Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Arafat’s Corruption Costing His People
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
While Western envoys are pressing Israel to help alleviate raging Palestinian poverty caused by their own violent uprising, Arab states are withholding the bulk of $1 billion pledged towards the renewed intifada because they do not trust PLO…
Palestinians Test Sharon with New Spiral of Violence
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Palestinian rioters and terrorists escalated the renewed intifada in recent days throughout Gaza and Judea/Samaria, including Jerusalem, in a move meant to “test†Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon even before he formally assumes office.
Fatah Issues New Threats to Israelis
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
In separate statements circulating on Monday, militants in the main PLO faction Fatah threatened to “turn the lives of all the settlers into a living hell†and to kill Israeli reporters covering stories in Bethlehem.
Europe, US Parting Ways Over Peace Process
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
In what appears to be a growing divide between US and European approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the European Union this week expressed support for the Palestinian position that Israeli concessions made since the Camp David talks should…
The Battle for Truth: Case Study One
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
As is often the case in the Middle East, the first casualty in the recent wave of Arab-Israeli clashes was truth, which was baldly proven by the flagship print daily in the US this past week.
Arafat Puts on Milage, But Spins in Place
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
PLO chief Yasser Arafat has launched another trademark whirlwind tour in search of more international support for the Palestinian intifada, but his latest anti-Israel offensive found little traction this week at the United Nations or Arab League.
PA Sentences Another “Collaborator” To Death
Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001
ICEJ NEWS – 08/22/2001 Amid approving shouts from spectators, a Palestinian Authority security court in Gaza this week sentenced to death a 24-year-old half-retarded Arab man for suspected “collaboration” with Israel. The condemned man, Khaled al-Oukka, simply smiled…
Arab/Islamic Threats Against Israel Never End
Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001
In recent days, Hamas Sheikh Ahmed Yassin has defended Islamic suicide bombings as a "democratic right," a leading Egyptian newspaper urged Palestinians to kill Israelis everywhere, and Saddam Hussein has called on Jordan to open its borders to…
Hizb’allah Encroaches On Divided Border Village
Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Tensions increased over recent days in the disputed Har Dov region along the Israeli-Lebanese border, after Hizb'Allah forces set up a roadblock just outside the divided border village of Ghajar.
UN Debate On Mideast Crisis Leading Nowhere
Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday is trying to wind up a heated open debate on the PLO's renewed demand for an international "protection force" in Palestinian areas, but the measure seems doomed to failure yet again…
Anti-Semites On The March Ahead Of Durban Conference
Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001
The prolonged Palestinian intifada continues to fuel a growing wave of anti-Semitism worldwide, as Jew haters are becoming ever more brazen in the build-up to the United Nations World Conference on Racism in Durban next week. The UN…
Special Dispatch – PA Statements by Heads of Fateh Factions
Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Deputy Commander of "Force 17," Muhammad Dhamrah,(1) A.K.A, Abu Awdh in an interview with Al-Hayat [London, August 17, 2001]: "...Independence will be realized only through sacrificing. We have prepared thousands, tens of thousands, martyrs in order to regain…
Palestinian Calls For Use Of Biological Weapons
Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2001
In an article published on Monday in the Palestinian weekly AL-MANAR, a leading Palestinian journalist advocates the use of biological or chemical weapons to create a "balance of terror" with Israel.
PA Claims IDF Used Nude Woman To Lure Kids To Their Deaths
Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2001
ICEJ NEWS – 08/15/2001 The leading newspaper of the Palestinian Authority reported on its front page on Monday that “the [Israeli] occupation is using naked women to hunt down intifada youth.” The official PA daily Al-Hayat al-Jadidah claimed…
IDF Flexes Muscle In Jenin And Bethlehem
Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Israeli tanks and bulldozers on Monday night rumbled into Jenin, prime breeding grounds for Islamic suicide bombers, in a temporary show of force that furious Palestinian officials branded a "declaration of war." When the IDF seemed poised to…
The Oslo Agreements: “The Big Scam”
Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2001
During the past few months, numerous Israeli commentators, columnists, academics, politicians, intellectuals, authors and other opinion makers from across the political spectrum, have written articles regarding their disillusionment with the Palestinians in general, with Yasser Arafat in particular,…
Retaliation Expected…But Will It Lead to War?
Posted on Thursday, August 9, 2001
I only returned to the Lord's land two days ago after a grueling, but blessed, two month speaking tour in Hong Kong, Australia and the United States. As many of you will recall, it was with great difficulty…
Top Palestinian Official Negotiations are Ineffective
Posted on Monday, August 6, 2001
In an article in the Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, titled "A Chance for the Fighting Negotiator," Palestinian Information Ministry Director-General Hassan Al-Kashef urged Palestinians not to return to diplomatic negotiations, and to allow the process of war…
