Sep 05, 2000
JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Prime Minister Ehud Barak has rejected an appeal by themilitary for a 1.5 billion shekel [$375 million] increase in the defensebudget.
Sep 07, 2000
RAMALLAH [MENL] -- The Palestinian Authority has extended the detention ofan Islamic opposition leader.
JERUSALEM [MENL] -- The Palestinian Authority-appointed mufti of Jerusalemhas again accused Israel of endangering the Al Aksa mosque on the TempleMount.
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- U.S. President Bill Clinton has met both Israeli andPalestinian leaders and officials said no progress was reported in theeffort to convene another peace summit.