The Bush administration presides at a time when the “promise of Madrid” has been rendered hollow. The United States, together with Israel and much of…

A new, post-Oslo era has begun in the occupied territories. The understandings between Israel and the Palestinians that made possible the establishment of a Palestinian…

The continuing Palestinian intifada against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip has sparked the most significant reassessment of the role and value…

Since the national unity government  headed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was formed in March 2001,  more than 50 outposts have been established, according to…

The Quartet’s “roadmap,” which aims at filling the diplomatic vacuum created by the failure of the Oslo process and the Sharon government’s rejection of the…

Land is at the heart of the century-old contest between Israelis and Palestinians. Settlements are the most noteworthy manifestation of this continuing competition, the clearest…

Israel has just elected Ariel Sharon for a second term, an expression of public support not bestowed on an Israeli prime minister since Menachem Begin.…

Four months after the plan was finalized, the Quartet’s “Elements of a performance-based road map to a permanent two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” has…

The territorial division of historical Palestine has entered its most decisive stage since Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in June 1967.…

The Bush Administration’s road map was launched with great fanfare at the June 2003 Aqaba summit. Nevertheless, the temporary reduction in killing and mayhem it…