Contents

News
On January 5, Israel implemented the Stage II redeployment outlined in the Sharm el-Sheikh memorandum, signed on September 4, 1999. Read more

Sovereignty and Territory Issues at the Heart of Final Status Talks
The final status negotiations now underway between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are informed by but conceptually different from the framework resulting from the Declaration of Principles initialed in Oslo in September 1993. Read more

To Our Readers
This issue of the Foundation's Settlement Report marks the beginning of our tenth year. We trust that we have confounded the expectations of those who assumed that Israel's expanding civilian presence in the occupied territories could not support a bimonthly review. Read more

Optical Illusion at Havat Ma'on
The following editorial appeared in the Israeli daily newspaper Ha'aretz on November 11, 1999. Read more

Short Takes
Excerpts from an October 1, 1999, Yediot Aharanot interview with Aaron Domb, secretary general of the YESHA council, shortly after his resignation. The interview drew harsh reactions from YESHA leaders, who vowed to oppose the principle of evacuation. Read more

Settlement Timeline

Back Panel Quote
Speech by Yasser Arafat, Chairman, Palestinian Authority at the XXI Congress of the Socialist International, Paris, November 9, 1999
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Statistics: Tenders Issued by the Barak Government for Construction in West Bank and Gaza Strip Settlements, July-December 1999