Arafat May Attend Intifada Bash in Tehran
Iran is planning to host a two-day international conference this week called to build support for the Palestinian intifada, and PLO chief Yasser Arafat could be the guest of honor.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Palestinian Leaders Justify Latest Suicide Attacks
A roadside bomb exploded this morning on the Trans-Samaria highway close to the Jewish town of Ariel. A reinforced military bus, carrying soldiers to bases in the area, was the apparent target of the attack. No one was injured when the bomb blew up as the bus passed by.
Israeli Officials Hopeful Mortar Attacks subside with Arafat’s Announcement
Israeli officials say they are hopeful that mortar attacks upon Israeli civilian centers will subside after Yasser Arafat announced yesterday that Palestinians carrying out such assaults would be punished.
Remembering the Holocaust as Violence Continues
Israelis stood in silence for two minutes this morning as sirens wailed throughout the Jewish State in memory of the five million Jewish adults and one million children slaughtered in the Nazi holocaust of World War Two.
Israel Withdraws From Gaza Town After US Denounces Israeli Operation
Palestinians fired additional mortar shells this morning at an Israeli civilian settlement and army positions in the Gaza Strip, just hours after Israeli forces began pulling out of a small portion of Palestinian-controlled land in the northeast portion of the strip.
Sharon Orders Military Operation After Palestinian Forces Shell Israeli Town
The violent crisis that has rocked the Lord’s land since the Jewish year 5,761 began last September 28 deepened significantly last evening.
Arafat Welcomes “Special” Israeli Envoys
Never one to turn down an important meeting, PLO chief Yasser Arafat hosted an unusual pair of Israeli envoys of late, Omri Sharon -the controversial son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon – and Labor dove Yossi Beilin.
Israel Strikes Syrian Radar Station As Indication that Sharon Will Not Tolerate Any Further Hizbulla
Three Syrian soldiers were reportedly killed and five wounded overnight in an Israeli air raid on a Syrian radar station near the Beirut-Damascus highway in eastern Lebanon.
Hebron Enjoys Calm and Bustling Start to Pessach
The normally tense mood in Hebron eased somewhat over the start of the Passover holidays, as thousands of Jews visited the small Israeli enclaves to celebrate the biblical feast and visit the Tomb of the Patriarchs.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 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.
Peres Claims PA Ready to “Stop Shooting and Start Talking”
Ignoring the relentless violence and skirting pledges not to negotiate under fire, Israel renewed both political and security contacts with the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday.
Israeli and Palestinian Forces Engaged in Open Warfare
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
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
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
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.
Sick and Wounded in Latest Intifada in the West Bank Are Being Helped By Manara Ministries
AMMAN, JORDAN (February 19, 2001) – Some of the sick and wounded in the latest Intifada (Uprising) in the West Bank, are being helped by a unique ministry based in Amman, Jordan.
Sick and Wounded Who Come From Palestine Into Jordan Following Latest Intifada in the West Bank Are
AMMAN, JORDAN (February 19, 2001) – Many of the sick and wounded who have fled across the border into Jordan following the latest Intifada (Uprising) in the West Bank, are being helped by a unique ministry based in Amman, Jordan.
Middle East Crisis Headlines – 2/19/2001
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
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
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 point gain for Barak, but hardly an encouragement.