Al-Ahram Weekly

One Israel
or two?
Ehud Barak's message of "One Israel" achieved a stunning success in Israel's elections. But, in West Jerusalem, Graham Usher discovered two Israels on polling day and big wins for both of them the day after

'Them and us'

Galal Nassar accompanied Hizbullah resistance fighters to report the current situation in the occupied security zone in south Lebanon at a time when the Israeli elections were about to take place

Netanyahu campaigns in south Lebanon

Only days before Israeli general elections, south Lebanon witnessed its worst violence this year. But as Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, the situation is unlikely to spiral out of control

*Reconciliation, shari'a* and oil Former Sudanese premier Sadek Al-Mahdi is facing difficulty in convincing his opposition partners to accept reconciliation with Khartoum's government, writes Mohamed Khaled**
'Not a chicken farm' Iraq is launching another campaign to get UN sanctions lifted but hopes for its success are not good	Gulf warmth As President Mohamed Khatami ended a landmark tour of Arab countries, Iran is believed to have succeeded in breaking the ice with its suspicious neighbours, Rasha Saad reports
Turkey threatened by a scarf Turkey's Islamist MP Merve Kavacki might be expelled from the country after she was stripped of her Turkish citizenship for insisting to wear a headscarf, Gareth Jenkins reports from Istanbul