Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Mitchell Probe Ends Visit
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2000
The US-led Mitchell Committee got a close-up look at the renewed intifada during its tour of Israel and Palestinian areas and headed home on Sunday to finish its report on the causes of the last six months of…
Bush, Sharon Pressed on Israeli MIA Issue
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2000
If thirty US Senators have their way, President George W. Bush will make sure he agrees to help visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon locate Israel's MIA's.
Tensions Building After Wave of Palestinian Terrorism
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2000
wo terrorist bombings in Jerusalem on Tuesday, following hard on the heels of the shooting of a 10-month-old Jewish girl in Hebron by Palestinian snipers on Monday evening, have increased calls by the Israeli public for strong action…
Jerusalem TV Station Shut Down For Relaying PA Broadcast
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2000
Israeli police arrested on Tuesday the manager and three employees of a broadcasting company in central Jerusalem on suspicion of operating an illegal television and radio station that was re-transmiting Palestinian and Hizb'Allah television and radio broadcasts abroad.
Israel On Alert For More Trouble Along Lebanon Border
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2000
Israel's northern border continues to be plagued by violent demonstrations and cross-border terrorist attacks, thus making it a potential flashpoint for sparking a wider regional conflict.
Palestinian Terror Escalates While Sharon Away
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2000
Following Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's departure for Washington, Palestinian terrorists ambushed a Jewish motorist early Monday morning, just hours after the first mortar attack inside Israel proper.
Barak Orders Halt to WAQF Digging on Temple Mount
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
Caretaker Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday finally requested police to meet with Islamic Waqf officials in Jerusalem and halt the reported destruction of antiquities on the Temple Mount.
Vatican Agrees With Israel on Need to End Palestinian Violence
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
The Vatican expressed understanding on Friday for Israel's position that it is essential to immediately end the violence in the disputed territories and acts of Palestinian terrorism, according to Ovadia Sofer, Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon's emissary.
Israel Braces For More Terror After Latest Netanya Bombing
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
The Israeli coastal resort town of Netanya was rocked by yet another terrorist bombing on Sunday, leaving four dead and up to ninety wounded, and sending Israeli police scrambling to counter the imminent threat of even more attacks…
PA Minister Admits Initfada Was Planned
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
Palestinian Authority Communications Minister Imad Faluji confirmed on Friday what Israel has known and attempted to relay to the international community since Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount in late September - that the renewed Palestinian intifada…
New Israeli Defense Minister Sees Intifada Up Close
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
There has been no let-up in the intifada, as a Palestinian sniper shot at Israel's newly-installed Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer while he was observing Palestinian areas from the rooftop of an Israeli military command center in the Gaza…
Sharon Clamps Down on Ramallah After Arrest of Terror Cell
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
New Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered the IDF to tighten its blockade of Ramallah over the weekend, following the arrest of members of an active terrorist cell in the area and specific intelligence that other members of…
Peace Process Stalls as Israeli Election Looms
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
Talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on security cooperation and final-status issues made little headway over the weekend, and were suspended on Monday when an Israeli citizen was found murdered in Gush Katif and the IDF renewed its…
Palestinian Areas Descending Into Chaos
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
In a sign of spiraling mistrust and lawlessness in Palestinian areas over the past week, two Palestinians were summarily executed for alleged collaboration with Israel, three more were secretly murdered by militants, another two have been sentenced to…
Ultra-Doves Pushing Barak Toward Pre-Election Peace Deal
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
Senior leaders of Israel's peace camp refuse to call it quits - even during the throes of an election campaign they appear certain to lose - pressing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to enter marathon peace talks with…
Barak Barely Taps Brakes on Taba Talks After Israeli Murders
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
Just as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were reporting serious progress in the marathon Taba talks, a double murder of two Tel Aviv residents shopping in Tulkarm prompted Prime Minister Ehud Barak to suspend the intensifying effort for an…
New WAQF Tunnel on the Temple Mount
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
Fresh eye-witness accounts indicate the Muslim Waqf has added a new tunnel accessing the ancient Hulda Gates corridor to its growing list of "archaeological crimes" on the Temple Mount.
Another Israeli Ambushed by Palestinian Gunman
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
On Thursday evening, a Jerusalem man became the fifth Israeli civilian in the past two weeks murdered by armed Palestinian gangs targeting Jews over the Green Line.
