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  • April 9, 2000

    In s. Lebanon, IDF artillery fire injures 3 civilians, 1 Lebanese army officer. In retaliation for the civilian casualties, Hizballah fires a rocket into n. Israel, causing no damage or injuries....

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  • March 14, 2000

    After criticism fr. right-wing MKs, Barak removes the West Bank village of Anata, in jointly controlled area B nr. Jerusalem, from the list of possible areas to be transferred to PA-...

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  • March 13, 2000

    Barak narrowly wins a no-confidence vote (47-42, with 3 abstentions) in the Knesset, which was called after heated public debate over Education M Yossi Sarid's decision to include 5...

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In s. Lebanon, IDF artillery fire injures 3 civilians, 1 Lebanese army officer. In retaliation for the civilian casualties, Hizballah fires a rocket into n. Israel, causing no damage or injuries. In a separate clash in s. Lebanon, Hizballah wounds 2 SLA mbrs. (NYT, WP, WT 4/10; WJW 4/13)

After criticism fr. right-wing MKs, Barak removes the West Bank village of Anata, in jointly controlled area B nr. Jerusalem, from the list of possible areas to be transferred to PA-controlled area A under the 3d stage of the 2d FRD. (MM 3/14; MENA 3/14 in WNC 3/15; CSM, MM, NYT, WT 3/15; CSM, MM, WJW 3/16; CSM 3/21)

Israel formally deploys the Arrow 2 missile system, culminating a 14-yr., $13-b. joint development project with the U.S. (NYT 3/15)

Israeli air strikes on s. Lebanon continue. The Lebanese army says there have been 20 raids in the past 24 hrs. (MENA 3/14 in WNC 3/15; NYT 3/15)

Kuwait announces that it has started accepting job applications fr. Jordanians, Palestinians, Yemenis for the 1st time since accusing their leaders of supporting Iraq during the 1990-91 Gulf conflict. (WT 3/15) (see 2/21)

U.S. congressional staffers who traveled to Iraq in 8/99 release a report denouncing the U.S., British sanctions regime, delineating the negative effects of sanctions, and calling for support in Congress for pending legislation to lift sanctions. (MM 3/16)

Barak narrowly wins a no-confidence vote (47-42, with 3 abstentions) in the Knesset, which was called after heated public debate over Education M Yossi Sarid's decision to include 5 poems by Palestinian nationalist poet Mahmud Darwish in school curricula. (MM 3/13; MM, NYT, WP, WT 3/14; AYM 3/14 in WNC 3/15; NYT 3/15; MENL, WJW 3/16; MEI 3/24)

In apparent response to the Arab League's 3/12 statement), Israel steps up bombing campaigns against Amal, Fatah-Uprising, Hizballah, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC), Lebanese army targets in s. Lebanon and nr. the Lebanese-Syrian border, killing 1 Lebanese soldier, 1 civilian, wounding several others. The attacks on Fatah-Uprising and PFLP-GC are the first since 1986. (MM 3/13, 3/14; MENA 3/14 in WNC 3/15; MM, NYT 3/15)

Prince Hassan of Jordan says that he will not be able to make a previously arranged trip to Israel to day to receive an honorary doctorate. (DUS 3/14 in WNC 3/15)

PA Social Affairs M Intisar al-Wazir resigns to protest cuts to her budget for stipends to families of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces or jailed in Israel, the PA's failure to fund pay raises for civil servants. Arafat refuses her resignation, appoints a panel to investigate ways of meeting these budget needs. (MENL 3/21; MEI 3/24; PR [Internet] 3/29; MENL 4/3)

As a goodwill gesture before Id, Arafat orders the PA Preventive Security Force (PSF) to release 18 Hamas activists being held as administrative detainees. (al-Quds 3/13 in WNC 3/16)

Syrian PM Miru presents his new government. FM Faruq al-Shara`, DM Mustafa Tlas, Interior M Muhammad Harba, Finance M Muhammad Khalid al-Mahaini, Economics M Muhammad Imadi, 8 other Ms retain their posts; 22 new mbrs. are all technocrats. (MM, WT 3/15; MM 3/20; MEI 3/24)

Lebanese Shi`i leader Mustafa al-Dirani, jailed in Israel since being abducted fr. Lebanon by the IDF in 5/94, files a $1.5-m. law suit against the Israeli government, alleging that he was raped and tortured during interrogations. (WP 3/14; WT 3/15; IRNA 3/15 in WNC 3/16; WJW 3/16)