Al-Ahram Weekly

Pullout preview at Jezzine The Israeli allied SLA militia is withdrawing from Jezzine. Some see the move as a test for a full-scale Israeli pullback from south Lebanon. But as Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, the Lebanese government has not made its intentions clear
Bolstering Syrian-Russian ties The repeated postponement of a planned visit by Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad to Moscow does not mean that the former strong allies have given up plans to strengthen their ties, Galal Nassar writes from Damascus	Likud's death rattle The outgoing Israeli government's decision to expand the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumin has prompted a "day of anger" from the Palestinian Authority. But -- writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem -- the anger may be too little and too late
A Palestinian woman in the Knesset The first Palestinian woman elected to Israel's Knesset told Mohamed El-Masri that her priority will be to fight for equality -- with Israelis and with men

Ocalan humbled and set to hang

Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan went on trial for his life in, arguably, the most important court case in recent Turkish history. Gareth Jenkins attended the opening session

Bouteflika steps forward, cautiously
Algerian President Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika, in his first address to the nation since taking office last month, painted a grim picture of the country and hinted at amnesty for Islamist militants who give up violence, Hisham Fahim reports from Algiers

		Al-Ahram Weekly 3 - 9 June 1999 Issue No. 432
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