Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
17 - 23 December 1998
Issue No.408
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A shift in policy
President Clinton is juggling with his priorities and it is the peace process that may well benefit, writes Ibrahim Nafie

An end to all justice
Mustafa Kamel El-Sayed wonders where UNSCOM will draw the line

Success penalised
The decision of the US Congress to go forward with the impeachment procedure threatens to overshadow Bill Clinton's spectacular Middle East trip to rescue the Wye Accord. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed comments

Close up
Homeward bound
Those who had expected Clinton's visit to the Gaza Strip to shake up the peace process, reveal the tragic plight of the Palestinian people to the world, and uncover Netanyahu's fanaticism and intransigence were disappointed, to say the least. --read on--

A government on the opposition bench
Struggling to stay in power despite the conservative establishment's attempts to unseat him, juggling a radical support base against determined detractors, President Khatami is walking a thin line. Asef Bayat wonders which way the wheel will turn

Editorial
Easily recognisable
No matter what Binyamin Netanyahu and his right-wing backers do, no matter what American officials say, Clinton's visit this week to liberated Palestinian territories constitutes an acknowledgement of the Palestinians' right to statehood. --readon--

Naguib Mahfouz
Reviving the writers

Soapbox
A lesson to dictators
Salah Al-Nasrawi


This week:
Clinton's visit