9/02/02: Labor Day- In America and in Palestine--Dr. E.A. Richards, Palestine Chronicle

AUGUST 29, 2002

08/29/02: A Reply to Stephen Zune's on the Jews and Cynthia McKinney's Defeat--Edward S. Herman, CommonDreams

08/29/02: Israel Set on Tragic Path, Says Chief Rabbi: Guardian Interview will Shock Jewish Community--Jonathan Freedland, CommonDreams

AUGUST 28,  2002

8/28/02:  The Return of the Red Cross:  The Village Engages in Nonviolent Resistance -- International Women's Peace Service - Palestine

8/28/02:  From the front lines in Palestine: "Peace, yes! Occupation, no!" -- Conor in Balata Refugee Camp, Palestine

AUGUST 27,  2002

8/27/02:  The Violence of Curfew -- Sam Bahour, Counterpunch

AUGUST 26,  2002

8/26/02:  Letter to a Pilot -- Uri Avnery, Counterpunch

8/26/02:  Fighting for Right of Dissent & Due Process -- Sami Al-Arian, Counterpunch

8/26/02   What Is Israel Hiding? -- Joshua Ruebner and Khalid Turaani, Counterpunch

AUGUST 25,  2002

8/25/02:  Don't Blame the Jews for Cynthia McKinney's Defeat -- Stephen Zunes, Common Dreams