Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Clinton Runs Out of Time and Options For Mideast Peace
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Outgoing US President Bill Clinton appears to have finally given up on his long quest to forge a landmark Israeli-Palestinian peace pact before leaving office, as his special Mideast envoy Dennis Ross on Wednesday postponed a planned trip…
Rabbi Murdered on Way to Joseph’s Tomb
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Early Sunday night, Israeli security forces discovered the bullet-ridden body of rabbi Hillel Lieberman, a dual US/Israeli citizen living in Elon Moreh, who was last seen heading for the scrorched Joseph's Tomb in nearby Nablus (biblical Shechem) to…
Israel, PA Seek Quiet in Clinton’s Final Days
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
With US President Bill Clinton headed for the sidelines, Israeli and Palestinians negotiators have engaged in direct talks again in recent days, but there is little progress to report on either security or political issues. Both sides admit…
Bush May Have Different Take on Sharon
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Many leaders in the international community are troubled with the increasing probability that Likud chairman Ariel Sharon will be elected prime minister of Israel in early February, but US President-elect George W. Bush may have a different opinion,…
Palestinians Cheer Execution of ‘Collaborators’
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Thumbing its nose at the international community, the Palestinian Authority summarily executed two alleged "collaborators" with Israel on Saturday in a desperate attempt to spread fear among Palestinians thinking of cooperating with Israeli security forces.
Israeli Farmer Found Murdered in Southern Gaza
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Israel reversed course and re-imposed a strict closure on the Gaza Strip on Monday, after the bullet-ridden body of a missing Israeli man was found this morning near his hothouse complex outside Kfar Yam, in the Gush Katif…
Barak Slows Peace Process Ahead of Elections
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
With just three days left of the Clinton presidency's hand in Mideast diplomacy and an Israeli election only three weeks away, Prime Minister Ehud Barak has decided to finally put peace negotiations with the Palestinians on the back…
Mitchell Team Sneaks Up On Temple Mount
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Israel's Foreign Ministry was "shocked" to learn that members of the US-led Mitchell fact-finding committee had visited the Temple Mount on Sunday without Israeli knowledge and accompanied by Islamic Waqf officials.
Bush Administration to Steer New Course in Mideast
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
On his last full day in office, US President Bill Clinton gave the incoming Bush administration some unsolicited advice on how to handle foreign policy, but with the Middle East still sliding towards conflict, clearer heads are urging…
Marathon Talks Off and Running
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
After Prime Minister Ehud Barak gave his approval, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators launched an intense round of peace talks in Sinai on Sunday to try to reach a framework agreement before the February 6 election in Israel. Barak…
Hamas Films Ambush on IDF Tank in Gaza
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Hamas staged a roadside bombing in Gaza on Monday that harkened back to the IDF's long fight against Hizb'Allah in Lebanon, while the Arab woman believed to be part of a Fatah terrorist cell that lured Jewish teenager…
WAQF Still Churning Up Temple Mount
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
In a serious replay of past "archaeological crimes," the Muslim Waqf on the Temple Mount has once again recklessly dug in areas rich with ancient artifacts, this time on the raised platform around the Dome of the Rock,…
Israeli-Palestinian clashes center on holy sites
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
JERUSALEM, Israel, 11 October 2000 (Newsroom) -- With more than 90 deaths and the destruction of synagogues and mosques, observers increasingly are describing the recent strife between Palestinians and Israelis as a religious war.
Israel Suspends Contact with Mitchell Committee
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Israel has frozen cooperation with the Mitchell Committee appointed to investigate the causes of the current violence, following an unauthorized visit by the committee's technical team to the Temple Mount last week.
Two More Israelis Fail To Return From PA-Rules Areas
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
In the latest instance of Israelis being brutally murdered in Palestinian areas, masked Arab gunmen grabbed two owners of a Tel Aviv restaurant who were shopping in Tulkarm on Tuesday and executed them on the edge of town.
Bush Shuts Office of Special Mideast Envoy
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
US Secretary of State Colin Powell revealed on Tuesday the Bush Administration will not appoint a new Middle East peace envoy to replace Dennis Ross, signaling that America will play a less active role in the peace process…
Sharon Rapped for Contacts with Arafat Crony
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
A new political tempest erupted in Israel after it was learned that representatives of Likud prime ministerial candidate Ariel Sharon secretly met in Vienna on Thursday with a key economic adviser to PLO chief Yasser Arafat, raising the…
Oslo On the Line at Sharm E-Sheikh Summit Tomorrow
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
In a decisive showdown in the Sinai on Monday, key regional and world leaders will goad Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO chief Yasser Arafat to meet face-to-face to discuss terms for ending the lethal Palestinian uprising…
Barak Re-Connects With the Temple Mount
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
In his first official communication with new US President George W. Bush on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak declared that handing over the Temple Mount to the Palestinians would be an act of "betrayal."
Palestinian Violence Still Hampering Tourism to Israel
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
This past weekend, the last open hotel in the town of Nazareth, an important place of Christian pilgrimage, closed its door, a sign of the sagging fortunes of the tourism business in Israel since the outbreak of the…
