Israel-Palestinian Conflict

“Blessings to whoever saved a bullet to stick it in a Jew’s head.”

The following excerpts, broadcasted on PA TV, are from the Friday sermon [August 3, 2001] given by Sheik Ibrahim Madhi at the Sheik ’Ijlin Mosque in Gaza:

“…Oh lovers of Allah. After the leaders of the Jews declared the “Hell” plan(1), we say: Yes, we accept the challenge, if this is the “Hell” plan. Then our dead [will reach] Heaven and their dead [will reach] Hell, Allah willing. This Jihad activity will continue, whether they like it or if it upsets them. Why do we complicate things. This is Jihad: Either victory or Martyrdom…”

The Temple Mount Faithful Will Go Up to the Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av

On Tisha b’Av (29th July 2001), the day which commemorates the destruction of both temples, 2587 years since the destruction of the First Temple in 586BCE and 1931 years since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70CE, the Temple Mount Faithful Movement will go up to the Temple Mount.

Latest Headline Briefs from Israel – July 23, 2001

Israeli police thwarted a major bomb attack in the northern port city of Haifa yesterday, when a Palestinian suicide bomber was arrested before carrying out an attack in a crowded area.

Israelis Consider Military Invasion of West Bank, Gaza

After months of violence, Israelis are now openly debating the possibility of a military invasion of Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip aimed at crushing the Palestinian Authority and ending the rule of Yasser Arafat.

Latest Headline Briefs from Israel

Efforts to save the collapsing cease-fire shifted to Cairo today, where Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat met separately with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Arafat Frees Dolphinarium Terrorists

“There is no better example of the cynical attitude of the Palestinian Authority,” and of Arafat himself, to acts of terror than their handling of the Dolphinarium suicide slaughter that claimed 21 young lives. So wrote military correspondent Ze’ev Schiff in Ha’aretz (June 22).

“New York Moment” No Match for Fight Over Eternal Jerusalem

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 failed diplomacy.

Death of an Israeli Army Officer Jeopardizes Cease-fire

An Israeli army officer was killed by a Palestinian gunman today on the “Tunnel Road” at the southern entrance to Jerusalem, jeopardizing a fragile cease-fire that went into effect yesterday afternoon. Security sources believe the officer was deliberately targeted in a Palestinian hit.

Tension Continues to Build in the Middle East

Israeli troops killed two Palestinian terrorists today on the Gaza border as they tried to plant a bomb. The Israeli army said the two men were seen planting a bomb on the edge of Bureij refugee camp, close to the Israeli border, when troops opened fire.

On Camera: Reuters Roots for the Palestinians

If any of the victims in the recent Palestinian/Israeli fighting deserved especially sympathetic media coverage, surely it would be 10-month-old Shalhevet Pas, shot dead in her baby carriage on March 26 by a Palestinian sniper, while her father, who was wounded in the attack, and her mother, watched in horror.

Tekoa Teens Latest Victims of Intifada

Early Wednesday morning, the badly mutilated bodies of two Israeli teenagers, both 14 and residents of Tekoa, in the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem, were found in a cave along a dry stream bed near the Judean Desert community.

Families of Kidnapped Israelis Meet Annan

As part of a renewed campaign to exert international pressure on Hizb’Allah to release information on Israeli MIAs held in Lebanon, family members of the hostages met in New York with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday.

Peace on the Horizon?

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres will soon be heading to Washington to discuss Israel’s response to an Egyptian-Jordanian ceasefire proposal, designed to lead to a resumption of political negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel.

Miracle Protection – Car Bomb Only Wounds Eight

In the wake of yet another car bomb attack in the Israeli town of Or Yehuda on April 23, senior police officials declared it was nothing short of a miracle that only 8 people were lightly injured. T

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