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April 2002 |
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| April 30 |
| Sharon
to meet Bush next week |
| IDF
withdraws from Hebron |
| Mossad chief may quit over
Sharon |
| Arabs
demand UN sanctions on Israel |
| Twenty-six Palestinians emerge from Nativity siege |
| Gaddafi
'set to pay' for Lockerbie |
| Civilians leave Nativity church |
| Mubarak:
U.S. war on terror diverted to help Israel |
| Prison prepared for arrival of the
Jericho Six |
| 2
Israelis arrested on suspicion of planning attacks on Arabs |
| Pope
to send peace emissary to Middle East |
| Palestinians
Begin Leaving Church |
| Israel begins Hebron pullout |
| British public warms to Palestinian cause |
| Ben-Eliezer
says he offered Dahlan control over Gaza |
| Palestinians 'quit talks' as militant is shot dead
at Bethlehem church |
| British 'wardens' to guard killers in Jericho jail |
| Objections by Israel may force UN to give up mission |
| Britons will be 'sitting ducks' in Jericho prison |
| Jericho's courteous jailer prepares for inmates |
| U.S.,
U.K. representatives meet PA officials to finalize Ramallah deal |
| Nine killed as Israel
defies America with Hebron raid |
| Ten more dead after Israeli onslaught |
| UN struggles to save face over Jenin |
| . |
| April 29 |
| Arafat's
confinement is over, Israel says |
| Free
Arafat plan takes shape, US wants Israel out of Hebron |
| Jordan
military court convicts Palestinians on weapons charges |
| Powell
Expects Deal in Bethlehem |
| Saudi ads nixed by cable nets |
| Israel occupies city of Hebron, kills
8 Palestinians |
| Palestinian
sources: US offering to rebuild PA police |
| French
Jews stage rally against confident Le Pen |
| Britons told of fate
in Saudi case |
| Air hostess freed on Dubai drug charge faces new
appeal |
| Israel, Palestinians OKs plan to end
Arafat siege |
| UK monitors to help
end Arafat siege |
| Israel, Arafat OKs plan to end siege |
| UN struggles to salvage mission to enter Jenin |
| . |
| April 28 |
| Palestinians
bracing for massive Israeli retaliation |
| White House: new Saudi plan contains 'constructive' proposals' |
| IRA 'teaching Palestinians how to
blow up Israeli soldiers' in West Bank |
| U.S. envisions military attack on
Iraq next year |
| Arafat accepts Bush deal to end siege |
| Israel approves US proposal on Arafat
siege; balks at Jenin mission |
| Israel approves Bush deal but shuns
UN |
| Security
Council to meet after Israel denies entry to UN team |
| Israel refuses to cooperate with UN
Jenin mission |
| Hamas claims Saturday's attack on
settlement |
| Tokyo
rallies for Israel |
| Israeli operation in Qalqilyah foils series of
skyscraper attacks |
| Saudi
Crown Prince wanted no women in airport control tower |
| IDF
kills suspected gunman, after 4 die in attack on Adura |
| IDF
arrests armed terrorist who crossed Jordanian border |
| Israelis
dub Jenin probe 'anti-Semitic' |
| Saddam
cancels the dancing girls at his £5.5m birthday party |
| Outrage
as Saudis jail bomb Britons |
| . |
| April 27 |
| Palestinians
Kill four Jewish Settlers |
| Saudi offers new Mideast crisis plan |
| Saudis
begin to show wear and tear of life under feared religious police |
| Hard-Line Syria Tries
To Renew Boycott Against Israel |
| Iraqis party
in the streets for Saddam's birthday |
| US
ready to wage war on two fronts |
| Israeli
troops raid city despite new Bush plea |
| Deal may near to end Israeli
siege of Ramallah |
| Israelis prepare for
'military solution' to Bethlehem siege |
| Allies
meet to discuss Desert Storm II |
| Plotter
of Saddam's fall pleads case in US |
| Abdullah, Bush fail to agree, US won't allow Israel to be crushed’ |
| Across
West Bank, daily tragedies go unseen |
| Gaza braces
for next phase of Sharon war |
| Annan delays Jenin mission |
| Freed youths tell of hunger and death in Church of
the Nativity |
| Boy-martyrs
in question |
| Trouble
in the ranks as Iraq celebrates |
| Cancer
ward children wait for death as dictator prepares to party |
| Iran
leader assails U.S. policies |
| 18 years for Britons
in secret Saudi trial |
| . |
| April 26 |
| Bush:
'We will not allow Israel to be crushed' |
| U.S. says
200,000 troops needed for war with Iraq |
| Israel angers
Washington over West Bank offensive, delay to UN probe |
| 4
Palestinians surrender to Israeli troops, two wounded by sniper fire |
| Israelis wound two in
Bethlehem church |
| Saudi warns Bush on Mideast |
| Saudis
threaten 'oil weapon' in talks to pressure Bush |
| Arafat
jails assassins but Israel demands extradition |
| Israel
calls PA's trial of Ze'evi's killers a farce |
| A
Palestinian fighter's version of the Jenin battle |
| Palestinians bring out their dead |
| New
recruits plot in Palestinian bedroom bomb factories |
| Palestinian teenagers leave Bethlehem church |
| Middle East crisis
blamed for surge in anti-Semitic attacks |
| . |
| April 25 |
| Arafat jails suspected
assassins |
| Israel
Asks: Is It Time for Arafat to Leave? |
| Sharon:
Arafat could go to Gaza if he worked to stop the violence |
| Saudi Crown Prince
urges Bush to moderate support for Israel or 'risk grave consequences' |
| Bush
Assures Prince of Mideast Role |
| 12 killed
in fresh Mideast violence |
| 9
Palestinian Youths Leave Church |
| Egypt ready to wage
war on Israel ...for $US100 billion |
| Arafat
meets Turkish, Greek foreign ministers in Ramallah |
| Omri
Sharon met Arafat advisor in bid to achieve calm in Gaza |
| Palestinian court sentences Zeevi
killers |
| The
political desert between the prince and the president |
| Suspicions rise as Sharon moves to stonewall Jenin probe |
| Mubarak’s new crackdown on Islamic fundamentalists
could backfire |
| Children become
the new martyrs of Gaza |
| Powell:
no evidence of massacre in Jenin refugee camp |
| Israel
defies UN over Jenin mission |
| Israel
to urge UN action on refugee-camp terror centers |
| Annan faced with Jenin
inquiry objections |
| Once upon a time in Jenin |
| Brothers
suffer grief and shame for a traitor |
| Nurse shot through heart and man in wheelchair
among Jenin dead |
| Gaza
Palestinians denounce use of children in suicide attacks |
| IDF
kills eight terrorists in West Bank, Gaza Strip |
| . |
| April 24 |
| Battles flare as UN Jenin probe
stalled |
| EU
foreign policy chief Solana meets with Arafat in Ramallah |
| Sharon hints at new army
offensive on Gaza Strip |
| Israel
demands changes in U.N. team looking into Jenin fighting |
| Egypt
president calls Israel's incursion into Palestinian cities `barbaric' |
| Sharon: IDF may increase operations in Gaza |
| Sharon
says no to UN mission in Jenin |
| American Jews applaud
Sharon's military action |
| Gaza
may still be in IDF sights, Sharon hints |
| Hebron
Al-Aksa Brigade head killed |
| Israel
allows European dignitaries to visit besieged Arafat |
| EU's
Solana, Moratinos to meet Arafat today |
| Sharon reaches out on hotline from hotspot |
| Israel
blocks UN mission to Jenin |
| John Major
urged to be Middle East negotiator |
| . |
| April 23 |
| Bush
Presses for Palestinian State |
| Moderate Arab States Under Pressure |
| Sharon
talks regional peace to American Jews |
| Berlin
police: Jews shouldn't wear garments identifying them as Jewish |
| List of Senior
Al Qaeda Leaders |
| Israelis Blast
Away at Arafat HQ |
| Iraq Moving
Missiles Into 'No Fly' Zones |
| 3
more alleged collaborators killed; Tanzim chief assassinated |
| Marwan
Barghouti remanded for 25 days |
| Hebron
Tanzim chief killed in missile strike |
| Rajoub
reasserts his authority |
| Sharon
'aimed to destroy Palestinian rule' |
| Right
puts pressure on Bush to support Sharon |
| Israel
reluctantly accepts Annan's 'fact-finders' |
| Patten condemns 'organised ruin of buildings' |
| Amnesty
accuses Israel of Jenin war crimes |
| Israel accused over
Jenin assault |
| Saddam urges Arabs to cut oil exports |
| . |
| April 22 |
| Heavy gunfire erupts at Bethlehem
church |
| Not
Quite an Arab-Israeli War, but a Long Descent Into Hatred |
| Israel
has made 'a sea of blood', says Arafat aide |
| Powell
steps up US pressure on Sharon |
| Arafat siege goes on
as tanks pull out |
| West Bank offensive is over, insists Sharon |
| Jordan
refugees express their rage over Jenin |
| Besieged fighters face starvation |
| Powell
to return as Israelis pull out |
| Saddam's
£14m gesture |
| Palestinians
Begin West Bank Cleanup |
| Saddam
'sends troops to help bin Laden men' |
| . |
| April 21 |
| 5
Palestinians give themselves up to IDF at Church of the Nativity |
| Tens of thousands protest in
Washington |
| Sharon:
My government will never evacuate the settlements |
| Security
officials consider raiding Arafat's compound |
| Sharon
plans to annex half the West Bank, says coalition ally |
| Claire
Rayner: Jews have no right to Middle East land |
| Egyptian
arrested in Taba trying to reach Israel for attack |
| Israeli forces begin pulling out
of Nablus |
| Palestinian
supporters outnumber globalisation protesters in Washington |
| Brutal, yes.
Massacre, no |
| Israel: We have
nothing to hide in Jenin probe |
| Barring aid to Jenin is 'a war crime' says UN man |
| 'The soldier shouted, kill them, kill them' |
| Border
Police officer killed in gun battle in northern Gaza |
| . |
| April 20 |
| Israeli Border
Policeman Killed in Gaza |
| Body
of Israeli murdered in Sinai transferred to Israeli custody |
| Israel
to allow Jenin inquiry |
| Calls Grow for
Aid to Palestinians |
| Security
Council OKs Jenin Mission |
| Breakdown of
Intefadeh Death Toll |
| Bush says
Israeli invasion of Jenin must be investigated |
| Human rights
abuses and horror stories |
| 'I saw three
men shot. They surrendered but were still killed' |
| 'We fight like
girls and we are accused of a massacre' |
| From the
ruins of Jenin, the truth about an atrocity |
| Survivor's
tale of the siege of Bethlehem |
| Diary
of a young Palestinian recounts ten days of terror in Jenin |
| 'Terrorists used women and children to get close to us' |
| Amid the rubble of Jenin, Palestinians bury their
dead |
| . |
| April 19 |
| Suicide Bomber
Strikes in Gaza Strip |
| Report: U.S. has completed
'basics' of plan to attack Iraq |
| Israel arrests
or kill half of Palestinians on W. Bank wanted list |
| Israel
arrests 2 suspected Palestinian women suicide bombers |
| Arabs fuel a boycott of U.S. goods |
| U.S.
planes bomb northern Iraq in response to anti-aircraft fire |
| Militants
Threaten Attacks in Israel |
| Sharon
warns suicide bombing could spread throughout the world |
| Israel
finishes withdrawal from Jenin in West Bank |
| Israel promises to
quit towns by Sunday |
| Bush shrugs
off Powell's failure to halt violence |
| Unemployment
reaches new record in Israel |
| Isreali
troops nab top Hamas operative |
| Bush:
Israel has 'met the timetable' for withdrawal from W. Bank |
| Gunmen run short of water as church siege reaches its 18th day |
| Ravage
of Jenin is horrific |
| Families scrabble in the dust to find their dead |
| Israeli Army denies
destruction in Jenin |
| Camp
was fortress of terror, say the Israelis |
| Gadafy 'sting' untrue,
paper admits |
| Anger at Saudi
diplomat ode to suicide bomber |
| Straw condemns Israel's action in Jenin |
| . |
| April 18 |
| Bush throws US support behind Israel |
| Bush says Sharon is "man of
peace" |
| Mideast calm after Powell visit |
| UN envoy says
Jenin camp "horrific beyond belief" |
| Online
special: Q&A on Powell's failed mission |
| Fresh
evidence of Jenin atrocities |
| Bush
promises not to give up on Middle East as Powell flies home |
| Powell
leaves with a timetable for pullout, but no cease-fire |
| Powell
leaves for US empty-handed |
| `Barghouti
ran terror for Arafat' |
| Arms
from Iraq, Iran found near Arafat HQ |
| Bethlehem
monks make defiant stand in Nativity siege |
| Ramallah
Diary: Ruins will be rebuilt, we shall overcome |
| 'Do not ask me about forgiving' |
| Iraqis
'could turn camel virus into bio-weapon' |
| Nothing
to celebrate on Israel's Independence Day |
| Israel faces embargo as anger rises over arms breaches |
| . |
| April 17 |
| Evidence of Israeli
contempt for Geneva convention |
| Israel faces embargo as anger rises over arms breaches |
| MP accuses Sharon of
'barbarism' |
| . |
| April 16 |
| Powell Soldiers On |
| Saudi
Prince to meet with Bush at president's Texas ranch |
| Death Toll
Unknown After Jenin Raid |
| Explosion
damages buildings in Yemen's capital |
| Israel under
hack attack |
| Bomb threat at
Israel World Cup warmup game |
| Israelis
reopen desert camp to house Palestinians grabbed in West Bank |
| Powell plays down hopes as flagging
Mideast peace mission nears end |
| Israeli
tanks roll into Palestinian areas; Powell talks of cease-fire hope |
| Tunisian Blast
Suspect Released |
| Tunisian
Synagogue Bomb Suspect Held |
| Al-Qaeda claims attack on Tunisia
synagogue: paper |
| Israelis arrest
leader of intifada |
| Who
is Barghouti? |
| Sharon:
IDF will exit Jenin in 'couple of days,' Nablus within a week |
| Plan
for peace talks to exclude Arafat |
| Fatah
leader Barghouti and Hamas military chief arrested in W. Bank |
| Powell
returns for final truce effort, cancels Arafat meeting |
| Inside
the camp of the dead |
| EU dismisses
sanctions and backs Powell's peace mission |
| Fatah chief caught in special forces raid |
| Republicans
back call to give Israel more support |
| Amid the ruins of Jenin, the grisly evidence of a
war crime |
| The lunar
landscape that was the Jenin refugee camp |
| 15 days in Bethlehem |
| Iran urges
Muslims to halt oil sales to Sharon's allies |
| We are proud of army, says Sharon |
| US hawk 'tried
to sully Iraq arms inspector' |
| Desperate Powell to
meet Arafat |
| UK spurns 'unbalanced'
vote against Israel |
| . |
| April 15 |
| Sharon:
Withdrawal within a week, except for Ramallah, Bethlehem |
| Arafat Aide
Marwan Barghouti Captured |
| Powell
talks about peace talks that might exclude Arafat |
| Palestinians vow to keep
using suicide bombers |
| Sharon
proposes Mideast peace summit, says U.S. accepts idea |
| Seized:
Arafat's letter of incitement to Israeli Arabs |
| Israel
Says Palestinian Authority Made Bombs |
| Israelis Say
Arab Dead in Jenin Number in Dozens, Not Hundreds |
| Powell,
Arafat talks fail to end deadlock |
| Powell
extends visit for second Arafat meeting |
| Arafat
may not be able to deliver even if he wants to |
| New threat by
Sharon to US peace mission |
| Israel ready for US-led peace talks, says Sharon |
| Israeli
Security cabinet approves buffer zone plan |
| Powell's
last-ditch shuttle to find peace |
| Survivors of Jenin creep home to see destruction |
| Nablus victims
rejoin the living |
| Israelis warn EU against buffer force plan |
| Saudi Ambassador's poem reflects Arab anger at US |
| Israeli
Security cabinet approves buffer zone plan |
| Sharon:
Reports of a Jenin massacre 'ridiculous' |
| Lives and homes shattered in the rubble |
| Palestinian captives 'tortured and humiliated' at
Israeli army base |
| Haaretz:
Destruction everywhere, no signs of a massacre |
| UN's chief weapons inspector turns hawkish |
| . |
| April 14 |
| Superior
Israeli Firepower Isn't Likely to End Terror |
| Powell
calls Arafat talks useful but indicates no progress on cease-fire |
| Israel
Discounts Arafat Statement |
| Suicide attacks will continue as long
as Israel's occupation: Hamas |
| Sharon
teaches Powell a lesson over breakfast |
| 'Arafat asked for a war - now he's
got one' |
| Hopes rise as
Arafat condemns terrorists |
| Ten-day ordeal
in crucible of Jenin |
| The camp that became a slaughterhouse |
| 'I don't know if Sharon is right or wrong. But he
is what we have' |
| Water runs out as Franciscans refuse to quit
birthplace of Christ |
| Israel's bloody intransigence silences Bush |
| The soldier and the bomber ? the tale of two
grieving families |
| Sharon divides
world's Jews |
| Saudi
diplomat's poem for killers |
| Israel's war of words gets dirty |
| . |
| April 13 |
| Arafat condemns
"all terrorist actions which target civilians" |
| PA condemns bombing; U.S.: Powell to meet Arafat on
Sunday |
| Arafat
condemns 'terrorist acts' |
| All smiles for Sharon
as US turns the heat on Arafat |
| Death Toll at
13 in Tunisia Synagogue Blast |
| Blood and
tears as bomber strikes |
| Six killed by Jenin
camp girl bomber |
| Israel
buries the bodies, but cannot hide the evidence |
| Tunisian synagogue explosion was a deliberate
attack, claim Germans |
| Secret UK ban on
weapons for Israel |
| Death toll
from Tunisia synagogue blast hits 10, gov't insists on accident |
| Suicide
bomb thwarts Powell peace talks |
| Greece
unites in condemnation of Israel |
| Death
to Jewish settlers, says anti-Zionist poet |
| . |
| April 12 |
| Arafat-linked
group reported to claim Jerusalem blast |
| Israel: 4,185
Palestinians Detained |
| Israel
Says hundreds of Palestinians killed |
| U.N. Ready to Send Force to Mideast |
| White House calls Sharon "man
of peace" |
| Attacks on
Synagogues in Canada |
| Powell mission in jeopardy as
Israel defies US |
| Explosion rocks Tunisian synagogue, kills six |
| Refugees flee camp
with reports of Israeli abuses |
| Powell comes
seeking peace among ashes of hate |
| Israelis
shelter bloodiest battlefield from eyes of media and aid groups |
| World
finally gets glimpse of refugee camp devastation |
| IDF
won't withdraw until terrorists surrender |
| Powell flies in with warning for Israel |
| Saudis
take heat out of troubled oil market |
| Seized
Orient House documents link Arafat to terrorism |
| Defensive
Shield won't end terror, senior IDF source admits |
| Would-be
woman suicide bomber nabbed in Tulkarm |
| . |
| April 11 |
| Powell arrives in Israel on crucial
Mideast peace mission |
| Melchior:
Tunisia bombing aimed at Jews |
| Blast near Jewish Tunisia shrine
kills six |
| Israel
steps up Palestinian arrests |
| Sharon says troops will stay, lines up
test of will with Powell |
| Israeli
forces withdraw from two dozen villages, but enter others |
| Colin
Powell arrives in Israel for talks with Sharon and Arafat |
| Powell meets "worried"
Abdullah as Mideast mission gets tough |
| France's Jews adopt fortress mentality
under daily attacks |
| Upbeat Powell arrives in Mideast |
| Israelis
Makes Some 4,000 Arrests |
| PA is in shambles, but Arfat emerges more
popular than ever |
| Islamic
Jihad chief surrenders; UNWRA: 3,000 homeless in Jenin |
| Defiant Sharon
Losing Support in White House |
| In test of wills, Sharon tells US to
back off ahead of Powell visit |
| Israel faces global
wrath |
| Israelis
reject call to retreat |
| Jenin
falls after 'hundreds' die in Israeli attack |
| 1,000
Palestinians surrender to IDF in Jenin |
| Powell
must wield a big stick to stop disaster engulfing Israel |
| Netanyahu insists military action must go on |
| Sharon snubs new calls for retreat resolve |
| Powell's
mission snubbed by Israel |
| Annan demands Israel
open access for aid |
| Eight killed
by suicide bomber from refugee camp |
| Sharon
wins battle of Jenin |
| Israeli attacks bring end to battles for Nablus and Jenin |
| Powell to increase pressure as European sanctions
move closer |
| EU and UN pin hopes on
Powell's visit |
| Israeli soldiers see
no hope of peace |
| Protests continue
around the world |
| Jews appalled by German plan for peacekeeping |
| IDF
withdraws from Palestinian villages Kabatiya, Yatta and Samoa |
| . |
| April 10 |
| Palestinians say 500 killed |
| Casbah Gunmen
Surrender to Israelis |
| Palestinians say battle for Jenin is
over |
| Annan
takes Israel to task over human rights violations |
| Palestinian
officials meet with U.S. envoy |
| Blair
says time not yet right for Iraq strike |
| Israel bus bombing kills at least 10
in Haifa |
| Hamas claims Israel
bus bombing |
| Suicide
bombing shatters bus in northern Israel |
| Palestinian
refugee camps have become deadliest battlegrounds |
| German peace
plan backed, but Israel intends to wall itself off |
| Israeli military moves on Gaza
site |
| Sharon
presses on as 13 soldiers die |
| Toll
of the bloody battle of Jenin |
| Sharon: Powell-Arafat meeting would be tragic
mistake |
| Bloodbath
kept from the eyes of the world |
| Israel
presses attack on militants |
| Powell: Ready
To Stay In Mideast |
| 'Suicide bombers must stop' for US to send observers |
| Jenin
carnage makes Powell's job even tougher |
| 'I am going to die' 'No you are not' 'Are you sure?' |
| Playground
of war blessed by an angel |
| Blair sees no need for
new UN mandate to attack Iraq |
| Eight years in jail
and 800 lashes for Briton in Saudi Arabia |
| . |
| April 9 |
| Sharon: Israeli
offensive to continue until Palestinian militias are crushed |
| 13 Israeli soldiers killed, 7
hurt in Jenin refugee camp ambush -
Haaretz |
| 13 Israeli
soldiers killed in booby-trapped building - AP |
| Powell
will meet Arafat, Sharon, offers U.S. observers to monitor truce |
| Saddam delivers a
long-range punch to Israel and the world |
| Token Israeli withdrawal from two West Bank cities |
| Peres
fears Palestinians will distort Jenin battle |
| Israel
Allows Arafat to Meet Advisers |
| Sharon
says West Bank mission not completed |
| Sharon
starts to withdraw army as Bush gets tough |
| We fight on says
defiant Sharon |
| Oil prices rise as Iraq pledges
30-day embargo |
| Arabs
Applaud Saddam On Export Cuts |
| You should be in
Israel, Moroccan king tells Powell |
| Blair will stick to his guns over Iraq |
| Procession of lame leaves the dead in Nablus |
| Clerics, civilians and Palestinian gunmen defy
Israelis |
| Sharon
the 'barbarian' blamed for church fire |
| Siege inside the Christmas grotto |
| Refugees
tell of terror - and 120 killed |
| Briton sentenced to 800 lashes for Saudi drink club |
| . |
| April 8 |
| Sharon
Says He's Ready to Meet Arab Leaders |
| Israel says detains more than 1,500
Palestinians |
| Hundreds
of thousands demonstrate in Khartoum against Israel and U.S. |
| Saddam
announces cut in oil exports to support Palestinians |
| Tension grows as Iraq
dismisses Blair demands |
| Tension grows as Iraq dismisses Blair demands |
| Iraq action is delayed but 'certain' |
| Sharon defies US and world, says
troops to stay on West Bank |
| Get
out now, US tells defiant Sharon |
| Europe
threatens Israel with sanctions |
| Sharon says "point of no
return" in Israeli blitz |
| Blair and
Bush in new plan for Israel |
| Pullout
will begin in terror-free towns |
| Witnesses
Report Missiles in Jenin |
| Sharon denounced in worldwide protests |
| U.N.
Council Insists on Cease-Fire |
| Saddam
Vows to Repel Any US Attack |
| Powell
offers Israelis more time to withdraw from the West Bank |
| No let up in West Bank
onslaught |
| Army says it has killed 200 Palestinians since the assault began |
| Day of rest turns into day of fear in Bethlehem |
| A loud crack echoes from every wall, and another fighter falls |
| . |
| April 7 |
| Attacks against U.S.
targets inside Israel debated by Hamas |
| Mass
roundups of Palestinian men in West Bank cities stir fear, outrage |
| Israel
accelerates military offensive |
| Arafat
'teams up with Saddam to plot attacks' |
| Israeli army:
Jenin fight over soon |
| Despite
Bush's Call, Israel Pummels West Bank Cities |
| Defiance
in West Bank's capital where the toughest battle is being waged |
| Defiant
Hamas leaders vow to continue terror against Israel |
| Mideast-related
violence rocks France |
| Bush orders
Sharon to pull back 'without delay' |
| Israel
insists uprooting terror is IDF's agenda |
| IDF
fires shell at Arafat compound; 4 soldiers killed over weekend |
| Tens of thousands denounce Israeli
offensive worldwide |
| Arabs seek UN Security Council meeting to halt
Israeli offensive |
| 'Thirty
dead' in heavy fighting as Israelis storm refugee camp |
| Withdraw now,
Bush and Blair tell Israelis |
| Blair to back
US war on Iraq |
| 'Bomb plot'
Britons to be spared death by the Saudi sword |
| . |
| April 6 |
| Breakdown of
Intifada death toll |
| Bush urges Israel to withdraw its
forces 'without dealy' |
| Arab
League lashes out at United States |
| Bush call
to Israel fails to halt tanks |
| Nine bodies found after Libyan ship
sinks |
| Arab Foriegn
Minister discuss Israel |
| Clashes
in Jordan as thousands join anti-Israel rally |
| Bush: We will
get rid of Saddam |
| Fighting
spreads through Palestinian refugee camps as death toll climbs |
| Onslaught
continues as Arafat meets US envoy |
| Death and
destruction spread across West Bank |
| Defiant Israel snubs Bush peace plan |
| Powell faces daunting task on mission to end bloody
cycle |
| Sort
out Israelis before Saddam, Blair tells Bush |
| Iraq still the target, President insists |
| Blair meets Bush to discuss peace plan prospects |
| Jews under attack in European cities |
| Iran
calls for oil embargo on West |
| Sharon rides high in polls as Israeli public
supports 'war on terror' |
| Both sides deny killing Bethlehem's bell ringer
shot outside Nativity |
| Foreign journalists flee as soldiers use stun
grenades to block access |
| . |
| April 5 |
| Oil embargo
efforts against Israel |
| Two Palestinian
militia leaders killed |
| Thousands expected for Middle East
demonstrations across Europe |
| Israeli
Onslaught Goes On; Sharon Ignores Bush Plea |
| U.S., Arafat
discuss truce effort |
| Bahrain protesters petrol bomb US
embassy |
| Israelis back war and Sharon |
| Poll:
72% of Israelis for war |
| Israel ignores Bush withdrawal call |
| Zinni,
Arafat meet in PA leader's Ramallah compound |
| Two
Molotov cocktails thrown at synagogue outside Paris |
| IDF
soldier killed in Jenin; six Hamas activists killed in Tubas |
| Iran Ayatollah blames U.S. for
Israeli "crimes" |
| Khamenei calls for suspension of oil
exports to West |
| Mideast, war on terrorism, to top
Bush-Blair talks in Texas |
| Peace
will set Powell his biggest challenge |
| Bush
demands Israel leave the West Bank |
| Bush has finally
grasped that Sharon is the problem |
| Bush: Enough is
enough |
| New Bush line heartens
Blair |
| U.N. endorses Powell mission, demands
withdrawal 'without delay' |
| U.S.
envoy meets with Palestinian leader |
| Sharon
approves Zinni meeting with Arafat |
| Bush: 'I ask Israel to halt its incursions' |
| Bush
turns on Israel |
| Sharon's
campaign has pushed Bush too far |
| Fear of wider
conflict as Israeli army pushes on |
| Smuggled into hospital
in an ambulance under a pile of corpses |
| 'Nablus: where the
real war begins' |
| Israelis extend crackdown through West Bank towns |
| Walk of death in the search for daily bread |
| . |
| April 4 |
| Birthplace of Christ has seen centuries of warfare |
| Sharon
Allows US Envoy Meeting With Arafat |
| Israel
reoccupies most of West Bank |
| Palestinians
in Church of the Nativity say Israeli blew open back door |
| Pope accuses Israel of
humiliating Palestinians |
| Israel
takes over largest West Bank town, blocks EU mediation attempt |
| Jordan:
Political settlement is only way to end Mideast conflict |
| Fighting erupts near Bethlehem's
Church of the Nativity |
| Israel to keep Arafat cut off from world, W. Bank
army blitz rolls on |
| Security Council considers new resolution
|
| Israel widens West Bank assault, Arab
rage hits the streets |
| Sharon's strategy aimed at destroying Arafat's
security infrastructure |
| Israel
armored task force enters Nablus |
| IDF
takes over Rajoub's Bitounia compound |
| Israel tightens
its iron grip on one million Palestinians in West Bank |
| Palestinian
gunmen granted sanctuary at Christ's birthplace |
| Egypt
takes first step to isolate Israel |
| The bloody
battle of Bethlehem |
| Fear stalks the
streets of Bethlehem |
| Bloody
siege of Bethlehem |
| US begins talks for political solution to conflict |
| Light goes green for US intervention |
| US-proposed
truce plan allows Israel to continue attacks |
| . |
| April 3 |
| U.S. Backs
Isreal Defense Rights |
| Egyptian
minister announces suspension of ties with Israel |
| UN fears war will engulf the
Arab world |
| France's
Catholic Church urges tolerance after attacks on Jewish targets |
| Arab
hard-liners have plan for Israel that moderates likely to reject |
| Palestinian
gunmen hide in bethlehem Church of Nativity |
| Gunmen force their way
into Church of Nativity |
| Pope
pleads for Holy Places |
| Hardliners put Arab leaders
under intense pressure |
| Arabs continue protests for fifth day |
| Israeli tanks take war
into Manger Square |
| Show Israelis more
sympathy, urges Straw |
| Ramallah residents use brief respite to bury dead |
| Sharon
defies America with demand for exile of Arafat |
| Bethlehem seized
by Israeli forces |
| Palestinians bury victims where they can |
| Armoured invasion brings no peace to Bethlehem |
| Churchmen beg Bush to restrain Israel |
| 'Banned weapons found' |
| Sharon
tells Arafat: You're free to go but you're never coming back |
| Arafat says will not surrender, rather
become a "martyr" |
| . |
| April 2 |
| Dozens
of armed Palestinians seek sanctuary in Church of the Nativity |
| Israel threatens
action against CNN, NBC... |
| Americans Warned
to Avoid Israel. |
| Sharon
confirms: Arafat can leave - but not return |
| Israel reveals
Palestinian documents |
| Palestinians:
IDF tanks enter Jenin |
| Sharon
proposes that European diplomats accompany Arafat into exile |
| Israel widens
West Bank offensive |
| Iran would
'consider' using oil as weapon against US over Israel |
| Peace
activists vow to remain with Arafat until siege over |
| Priest shot dead in Bethlehem church,
morgue overflows with bodies |
| Israeli
tanks shell Palestinian security HQ, fighting near Manger Square |
| Arafat's key
aids targeted |
| Israel army clamps
down on West Bank, Iran mulls "oil weapon" |
| Islamic conference fails to define
'terrorism' in Mid East split |
| Synagogues
firebombed in France and Belgium |
| Arafat
can leave - but not return |
| Bush stands
back as Israel tightens siege |
| Sharon
accused of 'second holocaust' against Arabs |
| Pressure builds on Egypt and Jordan to sever all ties with Jewish state |
| Israeli attack spreads to Bethlehem |
| Two
Israelis killed in Jerusalem attacks |
| Rajoub:
Arafat is well and in control |
| Ben-Eliezer:
IDF can't stop terrorism |
| Arafat not a terrorist, says Bush, but should do
more to stop them |
| Humiliating
surrender for Palestinian police |
| Israeli
rifle fire injures seven foreigners including two Britons |
| Nine dead in Mideast bloodshed, Israel
tightens grip on West Bank |
| Palestinians
kill suspected collaborators |
| . |
| April 1 |
| Police
in Cairo, Amman clash with anti-Israeli protesters |
| Arab
leaders consider high-level meeting as anti-Israeli protests intensify |
| Crude
oil prices rise on Middle East tensions |
| Bush: Suicide
bombings are terror |
| U.S.
arranges for Arafat's exile in Morocco |
| Three
hurt in car explosion at roadblock in downtown Jerusalem |
| Islamic
states warn of 'all-out war' in Mid-East |
| Foreigners who
visited Arafat arrested by Israeli military |
| 'Allah,
give me martyrdom' |
| Israeli tanks surround Betlehem and occupy other towns |
| IDF
takes over Qalqilyah, tightens siege on neighboring Tul Karm |
| Anti Israeli
protests in Egypy |
| 10 Palestinians
accused of collaborating with Israel killed |
| Arab
leaders consider high-level meeting as anti-Israeli protests intensify |
| Fire
destroys synagogue in France amid rash of anti-Semitic attacks |
| Israel
vows to avenge bombings |
| Jordan
and Egypt may expel Israeli envoys |
| US ignores international mood and lays blame on
Palestinians |
| Hungry, cold
and besieged, Arafat defies Israel in the ruins of his empire |
| Arafat:
'martyrdom before capture' |
| Sharon orders assault on
Palestinian terrorism as bomber kills 14 |
| Palestinian suicide bombers labelled
'terrorists' at Islamic meet |
| IDF to expand operation |
| Sharon:
Israel is fighting a war for its home |
| `We
are at war,' Sharon tells the nation |
| 14
killed and 46 wounded in suicide strikes in Haifa, Efrat |
| Haifa
suicide bomber kills 15 |
| Suicide bomber wounds six in Efrat |
| Arab
states press Israel to withdraw |
| Arafat
compares IDF to Nazis |
