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 – April 6, 2001
Posted on Friday, April 6, 2001
This week's talk of a possible peaceful end to the over half-year violent crisis rocking the Promised Land has quickly evaporated as the smoke of conflict rose to new levels overnight and this morning in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli and Palestinian Forces Engaged in Open Warfare
Posted on Thursday, April 5, 2001
Despite renewed political and security contacts, there has been no let up in recent days in the Palestinian-initiated war against Israel, as IDF forces responded with increasingly heavier firepower to Palestinian mortar and sniper attacks.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – April 5, 2001
Posted on Thursday, April 5, 2001
Renewed high level contacts on Wednesday between Israeli and Palestinian political and security officials are being followed up today by fresh tensions and violence.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – April 4, 2001
Posted on Wednesday, April 4, 2001
After nearly two weeks marred by some of the worst violence since the “Al-Aksa jihad†was launched on the Temple Mount last September, high-level contacts resumed today between Israeli and Palestinian officials.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 2/20/2001
Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Israeli and US forces began a joint military exercise today to test Patriot missiles, used to intercept Iraqi Scud missiles during the Gulf War in 1991.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 2/19/2001
Posted on Monday, February 19, 2001
Israel has sent a stern warning to Lebanon and Syria, after Hizbollah guerillas fired rockets at an Israeli patrol on the northern border Friday, killing an Israeli soldier.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 2/9/2001
Posted on Friday, February 9, 2001
A powerful car bomb exploded in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem yesterday evening, but remarkably, only one person was slightly injured.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 1/26/2001
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2001
Opposition leader Ariel Sharon is still way ahead in the race for prime minister, according to three polls out today. The polls, published in Friday newspapers, showed Sharon ahead by 16 to 18 percentage points. That’s a two…
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.
