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Considers life in Palestine following the death of Yasir Arafat. The funeral and how it went out of control much as if Arafat were leading it; International hope for a chance at peace upon his death; Belief that the U.S. and Israelis are eager to partner with Mahmoud Abbas in building his credibility with the Palestinian people; Expectation that Abbas will win the election for Palestinian president; Why his election will not give him the instant credibility of his people; Need for Abbas to win over the young guard and especially Marwan Barghouti, the head of Fatah in the West Bank, currently jailed for life by the Israelis; Role of Mohammed Dahlan in the new government; Doubt there is any immediate chance for peace.

The article presents world news briefs on topics including U.S. President Barack Obama's leadership on the subject of climate change. International environmental protection is mentioned, along with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency goals for American states regarding the efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants. The reasons why various cities do not want to host the 2022 Winter Olympic games are examined, along with a U.S. State Department report on human trafficking.

Gives a day-by-day account of the Middle East peace negotiations held at the Wye Plantation, Maryland, in October, 1998. Involvement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat; Terms of the agreement reached, called the Wye River Memorandum; Slow bargaining; Role of the United States in encouraging negotiations; Impact of a grenade attack in Israel; Visit by King Hussein of Jordan. INSETS: The 1998 Wye River Memorandum;America's Traitor, Israel's Patriot, by Mark Thompson.

The article discusses how the Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) organization in the U.S. falsifies Judaism and glorifies terrorism. Topics include when online marketplace company Airbnb yielded to boycotters of Israel by ceasing to list residences in the West Bank, it celebrated the decision as an incredible victory, and JVP is stated to have grown into a national organization boasting a staff of more than two dozen and an annual budget of nearly 3 million dollars.

Comments on the United States' long-standing objection to Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Analysis of the Jewish right of settlement as seen in the Palestine Mandate; Reason why American administrations have objected to Israeli settlements in the West Bank; Jewish right of settlement in the West Bank conferred by the same provisions of the Mandate under which Jews settled in Haifa; Changes in the international environments that have brought diplomatic opportunities for the United States and its allies.

Focuses on the position of the U.S. on the Israel and Palestine issue. Increasing violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; Efforts to improve the image of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat to gain U.S. confidence; Arguments in favor of a Palestinian state; Analysis of the economically viability of a Palestinian state; Increase in the number of Arabs living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip living in "ghastly condition".

The article focuses on the Camp David agreement between the U.S., Israel, and Egypt. It states that U.S. President Jimmy Carter received appraisal due to the success of the Camp David accord to bring peace between the Israel and Egypt. It mentions that despite the victory of Carter, he still encountered some serious problems with the agreement due to the gaps and ambiguities that occurred in 23 successive drafts of the agreement. It says that Israeli Premier Menachem Begin expressed his disagreement in the planned discontinuation of the establishment of Israeli settlements on the West Bank while the Israelis and Arabs discuss the future of the West Bank. It adds that the agreement also faced the issue of the omission of the city of Jerusalem.

The article focuses on the negotiation held in Washington, D.C. between the U.S., Middle East, and Soviet Union on peace talks and strategic arm measures. It states that the negotiation involved the drive for the Middle East to take part on the conflicts between Israel and Palestinian troops in Lebanon, in which the former refused to draw back its forces and accept an independent state of Palestinian on the West Bank. However, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan cites in the negotiation that the country might accept Palestinians in a conference in Geneva and Arab mayors from the West Bank. It adds that the negotiation also includes the view of Israel's adversary Ismail Fahmy that the Palestine Liberal Organization (PLO) would like to have official talks between the U.S. diplomats.

The article reports on the political initiatives of President Ronald Reagan on bringing peace in the Middle East after the last guerrillas of the Palestine Liberation Organization have left Beirut in the U.S. It states that President Reagan has called Israel to halt Jewish settlement in the occupied areas and has called the Arab states to recognize Israel's right to exist as a nation. However, Prime Minister Menachem Begin has denounced the plan as an effort to Israel.

Focuses on the concern of the U.S. government under President George Bush regarding the peace process between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Development of an alternative Palestinian leadership in the West Bank and Gaza; Rejection of the Palestinian goal of an independent state; Suggestion for Israel to offer the Palestinians sovereignty over the occupied territories as a final step in confidence-building process; Views of high-ranking administration officials that a new environment does exist for peacemaking; Palestinian representation issue as a key obstacle to progress; Suggestion that the Bush administration should help the Palestinians get a home- and self-rule state.

The article focuses on peace talks between Israel, Jordan and Palestinians mediated by U.S. representatives over the future of the West Bank. Israeli leaders are ideologically opposed to any deal that may involve exchange of land for peace. Israel is in midst of a financial crisis and is seeking economic assistance for the U.S. It is not in a condition to refuse a U.S.-brokered settlement in West Bank.

Focuses on the crisis engulfing the foreign relations of the United States with Israel. Views that the U.S. interests in the United States do not coincide with the interests of Israel in the Middle East; Opposition to Israeli settlements in Sinai and West Bank; Reasons for the political confrontation between the two countries attributed to intense feelings building up in the administration and among pro-Israeli elements over issues that transcend the question of airplane sales; Charges that the U.S. President Jimmy Carter is tilting towards the Arabs; Views that Egypt must set out on the path to war with Israel; Efforts to win the support of the Jewish community of the United States.

Focuses on the U.S. policy in the Middle East. Deadlock in the peace process in the Middle East; Disagreement between Israel and Egypt related to various socio-political issues; Question of Israeli settlements on the West Bank; Role of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the peace process.

The article presents discussion over Israeli settlements in the West Bank and their support by U.S. Zionist Christians. A profile of the settlement of Ariel is given as a case example, noting its geographical placement within the disputed region and its political support by Evangelical Christians. Commentary is then given addressing the theological reasons why Christians would align with Israelis on the issue of its borders.

This article reports on conflicting views on the settlement of the West Bank territory by Israelis and Palestinians. The article discusses Israeli settler families living in the Palestine-occupied region, noting that the civilians are not supposed to live in the military areas. Information is also provided on Jewish heritage in the area, the role of the U.S. in the Israel-Palestine conflict, exile, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The article discusses the convergence plan of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. It claims that the plan is based on Matrix of Control which are intended to prevent the emergence of a viable Palestinian state. It adds that the convergence plan also creates a bigger Israeli Jerusalem in the central portion of the West Bank that results to cutting the economic, cultural, religious and historic out of any Palestinian state. The article also discusses the road to apartheid of U.S. and Israeli.

The article reports on political and social conditions on the West Bank, following Israel's recent withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The author reviews how the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia (known collectively as "the Quartet") have now moved towards the goals of helping the Palestinian Authority build a functioning government in Gaza and pushing Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to disarm the Islamic militant organization Hamas. It is suggested that the orderliness of the transition from Israeli rule in Gaza has misled leaders in Washington into thinking that supplanting the rule of Hamas in the area will be just a calm. It is the author's view that focusing of Gaza as the centerpiece of the current Middle East peace plan is a mistake as it is in increasing desperate political straits and in much need of political reform.

Presents an update on international efforts to promote democracy in Arab countries as of August 2005. Highlights of a conference on the Palestinian Authority held in West Bank; Responses of Egyptians to the scheme of the U.S. to transform political culture in the region; Expectations of Saad Edin Ibrahim on the political doctrine in Egypt; Elements of Nasserism without Nasser being offered by the organization Kifaya to Egyptians.

Some 200 Palestinians, 35 Israelis and a similar number of internationals gathered on November 9 in the village of Zububa to mark the international day of solidarity against the West Bank wall by tearing a portion of it down. In another development, against the dramatic backdrop of spires of Saints Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco's Washington Square Park, some 200 Palestinian supporters built, and at the end of the day knocked down, a facsimile of the Apartheid Wall Israel is constructing inside the internationally recognized borders of the West Bank. In addition to that, the article presents information on various other protest against the development of wall in West Bank.

The article focuses on the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians in regard to Israeli construction in the West Bank. Particular attention is given to reports that U.S. President Barack Obama is angry with the Israeli government. Article topics include the status of the negotiations between the U.S., Israel, and the Palestinian Authority, political adviser David Axelrod's suggestion that planned discussions about proximity were undercut by the Israeli move, and Obama's demands on the Jews.

Discusses the outlook for relations between Israelis and Palestinians and a cease-fire in the Middle East, in light of a summit meeting between United States President George W. Bush, Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Aqaba, Jordan. Description of pioneer, Shuki Sat, who helped establish a Jewish settlement, Migron, near Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank; Details of a fence proposed for the West Bank by Sharon; Discussion of Sharon's intention in putting the fence along the Green Line that divides Israel and West Bank; Indication from Sheik Ahmed Yassin that Hamas will continue fighting until Palestinian statehood is achieved.

The article presents several excerpts from essays and books by Rabbi Meir Kahane, the founder of The Jewish Defense League (JDL) and the Israeli political party Kach, including "Amman and Jerusalem" which focuses on the demands for Israel's return of the West Bank of the Jordan, "Alone" which focuses on the isolation of nations from Israel, and "Christians for Zion" which focuses on Israel's potent weapon in the U.S. who are the Fundamentalist and Evangelical Protestant Christian sects.

Focuses on issues related to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel and various aspects of the peace process in the Middle East. Role of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the Middle East peace process; Issues related to ban on new settlements in the West Bank; View that the Carter administration seemingly cannot stop trying to coerce Israel into making concessions in advance of, or as substitute for, negotiations with appropriate partners; Issues related to the disputed territories in Palestine.

The article reports on the negotiation of U.S. Republican presidential aspirant John Connally for peace in the Middle East. It mentions the basic principle of Connally for the peace talk, including the abandonment of all the territory seized in 1967 and the termination of the annexation of the West Bank. It states the link of the peace talk with the oil industry in the Middle East, wherein Connally made criticisms concerning the policy of Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Connally suggests the lease of former Israeli airfields in the Sinai and the creation of a new Fifth Fleet to patrol in the Indian Ocean.