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Reports that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was jeered outside a session of the Palestinian Legislative council on April 4, 1996, because Arab students were angered by the Palestine Liberation Organization's crackdown on Islamic militants. Meeting of the council to discuss tough Israeli security measures after four suicide bombings in Israel; Comments from demonstrator Nassr Marzouq, a student from Bethlehem University.

States that Israeli security forces have detained 370 Palestinians in occupied areas of the West Bank. How Palestinians were captured; Launching of a suicide-bombing campaign by Israel.

Reports of the Palestinian election in West Bank, and Gaza strip, and that settlers consider their homeland to be at stake, and plan to mobilize to disrupt the vote. Effects of having elections there; Potential for chaos and violence because of election; Other related information.

Opinion. Offers a look at the account of Barton Gellman on the preparations for Christmas in Bethlehem under Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) rule. Perception on the origin of Jesus; Definition of the word Palestine; Origin of `occupying troops' leaving Bethlehem.

Reports on the impending Palestinian elections for a governing council following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Ramallah, West Bank.

Reports on the celebrations held by Palestinians in Bethlehem, West Bank in connection with the first celebration of Christmas under the Palestine Liberation Organization and the arrival of Yasser Arafat in the city. Christmas message expressed by Arafat; Historical significance of the event; Palestinian self-rule.

Reports that Yasser Arafat's wife, Suha, lit the Christmas tree in Manger Square on December 22, 1995, ushering in Bethlehem, West Bank's first Christmas under Palestinian rule.

Reports on the arrival of a contingent of 13 Palestine Liberation Organization police men in Hebron, in the West Bank, to open a liaison office with Israel, under an agreement to expand Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank. Actions by Palestinian self-rule authority; Background information on the population in Hebron.

Reports on the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank town of Tulkarm. Reactions of Palestinians to withdrawal; When Israel took control of town; Population of Tulkarm; Conditions of Palestine Liberation organization-Israel peace deal.

Reports on violent disputes between Israeli troops and Palestinians, on West Bank, Nablus. Estimation of Israeli troops wounded; Rioting in Nabulus; Plans of Israel to temporarily suspend its withdrawal from West Bank towns.

Reports that on November 19, 1995 Yasser Arafat told thousands of Palestinian Jenin residents that they were `liberated' under a peace deal with Israel. Expected announcement of an Islamic political party as part of the Hamas movement; Status of security for Arafat's visit to Jenin; Comments by Arafat.

Reports about withdrawal of Israeli troops as per the accord between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation and discussion on success of Self-rule in Jenin. Details of self-rule in Gaza Strip; Remarks by various Palestine defense officials; Comments by Palestinians.

Reports on the announcement for withdrawal of the Israeli troops for the West Bank town of Jenin to begin on October 25, 1995. Remarks on same by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.

Describes the withdrawal of Israeli troops on October 10, 1995 from Salfit town, West Bank, and other areas after the Israel-PLO West Bank treaty. Release of Palestinian prisoners from Nablus; Protest by female prisoners; Palestinian celebrations after Israeli withdrawal; Clashes between Israeli soldiers and citizens of Salfit in 1989.

Informs about the withdrawal of Israeli troops and closure of offices at its military government in West Bank according to the Foreign Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres as on October 1, 1995. Action initiated after the signature of an accord by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Washington.

Reports the violent protest march carried out by several hundred Jewish settlers in Hebron, West Bank, on September 30, 1995.

Reports the death of Azzam Mohammed Rahim Mosleh, a Palestinian American from Dallas, in security police custody in Jericho, West Bank, as reported on September 29, 1995. State of human rights in the region as per the report of B'Tselem, human rights group; Previous arrest of Mosleh by Israeli police; Details of Mosleh's arrest.

Presents information on the West Bank agreement between Palestinian and Israelis leaders. Impact of the agreement; How some key functions will work.

Describes the Israeli settlement of Efrat and the popularity of chief rabbi Shlomo Riskin. Personality and early background of Riskin; Founding of Lincoln Square Synagogue by Riskin; Security at Wadi Nis village; Protest demonstrations led by Riskin; Prison trials; Account of Efrat by Wadi Nis chief Yusef Ahmed Mohammed Abu Hammad.

Reports about the reactions to the Israel-PLO West Bank treaty signed on September 28, 1995 in Washington. Account of the accord; Opposition of Likud party leader Binyamin Netanyahu and National Religious Party; Biblical references of the Jewish settlement Ofra; Anti-government demonstrations planned by Jewish settlers.

Looks at the mixed reaction of the people relating to the signing of a PLO-Israeli pact in White House to expand self-rule to Palestinian-inhabited areas of the West Bank on September 22, 1995. Views of the Palestinian on the pact; Details on the matter.

Informs about the consent of Israel and Palestine Liberation Organization to extend self-rule to the Palestinians living in the West Bank in an agreement finalized on September 24, 1995. Reaction of Clinton administration to the agreement; Discussion on major terms and conditions of the accord; Views of the political observers on the subject. INSET: The West Bank accord..

Reports about the threat to kill Americans in the West Bank and Gaza Strip by new group of Hamas in case of non-liberation of Mousa Abu Marzook. Details of the threat; US officials view of the threat.

Reports on the statement made by Israeli and Palestinian leaders on their failure to reach an agreement on the expansion of Palestinian self-rule in West Bank as reported on September 18, 1995. Reasons for the same; Status of Hebron remains an issue; Hope amongst the leaders to sign the agreement in the White House on September 21, 1995; Related details.

Informs about the statement made by the Israeli police that robbers had killed a West Bank man despite claims made by Jewish extremists of their hand in the killing as reported on September 16, 1995. Related details.

Reports on the clash between Jewish settlers and Arabs at a Palestinian girls' school in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on September 13, 1995. Details of the same.

Informs about an incident in which Jewish settlers in Hebron, West Bank, stormed into a Palestinian girls school and beat the headmistress and injured four pupils as reported on September 10, 1995. Related details of the incident.

Reports about the attack on Arab homes in Halhoul, West Bank, on September 8, 1995, claimed by Jewish extremists organization, Eyal. Details of the attack.

Informs about the failure to bridge gaps over Hebron, a city central to the Palestinian self-rule talk, in a meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, as reported on September 7, 1995. Details on the meeting.

Reports on the allegation brought by the Israeli military force against the Palestine counterparts for a predawn attack as reported on September 5, 1995. Account of casualties.

Reports that Israel lifted the closure orders on PLO-ruled Jericho in the West Bank imposed after last week's bombing that killed five people. The closure on last Wednesday to press PLO to hand over two members of Hamas; More.

Reports human rights abuse by the Palestinian secret police in the case of Mohammed Dirbas of Issawiya, West Bank. Abduction and torture of Dirbas; Indictment of the secret police in an Israeli human rights organization, B'Tselem's report; Counter-accusations by the secret police chief.

Informs about the two Hamas Islamic militants who were killed in a gunfight in the West Bank town of Hebron as on August 22, 1995. Details of the incident.

Examines the potential effect on Israeli soldiers of a Rabbi ruling given on July 12, 1995 forbidding Jews to withdraw from Biblical land. Possible deal for Palestinian rule in the West Bank as incitement for disobedience from orthodox Israeli soldiers; Army measures to check mutinous tendencies.

Presents information on the August 11, 1995 West Bank peace negotiations between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Taba, Egypt. Highlights of the peace talks; Reactions of Jewish settlers, and Islamic militants; Interception of an imminent terror attack in the Gaza Strip on August 11, 1995 promoted by the Islamic Resistance Movement.

Reports that Jewish settlers in the West Bank agreed to suspend their protests for three days, after confrontations with Israeli troops to protest plans to expand the Palestinian autonomy. When the agreement came; Confrontation of police and troops by settlers; Comments from Yehiel Leiter, a settler leader; Views of government spokesman Uri Dromi.

Reports on the expiry of the target date for the expansion of Palestinian self-rule in West bank occupied by Israel on July 26, 1995. Reasons behind the same; Negotiation between Palestinians and Israelis, on partition of Palestine, suspended by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin; Request to continue peace process by Shimon Peres, Foreign Minister of Israel, to Rabin; Opposition from the Labor Party led coalition government; More.

Reports about the killing of two Israelis in the Wadi Kelt nature reserve near Jerusalem. Speculations about the killer's identity; Israeli army's search for killers; Details.

Reports about the American peace activists in Hebron, West Bank sent by Chicago-based Christian Peacemaker Teams. Mission to document human rights violations and promote dialogue between the Palestinians and Jews; Brief on the team members; Comments by members Jeff Heie and Kindy; Description of the deprivations and hardships faced by the activists.

Reports on the insistence by a group of Orthodox rabbis to the Israeli troops to reject the orders to withdraw armies from the occupied West Bank under terms of Israel's self-rule accord with Palestinians as on July 12, 1995. Comment of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and President Ezar Weizman on the declaration. INSET: US activists held by Israel..

Informs about the end of hunger strike by the Palestinian prisoners following an announcement that the Israel-PLO deal extending self-rule in the West Bank will include a staged prisoner release on July 9, 1995. Details of the negotiations; Details of the call-off of strike.

Presents the picture of a palestinian youth jumping over the barricade to join others throwing stones at Israeli Border Police during clashes in Ramallah in the West Banks as reported on July 6, 1995.

Informs about some development in the ongoing negotiations between Israel and Palestinian Authority on a plan to hold elections and withdraw Israel's army from the West Bank, as reported on July 1, 1995. US President Bill Clinton administration's plan to hold signing ceremony of the agreement in White House; Provisions of the plan; Its controversial issues; Views of political observers on the same.

Discusses the Israel-Arab relationship as of August 1, 1997 in the wake of the double suicide bombing attack at a Jerusalem produce market in the West Bank. Reaction by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, including his issuing of an arrest warrant for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's chief of police; Reaction by Palestinian security chiefs regarding the Israeli demands for a broad and deep assault on the Islamic extremists.

Reports that Israeli troops firing rubber bullets wounded 24 violent Palestinian demonstrators in the volatile West Bank town of Hebron, on June 21, 1997. Why the Palestinians were demonstrating; Action of peace demonstrating by Palestinians occupying Jerusalem; Eyewitness recollection of the event.

Reports that on June 17th, 1997, in Hebron, West Bank, Israeli soldiers fired rubber bullets at Palestinians, resulting in injuries to 17 persons. Health status of those injured; Details on the incident.

Presents information on the riots that took place between Palestinians and Israeli troops on June 14, 1997 in Hebron, West Bank. Details on the insurgency in that region; How rioters were angered by a resolution passed by the United States (U.S.) House of Representatives on June 10, 1997; Details on the resolution which recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital; How the U.S. Embassy will be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Presents information on the insurgency between Palestinian and Israeli troops in Bethlehem following the death of a Palestinian prisoner, after Israeli captors took him to the hospital with a sore throat. Circumstances surrounding the prisoner's death.

Reports that a Palestinian policeman shot dead a Palestinian man in Hebron in the West Bank at a roadblock in early May 1997. Reference to the patrols of Palestinian forces in Hebron.

Reports that the schoolteachers strike lead by Khamis Sabbah in the West Bank, the first labor strike under Palestinian self-rule, ended on April 27, 1997. Comments by Sabbah on the effectiveness of the strike; Circumstances surrounding the start of the February 1997 strike; Detailed information on the strike including the demand made and the strike impact.