Israeli policy shaping “final-status” issues since the advent of the Netanyahu government in mid-1996 has changed markedly. Whereas previous Israeli governments refused as a matter…

The September visit of U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to the Middle East reinvigorated efforts to formally resume Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and offered the Clinton…

The formal framework of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, set out in the Oslo I, Oslo II, and Hebron agreements, has been in crisis since Israel’s decision in…

The streets of East Jerusalem’s commercial center begin to empty in mid-afternoon, as the workday ends and people return to their homes. By evening, when…

The Clinton administration is faced with an ongoing crisis in relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). This crisis has less to do with…