The Optimist

Eyal Press : Israel

To those who follow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict closely, the prospects for a two-state solution have never seemed dimmer. So why does veteran peacenik Uri Avnery remain so hopeful?

The Lost Steps

Avi Shlaim : Non-Fiction

The Rootless Cosmopolitan

Tony Judt

Israel's Failing Wall

Hillel Schenker : Israel

With the specter of an international boycott looming, Sharon has begun to waver.

The Spirit of Geneva

: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

The Road Map to Nowhere

Roane Carey : Non-Fiction

Bumps in the Road Map

Roane Carey

Road Map or Road Kill?

Rashid I. Khalidi

The chief flaw of this plan is its failure to focus on the Israeli occupation.

On the Road (Map)

Hillel Schenker

Rejectionists on both sides are trying to undermine the fledgling initiative.

Mapping Mideast Peace

Israel's Dangerous Crossroads

Hillel Schenker : Ariel Sharon

Bush is giving Sharon a blank check but is not providing any inducements for a resumption of democracy.

Arafat, by Feeding on Martyrdom, Dooms His People

Robert Scheer : Yasir Arafat

Bush Fiddled While Mideast Burned

Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration

A New Middle East Approach

Jerome M. Segal : United Nations

It's time for the UN Security Council to impose "externally directed separation."

And Darkness Covered the Land

Robert I. Friedman : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

While Ariel Sharon continues to place obstacles in the path of negotiations, the situation on the ground has reached crisis proportions.

Time of the Intifada

Robert Fisk : Occupation & Occupied Territories

If the new intifada proves one thing, it is that Oslo is dead.

A Postcard From Arad

Amos Oz : Israel

The End of Oslo

Edward W. Said : Occupation & Occupied Territories

Misreported and flawed from the start, the Oslo peace process has entered its terminal phase of violent confrontation.