Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories

"THEY ARE AFRAID," screams a blood-red headline in a recent edition of the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv. The accompanying article seeks to answer this question: Who among Israeli performing artists "doesn't come to perform in the settlements during these difficult days"?

In June, representatives of the Palestinian Authority presented Secretary of State Colin Powell with the "Palestinian Vision for the Outcome of Permanent Status Negotiations--Based on the Arab Peace Plan." Highlights from the policy paper appear below.