The Palestine Chronology

Arafat rejects a request by Barak for a 1-on-1 mtg., saying there is no point in meeting unless there is a chance for progress. (WT 9/24)

The State Dept. announces that it has suspended the security clearance of Amb. to Israel Indyk pending completion of an investigation into whether he mishandled classified material. (NYT, WP 9/23; MENA 9/23 in WNC 9/27; WT 9/24; MM, NYT, WT 9/25; MM 9/26; WJW 9/28; MEI, WT 9/29)

Just 4 mos. after fleeing to Israel during the IDF withdrawal fr. s. Lebanon, 118 South Lebanon Army (SLA) refugees, mostly women and children, return to Lebanon. (RL 9/22 in WNC 9/27; NYT 9/23)

IDF troops fire at a group of Lebanese and foreign journalists, Hizballah mbrs. standing at the Kafr Shuba Gate on the blue line, injuring 1 Hizballah mbr. (RL 9/22 in WNC 9/27)

In Jerusalem, PA, Israeli teams resume informal talks but make no progress. Talks are expected to continue for 4+n5 wks., without U.S. participation. (WT 9/18; CSM 9/19)

In London, 2,000 supporters of the Palestinian refugees' right of return stage a rally like that held in Washington on 9/16. (FOFOGNET Digest [Internet] 9/16; Jewish Chronicle [Internet] 9/22)

Some 150 Lebanese residents of Kafr Shuba cross the blue line into Israeli-controlled territory to protest the occupation of their farm lands, which are part of the Shaba` Farms area. They are halted by the IDF, escorted back to Lebanon without incident. (MEI 9/29)