Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Latest Headline Briefs from Israel – July 23, 2001
Posted on Monday, July 23, 2001
Israeli police thwarted a major bomb attack in the northern port city of Haifa yesterday, when a Palestinian suicide bomber was arrested before carrying out an attack in a crowded area.
Israelis Consider Military Invasion of West Bank, Gaza
Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2001
After months of violence, Israelis are now openly debating the possibility of a military invasion of Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip aimed at crushing the Palestinian Authority and ending the rule of Yasser Arafat.
Latest Headline Briefs from Israel
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2001
Efforts to save the collapsing cease-fire shifted to Cairo today, where Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat met separately with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Arafat Frees Dolphinarium Terrorists
Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2001
"There is no better example of the cynical attitude of the Palestinian Authority," and of Arafat himself, to acts of terror than their handling of the Dolphinarium suicide slaughter that claimed 21 young lives. So wrote military correspondent…
“New York Moment” No Match for Fight Over Eternal Jerusalem
Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2001
As American, Israeli and Palestinian leaders converge in New York for the UN's opening Millennium summit, there are no signs of an imminent breakthrough to the negotiating impasse over Jerusalem, only hardening Arab positions and gloomy forecasts of…
Death of an Israeli Army Officer Jeopardizes Cease-fire
Posted on Friday, June 15, 2001
An Israeli army officer was killed by a Palestinian gunman today on the "Tunnel Road" at the southern entrance to Jerusalem, jeopardizing a fragile cease-fire that went into effect yesterday afternoon. Security sources believe the officer was deliberately…
Tension Continues to Build in the Middle East
Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Israeli troops killed two Palestinian terrorists today on the Gaza border as they tried to plant a bomb. The Israeli army said the two men were seen planting a bomb on the edge of Bureij refugee camp, close…
On Camera: Reuters Roots for the Palestinians
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2001
If any of the victims in the recent Palestinian/Israeli fighting deserved especially sympathetic media coverage, surely it would be 10-month-old Shalhevet Pas, shot dead in her baby carriage on March 26 by a Palestinian sniper, while her father,…
Tekoa Teens Latest Victims of Intifada
Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Early Wednesday morning, the badly mutilated bodies of two Israeli teenagers, both 14 and residents of Tekoa, in the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem, were found in a cave along a dry stream bed near the Judean…
Families of Kidnapped Israelis Meet Annan
Posted on Wednesday, May 2, 2001
As part of a renewed campaign to exert international pressure on Hizb'Allah to release information on Israeli MIAs held in Lebanon, family members of the hostages met in New York with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday.
Peace on the Horizon?
Posted on Monday, April 30, 2001
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres will soon be heading to Washington to discuss Israel's response to an Egyptian-Jordanian ceasefire proposal, designed to lead to a resumption of political negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel.
Miracle Protection – Car Bomb Only Wounds Eight
Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2001
In the wake of yet another car bomb attack in the Israeli town of Or Yehuda on April 23, senior police officials declared it was nothing short of a miracle that only 8 people were lightly injured. T
The Picture that Moved Hearts
Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2001
On April 6th, a picture of a Palestinian boy was widely circulated by the Palestinian Authority "showing" this boy being taken from a riot scene by Israeli soldiers. It was quite a visual picture that played into the…
Americans and Europeans Parting Ways on Intifada
Posted on Monday, April 23, 2001
The widely divergent approaches of American and European leaders to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have been on display in recent days, with a visiting US Congressman blaming PLO chief Yasser Arafat for on-going violence, while a Belgian diplomat has…
