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The article discusses peace plan proposed by the U.S. government to approach Arab-Israeli conflict. Topics discussed include United Nations divided the area into an Arab state and a Jewish state and Jews accepted the partition plan while Arabs rejected it, goal of the Arab nations in the Six-Day War was to destroy Israel, and the U.S. government's plan guarantees Israel control over all of Jerusalem and it doesn't require Israel to dismantle any of its settlements in the West Bank.

The article discusses the four-year drought in California and what needs to be done to keep the water flowing. Topics discussed include the extreme, record-breaking drought affecting nine U.S. Western states but hitting California the hardest as well as California Governor Jerry Brown imposing mandatory cutbacks in water use in April 2015. Also mentioned are the issue of climate change, high demand for water in California and the increasing water use in agriculture as making the drought worse. INSET: From Toilet to Tap?.

The article reports on the Palestinian reaction to the health emergency facing Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. According to the author, the Palestinian Authority believes that Sharon's stoke will probably neither help nor hinder the Palestinian cause. The forthcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections are discussed.

Speculates on the successor of leadership of Yasir Arafat in the Palestinian territories. Idea that a Hamas regime would not get the support of the numerous Palestinian Authority security agencies, which is composed of thousands of armed Fatah loyalists; Outlook for a radical Islamic takeover and theocracy; Statement that the U.S. and Europe wouldn't provide the foreign aid on which the Palestinian Authority relies to function; Potential successors including Marwan Barghouti, Fatah's Tanzim militia in West Bank; Information that the new intifada has offered the insiders a chance to establish an independent power base; Idea that the intifada is equally against Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Focuses on the opening of the safe passage route that links the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in October 1999. Concerns of the Palestinian Authority due to economic tensions between the Palestinian populations in the two territories; Tension between the Palestinians of Gaza and those of the West Bank as they are of different characters because their territories have different histories; Tendency of most travelers to enter the West Bank in search of work; Anticipation of an improved economic balance between both territories.