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Current Issues

• What are the current issues surrounding Jerusalem?
• What is the background of Jewish settlements in Arab areas?
• What is the current status in the Gaza Strip?
• What is the history and current issues involving Syria and the Golan Heights?
• What is the current status between Israel and Lebanon?
• What has happened to Christians living in Israel and neighboring areas?
• Why does Israel resist the placement of UN observers and peace keepers?
• What was the Middle East plan put forth by Pres. Bush in June 2002?
• What was the 2003 'Road Map' for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs?
• What was the 2003 Geneva Accord agreement?
• What is the reason for Israel’s security fence?
• What was Israeli Prime Minister Sharon's 2004 plan for 'disengagement'?

People in the News

• Who was Faisal Husseini?
• Who was Elie Hobeika?
• What is the role of Marwan Barghouti with the Palestinian Arabs?
• Is Ariel Sharon a war criminal?
• Why was Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated in 1995?
• What is the story of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?
• What were the circumstances in which Hamas Chief Sheikh Salah Shehada was killed by Israel in July 2002?
• What were the circumstances in which activist Rachel Corrie was killed March 16, 2003?
• Who was Mahmoud Abbas?
• Who was Ahmed Qurei?
• What is the biography of Yassir Arafat?

Sources and additional reading on this topic:

• Cornell Middle East & Islamic Studies Collection
• The Current Situation In Israel Answer to FAQ
• The IDF in the Era Following the Conventional Wars
• Is Enough, Enough?
• The truth about the Peace Process
• Years of hope
• Arafat blocked reform efforts, ex-minister says
• Arafat Dead