Dr. Jad Isaac is the director general of the Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ). He is the former dean of science at Bethlehem University. He headed the Palestinian delegation for the environmental working group in the multilateral talks and is an adviser to the Palestinian negotiating team on final-status issues. .......... Suhail Khalilieh is the head of the Settlements Monitoring Department at ARIJ. He is a political analyst and an expert on Israeli settlements and policies practiced by the Israeli army in the occupied Palestinian territory.