The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon insists on implementing his disengagement plan, pulling out and evacuating settlements in Gaza. He recently took two important steps and removed two major obstacles: the first step was the passing of the Budget by the Israeli Knesset and the second was the refusal of the Knesset for conducting a […]

After three years of frustration and despair, the Geneva and the Nusseibeh-Ayalon initiatives revived the peacemaking idea between Palestinians and Israelis. Both initiatives have proven that there is, on the Palestinian side, a partner for real peacemaking and that Sharon is ignoring this fact in order to undermine the peace process. Both initiatives awakened the […]

A Quest for Peace and Security Mamdouh Nofal The people of the Middle East have learned from long experience that the security of their region is inseparably linked to Palestinian/Arab-Israeli peace. Whenever regional security breaks down, the peace process breaks down, and vice versa. At present, the security situation here is feeling the effects of […]

Upon the decision of the Israeli government, Israeli contractors have been working hard for the last few months on setting up a “security fence” to stop “terrorists” from penetrating into Israel. They have finished building major parts of this fence around “Greater Jerusalem” and along the Green Line that separates Israel from the West Bank […]

Following a long period of stagnancy, a local, regional and international political activity surfaced to deal with the peace process, in the hope of reaching a new truce between Palestinians and Israelis and putting an end to the violent conflict that has been going for over three years. Mediators are trying to resume negotiations as […]