The Arab vote How will the Palestinians vote in the upcoming Israeli elections? Graham Usher spoke to a Palestinian researcher who conducted a recent survey on this issue to find out	Orient House confrontation deferred With only a few days to go before the Israeli elections, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is stepping up pressure on the Palestinians in an effort to woo the more extreme segments of Jewish voters. Khaled Amayreh reports from Jerusalem
	Israel's Moroccan vote King Hassan called upon Israeli Jews of Moroccan origin, whose representatives were in Marrakech to set up a World Union for Moroccan Jewry, to "vote for peace" in Monday's elections. Dalal Abu Ghazaleh followed the unprecedented meeting

Opening up for Khartoum The Sudanese government seems to be slowly breaking out of its isolation and opening up to its neighbours. Abdel-Azim Hammad explains the factors leading to the recent changes	Kuwait pitches for a new parliament Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah's decision to dissolve the Kuwaiti National Assembly is being termed a "white coup" by pro-government lawmakers. Sherine Bahaa reviews the crisis
Furore over a headscarf While Islamist MP Merve Kavakci insists that her headscarf is a personal choice and not a political symbol, the heavy-handed Turkish army does not agree, Gareth Jenkins reports from Istanbul