Update: Hopes and Fears
Road Map Update Guide & Revised Index
Introduction
As the official Road Map has finally been presented to Prime
Ministers Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and published,
we are now able to address specific provisions and issues
within it, without conjecture.
The Road Map did not appear in a vacuum, and its chances are
already being questioned, just as its text and provisions
are being weighed up.
- On the one hand, there have been three incidents of homicide
bombings in which Israeli civilian security guards have been
killed or seriously injured, along with other innocent civilians.
The perpetrators include members of Yasir Arafat's Fatah movement.
- On the other hand, Abu Mazen declares that there has to
be an end to violence and unsanctioned possession or use of
arms; as the only person with whom the US and the EU are prepared
to work, his success is crucial to the entire process.
Follow the Update Guide to explore the text and its analysis,
using our questions and adding your own.