Edition #61-9/2005
November 22, 2005

Dear Friend,

Some very significant events have occurred in Israel during the past ten days: the election of Amir Peretz as head of the Labor Party, the agreement to release Gaza from isolation, the necessity for new Israeli elections in a few months, and Ariel Sharon's splitting from the Likud Party. These events should have a major impact on Israel's future. Let us hope that they will lead Israel to a secure and lasting peace.

Sincerely,

Arthur S. Obermayer

Peretz Election

• Thomas L. Friedman, " Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", New York Times, November 18, 2005
• "A new leader in Israel", Boston Globe, November 12, 2005
• "Ms. Rice and the Mideast Shuttle", New York Times, November 16, 2005

Release of Gaza from Isolation

• "Allowing Palestinians freer travel, trade at Gaza Strip bodes well for peace", Houston Chronicle, November 16, 2005
• "Condi gets it", Los Angeles Times, November 16, 2005
• "An Opening in Gaza", Boston Globe, November 16, 2005
• Trudy Rubin, "Gaza wilts under a bad policy", Philadelphia Inquirer, November 9, 2005
• William S. Cohen, "Time to spark the Mideast peace process", Boston Globe, November 13, 2005

Rabin's Assassination

• David Grossman, "The night Rabin died", Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2005
• Uri Dromi, "Lesson of Rabin's death: Protest, yes; violence, no", Miami Herald, November 4, 2005

Ariel Sharon

• "Ariel Sharon, as the Centrist", New York Times, November 22, 2005
• "Sharon's Leap", Boston Globe, November 22, 2005
• "Changes in the guard", Baltimore Sun, November 22, 2005
• "Risking peace", Los Angeles Times, November 22, 2005

Other

• David Brooks, "What Palestinians?", New York Times, November 17, 2005
• "New Forces for Peace", San Francisco Chronicle, November 14, 2005