Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 1/25/2001
Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2001
Prime Minister Ehud Barak abruptly suspended peace talks with the Palestinians in Taba, Egypt, after the brutal killing of two Israelis by Palestinian gunmen.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 1/21/2001
Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2001
Israel and the Palestinians begin a new round of peace talks today in a last ditch effort for an agreement before elections on February 6th. The Israeli cabinet agreed to the Palestinian proposal for the talks at a…
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 1/19/2001
Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is proposing another round of peace talks in an attempt to reach an agreement before Israeli elections on February 6th.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 1/17/2001
Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2001
sraeli and Palestinian negotiators say they see no chance of a breakthrough before President Clinton leaves office this weekend. In a sign of the low expectations,
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 1/15/2001
Posted on Monday, January 15, 2001
A 32-year-old Jewish resident of the Gaza community of Kfar Yam was found dead today in an onion field on his farm, after he was abducted and killed by Palestinian terrorists while working at his greenhouses. Roni Tsalah…
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 12/27/2000
Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2000
In a dramatic sign that the Palestinians are leaning toward accepting US President Bill Clinton’s latest peace proposals, Yasser Arafat will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in Egypt tomorrow.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 12/19/2000
Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2000
Ehud Barak's chances of remaining Israel's prime minister increased dramatically in the middle of last night when the Knesset voted against holding general elections at this time.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 12/18/2000
Posted on Monday, December 18, 2000
Events in Israel continue to swirl in an almost surrealistic dance today as new talk of peace mixes with more violence and final Knesset moves toward early elections next year.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 12/14/2000
Posted on Thursday, December 14, 2000
Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s office has confirmed that the Israeli leader held another telephone conversation with US President Bill Clinton earlier this week regarding the peace process.
U.S. weighs security concerns against need to protect freedoms
Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2000
24 October 2000 (Newsroom) -- With military bases in the Middle East on the highest state of alert and rhetoric about the Arab-Israeli conflict heating up on the Internet, the United States must continue to balance security concerns…
Arafat Wanted This Day
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2000
JERUSALEM - 12 October 2000. The intense media war had already been raging for two weeks. Now, tank fire and helicopter rockets have been unleashed - against Yasser Arafat's governmental and broadcasting positions. Today's missile attacks on Palestinian…
Israeli-Palestinian clashes center on holy sites
Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2000
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.
‘Al Aqsa’ Clashes Persist as Albright Seeks Truce in Paris
Posted on Friday, September 8, 2000
Armed Palestinian rioters confronted Israeli troops at key flashpoints for the seventh straight day on Wednesday, while the US summoned Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to Paris in a desperate bid to douse…
Clinton Warns Clock is Ticking on Peace Process
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2000
At a "refueling stop" in Cairo on Tuesday, US President Bill Clinton played his best cards and finally may have persuaded Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to press the Palestinians to compromise on Jerusalem while there is still time.
“New York Moment” No Match for Fight Over Eternal Jerusalem
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2000
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…
Arafat Too Fixated on ‘Liberating’ Jerusalem
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2000
The Israeli-Palestinian peace track ground to a pronounced halt this week, as US President Bill Clinton was unable to convince PLO chief Yasser Arafat to give up his delusions of immortal fame as a modern-day Islamic liberator of…
Jerusalem’s Temple Mount remains obstacle in peace talks
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2000
JERUSALEM, Israel, 31 August 2000 (Newsroom) -- As Israeli and Palestinian leaders continue their pursuit of an illusive peace agreement, the question of who will control Temple Mount -- sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims -- looms as…
