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…

Hamas’ aspiration to recreate on the Gaza frontier the kind of relative stability that has characterized Israel’s border with Lebanon supports the evolution of understandings…

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…

The boycott of the reconstituted PA, lead by the Quartet and Israel, has resulted in a massive reduction in funds made available not only to…

The battle for Jerusalem, or in effect the battle over the Judaization of the city, has been waged with ups and downs since East Jerusalem…

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has promised to chart a new, unprecedented path for Israel’s 39 year occupation of territories captured in June 1967. In the…