The second crossing
The economic outlook has never been better, writes Ibrahim Nafie
Close up
Why, oh Wye?
Salama A. Salama
Both supporters and detractors of the Palestinian-Israeli Wye Accord agree that it is, at best, another attempt, this time under American direction, to implement measures agreed upon in Oslo
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Clinton, the main beneficiary
As Mohamed Sid Ahmed sees it, the Wye Plantation Accord, widely hailed as a breakthrough in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, is in reality a rescue operation for the Clinton administration
The End of the Interim Arrangements
Edward Said urges Palestinian representatives to vote with their feet in the upcoming Council meeting to change the National Covenant. He finds the idea that they be rounded up to do Israel's bidding without any change in Israel's highly discriminatory laws preposterous
Giving it 100 per cent
Through discussions with Egyptian and American diplomats, Abdel-Azim Hammad assesses behind-the-scenes implications of Oslo III
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Editorial
Worst-case scenario
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in any of his many guises, apparently does not like to disappoint his Arab critics, who have long insisted that he is congenitally incapable of respecting any agreement he signs.
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Naguib Mahfouz
Beyond the agreement
I cannot say that the Wye Accord fulfils the dreams of the Palestinian people, the dreams which they have struggled to make reality for over half a century.
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Soapbox
A little bit of peace
Salah Montasser
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