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Policy Briefs
Peace Watch 2004
Title: Are All Politics Local? A Look at Palestinian Municipal Elections Results
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: December 28, 2004Title: Hizballah, Iran, and the Prospects for a New Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Author: Michael Eisenstadt and Neri Zilber
Date of Paper: December 22, 2004Title: Beyond Arafat: Palestinian Politics in the New Era
Author: Ehud Ya'ari
Date of Paper: December 13, 2004Title: Deciphering Palestinian Politics Post-Arafat
Author: Khaled Abu Toameh
Date of Paper: December 10, 2004Title: Promoting a Ceasefire on the Palestinian-Israeli Front
Author: Michael Herzog
Date of Paper: November 30, 2004Title: Post-Arafat Transition: Upcoming Palestinian Elections
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: November 19, 2004Title: In the Wake of Arafat: Palestinian Politics, Disengagement, and U.S. Policy
Author: Aaron David Miller, David Makovsky, and Michael Herzog
Date of Paper: November 17, 2004Title: After Arafat: Challenges Ahead
Author: Michael Herzog
Date of Paper: November 12, 2004Title: Domestic Political Challenges in the Israel-Palestinian Arena: Options for Sharon
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: November 2, 2004Title: A Decade of Israeli-Jordanian Peace: An Untold Economic Success Story
Author: Michael Herzog
Date of Paper: October 29, 2004Title: Between Amman and Jerusalem: Reflections on Making Peace . . . And Making Peace Work
Author: Fayiz Tarawneh and Efraim Halevy
Date of Paper: October 29, 2004Title: The Palestinian Intifada: Lessons and Prospects (Part II)
Author: Michael Herzog
Date of Paper: October 14, 2004Title: Terror on the UN Payroll?
Author: Matthew Levitt
Date of Paper: October 13, 2004Title: The Palestinian Intifada (Part I): Palestinian Lessons and Prospects
Author: Michael Herzog
Date of Paper: September 29, 2004Title: The Missing Peace: A Conversation on Middle East Peacemaking
Author: Madeleine Albright and Dennis Ross
Date of Paper: September 21, 2004Title: Despite Party Setbacks, Sharon Acclerates Disengagement Strategy
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: September 3, 2004Title: Indicting Hamas: By Disrupting Its Operations, Does the West Become a Target?
Author: Matthew Levitt
Date of Paper: August 26, 2004Title: The Threat of Jewish Terror in Israel and the West Bank
Author: Matthew Levitt and Julie Sawyer
Date of Paper: August 9, 2004Title: Arafat Survives for Now, Amid Divided Fatah Opposition
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: August 6, 2004Title: Palestinian Fragmentation: Case Study of Jenin and Nablus
Author: Zohar Palti
Date of Paper: July 28, 2004Title: Assessing the Current Challenge to Arafat
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: July 22, 2004Title: Prospects of Israeli Disengagement: A Status Report
Author: Dennis Ross and Wendy Sherman
Date of Paper: July 8, 2004Title: Unilaterally Constructed Barriers in Contested Areas
Author: David Makovsky and Ben Thein
Date of Paper: July 8, 2004Title: Israel's Security Fence: Effective in Reducing Suicide Attacks from the Northern West Bank
Author: Zohar Palti
Date of Paper: July 7, 2004Title: Assessing Hizballah's West Bank Foothold
Author: Zohar Palti and Matthew Levitt
Date of Paper: June 18, 2004Title: Sharon's Disengagement Plan: A Likud Perspective
Author: Zalman Shoval
Date of Paper: June 14, 2004Title: Whither the Sharon Coalition? Implications of the Latest Cabinet Vote on Gaza
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: June 9, 2004Title: After the Likud Referendum: The Future of the Sharon Government
Author: Yosef (Tommy) Lapid
Date of Paper: June 3, 2004Title: Political Troubles between Turkey and Israel? Implications of Booming Bilateral Trade for the Two Countries and the Middle East
Author: Pemra Hazbay
Date of Paper: May 26, 2004Title: Learning from Past Experience: Sinai to Gaza
Author: Ben Thein
Date of Paper: May 25, 2004Title: A Roadmap for Revived Palestinian Reform?
Author: Nabil Amr
Date of Paper: May 19, 2004Title: Security, Peace, and Israel's Strategy of Disengagement
Author: Giora Eiland
Date of Paper: May 13, 2004Title: Sharon's Likud Referendum Troubles
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: April 30, 2004Title: Who Among The Palestinians Can Deliver?
Author: Zohar Palti
Date of Paper: April 26, 2004Title: The Bush-Sharon Correspondence (Part II): Did The Bush Administration Prejudge Final Status?
Author: David Makovsky
Date of Paper: April 15, 2004Title: The Bush-Sharon Correspondence (Part I): Analyzing The Text
Author: Robert Satloff
Date of Paper: April 15, 2004Title: Liquidating Yassin: Implications For Israel, The Palestionians, And U.S. Middle East Policy
Author: Matthew Levitt
Date of Paper: April 13, 2004Title: The Gaza Withdrawal: Implications For Israel and The Region
Author: Matthew Levitt
Date of Paper: April 6, 2004Title: The Israeli Exodus From Gaza: A Moment Of Truth For The International Community
Author: Matthew Levitt
Date of Paper: April 5, 2004Title: Shaykh Yassin and Hamas Terror
Author: Matthew Levitt
Date of Paper: March 23, 2004Title: Hamas Ceasefire Proposal: Peace or Pause?
Author: Jeff Cary
Date of Paper: March 16, 2004Title: Terror at the Hajj
Author: Anna Robinowitz
Date of Paper: March 3, 2004Title: Special Policy Forum Report: Will Israel Withdraw from Gaza? A Labor Perspective
Author: Matan Vilnai
Date of Paper: February 27, 2004Title: Special Policy Forum Report: Prospects of Israeli Disengagement -- A View from the Opposition
Author: Shimon Peres
Date of Paper: February 27, 2004Title: Is All Quiet on Israel's Northern Front?
Author: Col. Zphar Palti
Date of Paper: February 27, 2004Title: Assessing Sharon's Gaza Settlement Evacuation Proposal
Author: David Markovsky
Date of Paper: February 9, 2004Title: Advancing Palestinian Society By Weakening Hamas
Author: Zohar Palti
Date of Paper: January 21, 2004Title: Hamas's Polictical Wing: Terror By Other Means
Author: Matthew Levitt
Date of Paper: January 6, 2004