Assessments: One year after Lebanon war. Two years after unilateral redeployment from Gaza.

After two years on the staff of Peace Now's Settlement Watch, Hagit Ofran earlier this month was appointed the team's director.

Fledgling Endgame?; Bibi's Back; Self-fulfilling Alert?; Haredi Settlement Growth; Taking the Land, and the Water Too;

Q. ...possibly moving the green line to place Israeli Arabs inside Palestinian State? Q. ...Lebanese presidential elections in September...?

Q. ...Can you make sense of various proposed plans for peace? Q. Why did so many IDF soldiers refuse to carry out settler evacuation orders in Hebron?

CONFERENCE JITTERS; PALESTINIAN (DIS)UNITY; PEACE PROCESS HAS NO CLOTHES; NOT JUST ACADEMIC; ANOTHER DAY IN HEBRON;

MIDDLE EAST ARMS RACE?; BUYER BEWARE; THE SPOILER;

Q's are on international meeting in Washington in November to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and on Minister of Defense Barak's comments on the IDF...

I. Bills and Resolutions; II. Planned Weapons Sales Stir Controversy; III. Dear Colleagues; IV. Specter on the Record