If disengagement is to succeed, the occupation of Gaza must end. The disengagement plan as currently structured will not satisfy this standard–one that the Sharon…

The government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, ravaged by defections in the Likud and the ruling coalition, is proceeding undeterred along its established timetable for…

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s plan to “disengage” Israel from the Gaza Strip and a small part of the northern West Bank achieved political and operational…

The election of President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan, a cease-fire, and President Bush’s renewed support for a viable contiguous Palestinian state…

Ma’ale Adumim stands out as one of the most important achievements of Israel’s settlement campaign. In the century-old battle between Arab and Jew, this town…

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s belief that Israel must retain strategic control of the West Bank to protect its security, by keeping most of its settlements…

Many analysts think Prime Minister Ariel Sharon withdrew Israeli troops and settlers from Gaza because of the Palestinian “demographic threat” to Israel’s Jewish and democratic…

Any informed assessment of the future direction of events in the West Bank must take as its point of departure a review of the main…

Ariel Sharon’s historic legacy will not be defined by the exaggerated praise he receives today as a hero transformed from brutal warrior to “man of…

The election campaign waged by Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was billed as a referendum on his idea for settling the continuing conflict between Israel…