Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Synagogues Targeted in Spreading Religious War
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
At the time of the most sacred biblical holidays, spanning Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year) to Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), synagogues in Israel and across the world have been targeted by Jewish adversaries incensed by…
Clinton Sticks to Deadline For Answers to Peace Outline
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
With less than four weeks left in office, US President Bill Clinton is holding to a Wednesday deadline for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to agree to accept his "outline of principles" for resolving their differences. The short time…
Clinton Sticks to Deadline For Answers to Peace Outline
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
With less than four weeks left in office, US President Bill Clinton is holding to a Wednesday deadline for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to agree to accept his "outline of principles" for resolving their differences. The short time…
Clinton Peace Outline About to Unravel
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
US President Bill Clinton's hopes of brokering a last-minute, face-saving peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is hanging by a thread as he prepares to meet with PLO chief Yasser Arafat on Tuesday in Washington. In…
Marked Escalation in Palestinian Intifada
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
The renewed Palestinian intifada appears headed towards a new spiral of violence, as armed Palestinian factions are vowing to revenge Israeli hits on militia commanders and Fatah attempts to mark the anniversary of its founding. Meanwhile, Israelis are…
Saddam Holds Another Parade for Intifada
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Resurgent Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein presided on Sunday over a massive military parade in Baghdad under the name of the "Al-Aqsa Call" and intended to show support for the Palestinian uprising.
Arafat, Arab League Closing Door on Clinton
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Outgoing US President Bill Clinton's hasty drive to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by January 20 sputtered again on Thursday when Arab foreign ministers enshrined the Palestinian right of return as "sacred." The decision reinforces PLO chief Yasser…
Update on Three Kidnapped Soldiers
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud BaraK today said the Red Cross will visit the three IDF soldiers kidnapped by Hizb'Allah on Saturday along the Lebanese border.
PLO Plans to Flood Jerusalem With Refugees
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
An Arab reporter for the Hebrew-language newspaper YERUSHALAYIM recently reviewed the plans of the Palestinian Authority should Israel cede control over east Jerusalem, which includes a plot to flood the city with Palestinian refugees.
Fatah Behind Terror Attack Inside Israel
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Israel's security services have captured the terrorist responsible for planting pipe bombs on a Tel Aviv bus two weeks ago, and it turns out he is a Fatah activist of Jordanian origin.
Palestinians Vow No Let Up In Intifada
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Though some detected a "lull" in the three-month-old intifada due to fatigue, Palestinians used gunfire and firebombs to attack Israeli soldiers and civilians throughout Judea/Samaria and Gaza in recent days, following pledges by militant groups to continue the…
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…
