Israel builds units with US support
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Israel announced plans yesterday for more than 500 new housing units in the West Bank, following an apparent US policy shift on Jewish settlements that has infuriated the Palestinians.
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Israel has strengthened its control over important buildings, bus stops and commercial centers in Tel Aviv as security predicted that there could be heavy damage to Israel properties and persons at the hand of Palestinians military group.
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HAR GILO, West Bank  - Israel plans to build 530  new settler homes in the occupied West Bank after Washington  softened its opposition to growth in Jewish enclaves, a policy  shift Palestinians say will make peace impossible.
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Israel plans to build more than 530  new settler homes in the West Bank after Washington signaled it  would accept growth in Jewish enclaves in the occupied  territory, Israeli political sources said on Monday.
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The Bush administration has changed its stance on Israeli construction in the West Bank, and now supports development and expansion of existing settlements, according to a New York Times report
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Israel is to deploy a specialist unit to take over  manning some West Bank and Gaza checkpoints.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States said yesterday that Israel may have violated an agreement with Washington in its use of US-made cluster bombs during July's war with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - The United States sent military aid to Lebanon on Friday and the Lebanese army deployed extra troops to a Palestinian camp where it has been battling Islamist militants this week.
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Israel plans to build more than 530 new settler homes in the West Bank and signalled it would accept growth in Jewish enclaves in the occupied territory, Israeli political sources said on Monday.
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The United States is considering expanding assistance beyond Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's presidential guard to members of the largest force under his command, Western and Palestinian officials said.
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TRIPOLI -- The United States and Arab allies rushed military aid to Lebanon yesterday, boosting its strength before a possible army assault to crush Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp.
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US Army orders more IED detecting robots and gear to upgrade others.
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Israel has deployed U.S.-made Patriot air defense missiles near the northern city of Haifa in case of an attack by Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel still supports the US-backed road map peace plan. Sharon spoke after a senior advisor was quoted as saying that Sharon&#39;s
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JERUSALEM -- Israel issued tenders for construction of 1,001 new housing units in West Bank settlements yesterday, in what some observers viewed as an attempt by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to pacify right-wing critics ahead of a key meeting of his Likud party today.
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Egypt, Israel, and the US have signed a Qualified Industrial Zones agreement that will allow Egypt to export certain goods duty-free to the US if they contain components made in Israel.
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WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 14: Under American encouragement and, in some cases, pressure, Israel has quietly taken steps aimed at strengthening the standing of Palestinian moderates and has agreed to consider others now that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has