What is Israel’s vision of the “final status” of the West Bank and Gaza Strip? Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, under the direction of Yossi Beilin,…

The struggle for Jerusalem is being fought on many fronts. Palestinians are feverishly intent upon establishing an official presence in East Jerusalem that Israel will…

Two striking aspects of Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation stand out in the long-expected agreement on implementing the next stage of Israel’s redeployment in the West Bank: Not…

A couple of months before Prime Minister Rabin’s assassination, I was interviewing Dan Meridor, a former Likud minister of justice and one of the more…

In the short time since the Rabin assassination, the government of Shimon Peres has begun to establish policies toward settlers and settlements that distinguish it…

Israel will hold national elections on May 29, 1996, to choose both a new prime minister and a 120-member Knesset. For the first time in…

As Israel’s May 29 election approaches, Labor and Likud are each heading for the political center in search of the critical swing voter who holds…

Nineteen years ago Menachem Begin defeated Shimon Peres, becoming Israel’s first Likud prime minister. One of Begin’s first official acts was to travel to Elon…

The settlement policies of the government of Benjamin Netanyahu remain a work in progress, three months after the defeat of the Labor government led by…