Article: Middle East defies United States

Article: Suicide attack greets start of peace road map; AS HOPES RISE FOR ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  April 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... road map" for Middle East peace. The explosion ... Israel and the West Bank. The bomber detonated ... refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus ... settlement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip ... different in the Middle East in terms of the ...

Article: BETHLEHEM SERVES AS A LESSON IN MIDDLE EAST ...
Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  December 21, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... like other towns in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, was the scene ... towns and villages across the West Bank spill through by the thousands ... Dec. 7 in Bethlehem on the West Bank. A microcosm of modern Middle East reality spills over its concrete ...

Article: Attack on Afghanistan: Middle East - West ...
The Independent - London;  October 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Heavy fighting broke out in the West Bank town of Bethlehem yesterday, jeopardising ... Israel's plan to withdraw from the West Bank town along with nearby Beit Jala later ... test case for other withdrawals from West Bank towns it invaded in search of Palestinian ...

Article: Two Views of Peace From the Middle East // ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 28, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... 1948, which means returning the West Bank, the huge tumorlike intrusion into the center of Israel. The original West Bank carved out a large block from the ... could lead to the return of the West Bank and establishment of a Palestinian ...

Article: Violence persists in Middle East; West ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 28, 2001 ;     662 words ... ... and machine guns Friday to repel Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank, close to where top security officials from both sides had ... officers, were wounded in the battle on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Ramallah. Two buildings were damaged. In the Gaza ...

Article: Israel breaks off contact with Arafat; MIDDLE EAST: ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 14, 2001 ;     503 words ... ... Arafat yesterday, launching retaliatory air strikes on his West Bank headquarters and sending troops to Palestinian towns after ... Israel also destroyed the official Voice of Palestine's main West Bank broadcasting centre and took over the home of one of Arafat ...

Article: MIDDLE EAST: West Bank offensive is ...
The Independent - London;  April 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Prime Minister, announced that the current phase of the army's three-week invasion into Palestinian-run parts of the West Bank was over. But Israeli forces continued to surround the headquarters of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah and the Church of Nativity ...