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Rage and despair: Liberal Israelis and Palestinians say President Bush's embrace of Ariel Sharon's proposal may have killed the last chance for peace.; By Michelle Goldberg Apr 17, 2004
Turning into Israel?: Outraged by President Bush's embrace of Ariel Sharon and the bloody U.S. assault on Fallujah, the Arab world is linking America's occupation with Israel's. That's ominous.; By Juan Cole Apr 16, 2004
Fence? Security barrier? Apartheid wall?: Israel is spending $1 billion on a structure to seal itself off from the West Bank. But the question of what to call it provokes an explosive debate.; By Eric Boehlert Aug 1, 2003
Accidental tourists: West Bank Palestinians tell their stories during a bus tour through Israel -- the country in which many of them grew up -- in an illuminating Sundance Channel documentary.; By Heather Havrilesky Mar 31, 2003
Over my dead body: Activists are flocking to the West Bank to serve as human shields, protecting Palestinians and protesting the Israeli occupation. Are they part of the solution -- or part of the problem?; By Janelle Brown Jan 15, 2003
In Gaza, blame turns toward Arafat: Economic chaos -- and a looming humanitarian crisis -- undermine both the Palestinian Authority and the intifada.; By Ferry Biedermann Jul 19, 2002
Fiddling while the Middle East burns: Bush's one-sided speech is just the latest chapter in a long history of U.S. ignorance, ill will and condescension toward the Palestinians -- and it's not going to help Israel, either.; By Gary Kamiya Jun 25, 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 Apr 10, 2002
Bloody Bethlehem: As wounded Palestinians hide in corpse-filled ambulances and militants bray defiance, Israel begins to withdraw from two Palestinian cities. But with hatred on both sides deeper than ever, does Powell's mission even have a chance?; By Ferry Biedermann Apr 9, 2002
The war of the camps: Israel says its invasion of Palestinian refugee camps is designed to stop terrorism and show militants they have nowhere to hide. Palestinians say innocent people are being killed and vow revenge.; By Ferry Biedermann Mar 2, 2002
Crumbling dreams of statehood: Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories this week, particularly the re-occupation of an entire city, are destroying any remaining semblance of Palestinian sovereignty.; By Ferry Biedermann Jan 25, 2002
Ordinary terrorists: Osama Bahar and Nabil Halabiyeh played soccer and practiced karate together. On Saturday, the best friends blew up themselves and 10 young Israelis. An exclusive portrait of two unlikely mass killers.; By Flore de Préneuf Dec 5, 2001
Colin Powell rolls up his sleeves: On his trip to the Middle East next week, Bush's secretary of state will face an escalating conflict that he never intended to mediate.; By Ben Barber Feb 16, 2001
An eye for an eye: Forty-seven years ago, Ariel Sharon led a raid on a West Bank village that killed about 70 men, women and children, most of them civilians. The villagers have not forgotten.; By Flore de Préneuf Feb 6, 2001
Clock running out on Clinton's Mideast legacy: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat makes a last-minute trip to Washington to clarify a Clinton-proposed peace deal with Israel.; By Flore de Préneuf Jan 3, 2001
"It's just something on paper": Palestinians and Israelis alike question the outcome of Clinton's Middle East peace summit.; By Flore de Préneuf Oct 18, 2000
Violence erupts in the Holy Land: Desperation fuels an ominous round of fighting in the Holy Land. Has the Mideast peace process finally blown apart?; By Flore de Preneuf Oct 3, 2000
The sound of silence: Heartsick over the bloodshed in Israel, liberal American Jews are so far paralyzed by a conflict in which Palestinians are aggressors as well as victims.; By Samuel G. Freedman Oct 3, 2000
The myth weavers: Three leading leftist figures have been exposed this year as having lied about their backgrounds. Has the failure of their ideology forced them to fictionalize?; By David Horowitz Sep 27, 1999
Palestinian refugees get wired: What can the Internet bring to a culture that has been scattered across the world?; By Flore de Preneuf Aug 24, 1999
Renewal of vows: Aided by a dying King Hussein, Israel's Netanyahu brings Israel back to where it was in the peace negotiations 18 months ago.; By Daryl Lindsey Oct 23, 1998
Why Clinton caved in to Israel: In one sign of the cost of to the Lewinsky scandal, Clinton has caved into the Israeli government and abandoned the peace process in the Middle East; By Jonathan Broder Jul 28, 1998
Gloves off: Over the next two weeks, President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo a very public battle of wills over the future of Middle East peace.; By Jonathan Broder May 12, 1998
Newsreal: Fish or cut bait: If he wants to save his proudest foreign policy accomplishment, President Clinton will have to face down Israel.; By Jonathan Broder Apr 1, 1998
Newsreal: The end: Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with President Clinton next Tuesday will likely sink the Middle East peace process altogether.; By Jonathan Broder Jan 16, 1998

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