Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
19 - 25 November 1998
Issue No.404
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Israel's mainstream loses to marginals
Likud and Labour losses in recent Israeli local elections signal a shift towards independents and smaller parties. Khalid Amayreh reports from Jerusalem

Palestinian women try to stop an Israeli soldier Rights
trampled at Wye
Participants in a Cairo seminar slammed the Wye Plantation agreement as the first international treaty legitimising the violation of human rights. Maye Ostowani attended

Islam and human rights
A first-ever joint UN and OIC seminar on Islam and human rights failed to come up with any concrete resolutions but had its share of often lively debates, reports Heba Samir
Sudan opposition spurns parties bill

The Khartoum government has introduced a new law on political associations but, as Mohamed Khaled reports, opposition parties will not have any of it
Members of an American NGO protesting sanctions in Baghdad Narrow escape
After Saddam Hussein backed down in his latest confrontation with the US, reports from Washington and London now say that the next step is to topple the Iraqi leader, writes Al-Ahram Weekly's special correspondent on Iraqi affairs

Losing patience with Saddam
In the latest showdown with Baghdad, Arab countries have shown little sympathy with the Iraqi government, giving President Clinton a freer hand in dealing with the crisis. Sherine Bahaa explains why

The arrest of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan this week sent shock waves throughout the world. The Weekly covers the story from Ankara and Rome
child in Greece is taking part in a hunger strike Ocalan's arrest highlights
Kurds' plight
The arrest of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in Rome has increased calls in Turkey to improve the treatment of the Kurdish minority and meet some of their basic demands, writes Amberin Zaman from Ankara 		PKK's fate
in the balance
Immediately after the arrest of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in Italy, Turkey demanded his extradition. Yet, as Samia Nkrumah reports from Rome, the odds so far are tipped in favour of the Kurdish rebel leader