December 1988 will doubtless be remembered as a point of departure in the Arab-Israeli conflict and in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis in particular. How the leadership of the Palestinians, Israelis, and key Arab states proceeds from this point in time and how much creativity and courage all sides in the conflict project will determine whether or not peace will finally be achieved.

PLO chief Yasir Arafat's recognition of Israel'...

The historic act of unifying East and West Jerusalem and making the united city Israel's capital 22 years ago symbolized unambiguously and unequivocally the end of an era and the beginning of a new one in Jewish life. The homecoming settled on...

The contemporary Jew, who survived the German horrors of World War II and saw the creation of Israel, is vividly represented by two extraordinary generations. The first generation--the heirs of the Holocaust--witnessed the near destruction of the ...

Israel's momentous withdrawal from Gaza and the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, while substantially reducing the level of violence in the past eight months, have not produced the hoped-for momentum to propel the peace process...