Peace Negotiations
Background: Sharon's "Gaza Disengagement Plan" (early February 2004)
Sharon's "disengagement" plan was introduced in early February 2004, at the peak of international criticism of Sharon's project of the Wall, with the Hague hearing scheduled to begin just a few weeks later, on 23 February. Although the headlines presented this as a plan for an immediate unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, modeling Israel's withdrawal from Southern Lebanon, Sharon clarified that "the process will take one to two years." He explained that a long process of negotiations lies ahead, not with the Palestinians, who will be excluded from any negotiations about the plan, but with the US, with whom, "agreement is needed on both the evacuation and the matter of the fence" (Yoel Marcus, Ha'aretz, Feb 3, 2004). (Added 24 April 2004)

Basic Documents
  • The Disengagement Plan - general outline (25 January 2005)

    Other relevant documents
  • The Bush-Sharon Letters (14 April 2004)
  • White House Transcript of Bush-Sharon press conference regarding Sharon's Gaza "Disengagement" plan (14 April 2004)
  • The Disengagement Plan: General Outline (18 April 2004)
  • Middle East Quartet communique (4 May 2004)
  • Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's speech to the Knesset on his latest visit to the United States and the Disengagement Plan (22 April 2004)
  • Israel's "Disengagement" Plan (PDF) NAD-NSU Factsheet (June 2004)
  • The Israeli �Disengagement� Plan: Gaza Still Occupied NAD-NSU (October 2004)


    Gaza Disengagement CoverageLegal Perspectives
  • New Report Warns Against Continued Strangulation of Gaza Strip after Disengagement, B'Tselem/HaMoked (29 March 2005)
  • Special Rapporteur: Israel will remain occupier after disengagement, UNHCHR (27 January 2005)
  • Legal aspects of Israel's disengagement plan under International Humanitarian Law (PDF) Harvard University (October 2004)
  • Sharon's Gaza Redeployment Plan (PDF) PCHR (October 2004)
  • 'Disengagement' will not end Gaza occupation, HRW (29 October 2004)


    Analysis and Opinion
  • Disengagement and its discontents: What will the Israeli settlers do? (PDF) International Crisis Group (7 July 2005)
  • Sharon's minimum solution, Charmaine Seitz (5 May 2005)
  • Behind the smoke screen of the Gaza pullout, Tanya Reinhart (19 April 2005)
  • The Israeli Left is Opting for Suicide, Tanya Reinhart (29 March 2005)
  • USAIC proposes Palestinian company 'caretaker' for Gush Katif lands, Charmaine Seitz (17 February 2005)
  • Palestinian expectations tempered by reality, Khalid Amayreh (4 December 2004)
  • Sharon's Gaza Pullout: Not Gonna Happen! Tanya Reinhart (16 November 2004)
  • The Israeli "Disengagement" Plan: Gaza still occupied, PLO Negotiations Affairs Department memo (7 October 2004)
  • Gaza Disengagement: Palestinian concerns ignored, Linh Truong (24 August 2004)
  • The Threat of Disengagement: Can Israel Separate from the Palestinians?, Al Majdal (28 July 2004)
  • An alliance of failures in Israel, Ali Abunimah (20 July 2004)
  • Gaza Disengagement Plan: An Economist's Viewpoint, Mohammed El-Samhouri (14 May 2004)
  • Disengaging Sharon, Yacov Ben Efrat (11 May 2004)
  • Sharon's Plan: A Shift from Occupation to Siege, Phyllis Bennis at The Palestine Center (6 May 2004)


  • Planning considerations for international involvement in an Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian territory (PDF) Cambridge University (31 May 2004)
  • Kofi Annan's pro-Israel policy discredits the UN, Ali Abunimah (5 May 2004)
  • Can Sharon Win By Force? Mitchell Plitnick (28 April 2004)
  • Sharon�s violent policy, a point of no return for the European Union, Adri Nieuwhof and Jeff Handmaker (28 April 2004)
  • Ariel Sharon, George W. Bush, "Unilateral Declarations" and International Law, Victor Kattan (28 April 2004)
  • What kind of state deserves to exist? Tanya Reinhart (23 April 2004)
  • The Bush-Sharon Palestinian disenfranchisement pact, Michael Brown (20 April 2004)
  • Sharon's banana republics, Afif Safieh, The Guardian (20 April 2004)
  • Why all the fuss about the Bush-Sharon meeting? Ali Abunimah (14 April 2004)
  • Sharon's 'Disengagement': A Pacifier for the Majority, Tanya Reinhart (22 March 2004)
  • Gaza Striptease, Editorial, Challenge magazine (4 March 2004)
  • What does Sharon's latest settlement move mean for Israel? Ali Abunimah & Hussein Ibish, The Chicago Tribune (6 February 2004)


    Speeches
  • UN Envoy: Palestinian Authority's paralysis has become abundantly clear, UN/DPI (13 July 2004)
  • Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's speech to the Knesset on his latest visit to the United States and the Disengagement Plan (22 April 2004)
  • White House Transcript of Bush-Sharon press conference regarding Sharon's Gaza "Disengagement" plan (14 April 2004)


    Relevant High Court petitions
  • HCJ 10676/04 - Shamlak et al. v. Commander of the army forces in the West Bank et al (PDF)
  • HCJ 8947/04 - Sharab et al. v. Commander of the army forces in the Gaza Strip (PDF)
  • HCJ 1034/04 - Qotina et al. v. Commander of IDF Forces in the Gaza Strip (PDF)


    EI in the Press
  • Billions for Mideast set to grab spotlight, Mitch Potter, Toronto Star (5 July 2005)
  • EI's Ali Abunimah discusses the Bush-Abbas meeting on Chicago Public Radio (31 May 2005)
  • EI's Ali Abunimah in radio interview on Bush-Sharon plan (Audio) Chicago Public Radio (16 April 2004)
  • EI discusses Bush-Sharon meeting on washingtonpost.com, online chat session (15 April 2004)


    Maps
  • Gaza Strip (1999)
  • West Bank and Gaza Strip, Jewish land use on Israeli-controlled land (October 1993)
  • Gaza Strip (December 1991)


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