THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST


"Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. "( Zechariah 12: 2-4 )

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Dec 26 -- 2002 : Israelis kill 6 in West Bank, sources say -- IDF: Several had links to terrorism. -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Six Palestinians -- including suspected terrorists -- were shot and killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Thursday, according to Palestinian sources. Source: CNN.


Dec 26 -- 2002 : Israelis kill 6 in West Bank, sources say -- IDF: Several had links to terrorism. -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Six Palestinians -- including suspected terrorists -- were shot and killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Thursday, according to Palestinian sources. Source: CNN.


Dec 23 -- 2002 : International parties agree on key Mideast peace plan -- WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A draft "road map" drawn up by the so-called "Mideast quartet" says the ultimate goal for the troubled region is a "final and comprehensive settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict by 2005" -- a process that must first begin with an immediate cease-fire. Source: CNN.


Dec 06 -- 2002 : Sources: Israeli incursion into Palestinian camp kills 10 -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Ten Palestinians were killed and as many as 20 others were wounded early Friday, according to Palestinian security and hospital sources, after Israeli forces entered the El-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza and destroyed the home of a suspected Palestinian militant. Source: CNN.


Dec 01 -- 2002 : Israeli envoy to UN: We accept two states for two people -- Israel's ambassador to the United Nations informed the UN General Assembly on Friday that Israel accepts the vision of "two states living side by side in peace and security" as a basis for a peace deal with the Palestinians. Source: CNN.


Dec 01 -- 2002 : Sources: 2 Palestinians killed in Gaza -- GAZA CITY, Gaza (CNN) -- Two Palestinian men were killed overnight Sunday in northern Gaza during Israeli military operations, sources told CNN. Source: CNN.


Nov 28 -- 2002 : Palestinian gunmen kill four or five Israelis at northern Israeli bus station before being shot dead, police say -- BEIT SHAEN, Israel (CNN) -- At least two Palestinian gunmen opened fire Thursday at the central bus station in Beit Shaen, Israel, police said. The gunmen killed four Israelis before being shot dead, according to police. Source: CNN.


Nov 27 -- 2002 : Car Bomb Blast in Gaza as Militants Vow Revenge -- GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian attempting a suicide car bombing against an Israeli army post was killed in the Gaza Strip (news - web sites) Wednesday as militant groups vowed to avenge the deaths of two of their commanders in the West Bank. Source: CNN.


Nov 24 -- 2002 : Navy intercepts explosives-packed Palestinian boat -- Palestinians on an explosives-packed boat blew themselves up when intercepted by a navy patrol off the northern Gaza coast early Saturday morning, wounding four sailors Source: Jerusalm Post internet edition.


Nov 19 -- 2002 : Blast kills 11 in Jerusalem -- A suicide bomber killed 11 people and injured 50 -- including many schoolchildren -- aboard a crowded Israeli commuter bus in Jerusalem this morning, according to Israeli police. More on CNN.Source: CNN.


Nov 19 -- 2002 : Blast kills 11 in Jerusalem -- A suicide bomber killed 11 people and injured 50 -- including many schoolchildren -- aboard a crowded Israeli commuter bus in Jerusalem this morning, according to Israeli police. More on CNN.. Source: CNN.


Nov 15 -- 2002 : 6 reported killed in Hebron shooting -- At least six people are dead and more are wounded after a shooting in the West Bank city of Hebron, Israeli media report. Army officials said one or more Palestinian militants standing on top of a hill shot at a group of people, believed to be Jewish settlers. Source: CNN.


Nov 10 -- 2002 : Five Israelis killed in terror attack -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A suspected Palestinian gunman attacked a kibbutz in northern Israel late Sunday and killed five people, Israeli military radio reported. Others may be wounded, the radio reports said. Source: CNN.


Nov 10 -- 2002 : Massive Bomb Found at Morag --(IsraelNN.com) - A 100 kg (220lb) bomb was discovered this evening in the agricultural hothouses of the Jewish community of Morag, in the southern Gaza district. The massive bomb was safely neutralized by sappers. Source:Arutz Sheva.


Nov 04 -- 2002 : Two killed in mall bombing in Israel -- Israel (CNN) -- An explosion set off by a suicide bomber rocked a shopping mall in this town near Tel Aviv Monday, killing two people and the bomber, police said. .More on CNN.


Oct 30 -- 2002 : Gunman kills 3 Israelis, wounds 3 others -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A Palestinian man shot and killed three Israelis late Tuesday and wounded three others in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Hermesh before Israeli forces shot him dead, the Israel Defense Forces said. .More on CNN.


Oct 30 -- 2002 : Sharon's Israeli government collapses -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- The government of Israel collapsed Wednesday after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected a deal that would have kept the Labor Party in the national unity coalition .More on CNN.


Oct 27 -- 2002 : 3 dead in West Bank suicide blast -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A suicide bomber blew up near a gas station in the West Bank on Sunday, killing two people and himself, according to Israeli ambulance services.More on CNN.


Oct 25 -- 2002 : Hundreds of Israeli forces enter Jenin -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Following this week's deadly terror attack on a bus in northern Israel, hundreds of Israeli soldiers poured into the West Bank city of Jenin, searching for the "Palestinian terror infrastructure," Israel Defense Forces said. More on CNN.


Oct 21 -- 2002 : Terror attack kills 14 in Israel -- KARKUR JUNCTION, Israel (CNN) -- A suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives next to a bus packed with passengers just before Monday afternoon's rush hour in northern Israel and blew it up, killing 14 people, police said. More on CNN.


Oct 10 -- 2002 : U.S. Embassy guards help foil suicide bombing -- TEL AVIV, Israel (CNN) -- A suicide bombing was foiled Friday just blocks from the U.S. and French embassies after a man wearing a vest with explosives set off a metal detector at a crowded beachfront cafe, fled and then was captured before he could detonate the device, U.S. and Israeli officials said. More on CNN.


Oct 10 -- 2002 : Suicide bomber kills one, injures 19 near Tel Aviv -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday morning at a bus stop near Tel Aviv, killing one woman and injuring about 19 others, according to medical sources and Israeli police. More on CNN.


Oct 07 -- 2002 : Israeli offensive kills 10, Palestinians say - -- KHAN YUNIS, Gaza (CNN) -- An offensive by Israeli helicopters and dozens of tanks early Monday left 10 people dead -- including a woman and child -- and up to 115 people wounded, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said.More


Oct 02 -- 2002 : Israel worried about 'suicide bombers everywhere' ahead of US strike on Iraq - MOSCOW Israel is concerned that the Palestinians will try to "set the ground ablaze" before a US attack on Iraq in an attempt to provoke an Israeli response and make it more difficult for the government to act, a senior official said. "The concern now is not about a few Scud missiles, but suicide bombers everywhere," the official in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's entourage said Tuesday. He said there is also heightened concern about infiltration attempts from Lebanon and Jordan. More


Sept 26 -- 2002 : Hamas members reported killed in attacks - JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Two Palestinians were killed Thursday when an Israeli helicopter fired missiles, striking a car in Gaza City, hospital officials said. More on CNN


Sept 24 -- 2002 : U.N. Security Council condemns Israeli siege - UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- The United Nations Security Council early Tuesday approved a resolution condemning Israel's siege of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah and calling for its end. The United States abstained, calling the resolution "one-sided." More on CNN


Sept 20 -- 2002 : Palestinians fear collapse of Arafat office - The Israeli army was demolishing a bridge between Yasser Arafat's office and another building Friday night and Palestinians feared it could cause the building to collapse on Arafat. 'The situation is very grave', said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, an aide inside Arafat's office. More on CNN


Sept 19 -- 2002 : Israeli tanks fire near Arafat compound - Hours after a suicide bomber killed five people in Tel Aviv, Israeli troops in armored personnel carriers advanced near Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound and opened fire with machine guns, according to chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat. More on CNN.More


Sept 19 -- 2002 : 5 dead in Tel Aviv terror blast - A suicide bomber set off a blast on a crowded city bus in downtown Tel Aviv today, killing at least five people, according to police. Ambulance services said at least 60 people had been wounded in the terror attack. At least five of them were reported to be in serious condition.More


Sept 18 -- 2002 : Israeli killed in suicide bombing - More


Sept 09 -- 2002 : Scuds turned on Israel as Saddam girds for war - The four trucks moved under the cover of darkness, each hauling the block-like shape of a mobile Scud missile-launcher into the western deserts of Iraq, from where they could target Israel More


Sept 06 -- 2002 : Israel deploys anti-aircraft missiles - TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Military sources confirmed Friday that the army has decided to beef up the anti-aircraft units and that it called up reservists under special regulations that do away with the usually required advance notice. More


Sept 06 -- 2002 : Iraqi air defence site attacked - A number of US and UK planes have taken part in an attack on a major Iraqi defence facility in the west of the country . More


Sept 05 -- 2002 : Mega-Bomb Discovered In Time (Israeli update) - Latest News -- It is not yet known what set of crowded downtown buildings the Palestinian terrorists were planning to blow up, but it is clear that the alertness of 2 Border Guard police volunteers at 2 AM this morning prevented the major catastrophe from happening. More


Sept 01 -- 2002 : Sources: 5 Palestinians killed in West Bank - JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli troops shot dead four Palestinian workers near the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources. More on CNN


Aug 29 -- 2002 : Temple Mount bulge an explosive problem - JERUSALEM — A bulge in the wall of Jerusalem's Temple Mount, a site holy to both Jews and Muslims, has introduced a new and potentially explosive element into the Israeli-Palestinian confrontation More.


Aug 29 -- 2002 : Settlers killed in West Bank - Palestinian gunmen ambushed a family of Jewish settlers early today on the West Bank, killing a husband and his pregnant wife and injuring their two children, Israel Defense Forces said. The ambush followed a bloody Sunday that saw eleven Israelis killed in attacks by Palestinian militants -- a suicide bombing on a bus in northern Israel and a shooting in Jerusalem More on CNN.


Aug 04 -- 2002 : 12 dead in terror attacks - An explosion ripped through a bus in northern Israel Sunday morning, killing at least nine people and injuring 49, officials said. Hours later, police said a second terror attack occurred when a Palestinian gunman opened fire in Jerusalem, killing two and wounding at least 16 others. The gunman also was killed. More on CNN.


July 31 -- 2002 : Mideast terror blast kills 7 -At least seven people were killed in an explosion in a cafeteria at Hebrew University in East Jerusalem, hospital officials said. Police called the blast a terrorist act. .More on CNN.


July 30 -- 2002 : Suicide Bomber Wounds 7 in Jerusalem -JERUSALEM — A suicide bomber blew himself up in a Jerusalem fast-food stand Tuesday, injuring seven people in the first attack here since back-to-back bombings prompted Israel to occupy major West Bank towns last month. Earlier in the day, two Israeli settlers were shot and killed in the West Bank after they entered a Palestinian village, and a settler couple was seriously wounded after they were stabbed in their home by a Palestinian intruder.More on Foxnews.


July 30 -- 2002 : Terrorists kill two Israelis in Palestinian village - Two brothers from the Samaria community of Kfar Tapauch were shot dead while supplying diesel fuel to a Palestinan factory in nearby Jumaien earlier this afternoon. A local resident has the details. More on JPostRadio.


July 26 -- 2002 : Four killed in Fatah ambush on Friday - - Four Israelis were shot dead, and two children wounded in two terror attacks near Hebron just before the Sabbath. More on JPostRadio.


July 25 -- 2002 : One Israeli dead, one wounded in Samaria shooting attack - Fatah al-Aksa terrorists ambushed the two early this morning near the communnity of Alei Zahav in northern Samaria. IDF units are searching the area for the perpetrators. More on JPostRadio.


July 23 -- 2002 : Airstrike kills Hamas militant, 10 others - In a move that already has ratcheted up tensions in the Middle East, Israeli forces Monday night launched an F-16 airstrike in the heart of Gaza City, killing a top Hamas militant and at least 10 other people. Several of the dead were children. Israel termed the airstrike an act of self-defense against a "known terrorist." Hamas is vowing revenge.More on CNN


July 17 -- 2002 : Dual bombings kill at least 3, injure 40 in Tel Aviv - Two suicide bombers detonated explosives Wednesday night at the entrance to a movie theater in southern Tel Aviv, killing three victims and wounding more than 40, Israeli police and hospital sources said. The bombers also were killed in the explosions.More on CNN


July 16 -- 2002 : Terror attack kills 7 in Israel - At least seven people were killed and more than 20 wounded today when gunfire ripped through an Israeli civilian bus and a second vehicle, Israel Defense Forces said. A roadside explosion preceded the shooting near the West Bank settlement of Emanuel.More on CNN


July 16 -- 2002 : One dead in car bombing near Helsinki synagogue - One person was killed and another wounded in a car bomb attack some 200 meters from a synagogue in Helsinki, Finland today.More on JPostRadio


July 14-- 2002 : Israeli aircraft bomb terror target in Gaza -Israeli aircraft on Sunday bombed and destroyed a three-story building in the Gaza Strip that served as a Hamas bomb factory, media reports and witnesses said. At least 10 people were reported wounded in the early afternoon assault, which targeted a building in Qarara, a section near the town of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, witnesses said. More


July 13-- 2002 : Israel foils new bomb attack -JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli forces prevented a vehicle filled with explosives from entering Israel from the West Bank city of Qalqilya, the Israel Defense Forces said. . More


July 12-- 2002 : Israel accepts EU peace plan -Israel is prepared to withdraw its forces from the occupied territories on the West-bank so the Palestinians can conduct the planned elections in January, but only if the wave of terrorist attacks comes to an end, stated the Israeli Foreign Minister, Simon Peres, during a visit to Copenhagen on Thursday where he provided clear backing for the Danish European Union presidency's Middle East peace plan, reports the Danish newspaper Politiken. More


July 08-- 2002 : Magazine says Arafat to step down soon --AMMAN, Jordan, July 8 (UPI) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is expected to step down in the coming weeks through an agreement between the United States, Israel and certain Palestinian and Arab parties, a Jordanian magazine said Monday. More


July 07-- 2002 : IDF thwarts suicide bombings in Gaza Strip -- (1500) IDF troops captured two Palestinian terrorists dressed in police uniforms as they attempted to infiltrate the Elei Sinai community in the Gaza Strip. The two had intended to carry out a suicide bombing inside the Green Line. More on JPostRadio


July 02 -- 2002 : Fatah calls for attacks on 'Zionist and American targets everywhere' -- (11:00) Fatah's Al Aksa Martyr's Brigade has issued a statement calling on all Palestinian organizations to attack American and Zionist targets in response to US President George W. Bush's calls to oust PA Chairman Yasser Arafat. More on JPostRadio


June 29 -- 2002 : Blasts destroy Palestinian HQ -- Israeli soldiers are searching the rubble of the Palestinian security headquarters in Hebron for the bodies of up to 15 wanted Palestinians believed to have sought refuge inside the building, Israel says. More on CNN


The real face of the Palestinian Authority June 28 -- 2002 : Peace, Peace, But There is No Peace -- IDF Displays Hebron Photo This is the real face of the Palestinian Authority. Yesterday, a PA official, indignantly responded to Bush's ultimatum that the US will withhold US aid if Arafat remained in power, saying, "The PA is not the Taliban." More


June 24 -- 2002 : Bush calls for new Palestinian leadership -- President Bush today called on Palestinians to replace Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat and other top officials because they are "encouraging, not opposing, terrorism." "Peace requires a new and different Palestinian leadership so that a Palestinian state can be born," Bush said.More on CNN


June 24 -- 2002 : Six Hamas men gunned down in IAF helicopter strike. IDF surrounds Arafat's Ramallah compound, (11:00) -- According to witnesses, IAF helicopters fired four missiles at two cars carrying Hamas members in the Gaza Strip Monday morning, killing six and wounding 10 others. Meanwhile, IDF tanks and APC's moved into Ramallah, surrounding PA Chairman Yasser Arafat's compound and placing the city under curfew. More on JPostRadio. More on JPostRadio


June 20 -- 2002 : Another day...more funerals Gal Eizenman, 5, killed in Wednesday night's suicide bombing along with her grandmother Noa Alon, 60. They were buried together in Ofra. -- 15:00 Funerals for six of the seven victims killed in Wednesday night's suicide bombing in Jerusalem are taking place today. In all, 31 people from Jerusalem's two suicide bombings remain in hospital. Ten of them are in serious condition. Meanwhile, the IDF is expanding its operations in PA cities . More on JPostRadio


June 19 -- 2002 : Blast rocks Jerusalem bus stop -- A suicide bomber set off a blast at a bus stop in the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem today, killing an undetermined number of people and wounding at least 20, police said. It was the second terror attack in Jerusalem in two days. . More on JPostRadio


June 20 -- 2002 : West Bank attack kills 4 Israelis -- A Palestinian gunman killed at least four Israelis at a Jewish settlement near Nablus late Thursday, Israeli military sources said. Israeli military sources said the gunman also died in the attack on the Itamar settlement, outside Nablus. Eight other settlers were injured, some critically, the sources said.More on CNN


June 19 -- 2002 : IDF moves into Palestinian cities (15:00) -- As part of the government's shift in policy to take over PA lands until "the terror stops", IDF tanks and troops moved into Jenin, Kalkilya and Nablus early Wednesday morning. More on JPostRadio


June 18 -- 2002 : Bomb kills 19 on Jerusalem bus -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 19 people and wounded at least 50 others in a blast on a city bus Tuesday morning in southern Jerusalem, according to Israeli police. More on CNN


June 17 -- 2002 : Hamas threatens chemical terror -- Hamas is threatening to use chemical weapons in future attacks against Israeli targets, claiming "slaughter will bring slaughter," Channel 2 reported last night. According to the report, Hamas issued a statement after conducting a strategic debate which generated the decision to use chemical weapons in addition to conventional bombs More on JPost.com


June 13 -- 2002 : (15:00) Two female would-be suicide bombers nabbed --A 15-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman were captured by the IDF in West Bank raids Thursday. Both were planning to carry out separate suicide bombing attacks within Israel. More on JPost.com


June 13 -- 2002 : SOURCE: SHARON OPEN TO PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD DECLARATION -- WASHINGTON Prime Minister Ariel Sharon indicated to US President George W. Bush at their meeting this week that he is open to the idea of a declaration of Palestinian statehood preceding negotiations and agreement on final status issues like borders and Jerusalem, according to a diplomatic source briefed on the White House meeting. More on JPost.com


June 12 -- 2002 : Four armed Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip -- (15:00) Four terrorists armed with guns and explosives were killed by IDF troops in the Gaza Strip near the Netzarim community overnight. The four were members of a seven man terror cell on their way to perpetrate a terror attack . More on JPostRadio


June 11 -- 2002 : Suicide bomber hits restaurant near Tel Aviv -- HERZLIYA, Israel (CNN) -- A suicide bomber who asked for a glass of water set off a blast Tuesday evening in a restaurant in the Israeli coastal city of Herzliya, wounding as many as nine people, police said. . More on CNN


June 11 -- 2002 : Bomb goes off under Israeli school bus; 3 hurt -- Bush: Conditions not right for Mideast peace -- HEBRON, West Bank (CNN) -- A bomb exploded under an Israeli school bus near a Jewish settlement on the West Bank on Tuesday morning, wounding three students, according to Israeli sources. More on CNN


June 08 -- 2002 : 3 Israelis killed in attack on settlement -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Three Israelis were killed and five others wounded Saturday in an attack by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank settlement of Karmei Tsur, the Israel Defense Forces said.. More on CNN


June 06 -- 2002 : Arafat: 'Israel is trying to kill me' -- Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has emerged from his Ramallah compound unscathed following heavy bombardments from the IDF this morning, in retaliation to Wednesday's suicide bomb attack. Despite Arafat's claims, the IDF says Arafat was not a target. More on JPostRadio


June 05 -- 2002 : Car bomb kills 14 in Israel -- An explosives-laden car exploded early today behind a bus in northern Israel, killing at least 14 people and wounding 55 others, according to Israeli police and emergency medical services. More on CNN


June 02 -- 2002 : Shin Bet: Forty terror attacks thwarted since the end of Operation Defensive Shield -- Shin Bet General Security Service head told the cabinet today 40 terror attacks have been prevented since May 10. However, he added if the IDF withdraws from PA West Bank towns without erecting a security fence, terror attacks will increase. More on JPostradio


May 29 -- 2002 : Jerusalem on heightened alert -- Scores of additional police and security forces have been deployed in and around the capital following ongoing warnings of potential suicide bomb attacks in the city. More on JPostradio


May 29 -- 2002 : West Bank shootings kill 4 Israelis -- Settlement high school target of latest attack. -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A Palestinian gunman entered a Jewish settlement in the West Bank Tuesday night and opened fire, killing three teenage students from a religious high school and wounding two others, Israeli officials said. More on CNN


May 27 -- 2002 : Suicide bombing kills 2 outside Israeli mall -- PETAH TIKVA, Israel (CNN) -- An explosion set off by a suicide bomber killed two Israelis on Monday in a coffee shop outside a mall in the Israeli town of Petah Tikva, Israeli police said. More on CNN


May 23 -- 2002 : Major disaster averted in Pi Glilot fuel tanker explosion -- (15:00) The terrorist attack in which a tanker exploded at the main fuel depot in the center of the country this morning miraculously wounded no-one. A report was presented to the government several months ago about the dangers of the depot being in such a densely populated residential area. More on JPost.com


May 22 -- 2002 : Deadly blast rocks Israeli town -- A suicide bombing Wednesday in a pedestrian mall in the town of Rishon Letzion, Israel, about 15 miles southeast of Tel Aviv, killed three Israelis and injured dozens, Israeli authorities said. More.


May 20 -- 2002 : Tension in Israel after two suicide bombings -- Senior Israeli official warns more to come -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A senior Israeli intelligence officer warned Monday that he expects more suicide bombings, while Palestinians complained that Israel is imposing new restrictions on their movement More.


May 19 -- 2002 : One killed, 48 injured in suicide attack in Netanya -- One person was killed and at least 48 people were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a fruit and vegetable market in the coastal town of Netanya at around 4:20 P.M. on Sunday. A second body found at the scene of the attack is most likely that of the suicide bomber. More.


May 17 -- 2002 : Jewish terror cell suspects confess -- The attorney representing two suspected members of a Jewish terror cell that planned to bomb an Arab hospital and girls' school in Jerusalem last month said Wednesday his clients have confessed to taking part in the thwarted attack More.


May 17 -- 2002 : Palestinian elections conditioned on Israeli troop withdrawal -- RAMALLAH, West Bank (May 17, 2002 7:44 a.m. EDT) - The Palestinians plan to hold general elections within six months, on condition that Israeli troops withdraw before the vote to positions they held before the outbreak of fighting 20 months ago, Palestinian officials said. More.


May 14 -- 2002 : Powell praises Arafat (15:00) -- US Secretary of State Colin Powell says PA Chairman Yasser Arafat has been speaking in a "responsible way" since he was released from confinement from his Ramallah compound. More on JPostRadio.


May 12 -- 2002 : Israeli killed in Gaza Strip -- (15:00) An Israeli man was shot and killed by his Palestinian employee near the Rafiah Yam community in the Gaza Strip early Sunday afternoon.More on JPostRadio.


May 07 -- 2002 : 10 dead, at least 40 injured in dance hall blast near Tel Avi -- TEL AVIV, Israel (CNN) -- At least 40 people were injured when an explosion ripped through a reception hall in the coastal town of Rishon Letzion, south of Tel Aviv, on Tuesday night, an Israeli emergency workers said. More on CNN.


May 04 -- 2002 : Soldiers Fire on Civilians in West Bank -- JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian woman and her two children Sunday near the West Bank town of Jenin after a bomb went off under an army tank, an Israeli military source and a Palestinian rescue official said. More on Foxnews.


May 02 -- 2002 : Massive explosion and fire at Bethlehem church -- BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNN) -- A massive explosion rocked Manger Square and a fire broke out near the Church of the Nativity after a firefight between Israeli troops and Palestinians inside. More on CNN.


Apr 29 -- 2002 : Israeli forces roll into Hebron -- 9 Palestinians killed hours after deal on Arafat siege -- At least nine Palestinians were killed after Israeli tanks and troops rolled into the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, only hours after the Israeli Cabinet accepted a U.S. proposal on ending the month-long siege around Yasser Arafat’s compound in Ramallah More.


Apr 29 -- 2002 : Arafat free to leave Ramalla -- (11:00) Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed to a US proposal which will allow Arafat to be released from his Ramallah compound in exchange for the killers of tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi and PFLP leaders Ahmed Sa'adat and Fuad Shubaki being guarded by US and British jailers. More.


Apr 27 -- 2002 : Israel: Palestinians kill 4 settlers -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- -- The Israeli army is searching for one or more Palestinian gunman who infiltrated the Jewish settlement of Adora near the West Bank town of Hebron, killing at least four Israeli settlers, the Israeli Army said. More.


Apr 24 -- 2002 : (19:30) Powell: No evidence of massacre at Jenin camp -- WASHINGTON - While trying to clear the way for UN fact-finders, US Secretary of State Colin Powell told Congress today he has no evidence of an Israeli massacre of Palestinians at the Jenin refugee camp on the West Bank. More.


Apr 21 -- 2002 : Sharon declares end to operation's latest phase -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday "the present phase of the battle against terrorism is over" after Israeli troops withdrew from Nablus and parts of Ramallah and redeployed in a cordon around those West Bank cities. More.


Apr 17 -- 2002 : Imam calls on Allah to 'annihilate Jews' In sermon live on Palestinian Authority TV also raises 'flag of jihad' -- A Muslim imam, calling on Allah to 'annihilate the Jews and their supporters,' envisioned a day when all the lands of the earth will be 'owned by the Muslim nation,' in his Friday sermon last week, broadcast live on Palestinian Authority television. More.


Apr 17 -- 2002 : Powell, Arafat end talks -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has ended crucial talks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah today. CNN's Andrea Koppel, traveling with the secretary's delegation, said Powell looked grim as he came out of the meeting. After the meeting, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had "scuttled" Powell's trip. More on CNN.


Apr 14 -- 2002 : Powell meets with Arafat; more talks planned -- RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell had what he called a "useful and constructive" meeting Sunday with Yasser Arafat at the Palestinian leader's besieged West Bank headquarters. . More on JPostRadio.


Apr 12 -- 2002 : Suicide bombing in Jerusalem -- A woman suicide bomber blew herself up at Jerusalem's open-air market Friday afternoon. At least six people have been killed and scores wounded. US Secretary of State Colin Powell was only streets away when the attack took place. More on JPostRadio.


Apr 10 -- 2002 : Eight dead in bus blast -- Police say a deadly blast on an Israeli commuter bus near Haifa this morning was the work of a suicide bomber who was wearing a belt of explosives. At least eight people were killed and 14 wounded in the terror attack. More on CNN


Apr 09 -- 2002 : 13 Israel soldiers killed in Jenin -- As Israel pulled back from two West Bank towns and entered another, 13 Israeli soldiers were killed in what the Israeli army called an ambush in the West Bank town of Jenin. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, speaking during a visit in Egypt, said he intends to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat this week. More on CNN


Apr 08 -- 2002 : Sharon: 'I am ready to meet with moderate Arab leaders' -- In a special televised Knesset session, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stated he will travel anywhere to discuss peace with 'moderate' Arab leaders. .More on JPostRadio


Apr 05 -- 2002 : Bush sending Powell to the region -- US President George W. Bush has decided to send Secretary of State Colin Powell to the middle east in an effort to broker a cease-fire. Powell is expected to arrive next week. However, it is still undecided whether he will meet with PA Chairman Yasser Arafat.More on JPostRadio


Apr 04 -- 2002 : Sharon seeks OK from Bush on Arafat -- Wants written permission to capture or kill Palestinian leader -- Expect further expansion of Israel's large-scale operation in the West Bank, for which the military has drafted more than 20,000 reservists and recalled all officers and soldiers on vacation. More on CNN


Apr 04 -- 2002 : Tensions mount at historic Bethlehem church -- BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNN) -- Israel denied Thursday a claim that its forces had launched an attack on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, where as many as 200 Palestinians have been holed up. More on CNN


Apr 03 -- 2002 : Battle in Bethlehem -- More than 100 Palestinians seek refuge inside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity after heavy fighting -- IDF says Palestinian militiamen firing from church grounds --Israel deepens military campaign in West Bank, rolling tanks into town of Jenin and village of Salfit -- IDF: Documents found in compound link terror group to Palestinian Authority. More on CNN


Apr 02 -- 2002 : Arafat Rejects Exile Under Any Circumstances -- JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) will not accept exile from his homeland under any circumstances, Palestinian cabinet minister Saeb Erekat said on Tuesday. More on Yahoo


Apr 02 -- 2002 : IDF West Bank operations enter fifth day (11:00) -- Fierce gunbattles between IDF troops and Palestinian gunmen took place early Tuesday morning in Beituniya at the compound of PA West Bank Preventative Security Chief Jibril Rajoub. Meanwhile, policeman Tomer Mordechai, died of wounds sustained in Monday night's car bomb in Jerusalem. More on JPostRadio


Apr 01 -- 2002 : Breaking news: Car explosion in Jerusalem -- (20:00) A car exploded at the corner of central Jerusalem's Shivtei Yisrael and Hanevi'im streets minutes ago. One Israeli policeman was critically wounded in the blast. Three others were lightly wounded. Etgar Lefkovits reports from the scene .More on JPostRadio.


Apr 01 -- 2002 : 8 Israelis injured in shooting attack near Ramallah -- (20:00) Eight Israelis sustained wounds in a shooting attack near Ramallah at approximately 3:30 PM this afternoon. One person is in critical condition, and seven others suffered only minor injuries.More on JPostRadio.


Apr 01 -- 2002 : Sharon declares 'war against terrorism' -- Suicide bombings kill at least 14, injure 37 -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared his nation was at war with terrorism Sunday as Israeli forces forged ahead with operations in the West Bank on a day darkened by two more suicide bombings that killed at least 14 people. More on CNN


Mar 30 -- 2002 : Suicide attack kills at least 12 in northern Israel -- HAIFA, Israel (CNN) -- A suicide bomber set off a massive explosion Sunday at a restaurant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens of others, police and ambulance sources said. More on CNN


Mar 30 -- 2002 : Violence surges in Mideast -- At least 29 people wounded in a suicide bombing at a Tel Aviv cafe, Israeli police said. More on CNN


Mar 30 -- 2002 : U.N. calls for Israeli withdrawal Israeli tanks remained inside Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound today, despite a U.N. call for their withdrawal. Israeli troops took over most of the compound Friday in retaliation for a Wednesday terror attack that killed 22 people at a Passover gathering in the Israeli city of Netanya. More on CNN


Mar 29 -- 2002 : (15:30) Bomber kills two, wounds 28 in Jerusalem supermarket -- Two Israelis were killed and 28 wounded when a female suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt in a supermarket in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood this afternoon. More on Jpost.com.


Mar 29 -- 2002 : Israel declares Arafat 'enemy' -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, responding to a Palestinian terror attack that killed 21 people, said Friday that Israel has declared Yasser Arafat an "enemy" and that it will do everything in its power to "isolate" the Palestinian leader. As Sharon spoke, Israeli tanks and bulldozers surrounded Arafat's compound in Ramallah. More on CNN.


Mar 28 -- 2002 : Four Israelis killed as gunman infiltrates Elon Moreh settlement -- Four Israelis were killed when a gunman infiltrated the settlement of Elon Moreh in the West Bank, south of Nablus, Thursday evening, and opened fire on one of the homes. Security forces surrounded the house in which the gunman is located. After midnight, IDF troops burst into the house and killed the gunman. More on Ha'aretz.


Mar 27 -- 2002 : Police: 13 dead in Israel hotel blast -- Police are reporting at least 13 people are dead after a suicide bomber set off a 'major explosion' at a hotel in Netanya, Israel, north of Tel Aviv and only a few miles from the West Bank. Hospital officials said as many as 80 had been wounded in the terror attack, at least 15 of them critical condition More on CNN.


Mar 26 -- 2002 : Terror attack thwarted in Jerusalem -- (11:00) -- Two Palestinians have been killed after their booby-trapped car blew up in southern Jerusalem. The car exploded between Teddy Stadium and the Malha Mall shortly after police asked the driver to pull over. More on JPostRadio.


Mar 24 -- 2002 : IDF guns down four terrorist infiltrators -- (20:00) -- IDF troops tracked down and killed four terrorists who penetrated the border from Jordan and most likely intended to carry out an attack on a nearby Jewish community. The terrorists were caught with the help of Jordanian security personnel. More on JPostRadio.


Mar 24 -- 2002 : Israeli killed in West Bank shooting -- (11:00) -- Esther Kleinman, 23, from Neve Tsuf, was shot and killed Sunday morning when gunmen opened fire on the bus she was traveling in on the Abud bypass road not far from Ramallah More on JPostRadio.


Mar 21 -- 2002 : Explosion in downtown Jerusalem -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A suicide bomber set off a massive explosion Thursday in the heart of downtown Jerusalem, authorities say. More on CNN.


Mar 20 -- 2002 : Five dead, 29 wounded, in suicide bus bombing near Afula -- (11:00) -- At least five Israelis have been killed, and 29 wounded, two critically, when a suicide bomber blew himself up on Egged bus #823 in the Wadi Ara area in the West Bank early Wednesday morning. The bus was traveling from Tel Aviv to Nazareth Ilit. More on JPostRadio.


Mar 19 -- 2002 : Ben-Eliezer: Cease-fire possible within 48 hour -- (20:00) -- Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer says that it may be possible to declare a cease-fire within the next two days. The Israeli-Palestinian joint security committee is set to meet tomorrow to discuss implementation of the Tenet Plan. JPostRadio.


Mar 19 -- 2002 : IDF soldier killed in Jordan Valley attack -- (11:00) -- Lt. Tal Tzemach, 20, of Kibbutz Hulda was killed Tuesday morning by Palestinian terrorists in the Jordan Valley. Three others were wounded in the attack. More on JPostRadio.


Mar 17 -- 2002 : Violence amid Mideast mission -- As a proposed meeting among Israelis, Palestinians and a visiting U.S. envoy was being discussed Sunday in Israel, a gunman opened fire in a town north of Tel Aviv. At least nine people were wounded in Kfar Saba, Israeli police said. Police shot and killed the gunman. More on CNN.


Mar 14 -- 2002 : Three Israelis killed in Gaza Strip attack (11:00) -- Three Israelis were killed and two others wounded Thursday morning when Palestinians detonated an explosive device as a convoy drove along the Karni-Netzarim crossing. More on CNN.


Mar 13 -- 2002 : U.N. backs 'vision' of Palestinian state -- The U.N. Security Council has passed a U.S.-sponsored resolution that 'affirms the vision' of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, 'within secure and recognized borders.' The U.N. move comes with about 20,000 Israeli troops engaged in military operations in the West Bank and Gaza -- the largest force since the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. More on CNN


Mar 12 -- 2002 : Six Israelis killed in bus attack -- Israeli military sources say at least six Israelis and two assailants have been killed in an attack on a bus today in northern Israel. The attack comes as Israel carries out one of the largest offensives against what it calls 'terrorist infrastructures' in Gaza and the West Bank. More on CNN


Mar 12 -- 2002 : Israeli killed in Kiryat Sefer -- (11:00) One Israeli has been killed and another moderately to seriously wounded in a shooting attack at Kiryat Sefer in the West Bank, not far from Modi'in. And a teenager is also listed in moderate to serious condition after being stabbed in the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday morning. More


Mar 11 -- 2002 : Palestinians: 13 dead as hundreds of troops enter Gaza camp -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- At least 13 Palestinians were killed and 80 wounded in a firefight late Monday as Israeli forces entered the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. More


Mar 10 -- 2002 : Proclamation from Agudath Israel Rabbis in the USA -- (IsraelNN.com) The following proclamation was released by the rabbinical leadership of Agudath Israel of the United States last week in light of the escalation seen of late in the Oslo War. More


Mar 10 -- 2002 : Israel says explosives labs found -- Israeli incursions into the West Bank have uncovered three bomb factories, the Israeli army said. The explosives were found in a Bethlehem refugee camp during an ongoing operation which began Saturday. More on CNN


Mar 09 -- 2002 : Attacks rock Israel -- At least ten people were killed Saturday night when an explosion rocked a popular cafe in downtown Jerusalem, Israeli police said. The suicide bombing came about one hour after three people including a baby were killed and 34 wounded in a separate terror attack in the northern coastal city of Netanya. More on CNN


Mar 08 -- 2002 : Terrorist kills five teens in Gush Katif -- (11:00) -- A terrorist infiltrated an army preparation facility in Atzmona just before midnight on Thursday, firing an automatic weapon and throwing hand grenades. Five teenagers were killed and 23 others wounded in the attack. More


Mar 07 -- 2002 : Another Day of Terror -- (20:00) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up in a hotel lobby in the Samaria settlement of Ariel, killing himself and injuring 10. Earlier, two civilians prevented a suicide bombing in a Jerusalem cafe. More


Mar 07 -- 2002 : Suicide bombing averted in Jerusalem -- (15:00) -- Patrons at a popular cafe in Jerusalem's German Colony managed to prevent a suicide bomber blowing himself up on the main Emek Refaim thoroughfare at lunchtime Thursday. More


Mar 06 -- 2002 : Two IDF soldiers killed in Gaza clashes -- (15:00) -- First Lt. Pinchas Cohen, 23, was killed near Khan Yunis Wednesday morning, during IDF incursions into Gaza. The second soldier whose identity has not yet been released was killed overnight while on patrol on the Egyptian border . More


Mar 05 -- 2002 : Kassam missles injure two in Sderot -- (20:00) -- Palestinians launched two Kassam missles into Israeli territory, one of which fell in the yard of a house in Sderot and injured two children just before 6:00 PM. More


Mar 05 -- 2002 : Terror in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Afula -- (11:00) -- Tel Aviv: Three people killed, dozens wounded in shooting attack. Afula: One person killed, several wounded in suicide bus bombing. Tunnels road near Jerusalem: One woman killed, her husband wounded in shooting attack. Tsur Behar, Arab village in Jerusalem: Eight people wounded by schoolyard bomb. More


Mar 04 -- 2002 : Israel retaliates after weekend attacks -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- The Israeli army ended an incursion into a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza early Monday and began a separate operation into Jenin in the West Bank as the country vowed more military action against the Palestinian Authority after a bloody weekend of Palestinian attacks left at least 20 Israelis dead. More


Mar 03 -- 2002 : (17:50) Report: Hamas trying to develop chemical warhead -- Palestinian insurgents are said to be developing a chemical warhead for the Kassam-class short-range rocket, Middle East Newsline reported. More


Mar 03 -- 2002 : 18 Israelis killed in attacks -- Palestinian gunmen opened fire Sunday on two Israeli military positions, killing nine Israelis and injuring 18, Israeli security sources reported. The attacks came hours after a terror bombing in central Jerusalem killed nine bystanders, including an 18-month-old girl. More on CNN


Mar 02 -- 2002 : Suicide bombing rips through Jerusalem -- A suicide bombing in central Jerusalem on Saturday evening killed at least 9 people, including an 18-month-old baby, Israeli police said. The terror attack happened in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, as people were returning to the streets at the end of the Jewish Sabbath. The bombing followed Friday's violence between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. More on. CNN


Feb 28 -- 2002 : Female suicide bomber wounds three policemen -- (11:00) -- A female suicide bomber blew herself up at the Maccabim roadblock on the Jerusalem-Modi'in road on Wednesday night. Three policemen were injured in the blast, two lightly and one moderately. More


Feb 28 -- 2002 : At least 7 reported dead in Mideast fighting -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Fighting that broke out as Israeli forces moved into Palestinian West Bank territories Thursday has resulted in the deaths of six Palestinians and an Israeli soldier, according to the Israeli army and Palestinian security sources. More


Feb 27 -- 2002 : Troops kill three terrorists infiltrating from Sinai -- (20:00) -- IDF troops tracked down and killed three terrorists who infiltrated into the Southern Negev desert from the Sinai. Two soldiers sustained light injuries. More


Feb 27 -- 2002 : Israeli man shot and killed in Atarot -- (11:00) -- A Palestinian worker shot and killed his Israeli employer early Wednesday morning. The attack took place at a factory in the Atarot industrial zone just north of Jerusalem. Fatah claimed responsibility for the terror attack. More


Feb 25 -- 2002 : Terrorists open fire on crowded Jerusalem bus stop -- (20:00) -- Two terrorists opened fire on a bus stop in Pisgat Ze'ev in north Jerusalem this evening, injuring at least six. Hours earlier, terrorists fired on an Israeli vehicle traveling between Tekoa and Nokdim, killing two and seriously injuring one. More


Feb 25 -- 2002 : Sharon agrees to discuss peace plan with Saudis -- (11:00) -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he is seriously considering a proposal put forth by the Saudi Crown Prince to withdraw to the pre 1967 borders in exchange for global Arab acceptance of Israel. More


Feb 24 -- 2002 : PA: No meetings with Israel until Arafat is released -- ( 20:00) -- Palestinian officials say that they will not consider US requests to meet for security discussions with Israel until Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat is allowed to leave Ramallah. More


Feb 22 -- 2002 : Sharon calls for creation of buffer zones -- (11:00) -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday night outlined in a televised national address a security cabinet plan to establish buffer zones as a means of security separation between Israel and the Palestinians. More


Feb 21 -- 2002 : Sharon to address nation tonight -- (21:20) -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will speak to the nation tonight about the deteriorating security situation, and will outline his vision for ending the violence and returning to political negotiations. He is expected to make a personal appeal to the public to remain steadfast in the face of adversity. More


Feb 20 -- 2002 : 15 Palestinians killed in IDF reprisal attacks -- (20:00) IDF reprisal attacks following Tuesday's killing of 6 soldiers at Ein Arik claimed the lives of 15 Palestinians today. IDF forces fired missles at PA Chairman Yasser Arafat's Ramallah headquarters and raided his Gaza City Compound. Arafat is appealing for US intervention to stop Israeli attacks. More


Feb 20 -- 2002 : Israel fires on Arafat offices -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli forces have fired on the offices of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat from air, sea and land, killing six members of his guard. (Source: CNN )


Feb 19 -- 2002 : Gunmen kill 6 Israelis in West Bank -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Palestinian gunmen killed six Israelis and wounded another on the West Bank Tuesday when they fired at personnel manning a military checkpoint. (Source: CNN )


Feb 18 -- 2002 : 5 would-be suicide bombers caught in last 24 hours -- Five would-be suicide bombers attempted to enter Israel over the last 24 hours. Two of them, both Tanzim-Fatah members, were killed last night near Camp 80 last night. Another was caught near Ramallah and two were caught between Ramallah and Nablus, Israel Radio reported. (Source: WENT )


Feb 18 -- 2002 : Back-to-back terror -- (20:00) -- A police officer is dead tonight after a terrorist detonated a remote-controlled car bomb on the Jerusalem-Ma'aleh Adumim highway. Shortly after, a woman sustained critical injuries from a suicide attack near Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip More


Feb 18 -- 2002 : PA: IDF set up Gaza Strip 'security zone' -- (12:00) -- Palestinian Authority officials say Israel has established a three kilometer-long security zone in the northern Gaza Strip. The army says the apparent demilitarized zone is meant to thwart mortar shelling and Kassam missiles from reaching Israeli communities. More


Feb 17 -- 2002 : Sharon describes situation as 'war' -- (11:00) -- It was an extremely violent and lethal weekend in the West Bank and Gaza as IAF jets and helicopters struck at several Palestinian locations in Nablus overnight. The airstrikes were in response to yesterday's suicide bombing in Karnei Shomron which killed two Israelis and wounded 29 others. -- More


Feb 16 -- 2002 : Blast at West Bank pizzeria -- An explosion at a shopping center pizzeria in a West Bank Jewish settlement late Saturday killed three people and wounded 26, Israeli police said. Two of the dead were Israelis and a third appeared to be a suicide bomber, West Bank Police Chief Shahar Ayalon said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. -- More


Feb 15 -- 2002 : Three crewmen killed when tank hits mine -- (11:00) Three IDF crewmen were killed and a fourth soldier suffered light wounds when their Merkava tank set off a powerful mine in the Gaza Strip last night -- More


Feb 13 -- 2002 : Army forces pour into Gaza Strip -- (11:00) IDF infantry and armored units forayed into Palestinian Authority-held areas in the central and northern Gaza Strip overnight. Four Palestinian police are reported dead in clashes with troops. -- More


Feb 12 -- 2002 : Army: A Thousand Israelis Expected to Surround the Temple Mount Tonight Rosh Hodesh Adar -- The long campaign of The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement again bears fruit and the call of the Movement to redeem the Temple Mount and to rebuild the Temple shows a great response ( 11:00) -- More


Feb 12 -- 2002 : Army: Kassam missile fire will bring widespread incursion -- ( 11:00) -- The IDF is threatening to carry out large-scale takeovers of Palestinian Authority-controlled areas if more Kassam missiles are fired at Israel. Meanwhile, army units arrested several Palestinians in raids near Jerusalem and Hebron overnight. Soldiers killed one Palestinian in a gunfight More


Feb 11 -- 2002 : Palestinians launch new rocket at Israel -- SAAD, Israel — Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired what appeared to be two next-generation rockets into Israel yesterday, marking a strategic shift in warfare that is likely to heighten fears in Israeli border cities. More


Feb 11 -- 2002 : IDF lashes out at Gaza Strip, West Bank targets -- (11:00) The Air Force caried out several airstrikes last night against Fatah headquarters in the Gaza Strip in retalilation for yesterday's lethal terror shooting in Beersheba and the firing of the Kassam II missile into Israel. Ground forces also entered Nablus near Joseph's Tomb.More


Feb 10 -- 2002 : Gunmen kill 2 Israelis, wound 5 -- A pair of suspected Palestinian gunmen killed two Israelis and wounded at least five other people Sunday outside an Israeli army base near Beersheba, Israeli officials said. Israeli security forces killed both gunmen. The attack was the second carried out against Israelis in 48 hours. On Friday night, a Jewish settler was killed in an ambush on the West Bank. More


Feb 09 -- 2002 : Palestinians die in Israel car blast -- Two Palestinians have been killed when their car blew up in northern Israel. Israeli police say they suspect the two, who had crossed the border from the West Bank, were planning a bomb attack on a nearby Israeli city. More


Feb 07 -- 2002 : Israel launches airstrike after attack -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel launched an airstrike late Wednesday against a target in the West Bank city of Nablus in retaliation for a Palestinian gun attack that left three Israelis dead, the Israeli army said. More


Feb 07 -- 2002 : Terrorist kills three in Jordan Valley shooting -- (11:00) Miri Ohana, 40, her daughter Yael, 11, of Moshav Hamra and St.-Sgt. Moshe Mejo Mekonan, 33, of Beit Sha'an were killed Wednesday night when a terrorist wearing an IDF uniform infiltrated the Moshav More


Feb 06 -- 2002 : Suspected suicide bomber apprehended -- (18:00) A potential tragedy was averted when border police captured a Palestinian terrorist wearing an explosive vest after he boarded an Egged bus traveling between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon. More


Feb 04 -- 2002 : IDF: Four Palestinians killed in Gaza weren't on wanted list -- The IDF has announced that the four Palestinians killed in an explosion in the Gaza Strip early Monday morning were not on the list of wanted senior terrorists, nor were they linked to terror activity. All four are believed to be members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine More


Feb 03 -- 2002 : Bush: 'We will not sever ties with Arafat' -- United States President George W. Bush says the US Administration will not cut off ties with the Palestinian Authority Chairman. However, he says the government is also not prepared to resume peace negotiations until Arafat takes significant steps to halt the terror.More


Feb 01 -- 2002 : Terror averted: Bomb discovered outside Jerusalem -- A major tragedy was averted Friday morning when an alert civilian discovered a large bomb placed in a bag in an apartment building in Tzur Hadassah, south of Jerusalem. Sappers successfully removed and detonated the explosive. More


Jan 30 -- 2002 : Islamic Jihad and Fatah claim responsibility for Taiba bombing -- Two General Security Service Shin Bet agents were moderately wounded Wednesday morning when their Palestinian informant turned against them and blew himself up alongside them in the van they were traveling in near Taiba.More


Jan 29 -- 2002 : Egypt turns back on Arafat -- Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has had a sudden change of heart toward Israel and the new Saudi-Iranian alliance and has turned his back on Yasser Arafat in light of new intelligence information, according to DEBKA-Net-Weekly. More


Jan 28 -- 2002 : Palestinian terrorist shot dead at Ramat Gan-Bnei Brak border -- (11:00) Police eventually shot and killed a Palestinian this morning, who broke through a road block in Samaria, wounding a soldier, before crashing into another two Israelis, wounding them, and then hijacking their car.More


Jan 27 -- 2002 : Blast rocks Jersualem -- More than 100 people have been injured today in a Palestinian suicide bombing in the center of west Jerusalem -- the second attack in the area in less than a week, according to Israeli authorities. At least two people are in serious condition. In Ramallah on the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority leadership said it strongly condemns the attack.More on CNN


Jan 25 -- 2002 : Bush 'disappointed' in Arafat -- WASHINGTON (CNN) -- With reports of the latest Mideast violence still fresh, President Bush on Friday said that he was "very disappointed" with Yasser Arafat and that the Palestinian leader must do more to end terrorism More


Jan 25 -- 2002 : Suicide bomber wounds 25 in south Tel Aviv -- Twenty-five people were wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives near south Tel Aviv's old central bus station at 11:16 a.m. today. The bomber was killed in the attack. More


Jan 23 -- 2002 : Arafat Mobilizes 20,000-Strong Palestinian Police Force to Fight Israel – Tantamount to Palestinian Declaration of Full-Scale War. ( Source: debka.com )


Jan 23 -- 2002 : Two die after Jerusalem shooting -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Two Israeli women have died of wounds sustained in an attack a day earlier by a Palestinian gunman who opened fire on pedestrians in central Jerusalem. More


Jan 22 -- 2002 : Terror attack in Jerusalem(16:30) -- Just minutes ago, terrorists opened fire on civilians in downtown Jerusalem. At least ten people have been listed as injured. One of the terrorists was shot and killed.


Jan 22 -- 2002 : Four Hamas operatives killed in Nablus -- Two of those killed, Jasser Samaro and Nassim Abu Rous, both 27, and both of Nablus, were involved in preparing explosives used in several suicide bombings, including the Sbarro bombing in Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv Dolphinarium disco bombing.More


Jan 20 -- 2002 : Opposition against letting Jews on Temple Mount -- JERUSALEM (January 21) - Reports that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plans to allow Jews on the Temple Mount for the first time since October 2000 on the advice of the Shin Bet, aroused widespread consternation among Israeli and Palestinian politicians, who warn the move would further escalate the current conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. More


Jan 20 -- 2002 : Arafat Sends S.O.S. to Bush

Yasser Arafat is in trouble - or so he wants U.S. President George Bush to believe. He sent a telegram to Bush this morning, telling him that the situation in the Palestinian Authority "is on the verge of explosion, and that it could threaten the entire Middle East." Arafat asked that Bush intervene quickly against what he calls the "dangerous Israeli escalation." Bush said again last night that Israel has the right to defend itself. (Source: Arutz)


Jan 19 -- 2002 :Prophecy Update - Time of Jacob's Trouble - 1/19/2002 --

Greetings,

DEBKAfile’s Exclusive military sources reveal An Israeli Submarine Took Part in Capture of Karine-A 19 January: DEBKAfile’s exclusive military sources reveal the hitherto unknown fact that an Israeli submarine took part in the capture of the Palestinian arms smuggling boat, Karine-A, on January 3. Its part in the operation was to bring naval commandos belonging to the crack Israel naval Shayet 13 unit up to the target vessel. Before leaving the sub, the commandos were divided into two 20-man squads. More

Jan 18 -- 2002 : Gunman kills 6 Israelis; jets fire missiles in response -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli F-16 fighter jets dropped seven missiles on the compound of the Palestinian governor of Tulkarem early Friday morning, according to a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, who said the strikes were in response to an attack by a Palestinian militant on a bat mitzvah in Hadera that left six Israelis dead Thursday. More

Jan 17 -- 2002 : 5 Dead in Israel Wedding Hall Attack -- JERUSALEM –– Five people were killed and more than 20 injured Friday in an attack on a wedding hall in northern Israel, Israeli police said. More

Jan 16 -- 2002 : Terrorists mistook Israeli Arab for a Jew -- Terrorists murdered an Israeli Arab this morning apparantly because they mistook him for a Jew.More

Jan 14 -- 2002 : Fatah leader killed in explosion in Tulkarm(14:00) -- A senior Fatah Tanzim operative was killed in an explosion earlier today in Tulkarm. Jerusalem Post settlements and territories correspondent Margot Dudkevitch has the details. More on JPostRadio

Jan 10 -- 2002 : Islamic Jihad Opens Door to New Attacks in Israel -- RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said on Thursday it was scrapping a deal with Yasser Arafat not to mount attacks in Israel, opening the way to fresh violence and dealing a blow to U.S. peace efforts. More on Reuters.

Jan 9 -- 2002 : Four Israeli soldiers, 2 Palestinians die in attack on Israeli post -- JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Four Israeli soldiers and two Palestinians died Wednesday in a firefight between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen at a fortified Israeli army post near where the borders of Israel, Gaza, and Egypt converge, Palestinian security and Israeli military officials said. More on CNN.

Jan 8 -- 2002 : 'Karine' captain: 'Ship was headed for Palestinian Authority' -- (11:00) In a series of high-profile interviews, the captain of the 'Karine A' has acknowledged steering 80 tons of weapons toward the Palestinian Authority.More on JPostRadio.

Jan 5 -- 2002 : IDF captures Palestinian Authority arms ship -- Combined navy and air force units on Thursday night captured a freighter in the Red Sea carrying some 50 tons of offensive weapons bound for the Palestinian Authority, Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz announced Friday in a nationally televised press conference. More on JPostRadio.




ANTI-ISRAELI NEWSCOVERAGE ?


I received the following email from 'The Temple Institute' the other day: A(nother) case of anti-Israeli newscoverage ?

The New York Times exposed.

You need to look at the attached picture before you read this!

Subject: To the Editor
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 00:15:07 -0500
From: aaronnoach aaronnoach@21stcentury.net
To: letters@nytimes.com

Regarding your picture on page A5 (Sept. 30) of the Israeli soldier and the Palestinian on the Temple Mount - that Palestinian is actually my son , Tuvia Grossman, a Jewish student from Chicago. He, and two of his friends, were pulled from their taxicab while travelling in Jerusalem, by a mob of Palestinian Arabs and were severely beaten and stabbed.

That picture could not have been taken on the Temple Mount because there are no gas stations on the Temple Mount and certainly none with Hebrew lettering, like the one clearly seen behind the Israeli soldier attempting to protect my son from the mob. Aaron Grossman, M.D. 6737 N Richmond Chicago, IL 60645 (773) ###-####

Subject: (no subject)
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:54:39 EDT
From: Heshygiss@aol.com
To: letters@nytimes.com
CC: aaronnoach@21stcentury.net, JPeditor@aol.com

Dear Editor, Even the typically biased and slanted NY Times middle east reporting has hit a new low. Since the Times wishes to convey the belief that the Palestinians are all innocent lambs being tormented by an aggressive oppressor, it can not even conceive that the wounded and injured are NOT Palestinians. The current case in point is very personal to me. In the Saturday's Times on page A6, the picture of the "wounded Palestinian" is, in fact, my nephew, Tuvia Grossman, an AMERICAN Jewish student learning in Israel. His only crime was being Jewish. He was not in "crossfire" but merely the target of Palestinian lambs who stoned his cab, dragged him from the vehicle, smashed his head with stones and stabbed him in the leg. The Israeli soldier, whom you obviously wished to portray as victimizing the poor, wounded Palestinian was actually saving my nephew's life. A casual look at the background of the picture can tell anyone that it's not the Temple Mount at all. I believe that a retraction, in a prominent position in the paper, is necessary and an apology to the parents, forthcoming. Howard Gissinger 2809 Avenue S Brooklyn, New York 11229 718-###-####




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