May 09 Israel Approves New Military Strikes As Tanks Roll Towards Gaza Israeli tanks headed towards Gaza Thursday, following the Israeli security cabinet's approval of retaliatory military strikes. Continue reading
May 08 Israel Weighs Response to Attack Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon cut short a U.S. visit, returning to Israel to convene a cabinet meeting that is expected to decide how to respond to a deadly suicide bombing. Continue reading
May 07 Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 16 in Israel A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people in a pool hall in the southern Israeli town of Rishon Letzion Tuesday. At least 60 were injured, many of them seriously. Continue reading
Apr 29 Nine Killed in Hebron Raid; Israel Agrees to Lift Restrictions on Arafat Israeli tanks and troops raided the West Bank city of Hebron shortly before dawn Monday, killing at least nine and arresting some 17 Palestinians. Continue reading
Apr 26 Bush Calls on Israel to End Offensive By Admin President Bush on Friday renewed his call for Israel to end its nearly month-long incursion into Palestinian territory. Continue reading
Apr 22 Battles Flare As Partial Israeli Withdrawal Continues Five Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed Monday in the West Bank and Gaza, a day after Israel completed its withdrawal from most of the Palestinian-controlled territories it entered in the past three weeks. Continue reading
Apr 11 Israel Pulls Back From Some Areas, Conducts New Raids on Others As Secretary of State Colin Powell is set to arrive in Jerusalem, Israel pulled out of two dozen West Bank towns and villages, including Yatta, Qabatya and Samua, but launched new incursions in other Palestinian areas. Continue reading
Apr 10 Suicide Bomber Kills Eight on Bus; Sharon Rejects U.S. Pressure After a suicide bomber killed eight Israelis this morning, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the United States should not pressure Israel to pull out of the West Bank until they are ready, but pledged to do so as fast as… Continue reading
Apr 08 Israel Announces Partial Withdrawal From West Bank Following mounting pressure from the U.S. and other international leaders to end their incursion into Palestinian controlled areas, Israeli forces announced they would pull out of two West Bank cities late Monday. Continue reading
Apr 04 Pres. Bush Calls on Israel to Pull Out of West Bank By Admin In a dramatic policy shift toward the ongoing violence in the Middle East, President Bush called on Israel to halt its drive into the West Bank and announced that Secretary of State Colin Powell would go to the region next… Continue reading