On the face of it Israel’s leadership has come a long way during forty years of occupation. In the aftermath of its 1967 victory, successive…

As Annapolis, Maryland prepares to host U.S. President George W. Bush’s belated and undefined effort at Israeli‑Palestinian peace‑making, Camp David, Maryland, the site of President…

A new Palestinian government headed by Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas was created in June in the aftermath of the disintegration of security forces…

The fortieth anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the territories conquered in June, 1967 is an opportunity for reflection and taking stock. The Jewish state has…

Israel is stepping up its effort to enclose Jerusalem with a ring of barriers and settlements designed to sever Palestinian East Jerusalem from the West…

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was keenly aware that the execution of Israel’s “disengagement” from the Gaza Strip and a portion of the northern West Bank…

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has distinguished himself in his first year as Prime Minister by his unprecedented rhetorical support for a large scale evacuation of…

Israelis and Palestinians have agreed to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and called a tenuous halt to the most bloody struggle since Israel’s military…

On June 13, a group of Israelis determined to scuttle Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s promise to evacuate West Bank settlements gathered in Jerusalem. In…