Natsot/English/Arabic

Supporters of the radical Islamic Jihad have taken to the streets of Gaza in open defiance of a ban on demonstrations by Yasser Arafat's new Palestinian Autho
rity.
Earlier,...

English/Nat

Voiced By: Philippa Mea
gher
A crowd of Palestinians burned Israeli and U-S flags at Ein el-Helweh, Lebanon's largest refugee camp
on Monday.
They were protesting the Wye peace...

1. Secretary of State Colin Powell walks out of office with Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

2. They shake hands, walk back in o
ffice
3. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer walks out of State Department followi
ng...

English/Nat

Israeli and Palestinian governments are looking to U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to save their peace pro
cess.
The process hangs in the balance in the wake of...

Hebrew/Eng/Nat

U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan told Israel on Wednesday that the majority of United Nations members held the organisation responsible for a crisis in peacemaking with the...

Ramallah

1. Pan down exterior office of Palestinian leader Yasser A
rafat
2. Set up shot Palestinian negotiator and cabinet minister S
aeb Erekat
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Saeb Erekat, Palestinian...

Arabic/Eng/Nat

U-S special envoy Dennis Ross due to meet Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday for talks to see if a way can be found out of the current deadlock in the Middle East peace...

Russian/Eng/Nat

Former French President Francois Mitterrand has been honoured both by world leaders at Notre Dame cathedral and at his burial place in his home
town.
Among those in Paris: U-S Vice...

Hundreds of Israeli police officers were deployed in Jerusalem after the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat called a strike on Wednesday (25/9)

over Israel's decision to extend a tourist tunnel running alongside the...

1. Exterior of Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat's offices

2. Arafat seated with Russian dele
gates
3. Various
of meeting
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Yasser Arafat, Pales
tinian leader:
"This is a very...

1. Night time shot of armoured personnel carrier (APC) driving past "Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation" (PBC) sign

2. APC drives into carpark in front of PBC of
fices
3. Israeli soldier...

1. Wide of Israeli President and Nobel laureate Shimon Peres greeting Norwegian journalist Sidsel Wold, who visited Utoya Island a day before the attack

2. Wold talking to
Peres
3. Close of Wold pointing out...

V/S Achille Lauro Napoli

Achille Lauro anchored in Port
Said
Reagan speech condemning
terrorists
Israeli troops
out of Lebanon
Katyusha rockets fired on
buildings - Galilee
Meeting between King Hussein and...

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat expressed confidence in US peace efforts as he met President Bill Clinton on Thursday (22/1). Arafat said he was confident the US-led peace process would succeed.

Yasser Arafat's car pull
s...

Hundreds of Palestinian students demonstrated near the West Bank town of Ramallah on Monday (17/8) for what they called academic freedom -- the ability to chose at which university they will study. Scuffles broke out between...

Jerusalem

1. Exterior of Prime Minister o
ffice
2. Defence Minister Binyamin Ben Elieze
r entering
3. Various of Min
isters entering
4. Israeli Prime Minister A
riel Sharon entering
5. Close up Sharon...

El-Shami questioned as Israelis round up Islam militants

The Israeli government defeated on Tuesday (24/1) a no-confi
dence
motion called by rightwing parties over the government d
ecision...

English/Nat

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has no plans to meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Washington this week, though he would be willing to do so if invited by President...

At least six people were killed and over a hundred and sixty wounded on Thursday (04/09) in a triple suicide bombing that ripped through an outdoor crowded pedestrian mall in central Jerusalem. The military wing of...

English/Nat

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has called for a code of conduct to be drawn up to help keep peace negotiations on track at what he called a "critical time" in the Middle East...

English/Nat

A controversial new casino is due to open on Tuesday in the West Bank town of Jer
icho.
Owners argue the casino will bring wealth into the impoverished area where ...

English/Nat

The fifth anniversary of the Oslo peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians is likely to be a low key event on Mo
nday.
The signing of the deal...

Beirut, Lebanon

1. Palestinians chanting and holding symbolic coffin for Ar
afat
2. Various of demonstration with flags and pictures for Arafat; Demonstrator with...

Israel will begin withdrawing troops from parts of the West Bank in a week or two. After five hours of talks on Sunday (8/10) PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said they were moving...