Aluf Benn

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  • A fragile peace

    As Israelis and Palestinians shake hands in front of the cameras, it's as if the years of bloodshed were just a bad dream. But both sides have a long way to go before the nightmare is over.
    By Aluf Benn July 9, 2003

  • Bush plunges into the Middle East quagmire

    The president's sudden, passionate intervention surprised everyone. But Israeli officials doubt he's in it for the long haul.
    By Aluf Benn June 11, 2003

  • Bush's Mideast test

    With his much vaunted peace plan dead in the water, will the president push Israeli leader Ariel Sharon to take baby steps on removing settlements when the two meet next week?
    By Aluf Benn May 15, 2003

  • Middle East peace: Another painful mirage?

    With Abu Mazen replacing Yasser Arafat, the prospects for peace appear the brightest in years. But neither Bush nor Sharon seems interested in seizing the moment.
    By Aluf Benn April 24, 2003

  • Bush moves an inch on the Mideast

    Under heavy pressure from British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the president finally raises the Israeli-Palestinian issue. But does he really intend to solve it?
    By Aluf Benn March 19, 2003

  • Sharon's world

    Bush is on his side, a longed-for Iraq war is coming, and the Palestinians seem to be under control, but the economy is in ruins and his right-wing coalition could be shaky. For Israel's ultimate survivor, it's business as usual.
    By Aluf Benn February 28, 2003

  • Sharon's victory: Now comes the hard part

    Unless he can lure Labor back into his coalition, the hard-line Israeli leader may find himself at odds with his best friend, George W. Bush.
    By Aluf Benn January 29, 2003

  • The fall of the house of Ariel

    Despite the collapse of Sharon's coalition, there's a good chance he and his policies will be back.
    By Aluf Benn November 6, 2002

  • When friends collide

    With Israeli and American interests diverging, stakes will be high and negotiations tricky when President Bush and Ariel Sharon meet this week.
    By Aluf Benn October 15, 2002

  • Sharon's miscalculation

    The Israeli leader has defied President Bush before and gotten away with it -- but not this time.
    By Aluf Benn October 1, 2002

  • Israel's Iraq dilemma

    Israeli leaders are overjoyed at the prospect of a U.S. invasion -- but it isn't good politics to admit it.
    By Aluf Benn August 28, 2002

  • Sharon's strangulation strategy

    Israel is using economic pressure to force the Palestinians to cry uncle. But will a humanitarian crisis in the occupied territories spoil the plan?
    By Aluf Benn July 30, 2002

  • The calm before the storm

    With terror attacks thwarted and President Bush on his side, Ariel Sharon is riding high -- but what will happen when Israel pulls its troops out of the West Bank cities?
    By Aluf Benn July 12, 2002

  • Sharon's diplomatic coup

    How the Israeli prime minister won over George Bush.
    By Aluf Benn June 27, 2002

  • Sharon's insecurity, Bush's indecision

    As an anxious Israeli prime minister flies to Washington to make sure he has U.S. support, Bush is still wavering and stalling for time -- and Arafat's ouster seems closer than ever.
    By Aluf Benn June 8, 2002

  • How long can Sharon avoid the tough issues?

    The old warrior won't engage in real negotiations with the Palestinians because he thinks time is on Israel's side.
    By Aluf Benn May 29, 2002

  • The "moderate" Bulldozer

    The Likud vote rejecting Palestinian statehood allows Ariel Sharon to present himself as a centrist -- an image his staunch ally George Bush is happy to affirm.
    By Aluf Benn May 14, 2002

  • Can Sharon fend off the U.N.?

    The Israeli prime minister is wrangling with Kofi Annan over the scope of the inquiry into what happened at Jenin, and finds that U.S. backing sometimes has its limits.
    By Aluf Benn April 25, 2002

  • Can this peace mission be saved?

    With the arrest of the Palestinian intifada's ground commander Marwan Barghouthi, Ariel Sharon is riding high. But Colin Powell hasn't given up yet.
    By Aluf Benn April 16, 2002

  • Sharon tests Bush

    By pushing the limits of what the president will accept, Sharon is buying time to complete his military strategy. But is he digging his own political grave?
    By Aluf Benn April 10, 2002

  • Will the U.S. rein in Sharon?

    The Bush administration gave a green light to the West Bank escalation, for now, but the Saudi peace plan could still become a blueprint for diplomacy.
    By Aluf Benn April 2, 2002

  • Bush's Middle East Band-Aid

    Israeli politicians and analysts say that the U.S.'s sudden involvement is cosmetic and only designed to pave the way for an attack on Iraq.
    By Aluf Benn March 22, 2002

  • Ariel Sharon's most powerful weapon: George W. Bush

    How did a Texas oilman end up being a fervent supporter of the hard-line Israeli prime minister?
    By Aluf Benn March 8, 2002

  • Ariel's unlikely ally

    When hard-line Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon got in political trouble on the eve of his trip to Washington, who did he turn to? Yasser Arafat.
    By Aluf Benn February 7, 2002

  • Israel turns up the heat on Iran

    Worried about a possible thaw between Washington and Iran, Sharon warns that the Islamic regime poses an urgent threat to Israel.
    By Aluf Benn January 28, 2002
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