Contents

Sharon Declares Arafat Irrelevant--The End of the Oslo Era
In Ariel Sharon's first public address after Yasser Arafat's December 2001 call for an end to the armed Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation, the Israeli prime minister displayed the elements that have long defined his public image as a pragmatic expansionist. Read more

To Our Readers
As Jeff Aronson points out on page 1 of this Report, Ariel Sharon has unofficially declared war on Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian Authority, and the Oslo peace process. Read more

After Oslo

Sharon Government Violates Pledge Not to Establish New Settlements
Every Israel government since the election of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has committed to refrain from the construction of new settlements in the occupied territories. Read more

Settlement Timeline

Comments on the Current Situation

Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention: Declaratio
A conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention concerning the application of international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories took place in Geneva on December 5, 2001. Read more

Intifada Report on Israeli Settlements, October 2000-December 2001

Back Panel Quote
From an open letter to the EU presidency on the occasion of the Laeken Summit
December 14, 2001, signed by Israelis MK Yossi Sarid, chairman of the opposition,
the Meretz Party, and Yossi Beilin, former justice minister, the Labor Party;
and Palestinians Yasser Abed Rabbo, PA minister of information and culture,
and Dr. Nabil Sha'ath, minister of planning and international cooperation Read more

Map: Israeli Settlement Outposts

Statistics: Intifada Report on Israeli Settlements, October 2000-December 2001