Apr 04 Fighting Intensifies in Bethlehem, Nablus, Jenin Gunbattles intensified Thursday near one of Christianity's holiest sites, while Israeli takeovers of other towns sparked outbursts of violence in the volatile West Bank. 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
Apr 04 Watch On the Ground in the West Bank Tristana Moore of Independent Television News reports on the continuing violence in the West Bank. Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Senator Perspectives on President Bush’s Speech Four U.S. senators reflect on President Bush's speech announcing that Sec.of State Colin Powell will visit the Mideast to work out details of an Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire. Continue watching
Apr 03 Israeli Tanks Roll Into Nablus; Bethlehem Standoff Continues Israeli forces Wednesday battled gunmen in the streets of Nablus and in Bethlehem, where scores of Palestinians took refuge in one of Christianity's holiest shrines, the Church of the Nativity. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch Former Senator George Mitchell Former Senator George Mitchell, architect of the Mitchell peace plan, evaluates the danger for greater regional violence, and the prospects for bringing peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Continue watching
Apr 02 Mideast Violence Rages; Arafat Rejects Exile Offer At least 13 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier died today during fighting throughout the Palestinian territories. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch Arafat and Sharon: Old Enemies Jim Lehrer discusses the personal animosity between Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon with journalists who have written extensively on the two men. Continue watching
Apr 01 Anti-Israel Protests Spread in Middle East, Asia As Israeli forces continued to press into parts of the West Bank, demonstrators took to the streets throughout the Middle East and other countries to protest Israel's latest effort to crack down on Palestinian militants and suicide bombers. Continue reading
Apr 01 Israeli Army Moves Into More West Bank Towns The Israeli Army moved into several more Palestinian-ruled towns Monday as part of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's campaign to uproot Palestinian militants. Continue reading