Uzi Benziman

The public is entitled to marked boundaries of the arena inside which the national debate takes place, otherwise it is sentenced to confusion that undermines the very ability to choose between world views and candidates. There is something patently undemocratic about the freedom with which politicians competing for the public's heart ignore its desire to know where they intend to lead it.

Sharon's recent directive to build the West Bank District Police headquarters coming on the heels of disengagement declares his intent to expand the Israeli presence in the West Bank.

Sharon's recent directive to build the West Bank District Police headquarters coming on the heels of disengagement declares his intent to expand the Israeli presence in the West Bank.

Sharon's recent directive to build the West Bank District Police headquarters coming on the heels of disengagement declares his intent to expand the Israeli presence in the West Bank.

The settlers of Netzarim, who evacuated their settlement with great dignity, did not take the hint of the destruction around them, and chose to move to Ariel.

The settlers of Netzarim, who evacuated their settlement with great dignity, did not take the hint of the destruction around them, and chose to move to Ariel.

Right-wing leaders must adjust their thinking to reality, instead of clutching talismans and praying for divine intervention that would save the settlements.

Right-wing leaders must adjust their thinking to reality, instead of clutching talismans and praying for divine intervention that would save the settlements.

There are many things Ariel Sharon did not say to the nation in his pre-taped speech Monday night.

There are many things Ariel Sharon did not say to the nation in his pre-taped speech Monday night.

Nefarious political behavior, sometimes outrightly criminal, which in the past was confined to the party's backyard, is now being committed in the open.

The upcoming period is a test of the ability of Israeli democracy to follow the rules of the game.

The settler leadership must consider whether it wants to be counted among those walking on the central boulevard of Israeli society, or to assimilate into the group of zealots from which murderers like Eden Natan Zada spring.

The far-right leaders are taking advantage of the jarring nature of the formal process of the approval of disengagement (which was eventually lawfully concluded) to achieve their ideological goals: preventing any withdrawal.

The far-right leaders are taking advantage of the jarring nature of the formal process of the approval of disengagement (which was eventually lawfully concluded) to achieve their ideological goals: preventing any withdrawal.

It would have been perfectly natural for Sharon to express emotional turmoil about his son's situation, but instead he delivered a calm and cool statement to the press.

The Yesha Council heads have borne a false tone in their clumsy effort to appear as the standard-bearers of the civil disobedience propounded by Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King's role model.

The Yesha Council heads have borne a false tone in their clumsy effort to appear as the standard-bearers of the civil disobedience propounded by Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King's role model.

The Yesha Council heads have borne a false tone in their clumsy effort to appear as the standard-bearers of the civil disobedience propounded by Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King's role model.

Israel's courts discriminate between Jews and Arabs.

The demonstrators wish not merely to sabotage the evacuation, but to replace the government; they are using non-kosher means to achieve it, although a few important rabbis have given them their blessing.

The demonstrators wish not merely to sabotage the evacuation, but to replace the government; they are using non-kosher means to achieve it, although a few important rabbis have given them their blessing.

The settlement project has created the circumstances that generate the terrible acts carried out by the state.

The colored ribbons are no more than a symbol, yet there are enough people on the radical right who cannot bear the sight of the blue strip of cloth.