Conflict Statistics: 9/29/00

September 29 - October 15, 2000

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	Israelis Killed	Palestinians Killed
This Period:	7	85
To Date:	7	85

Date	#	Notes (from the Guardian Unlimited's Special Report Israel and the Middle East)

September 29
	7	Rioting as Sharon visits Islam holy site Israeli Border Police is killed while on patrol near Kalkilya.
	1

September 30
	13	Making of a Martyr Bedlam strikes the holy city
No Israelis Killed	0

October 1
	10	West Bank death toll hits 15 Israeli Border Police dies from wounds from gun battle at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus.
	1

October 2
	9	Israel slides into state of war Death toll continues to rise Shooting to kill in the Holy Land Boy's death stokes up battle for Jerusalem An Israeli was shot in the village of Masha on the trans-Samaria highway and one was shot near Beit Sahur, both in the West Bank.
	2

October 3
	8	World blames hawk Sharon Beaten and betrayed Ariel Sharon: the bloodstained past that inflames Palestinians Fresh gunfire shatters Israeli truce America brokers peace talks Mystery surrounds rules of engagement What the Arab and Israeli papers say
No Israelis Killed	0

October 4
	9	Fresh gunfire shatters Israeli truce Arafat and Barak 'enter direct talks' Middle East leaders set out their bloody stalls Two leaders torn between conflicting demands of peace and territory Praise for strongarm tactics despite deaths
No Israelis Killed	0

October 5
	3	Palestinians' tell-tale wounds expose shoot-to-kill tactics Renewed violence as Barak and Arafat talk US acts to stave off further Mideast violence Protests spread around the world New Middle East ceasefire called
No Israelis Killed	0

October 6
	10	Four killed as clashes resume The main loser: Ehud Barak Israeli Arabs enraged by underclass life Israel braced for further violence British silence offends Arabs
No Israelis Killed	0

October 7
	3	Day of rage brings more deaths Dead reckoning
No Israelis Killed	0

October 8
	2	Israel faces fresh border crisis Child martyrs line up to die A settler from Elon Moreh was found dead at the southern entrance to Nablus.
	1

October 9
	2	Five more die as Israel's deadline approaches Israel poised to declare peace process dead US seeks peace talks Arabs find a common voice in struggle with Israel Middle East press review
No Israelis Killed	0

October 10
No Palestinians Killed	0	Annan struggles to stall Middle East war Cook flies in as Israel steps back from war Extremist settlers accused of torture Doubts surface over Arafat's ability to control events Crisis in the Middle East: what the papers say
No Israelis Killed	0

October 11
	4	'It's nothing personal. It's Arab against Jew' Arafat laughs off new Barak ultimatum Jordanians unite in anger and grief behind new intifada Barak meets Annan as violence ebbs Israeli conflict pushes oil price back up Press review
No Israelis Killed	0

October 12
	2	Israeli attacks: 'a declaration of war' Grieving settlers are determined to stay put CIA chief flies in as violence continues Clinton set for Middle East return What the Middle East papers say 2 reserve IDF soldiers were lynched by a Palestinian mob at the police building in Ramallah.
	2

October 13
	2	A hopelessly uneven contest How a virtuous circle turned vicious Martyrs, never victims When they blundered into the baying mob they sealed their fate 'This is war - a crazy war' Breakdown of a peace process
No Israelis Killed	0

October 14
No Palestinians Killed	0	Maverick who sparked the new intifada Poverty and resentment fuels Palestinian fury 'I have just killed your husband' wife was told Both sides agree on one thing: peace is dead Bitter divisions that halted talks within sight of a lasting peace Jihad called then bombers attack In search of a new map What the region's papers say
No Israelis Killed	0

October 15
	1	Israel must end the hatred now Clinton flies to mid-East in bid to end Palestine crisis High stakes at eleventh hour talks
No Israelis Killed	0

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