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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

“By the end of 2005, not one Jew will remain in the Gaza Strip,” declared Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon three days before the June…

The quest of Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon for a diplomatic framework to modify, if not to end, Israel’s continuing rule over the occupied territories…