Analysis of what the Middle East roadmap says and what the various parties can do to help - or hinder - the search for peace.

FAQ about the latest plan to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and why it is being proposed now. Simon Jeffery.

December 2002 draft of the peace plan whose destination is a final and comprehensive settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict by 2005, as presented in President Bush's speech of June 24, and welcomed by the EU, Russia and the UN in the 15 July and 17 September Quartet Ministerial statements.

William F. Buckley Jr. analyzes the road map for peace and the settlements as road blocks.

News articles and reaction from worldwide sources, full text and map.

Official press release about the Road Map includes each of the three phases, ending in 2005 with the Permanent Status Agreement.

Summaries of views from news sources in Tel Aviv, Beirut, Jerusalem, Amman, Casablanca, Dubai, London, Cairo, Frankfurt, Milan, Moscow, and Paris.

Chris Marsden"s opinion that Sharon's public utterances and the actions of the Israeli state and its armed forces have made abundantly clear that Sharon has no intention of seeking a negotiated settlement - even one as onerous to the Palestinians as that outlined in the road map.